Did you know that when you have control over a certain element it's possible you might activate it subconsciously? I sure as shit didn't! I would have really loved to know that when I walked up the Big House while thinking about Hylla and how she must be sleeping when suddenly I found myself enveloped in shadow!
I fell through the ceiling of the master bedroom and landed on my bed nearly throwing my wife off the bed, which she was sleeping soundly on I might add. She yelped before looking over and seeing me "Sam?!" she asked in both confusion and joy.
"Uh...hey!" I said trying for a smile still trying to understand how the fuck I got there, yeah I still wasn't used to these powers so even the most obvious thing like Shadow Traveling was still very strange to me.
"You made it! I'm so glad you could make it today!" she said pulling me into a hug I frowned trying to understand what she meant. Did she mean like I lived? Yeah I tend to do that when I'm on a vendetta, oh shit don't tell her I said that! She specifically told me not to! Shut the fuck up now!
"Yep I did...I would never forget...what we are doing today!" I said trying to remember what it was we were supposed to do. Furniture shopping? No we did that already. Groceries? No, I stocked the house with food for her before I left plus I have emergency supply caches hidden throughout the house in case of emergencies. Shit what was it?!
Hylla narrowed her eyes "You have no idea what today is do you?" she deadpanned.
"I still have the hole in my foot for when I forgot your birthday so not that, haven't been married a year so I'm safe there with the wedding anniversary...we met...in January and we celebrated that day with a nice dinner...ummmmmm I forgot to...oh would you just hit me already!?" I pleaded.
Hylla answered by smacking me so hard I flew off the bed and landed on the ground groaning. I rubbed my cheek feeling the sting of her ring, that was absolutely gonna leave an imprint of her hand. I whined as I rolled on the ground "Hyllllaaaaaaaa!" I moaned as I got up and glared at her.
She wasn't fazed in the slightest, she simply filed her nails and smirked at me. I looked down and saw that her belly had gotten a little larger and...wait...ohhhhhhhhhhh shit...
"We're finding out the sex of the baby." I said softly and Hylla nodded as she raised her arms towards me. I quickly got up and helped her out of bed then helped her get dressed "Are we seriously not gonna wait?" I asked curiously as I grabbed my coat and then opened the door.
"No, I told you I want to know so we can match colors and toys accordingly sweetie." she answered as we walked to her car.
"Oh, I meant are we seriously not gonna wait and have breakfast? I'm hungry." I clarified which she responded by slamming the door shut on my metal hand. I just grinned "Jokes on you that just dented your car, have fun paying for that!" I said laughing as I sat in the drivers seat and started the car.
"Uh...Sam?" Hylla said lookin into the mirror, I looked at it too and saw a few men approaching, all of them wearing military fatigues and wielding swords.
"Gargareans, Hylla roll up your window." I said and she did so as one of the men approached my side, the other two remained behind the car so we couldn't drive away.
I looked at the man staring at me, his flat top blonde hair and trooper shades almost made me laugh, a scar ran through his cheeks like someone had cut his mouth open. Knowing that kind of scar I could only assume someone actually did.
"Hello Lord Strife." he said his voice deep and rough.
I scoffed and glared at him "Lord? Really? Calling me a king was weird enough now I'm suddenly a lord? You just wanted to call me that right? I have no formal title, I am not a king, I am not a prince, I am not a general, I am not a fucking lord! So how about you cut the bullshit niceties that you prepared in that tiny little head of yours and tell me what you want, I'm kind of late for something."
"Doctor Ray Delgado if I recall correctly? To find out the sex of your baby. Or am I mistaken?" he asked with a grin spreading across his lips. I glared at him and contemplated snapping his neck when he chuckled "We have eyes everywhere, even your home. I would not hope to find out the sex of the baby today seeing as how the doctor is...I would like to say injured but by now he must have bled to death." he said laughing even more.
