Her Seven Deadly Brothers (Part 1 and 2)

Chapter 55

Wanda looked down at Santino who was now lying dead at her feet. He was actually very strong. Wanda had tried to defend herself as much as she could do but it was of no use. Santino was more skilled than her. Even with the gun in her own hand, she barely managed to aim his critical spot otherwise he dodged the bullets like a child play. He had given her various critical cuts with his daggers but in the end, she was the victor.

Sighing, she slowly turned the knob to open the door and was greeted with ultimate darkness.

She searched for the light's switch and after few attempts, finally managed to turn the lights on.

She looked around the empty living room and finally her eyes managed to catch a glimpse of huddled up figure in one of the corner.

Taking a deep breath, she approached it or 'she' judging by her messed up and matted hair.

Wanda placed her hand on her trembling shoulder. Slowly, the girl lifted her face.

"Nora!" Wanda gasped, seeing a familiar tears stricken face.

"P-please save m-me." She whimpered.

Without caring about anything else, she pulled Nora into a hug as she broke down with loud sobs.

"You are gonna be ok. Shh. It's going to be alright." Wanda comforted the young girl as much as she could but she froze feeling a wetness on her palms.

Wanda held it out to see them covering with blood. She leaned down to look at Nora's back to see that her shirt was covered with blood.

"Nora! Did Gianni do this to you?" Wanda gritted her teeth but she used a gentle and soothing tone.

Nora shuddered at his name and cried out.

"H-he beat m-me with a w-whip. P-please I-I want to g-go to m-my brothers. B-bring m-me to them. I b-beg y-you."

"That's not going to happen, darling!" A familiar male's voice rang through. Nora's arms tightened around Wanda while the other woman froze for a moment.

Wanda turned back while shielding Nora behind her.

She looked up to see Gianni towering over them with a crooked smile on his face.

"You fucking bastard!" Wanda growled out.

"How can you be so fucking cruel?!"

"And how can you act brave knowing that you are going to die by my hands today?" Gianni asked as he lit a cigar.

"The one who will die today is you! You sick fuck!"

Gianni tilted his head mockingly.

"And who will kill me? You? Santino was my best man but it's a shame that he is dead now. And by whose hands? A pathetic woman!"

Wanda was about to lunge at him with an intent to claw his eyes out but Nora gripped her hand tightly. Wanda was torn between comforting Nora and counting her option to fight Gianni.

"Well, no need to get so hyper. I actually brought something that you left outside." He gave her another of his evil smile as two men stepped inside.

"Hey let go, you bastard! I will burn you to crisp like I did with that evil spirit I encountered earlier!" The familiar yelling of Max had her shook.

There was no sign of Victor but ofcourse Max managed to get caught.

"This punk is one of yours?" Gianni picked him up by his neck and made him look into his eyes.

"These eyeballs of yours are creepy. All in all you is ugly!" Max stuck his tongue out at him without caring about Gianni's stare and Wanda's murderous glare.

"Put my son down!" Wanda shouted.

"He sure knows how to get on someone's nerves." Gianni commented.

Instead of feeling worried like Wanda and terrified like Nora, Max spat at him, freezing everything and everyone.

"I will kill you!" Gianni gritted his teeth.

"Eww. I refer being killed by an evil spirit. You just more ugly than Ghost. We Gray family members are built different and getting killed by the likes of you, does not fit our standards."

Wanda was now torn between feeling proud and worried. Her son was officially a cracked character and she was loving every bit of Gianni's expression. He was shocked, confused and enraged at the same time.

Eleanora was stunned. There was no way a merely two or three year old kid was arguing with a monster who put her through so much. The child was not even showing a hint of fear.

All of a sudden, Wanda screamed and Nora jumped in fear as Gianni threw Max in the direction of wall with sheer force.

"MAX!" Wanda tried to run but she was blocked by two guards.

As Max's body was about to make deadly impact with the wall, arms caught him mid-air.

"BIG BRO!" Max shouted in delight, acting like a damsel.

Victor sighed and put him down.

"Oh. Another one is here too. Is he as crazy as this one?" Gianni inquired. He did not seem to be in rush and made it show like he was entertained by the whole situation.

"We hit a jackpot today. I'm going to catch a creature even scarier than a ghost." Max commented and threw his hands up in air.

Wanda broke a sweat while Nora was scared from the boy's enthusiasm.

Victor analyzed the whole situation with sharp eyes and immediately felt like swearing in his mind.

"You didn't ask how is he even scarier? Let me answer that. He hurts innocents and weak. I, myself, a child and he tried to hurt me too. Ofcourse this bitch is needed to be put on a leash."

Wanda twitched at Max's vocabulary. Max was finding this whole situation hilariously serious in his own way and he was aggregating Gianni with each word he was saying.

"Enough of this playing around. I'm going to kill you three right here." Gianni sounded genuinely defeated. He was accustomed of people of every ages fearing him and this kid was blatantly  disrespecting him with every passing second. He could not tolerate anymore. The best option was to kill them so he would not have to face them again in future. He was already sick of their presences.