“But we had nowhere else to go.”Roset whined. “The ‘Arm’ Territory people are after us. Like four dozens of them”said Roset her eyes big. I felt a sudden rush of adrenaline and then I saw Fyn…. I gulped.Roset didn’t know any of the conversations we had and I didn’t get a chance to tell her either. That was a lot complicated.“What the hell did you all do for dozens of them to be after you to an extent it became impossible for the whole Front Team to handle?”“Nothing much. We tried to invade.”replied Swift“Invade what?”I asked.“The Arm.”replied Fyn“Pffffftt !!!”That laugh which I gave was totally unintended but I couldn’t help it at all.“You all? Kidding me right now?”I asked.“What?”asked Tyler“You? You eleven? Went to invade the third largest and the powerful territory? Just you all?”I really couldn’t stop laughing“Stop that. This is not funny.”Tyler frowned“This is actually. Thank me for not jumping up and down while laughing.”Again, loud bangs went all over the
AS SOON AS we got down,“Wow! This place is awesome.”remarked Swift“What is this place?”asked Fyn looking at me smiling.“Part of your normal life, I guess”added Frost with a smile. That actually should be a suspicion but their smiles proved what they wanted is an explanation and that they didn’t suspect me.“Yeah. You can call this as a part of my normal life. It became my normal life since I was six.”“Six?”asked Fyn“Mm. That’s when I started practicing Martial Arts.”All of them nodded up and down.“I couldn’t let that go. This was where my life grew up since I was three.”I said“Now what does that mean?”asked Frost puzzled.“What?”“Since three?”“Oh!”That’s when I remembered that they didn’t know anything about me being adopted from the Catastrophe. I scratched my eyebrows as I did every time when I had to explain something complicated.“It’s a long story. I’ll explain that later. First, we’ll get out of this”“That’s right.”Fyn agreed at once.“They must have already
A SUDDEN BANG went on the basement door. Then another, another. They found out. I unintentionally smirked.“So dumb!”I whispered.“What?”asked Frost looking down“So dumb they are.”I saw Fyn also looking down for my remark“Why?”he hushed down. His voice was shaking. It was not time for a conversation but still having one made us feel less nervous. Levine always took it as a tactic whenever our troops are too nervous or scared in a mission.“You think whoever it is, or how much it is… they can fight with the whole Front Team and me?”I hushed back.“But there’s a lot.”“Why do you think they call me their best? At the same time, him and you….” I said pointing to Fyn and Frost by my chin.“You guys are far better than me.”I replied“Even if the whole Arm comes, we can bring them down.”A grin turned up in their faces“That was one hell of a motivational speech”Roset said from behind. A sudden loud thud went on the basement door.“They broke the lock”Fyn whispered.The next secon
THEN, AT FIRST when I got up, I didn’t open my eyes. At first, I didn’t have an intention of eavesdropping but when I understood they were talking about me, eavesdropping became a pure motive.“Fyn. Would you mind sparing us a moment?” said someone.Whose voice is it?I kept on thinking and being someone who is unable to hold back the curiosity, I half-opened my eye-lids to see who it was. It was Mr and Mrs. Blake and…. the person who thanked me.Guessing by at whom Fyn nodded his head, I believed it was Mr. Blake who spoke. I watched secretly as Fyn left the room and then again closed my eyes tight for the betterment; because I was so sure that they were talking in that room thinking I was asleep and I wanted them to keep assuming that so I could eavesdrop successfully.“I think what Fyn suggested is a good idea.”It was Mrs. Blake. It should be her. She was the only female in that room.“I agree the boy should be rewarded and complimented for what he did but don’t you think letting
I DON’T THINK it registered in my mind. The words he said so suddenly out of nowhere. Why did he, no how did he? How in the world did he so easily got me inside the Intelligence?“Did he agree? Did you tell him who I am?”I asked. The excitement inside me was overflowing and I still don’t know how to describe the millions of emotions I felt that day. I remember Fyn nodding as a reply, still smiling at me. He might have seen how happy I was.“I did tell him who you are. At first, he was a bit hesitant but then again, when I explained to him that you helped us a lot and when Mr. and Mrs. Blake kept insisting you are suitable…. he agreed to take you in. You’re going to be taken in as a recruit and then you will be going through a training of two months and then will be ranked accordingly to your skills.”he paused.“Others should go years and years but for you instead of that, this training period is mostly like a show of your talents to choose the title you want in the Intelligence. Bec
THE NEXT DAY along with Fyn and Frost, I went back to the cottage to take the essential stuff I needed because from that day onwards I was mostly supposed to be in the quarters of the Intelligence. That is when I confronted another letter from Levine. The fourth letter. I immediately hid it in my pocket before Fyn or Frost could have an eye on it.After a long time. I thought.I supposed he stopped writing because he knew the risk of those letters going to other people’s hands. But at the same time, I knew Levine wanted to say something to me and he didn’t say it because of the fear he had to that risk. I sensed it by his letters.This must be really important.I thought again while clenching the letter from outside of the pocket. So as much as I wanted to read, I thought being careful was important.Let’s go to the Quarters first.I said to myself. I packed really soon and while I did, Fyn approached with the fur ball in his hands.“What are you going to do to this one?”he shook hi
I TAPPED ON my bed gesturing her to sit beside me.“Mhm.”I remember replying, smiling crazily at her.“Your brother’s gonna train me”I scooped away myself to give her space and she smiled at that as she positioned herself, intentionally closer and held my hand.“He told me.”she said.“Really? He’s bossy than I thought.”I said.“I know right.”she replied laughing.“It’ll be hard.”she added“What?”“Your training. He’s a tough recruit officer.”“That’s what I want.”I replied, my voice for some reason quite unstable. It was always like that when she was around. Her smile sent electricity through me. It was my how hard I was fallen for her.“Cody.”“Mm?”“He trusts you a lot, you know? He never trusts people like that.”she said thoughtfully without looking at me. I nodded silently. It felt so burdensome when she said that, like I was being stabbed with thousand knives. They did believe me but deep inside, they did have a suspicion which they didn’t want to have but couldn’t help.
