Heroes

Every Hero Has A Dark Side

The man crumpled to the floor, blood running out of his back. Behind him, a shocked Aria was holding a lightweight pistol. She'd propped herself up against the wall.
The woman screamed.
"NOOOO! Wake up, please, I'm begging you!" She clutched the corpse of her friend. Me and Jun were frozen, and so was Aria.
"You fucking Scalleti's! You've taken my daughter, now my husband too!"
"Your daughter? Who is..."
"Elizabeth, my sweet, sweet Lizzy! She was taken from us by Scalleti's! And all you bastards will pay! She raised her own pistol, but Jun rushed her. He collided his fist with her face, and she fell back, stunned. I ran forward and snatched the pistol out of mid-air with my left hand and pointed it at her.
"Lizzy doesn't want to work with you!"
"Is that what she told you? Me and her father, we've been talking to her for years! She was snatched from us when she was just an innocent child! She wasn't allowed to leave, but all that changed when Lui died. She contacted us! And us Coldhearts, we're going to make the Scalleti's pay!"
I still couldn't believe it. Lizzy had betrayed us, worked with the Coldhearts once Lui died. These were her parents, the parents she apparently left behind. Lizzy was a Coldheart.
"Well..shit." Jun muttered.
The woman ran at me and tried to grab the gun, and we struggled. Aria hobbled over and shot the woman in the shoulder, but she still carried on. She grabbed the gun off me and pointed it at my head, but was thrown to the floor violently by Jun kicking her back. Then Aria tied her up, while she screamed curse words and threats.
The three of us headed outside slowly, planning to go see Lizzy.

Police blockades had been set up under Aria's order to stop panic in the town. I told a small squad of guards to search for Lizzy and to bring her in for questioning, while Jun told another group to go and capture Lizzy's mother. We received a report a few hours later that Lizzy had been sighted in an abandoned building in the same area as my house. Where Renée used to live. One team of guards was on standby, in case Lizzy tried anything funny. Damn. One of my childhood friends had been working against us from the start!
Aria stayed back with the guards.
"Find out what she up to guys. We can't let her leave!"
Me and Jun headed into the abandoned building, Jun holding Lizzy's mother's pistol. Hopefully he wouldn't have to use it.
I heard creaking up the cracked stairs inside, and signalled to Jun quietly. He raised his gun and took the lead, treading lightly on the crumbling staircase. When we reached the top, one of the doors was swinging open. A voice inside was talking to itself.
"Yeah...my parents, I'm not sure where they are. I'm gonna try and leave the city tonight. See you soon, Marcus."
"Stay safe Lizzy." A raspy voice came from what I assumed was a radio. Jun ran ahead and kicked open the door.
"Lizzy! Please drop the radio!"
Sadly, Lizzy instantly turned around and shot Jun straight in the stomach. Her eyes widened, and she stood still, gun smoking.
I ran over to Jun. "Jun, how bad is it?"
"Ugh....well getting shot isn't a....good feeling but.....it's not a fatal wound. I don't think so....anyway."
"Oh god..Rivio, Jun, I'm so sorry...."
"Shut up!" If Jun died because of her, Lizzy would face a fate worse than death. Her eyes were worried, and mine were filled with anger.
"Rivio.....my parents. Where are they?"
"That doesn't matter. What DOES matter is the fact that you lied to us for all these years! And now you've betrayed us, and because of you Walter is dead, and I lost my hand! You happy? Looking forward to going home? Well tough shit. You ain't going. You're staying here. Under interrogation. And you're gonna start by telling me what the hell is going on?"
"I....was taken from my parents when I was five. I was kidnapped by some Scalleti's before the war started, and I never saw my parents again, until Lui died, and then when William died they got in contact with me, and asked to meet up. I barely remembered their faces, so I decided to go. They convinced me to....to rejoin the Coldhearts. Then I realised I could help the Coldhearts immensely by working from the inside. Rivio...I'm so..so sorry! You have to forgive me!"
"Why did you lie to us?"
"Lui told me not to tell anyone that I wanted to be a Coldheart. They kidnapped me to get back at the Coldhearts, something to do with a disagreement between the two families. My parents finally found me after all these years, and I found them! I had a chance to go home....join my people again. Rivio, if you kill me, the Coldhearts will assault this town, and you'll all die! Just let me go!"
I was absolutely livid. She'd lied to us all this time. She was trying to take over the Scalleti land for the Coldhearts.
"Rivio...she's a traitor. Lizzy, how could you do this?" Jun was as angry as I was, I could tell.
"Rivio...let me go. Please."
Now I had an important decision to make. Let my friend go. But let her continue to work against us with the Coldhearts. I'd never forgive myself if I let her walk away free.
Or I could kill her. But face all out war against the Coldhearts. They'd been talking to Lizzy through that radio, so she probably told them if she died, to attack us. After much heavy thinking, I made my choice.
She would die. Walter and I had both suffered because of her, and Jun lay bleeding by her hand. She'd carry on plotting against us and would use what she knew about us to help the Coldhearts. I couldn't let that happen.
Lizzy was still holding a gun, so I'd have to be careful.
After a while, I dived to my left, swooped down and picked up Jun's gun. Lizzy was too shocked to move, and stared at me with horror as I pointed the small gun at her.
I fired. The bullet hit her in the chest, and she fell back.
"Rivio.....why?"
"You're a traitor Lizzy. I trusted you."
I fired again, and this time the bullet hit her in the head.
She wasn't alive anymore. But soon the Coldhearts would arrive. We'd be ready for them.
I'd make sure of it.

This chapter is really dark, and what do you guys think about Rivio and Jun's decision? Was it the right thing to do?