Chapter 3: New Friends and Annoying Foes

I glance at the mirror again and again, waiting for Julie to finish the patch job. The woman in green and the skirt kid are still looking at me. As soon as she finishes, I lean over and ask her

"Is there a back exit?" She replies with a nod.

"Thank you, andremeber what I said" I say to her, running out to the back exit. I look back to see if the trio is fallowing me, I just see Julie, blushing as if she were a set of Christmas lights. Love, why do humans have it?

As I run to the back, I wonder what the trio would want with me. Are they with the State? Are they here to get rid of me, just as I did for Seta? I don't know, but I know three against one isn't a smart call. I burst through the back door and I'm greeted again by the bitterness of the cold. The steam from the building in the alleyway make it look more suspicious and dreary than it already is. My mind is on a lot of things now that Seta is dead. As I am thinking, I light a cigarette and walk down the alley, thinking I'm alone. The dark outline behind me breaks that feeling.

"My, my, you are a violent one" the figure says

I turn to see the woman in green from the bar.

"Hmmm… and why do you say that?"

"Because, after you killed the four men at the bar, you decide to come here and kill poor Mr. Niter." She holds up her hands in the air, in a gesture of frustration.

"Your point being?"

"We like people like you. And being in our good book is a guaranteed way to stay alive."

"Question. Who the hell are "we" and "our"? And since when do I have to be in the good book for a bitch like you."

"You manners are also something that is violent" says a voice from behind me.

I turn back around to see the little fat man and the kid with the skirt.

"That explains we, now, why the hell should I listen to you?"

"If you don't do as we ask, you'll be dead" the woman in green said.

"Dead, dead" the little man repeated.

"Thanks, but I have to carry out my own, but I'll see you all in hell" I say, taking out a shotgun, pointing it at the woman in green. I have my other hand around my pistol in my jacket, pointed at the two behind me.

"You're chocked full of weapons" she says, mocking me. "Are you going to shoot me?" she says, holding up her hands, mocking me even more.

"No" I respond. I pull my pistol trigger, shooting the little man. As the skirt kid looks at his fallen comrade, I shoot him in the chest. They fall in the snow, covering the white snow with their blood. "As for you…" I say, turning quickly toward the green dress, "You get a knife" I throw the knife at her, striking her in the throat.

The trio I had a fear for is now dead all around me. I thought they would be more of a challenge, but the fun of killing is very satisfying. A voice breaks that good feeling.

"You! Hands in the air"

I turn back towards the two fallen men to see Military personnel, with a gun in his hand.

"You're not going to shoot me, are you?" I say, coldly. I decide to play around with this mans head. I walk towards him, with both hands in the air. As I get closer, he keeps telling me to stop and get down. I don't really pay any attention. I get right in his face and ask him something that makes him drop his guard.

"Have you ever seen hell?" I say. I stamp down on my right boot, revealing a concealed knife. I kick him in the groin and he starts to bleed profusely. As he lies on the ground, I take his gun and shoot him until the barrel is empty.

"You really are pathetic, aren't you?" I ask

"They all are. Humans and Military"

I turn to see the trio has somehow regained life and consciousness. I am taken back and fall to the ground.

"How the hell…did you do that?"

"It's simple, when you're not human" the woman in green said, walking towards me. "I bet you know what that's like, right?" I nod to her question.

"Go ahead and kill me, earn the glory and fear from doing so." I say. The woman in green reaches out her hand to me, wanting to help me up. I take it and let her help me up.

"We don't want to kill you," she says "Our master wants to meet you."

"Well, since you as inhumane as I am, and it's always so rude to refuse such an invitation from such a lovely woman" I say, kissing her hand "Why not?"

"One thing though" the kid with the skirt said. He rushes towards me and knees me in the stomach. Not quite the feeling you would want. "That's for killing us."

"Can't we get along?" I jokingly say.

"You shot us."

"Good enough. Can I at least get you names?" I ask

"Not yet, but soon" the woman in green replies. They start to walk in the snow, and I follow. These three people, if they are that, what are they? And who the hell is this master of theirs? It seems my questions have been answered with even more questions. For now.