Left 4 Dead: Gemini Strain.
Chapter XXVI: Bite the Bullet – Adam
Cassius smiled to himself
wistfully as he watched Adam leave the room with a look of defeat. He
wanted to laugh again at the threat Adam launched before he left but
that would be pointless on his own ears alone. He stretched his arms
and yawned long and loud. He wanted to make his way back up to the
tower, not because he wanted to ring a bell again. For other
reasons.
The journey back up was longer than he expected.
Hoping to access it from the roof again he was disappointed to see
that the structure he used as a step down had collapsed, probably
because of the additional weight that Adam had added. With a
dismissive shrug he decided to go it the old fashioned way.
He clicked his tongue at the mess a grenade had made of the stairway
up to the top. Looking carefully, he climbed the rubble with
dexterity and leaped up to catch the end of the stairway. Proceeding
to climb the debris he made his way in the circle upwards and climbed
the hatch. Almost immediately once he looked at the now motionless
bell he felt the urge to chuckle and did such, even as he looked at
the still breathing body that laid in their own pool of blood.
He seemed to still be conscious the way his eyes followed Cassius'
movements in the circle he was walking around in. Cassius decided to
just stop moving around the man and humor him by stopping and staring
into his eyes whilst a grin played on his face.
"Still
breathing?" Cassius asked with mock amazement and concern as the
man gave him a withering look from his motionless body. The man was
pale from the loss of blood and prone because of his injury. "A
shame really in your case, I was hoping that it would have killed you
instantly." He thought on those words for a moment in his head
before he told the dying man his thoughts. "Ya know, maybe I
just wanted to know that you would suffer."
"You...bastard." the man said in choked breaths. Blood if
not already coagulated came oozing out of his mouth. Cassius chuckled
again.
"I appreciate the way you help me with that
plan of mine, don't get me wrong I had no intention of killing
you...initially. I couldn't have you harming Adam though."
It seemed that the man wanted to say something in response but the
blood in his throat muffled his words. That did not bother Cassius at
all. He leaned closer, making sure that the knife was firmly in his
grip as he roughly grabbed the man's head.
"I'm not
too sorry about having to do this to you, Kai." he whispered in
his ear as he deftly slit the man's throat. What little blood that
was left in his body flowed out in a crimson stream. With a sigh he
dropped the now lifeless body and stood up with another stretch and
another yawn. The blood on his hands really did not make any
difference to him.
His focus now was to monitor Adam and
his group, searching for a moment to take action. A cruel smile
replaced his smirk. This would indeed be fun.