I clenched my jaw and grinned before looking at him "So just to be clear, not only have you just admitted to breaking into my home and bugging it, you are admitting to murdering our doctor simply so you could say that to my face and piss me off even more than I already am?!" I asked very calmly.
"You got something you want to say?" he asked leaning into the window.
Let me just say that that was the absolute worst thing he could've done in that moment!
"I don't but she certainly does." I said pointing to Hylla who looked even more pissed than I felt. I grabbed the guy by his neck before flooring the car into reverse. One of the other soldiers jumped to the side and the other guy was...well he's paste now.
I swerved into the street dragging the soldier by his neck going twenty, he screamed in pain as I lifted him and threw him into the car through the back where Hylla was already sitting with her knife ready. She grabbed the guy by his collar and held the knife to his throat.
"I suggest you start talking otherwise my hand just might slip due to a cramp, right Sam?" she asked calmly and I grinned as I sped up to make sure we lost the soldiers.
"She does it a lot dude in fact I'm pretty sure she actually enjoys it!" I said to scare him even more, she opened the car door as we got on the highway and held the guy out so his head was inches from the road we were racing down.
"HOLY SHIT!" he screamed his little head off, I swear I think Hylla pushed his head to the road for a second going off the screams.
"Ready to talk now?" she asked kindly, goddamn I love my wife!
"Yes!" he screamed before Hylla pulled him inside and kept the knife to his throat.
"General Fitzpatrick sent us! We were meant to capture you and bring you to him alive! He was going to turn you over to the Triumvirate!" he shouted.
I glanced back and saw his face covered in cuts and blood I smiled and gave a small laugh "And you thought the best way to do that was confront Hylla and I directly? Have you met me!?" I asked incredulously. This guy is a fucking moron why would Fitzpatrick entrust this mission to him!?
"Not to throw salt on the wound but I mean you could have just grabbed us in the middle of my ultrasound I doubt we would have put up much of a fight then." Hylla said and I nodded.
"Oh or when we were walking in, I would be too focused on you babe to really concentrate, probably would have been disarmed pretty quickly and then they could use you as leverage to get me to stop." I threw out.
Hylla snapped her fingers and nodded in agreement and I couldn't see him but I knew this dude was kicking himself internally for not thinking about that at all. Hylla got my attention as we drove and she nodded to the side, I nodded in agreement and pulled off to the side of the road, the street was pretty clear so no one would be able to see this.
I opened my door and then dragged the soldier out and Hylla followed me as we ducked into the woods. The guy looked like shit, never say my wife can't torture people! She's an expert.
After walking for a bit Hylla had to stop to catch her breath and I figured we were far enough to do the deed.
"Okay, face away from me this is gonna be very quick...I think I'm really not sure how slow of a death it will be so just pray for a quick one and we'll be good to go!"
"Please don't kill me! Please! I-I swear I won't say a word! I just wanted a promotion! Please don't kill me! I'll defect! Drop my duties! I'll run just please let me live!" he shouted as I forced him to his knees.
I held out my hand and the shadows of the trees around me seemed to be sucked into my hand until it was almost like a flame dancing along my hand.
"Just close your eyes." I said as the man sobbed but did what I said.
"Sam?" Hylla said and I turned to my wife who was cradling her stomach and looking at me with concern in her eyes. She shook her head "Let him go." she said softly.
"What?! Hylla he tried to kill us!" I said and the man simply whimpered as my hold on him tightened.
"No, he didn't want us dead, he was just following the orders of his superior. The Gargareans are not the enemy Sam. The Generals are the enemy. He's just a soldier, please don't kill him." she pleaded.
This realization hit me hard, she was right. The faction was not corrupted just the elites, the commandos that are ruling it needed to die but not the soldiers that don't have a choice.
I let go of the soldier and pushed him to the ground "Get the hell out of my sight!" I growled and he nodded and started to rise "Wait!" I said and he froze right where he was and looked at me terrified.
"Tell me everything you know about Fitzpatrick."
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