The Destroyer Unmasked – Part 2
I don't even need to explain what is going to happen in this chapter. So I'm just going to say, let's get to it!
The tunnel stunk of the smells that were unimaginable for anyone who decided to take a whiff of such things. But that wasn't the problem between RDJ and The Destroyer, as their only focus was on their opponent standing in front of them.
Both birds stood opposite of each other gazing at them with so much anger built up inside of them. With the blue and gold macaw demanding to see who the bird in the mask really was.
"Remove the mask! Let me see your face!" RDJ asked once more, gripping his wings tighter and tighter on his bow and arrow. "I will not ask again! Let me see your face."
"Fine assassin…I'll take off my mask!" The Destroyer muffled softly as he raised his wings up to his mask. But he did it very slowly, just so he could finally give him what he wanted. "Just so you know…no matter what happens when I do this…this doesn't change anything!"
"Just take it off before I break it off!" You could tell his frustration was growing, and his impatience was also getting the better of him.
"Okay! Fine! You win!" The Destroyer sighed once again…as he continued to raise his wings up.
The head of the assassins stayed a few feet away from him as he did this. Because he didn't want to get too close. Just in case he tried to do anything stupid.
But, as he was expecting his number one enemy to take his mask of first, he actually did completely the opposite. Instead of taking his mask off first…he did something that was equally strange.
He unclipped the top of his robe off…and when the robe landed on the ground…RDJ was so confused by what he saw. Instead of gazing at his face like he was expecting to…instead he saw the colour of his feathers…but they were…odd…something that he has seen before.
"Blue and gold wings…a blue body…red neck and tail…no…it…It can't be!" RDJ gradually let go of the arrow, firing it right over The Destroyer's head. Because as he now saw who the bird was…his eyes widened to the size of ping pong balls in shock. "Please…No…Ahhhh…" RDJ felt his heartbeat pumping quicker. Feeling that he was facing a potential heart attack once more.
"Yes RDJ…" The Destroyer muffled as he slowly removed his mask…finally revealing his face. A very familiar face to the assassin.
"No…NO! F-Fred?!" RDJ spoke as he dropped his bow and arrows on the floor, shaking his head in disbelief. "It can't be…Ahhhhh!" He clenched his heart again, feeling the pain moving around his chest.
There standing in front of him, was none other than his older brother…his enemy…was his brother all along!
"Yes…brother…It is I…Fred!" Fred was finally revealed as The Destroyer. As he pulled off the mask and ripped it in half brutally. Before throwing it on the floor and grumbling in rage. "It sure took you long enough to figure that out."
"YOU! IT WAS YOU ALL ALONG?!" RDJ shouted in rage, even though it put a lot of pressure on his chest. So he had no choice but to calm down.
"Of course it was dumbass! Do you really think that I wanted to help you?! LEANDRO RUINED MY LIFE! YOU RUINED MY LIFE! I had to do what was necessary to prevent you from winning…"
"But…But…You…You saved us when we first arrived here?" RDJ stuttered in complete disbelief, not making any sudden moves. "You killed those Remainders?"
"Hahaha! I killed my own men brother! When they joined me, I gave them the option to live for me or die for me! So, when you are in Rome…you have to learn to build! It wasn't built in a day!" Fred laughed as he lowered his wings behind his back. Not that his brother had noticed due to the amount of shock that he was in. "Haaa…such a shame I wasn't able to seduce your wife brother. Man! Her breasts and that ass! Boy you are lucky!"
"You tried to steal Lila…to make me suffer…" He mumbled in pain, as he felt his knees getting a little weak. "Mmmmm…"
"Awwww…brother? Something wrong with your heart? Oh wait…your coma…boy, that must have been hard to go through such a thing."
"No…I…I guess…"
"Ding Ding Ding! Give the boy a prize!"
"But…the salsa bar…you were there…the pit…"
"After you left us at the salsa bar, Lila threw drink in my face and left. So I came back to my house, put on my mask, and left straight for the beach hut. I mean after all…how else do you think I knew about where you were?"
"Because you lead me to her…your mother…" RDJ replied with a straight face.
"EXACTLY! Do you honestly think that someone else was out to get you?! Ha! Ahhhh…" Fred sighed heavily before shaking his head from side to side in disappointment. "You don't even realise…that this was never about you! This was always about…our father…"
"What? What are you talking about?" RDJ asked as he cocked his head to the side in confusion.
"He impregnated my mother! He fucked her about! TREATED HER LIKE SHE WAS SOME KIND OF USED PIECE OF MEAT! JUST…LIKE…YOUR…WIFE!"
