Chapter 27: Vengeance

WARNING: Very graphic moments of violence in this chapter. Read at your own risk!

When I managed to get some senses back after being in the darkness for God knows how long, my head was throbbing intensely on one side and I wanted to press my hand onto it. However, my arms refused to move and my eyes wouldn't open easily. But there was a burning sensation on the side of my neck under my ear that I couldn't quite figure out why it was there.

After some time, I started hearing some mumbles and shifting of feet that I didn't quite know who they belonged to. I tested my body a little, moving it around and groaned from the consequences. It ached and I was wanting to get out of there as soon as possible.

But then I remembered what had happened before I was knocked out. Where was Lar'ja? Where was Rory? Where is everybody else? With all the willpower that I had, I moved my body around until I could feel something bound to my wrists. However, ass soon as I did, I heard a voice that was too close to my ear and I shivered at the recognition of it.

"Wake up little Anya."

That same fucking voice. I knew it was Traeger trying to call for me and he did so with a little tune to it that made me want to barf. I didn't want to comply but I wanted to know what happened to everyone else, especially to Lar'ja. My heart yearned for him and so after a little while, I opened my eyes slowly and was met with the ugly mug of Traeger, smirking down upon me.

"There you are."

I jerked up from my spot, growling and glaring at him with all the hatred inside me. He jumped back but stayed close to me. I bared my teeth at him, wishing that I could rip him apart right now. But the headache came back stronger and I groaned once more, shutting my eyes closed.

"Careful. We don't want to damage you any more than we should."

Once the pain in my head dulled, I opened my eyes and looked around me. We were still in the secret room but the bonds that I felt before were actually a thick, metal cuffs that were connected to a long chain that attached to the wall on my side and was the same for my other arm. I was on my knees but there were no chains on my legs so I could freely stand up if I wanted to. I glanced around more and saw everyone sitting down and leaning on the wall across me, all tied up and watched by many guards. Rory was forced to stay near one soldier who kept a firm grip on his shoulder. The look on Rory's face was frightening. I saw a glimpse of some soldiers holding my wrist gauntlets, knife, and necklace while some others were stationed in front of the pod, trying to figure out how to open it.

I didn't see Lar'ja and was beginning to panic, moving my head back and forth for any glimpse of him and sure enough, he was lying on the ground a few feet next to me, bound by the same chains as I was. He didn't move at all as I called for him and I feared for the worst.

"What did you do to him?! Tell me! What have you done to Lar'ja?!"

I screamed at him and Traeger just waltzes over to Lar'ja, looking down on him. I didn't want him near Lar'ja and I rushed over without a thought. However, the chains tightened and the cuffs pulled on my wrists, causing pain to radiate through my arms. Traeger turned to me and grinned.

"He's alright. Just knocked him out so we can secure both of you. He'll probably wake up soon. But I wouldn't recommend doing anything stupid. Those chains are meant to restrict your movements but we put 'added' security just in case."

"What 'added' security?"

I didn't like the sound of that and it was made worse when Traeger came back to me with an evil chuckle from his throat and a smirk on his face. He bent his knees so his face was in front of mine and I glared at him but it didn't phase him. He lifted his hand and tapped his finger on the area underneath his ear, which was the same place as the burning sensation I still had.

"See? Right here, we put a little device inside you while you were out. That is what you should be worried about."

The confusion began to grow inside me and I lifted my eyebrow up, wondering what he meant about a device in me. He stood back up and towered over me, chuckling again as that gleam in his eye sparkled, warning me of something.

"That device is connected to your vagus nerve. When it is activated by this little controller here . . ."

He pulls out a small object with a huge, red button in the middle of it and displays it right in front of my face like he was taunting me. I lunged at him again but the chains kept me in place. He brings the controller up to a little higher so that I could see.

" . . . this happens."

And then, he presses the button and whole new world of pain is introduced into my body.

