The Price of Desire

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Chapter 24 (Old Enemy Arrives)

Trina stood before the giant mansion, slowly closing her hands as Tori's cry echoed through her head, replaying constantly. What was she going to do to Bethany? Everything that happened to Morgan didn't seem like punishment enough for this bitch nurse. The most popular nurse at the hospital, was about to meet Trina's fist. She narrowed her gaze on the door and growled. "Hello Doctor, you're going to need to find yourself a new nurse. You have my deepest sympathies!" With an angry roar she kicked the front doors open.

In hindsight, it was likely stupid of her to come here alone. Did she have a choice, though? No, there was no choice, she'd reassured herself of this. She let out a loud yell, demanding that Bethany show herself. "Trina be careful, nothing is ever as it appears," Sikowitz's voice echoed in her head. He'd called while she was on her way, he had to keep Christy and Jason from jumping out of his car to rush to Trina's aid. He gave her upstanding advice that she would take to heart. She wasn't here for revenge, she wasn't here for blood, there was only one thing she was here for, and she would get it.

"I may not always get what I want like Tori, but this time…I am getting what I want. I am not leaving here without…" She heard footsteps in another room and quickly glared to the right. The mansion interior was made up of grey walls, and red carpet. There were two doors to her right, two doors to her left, and stairs directly in front of her that led to a second floor. This place had three floors that she saw from the outside, and chances were, the woman may have booby trapped the entire place. The door on the right further from her, closer to the steps, opened up and a familiar enemy stepped out.

Her heart pulsed and her jaw fell in shock, Sinjin was released? Sinjin smirked and was clapping his hands almost rhythmically, one clap every three seconds. "Brilliant run Trina, you made it all this way. Amazing." She glared at him, this newfound object of her rage.

"Didn't I just kick your ass and send you to prison?"

"Oh yeah, about that…" He smirked and brought his hand to his chin, tapping his finger gently on the side of his face. She studied him carefully, surprised that she was seeing some sort of transformation. His hair was not in its usual afro style, but in long semi-curls gracing his shoulders. He wasn't wearing his wire framed glasses, rather, he wore contacts. "My arresting officer didn't check me all over. You see, someone made a mistake Trina…"

"What are you talking about?" Mistake? What mistake? She narrowed her eyes and glared as he started to circle her, keeping his eyes locked with her. She watched as a dagger slowly protruded from his right sleeve and into his hand. Her eyebrows rose and instantly she started to wonder how many daggers this man had on him.

"I'll get to that, Vega." He clicked his feet on the ground and her eyes shot down just as knives protruded from the soles. Much like what mobsters wore, shoes with hidden knives. Shit, she thought, no he could have kicked the seat of the police officer and stabbed right into him! Those knives looked about six inches long! "I see you're eyeing the weaponry. Sector A was all about blades, and I am a blade specialist."

"I see. How do you feel knowing your captain wasn't even trying to get you out of jail?" Sinjin stopped walking, keeping his right side turned towards her. He raised his arm to his left shoulder, his face darkened, and a sinister laugh left his lips. "What's so damned funny, Sinjin?"

"What's funny is you thought that pathetic weasel was the Capo." The air grew increasingly heavy and silent as she eyed him. Damian wasn't the true captain? Then who the hell was? Her eyes grew large and her heart began pounding erratically, and with each thump, she was more and more certain who the true captain was. "Obviously the slime couldn't wait until I made it clear that I'd be back before he decided to step up into the captain's seat and choose a lieutenant. That prick wasn't worth the time, and I do so apologize for his seduction attempt, I wouldn't allow that behavior."

"Y-You're Sector A's Captain?"

"The one and only, always have been." He flicked his arm out and Trina quickly backflipped, narrowly avoiding the flying dagger.

"Holy shit!" When she rose she met his menacing gaze. How had she overlooked that? He'd been taken down so easily before. Why? Why had he let himself be taken down if he were truly the Captain? "You went down easily before."

