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GeneCo: Sustaining the Genetic Opera

Chapter 23: Bloodbath

As the nurse administered more pain medication, Owen looked at the bullets starting to whiz through the wall every couple moments. The nurse kept flinching and was about to give him a sedative when he grabbed her arm.

"No. Where's the clothes I came here in?" he asked, looking at her.

"I...I have to-" she began, impatience pricked at his temper and he squeezed her wrist painfully.

"Answer my question." he snarled.

"O..o..over there." she squeaked, nodding her head to a closet.

"I had a gun holster with a revolver in it, bring it to me along with the extra rounds I had in my coat pocket." he responded, voice calm as ever. She nodded and he let go of her arm, watching her hurry to the closet and bring back everything he asked for.

Pulling the gun out of the holster, he checked to be sure it still had most a round left in it, then cocked the hammer back. The nurse took a step back and he laughed at her.

"What? Think I'm planning on shooting you?" he asked.

"Are..are..are you?" she stammered.

"I might, if you don't bring me a bottle of whiskey within the next ten minutes." he replied, smiling at her as if he'd just complemented her attire. Looking thoroughly confused, she hesitated for a moment, then scurried out of the room.

Wishing he had a cigarette, he watched the doorway and window warily, listening and waiting. A moment later, one of the rebels tried climbing through the window that had been left open. He got halfway into the room, then looked up to see Owen flash him a wolfish grin before a bullet crashed through his skull and he crumpled back to the ground.

Cocking the gun again, he watched and waited for more.

Xxxxxx

Sick Boy was still holding Amber, comforting her, when a pale man climbed through the window suddenly. Jumping up, ready to fight, thinking it was someone involved in the battle raging outside, the tattooed man balled his hands into fists.

"Graves?" croaked Amber.

"Now's not a friendly time to be hoppin in windows, mate." said Sick Boy, cracking his knuckles. Amber closed a hand around one of his fists.

"No, it's okay. What are you doing here?" she asked Graverobber. The pale man heaved a sigh of relief and leaned against the wall.

"I thought you were dead. Fuckin A..." he muttered.

"Well I'm not doing fantastic, that's for fucking sure." she replied in a bitchy tone.

"Yea, I know. I'm sorry." said Graves, looking overwhelmed with guilt.

"For what?" she asked, confused and more than a little testy.

"I could've prevented this, Amber, I'm so sorry. I saw them go in, I should've stopped them, I-" he began, he was cut off when the vase that had been on her bedside table narrowly missed his head and smashed against the wall next to him. Apparently, as hurt as she was, she could still throw things pretty well.

"Fuck you." she snarled, cold fury in her eyes.

"Amber-"

"Fuck you. Get out. I don't want to see you ever again."

"Amber, please lis-"

"Shut the fuck up, Graves! You're a selfish cunt! Now, get out!" she shouted at him, wishing she had more things to throw.

Head down, he climbed back out the window.

Xxxxxx

Out on the roof, the crisp night air whipped at any skin that was bared to it, the cold chilling to the bone. Luigi set men with machine guns to aim at the crowd beneath them, he and another had sniper rifles.

Aiming down at the crowd, he looked for rebels leading the charge and along with the man beside him, picked them off one by one until the rebels were confused and looking for instruction as they frantically tried to fight. When half the mass dropped their weapons and surrendered, Luigi put the rifle down and waited for the rest to do the same.

It didn't take long for those that still stood to realize that without clear leaders, they were done for. Dropping their guns as well, with a few still trying to fight and being easily shot down, the firing suddenly ceased. The GeneCo guards and soldiers below picked up the weapons and lined all the living rebels up, keeping loaded weapons on the prisoners.

"Send all the people at the camp to the town square where the rest are circled, now." Luigi ordered into a walkie. Watching his brother, Pavi suddenly felt overwhelming dread as he realized, before anyone else, what Luigi planned to do.

There was fifteen minutes of confused, orderly, and fearful silence as those from the camp joined the rebels lined up on the street. Men, women, and some children seeing their friends and family members that were living ran to them, grateful to be free and seeing their loved ones again.

Silence fell again as the billboard and all the tvs showed Luigi on the roof, all attention went to him.

"Those of you who still breath, ask yourselves, was it worth it? Here I stand, alive, well, breathing. My brother is here next to me, my son is in a hospital bed and doing just fine. Here's what's happened to your assassins." began Luigi. At his words, the men who'd led the attack in his office were dropped, ropes around thier necks, from the billboard.

"My sister is still alive as well. You've accomplished nothing but what's about to come in a few moments. Do you know yet what that is? Do you have any idea what you've brought down on yourselves?" he asked, silence still followed his words so he continued.

"When you meet God, tell him who sent you. Tell him why and tell him about the everlasting stain you're going to leave on my streets." he said, waving a signal to his machine gunners. They and the men guarding on the street opened fire. In a matter of seconds, every single man, woman, and child left alive within the Rebels was crumpled in a bloody heap on the road.

"Men. You will pick up the bodies but don't you dare attempt to remove the bloodstain. Let this forever be a warning as to what will come of challenging me. I will have your respect. If I can't have your love, god dammit, I will have your fear." he finished, leaving the rest of the Island's residents with a terrifying glare before the cameras cut off.

A dead silence followed, only being broken by the occaissional gunshot from soldiers making certain all the rebels were dead. The guards on the roof with himself and Pavi were stunned at their own actions and now a bit more scared of their king than they had been previously, as was everyone else left alive on the Island.

