His Eyes

HIS EYES: Chapter 27

WAS I dreaming? I couldn't believe this. My anger went higher and higher until I wanted to kill them. I stood up and I looked like a zombie. The pain in my body became more and more intense. It felt like a sharp-tooth creature had bitten me inside.

"Fraux," I uttered. I charged myself towards her, raising my elbow and clenching my fist, ready to punch her.

But my movement was slower than I expected. Everything went on slow motion. She hit my gut and it felt like all my internal organs went out of my mouth. Her heavy foot landed on my back.

"Mama's boy, if you'll defeat Athena, you can save either your childhood friend or the doctor. I know you're going to lose," Adolf said contemptuously.

Fraux was wearing sunglasses, not only her but everyone else in here. I couldn't protect myself using my eyes so all I had to do was remove their sunglasses and look at their eyes directly that I could see their irises clearly.

"Bring it on," I said and stood up slowly, wiping the blood on my lips. If I would ignore the pain and focus on the fight first, I would win.

I waited for her to come to me. We walked around, forming a circle. My eyes were locked on her. I caught a glimpse of a sharp dagger lying down on the floor. I bowed down and slowly picked up the dagger without taking my eyes off her. Who knew that she might attack me while I remove my eyes from her. 

I swirled the dagger into my hand. Then we continued on walking around. I stepped closer to her and moved aggressively as I swung the dagger towards her. She dodged it by using her knife, the one she was supposed to use on killing me. I was about to strike her with my dagger but she successfully held my hand. Then, she did the same thing to me but I also held her hand using my left. The dagger was a few inches away from her neck while her knife was very close to my cheek. 

"You're good. But I'm better," I grumbled. I forcefully kicked her knees and then her gut like what she did to me. She fell down on the floor as well as her knife. I walked closer to her and stepped on her stomach. She choked and coughed as I increased the force on my foot. I knelt down and quickly remove her sunglasses. Just like what I planned, I got the chance to look at her irises. What amazed me was that I didn't feel any pain again. Then I struck the dagger on her chest.

"Congratulations, you just killed your cousin," Adolf clapped his hands. 

My hands were starting to sweat. Not only my hands but also the other parts of my body were sweating.  I was frozen for a moment. And I faced Adolf.

"What do you mean?" I asked, holding in my anger. 

"I only told you to defeat her but look what you just did," he said, ignoring my question. 

I rushed to him, point the dagger towards his body. But somebody ran to us and held my hand.

"Conrad," I hissed. "Great job."

I walloped his chin, freeing my other hand with the dagger.

"I choose Hendre," I told Adolf. He nodded. The other person who was standing beside Conrad earlier left to get Hendre.

"My loyalty isn't for Adolf," Conrad said as if Adolf couldn't hear him. 

"Who?" I asked angrily. He smiled like a villain who thought that he already won the game. He extended his arm to the left. My eyes bulged as I saw the familiar face of a person. I cursed and tighten my grip on the dagger. "What are you doing here?"

"Why do you care?" he asked. My nerves were shaking because of anger.

"Do you even know that Athena Fraux, that girl, was the person who killed your girlfriend, Neo?!" I growled at him. His expression didn't change at all. Blank. He nodded as an answer which made my blood boiled. "And Adolf, he's the reason why our lives became miserable!"

"Enough with the talking!" Conrad exclaimed, raging to my direction. I ducked and struck the dagger into his gut. I couldn't believe that I killed him so easily. The dagger was covered with blood now and so as my shirt. I killed a SCIG officer. 

Adolf and Neo were left. Neo was also wearing sunglasses. "A killer indeed."

"Shut up," I mumbled. 

I thought he would just stand beside Adolf but I was surprised when he attacked me. He wasn't carrying anything. No sign of other weapons such as a knife or gun. I hid the dagger under my shirt and prepared myself.

His strong kicks and tricks double the pain that I was suffering. I still managed to stand up again. When we were fighting in our apartment, I wasn't having second thoughts on punching him. I pushed him away as hard as I could.

"Neo! Why the hell are you defending that man?" I scowled at him. "Do you even know what you're doing?"

"At first I was mad at him but my anger vanished when I knew we have the same goal. And that goal is to put you down," he shook off the dust from his shirt as if the hands that I used to push him away was dirty.

Then he raised his chin and put his hands on his pocket. "Athena Fraux is Sherwin's daughter. Mom's brother, remember? Sherwin died when Fraux was still a kid and was abandoned by her own family!"

This didn't make sense anymore. "I am Ethel's brother whom she never mentioned to you and your family," Adolf said. He's my mom's brother? The letter.

"Don't kill your uncle?"

"As a sacrifice, mom used you to free Adolf from his burden. So that he could live like a normal person," Neo said.

If their intention was to complicate my mind and loss my focus, then they failed. I pulled the dagger under my shirt and rushed towards them, ignoring the pain from my leg. As I was getting nearer towards Adolf, Neo raised his leg and kicked my knee which was the reason why I fell on the floor. Tears started to fall as I tried to endure the pain. I couldn't stand at all.

"This is your last day! Savor your remaining time," Neo said, his veins in his neck were getting visible.

I slowly stood up, one leg hanging while the other was standing with increased force, and ran towards Neo as I raised my arm, pointing the dagger to him. He wasn't moving and I thought he was underestimating my condition.

"What are you going to kill your brother? Are you going to kill your uncle? Are you going to commit the same mistake again?" he asked as I got nearer. I realized that my movements were as slow as the turtle.

"I DON'T CARE!"