The burning sensation on my neck increased until it was like someone was putting a hot iron through my skull and into my brain. I was helpless as my all the muscles in my body convulsed and tightened to the point that I thought they would rip themselves apart. My head involuntarily jerks up to the sky and my eyes roll into the back of my head. I tried to scream but all that came out were gurgles and gasps. My arms and legs shook violently and I could feel my heart slowing down to the point that it could barely beat. I was going in and out of consciousness and I was sure that I was going to faint.

But in an instant, the pain subsided and my body slumps, slamming on the hard floor. The top of my head gets the brunt force and it only made my headache worse. I tried desperately to catch my breath again while my heart slowly got back to normal rhythm. That was, by far, the worst physical pain I had in my life. It was like someone had control of me, twisting it in unnatural ways while I can only watch in horror.

"Anya! Leave her alone!"

I heard Rory's desperate pleas along with grunts from several of the guys, trying desperately to break free from their binds. I couldn't move my head since I was still recovering but I imagined that McKenna and the others were frightened as I was.

"Don't . . . hurt her. I . . . beg you."

When I heard Lar'ja's struggling voice, I used what little strength I had to lift my head and open my eyes in his direction. He was awake but trying to get onto his knees, failing miserably as he slumped back on the ground. But his eyes . . . they were barely about to see and the bright glow from them was dull. Even so, he kept his focus on me and those eyes conveyed fear like no other.

"Lar'ja . . ."

I was somewhat glad that he was alright but still worried for him. I didn't know what effects the drug had done to him but before I could ask, Traeger looks back at Lar'ja with a curious look.

"So you're awake. Much earlier than expected. Still, it doesn't matter but I'm quite curious as to why you beg for her life. I didn't think your kind would stoop so low as to beg."

Traeger stops for a moment and then tilts his head as if curious of something but then his smirk came back.

"But then again, it might be the human DNA within you that's making you like this. I should've expected that it might come out."

"What?"

Lar'ja? Human DNA within? What is Traeger talking about? I looked at Lar'ja for a moment and his face changed into shock. His inner mouth drops and his mandibles droop a little. What did he know? I looked back to Traeger with the same shock expression as Lar'ja, making Traeger chuckle from the scene playing out in front of him.

"He didn't tell you? I figured as much but since you already know so much, I'll tell you."

He paced back to me and I just watched as he continued on.

"When we had him secured at the labs before, we ran some tests and found out that he contained human DNA in his genome. We're not sure how but I'm guessing that he did it to himself. In short, he's a hybrid . . . just like you."

My jaw dropped at that moment. I didn't want to believe Traeger's words and I tried to deny them. He saw that and rubbed his chin between his fingers.

"Don't believe me? I'll give you some facts. From what we found, these Predators have different ways to speak, as you already know, but can't form words as well. Usually, voice recording will suffice for them but actually communicating like us . . . not possible."

My mind went into overdrive as I recalled the times that Lar'ja refused to tell me how he can speak ooman language so well or when he refused to teach me. Is it true? I took a quick glance at Lar'ja and his face remained frozen in shock. I turned back to Traeger when he spoke again.

"But your 'friend' over there can, right? You probably wondered for a while now. I hope that I've erased some of your doubt now."

My mind was scrambling inside my skull and my headache began to increase in pain. I stared back at Lar'ja and he finally blinked his eyes, realizing now what just had happened. We didn't speak any words. I was in too much shock to say anything at that moment as well as he. Why Lar'ja? Why?

But then, Traeger grabs my chin and forcefully turns my head back to him. He could see the shock on my face like the front of a book and he relished in it.

"But I'm not interested in that. All I want is only you can give me."

I snapped out of it and growled at him like a Yautja. Somehow, he wasn't scared of it. In fact, he was happy that I did it. Like he was waiting for me to do so. I just glared at him when that didn't work.

"What do you want from me?"

I hissed and Traeger just pulls my face closer until our noses were only inches away from each other.

"I want to see you transform into a Yautja. I want to know how you can do it."

What the fuck? Is this man insane!? He wants me to transform?! I wanted to refuse. The few times that I did, I almost killed people without realizing it. I almost attacked Rory, McKenna, Brackett, and the others. I even attacked Lar'ja and it almost ended with me taking his head off. I had very little control of it and now, Traeger thinks I'll do it for him. I don't want to!