I FOLLOWED FYN without another word and he threw me a water bottle as we walked to the corner of the wall to sit.“It was the same mistake you did. Still didn’t realize? Plus, we did the same steps.”He said while sitting down“Well…”I thought. That was when I realized what we actually did the whole three times were almost the same.“…actually… up until now I didn’t even realize what we were doing was same.”I said smiling. I felt a playful smack on the behind of my head.“You idiot.”said Fyn laughing.“Why do you lack focus that much huh? You’re far better in the fights we had with you.”“That was nearly two years ago, remember? I don’t have any practice now, unless for the self-practice I had. That was also, very rarely and lightly, you know…. just for fun when I missed the good-ol-days. By the way, you’ve fought with me before?”I asked. He nodded and said,“Yeah. Can’t deny that you have no practice. I agree with that and… yes, we’ve fought before. You remember the fight Catastr
MY LIFE IN the prison for six years was a period of time to collect myself together from the pieces that were scattered during the time of 17 years that I was broken; from the time I lost my parents. Though my memory was lost and though I didn’t know I lost them, still… there was a heavy burden inside me which limited the peace in my mind.For me to realize what that burden was, what I had wanted was a pause in my life; a little time to resurrect myself. Until those years, that I sat in the corner of a dark room with the metal bars in front of me, I did not come to the awareness why it felt so heavy. Finally, when the relief flooded in to my life, how much I wished I had that pause earlier? Maybe then… none of these would have happened.Guilt. It was something that was embarked deep within my conscience and when it got dipped with regret, it had the ability of tearing my soul apart. Killing was not the only thing that bought me guilt and regret. I was a person loved by a lot and still
AFTER I WAS put into the prison, about an hour later, the prison bars opened again.“You have twenty minutes.”said the guard and a figure entered the prison. Levine. I stood up instinctively, I gulped and my mind went blank. He didn’t speak at first. I saw the guards leave, leaving me and Levine as the only people for the yard.I was a prisoner who was prohibited for visitors as a part of the court sentence but he had been specially granted to meet me once and for all for the next six years.“Or maybe… this will be the last time ever”I thought back then. I couldn’t blame him even if it was. What right was there?“Kenneth.”he said. I finally looked at him, it was strange for me to hear my own name.“Finally, I got to call you by your name”his eyes were teary. He had cried, I realized looking at how red his eyes was.No. No. No. He can’t be like this. He can’t be this kind to me. At least he should hate me. He can’t forgive me this easily. Levine. You can’t love me this much.“Ken….