"And you didn't stop to ask yourself if I went down too easily." Granted, every lieutenant was just as powerful as their Captain, so even if he had been a Lieutenant, he would have still have gone down way to easily for his status. It was all an act? Deception? "I attempted to appeal to your nicer side…turns out I neglected to take into consideration just how much rage you had in you at the time. Either or, now you get to see just how deadly I can be…"

"If you're the only thing standing in between me and that bitch, then I don't have a problem!"

"No, remember Tyson?" Didn't Michael take him in? She raised an eyebrow as Sinjin's lip curled into a murderous smirk. "It seems the kind Nurse was generous enough to bail him out of prison. So he's somewhere in this house." Crap! Her heart started to speed up and the bile began to creep up her throat. She couldn't be afraid, but she was definitely nervous. Two captains in one, then Bethany? "I see it in your eyes Trina, you're realizing that maybe you should have let your friends come along for the ride. Even if you do make it past me, there's still plenty of death traps in this house. Maybe I won't go full out on you just yet, someone's got to kill the bitch, right?" She raised an eyebrow and scoffed.

"Fuck you, Sinjin." The element of surprise was something she'd give strongly to have right about now, but of course, that wasn't happening. She was starting to regret not killing anyone. Hell, they didn't even kill Lilith, they left that girl in the whole mess without checking to make sure she was tied up or even alive. Venus was at least at the hospital, still having survived from that blade to the gut. Ying and Niu were still in prison. "What about Ying? Niu? Why aren't they around here?"

"Because they're worthless to Bethany. Though, I myself, don't care much for Bethany…"

"Why do you work for her then?"

"Why? Only because Giovanni was her husband. My girlfriend and I couldn't bring ourselves to care about the bitch and her plans." She raised an eyebrow and clenched her hands tightly, watching his bladed feet as he started walking around her once more. When did he have a girlfriend? She was someone in the gang? Did she have to worry about this? "Why am I still here, you're probably wondering? Revenge. For Raven." Her heart stopped and her blood ran cold. Raven had been his girlfriend?

"Look Sinjin, I'm just here for my sister, that's all." As if appealing to any prayerfully existent softer side of him would help. He chuckled and swept his hand through the air, pointing at the room he just came from.

"In that room is the basement where Tori's held. She is alive, I will not lie about that." He turned his glare to her. She eyed the room with growing anticipation. If only she could go in there, but there were iron bars blocking off the doorway, much to her irritation. "As you can see Nurse Bethany has the master controls to release that gate. She controls everything in this house, every trap, and can see every room. She's on the third floor in her office. She can release that gate, but she has the key to unlock the basement door. Can you get far enough?"

She cursed mentally and closed her eyes, her blood was beginning to boil and she was becoming very impatient. She was not in the mood for games. She wasn't even in the mood to talk any more to Sinjin. "I'll get there, I can do it. I have to. No matter what, nothing will stop me." Sinjin chuckled with spite and pushed his hands into his pockets. She swallowed and stared once more at his shoe blades, still confident she could take him. Her eyes lifted to his and she wondered, if she was that police officer that arrested him, would she have been able to keep him from getting away? Police work seemed pretty good to her lately, and she did need a job after getting Tori out of this mess. "Hey Sinjin, you know something?"

"What?"

"I think after this, I'm going to go into police work. You know, for my dad."

"Oh? Is that so? I forgot to ask, how's college?" College? That's right, she'd been taking courses at a local community college for a year now, since she graduated Hollywood Arts a year ago. "Surely you've missed your recent classes. Also, you're going to need a job, and if you want to go into police work, well…" She was undecided at the moment, but

"Yeah, but I'm not concerned. And I can still get a job while going to school, Sinjin." She craned her neck and sighed. She would need a job and the Chiefs would likely hire her. Being eighteen, there were jobs in law enforcement that she could take, even an actual police officer. Once she got done with the academy, that is. She'd use that job to take care of Tori, because god knows that girl will probably be living with her for some time until she were mentally stable again, and she'd use the money to get into college. Whatever money her parents had left over, she would put in a savings account. "Going to have a lot of work to do when I'm done here…may as well get started."

