Enemies in Love

Chapter 24

Misaki was running as fast as she could through the dim hallways. Cold sweat ran down her face as she heard another gun shot. The fear was suffocating her with every second that passed. Her mind was racing with horrible thoughts on what could be happening. She had abandoned her high heels not too long ago, knowing that she couldn't slow herself down.

In the midst of her anxiety, Misaki stumbled upon her worst nightmare. Saitou and her father were lying unconscious on the floor. Beside them, Hei was sitting up with gun wounds on his leg, shoulder and arm. The imposter BK-201 took his gun and pointed it at her.

"So you were able to get away from February. I had a feeling she would chicken out. It doesn't matter how much she loves Hei, she wouldn't want to harm an innocent person over it."

Misaki lifted up the knife Hei had given her and pointed it forward. "I knew you were tricking her. You wouldn't let Hei live no matter what anyone said."

The imposter smirked. "Should you really be pointing that knife at me? It's not going to protect you or him."

He was right and Misaki knew that. A knife wouldn't be able to out match a gun, no matter how fast she was. In order to save Hei, Saitou and her father, Misaki could only think of one way out.

"Let's play a game."

"A game? What kind of a game? Would you be willing to give yourself to me in front of Hei?"

Misaki glared at him with disgust. "No, I was thinking about the game Russian Roulette. Have you heard of it?"

"Misaki!" Hei yelled, knowing what she wanted to do.

"I've heard of it. It's a dangerous game isn't it? Only one person wins while the others die. Are you proposing that we play?"

"I'm willing to take the chance. So will you play or not?"

The imposter grinned as he took out the remaining four bullets from his gun. He dropped three of them to floor and placed one back into the gun.

"I can't back down from a challenge," the imposter replied.

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Amber and Kanami were making their way to the front doors. They could hear Sora's laughter coming from the distance. Amber came to a stop as she started to feel the gem's energy. Kanami stopped too and looked back at her.

"What's wrong?"

"The gem's energy, I can feel it. If I get any closer, I won't be able to do anything."

"So then what should we do?"

"The only thing I can think of is using my chronokinesis, but it might be risky. With that gem around, I might not be able to hold time for very long so you'll have to quickly grab the gem and bring Sora down."

"ME?!" Kanami yelled out.

"You're the only one who can do it. I won't be able to get near that gem. Do it for Misaki."

Kanami looked at Amber hesitantly but then nodded in agreement. Amber smiled and then started to use her chronokinesis. Time around them started to stay still, Sora's laughter was no longer heard. Kanami looked at Amber's struggling face before she started to run off towards the main doors. The chronokinesis effect was coming and going, indicating that Amber wouldn't be able to hold out much longer.

Kanami continued to run until she finally reached out and grabbed the gem. She continued to run and made it passed November, April, Huang, Mao and Yin. Luckily the chronokinesis effect lasted until she was a good distance away from everyone. She quickly hid the gem inside her lab coat and saw as everyone started to come back to life.