CHAPTER 25
Sally's Target
The fight between living Jack and Diego carried on for several heart-pounding minutes. Both men's skills were at an equal, but finally the duel was being brought to a close.
Diego swung his sword, jumped, and high-kicked living Jack square in the ribs. Living Jack was winded. He dropped his sword and landed hard as he fell on is back. Diego seized the moment by jumping on living Jack. He landed with one knee on the ground and the other buried in living Jack's chest. Living Jack was unarmed. He tried to hold up Diego's weight by pushing up Diego's knee. But Diego was too strong and too heavy; living Jack was neither of these.
Diego's absurd smile formed with the thought of a bloodthirsty vengeance.
"Since Jack broke my sibling's heart, I'm gonna do the same to him," Diego said to living Jack.
All living Jack could do was stare up at him with big, helpless eyes; just like everyone else in the room. Diego brought up his sword in both hands, flexed his arms for a fatal slice, and then…he froze. Diego made a gagging noise as he chocked. His eyes were as open as living Jack's, full of shock. Diego's arms quivered to an extent that he dropped his sword beside living Jack's head. Diego's gags became gurgles as blood and saliva began to stream from his mouth. Diego's arms swung to his side. His eyes rolled into the back of his head, and his body fell forward onto living Jack's face. Living Jack heaved Diego's dead carcass aside to see what had just happened. He saw standing in Diego's back a long, bloodstained knife. Then he noticed something in the distance. His eyes adjusted to look a few feet further, where Sally was posed to have just thrown a dagger-like weapon.