“Lexi!” Ryan yelled.Lexi stumbled back, and he caught her, terror in his eyes. She was biting her lip, the pain from her belly making her wince.This wasn’t a normal injury; there was something in the knife. Her hands were still tightly placed on the wound, trying to stop herself from bleeding more.“I am fine,” she choked out.“You are bleeding!”“It is just an injury; I am used to having them.”As fast as he could, Ryan took off his jacket and tied it around Lexi’s waist. “I need to take you to the hospital. Perseus is going to kill me.”He helped her up and began leading her to the car. However, before they could get there, the men who had been chasing them earlier appeared.“Heading to your car, I see,” one of the men muttered.Ryan spun around to see them walking towards them. The distance between them was far, but he knew they would catch up soon.Scanning the place, he realized that it was either they go for the car or get into the building from the path that wasn’t far from w
Bett nodded his head. “Yes, it is me.” A grin spread across his face. “Are you all happy to see me?”Zeppelin frowned. “You injured her just to get us here, and then what?” he questioned, his gaze unwavering and challenging.“Injuring her made you all come together and saved me all the trouble of having to search for you two,” Bett replied, pointing at Perseus and Zeppelin.“You guys were hard to find. The cameras couldn't spot you both, and I needed to find you as soon as possible,” he continued, moving closer to them.The long metallic arms were floating at his sides, moving back and forth as he controlled them not to attack.“My babies are getting excited and want to attack,” Bett mumbled. “However, it isn't time yet.”“I am going to kill you,” Ryan bellowed.“Oh,” Bett murmured, the metallic arms lunging at Ryan and stopping beside his eyes. “And how?”Ryan gulped as the arm retreated.“If I wanted you dead, you would have been dead a long time ago,” Bett added, his eyes darting t
“How is that possible?” Bett questioned, still glued to the wall. His body could have taken the crash against the wall, but due to the metal arms on his back, he managed to avoid his back getting hit. The metal arms took most of the hit, and a few of them were broken. Although Bett had suffered an injury, he still managed to talk but couldn’t move any other part of his body. The metal arms had only saved him from dying. Perseus stepped closer to him. “How is that possible? Me being able to punch you in the face while your gears dug into me.”As Perseus got closer, the few working metal arms lunged at him. With the ring turning into a sword, Perseus sliced through the metal. “They do attack without you activating them. How nice and loyal.” The metal dropped to the ground limp, and Perseus didn’t stop until there were no arms left on Bett. Perseus squatted in front of Bett. The sword was still in his hand, but it curled into a ring in the next second. “Now that you are like this,
“Okay,” Zeppelin agreed.“I am not going!” Lexi yelled, the thought of going to the hospital for treatment making her sick. “Treating me like this has always been fine. I have always been injured in my jobs and none of them have ever been treated at a hospital.”“Yes, she isn’t going to the hospital,” Perseus said.[Ding!][Since Lexi is injured, do you want to use the healing ability to heal her?]‘Is it possible?’ Perseus questioned, stunned that it would work.[Yes, as long as you guys are merged and your blood is inside of her, you can heal her with the ability.][Your energy will pass through her and heal the injury.]“The injury is deep!” Ryan argued, concern written all over his face. “I couldn’t protect her properly, and now you are refusing to send her to the hospital? Are you trying to kill her?”‘Use the ability,’ Perseus told Iris.[Yes, host.]“My blood heals any injury,” Perseus revealed. “It heals me too. Didn’t you guys notice that I was stabbed everywhere by those met
“You talk too much!” Lexi yelled. Before the leader could understand what was happening, the pistol in Lexi’s hand turned into a sword, and off went his head. Lexi stopped behind the leader as his body fell to the floor. Ryan and Zeppelin paused, their eyes widening in surprise. Lexi was even more stunned. She didn’t understand how she was fast enough to take him down with one attack, and her body felt lighter than it had earlier.[Host, it did work,] Iris muttered.‘I know, right.’The men who had come with the leader’s mocking smiles disappeared from their faces. Seeing their leader die, they knew the fight was serious and they could end up like him if they didn’t strike.“Come on,” one of them yelled. “Attack at once!”The men lunged at the three. Zeppelin raised his gun and fired. Five bullets flew through the air, hitting five men in the head. Now, they were left with only one man. The man glanced back at his partners, now dead. Blood drained from his face, and instead of att
Zeppelin pulled up his sleeve, revealing a thin gold line. In a few seconds, his hand reached for his chest, and he began breathing heavily. The pain was worse than he thought it would be.“Are you hearing me?” A woman’s voice came through his wristwatch. “I know you are. You didn’t take off the watch. Good boy.”Zeppelin scowled at the voice. “What do you want?”“I can’t believe you escaped us just to be with your brother and forgot that you are a puppet in our hands. We can make you do whatever we want.”“Go fuck yourself.”“You shouldn’t be saying that right now.”A beeping sound followed, and the pain in his chest intensified. “You don’t want to die, right?” the woman taunted. “You know how much your brother cares about you. You know he doesn’t want to lose you—”“What’s your point?” Zeppelin interrupted.“I can give you the antidote if you come to find me. I will tell you where I am.”“I won’t go.”“You wouldn’t?”The pain increased, and Zeppelin crashed to the floor, gripping hi
Getting to the door, he took a deep breath and pushed it open.As soon as he walked in, three men lunged at him, two hitting him in the head with a baseball bat and the other attacking him with electricity.Perseus stood still, none of their attacks affecting him. It was more like he was hit by nothing at all. The electricity was the one with no effect. Compared to being electrocuted by Iris, that little electricity was nothing."You dummy! Didn’t you want to get caught? Why are you still standing straight? Fall!" Iris’s voice reminded him.Perseus fell to the ground.‘Iris, can you make me unconscious for twenty minutes?’[Done.]When Perseus woke up after twenty minutes, he could hear voices chattering around him.“We can’t extract his blood unless he is conscious.”“Do we have to wait that long?”“That’s why I told you all not to hit his head with a baseball bat, but you guys didn’t listen.”“We couldn’t capture him if we didn’t hit his head.”“He isn’t like his brother, who would
“I also want to see Seus get launched,” Perseus replied. “This organization is way stronger than me, and if I fight back, I am going to be killed. So I thought, why not give myself up, let you take my blood, and live?”“You want him dead, really?” the long-legged lady questioned, glaring at him.“Yes,” he replied, arching his brows. “He is nothing but a burden, and I would be glad I didn’t have to do the bloody job myself. Besides, I would like the Maximillian to kill him themselves, and you guys have no idea that Seus would only launch when I agree to give my blood and not the other way around.”The surprised look on their faces was laced with confusion.“Are you lying to us?” the man in glasses questioned.“Of course not. Why would I lie to you?” Perseus held his gaze, unwavering, with a thin smile on his face.Of course, he was lying. He was deceiving them and making them bring Maximillian into the lab so he could deal with them himself.‘Iris, what are the chances of Zeppelin dyin