Light and Dark (JenLisa)

Tension

"Which family are you from?"

"Which family are you from!?"

The two stared at each other with different expressions playing in their faces.

One was relaxed, as though nothing mattered and nothing was happening. While the other was extremely angered, with eyes seething in madness.

"Well, no matter."

After a few moments, the blonde shrugged. Her tone still containing nonchalance.

"I only have one other question." She continued.

The blonde paused as her eyes narrowed with a dangerous light.

"Was your family the one behind this nonsense."

Her voice was cold, and devoid of any sadistic humor that had been present just moments before.

Her question didn't even hint a tone of askance. It was steady, and heavy. As though the coldness was suppressing the raging fury buried within the tone of the seemingly passive calmness.

At this moment, all three other people left alive in the forest felt an attack in their psyche.

An intense killing intent heavily directed towards the driver was released from the blonde. The other two, the commander and the hacker also felt the leaking of this murderous intent and found themselves unable to even shiver, frozen in the spot.

In their subconscious, it was as though they were put in the cage of a murderous beast, with it currently growling at them. Baring her gigantic fangs, sharp claws and her bloodshot eyes, crouching towards them, ready to attack at any second. It was a steady yet deafening growl. They could feel the cold hard bars of the cage on their backs, trapping them within, keeping them from running away.

The hacker even with his eyes closed could no longer take the pressure and fainted. His body dropped sideways with a thud, with him still clutching onto his case.

The audible thud woke both the driver and the commander up from the vividly disturbing image that was projected in their minds.

The commander was slightly fine as he wasn't the main target of the killing intent, the pressure towards him was lessened greatly. However, he still couldn't prevent his knees from shaking. He still felt like this forest was the cage, and he was trapped in the cage with the beast.

The driver however, was the most unfortunate. He bore the brunt of the killing intent. Instead of feeling like being trapped in a cage with the beast. He saw and felt something worse. Something even he could not fathom. All he knew was that he was infinitely terrified.

"Answer my question."

The blonde's cold voice once again resounded. Her voice was low, yet it felt as though it was resounding directly in their heads. Forcing the two of them out of their trance.

"Yes .. N-no! I-i .. d-don't .. k-know.."

Shaking his head, the driver stutteringly answered.

He was terrified. It felt as though he was back to facing his father, during his youth, in training.

Memories flooded his mind, putting him back into a trance.

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"Have you found them yet?"

A lazy voice sounded from a young man sitting langorously sideways in a wide one-seater couch.

"Yup. She sent us the signal about..."

A melodic voice sounded from a stunning beauty languidly lying in a three-seater sofa as she checked her fashionable wrist watch.

"13 minutes ago." The melodic voice continued.