"ENOUGH!" RDJ bellowed and was about to get up and punch him. But because he felt so weak at this point, he swung and missed before collapsing on the floor. Coughing up a little bit of saliva.
"Haaaaa…Look at you, so pathetic!" Fred chuckled sadistically, as he circled around the assassin. Shaking his head from side to side. "Tut tut tut. Oh dear oh dear oh dear! What has become of you little brother?"
RDJ couldn't really do anything at this point. All he did was breathe heavily to regain enough energy and oxygen to keep himself going.
"Lying to your wife…raising two kids…supporting poor health…and yet you just don't want to stay down? Typical of you to live this way little brother! One of these days…you will get yourself killed…and then what? Leaving your wife alone to raise two kids?"
"They…haaaa…won't be…alone…My…Sister…" RDJ stuttered whilst gradually standing back up onto his talons. But he as cut off instantly by a surprised older macaw.
"I'm sorry…did you say…sister? We have…a sister?" Fred spoke darkly, as he began to curl a smile evilly. "I'm just kidding…I already know of Iris! Why else do you think I decided to murder her husband…Fernando?"
"You bastard! What about Roberto?! Why did he have to die…"
Fred leaned down and ran his machete up and down his cloak. Sinisterly gazing at him in the process. "Roberto was getting suspicious of my actions…I had to get him out of the way to get what I wanted! Torturing him was just all the fun."
"And what were you expecting to get out of this if you got to my wife Lila?!" RDJ panted once more, as he felt himself getting back up to his feet.
"I had to do what was necessary to make you suffer! I mean after all, you sneakily ruined all of my plans to take over the world! Now I'm just ruining your entire life…piece…by…piece…"
"You won't…Ahhhhh…Get away with this! I will kill you! You mark my words brother! I…will…kill you!" He darkly spoke as he went to grab his bow and arrows. "Now…anything else I should know, before I end your miserable life?"
"You'll find out…very…very soon!" Suddenly, after he finished what he had just said, he pulled out a couple of smoke grenades and set them off in the tunnel. Filling the entire area in a thick fog of smoke.
In this very moment…RDJ was too shocked and stuck in his own world, to even realise what was happening around him. He dropped his bow and arrows on the floor again, and then he felt that huge pain in his heart again.
"Fuck! How could I let him…get…away…" He felt a huge pain hit his heart once more…and he felt a thunderous jolt hit the centre of his brain. "AHHHHHHH! NOT THIS AGAIN!"
RDJ dropped to the floor in agony, and clutched his head as he screamed. So many voices filled his head whilst he pushed the centre of his forehead closer to the dirt.
"LEANDRO! YOU BETRAYED THE ASSASSINS! YOU KILLED YOUR MENTOR!"
"No…NO! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" RDJ screamed as he banged his head up against the floor. "LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"MY FATHER MUST DIE! I WANT YOU TO KILL HIM! KILL HIM…AND ANYONE HE LOVES!"
"STOP IT! STOP IT! FUCKING STOP IT!"
"THIS IS A MESSAGE…HANNAH AND FRED SAY HELLO!"
"AHHHHHHH…NOOOO…PLEASE…I CAN'T TAKE IT…MY HEART…MY…H-H…ahhhhh…" RDJ began to foam from the beak…like he was having some kind of seizure.
"Now he's dead! But his son…must…DIE!
"Stop…S-Stop…S-S-S…" His heart was pounding so loud that you thought you could hear it through his chest. Thump Thump! Thump Thump! Thump Thump! Then his eyes began to slowly close. But before they fully closed shut…he saw a silhouette of someone gradually approaching him. But it wasn't someone from team samba club. It was a bird in a hooded cloak. And as he closed his eyes…he muttered one word before passing out. "L-L-Lila…"
Now Let's Check In On Team Samba Club…
After the others had returned from the cemetery, all of them were now out of breath and exhausted after flying such a long way.
Especially Alex and Jameson, considering they were the ones who had to clean up most of the bodies. So you can imagine their faces after coming back to a pyramid that they had to fly extra high. Using up more of their oxygen just to get to the top.
"Wow Jameson? You look like you are gonna pass out?" Lila patted the black owl male on the shoulder. Who felt extremely exhausted after what happened back at the battlefield.
"Yeah I know! We had to clear up the dead bodies on the floor. Which is ironic because we were in a cemetery…" Alex joked with a cheeky wink towards Jameson. Earning him a punch from Jewel.
"That's not funny dickhead! Where is RDJ?" The blue female asked curiously, noticing that one of her close friends wasn't back as of yet. "Did he follow up on a lead?"