"I . . . I can't."

His grip on my chin hardens, almost so that I thought my chin was going to break in half. The smirk that was on his face disappears and is replaced with seriousness and a little hint of anger.

"Bullshit. I've seen you turn into one of them. The awesome strength and power you had when you took on that 'Big Guy' from before. You made it look easy so don't fucking lie and just show it to me. You will do as I command."

"I'm not yours to command."

Traeger stayed calm but I can sense he was losing it. But even so, I remained strong to my decision. I won't let him have what he wants. He might as well kill me right here and now. But the words that came out of his next stopped me in my tracks.

"You will. We gave you life and allowed you to exist. You are our weapon for us to use as we see fit against the Predators instead of the original deal we made with them."

"What?"

Traeger's words made no sense at the very end. What deal? What were they originally going to do with me? When he saw the look on my face of disbelief, he grinned evilly.

"Oh yes. We had a deal with one of his kind. A long time ago . . . before you were created."

Traeger turns towards Lar'ja and I followed suit, staring at his golden eyes for a moment before he turned my face back to his.

"You were never meant to exist. We tried everything to create a hybrid like you but nothing was working and we were running out of options. We were about to give up when we received an unknown message saying that we should meet at a specific location. At first, we were cautious but I wanted to know. So I decided to follow its directions. And sure enough . . . when we arrived, an unknown figure covered in a dark cloak came to us."

The room was silent for a moment and we all waited for Traeger to continue. I saw some of the soldiers were surprised a little so it made me wonder if Traeger was telling the truth but I continued to listen to his words.

"We couldn't see his face but his figure was definitely a Predator and his language was the same except he carried something that helped us to communicate with him. He said that his clan wanted to conquer this planet but then he proposed a deal with us. If we could create the 'perfect' warrior for him, he would give us the missing piece we need to make it so and would give us immunity if we succeeded from their planned invasion."

My breathing was becoming heavier but was strange that it was mostly out of anticipation and shock rather than anger. I shouldn't believe his words. He must be lying but . . . is it?

"So, we decided to take a gamble and agreed. He gave us a vessel that contained Predator DNA and then disappeared. We found out it was modified to allow gene splicing to occur successfully and sure enough, it worked and you were created. The only one that made it since we used it all up."

My body froze at that moment. The doubt that I had for Traeger's words had vanished. Everything was making sense. The videos that I saw before explained that the splicing wasn't working but I made it somehow. And with what Traeger had said, the dots were connecting but I still was wondering about the 'deal' that was made with the mysterious Yautja, which no doubt was in league with the Bad Blood since he had the same goals as him.

"So you're just going to hand me over to them and protect yourselves? You never meant to protect Earth at all."

But Traeger let out a huge laugh that startled me a bit. This guy is really insane.

"No. We were never meant to keep our promise. We don't trust their kind and I'm sure they don't trust us but are willing to use us like puppets. But we are smarter than that. We will use the very same weapon that they wanted to destroy them. We will show them that we are the strongest of the two species."

That is when his eyes peered into mine and I shook in fear for just a moment. But I recovered and glared right back into him.

"So you are going to transform for us. Whether you like it or not."

I didn't even give his words a second thought because I knew I would never do something like this for him. He's lost his fucking mind and I will let him have the same thing every psychopath should get.

"I can't. I won't do it. I refuse to let you."

I tried to use my strongest voice so that he understood that I meant it. But I decided to do something else. Without hesitation, I gathered all the saliva from my mouth and I spat it into his face. He backed off and let go of my hand, only for his hand to swipe across my face hard. My head turned violently to the side. My cheek stung and the bones in my neck cracked a little but I moved my face back to Traeger. He was definitely not happy and I smirked at it. But then, he calms himself down and his smirk returns.

"Alright. If you won't do it voluntarily, then I'll just have to use force. Tighten the chains."

