Black Tattoo

A Lair & A Traitor

I know how bad the situation is. Seeing Celsius, the man who has haunted my dreams for years in front of me, is horrible. He has us surrounded and I don't know if he is going to kill us right here and now. But seeing Alex next to him is even worse. I always knew Celsius was bad and was looking for us, but I knew.

I didn't know about Alex. And I'm guessing my dad didn't know either, because he told me Alex would help me.

I didn't trust Alex, even when he seemed like a simple old man, but I never expected him to be in the same side as Celsius. Dammit.

I stop thinking about that when Celsius slowly starts walking towards us. I watch him take every single step. He stops next to one of the soldiers. The asshole is still smiling.

"Don't worry your pretty little mind, dear Kara. I won't kill anyone of you." Celsius says. "I'm not here to hurt you."

I hate his guts.

"What do you want form us?" Mich yells at him. I step in front of him trying to protect him from Celsius's sight.

"Nothing. The only thing I want is to protect you." He says. I don't believe one bit of the lies he is spiting.

"What?" Nadel asks in disbelieve.

"Yes, I do. You see you are very special, you have a special power. A power just like my own. Sadly, only few of us are left, that's way I want to protect us from the horrors of this world." He isn't lying. My whole body says he is lying, that he is going to hurt us but I don't hear or see anything that shows he's lying. What is going on? That is just not possible, look at the situation we are in! It's not possible...

"You a-are lying!" Paul says loudly. "W-why did y-you attack us-s then?"

"You are mistaken there, I have never attacked you. I was always defending myself from your attacks. These soldiers are proof of that, they had specific orders not to hurt anyone of you." He explains further.

"If that is true, prove it!" Nadel says.

"Very well." Celsius makes various hand movements and the soldiers that were surrounding us fall back into a line formation to our right. The others release David, Sydney and Kate. They come running towards us. Paul hugs Kate, I give Sydney a smile and Nadel gives David a pat on the back.

I don't lose sight of Celsius for a second. He just smiles at us. God, I don't like that smile one bit. It just makes me even angrier.

"Do you believe me now? I mean you no harm." Celsius presses on.

Nope, definitely lying. I know it. He had so much killing intent before.

"Alex? Why are you with him?" Sydney asks.

"I am with him because I believe in him trying to help us. He truly is." Alex says, his eyes are shining with...joy?

"They only thing I want to do now is take you all to a safe place. I know it may be to much to ask but please, trust me, it's not safe here." Celsius says.

You've got to be kidding me. The man that killed my parents is saying he wants to protect us? He says that we are not safe, don't make me laugh. Of course we are not safe, because he is trying to kill us! I turn around and look at everybody's faces. They're isn't anymore hate in them or anger. Are they giving in? They can't!

"You are a lair and a murderer, Celsius. There is no way in hell you are trying to protect us!" I tell him.

"I am not a murderer, I would never try to hurt anyone of you. Especially you Kara." He answers back. "I promised your parents I would protect you and your brother."

"My parents?" Mich asks from behind me. He slowly makes his way next to me to get a better look at Celsius.

"Don't you dare talk about my parents!" I start to get angry.

"I believe the boy wants to know more about them, don't you Micheal?" Celsius smiles at Mich with his deadly smile. Sadly, Mich nods.

"I will tell you everything you need to know about them, I promise, but we have to get going. It's not safe here." Celsius says. "I have the transport all prepared and everybody will get their own room at the safe house. But we must get going." He presses on. I hate to admit that they way he says it makes it sound heavenly.

"Alex are you sure we should trust him?" David asks.

"I honestly know what he says is true, no more running or fighting. We will be safe." Alex tells us with a big smile. "Come on, let's go." Alex stretches out his hand in our direction and slowly Kate, Sydney and even Nadel start walking in his direction.

"Stop! They are lying." I yell at them. As if they are in a trance they keep walking.

"Kara, he isn't a bad guy." Alex tells me.

"Yeah, he just wants to protect us." Nadel says.

"I don't believe him! I could never believe him." I take out my long knives and take off with Celsius's head as my goal. To my surprise, Alex is the one that stops me. With his metal armored arm sets he blocks my swings. We are inches away from Celsius.

"Get out of my way." I tell him, calmly. Anger burning in my eyes, clear to see.

"You've gone mad!" Alex yells at me.

Sokaku holds me down from behind. I can't help but try to fight, before I can even think about it, my body moves on it's own. I make a quick half turn and with the butt of my knife handle I hit Sokaku on the left side of his face. The worst part is that I hit him hard.

I wasn't kidding when I said that I had anger problems, seeing Celsius here spiting such bullshit made me so angry. I shivered with anger, but the moment I see Sokaku go down I freeze. Everything freezes for me.

It's as if time stopped. No, as if it's going really slowly. Everyone is moving so slow. I can't think clearly and I give in. I unlock the darkest parts of me and let him go free.

I can't help it. I finally give in and he is happy, really happy. I finally let him run free. I do what he wants, I give him control. I just can't help it anymore, I am tired of fighting against him. It's just so tiring and I have been doing it for a long time. Always kept fighting, how long has it been since I've had a good night sleep? A long one when he isn't bothering me, pushing me to go to sleep so he could finally do it. Finally get a hold of what he has always wanted. To take control.

So I finally give it to him and I hate how...relieving it feels.

He takes control almost instantly and I hear his deep voice ring inside my head. That voice that I had always been trying to lock up.

"That's right, little one, I will tear them all apart! Yes! I will kill them all! Nobody will be able to go against us." He laughs.

I don't do anything to stop him, I let my demon run lose. And he will kill all.