Burning Desire (Alastor X Reader)

Chapter 35: An electrifying discovery.

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The tension in the air unbearable. At that moment, you could hear all those electric crackles resounding in that immense infernal room that reminded you of who was in front of you. You had to admit it, you didn't expect this pile of walking rubbish to dare to confront you live, it looks like you were wrong about Vox, this guy was much more unpredictable and impulsive than you.

Your heart was pounding in your chest as fear and stress had settled comfortably in your mind. Oh yeah, you really didn't plan this, Vox had put the knife to your throat.

He was attacking you live to assert his power and thus terrify the spectators who were tempted to go to the hotel, but also to provoke Alastor to intervene so that you would break your part of the contract.

You had no choice...

You had to win this fight, the future of the hotel depended on it.

Your grip on your gun tightened as you assessed your options as Vox prepared to attack you again.

Your knife was going to be of no use against this TV, you had no idea if Vox had any organs, and you had no time to test it. Right now, your only weapon was the gun. Your first bullet was a conventional bullet, it wasn't going to kill him, however the second was an extremely dangerous blessed bullet.

You wanted to kill that piece of shit, but deep down you knew it would be the last piece of stupidity you had to do, Vox had far too many people working for him, and far too many powerful friends. Killing him would mean the potential destruction of the hotel and a war of Overlords at worst. No, you had to come up with a better plan.

You jumped to the left to avoid a Vox's beam and then kept running to avoid being caught by the power cables... the trouble was you knew you were just going to wear yourself out faster.

"Come on doll... I don't have all day, come to daddy~"

A cable managed to wrap itself around your ankle and throw you violently against a wall. Lucky for you that your generating abilities have improved over time otherwise you would have already had several fractures. You grit your teeth, and shot this son of a bitch in the screen.

Vox's screen went off immediately and a static-filled rumble came out of his throat as he tried his best to stay balanced on his legs. Without thinking you ran towards him as quickly as possible, avoiding the various electrical cables that had appeared to defend him.

You jumped into the air, wrapped your legs around his neck, and before he could react you dropped him to the ground headfirst using your weight and that of his screen.

The crack that was already there on his TV screen had gotten much worse. Vox's face appeared again and his mouth was twisted in an inhuman angle so powerful was the anger that was ravaging him. You preferred to quickly move back, unfortunately the cables caught you again and a violent electric shock attacked your whole body, making it twist into extremely painful positions, in addition to that, the skin around your wrists, neck and ankles burned under the intense heat of the discharges you were undergoing.

Vox threw you to the ground, and before you could get up he grabbed your hair and slammed your head against the ground again and again until you couldn't move. Your vision blurred but you tried to stay conscious. You had to, who knows what this guy would do if you passed out?

"Still awake, sweetheart? That's good."

Suddenly several screens appeared in front of you and started flashing and showing several subliminal image sequences.

Almost immediately you closed your eyes and tried hard not to open them.

"You know I might be able to forgive you if you would do me a few small favours~ what do you think of it?"