Chapter 4
Along with her mp3 player, I had stolen a picture of this Kyle she kept mentioning. She was right, I looked a lot like him, the similarities were uncanny. I compared the picture to my mirror image. We were both Asian, Chinese to be exact, same medium length hair that sometimes were in our eyes. Same severe eyes that could turn soft easily and turn back with the same ease. Something caught my eye, there was a tattoo on the back of his neck. Denicalis, I faintly made it out. I rubbed my hand over my own neck, I had one too. Cemmerii. I knew what his meant, and I knew what mine meant. Maybe there was some kind of connection? He was the fallen one, and I was the one living in eternal darkness. There should be one more, the death destined.
I sat in my small hotel room and wondered, I don't know when it happened, but I fell asleep.
I woke up, it was morning already, I looked around and saw the my visitor had left, maybe he left right after I turned around, or maybe he left five minutes ago, I didn't know. It was strange when I first saw him, he was like Kyle's twin, even Matt didn't look like Kyle that much. I think I was happy to see him, it brought Kyle closer to me after his death, and maybe I'll make a new friend.
"Alright, I think I got a plan." I said to Julie and Christy, both were listening very carefully. "Julie is going to be placed on a roof top near the restaurant they eat at. I'll make a few calls to them, try to, un, how should I put this. To persuade them that it is a better choice to pay up."
"What about me?" Christy asked.
"Un...we'll call you if we need back up." I said uneasily, I still didn't know what she was capable of, and Kyle would never forgive me if anything happened to her. So I decided to leave her out of this one.
"No way, last time someone told me this, he almost got killed."
"Look, I'm sorry but I can't let you do this. If you get hurt, Kyle's ghost is gonna cut my balls off while I sleep ok?" I sighed, this was going to be hard, Christy is really stubborn, but I'm going to have to deal with it if I was going to be in charge.
The window crashed open and someone jumped in, he grabbed Matt by the neck, I jumped up to help him, but I got kicked away by our trespasser. Christy just stood there and watched, maybe she wasn't fit for this job.
"Hey guys, crashing a party? Mind if I crash yours?" The stranger twisted Matt's neck around and let him go after a few seconds. It seemed like he was looking at Matt's tattoo. Oddly, he took a seat on the sofa beside Christy. Maybe he was another one of her friends.
"Who the hell are you?!" Matt pulled his gun out and cocked it, the barrel was about an inch from the guy's face.
"You wanna shoot me?"
"Maybe, depends on who you are and what you're doing here."
"It's simple," The guy laughed, he pointed to the back of his neck.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" I asked, I took Matt's gun away from him, he let go reluctantly, I took a seat opposite of our visitor and Matt sat down beside me.
"I'm the one living in eternal darkness," He pointed to himself, "He's the one devoted to death." He pointed to Matt, "And that's the girlfriend of the fallen one."
"The three." Matt whispered,
"Riiight." He said, he stuck his hands into his pocket and pulled something out. "Hey," he whispered to Christy. He gave her an mp3 player, and apparently that meant something to Christy, her eyes lit up and she hugged him.
"Thanks, you're a sweet guy." She put the chain around her neck and she tucked the mp3 player into her shirt along with Kyle's cross. I caught the guy looking down Christy's shirt, I wanted to say something but then I realized he wasn't being a pervert.
"Hey, what do we have here?" He lifted the chain of the cross up and looked at the cross. He reached into his own shirt and pulled out an identical one, then he looked at Matt. "You got one bro?"
Matt took his out and nodded.
"Nice, so we're the three now eh?" He let Christy's cross go and put his own back into his shirt. "So, I'm Danny, what's up?"
"I'm Christy." Of course she'd be the first one to introduce herself, she's always been more social. I guess I was a little jealous, but at least I was willing to admit it.
"I'm Julie."
"Matt."
"Alright, so..." He clapped his hands together. "What were you talking about before I came in?"
"That's none of your business." I said.
"No, it's ok, he's here to help us." Guess who said that, yeah of course. Christy, she is really starting to bug me.
"Yeah, it's fine Julie." This time it was Matt. "He's one of us."
"What? Just cause he has some cross that looks like yours and knows a few Latin words?"
"No, I have an old picture. A family picture. It was taken when I was two, and it was taken at the hospital. Kyle was born that day, but so was Danny, they're twins. I didn't know it then but those two are the most different two people you can come up with."
"Right, I'm happy...and he's not." Danny laughed.
"Something like that." Matt said quietly, I noticed Christy didn't look too happy right now, maybe something Danny said? "Ok, back to the plan, since we have a new member, Danny, you'll be back up."