A Russain voice crackled through Luigi's walkie.

"Sir?" it asked.

"What?" Luigi answered.

"Orders of those that remain, Sir."

"Toss the dead in a designated pile by the camp, put up a sign that let's anyone who passes know exactly who they are and why they're dead. The men that are hanging, leave them there." he ordered.

"Yes, Sir."

"Was that all, General?"

"No, Sir. Once myself and my men are finished, what are our orders?"

"You're the Island's police now. Rotate men in and out of patrols. That's all for now."

"Yes, Sir." replied Anton, the walkie went dead and Luigi stowed it away in his coat pocket. Turning to his awestruck brother, he sighed.

"What?" he asked.

"Nothing, fratello." replied Pavi, at peace with his older brother's decisions. Luigi nodded and they left the roof.

Walking back into the office, Raven looked at them with wide eyes as they approached.

"Now, do you have a problem?" asked Luigi, hands in his pockets.

"No. Where's Owen?" she asked, lying but still just wanting to find the young man.

"He's-a in the-a hospital. Room-a 3." said Pavi. A wave of relief crashed upon her visibly and she hurried out, knowing or at least hoping he didn't want her for anything else. Luigi turned to his brother with a slight glare.

"You know, I'm pretty fuckin sure she was talkin to me." he said.

"Give-a it-a a rest, fratello. She did-a what-a you wanted her to-a do, it's only-a fair to finally-a let her go see-a the person she's-a supposed to take care-a of." replied Pavi, looking tired. Luigi sighed and nodded.

"Alright, fair enough. I-" before he could finish, his intercom beeped. Walking over to the desk, he pressed the talk button.

"What?" he asked. One of his secretary's, Kelly, answered him.

"I have a note here from the hospital that says to tell you Amber woke up, Sir." she said. Pavi seemed to wake up more and both brothers breathed a huge sigh of relief, literally.

"Okay, we'll be down." he answered, the intercom went dead. Without a word between them, they hurried to the elevator and headed down.

Xxxxxx

Lisa and Shilo had gone to the window when the firing had suddenly ceased and stayed there, watching. Awestruck, frightened, and almost disgusted. When it was all over and the clean up began, they slowly moved away. Shilo dropping back onto the bed.

"Oh my God..." she muttered, for the tenth time since she'd gone to the window.

"Are you okay?" asked Lisa, concerned, a little shaken up herself.

"No, no, I'm not very okay."

"You realize you can't have expected anything less from him in this situation, right?"

"He just had women and children slaughtered in the street! That's not defense or war!" exclaimed Shilo.

"And this isn't my fight. You need to talk to him about this." replied Lisa, calmly. Shilo didn't say anything else, just looking down at her hands. After a few more moments of silence, Lisa spoke again.

"If you don't need me, I should probably see if he needs me to run any errands."

"It's fine. You can go. I'll be fine til he gets back." replied Shilo, not looking up. Realizing she needed her space, Lisa walked out. Shilo heaved a sigh and rubbed the bridge of her nose, not noticing this was one of her father's habits she'd picked up over the years.

Getting up, she walked into the bathroom, knowing a hot bath would help her relax and give her time to think.

Xxxxxx

Walking quickly but not letting herself run, Raven made her way through the hospital and found room three. She walked in to see Owen still laying in the hospital bed which was sat up as a seat, smoking a cigarette with a whiskey bottle on the table next to him. His revolver was in his hand but he was clearly relaxed, not watching the window anymore. Two dead bodies lay on the floor beneath the window.

She walked over to him, eyes scanning for any more injuries, he smiled at her when she approached.

"Hey, Doll, how's it goin?" he asked, as though they were sitting on a beach during a vacation.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"I've got a smoke, a drink, and you're here. So, I'd say I'm just fine." he replied, still smiling. She sighed and dropped into the chair next to his bed, running a hand through her dark hair.

"And your bullet wound?" she muttered.

"Just in my thigh. Right as rain, no problems. I think I might leave tonight."

"They're letting you go tonight?"

"They aren't letting me do anything, I don't need them to let me. You can take care of me, I want to sleep in my own bed." he replied, still smiling. She considered arguing with him but decided against it.

"Okay." she replied, just happy he was alright.

Xxxxxx

On their way down, the elevator stopped at a floor and let Lisa in. Not saying a word, she joined the brothers as it continued it's path to the main floor

"How's Shilo?" asked Luigi, breaking the silence.

"Awake and fairly upset." replied Lisa. He heaved a sigh.

"I said that-" he began, she turned to him and cut him off.

"You don't have to argue with me. I'm going to tell you the same thing I told her and that's that you need to talk to her." she said. He didn't say anything else and the elevator stopped, doors opening.

"We're going to see Amber, I don't need anything right now." said Luigi, walking past her and out. Pavi gave her a small, understanding smile then followed his brother.

Looking at the shattered glass on the floors and bullet holes as they walked, they marvelled at the fact that very few people in the building seemed to be hurt. More fearful glances than usual were passed their way, more or less Luigi's way, as they continued towards the hospital.

*(Okay, I realize that the last two chapters have been much shorter than usual, I just wanted to break down the battle, that's all. Please leave me some reviews, it might be a while til the next chapter is up but the process will be much quicker if I get reviews. Thanks for reading)*