Some of the soldiers moved and went where my chains were connected. Two soldiers at each end grabbed on and began to pull on them. I began to resist and flexed my arms into my chest. At first, the soldiers were struggling and I had to be thankful for my Yautja strength but then that same pain from before rushed in as I saw Traeger press the controller button again. My body convulsed and that sense of faintness came back but it only lasted a moment. When it stopped, my body goes limp and the soldiers were able to tighten the chains without much resistance from me. I hated this but I couldn't do much with that device in my fucking body.

"Good girl. And now here comes the fun part. I brought an old friend of mine that you might be familiar with."

I turned my attention to Traeger as he signals one of the soldiers to come forth, carrying a huge box. Traeger proceeds to open it and what he pulls out sends me into a stage of horror. It was whip that was used on me before when I was tortured in the labs. The same one and there was no mistake. My eyes widened in fear as Traeger unwinds it, smacking it hard onto the ground. The sound of it made me jump a little and Traeger moved around so he was behind me and I couldn't see what he was doing. But then a glowing light shined and hit the wall in front of me and that is when I knew that it was coming. My body shook a little in terror.

"And now, let's see if you remember."

And then, with a quick flick, the same scorching pain from my past rips across my back, cutting and burning at the same time and I let out a blood-curdling scream.

I threw my head back and I squeezed my eyes shut as hard as I could, trying to dull the pain but it was no use. The whip came back and cut my skin the other way and leaving the burning behind. I screamed again but I could hear faint screams that sounded like Rory but were overlapped by more shouting like a fight was breaking out.

"No! Stop it! Leave her alone!"

Lar'ja's voice roared out, pulling my eyes towards his direction. I saw that he was fighting so hard to break free of his binds but it was useless. However, he kept going, pulling so hard that his neon green blood was dripping between his skin and cuffs. He was fighting so hard and I had to admire him for that. He stops when he makes eye contact with me. What stunned me was how much fear and concern was on his face. His eyes were widened to the point that I've never seen him like that and it stung my chest so much that I wanted to go to him. To hold him in my embrace and tell him everything will be okay. I just wanted to be with him. To feel his skin on mine. To feel his mouth on mine like that night so long ago. A night that I treasured so much. Lar'ja . . .

But the pain of the whip makes contact with my back again and I twisted my head back again, closing my eyes and screaming with all the air in my lungs. And the whip comes back . . . again . . . and again . . . and again.

I lost count of how many times the whip came back but eventually, it stops. My body became so weak that the chains were the only thing keeping upright and my head slumps down. My breathing was labored and slow and I was struggling to keep myself awake. The burns on my back were keeping me from falling into oblivion.

I heard Traeger sighed from exhaustion. He probably would have kept going but his strength was failing him too. He comes to my side and walks past until facing me once again. He lifts my weakened head up by my chin like before.

"Now . . . I will ask you again. Transform or this continues on. We will keep going until you give up."

I struggled to breathe but I looked into his eyes with resolve.

"Fuck . . . you . . ."

He lets go of me immediately and rubs his face with his hands from the frustration. I thought he was going to continue on with the whipping but he had other ideas.

"You. Bring him here. Now!"

My head was still down so I didn't see who he was bringing until I heard McKenna yelling and someone stepping in front of me. I looked up and my heart drops at the sight before me. The soldier that was holding him transferred Rory into Traeger's arms. I realized what Traeger was planning as he pulls out his gun from the holster, aiming into his skull. Rory whimpers and I immediately screamed out.

"No! Leave him out of this! He's just a child!"

Traeger just dismissed my words and squeezed Rory's shoulder, making him yelp in pain.

"Anya . . ."

"Let's try this again. If you don't do as I say, he will die."

Rory immediately froze in fear and seen easily on his face. I did the same but I had to do something to save him. I can't watch them die because of me. I began to plead with Traeger.

"Don't do this. I told you that I can't transform easily. It just happens at any moment. Just let them go. Torture me if you want but don't hurt him."

He just ticks as if scolding a child for misbehavior. He didn't like the answer and pushed the gun even harder into Rory. The guns cocks and I pleaded once more.

"Don't. Do. This. Please . . ."

"Then give me what I want. Transform!"

