“That wasn’t what I intended,” Henry said hurriedly at the sight of Zoe’s tears. “I would never ask that you kill your goddess just so my friend stays alive.”More tears rolled down her cheeks. Henry realized that that wasn’t what she expected to hear. She wanted encouragement, and yet he was exonerating himself from the deal. Now it looked like she was the only one bent on killing the beast. She was left with a choice: kill or not kill. “I’m sorry,” Henry whispered. “You don’t have to do this if you don’t want to.”Zoe looked at him in the eye. He had never seen her express an emotion before, neither was he close enough to comfort her. They were not friends. They were just people who came here for something, and she had found a friend in the beast. She loved it, laughed with it and spoke with it. She understood it’s language. Henry didn’t know the best way to approach her. He opened his mouth.“Save it,” Zoe said. “She can grow again and she’s not giving options. She wants me to do
Henry let Zoe cry on his shoulder some more, his eyes still on Zhixi. She was floating on her back, so at least she was safe for now. Zoe suddenly pulled away and started to undress.“What are you doing?!” Henry yelled. “We have to leave, she’s been saved!”“I know that,” Zoe said just as calmly. “But Loe isn’t. Loe is dead. Did you hear the earth shake?”Henry didn’t hear the earth shake, but he imagined she was so attuned to the earth that she would definitely hear it shake. He stood up, his hands fluttering about as he searched for words to use.“Don’t try to stop me.” Zoe said. She stood naked before him, lost in her grief. “I need to make sure she grows back again.”She turned and jumped right into the water. She swam violently away, further and further. Henry imagined that she had never had a pet before, or had never lost anything remotely important to her. Her reaction was normal in new pet owners. It was a critical, cold way of thinking, but that was all he had. Dealing with a
ZHIXI woke up with a start. She saw Henry, Leroy and some other girl gazing down at her. She breathed heavily, as though truly appreciating the act for the first time ever. It was still the early hours of the morning, as most people in there compartment was asleep.“I’m alive?” She whispered.No one answered. She looked to the side and saw Henry. He was looking down at her with a special kind of interest, the sort she did not like to see in people.“Am I dead?” She whispered.“No, you are not dead,” Henry said. He groaned shook his head. “Y’all stop looking at her like that.”Leroy and the girl detached themselves. Zhixi stared weakly at her; she wasn’t sure she could exactly place the face.“I still don’t know what’s going on,” Leroy said. “Where did you take her after she fainted?”“The fountain,” Henry answered promptly.“And she just woke up after having a little swim?”Henry’s eyes met Zhixi. Now she knew it was not interest; it was suspicions. She focused her eyes on the ceiling
HENRY folded his arms and watched her. It was obvious through her scowling face that she wasn’t happy they had saved her. He was about to get loads of information from her, so he relaxed on his feet. It was probably four in the morning, and it was just the perfect time to listen to secrets—especially ones that seemed too complicated and surreal.“Oh yeah?” Henry asked. “How was saving your life a mistake? Please indulge me; I’d like to know.”Zhixi rolled her eyes. It was obvious she didn’t want to talk about it, either was she expecting that she would be in a tight spot. Henry didn’t care; she could avoid the truth for however long she want, but he must have it now. He hadn’t just gone all through that mess for her to say she wasn’t in the mood to talk. Henry peered down on her face.“If you understand even a bit of the gravity of the risk we took for you, you wouldn’t be so stubborn.” He said when she looked away. “Zoe lost her goddess trying to save you.”“I didn’t want to be saved
“It started when I was young, Henry. Maybe six or seven? I cannot exactly remember. I just know it was a long time ago…” she paused for so long that Henry though she’d doze off.He leaned over her and saw that her eyes were blank. She was relieving that very moment, back in the time frame I which she constituted her words. His pity for her increase while he watched her in that state. Henry wasn’t sure he had pitied anyone as much as he pitied Zhixi that very moment. When she spoke, her voice was monotone. It came from a place of a long time ago, distant and bleak.“My father brought home a man. They said they wanted to make an experiment with me. They took me to a room and tied me up and…” she stopped again.The image was suddenly borne in Henry’s mind. Disgust filled him. Once again she was making him go through things that he normally would not; for instance listening to a sexual assault story. Henry detached his hand from hers.“You don’t have to tell me this.” He said.Her gaze on
