Prologue
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The music blared in the club as people danced along to the beat. The bass shook the floor, making the crowd feel themselves get lost in the sounds.
"Look at all the beauties here, all they need is a beast," Alec Ramirez gave his usual sleazy smile as he watched from above in his office. He turned around to a beautiful brunette that was sitting on his couch. Her brown eyes shined back at him, with a smile playing at her red lips.
He took in the sexy cop outfit and walked over to sit next to her.
"Out of all the girls down there, my beast chose you." He smiled as he rubbed a hand over her bare knee.
"Can we play a game first?" She bit her lip.
"It depends on what type of game you want to play," he said with his hand lowering to her inner thighs.
"Not so fast," she took out her handcuffs and snapped them on his wondering hand.
"The beast is getting harder, he likes this." Alec smiled eagerly. She snapped the cuff to a metal pole on the wall behind him.
"I can already tell that you are a kinky one." He used his free hand to touch his crotch. Standing up in front of him now, the woman took out a gun from her holster.
"I am loving this, using props to turn me on. Aim at where you're going to start first baby," she aimed the gun between his legs, he moaned with a yes. Without hesitation, she shot him right where he wanted her to. The screams of pain were masked by the music playing.
"You shot my fucking balls!" Alec screamed in pain as he turned every which way?
"I'm sorry I thought you liked this type of fun," she flung the gun back into her holster with a smile.
"You're not the usual slut who comes into my club." Alec bit down on his teeth.
"And you're not the usual sleaze ball. Who do you work for?"
"Fuck you! I don't have to answer you!" He shouted through the music. Without hesitation she pierced a heel between his legs. He screamed in agony as she continued leaning forward.
"I'm sorry I think the music was too loud," she dug deeper into his crotch, "Now who do you work for?" She asked again. Alec laughed in a raspy horrific tone.
"You think I don't know pain? I have dealt with worse than this, I've SEEN worse things out there. My operation is fish food compared to the big sharks. You're not the most scariest thing I've seen honey. You got a long way to go." He smiled as Helena backed off. Taking out her gun she pointed straight at his head with the intention to kill.
"What's the point to have you live then." Helena shrugged.
"No wait!" He finally begged. But not before she missed the shot and fired off his right ear. Alec bit down, trying to take the pain.
"I told you to wait!" Alec shouted,
"Sorry I didn't hear you," Helena shrugged again.
"You seriously need to get your ears checked bitch! You're looking for a guy named Simmons...Dereck Simmons. But he's a hard man to reach, you're not capable of getting him. Now let me go!" Alec gritted his crackling teeth.
"Oh you don't know what I'm capable of honey." She shot him in the forehead before flinging her gun back in her holster.
"Goodnight sleeping beauty." She said before disappearing into the night.
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Ryan Kennedy sat waiting in the living room chair, a serious look appeared on his face. He wondered why this was happening to him, why the woman he loved always came home late in the night. So much questions...but never got the right answer. But did he even deserve answers to begin with?
"Hey, you're still awake?" She came through the door slowly like she was trying to sneak in.
"Where were you?" He asked quietly.
"I got held up at work, you won't believe the dinner rush," she said as she hung up her coat in the closet next to the door.
"I called your job..."
"You called my job...?" She looked at him with confusion.
"They said you weren't there...in fact they said you had quit a month ago."
"Why would you have to call my job? Are you alright?" she asked as she closed the closet.
"No I'm not...you know how I feel about you Helena." He looked at her with a pained expression. She could feel the hurt of her lies digging into his arm like needles, just ripping him to shreds. But they were only friends and she didn't want anything more.
"Ryan we have been friends for a year now, and I told you my answer. You knew what this was before I met you, I'm not ready for anything more. " She held a sincere look in her eyes. Ryan could tell it was the first time she was telling him the truth. The day that he met Helena he fell for her charm. He hoped after growing a friendship with her...she'd start to fall for him too. He leaned forward to put his head in his hands.
