~~~~~~Continuation...The moment the door opened, Sophie’s eyes snapped open, turning toward the sound. Seeing Captain Mock running out of the room and down the stairs in a hurry, she knew something was up.Shortly after, some strange-looking people, clad in heavy cloaks with collars humming with electric current, followed him.Their faces were hidden, but Sophie managed to catch a single word from Mock’s lips as he hurried out: “Syndicates.”Her heart raced. If her suspicions were correct, it meant Alex was on his way. Great! All the more reason to get out of here, she thought, returning her attention to the stubborn chains binding her.The doctors around her gasped and pleaded, their voices filled with fear. “Please, kill the smoke!” they begged desperately.As much as she would love to, Sophie didn’t know how to control the smoke. But she couldn’t let them know that.
***I wasn’t stopping. Even as the doctors begged me, I marched forward in a rage. The first doctor, I grabbed by the collar and slammed against the wall, glaring into his eyes.“What the hell does he mean by ‘biological weapon’?” I snarled.He glanced nervously at the General’s decapitated body and started to shake. “Hmmm… I…”“Talk!” I barked.“It’s a device meant to wipe out anyone in their path,” another doctor, whose name tag reads James, cut in, his voice trembling.I glanced at the doctor, who answered me. Slowly, I returned my gaze to the one whose collar was in my grip. Annoyed, I threw him aside."Worthless," I spat, turning to James. "What do you mean?"James swallowed hard. "When they first hired us, they said the weapons we were developing were for the protection of citizens. But a few months in, we discovered that was a lie," he explained. "They developed the weapons to destroy anyone who stood in their way, and in this case, it happens to be the syndicate." He stared at
Continuation~~~~Why is there always a distraction blocking my way? I pondered, as I looked up from my bleeding shoulder, to see a girl walking toward me with a smirk on her face.She held a sleek, powerful handgun—a high-caliber weapon, matte black with a long barrel and a textured grip, clearly built for precision and stopping power. Her eyes, cold and calculating, and the fact that she’d just shot at me made it clear she was an enemy.Cursing inwardly, I drew the two long daggers strapped to my boots. “Yeah, and you better not get in my way,” I growled, my voice steady despite the pain. Without hesitation, I charged at her with the intent to kill. She laughed mockingly, tossing her gun aside and pulling out her blade—a sharp, silver stiletto with a sleek, s
****“What the...?” Emily’s voice faltered, her expression twisting in shock and horror.Her eyes flicked from the headless body of General Storm to the blood-drenched figure standing over it. Sophie stood there, motionless, covered in blood from head to toe.Her eyes locked onto Emily’s with a fierce, unyielding glare.Emily couldn’t believe what she saw—Sophie, the daughter she thought she knew, standing over the bloody mess she had wrought.Her mind raced while her body remained frozen. The brutality of the scene left her paralyzed. She couldn’t tear her eyes away from her daughter, now a stranger, a deadly force she could barely recognize."Just what the hell, Sophie? How could you...?" She trailed off, words too heavy to utter.But Daniel saw things differently. He saw that his daughter—the one taken from them—had finally returned.Ignoring the mess, he pushed past his
~~~"This isn't happening," I murmured faintly.The grenade was almost upon my mother, and time seemed to slow. I reached out, heart pounding, cold dread filling me as I realized I might not make it in time.“No…” I found myself screaming, despite the deadly headache and the sharp pains ringing inside my skull. Just then, the cause of my current situation decided to do me a favor—MANA.It was as if I was suddenly filled with a kind of supernatural strength unlike anything before. Instead of running, I saw myself flying. In that instant, I threw myself on her, and she fell to the ground with a loud gasp.The grenade barely missed her as it flew past us, leaving a small cut on my shoulder, while pushing me off my mother and landing on some military men, blowing them to pieces.The chaos around me blurred into a grim symphony of screams and explosions, but all I could focus on was the faint rise and fall of my mother’s breath beneath me. My breaths came in ragged gasps, the pain still pu
~~~~For my plan to succeed, he needed to lower his guard, even a little. My eyes locked onto the grenade launcher in his hands. Damn...Dert… He was the last of the three generals. I didn't know the full extent of his power, but I knew killing him wouldn’t be easy. Still, it was better to face him in combat than to let him toy with my family's lives.I’d rather gamble with my life, I thought, a devilish grin spreading across my face as he loaded his grenade launcher.“Seriously, is that the best you can do?” I questioned him, marching forward, trying to make him lose his guard. Another grenade flew past my shoulder, leaving burns. I groaned in pain. “This’s hardly a fair fight,” I yelled. “Even when I killed the other generals, it was a fair fight.”He ignored me and continued firing. I didn’t give up, continuing to taunt him. “And you call yourself a man—a general at that.” I halted. “What a waste of a title,” I spat out.At my last comment, he suddenly paused and gently pulled back
****"Sorry, come again?" Daniel requested, with his eyes throwing a dagger at him.Drew’s face drained of color, his eyes widening with sudden fear as he realized he’d just betrayed himself.He stiffened, turning his head away, and cleared his throat awkwardly. “I’m afraid I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he stammered, attempting to mask his panic.“Isn’t it a bit late for that?” Daniel pressed, his voice cold and unwavering. “The look on your face tells me you know more than you’re letting on. I just watched my daughter writhing in pain, clutching her head. So if you say—”“Wait!” Drew interrupted, his voice rising in alarm. “You found her already?”Daniel’s eyes narrowed as he stepped closer, his anger palpable. “Yes, to be precise, she found us. Now, tell me what’s going on before it’s too late.”Drew swallowed hard, his composure crumbling under the weight of Daniel’s intense gaze. “I… I don’t think you’re ready for the truth,” he said, his voice trembling.Daniel’s gaze
**Continuation**Meanwhile, on the far edge of the field.I gasped as blood dripped from my mouth. Killing this general was taking longer than I’d anticipated, and the first time bomb I’d planted when leaving the underground facility had already started going off.“We need to end this now,” I muttered, just as another bomb exploded in the distance.It felt like the universe was finally throwing me a bone—the general stumbled, losing his balance. I seized the moment, driving my dagger into his lower abdomen, pushing it deeper with all my strength.He groaned in agony and flung me off, but Alex and my mother were already on him, launching another attack from behind.I stood still for a moment, knowing if I waited for him to go down before making my next move, it would be too late.I scanned the area for someone reliable, but everyone was engaged in the battle—except for… Drew and my father.