"More or less Jewel. He's chasin…" Jameson was about to finish that sentence…but DD spoke in his mind to stop him from making a mistake.
(RDJ told me not to tell Lila what he's doing! Don't lie to her…just…tell her some lines of the truth)
"And how am I supposed to do that?" Jameson spoke in his head back to him, feeling confused.
(I don't know? Say something clever!)
"Jameson? Are you feeling alright? You blanked out for a second there." Lila pondered, feeling a lot of concern for her friend. "Is my husband okay?"
"Me? Oh no I'm fine! RDJ is okay! He asked us to head back to the pyramid while he chased after one of The Remainders for information." Jameson explained as he smiled at them warmly.
Obviously they knew that being an assassin, they'd expect him to be following up on any new information by any means necessary. Which involves the use of interrogation techniques and killing guards. So they didn't ask any follow up questions, because they trust he will come back safely.
"Alright, well I hope he does come back soon! I kinda wanna…give him a little surprise! Considering that it's New Years and all…hehehe…" Lila blushed deeply in embarrassment as she thought of some really dirty thoughts about her husband.
"Awwww! I'm just so glad to see you this excited again Lila!" Jacqueline was glowing to see how happy her best friend was. Giving her a very warm hug. "I was afraid that you two would not end up back together."
"Well, we realised that we couldn't live without each other! I just hope that he's okay?"
"Im sure he's fine Lila!" Jaime beamed as he patted her on the back. "He's probably out there right now, getting all of the information that he needs!"
Speaking Of Which…
Nothing could quite explain what had happened in the city after the incident between RDJ and The Destroyer, who was now revealed to be his brother.
The city was dead quiet when they found out The Destroyer was being chased by an assassin. Because they didn't really want to stick around for it in case they accidentally became a target.
A few hours after what had happened deep into the tunnel…in the very same beach hut that RDJ was in when he first arrived in Mexico, he was laying down back first on a table that had a mattress laying on top of it, breathing slowly in and then out several times.
Luckily for him he didn't suffer any major injuries from the chase, but his health on the inside. Was still as slow due to his horrific coma he was in many years ago.
He groggily opened his eyes after experiencing one of the most painful experiences in his life. Once he did so, he had a look around to see what was going on. But, after he turned his head to the right…he saw a female scarlet macaw gazing at a fire in the corner of the room. Sighing heavily in the process. But this was mostly because they looked older than him, and clearly they too had a painful medical condition.
RDJ slowly began to get up…but she lifted her head slightly after hearing what was going on. Causing him to quickly fake falling back to sleep.
But just as he turned back around to see if she was still there, she ended up being directly in front of his face staring at him blankly. Startling him a little bit. "Ohhhhh god!"
"Good evening…" He collapsed back onto the bed, and rubbed his sore head. Causing her to dab his forehead with a damp cloth to cool him down. "Try not to move…the cold water will help."
The assassin wasn't sure on how to react to such things, but he obeyed and laid back on the mattress again. "Who…are you? I mean…really…I only saw you at the…"
"Beach hut? Yes, I figured we'd see each other again sooner or later." She replied quite weakly, as if she was feeling extremely ill.
"Are you…alright?" He asked in concern, as he noticed that her tone of voice was a bit off.
"I'm fine. What about you?" She tried not to get to the point as she felt pain in her chest and throat.
"I'm fine…" He replied with a confused expression, thinking that she was someone who he may recognise.
"Good, then we can get to business then."
"But seriously…who are you…"
"If you know of your brother…then you know of me…" The female replied as she coughed a few times whilst covering her beak with her wing. Gazing back at the fire gradually as she watched the embers burn. "Especially since you know of my relations with…Leandro…"
"Hannah…" He softly spoke with no emotion…leading her to nod her head. "You're…You were the scarlet macaw in my visions…The ones of my father before the war."
"Yes…We were…very close…" Hannah replied quite sadly, wiping away a few tears. "I think I may have told you that already when we first met."
"Why…Why did you save me? If you intended to kill me?" RDJ pondered, rubbing his numb chest after waking up.
"Easy on the chest RDJ…You don't want to strain your injuries…" She was clearly being concerned about him all of a sudden, which confused him even more.
"Look…just please…Why? Why save me?"
"Come on? If I really wanted you dead, I would have killed you by now! I mean, where's the fun in healing you?" She smirked a little in amusement, before sitting down on one of the chairs opposite of her. "Please sit down…we have a lot to talk about."
"Okay…" The head of the assassins say down on the chair opposite of her. And then he took a deep breath in and then out. "No tricks Hannah…I just want you to tell me everything."
"I promise…no tricks…just please listen to me." Hannah rose her wings up in defence, before pointing to her heart. "Cross my weak beating heart."