"You honestly think you're going to make it out of here alive?" He laughed and extended his hand, curling his fingers inwards and taunting her. "So come get me."

"No. How about you come get me." He shrugged and slowly licked his chops like he'd finished downing some great meal.

"Whatever works, but I'm going to enjoy tearing you apart, Vega." He charged towards her and she made sure to keep her eyes on those feet. He did not take his hands from his pockets. In a flash, he stopped, leaned his upper body back and started kicking his foot towards her head. Her eyes widened and she hastily threw her head back, allowing his bladed foot to swing over her head. So damn close! Why was it the first person she had to face looked like he might be a nimble, deadly weapon with one swift kick! To top it off, it was Sinjin! She felt of her hair and growled, a small portion had been chopped off at the tip.

She threw herself backwards, spinning her body as she kicked out, striking Sinjin in the chest with her foot. She held her hands out and landed safely on the ground, listening as Sinjin stumbled backwards. She turned her head and saw him moving swiftly towards her, like a leaf being blown about in the wind, his movements were wide and open. He kicked towards her side. She quickly rolled opposite of his foot, managing only to be scratched by the blade.

The point was still sharp enough that it sent a searing pain through her body, as if she'd just been slashed by Christy's sword. She rolled onto her back and held her left side. She lifted her hand and growled, her black jumpsuit was torn and the cut she'd just sustained, while shallow, still seemed to bleed rather quickly. Sinjin's shadow fell upon her and she quickly rolled away from him, barely dodging yet another kick, only to be scratched by the blade yet again. If not for her fast movements, Sinjin would have torn her apart by now! Thinking fast, she pushed herself up and kicked to the side. Sinjin leaned his upper body backwards, then moved his upper body in a circle, appearing as a tornado.

He narrowed his eyes and shot his leg forward, kicking her hard in the chest with the heel of his foot. She staggered backwards and growled. Why was he being so difficult? Suddenly a sharp pain struck her in between her breasts, he'd just kicked up and slashed through that region. She tilted her head back, to avoid being stabbed in the chin, then leapt backwards, glaring down at the cut. It was burning, like fire, and bloody, but nothing she couldn't bear with. "You really shouldn't have come alone, Trina. It's dangerous." She lifted her hand from her cut on the side and frowned as the blood slowly seeped out, thankfully it was clotting and not bleeding as profusely. It still hurt like hell, every time she bent, it was like a wasp's sting. Now she'd just have to tolerate the other cut until she was done here.

"I'm not overly concerned." She would be foolish to think her martial arts prowess was going to help her in this situation. As good as she was, he was far too loose and nimble, he could easily dodge just to his relaxed movements. Too fluid. She needed to find something to fight him off with. Afterwards, she'd steal his shoes, they could really power her up.

Like lightning he charged her once more. She started backflipping from him as he continued a repetitive motion of lifting one leg, sweeping it through the air, putting it down, and kicking with the second leg. He kept his hands in his pocket the entire time. Eventually she reached the wall and pressed her feet onto it, then shoved herself off, somersaulting over him. He watched her and growled.

"You can't avoid me forever, Trina!"

"Oh I know that." She grabbed onto a hook embedded in the wall just above the door and glanced up at the ceiling where a giant glass chandelier rested within arms reach. When she turned her gaze towards Sinjin, she saw him move his arms from his pockets. Daggers shot from his sleeves and his eyes glinted dangerously, this man must be a master with daggers, she needed to stay clear away from him! He swept his arm through the air, tossing a dagger towards her. Thinking fast, she jumped from the wall and leapt onto the chandelier. She chuckled and she eyed the pearls running along the rims of the giant light fixture. He couldn't reach her up here. Hopefully. Judging by the expression on his face, he was incredibly annoyed.