"I love you Helena...you just don't know how much I love you. I want to be more than just your friend." Helena could hear him sobbing through his hands.
"I love you too Ryan...but I'm not IN love with you." Helena felt the guilt rising through her throat, but she couldn't help but swallow it down. She didn't want to lead him on anymore than she had.
"Get out..."
"Ryan I'm sorry,"
"GET OUT!" Ryan shouted angrily. Helena didn't flinch a muscle, she nodded once before grabbing back her coat and opening the door.
"I'm really sorry," She whispered loud enough for him to hear as she closed the door behind her.
xXx
Helena had her coat buttoned up tight as she walked through the cold night. She had no where to go, just walking aimlessly in the streets. She kept replaying Ryan's words in her head, (I love you Helena.)
She wanted to tell him the reason for what she was doing. Why the lies kept coming and why she had to keep it all a secret. The real reason why she couldn't fall in love with him right now. Her sister was the only one she wanted to be with. She missed being looked up to and having the sister company.
"Hey miss, are you lost?" Helena looked up from the sidewalk and saw a dark figure coming towards her.
"No I'm fine, just going home." With her eyes narrowing, Helena put her guard back up.
"Nonsense, a pretty thing like you shouldn't be alone." The figure came out of the shadows, Helena admitted he looked decent. But looks can be deceiving, she knew it better than anyone else.
"How about I walk you back to your home?" He smiled. Through the smile, she could feel the fake and insincere motives.
"I said I'm fine. THANKS." Not moving from her place, she watched the man with cautious eyes.
"What if I bring him out?" The man kept his smile as two other men joined his side. Helena's eyes widened in shock to who stood in front of her.
"Ryan..." She said in nervous shock. His head hung down like he was already dead.
"Don't worry he's just passed out. You didn't think you could just kill my lover and walk away did you?" He cocked his head sideways.
"Now which one was your lover? I've killed a few women this week." Helena tried to calm herself.
"Darling do I look like I give a rats ass about women? You killed a man earlier tonight...Alec Ramirez." He chuckled out. All guards were dropped as Helena heard this, she seemed sure that Alec was straight. She never knew he rocked the boat both ways.
"You're giving me that look like, why was I with someone like Alec right? He was the most fabulous lover ever, making love to me like a sincere love letter written by Taylor Swift herself." Helena choked down her vomit and asked herself if he knew most of her songs were break up songs.
"I was actually wondering if you knew he was cheating on you." Helena grinned when she saw his cocky expression turn sour. She had hit him right between the back door lovers.
"How dare you speak of Alec like that! He was all man and he was all mine. Never once in our relationship has he cheated on me."
"That's weird considering I had him wrapped around my finger before I killed him." The gorgeous man narrowed his eyes before he pulled out a syringe.
"I always hated when bitches bragged." He said as he stabbed Ryan in the neck. Helena screamed no as Ryan fell down to the ground.
"What did you inject him with!?" She shouted.
"I heard you loved spiders." He smiled before turning away. Helena let her enemy go just this once as she took Ryan's side.
"Ryan I'm so sorry," she held him close to her.
"Helena..." he looked up at her, reaching a hand to her cheek.
"I should have told you everything from the start. This wouldn't have happened to you if I had just been honest. I'm so sorry Ryan." Helena cried as she held him close to her heart.
"I'm sorry too Helena, for kicking you out like that..." she leaned backwards looking into his eyes now.
"You had all the reason to. I wasn't being a very good friend to you. I should have protected you," he wiped the waterfalls coming from her deep brown eyes.
"I'm sorry I fell in love with you."
"Don't say that..."
"My insides...they're on fire Helena," Ryan ached in pain; "what's happening to me?" He asked with more shouts of pain echoing through the streets. Helena couldn't control the tears from falling. She knew exactly what was happening to him. He was turning into the creature that she had always hated. Ryan kept shouting in pain, all his bones in his body began to break.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..." she kept saying until the last shout he made turned into a screech. Helena took out her knife from inside her boot and stabbed him in the heart. For a year she had killed so many humans and creatures...but it was the first time she had taken a life she cared about. She held the half turned Ryan in her arms.