"You're still leaving me out." Christy said angrily. "I'm coming even if you don't let me."
"Look, I told you already, it's too dangerous for you, you don't know how to take care of yourself out there ok? It's tough." Matt sighed, I felt that he was beginning to tire of telling Christy this.
"Hey man, she can stick with me, I'll take care of her. Besides the company might be nice." Danny suggested.
"Yeah, I'll go with him, and I'll be careful. I won't get hurt." Christy immediately picked up the idea.
"Fine, fine." Matt finally gave in. "We leave at seven in the evening."
"You ready?" I whispered.
"Sure, I don't really know how to be ready for this." Christy sounded worried, but that was expected.
"You don't have to do this, I just said you could come if you wanted to. Do you want to?" after that was said and answered by a nod, I fell into my own thoughts. This was more than just me going in and killing a few people, no, it's more like those people are my former bosses, they still have a certain...contract I must fulfill.
"Hey," Christy's voice interrupted my brooding. "You alright? I've seen that look before and I know it's not healthy."
"I'll be fine." I knew it was a lie, this was going to get rough. And apparently she knew too.
"Bullshit, I know that line all too well. Don't lie to me."
I sighed, "Don't worry about me, I can take care of myself." I left her room and she followed me closely, still wanting to ask me about what was going on.
I got into her car, or my brother's, same thing. The directions from Matt were clear and they got us to the restaurant undetected. We waited in the shadows near the entrance. I started to think. And Christy started to shake a little. I don't know if it was from the cold or not, but I gave her my sweater, she took it but she didn't wear it, she just looked at it.
"Don't," She handed it back to me, "Please."
I'll admit I was puzzled but I let it go, she has her reasons, probably involving Kyle.
"Ok Julie, You set up?" I said into my head set. "I'm making the call now."
"Go ahead, I'm ready."
I dialed the number, my fingers moving across the keypad easily, and then I waited.
I heard a cell phone ring inside, and I got ready for whatever followed it.
This is my first taste of action, I thought. What's gonna happen? Maybe Matt was right, I'm not ready. Too late now.
I tensed up, all distractions floated away, I looked through the scope and found the phone, and I centered my crosshair on the one who picked it up.
"Hello?"
Along with her mp3 player, I had stolen a picture of this Kyle she kept mentioning. She was right, I looked a lot like him, the similarities were uncanny. I compared the picture to my mirror image. We were both Asian, Chinese to be exact, same medium length hair that sometimes were in our eyes. Same severe eyes that could turn soft easily and turn back with the same ease. Something caught my eye, there was a tattoo on the back of his neck. Denicalis, I faintly made it out. I rubbed my hand over my own neck, I had one too. Cemmerii. I knew what his meant, and I knew what mine meant. Maybe there was some kind of connection? He was the fallen one, and I was the one living in eternal darkness. There should be one more, the death destined.
I sat in my small hotel room and wondered, I don't know when it happened, but I fell asleep.
I woke up, it was morning already, I looked around and saw the my visitor had left, maybe he left right after I turned around, or maybe he left five minutes ago, I didn't know. It was strange when I first saw him, he was like Kyle's twin, even Matt didn't look like Kyle that much. I think I was happy to see him, it brought Kyle closer to me after his death, and maybe I'll make a new friend.
"Alright, I think I got a plan." I said to Julie and Christy, both were listening very carefully. "Julie is going to be placed on a roof top near the restaurant they eat at. I'll make a few calls to them, try to, un, how should I put this. To persuade them that it is a better choice to pay up."
"What about me?" Christy asked.
"Un...we'll call you if we need back up." I said uneasily, I still didn't know what she was capable of, and Kyle would never forgive me if anything happened to her. So I decided to leave her out of this one.
"No way, last time someone told me this, he almost got killed."
"Look, I'm sorry but I can't let you do this. If you get hurt, Kyle's ghost is gonna cut my balls off while I sleep ok?" I sighed, this was going to be hard, Christy is really stubborn, but I'm going to have to deal with it if I was going to be in charge.
The window crashed open and someone jumped in, he grabbed Matt by the neck, I jumped up to help him, but I got kicked away by our trespasser. Christy just stood there and watched, maybe she wasn't fit for this job.
"Hey guys, crashing a party? Mind if I crash yours?" The stranger twisted Matt's neck around and let him go after a few seconds. It seemed like he was looking at Matt's tattoo. Oddly, he took a seat on the sofa beside Christy. Maybe he was another one of her friends.