“ALLISON. SHE SHOULD probably have hated me and still do not know why she didn’t back then. It was a huge betrayal and if I was in her place, I guess I won’t be that merciful. Back then, at the Interrogation Room I wonder who she saw me as? I guess in her eyes, I was a monster... which was obviously right. Up until now, even if twenty-five years had passed, I never had the courage to reach and ask her anything about that past. We never spoke about it. None of us. It was just like, that we have put a rule to ourselves to keep ourselves shut from that experience.When I first agreed with Link to kill, what was in my mind was to bring justice to my parents. But true, whatever my reasons were, I had no right to kill, I had no right to take the law to my hands but… they said my mom and dad was murdered by the law for no reason so, I saw no justice in that law. I had no memory so I didn’t know that they were lying and I didn’t know what I did was all wrong but true, I had conscious and it w
IT WAS SO clear how everyone of us wanted the same thing. We wanted him to prove that we were wrong, we wanted him to say he was not the killer, we were ready to go through a hell and do an investigation from the beginning if there was at least one single proof saying that he was not the Killer.“No matter whatever the reason, how could you do that to us?”That was the first time I saw Dylan’s voice breaking so hard and I’m quite sure that was the first and the last time in Ken’s life he felt helpless. Ken may have been at a memory loss but he still knew how much we cared for him and trusted him. That day, the Intelligence Interrogation Room had its first official interrogation which made the Intelligence and the criminal party both felt like they were fallen on their knees and… for no doubt that was the last such.Ken didn’t say a single word but his eyes said it all... and I’m so sure the reason behind his silence was that he knew no matter what he said there was nothing he could ch
KENNETH WAS A killer of 31 humans. One of the best Killers in the history which the Intelligence handled. A perfectionist. A person who got caught by Intelligence only because he wanted himself caught. I don’t think the Intelligence would ever be able to figure out who that killer was if he didn’t reveal it to us that day. He was the best killer and the only killer who didn’t get beaten up in the Intelligence. When he was bought to the Interrogation Room, not a single scratch was on his body and even the scratches from the Link territory fight were healed. None of our people had the strength of raising our hands against him because Kenneth… he was one of us.Out of all, my brother Dylan was in the most pain because I’m quite sure not even for a second, not for a second! he thought that the killer was Kenneth and he loved him so much from deep inside.But when we looked at the big picture, we did realize a lot of things. We realized why the killer was a perfection. Of course, he should
PATRICK WAS TAKEN aback and his false calm and kind face turned dark. He stared at me with glaring eyes. So, did I.Then his voice cut the dusty air, calm and sarcastic“Then I don’t think I should be telling you how stupid you are.”I felt my anger rising.“It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s all over now.”I whisper to myself.30 seconds away. I calculate.“Now! Shut your mouth and work for me asshole! And if not! I won’t think a second to push a bullet through your head!”Deep inside, it did a kind of hurt because I trusted him. Now there’s his real self. I thought and I smirked. 17 seconds more.“You know what? All this time you thought this was your game. But trust me when I say this… You are wrong. I’m the Protagonist here. Now, as much as you used me as a cardboard token of your game, I’m going to use you to achieve the target of my final conclusion. This has always been my game. It’s not Killer Cross Over, it’s Game Over.”I said“What the hell are you talking?”“Too late, mister. They
AFTER THAT DAY, I never went back to the Intelligence, dying young wasn’t one of my life goals. But to be honest… I regretted living back then and I actually didn’t care if I died and a part of me said that I deserved to die by the hands of the people I betrayed; my friends, my more-like family. But still again, I had things to solve before I could make such a decision.What had been done is done and me repenting, regretting on that past is useless. What I had done cannot be reversed and I myself will have to live with those painful crimes I’ve committed either I choose to or not. But I have a way to change the future. There is no way I’m going to miss it and I will bring proper justice now.I kept repeating this in my mind.The address I told Allison was the entrance to our organization which was the same address Levine told me that day before I left Catastrophe with Intelligence. When Levine told me that, I already knew it, because I was the killer and I was surprised that he knew i
IT WAS A mess and I was the mess. I was so angry and frustrated about myself and I wanted to kill all the members of Link.That night, I read the letter given to me by my dad; Catastrophe dad. I soon realized why Levine asked me if I regained memory because there in that letter was… the true memory of mine. Inside those memories were the truth. Levine didn’t know I was the killer but still he knew that the answers laid inside me. There was the name of the Organization as “Link” and then there was this thing.To my little son,“Link”. This Organization killed your parents, my dear son. I think it’s time for you to know these things. Levine may have told you how to find the territory.Also, my son… Don’t cut off my strings I have with you when I say this. I’m not your father but I love you equally much.I paused. That was when it came to mind that until the day he died; he didn’t know that Levine revealed the truth to me. Pain.I didn’t even know where all it was coming from. But that w
This nature of mine first sharply appeared inside the basement of my cottage when I had to decide between holding a gun or not. By that day, even though Levine told me not to hold a gun I had already held it like hundreds of times as the KCO Killer but when Dylan told me to take the gun, I hesitated and rejected putting my life on risk thinking of the promise I made to Levine. It was me, my own self that was on action as the Killer, then again… it was me, my own self feeling weak about holding a gun due the promise in front of them. That weaknesses and promises never came to my mind when I was working as a Killer and to me it felt like…. I had two people trapped inside one body. Then again, there are somethings I possessed as a Killer and an Intelligence officer both reminding myself that I was the same person. My confidence and perfection. I never lost that whoever I was. In the explanation of this story… there are two things that I equally possessed. First one. I acted my part as