"You're just going to hang up there? Don't worry, take as much time as you need! I'll still be here." It wasn't that she was trying to be cowardly or anything, she was just trying to buy herself some time. How'd she manage to get up there? It wasn't hard, the chandelier wasn't too high to have grabbed, but thankfully it was higher than Sinjin was. She whistled and whispered under her breath.

"Where's a gun when you need it?" She turned her gaze to one of the rooms on the other side. A bathroom? There was a thought. She smirked as she imagined a nice cool, wet surface. Those shoes he was wearing had flat soles, not fun on slippery surfaces. That gave her a great idea. She quickly pulled her body and pushed forward, trying to swing the chandelier. Sinjin watched with an arched eyebrow as the chandelier continued to sway from left to right. After a second of rocking, she threw herself forward as the chandelier reached the top of where she wanted to go.

"What are you up to, Vega?" She somersaulted in the air and landed firmly in front of the bathroom door. She heard his quick steps already and ran for the showerhead. It was one of those moveable heads, which was excellent. She flipped the water on, freezing cold, sprayed the floor, then sprayed out the door just as Sinjin started to run in. "Holy shit!"

"Hope you don't mind a little water, Sinjin!" He started trying to turn, but inertia was already playing against him. He screamed and slammed to the ground, hitting his head against the wall. Trina threw the showerhead in the tub and quickly removed Sinjin's shoes. "You won't be needing these."

He moaned and slowly began to push himself up. He turned his glare to her and quickly spun around, swinging a fist, tightly clenching a six-inch blade. Reacting with a sudden swiftness, exhausted with him, she swung one of his shoes down, the concealed blade piercing into his chest. His eyes widened as blood gushed from the wound. As he fell backwards, Trina exhaled, pleased that she finally managed to kick his ass. In addition, she got a pretty awesome power up, shoe blades.

"Y-You think this is over?" She looked down at him to see him clutching his chest, growling slightly. Sweat drenched his face and his body quivered, he probably wouldn't make it much longer. After all, she did just stab him square in the chest.

"I'm pretty sure you're going to die here." She replaced her shoes with the shoe knives and walked out of the bathroom. The shoes fit remarkably well, plus they felt clean, minus the being wet part. She looked down at Sinjin once more, he was sneering at her. There was no reason to do any more damage to him, he'd bleed out. "I'm just amazed you're still alive after taking a blow to the heart."

"Heart?" He smirked and closed his eyes. "Have you ever heard of Dextrocardia, Trina? Look it up…"

"Dex…" Her brow furrowed and she let out an impatient breath of air. "I don't have time for this. I'm not sitting here to talk to you until your heart bleeds out, I have to save Tori. Later Sinjin." She started to leave the bathroom, thinking of the term Sinjin just used. She had no idea what it meant, but she knew Cardio meant heart, so maybe it had something to do with his heart. No matter. Again, it felt like he'd gone down just a tad easily, but she was more focused on trying to find that deranged nurse.

After stepping into view, she looked up to a camera in the far corner of the room. "Come on Bethany, I know you're watching." She breathed out heavily and pointed to Sinjin. "That was a dirty, cheap ass trick!"

"Oh yes my dear," Bethany's voice echoed off the walls, striking Trina's eardrums with excessive force. She spun around and growled when she spotted a speaker hooked up to the wall beside the front doors. "I had hoped he would just knock you unconscious, I'm sorry he tried to kill you."

"You're a fuckin' psycho. You know that? If you really care about me or Tori, you will let me take her home!"

"But this can be your home now."

"The hell it can…you killed our parents! If you truly cared about us, you would not have done that!"

"You don't understand…if I didn't do these things, you might leave."

"So forcing Tori to stay with you is your way of emphasizing that you care?" She clenched her fists and narrowed her eyes upon the stairs. Sinjin said she was on the third floor, did he not? "Then I'm going to find you…and I'm going to take my sister back by whatever means necessary. Try to stop me if you like, freak, but right now my main concern is on what's best for Tori. You won't stop me, you just won't. You'd better be ready. I refuse to lose her again."

*whistles* Well guys, tell me what you think. I hope you've paid close attention to everything.