A week since Loki's death, and I was on top of the apartment block again.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
In my arms I was cradling a sniper rifle that I had found in a smashed up store. No one knew I was here. If they did, they would've tried to stop me. Alec in particular had not let me out of his sight. It had taken me a week to slip away unnoticed.
I crouched down behind the lip of the apartment block, lifting the rifle to my shoulder. I peered down the scope, and fixed in my sights one of the Apocalyptians. He had made his way to the roof of the complex, for a quick smoke break.
It was going to be his last.
I had no way of knowing is this was the same guy that had pulled the trigger on Loki. I didn't really care. Half of me asked if I could really kill another human being. The other half shoved the protesting half into silence.
The magnification was amazing. I could see each individual hair on top of his head. He turned to look up at me; the ugly scar he had marked on his forehead was directly in the center of the crosshairs. I saw his eyes widen in shock.
"Eye for an eye." I whispered.
I pulled the trigger.
The cigarette fell to the ground.
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My APOCALYPSE
Aventura"C'mon, mate," Josh stepped in and took him from my grip. "We have to let Lyla go and kill them." Luke wrenched himself around in Josh's arms to watch me as Josh walked away with him. Tears welled in my eyes as his little shrieks grew fainter a...
