Storm

Part 3- ending

Nothing have left after a beautiful table, decorated with flowers. Everything was burning and people kept running in panic in different directions. It was a chaos that you've never seen before.

Where are they?  You asked Kostya.

I'll find them. Stay here. He told you. Sound of burning wood and screaming people almost drowned his voice. He ran into center of village with his unnatural speed. You didn't listen to him and he probably knew it would happen.

Father!

You kept running, feeling a heat of hot wave on your cheeks. All houses were set on fire. Group of men on horses was coming closer. One of them, thug with long beard pointed at running man with his rifle. You jumped behind barrel with water after sound of gunshot. Your heart was beating fast and you barely took a breath. Clatter of horse's feet became clearer but then you heard someone screaming with pain and falling on a ground. You dared to lean forward. Kostya was there and he jumped off with lightness next to a man with bleeding neck. Before he became a target of criminals, he threw himself at another man. He must have pushed away guns from hands of them all before but your eyes were able to catch this moment. Everything was hapening so fast. Kostya knocked out all of them. Before they even had time to stand up from a ground, he sank his teeth in skin of second and third man. You even didn't realize that you already moved from the ground, shaking with fear. It was like before. Sound of ripped apart skin and wheeze of victim.

What are you waiting for, girl? Run! You heard woman with terror on her face. She passed by and dissapeard in woods. But you even didn't move until you saw criminal crawling to take his rifle.

He will shoot you. Turn around. Please, turn around. You said with shaking voice, knowing that Kostya will hear you even from afar. He pushed away a dead body of another man and looked at the one who was just pointing gun at him. You didn't understand why he make next move. They were looking at each other among flaming fire.

Unbelieveble. Criminal laughed hysterically like some crazy person. Kostya moved closer with tension like an animal ready for attack. Man loaded his gun but Kostya was faster.

What a monster. You heard muffled voice behind a wall of burning out house.

Let's go. Let's go until he can't see us. Male voice answered and you could only see two silhouettes dissappearing in depth of darkness. You emerged behind a tree, seeing five dead bodies. All criminals were killed but your whole village was turned into tongues of fire and clouds of smoke. And here he was. Vigilante with furious gaze that became lost after seeing your face. His messy, black hair fell on his forehead. Blood was shining on his pale skin with color of scarlet. Kostya leaned into ground and slowly fell on his knees. His fingers thrusted in soil. He made a sound that reminded you more a roar than human's scream. You took one step and when his deeply blue met with your eyes, you nodded as a gesture that you wasn't scared of him. He flinched when you knelt down and put your hands on his arms. His teeth were all red and his lips were still filled with blood.

I killed him. It's over. He said silently. You didn't know who he meant but you pulled his head closer to you and your foreheads touched together. You breathed with effort, trying not to cry.

I know. You whispered with your eyes closed, feeling touch of his eyelashes on your cheek. You looked at Kostya closely. He was doing the same. Now let's go.

But he didn't seem to listen to you so you came back to the same position before you fully stood up.

One of them was ancestor of killer of my brothers. The last ancestor. I was looking for him for ages and here he is. Turned into ash. Kostya said and that's when you understood why he was looking at that man with such hate. Why he said it was over with relief but also confusion in his eyes. Every person connected with murders of his family was gone but it was so obvious that there was some guilt in Kostya.