Foreigner

Chapter 9 : THE FINALE

"Holy shit!"

"Watch your tone young man!"

I scolded Rein for swearing but still. His exclamation is right, this area...

"Is this the part where the boss is gonna appear?"

"Think so, I mean, big round circle area with fallen debris on the side, the broken sun is staring into our soul and blackhole is forming bigger than ever. Did I also mention that gravity is screwed up?"

Rein finish his rant and stare into my eyes. I stare back, slightly smiling sheepishly. I mean...by the look of his face, it wasn't his first time witnessing this place going to hell.

"Rein...If Hawthorn takes over my body, would you be able to you know...eliminate him?"

Rein pause in his footsteps. Surprised by my question, he turns and face me. He takes off his shades and looks into my eyes again. I wonder why he keeps staring into my eyes in peculiar.

"...I am not sure. You are indestructible in a sense. You can't die no matter what. So the best solution is to get rid of that pesky tumor on your heart."

I cock an eyebrow at him.

"Why specifically my heart?"

"Your heart is a fully sentient being that technically, you can live without your body. But I am sure you wouldn't want to be a lump of mess walking on crab claws yes?"

I shivered at his description. I felt like I now appreciate my body more than ever. If it means I won't have to stare at my...true form then yes, I will continue to be in this body.

"By the way, is Hawthorn--?"

"The one behind everything? Hell yeah he is. He ruined my life, he destroyed his company in pursuit of domination and maybe he has the weirdest taste in what his host is. An indestructible but simple pawn that can be manipulated into accepting him, a tumor."

"You speak as if you two have history."

"Oh uh...Don't take it the wrong way. I am not into old saggy men that has ulterior motives such as ruining my life."

"How specific." I can't help but laugh at his sarcastic reply. Rein,in turn laughs along.

"Well, it's me and you against whatever the heck Hawthorn is."

"What about those demons?"

"They won't be an issue. I mean it, I can easily kill them with this." Rein gets his hand out and flex his power by bending a literal meteor that was in the far distance! I gawk at the sheer power he display. He smirks at my reaction and continues.

With two hands raised and purple aura sparkling, he makes the meteor crash into a nearby incoming homing missile that was going to hit us. I can't believe he even use such an outrageous method to block a missile!

"Like that, little man?"

"Hell yeah!" I exclaim as he continues to block attacks being directed at us. At one point, he managed to ruin a whole army of infected military. I say infected since normal people do not leak black oil substance out of their eyes, mouth and nose. Pale and sickly skin, showing their veins underneath it. Their uniforms were scratched. As if deliberately trying to get rid of whatever was entering their bodies.

It's unfortunate for the soldiers to fall and become a weapon used by a...weird old man guy who is a tumor in my body.

Yeah that sounded absolutely crazy with what I just said.

"Anyways, I want you to try it."

I gawk at him for like the tenth time or something. "Why should I?! It probably doesn't even work like yours!"