The Hacker College Nerd

Chapter Ten

"YOU CHOOSE." A DECK OF CARDS WERE LAID OUT ON THE STAINLESS table. They're not just common cards but a gamble between life and death. XI, was to sit down against a lounge and holding back to the man situated at the front of the metal low table. He watched as the man's trembling hairy hand pulled out a flipped card and swiftly moves wherein stops at the edge of the table. The selected rectangular piece of thick paper was an image of an armoured skeleton while rode on a white horse and held a stick that has a banner, shortly defines DEATH.
As the man turned his card and saw his terrible fate. He instantly kneeled down with his eyes shut.

"I'm begging you, spare my life." The man pleads to the half-masked person while he clenched his fists over his bended knees.

"That's not how it works Mr. Hoffman." XI's torso leaned forward and clasped his fingers while his elbows resting above its both thighs.

"You can take my son. Do anything with him. Just let me free." Hoffman tried to bid his own stubborn son. He wants to live from the terror and unleash the chain around his neck. No matter whom he sacrifices just for the sake of his life. He was never treated like this before or embarrassed and pities his self. And the person who made him like this is plainly looking down at him. Hoffman has quickly raised its head because of the silence and it made him upset.

"You said, you only run after my son. Then why? Why should I take part of this?" he said and gritted his teeth.

"Indeed, I want your son but-" Before XI continued, he took a brown folder on its side and slumped over the table which Hoffman yield nervously.

"My father wants business Mr. Hoffman. No one's involved unless you've violated some of the rules."

"What rules?"

"The Gehenna's rules."

Now, Hoffman realized who is he talking to and it made his blood run cold. "This is not happening, isn't it?", his thought. Afterwards, there's nothing that can save him anymore because all of his hidden files was discovered and his confronting the cold-hearted son of Austine.

"C-can ah-I at least call my wife?" Hoffman asked him kindly. Just before his upcoming end life he wanted to say 'Goodbye' to his family. But a word 'NO' came out from XI's mouth. 

Seeing a person begs made XI annoyed. So, he hoisted up while he fixed his suit and started to exits the room. Yet, he still heard Hoffman's voice echoed even though his outside. There's no  sound anymore when a loud 'bang' made noise from the room. Since the beginning of all the cards were Death by the way.

"What would you like to drink, Master?" a pretty maid asked Hailey when she sat on the seat and calmly watched the flowers that her mother planted at the garden, they are beautiful. Even the butterflies lives and freely fly.

"Nothing." she stated. The maid gently bowed at her before she turned around and headed towards the glass door.

Hailey puts her forearms on the round shape table and leaned her cheek on the flat surface. She wanted to have a good sleep, she wanted to relax and she wanted to clear her mind for a bit. But she can't because an image of a person always came to her. She's been thinking about Samantha, again.
"What should I do?" she mumbled and her expression were sad. Her body and her mind is aching and so her heart.

[A/N: My schedules got me. I'm so sorry. I hope ya all understand.]