Bloodbath

Chapter 33

Bryce Donovan groaned. "Shirakawa, you have five seconds to move or I'll have the army shoot you as well!"

"Please," Miss Shirakawa said to Takuya. "Get away from her, I'm begging you."

"Fire!" Donovan screamed.

Takuya and Miss Shirakawa froze as the guns began to shoot at them. They closed their eyes, Takuya cradling Zoe as best as he could to protect her. To their surprise, none of the bullets made contact with them. They opened their eyes and gasped in shock. The bullets were simply floating in the air in front of them.

"What's going on?" Takuya asked, confused.

Miss Shirakawa looked down at Zoe and almost screamed. "She's awake! Run!"

The woman's body was suddenly sliced horizontally in half, the upper part of her torso splattering to the ground. Takuya stared at the severed corpse and gaped. He barely registered Zoe pushing herself from his grasp and standing up.

"Oh.....shit....." Takuya looked up at Zoe. "What the fuck just happened?!"

Zoe glanced down at him. "Revenge.......Sweet, isn't it?" With that she began to make her way to the army.

The brunette only sat there, his face twisting in horror. The soldiers firing at her were being dismembered by some unseen force. Blood and and organs covered the pavement, and limbs were thrown about. The image of Miss Shirakawa's gruesome death triggered something in Takuya's mind. The manner of her death was familiar, and he suddenly regained his memory. The memory he had forgotten ten years ago......

"Takuya, are you okay?"

The boy turned around, surprised. "Yeah, I'm fine. Why?"

Mr. Kanbara took his son's hand. "We have to leave the carnival immediately," he said, dragging him along.

"But why?" Courtney asked, a pout on her face. "We were having fun."

"Sorry, Courtney," Mrs. Kanbara said. "But it's an emergency and we have to evacuate as quickly as posslble. Wait.....where's Shinya?!"

As if on cue, Takuya's younger brother ran out. Tears were running down his face and a few spots of blood stained his shirt.

"I just saw a bunch of people get killed," he cried. "It was bad. There was blood everywhere."

"Wait, what?!" Takuya looked at his parents. "People are dying? How?"

Mr. Kanbara shook his head. "I'm not sure, but I heard that some kind of bomb went off or something. I didn't get all the details, but I didn't want to stick around to find out."

Fifteen minutes later, they arrived at the train station to catch their train home. Courtney's parents were there to pick her up.

"Bye, Takuya." Courtney wrapped her arms around him. "I'm going to miss you so much. I can't wait for you to come back."

"I'll miss you, too." He gave her a pat on the back. "Bye."

Courtney let go of him and looked at Shinya. "See ya, twerp."

Shinya stuck his tongue out at her and watched her leave. "That girl's crazy....But not as crazy as the one from the carnival."

The train pulled into the station a moment later.

"What do you mean by that?" Takuya asked as he boarded. "What girl?"

"Some girl was going around killing people. I saw her," his brother replied.

"Kids, we're gonna go into this part of the train for a minute, but we'll be right back," Mr. Kanbara said.

"Okay," the boys said in unision.

Takuya looked at Shinya. "What did she look like?"

"Well, she had blond hair....and she had horns! That was weird. I've never seen anyone with horns before," Shinya said.

Takuya remembered Zoe and frowned. "I'm sorry, but that's hard to believe. I think you ate too much cotton candy or something......"

"I'm not making this up! She killed them. I don't know how she did it, but she did!" Shinya yelled.

The train began to take off. At the same moment, Zoe stepped out from behind one of the seats.

"Zoe!" Takuya smiled at the blond. "I didn't know you were here. I'm surprised I didn't see you."

The blond glowered at him, her green eyes dark and filled with rage.

Shinya screamed. "That's her! That's the girl I was telling you about! She killed all those people!"

Takuya laughed. "Don't be stupid. Zoe's the nicest person I've ever met. Aren't you Zoe?"

Zoe, remembering that Takuya had lied about his friend being a boy, only glared at him.

"Zoe?"

The girl slowly began to walk over to him. "Liar........." she muttered under her breath.

Shinya jumped forward. "Stay away from us, you freak!"

"Shinya!" Takuya scowled at his brother. "That was rude. Apologize to her right now!"

"No! I'm not gonna apologize to a killer!" The six year-old screamed.

Unbeknownst to Takuya, Zoe released her vectors. As she approached them, Shinya jumped forward and shoved her as hard as he could.

Surprised, Zoe fell backward and landed on the floor with a thud.

"Shinya! You little brat!" Takuya was about to help her up, when Shinya grabbed him and pulled him back.

"She's a killer, stupid! She's-"

Shinya was suddenly sliced in half, both halves of his body crumpling to the floor in a bloody heap. Takuya's jaw dropped and he screamed.

"What's going on?" Mr. Kanbara asked, coming up behind him, followed by his wife.

A second later, they were both decapitated, thick pools of blood forming around their corpses. Takuya jumped away and screamed again.

"What did you just do?!" He yelled at Zoe. "Shinya was right, you did kill all those people!"

Zoe stared at him. "Yes, I did. And when I get off this train I'm going to find that friend of yours. As soon as I find her, I'm going to kill her just like I did everyone else."

She began to walk away, but Takuya tackled her to the ground. He sat on top of her and pinned her arms above her head.

"No! Stop kililng everyone!" Tears were running down his face. "What is the matter with you?"

Zoe's expression didn't falter. "I'm only repaying what was done to me. And if it means that I must kill everyone, then so be it-"

She was cut off as Takuya took her head in his hands. He slammed her head into the floor repeatedly out of rage. "Stop it! Stop it already! You've done enough!"

The train suddenly came to a stop, the doors opening. Zoe shoved him off and bolted out of the train, leaving a panting Takuya behind. That was last time he saw her.....

Takuya snapped back to reality. When he looked up, he was sickened to see the entire army dead. The only survivor was Donovan, who was weakly crawling away.

The brunette stood up and stalked over to Zoe. "I remember everything now. I remember you killing my family and all those people at the fair. All the shit that I went through was because of you!"

Zoe glanced at him. "What's going on around you doesn't concern you."

"Like hell it is! You killed my family, so it is my fucking business! You're the fucking reason I had a breakdown and was admitted to an institution for a year. You're the reason I couldn't remember much from my fucking past. You are the reason why my life has been nothing but a living hell!" He screamed, grabbing onto her shoulders. "It's all your fault!"

Suddenly a gunshot was heard and Takuya threw himself forward. He landed on top of Zoe, trying his best to keep her safe.

Zoe looked up at him, confused. "Why did you just do that?"

Before he could answer, they heard a soft laugh behind them.

"Hey, bitch! Long time no see." Bando was walking towards them, a machine gun in his hand. "It's payback time."

He fired his gun again, this time Zoe rolling them over and deflecting the bullet with her vectors.

"Meet me at the cemetary. I'll be ther as soon as I can." Zoe quickly scrambled off of him and looked at Bando. "Come and get me."

Bando glared at her. "Oh, trust me. I will!"

Zoe jumped off the bridge, the soldier right behind her.

"You won't escape me this time!" Bando shouted after he as he descended to the ground.

Takuya only sat there, speechless.

so the secret is out. zoe killed takuya's family, and is the reason why he can't remember her as a kid. i hope you liked this chapter ^_^ the next one is coming soon.