"Who the hell are you?!" Matt pulled his gun out and cocked it, the barrel was about an inch from the guy's face.
"You wanna shoot me?"
"Maybe, depends on who you are and what you're doing here."
"It's simple," The guy laughed, he pointed to the back of his neck.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" I asked, I took Matt's gun away from him, he let go reluctantly, I took a seat opposite of our visitor and Matt sat down beside me.
"I'm the one living in eternal darkness," He pointed to himself, "He's the one devoted to death." He pointed to Matt, "And that's the girlfriend of the fallen one."
"The three." Matt whispered,
"Riiight." He said, he stuck his hands into his pocket and pulled something out. "Hey," he whispered to Christy. He gave her an mp3 player, and apparently that meant something to Christy, her eyes lit up and she hugged him.
"Thanks, you're a sweet guy." She put the chain around her neck and she tucked the mp3 player into her shirt along with Kyle's cross. I caught the guy looking down Christy's shirt, I wanted to say something but then I realized he wasn't being a pervert.
"Hey, what do we have here?" He lifted the chain of the cross up and looked at the cross. He reached into his own shirt and pulled out an identical one, then he looked at Matt. "You got one bro?"
Matt took his out and nodded.
"Nice, so we're the three now eh?" He let Christy's cross go and put his own back into his shirt. "So, I'm Danny, what's up?"
"I'm Christy." Of course she'd be the first one to introduce herself, she's always been more social. I guess I was a little jealous, but at least I was willing to admit it.
"I'm Julie."
"Matt."
"Alright, so..." He clapped his hands together. "What were you talking about before I came in?"
"That's none of your business." I said.
"No, it's ok, he's here to help us." Guess who said that, yeah of course. Christy, she is really starting to bug me.
"Yeah, it's fine Julie." This time it was Matt. "He's one of us."
"What? Just cause he has some cross that looks like yours and knows a few Latin words?"
"No, I have an old picture. A family picture. It was taken when I was two, and it was taken at the hospital. Kyle was born that day, but so was Danny, they're twins. I didn't know it then but those two are the most different two people you can come up with."
"Right, I'm happy...and he's not." Danny laughed.
"Something like that." Matt said quietly, I noticed Christy didn't look too happy right now, maybe something Danny said? "Ok, back to the plan, since we have a new member, Danny, you'll be back up."
"You're still leaving me out." Christy said angrily. "I'm coming even if you don't let me."
"Look, I told you already, it's too dangerous for you, you don't know how to take care of yourself out there ok? It's tough." Matt sighed, I felt that he was beginning to tire of telling Christy this.
"Hey man, she can stick with me, I'll take care of her. Besides the company might be nice." Danny suggested.
"Yeah, I'll go with him, and I'll be careful. I won't get hurt." Christy immediately picked up the idea.
"Fine, fine." Matt finally gave in. "We leave at seven in the evening."
"You ready?" I whispered.
"Sure, I don't really know how to be ready for this." Christy sounded worried, but that was expected.
"You don't have to do this, I just said you could come if you wanted to. Do you want to?" after that was said and answered by a nod, I fell into my own thoughts. This was more than just me going in and killing a few people, no, it's more like those people are my former bosses, they still have a certain...contract I must fulfill.
"Hey," Christy's voice interrupted my brooding. "You alright? I've seen that look before and I know it's not healthy."
"I'll be fine." I knew it was a lie, this was going to get rough. And apparently she knew too.
"Bullshit, I know that line all too well. Don't lie to me."
I sighed, "Don't worry about me, I can take care of myself." I left her room and she followed me closely, still wanting to ask me about what was going on.
I got into her car, or my brother's, same thing. The directions from Matt were clear and they got us to the restaurant undetected. We waited in the shadows near the entrance. I started to think. And Christy started to shake a little. I don't know if it was from the cold or not, but I gave her my sweater, she took it but she didn't wear it, she just looked at it.
"Don't," She handed it back to me, "Please."
I'll admit I was puzzled but I let it go, she has her reasons, probably involving Kyle.
"Ok Julie, You set up?" I said into my head set. "I'm making the call now."
"Go ahead, I'm ready."
I dialed the number, my fingers moving across the keypad easily, and then I waited.
I heard a cell phone ring inside, and I got ready for whatever followed it.
This is my first taste of action, I thought. What's gonna happen? Maybe Matt was right, I'm not ready. Too late now.
I tensed up, all distractions floated away, I looked through the scope and found the phone, and I centered my crosshair on the one who picked it up.
"Hello?"