"Alright…please talk."
"So…I take it you have discovered the truth about Fred…" She started off slowly, wiping the sweat from her forehead. "Where he came from…who raised him…why he became who he is. Well…it's all because of me…I am the one who raised him to hate your father."
"I see…because of the affair he had with you…" RDJ slowly moved his talons a bit, getting comfy on the soft chair.
"Yes…and now he's made his way through everyone that you know…"
"Yes…I just…I just don't understand why he's trying to make me suffer…" RDJ simply responded, lowering his head a little.
"It's because you became an assassin RDJ. If you had avoided becoming one, then he would have left you and your family alone." She replied whilst scratching the neck of the assassin. Making him close his eyes in relaxation. "Huh…you and your father have the same weak spot when it comes to scratching. I remember when he loved it when I did this." She giggled a little, showing that she clearly still thinks about him a lot.
"I'm sure everyone has the same weak spot." RDJ smirked as he thought that it felt so good. "Lila does that to me a lot and I always love it when she does that."
"Not me. I have a very good weak spot! But it's one your father has not even touched in many…"
"Ewwwww! For fuck sake Hannah! I don't want to know what you and my father did in your spare time. Just tell me what I wanted to know!" The assassin spat out in disgust.
"Fine…I'll just tell you that this was never about you! It was all about your father. But the reason he's attacking you…I wish I could say that was something I planned…"
"But why me? I didn't do anything to him."
"Haaaaa…" Hannah sighed once more before getting up and motioning with her wing for him to follow her. "Come with me…I need to show you something."
RDJ nodded his head and lifted himself off of the chair, before following the elderly female into the shadows of the room.
Now Let's Head Back To DD And Devine…
(Devine! We need to talk! Urgently!)
Devil Darkness was still so enraged with his friend about the fact she took over someone else without telling him.
(Why? It's not a huge deal!)
Devine was obviously still defending her decision to take over Gabriel, but she is now more confused than ever about this.
"Jameson…the voices…they are talking again!" Gabriel was so fearful of the spirit that was inside of her. But the black owl was being so supportive of her.
"Don't worry Gabe. Just let them have their moment. Im sure that they will sort it out eventually." He spoke quite confidently as he patted her on the back.
(What is the big deal here DD? I took over Gabe because I think that she seems so much more relaxed about things! Unlike a certain someone who is too busy with his new girlfriend!)
(THAT WAS YOUR FAULT! You introduced him to her and TOLD him to ask her out!)
(How did I do such things?)
(You were teasing him about her! Now he is with her, you can't stand it!)
(Or maybe I just can't stand you!)
(Oh? Is that so?)
(Yeah!)
(Fine!)
(Fine!)
(FINE!)
(FINE!)
"NOW THAT IS ENOUGH!" Both of them stopped their arguing and immediately realised who had said that, and both of them turned around to face an annoyed Aiden. Who got there just in time to break up the argument between them. "You! Devine! We need to discuss something important. I need you to take over Gabriel for a moment."
"Why me? Can't she take over your girlfriend for a moment? It makes it a lot easier for…" Gabriel was about to finish her sentence, but Devine had already beaten her to it.
(Too late!)
Suddenly, Devine immediately decided to take over of the young macaw and follow her old host into the other room so that they could talk. But where Devine was still a little pisses off at her lover, she wasn't really calm when talking.
"Fuck! I hate that guy so much right now! He is so annoyed at me for taking over someone else."
"Look Devine, let me be the one to start this conversation okay? Then I will let you say whatever you want." Aiden started off by cutting her off mid sentence. Once she heard what he said, she nodded her head and allowed him to speak first. "Okay…so I need to ask you one thing…do you prefer her as a host…compared to me?"
"Huh?" Devine looked a little nervous to answer this question, so she scotched the side of her wing and made some weird noises in response. "Ughhh…I…Eeeeaaaa…Meeeeruuuuaaaa…The thing is…"
"Good to know…thanks, 'Friend'." He used his wingtips as a metaphor to show that he was air quoting her. Then he slowly left the room feeling a bit upset.
"Ahhhh shit! Now what am I going to do…"
Finally, We Head Back To RDJ And Hannah…
RDJ strolled with the elderly scarlet macaw to the back of the beach hut. With the blue and gold male still unsure on why they were doing so. "Hannah, why are you bringing me back here?"
"Because you need to know the truth…the whole, truth!" Hannah spoke as she went to reach out for a lever. To pull it down. Once she pulled the lever down, the back panel of the beach pad opened up. Revealing a hidden room that went deep into the rocks.