She started to laugh; loud and hysterical. Henry immediately covered her mouth his hands and looked about, wondering if there was anyone awake and listening to them. His eyes brushed over the cameras in the ceiling; the cameras he doubted the robots were even using. Henry was sure it was there for mere decoration and to instill fear in them.Zhixi’s turned to a girlish giggle. She was looking so pitiful again. He wished she would find an outlet for her pain, which was crying. She didn’t have any anger to bank on. Moreover, he didn’t think her getting angry right now would help matters.“I’m going to take my hand off, and you’re going to behave, alright?”She nodded. Henry took his hand off and she gazed at him bleakly. She didn’t seem like she wanted to continue her story, so it was hanging in her chest and on a delicate balance. He wanted her to be out and over with it.“Listen, Zhixi. You gotta let it all out. I’m trying to help you here and this is the best way I know how to. Talki
Henry told Zhixi to stay behind him as they were about to fight another monster. She was still weak and did not have the capacity to carry on, much less fight. It was a series of tiny rolling monsters who bit off arms and legs. They had sharp teeth, sharper than Henry’s sword. He didn’t let that discourage him as he chopped off monsters in reckless abandon.“Let me help!” Zhixi yelled.“You stay back!” Henry yelled back.“That girl is fighting and I don’t see you telling her to stay back!”Henry glanced at Zoe and back at Zhixi. “She’s holding up on her own just fine! You stay behind me and out of sight!”Zhixi huffed in frustration but said nothing. She truly did not have any strength left in her; what with the last emblem of the fiery devil being snatched from her body. Ever since Henry spoke to her about her struggles and demons last night, he’s changed. Obviously he knew something was on about her, so he needed to be careful at all means to not trigger her into god knows what. Zhi
HENRY and Leroy sneaked out of the compartment, Leroy on the lookout for robot and Henry on the lookout for cameras. They had to roll on the ground back in the compartment to be able to get to the door. Leroy was not pleased with it; matter of face he wasn’t pleased that Henry had started a whole new adventure for them. He still did not want to hear the full story, and at the same he was not happy that he was going through all of that for a story he didn’t know.“I think all of this completely unnecessary,” Leroy said.“Leroy, you’ve said that for the umpteenth time. I promise you, there is more to see than what you think.” Henry lowered his voice as the neared the overheard light. “At a container down that road, some robots were doing some kind of testing.”“What kind of testing?”“I don’t know, just some kind of weird testing. We need to go check it out.”Leroy groaned. “Ugh, I know you’re doing it for that girl. Do you like her?”“What?”“Which of them do you like? Zhixi or the wei
Evelyn noticed her sister isn't at home yet. She tried calling her number but it's isn't going.She tried the same for Henry's numbers but it wasn't going also. She decided to call Louis and it was the same thing."Fuck shott."She cursed"Why are they not picking where could they be?" She asked herself pacing around the room. She couldn't think straight. She didn't know what to do.She called their number, but it wasn't going.Evelyn slept that night and told herself she was going to go to their house first thing in the morning.*The Next Day.*Evelyn woke up feeling sad, she didn't know what was wrong with her, but she was just sad. She felt something was going wrong somewhere.She stood up and left the house without even bathing. She first went to the company hoping to find her sister there, but she did not.She heard the shareholders will be holding a meeting there, she couldn't find her sister. She then decided to go to Dexter's office. She couldn't find him also.She couldn't eve
"Sean are you ready to take your revenge?" Erica questioned him."Yes, I am so ready to take my revenge, where is the gun? Knife anything? I am fucking prepared every fuckin time." Sean replied Erica.Erica went to meet Sean and ask him if he is ready to take his revenge. Sean wanted to kill him by every means."I need Mike, the only person who can lure Henry is Mike." Sean told her."Consider it done." She assured him.Dexter was prepared for the operation, he wanted to take them down as fast as he can. He got a call from Erica that he should kidnap Sean first."Come and meet me at the warehouse immediately you are done." He said to her.Dexter was already with his guys in a dark and secluded warehouse, a group of people huddled around a table, planning their next move.This was not a typical meeting, but one with a sinister purpose. They were planning a kidnapping, and every detail had to be just right.Dexter showed them the target picture so they will not end up going for the wron