After two days, Helena had to reap the guilt of Ryan's mother and her tears.
"Why did god have to take my son?" His mother leaned over her sons closed casket.
"It's a shame he had to die this way." Helena looked to her side as she was joined by a mysterious person.
"He shouldn't have died in the first place." Helena looked back at the funeral. She was standing from afar because she felt she didn't deserve to be near the family.
"Things like this happen everyday though and we just can't help it sometimes." The stranger crossed his arms.
"What happened to Ryan...it doesn't happen on a daily basis. It could have been prevented." Helena spit out before turning to walk away. The man watched her, thinking what she meant by that.
xXx
Helena stood from a tall skyscraper, overlooking the city lights surrounding her. She knew she had to catch Ryan's killer, not just for revenge but...because she knew what they were capable of.
"Are you going to jump? Do you think Ryan would have wanted that?" Helena turned around to see the same man from the funeral.
"Okay seriously who are you?" She crossed her arms with a sassy attitude.
"The name's Leon Kennedy; Ryan's cousin." He gave a greeting hand with a smile to match. She looked at his hand but didn't budge.
"Why have I never seen you before? I know all of Ryan's close relatives." She lifted an eyebrow cautiously.
"I'm...not very close with my father's side of the family. I only came back here to pay my respects. I'm supposed to leave tonight."
"Then why are you up here instead of the airport?"
"Why are you standing on my hotel roof; looking like you're going to commit suicide?" Leon retracted his hand now.
"I'm not going to commit suicide. I'm...just getting some air." Helena tried to lie through her teeth. Since the only place she lived was at Ryan's apartment, she booked this hotel. This hotel where she knew that murderer was staying, she thought. Before Leon could pry anymore further, a bomb went off in a room below.
Glass shattering to pieces on the ground now, with fire blazing on the side of the building. As Leon crept to edge to see what had happened, Helena jumped off the edge and grabbed hold of the rope that was already repelled down.
"What the hell?" Leon lifted a confused eyebrow.
Helena slid all the way down and jumped through the fire that blazed.
"My vintage boots and my new Burberry coat all ruined!" There was a man trying to collect his valuables.
"For someone who made an enemy, you seem a little unguarded. I thought this was going to be harder."
"Not you again! First you kill my man and now you're trying to kill my wardrobe!?"
"Ryan was an innocent man, he lived a normal life. He didn't have to be dragged into this..."
"Oh honey please, I just paid back what you took from me. My Alec did many bad things...but he didn't deserve to die like that. Helena Harper you have no idea what's really going on out there."
"How do you know my name?" Helena looked confused.
"Killing all of our men...ever since your sister was taken from you. Do you really not know what happened to her? I mean you came this far so you must not be that stupid. But on the other hand you don't strike me as a smart person either, do you know how much money this channel cost!?" He held up a burnt black channel purse with a tarnished gold chain. Helena narrowed her eyes as she rushed at him.
Now arriving into the smoking room, Leon saw Helena slapping some guy around. He grabbed her off of him.
"Let me go!" She shouted as she struggled out of his grip. Leon looked at the beaten up man.
"The fire is spreading, are you trying to be burned alive? We need to leave now or we could be trapped."
"And so what if I was to be trapped? I have nothing to lose, I can't find my sister..." Helena gave up fighting him.
"Now I doubt that's true...why not make a reason to live? I will be here for you, and I can take you to a place that will help you find your sister." Helena looked up into his sincere eyes. The fire roared louder around them now. Leon hoisted her up without her answer, carrying her on his shoulders as he made his way out of the room.
"Why are we going to the roof again?"
"I told you I was leaving tonight," Leon put her down and held her hand until they reached the top. A sleek black helicopter with the initials R.A. waited for them.