The head of the assassins stood there with a straight face when the door panel opened…but this wasn't because of the fact that he wasn't aware of what he was looking at. It was completely the opposite…the things that were in front of his very eyes, were exactly what he was expecting.
As the shadows of the dark room suddenly became filled with the light of the sunrise that appeared through the windows. There right in front of him…we're all the belongings of his father…everything that he had when RDJ was growing up as a child.
"How did you get these…if you had an affair with him before he raised me in Rio?" RDJ asked in a serious yet quiet tone.
"I…sent my son to collect them…I just needed things that reminded me of him…" Hannah sadly replied whilst lowering her head to gaze at her talons.
RDJ turned back towards the loot in the hidden room…but as there were a lot of items that were there…only one thing came to his mind. "Wait…" He strolled up to one particular item, and once he got close enough…he lifted it up to take a closer look at it. "Wait a second…THIS IS THE…"
"Yes…the bow and arrow that he carried with him…I dug it up from the grace he was in…"
"Why would you do that?! He was laying in the grave in peace! And you desecrated his eternal resting place!" He irritably shouted at her, S he felt the tensions rise. "I get that you loved him and missed him…but you can't just dig up his grave!"
"AND WHY NOT?! I LOVED HIM!" Hannah screamed at him, with tears running down her cheeks. "HE TOOD ME HE LOVED ME!"
"AND YOU WERE TOO NIAVE TO BELIEVE HIM!"
"KIND OF LIKE HOW YOU WERE WHEN YOU BELIEVED YOUR FATHER WAS A GOOD MAN!" Hannah screamed at the top of her lungs. "SO YOU CAN JUST…Just…AHHH…HAAAA…"
"Hannah? HANNAH!" RDJ noticed that the elderly scarlet female began to shake quite weakly, while she clutched her chest in pain. Collapsing backwards almost instantly.
The head of the assassins ran over to her and managed to catch her before she hit the floor. She was stuttering and heaving, feeling like her body was becoming limp and cold. "S-S-Shh-Shhh-Shhhh…I-I-It'ssss…O-k-k-kay…Haaa…Haaa…Haaa…I…I knew…this d-d-day would come…"
"No…No, I…I have so many questions. So many…" RDJ grasped his wing with his lightly and held onto it gently, as he felt her faint heartbeat getting weaker and weaker by the minute.
"Shhhh…It's…N-N-Not your f-f-fault…It's…b-b-been me! I…I t-t-told him to…k-k-kill him…I…I…m-m-murdered…your f-f-father! N-N-Not through actions, but through…through…words! Haaaa…I…"
"It's okay Hannah…It's alright…I forgive you…" RDJ softly spoke as he felt her soft red wingtip wiping the tears away from his face. But then he felt her lifting his wing up, pointing the hidden blade towards her throat. "No…Don't ask me to do this…"
"Please…You must…But before you…ahhhh…"
"Yes? What is it?"
"Try to spare my son if you can…he needs to know…that it's not his fault…it's always been me…" Hannah whispered as she was about to trigger the blade on the hidden blade. "Please promise me!"
RDJ gradually turned away from her…feeling so much pain in his heart when being asked such a difficult task. Even for someone like him to even do. But as he turned back to face her…he nodded his head in understanding.
"Very good…and…you may…need…this…" Hannah gradually put one wing behind her back, and pulled out what appeared to be…the fifth and final key. Much to the shock and surprise to the assassin.
"The final key?" He took it in his wing and analysed it closely, tilting it from side to side. Trying to have a look at it up close to see if it really was the key. "It is! But…I thought Fred had it?"
"Please…I wish to go now…you need that key…and you need to save your family!" Hannah wheezed putting the blade right up against her throat. "I just wish…I could have…done more…"
"You did good Hannah…You did good…" He sighed, getting ready to make the final kill.
"Well…at least…there was one thing…that I did right." She closed her eyes and rolled her head back. Before pressing the trigger on his hidden blade, piercing her throat as she had her last breath on this earth. "Ackkkkkkaaaaa…aaaaaaa…"
And just like that…after the light had finally left her eyes…she gradually slipped away into a lifeless sleep…that she will never wake up from again.
RDJ top himself sighed…as the teardrops from his eyes dropped onto the cold cheek of the lifeless corpse. The pain in his heart fading away, and the feeling of anger slipping away also. "Descanse em paz Hannah…" He slowly closed her eyelids with his wingtips. Then he planted a kiss on her forehead before whispering into her ear. "I'm sorry that your heart got broken Hannah…thank you for giving me the final key…now I can finally find my wife and get out of here…"
Now how about that for an emotional chapter Huh?