The Fanatical Beast

Chapter 21

I climbed to the top of the warehouse.
I could feel my eyes tearing up.
"You have to be strong", I said to myself.
I searched for anything I could use as a weapon.
To my surprise there were plenty of things I could use. From hammers to pipes.
"Perfect", I thought.
I picked up two pipes and a hammer.
I looked down to make sure no one was watching me.
"Coast clear."
I slowly climbed down the warehouse through the ladder. I looked around. There was still no one.
I walked down the road with my weapons in hand. I was very careful not to make much noise.
I began breathing in and out to control my anxiety.
"Practicing?", a familiar voice behind me asked.
I turned around. It was Naomi.
"You."
"Yeah, it's me", she replied.
In her hand was a gun.
"What do you want Naomi?"
"Revenge."
I clinched my fist
"You don't deserve revenge", I said.
"Oh I don't? Says the one who took my boyfriend away from me", she replied.
My eyes grew big.
"I didn't take him."
She scoffed.
"Oh please, I've seen you two kissing", she replied.
"So what?"
"So, you've proven you were never my friend to begin with", she said.
"Friends? Friends? Naomi you've been using me to get what you want for six years!"
She narrowed her eyes.
"I never used you Maya. What was mine, was yours. And I always had your back!", she replied.
"You-"
"Shut up and listen!"
I froze.
"I never told you about Jamar because he wanted to keep us a secret. But when we got five months into our relationship, he got a little more comfortable with a small amount of people knowing about us". she said.
"But he never wanted you."
"What?"
"He never wanted you Naomi. Why do you think he bailed on you for the break in? He doesn't want to get caught because of your mistakes. And we both know you always get caught", I said angrily.
She pointed her gun at me.
"And so you thought you could do better than me huh?"
"Well I slept with him didn't I?", I replied.
She laughed.
"So you lost your virginity. Big deal. Everyone knows Jamar has had sex with multiple women."
"Even if that is true, he loves me", I replied.
"He loved me too."
"Did he? Or was he trying to spare your little feelings tramp??", I replied.
"What did you just call me?"
"You heard me. A tramp!"
She put her finger on the trigger.
"You're not getting out of here alive Maya", she replied.
"That's what you think."
I grabbed her hand and a lot gunshot sounded through the air.
She kicked me in the stomach and pulled my hair.
"Let me go", I said grabbing her neck. We fought in the middle of the road. As Naomi tried to get the gun I kicked it further away.
"I'm going to kill you!"
She pushed me down and got on top of me. From there we tumbled until I was on top of her. I landed three punches to her face. She lie there still yet breathing.
I sighed and got off of her. I grabbed the gun and slowly walked away. My stomach has never hurt so bad before. And my knuckles were bleeding. I got out my phone and called Jamar. There was no answer.
"Dang it"
I looked back at my once beloved best friend.
"I need to kill her", I said.
I pointed the gun at her and with one click I pulled the trigger. He body moved slightly. I pulled the trigger again. This time I aimed at her chest. She was dead.
I walked back into the dark. It was finally over. I finally killed Naomi.
As I was walking I saw a shadow right before my eyes.
"Who's there?", I asked.
"It's me."
They came to light.
It was Malik.
I sighed in relief.
"Oh I thought you were someone else", I said.
"Nah"
He looked at Naomi.
"Looks like you finished her off", he said.
"Yeah, but it wasn't easy", I replied.
His eyes grew big.
"Oh."
"Yeah, she put up a fight", I replied.
He patted my back.
"It's ok, you did what you had to do."
"Yeah."
He got his phone out and called his friends.
"Dang it!"
"What...what's wrong?", I asked.
"No one's answering their phones."
"Felt that. Jamar didn't answer either", I replied.
He looked down.
"Really?", he asked.
"Yeah."
We looked at Naomi's dead body.
"What are you going to do with her ?", Malik asked.
"Just leave her there I guess."
He nodded.
"We gotta go find Jamar", he said.
"Right."
We left Naomi lying there.
I knew that I had won the battle, but I couldn't help but think that things were far from over.