Chapter. 52

Catherine and Vincent were dropped int the middle of a city under a heavy rain storm, the water was high enough to reach their knees. "Kill her!" As soon as the fight began Vincent charged at Catherine, fast then she could react. Vincent grabbed into Catherine's face and pressed her head into the water. Catherine drew a dagger and thrist it into Vincent's arm.

Vincent caught her arm and twisted it to point the dagger at Catherine's face. Catherine struck Vincent in the chest with her knees then pushed him off and jumped to her feet as she threw her dagger. Vincent drew his sword and deflected the dagger. "Break her." Vincent stood up and ran at Catherine with both hands on his sword. Catherine drew another dagger to block but it was knocked out of her hands by Vincent as he followed with a slash across Catherine's chest then and spin kick to knock her down.

Catherine fell into the water and rolled backwards to her feet as she drew two more daggers. "Cut her legs!" Vincent was barely aware of what was happening, he swung his sword but Catherine jumped over the blade and Vincent followed with an uppercut to Catherine's face, cracking her helmet and knocking her back. "Don't let her up!" Vincent rushed at Catherine and fired laser bolts at her.

Catherine rolled to her feet and lunged at Vincent. "Put her down!" Vincent sidestepped Catherine and grabbed her by the arm, he swung Catherine around then slammed her into the ground. Still holding on to her Vincent ran his blade into Catherine's arm, then shot her in the back. Catherine threw her dagger and Vincent moved out of its path. Catherine took the opening to roll away from Vincent and stand up, pulling the sword out of her arm and threw it back at Vincent.

Vincent caught the blade and stepped back to shoot at her. Catherine dodged some of the bolts but each hit was slowing her down until one hit her in the wound on her chest to stagger her. "Cleave her!" Vincent dashed towards Catherine with his sword raised.

Catherine crossed her daggers to catch Vincent's sword but still had to step back from the force of Vincent's attack. "There it is, that rage, that power. This is what I've been trying to foster in you, you're real power. This is all I wanted!"

"That's exactly what Catherine wants. By staying angry at Catherine you're letting her effect you, you're letting her control you, giving her power over you. Power she doesn't deserve." Vincent leaped back and the haze began to clear. Remembering Lyle's word Vincent relaxed and threw his sword away.

"Pick it up." Vincent's hand twitched but he refused to look at it.

"What are you doing?" Catherine watched Vincent as she took a couple steps closer. "A trap, a lure to let my guard down?"

"No. I'm done fighting you."

Catherine laughed. "Are you for real? Come on, let me see your anger again."

"Pick it up." Vincent tightened his fist.

"What is this?" Catherine lowered her daggers. "Pick up that sword and fight me."

"No. Because that's what you want and I'm done giving you what you want."

"PICK IT UP NOW!" Vincent's hand tightened enough that his finger tips scraped along his palms.

"Pick that sword and fight me, here." Catherine put away her daggers. "I'll give you one free hit, shot me."

"No."

"Shot me, now."

"No."

"Fucking shot me Vincent!"

"SHOT HER!"

Vincent ripped off his blaster and tossed it aside. "No."

Catherine rush to Vincent, drawing a dagger to stabbed him in the chest. "Take this blade and stab me, show me that anger."

"No."

Catherine twisted the blade. "I'm not letting you bitch out on me now Vinny. You're a monster, you know it, I know it, everyone needs to see it. Now take this dagger and stab me with it."

"Take that blade and stab her!"

"No."

Catherine screamed and threw Vincent into the water then looked to Rebecca. "You did this to him! You ruined my Vinny you fucking whore!"

Levi laughed lightly. "From where I'm standing I'd say he was never yours to begin with."

"I'll fucking kill you both!" Catherine threw her dagger at Levi, it was stopped by the barrier. Vincent slow pushed himself up. "Get the fuck down!" Catherine kick Vincent in the chest to keep him down then turn to his friends. "Are you proud of yourself! Was so full of anger and power and you all had to take that way from him, now look at Vinny. Weak, tied down, you all ruined him! I wanted a monster and you took that away from me!"

"Vincent isn't yours to do as you please!" Shouted Corina.

"He's my child! So I CAN do as I please! You have no room to talk! Did you not mold Lyle when you took him in? Did Vincent not mold Rebecca?"

"But they weren't trying to turn them into monsters." Said Levi.

"If only none of you had never stepped into his life." Catherine stood over Vincent as he struggled to stand up. "Come on Vinny, get up! Get up and hit me!" Vincent rose to his feet and stepped away from Catherine. "Come on, and fight me!"

"Fight and end her!" Vincent still didn't move.

"You say great but you don't want it bad enough. you're like all the other and just kind of want it. You don't want it as bad as you want to be accepted or to be cool to people who don't matter. Almost everyone don't want greatness as bad as they want to sleep!" Catherine waved her hand to the others. "You don't need them to be strong you just need yourself." Catherine threw a dagger to Vincent's feet. "What do you need to motivate you? Are you not enough? Is your potential not enough? Is your greatness not enough? What is it? What do you need to be the man I know you are?"

"Pick that blade and end her!"

Vincent took a deep breath and relaxed his hands. Catherine ran to Vincent and punched him in the chest, causing him to fall into the water. "Right now you're being so stupid! You've been through so much hell, you're gonna quit now! You should've quit months ago! You don't get to quit now!"

Vincent rose up and Catherine punched him in the chest again, putting him back in the water. "Get up!"

"GET UP!"

Vincent stood up again and Catherine punched him. "Get up!"

"GET UP!"

Vincent stood up and Catherine held out a dagger. "Now. Fight. Me!"

"Take it and kill her!"

"No!"

Catherine stabbed Vincent through the chest and lowered him down. "Shhh... It's fine Vinny, mama will fix you right up."

The battle was over and everyone returned to the real world. Vincent held his chest as Rebecca held him up. Everyone looked to Catherine who rubbed her arm then waved her hand. The world broke apart and turned into an open wasteland.

Rebecca looked around to see she was on the battlefield she heard footsteps and saw Catherine walking towards her. "I tried to be nice but no one will listen. I'm gonna have to fix this, fix everything." Catherine drew two daggers. "Now be a good girl and your torment won't be... that bad."

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