Imperium

Chapter 26 Part 3

"Mom?"

"Yes my love?"

"You lied to me, made me think you were truly happy to see me."

"I didn't lie, I just didn't tell the truth. I was happy to see you. I just didn't tell you the reasons I was happy, which is not telling the truth."

My legs fail me as I kneel there frozen, not finding the right words to say. I don't even know where to begin asking.

Bruce notices that I'm totally frozen, I just kneel there shocked. I can hardly move a muscle in my body, my mind too busy trying to truly understand what is happening.

My mother starts forming something in her hands. Though it is not quite clear what it was, it looks pretty dangerous.

Mara finishes her creation before throwing it at me. I'm still frozen in shock, I don't move as it approaches me. I watch it come closer to me, closer and closer and closer.

Bruce darts forward, he runs at my direction. He can see that I'm not going to move out of the way. Something grips Bruce's leg, sending him down on the floor. It is the rubbery hand of Phoenix gripping on Bruce's leg, an ability that is obviously is stolen.

I still can't believe it, sure my mother was evil, but could she do this? Could she be part of an organization that locks up people for power. The look on Mara's eyes, it is the same look she has only when beating me to a pulp. The cruelty and darkness filled in her eyes.

My mother was the same person who twisted Mr Young's neck. Why did she save me back then? If she is going to kill me now, why save me them?

The blast gets closer and my eyes widen. Right when the attack reaches me, Bruce is already between the attack and I.

It connects with Bruce's abdomen, Bruce falls on top of me knocking me back to reality. The black substance from the attack is crawling up Bruce's body like a poison. Bruce already looks weak, and his heartbeat rate slowly decreases.

This is somehow a poison, a deadly and fast spreading poison. Bruce groans in pain whilst resting in my arms. His eyes look up at me, I grab Bruce's hand.

"Hold on, your nanobots will fight this."

"No, it's- too late- for me now," Bruce says between breaths.

I can feel Bruce's heartbeat slowly stop beating. "Don't let go!" I say, my voice giving of the sound of someone about to cry.

"Fin-finish, the missio---"

Bruce's heart stops beating, his eyes still wide open and looking up at me. I close Bruce's eyes before carefully putting him down. I place him down slowly, Mara and Phoenix watch with smiles across their faces.

It is now that I start getting sucked in by the blue liquid, a fight with my newly found inner beast. I can feel it vigorously pulling me in. I don't have enough will to fight it off, even a part of me wants to let the beast to take control of me now.

I feel like letting go of it all, I don't want to be completely sucked in by the darkness. I don't want to fight it anymore either, just to let go, and face the consequences of my actions later, if there will be a later.

"We had no use for his ability anyway," Mara says, adding salt to the wound.

I didn't know Bruce much, but just the fact that he died protecting me is enough to drive me crazy. I can already see his pain filled eyes looking at me, even in his last moments, all he cared about was the mission.

My eyes turn blue, anger fueling my every thought.

"I'll kill you, I'll kill you all," I shout, my voice deeper and confident.