Chapter 1
"When I started this journey, I was steadfast in my convictions. That you needed to die"
"What changed?" came the smooth reply. This is how the abhorrent creature before me has survived. The serpent with the silver tongue.
"Nothing."
"Nothing?" the snake scoffs. "That doesn't say much for your convictions"
"No, I suppose not." I confess.
"So what happens now?" he states in a cold and emotionless voice. Trying to hide behind a mask of frigid indifference, his professional face if you will. It's a good mask. I wouldn't gamble against him, but the eyes...The eyes never lie. They truly are the gateways to the soul but what I see no longer scares me. No longer prowls my sleeping thoughts. It's no longer capable of hurting me anymore.
"I suppose I should be thanking you."
"What! Why?" The mask is cracking under the indifference that I am showing. After all the things that have transpired I assume he was expecting me to be angry. This detachedness is more terrifying than blind rage, as there are no avenues of escape. I control this situation.
"You took away my fear."
His eyes widen slightly and one bead of sweat slowly slides down his temple. Seeing this I smirk faintly.
"There are many things that scare me in life. The fear of death is no longer one of them. That left me long ago. It had to; otherwise it would have killed me."
"You didn't answer my question."
"What the hell, may as well give you your greatest wish. I'll tell you what you really want to know."
That gets his attention.
Walking across the room, his bodyguards lay dead on the ground but they don't matter now, all that matters now is this moment. This one fragment of time that I have butchered my way through this galaxy for. For this fragment of time; this moment. This one perfect moment of vengeance. For the look on his face as he realises that there is nowhere left to run and that he must face his judgement. This is my moment and no one can take it away from me.
"Hunter, you don't need to do this! You can walk away!" Mac screamed into my earwig. Looking across to the adjacent building and his snipers nest, I face him and utter one word. "No."
Turning back I steady my aim and fire once.
To all the survivors on that floor, it sounded like the hammer of the gods...