Hello, everybody! Here's chapter: 14!

Chapter: 14

Stranger's head began to toss and turn with excruciating pain. He slowly opened his eyes and was shocked to find himself strapped to the wall with chains. He was inside a Wolvark carrier ship. Not only that, the Grubbs were in cages that were on the floor and some dangling from the ceiling. All of them were badly bruised and scarred, nearly covered in their own blood. Stranger couldn't help but be ashamed of himself.

"What have I done?" He thought to himself. "All of this happened because of me. She was right. I was too soft on her. I should've shot her when I had the chance."

Metal doors began to open in front of him. Two figures emerged from the doors and walked toward him. It was Mystique and Sekto. Stranger glared at him and gritted his teeth. "Surprised to see me, Stranger?" Sekto teased at him.

"I'm surprised you're still alive." He answered back, angrily.

"Oh, yes………that. Ever since you destroyed my company and killed my host, I've been plotting my revenge. And thanks to your ex-girlfriend, my revenge will been complete very soon."

"You'll never get away with this."

"I already have. Hard to believe that someone from your own kind will double-cross you. Awkward, isn't it?"

"If she's a Steef, then why don't you kill her like what you did to the rest of my kind?"

"I could if I wanted to, but she's different. She's willing to kill another one of her kind for money. In fact, I've given her practically over $200,000 moolah for your capture."

Stranger was speechless. Was she that selfish? He couldn't help, but lower his head.

"Well, sorry to cut this reunion short, but I have to go. I have some more important business to attend to." Sekto said, walking away. Mystique stayed behind, watching Stranger. Before he left, Sekto snapped his fingers. Mystique nodded at him, and then Sekto disappeared into the doorway.

Mystique looked at Stranger, but Stranger glared at her. "What are you looking at!" He yelled at her. She ignored him and walked to a control pad. She started pushing a few button. In seconds, the Carrier ship began to tilt forward.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Stranger yelled at her once more. She finally answered him.

"We are heading toward Sekto's dam. The one you and the Grubbs destroyed a while back."

"You're going crash us into the remains of the dam!"

"No." She answered back, calmly. On the Carrier's screen, they could see that they heading into the water. "You're going to drown us, aren't you?" Stranger asked. She simply shook her head. "Then what are you doing!" He yelled at her.

Without warning, Mystique lunged at him and landed another French one on him. He tried to break away from her, but her hands held his face in place.

After a few minutes, she walked away from him, ending that forced-upon kiss. She went to the control pad and punched a red button. A glass wall slid from the floor and separated her from Stranger and the Grubbs.

Stranger noticed something odd on her side. He saw water leaking in through the hull. Then she spoke to him. "You're lucky, you're cute, Stranger." She said. "If you weren't, then I wouldn't be doing this for you."

"What's going on, Mystique!" He yelled at her.

"My name is not Mystique. Not Mysti or even Mystery. Those are not my true name."

"What're you talking about?"

"If you really want to, then I'll just say this. The answers lie in the past."

"What?"

"I'm doing you a favor, Stranger. Sekto thinks we're heading for the dam, but I've separated the prison hold from the control room. I'm the one who's heading for the dam. The prison hold is also an escape pod. I've programmed it to take you and the Grubbs back to the village. Don't worry, Sekto won't realize you're still alive and well."

"Why are you doing this?"

"We'll see each other again, but not as friends."

On her side, water was already at her neck. She hit the button again, and the prison hold broke apart from the control room. At the last second, she blew a kiss to him, and crashed into the dam's ruins. The prison hold shot away from the crash.

Stranger couldn't help but wonder about her. Thoughts floated in his head. All were very confusing. She was truly a mystery.

A/N: Oooooooooooooh! How's that for a cliffhanger? See you in the next chapter!