My breath shuddered violently. I desperately looked for any other way but there was nothing I could find. I had to transform but I had no idea how to do it. I scrambled for anything until Traeger had enough of waiting for me. Swiftly, he moves the gun, pointing it at Rory's leg and then fires.

The scream that came from Rory was one I never wanted to hear again. The bullet goes through his leg and breaks when it slams into the ground. Rory almost drops to the ground but Traeger holds him hard by the arm. Red, crimson blood pours from the bullet wound slowly and begins to stain his jeans. And then, I heard Rory start to cry and when he looks up to me, tears had flowed down his cheeks like a flood. At that moment, my vision changed and instead of Rory in front of me, I saw myself as a child with the same expression of sadness and pain.

Not again . . . Not like this . . . This can't be happening! All this time of trying to live free and nothing has changed. Nothing at all. I promised myself to protect Rory but look how pathetic I am now.

I blinked and I saw Rory once more. It was then that I decided to end this. I tightened my fist in a vise grip and slowly looked at Traeger who was smiling in triumph. He had just shot a kid and is happy about it! The anger began to build in my chest and I squinted my face and bared my teeth at him. The pain I had before was dulled and soon my anger had turned into rage. I stared daggers at him and he just smiled even more.

You motherfucking asshole . . . I'll kill you . . . I'll kill you . . . I'LL KILL YOU!

I screamed with all my might at him, letting my rage take control of me but that is when everything started. My back began to extend again and I yelped from it. The cracking of my bones could be heard throughout the room and I screamed so loud that I thought my voice would crack. I looked towards my hands and saw my nails were growing into claws and dark green blotches were forming along with the lighter green skin underneath and worked its way up my arms but I knew what was happening. My transformation had begun.

Traeger cackled so loudly that he almost sounded like a witch. He was probably happy that I was actually doing what he wanted me to do. I put my head down and closed my eyes tightly while Traeger began to rant.

"Yes! That's it! Let your instinct take over! Become the monster that you're truly are!"

My arms and legs began to thicken and I could feel my cheeks beginning to protrude. More of my bones began to crack and I did my best to try and stop it. But it was no use. I was going full-on Yautja mode but I kept all my anger at Traeger cause once I was out of this, he will be the first to die.

Then, a huge explosion could be heard from outside and it got everyone's attention. Soon, gunfire could be heard along with dying screams and Traeger looks towards one of his soldiers, demanding for information. They had no idea of the current situation until one of them gets a call from his headpiece and that is when I heard it.

"It's the Bad Blood! He's breaking his way in! Already killed a dozen of our soldiers!"

Traeger goes into action as their leader and gives off some commands.

"Go and secure the door! Make sure he doesn't get past it even if you have to use your bodies as a shield! Do not let him in!"

Some of the soldiers rush out of the room to where Traeger ordered them but in the midst of all the chaos, I saw McKenna trip one of them on his way out, knocking several soldiers down like dominoes. He grabs one of their knives and cuts his binds, freeing himself and going for the others. As soon as he got Brackett and Nebraska, both charged at the soldiers that were coming their way, grabbing their guns and knocking them out with their fists.

Traeger sees this and makes his way and I knew what he was up to. I tried to break free but the pain from my transformation stopped me from doing so. All I could do was watch. Still carrying Rory, Traeger pulls out his gun and aims it at McKenna but Baxley takes the initiative and slams his body into him with his bonds still on him, releasing Rory from his grip in the process. It only delayed the inevitable as Traeger kicks him in the stomach and without hesitation, fires into his chest.

I watched in horror as Rory screamed for him and everyone just looks in shock as Baxley coughs up blood, twitching a little before he stopped moving entirely. I saw Coyle watch as his friend dies in front of him and without thinking, he roars and charges at Traeger, screaming like a feral animal. But Traeger also sees this and shoots again, hitting Coyle in the stomach and leaving a huge gaping hole within him. He slumps on the wall and slides down, holding himself together but the blood was flowing too fast and I knew that he wasn't going to make it.

He killed my mother . . . her friends . . . and now mine as well. That's it!

My body twists and turns in unnatural ways as it finishes the transformation. The pain grew worse but my adrenaline was pumping through me and my added rage only numb me to it. At last, my pain subsides and I could feel my mandibles twitch a little and the unbelievable strength returns. I looked at Traeger once more and with all the air in my lungs, I gave out a resounding roar like none other. I was in full-Yautja form now.

Everyone turns around, including Traeger, as they watch me pull on the chains. I used all my might and kept my focus on Traeger, using my rage against him to pull harder and harder until the chains began to give way.

"Shit! She's breaking the chains!"

One of the soldiers shout and everyone scrambled to get out of the room, knowing what was coming and I was glad that they did. Using my legs, I lunged forwards and with one jerk, the chains broke and I rushed at Traeger with full force, intent on killing him right then and there. He sees this and takes out the controller from his pocket, pressing the button as fast as he could.

The pain comes back to me once more and I stopped midway to him. My body convulses again and my heart rate begins to drop, causing me to go in and out of consciousness but I could see Traeger was smirking, glad that the device was doing its job in stopping me. But he was wrong and I was going to show him.

Pushing through the pain, I lifted my massive hand and without any thought, I dug my claws into the area underneath where the device is. It was a sharp pointed pain but I pushed through it, twisting my claws deeper inside me and mangling the flesh. And then, when I felt a foreign metal frame in my claws, I yanked it out and the pain immediately went away.

I brought the device to the front of me and looked down to see that it was a tiny chip with several little parts on top of it, covered in pieces of flesh and green blood. I turned to Traeger and the look of terror on his face was one I wanted him to have. I raised the device up so he could see and then, I crushed it with my bare hand, feeling it turn into millions of pieces and I let them fall from my hand. I saw that he was beginning to panic. His 'added' security was gone and I was a pissed off Yautja right now. Without giving him any warning, I ran to him as fast as lighting, grabbing his throat and yanking him high into the air.

I gripped his throat as he began to struggle, clawing on my hand to break free but it was useless. I pulled him closer to my face and I spread my mandibles out wide and let out a menacing growl. Terror was in his eyes and his body trembled at my sight and I enjoyed it. In some way, I was glad that I still had my normal vision still so I could see every single detail of this moment. But I glanced to the side and saw McKenna and Nebraska running towards Lar'ja and doing their best to break him loose while Brackett, Nettles, and Rory attending to the dying Coyle.

For one second, a flicker of Lar'ja's eyes caught my gaze and both of us looked at each other but for only a moment. The only thing I cared right now was Traeger. He was my target and I was about to give him what he deserves. I looked deep into his brown eyes and uttered the words that I wanted to say for a long time.

"Burn in Hell."

And with that, I pulled my arm back and thrust my hand into the middle of his chest, feeling his bones crack and shatter on contact. I kept my eyes on him and he froze as he begins to gurgle out the blood that was pouring out of his mouth. I retracted out from him and I raised it up to see his heart still beating in my hand. Traeger saw this and I brought it close to his face so he could see it. He kept gurgling out more blood but in that instant, I let him watch as I crushed it in my hand, smashing it into tiny pieces and letting them drop to the ground.

Traeger just stared back at me and I growled once more, watching as his eyes rolled into the back of his head. And then . . . he went limp under my hand.

Satisfied, I threw his mangled body across the room, skidding on the floor until it stops at the wall. He would never move again. Never hurt anyone else ever again and I loved it. Fuck you, Traeger.

When I was done, I looked at my bloodied hand and observed it a bit before turning towards everyone else. The horror on their faces causes me to freeze in my spot. They just stared as if they witnessed the end of days or something. Rory had a face that was a mix of fright and concern and then I glanced at Lar'ja who was halfway out of his binds. He was shocked beyond belief and it stung into my chest once more. It was then that I realized what I had truly done.

I looked back towards Traeger's body and although he did terrible things and I wanted him dead, I was just another monster, destroying everything around me. My hands began to shake and in some way, I reached out in Lar'ja's direction but McKenna and Nebraska flinched and backed off a bit, taking out guns in fear of what I might do next. I pulled my hand back and noted the red blood smeared all over it. This isn't what I wanted. What have I done?

All of a sudden, a bullet grazes the side of my abdomen, causing me to roar in agony. I turned around to see many soldiers that I completely forgot about, shooting in my direction. I pressed my hand on my wound and saw a little bit of my blood dripping from it but the wound closed up immediately. The soldiers see this and begin to panic.

"Shoot her! Just kill her!"

Another barrage of bullets comes my way but I go into fight mode, dodging them as I charged at them, using my arm to swipe them to the side with incredible force. They just flew like flies as they scattered around me, desperate to get away since they had seen what I can do. But another bullet makes contact with me, striking through my arm and I clutched it. I kept swatting them away and another bullet hits my leg and I almost went down on my knee.

But during the scuffle, a small body makes contact with my back and I was about to swipe whoever it was until I looked down and saw Rory, holding my leg tightly. He lifts his head to see me and cries out.

"Don't do this Anya! You're better than this! You're not a monster! You're my sister! Always!"

I stopped right then and there and glanced at him, shocked by how brave he was for coming to me in this form, especially with his leg still bleeding. I could see the concern in his eyes but I didn't see any fear at all. In fact, I sensed that he was worried for me. We both stayed like that for a few seconds. I reached out for him and patted his head gently, raking my claws through his hair. When I thought he couldn't surprise me more, he smiles. The warmth inside my grew and to the best of my ability, I smiled at him even though I probably didn't do a great job.

But the moment was interrupted by another gunshot that hit my shoulder and I cried out from the shock of it. I turned and roared at the soldiers who were ready to fire again but then they began to drop like flies and I turned to see McKenna and Nebraska firing to the best of their ability. However, I wasn't in the best condition and I was in the crossfires with Rory still clinging to me. I have to get out of here. I have to protect Rory. It was my only instinct at the time and I couldn't think of anything else.

I grabbed Rory from the back of his shirt and pulled him up, placing him on my shoulders as he took hold of some of my dreadlocks, which I shuddered for a moment. I didn't think those were so sensitive.

Through the chaos, I looked around and found a crack in the wall and decided to do the same thing as before. Smash my way out of here and run.

As I got into position and bent my knees, I took one last glance over to where McKenna and the remaining group had gathered around Lar'ja. Everyone just watched but I stopped at Lar'ja, taking one last look at him. In some way, his eyes were glowing with a little of warmth in them and my heart jumped in my chest. He wanted me to stay but my body made that choice for me and I have no power to stop it.

Using all of my leg muscles, I lunged forward and braced myself for impact and I could sense that Rory was doing the same, holding tightly with all of his might. Next thing I knew, my shoulder made contact and the wall shatters. I rushed through the open air of the night sky and didn't stop, looking only forward as I passed through the trees.

Even though my instinct told me to get out of there, my heart yearns to go back and help the others. The memory of Lar'ja's eyes burned into me and a single tear falls from the corner of my eye, dropping onto the ground as Rory and I disappeared into the night.

Hi Readers!

Hope everyone is doing okay. I've decided to do another chapter of Twisted Fate since I thought the last chapter wasn't as developed as it should have been and I'm sorry if I made anyone feel disappointed during it. Your opinions and time in reading my story are very dear to me and I hope that this chapter makes up for it although I may have rushed through it a little bit in some parts so I apologize in advance. It's quite intense with all the blood and gore along with emotional/physical torture.

But now, Anya has gotten her vengeance on the man who had made her life miserable but was it worth it? Did she find any peace at all? Plus, we have some emotional moments that made me tear up a bit, especially when Anya was worried for Lar'ja but the Bad Blood is now back in action and still has some tricks under his gauntlets (like sleeves lol).

But there's still plenty of questions to be answered. Who was the mysterious Yautja that came to Earth decades ago? Why was a bargain made and to what purpose does Anya serve? Who are the Bad Blood clan that is pulling the strings in the dark?

Keep on reading as Chapter 28 is being developed and we are almost reaching our conclusion of this story. Enjoy! :))))

P.S. I will be using my Instagram page for daily updates and such so no one is in the dark on this. And another chapter of Break Free is coming soon this weekend.