*Later That Day.*Erica was at Dexter's company, she went there immediately she was done with stuffs at her company. She also went there since he refused to answer her calls."We need to act fast, we don't know what the guy is planning. I loosed the video, and there isn't anything we can use against him anymore." Erica told Dexter he thoughts drinking the juice that was placed on the table."We will kill him if he has any other intentions, we are not going to let him bring us down." Dexter said to her."Since you said that guy is available, I guess he is will be the one to take the revenge. That way we will be free for the rest of our lives." Dexter said to Erica."Do you not feel we should kidnap him, that easy it would more easy for him to get killed." She said to him."Yes, I agree with you." Dexter told her."Don't you have some met out there that could help us with it. We can't do it on our own." She told him."That's true, I will find some useful guys that can assist us in kidna
*The Next Day.*Henry woke up the next morning feeling so refreshed, he slept peacefully like a baby in the night. He couldn't get to see Evelyn the other day because he was tired already.He decided he was going to see her today. He put on his dress. Seeing his ex is just terrible for him. He remembered how broke he was when he caught her.He remembered how he loosed all hope after she confessed everything to him. After she told him he doesn't love her."Why do I have to dress up?" He asked himself when he noticed how nicely he was dressing."Whatever." He muttered under his breath. Henry already told Evelyn about the meeting. He walked out of the bedroom, and saw Louis waiting for him."Don't tell me you are this well dresses because of her." Louis winked at him."Me? This is just a casual well, and I am well dressed because I want to dress nicely." He said to Louis"Woah, are you going to meet up with a girl? Is he going on a blind date?" Mike was surprised by his outfit immediatel
Henry ended the call immediately after listening to what the nurse told him."What happened?" Louis inquired ok seeing how devastated he was."Someone released Sean from the hospital claiming they are related, how does that makes sense?" Henry was beginning to get so angry."It was Erica." Louis told Henry."You knew it was her and you couldn't stop her? How did you find out that it was her?" Henry queried him"I planted a tracker in her car, I saw that she went to a place and that is not the office, neither Dexter's company. She must have been the one." Louis explained to him."I knew she is up to something, we must find a way to find out what she is up to. She might want to use him or something." Mike added."She didn't know I am out the prison yet right?" Henry wanted to confirm his thoughts."Yes, she didn't know you are out of the prison yet, we need to wait for a while. That was she will be unguarded." Louis answered.They got to their house in no time and did the necessary thin
Erica laid on the bed, she realized how tired she was. She didn't know when she slept off.Evelyn tiptoed into her room, her sister was sleeping so deep that she didn't even notice when someone entered the room.Evelyn searched for the other phone her sister barely use. She finally found it in her wardrobe. She tried unlocking it but she couldn't.She then went to where he sister was using, and decided to use her finger print to open it. It opened once.The first thing she did was to set a screen timeout. She left the bedroom, and went ahead to meet Louis where he was waiting for her.She walked up to where he parked his car and entered it."How was it? Did you not get it? I thought you said you were going to text me." Louis asked her."I got the phone." She answered and have him the phone she got from her sister.Louis first went to her iMessage, hoping he could find something there but he couldn't. He then whet to her storage.Luckily for him, he saw the videos there. He didn't know
Erica was happy with the scene that was going on. She was happy seeing how speechless Henry became."Wait, why me? I am not interested. Why should I become the ceo, laugh out loud." Erica acted surprised.She knew what she was doing, she didn't want to look. Suspicious to Louis."We have noticed that you are good for this job, and we would love to pick you." They informed her."Woah, looks as if I got no choice." She stoped up."If you know you would not want her to he the CEO, please can you raise your hands up." Someone announced but none of the shareholders could raise up their hands."Today, we declare ma'am Erica as the CEO of this company." The person who was in charge of the voting said."You are fired from this company, together with Mike. We find out you two might be a threat to the new CEO as you are not happy with her becoming the CEO." The shareholder passed across the information."What does Mike have to do with this? You can fire me instead and leave the poor guy alone."
"What do you want to see me for?" Erica asked Louis immediately she got to his office."I wanted to ask you few questions, is it possible for you to go to the house we just came back from. Can you get the security footage of everything that happened during our stay there?I think there is a spy there that got it release everything we did, and sent to our rival company." Louis asked Erica for a favor.He knew what he was doing. Even though he will have to loose an evidence that is as strong as that. His main aim was to confirm if Erica was the spy, and if she has someone she is working for."Sure, I will do that." Erica assured him with a smirk on her face."You are telling your greatest enemy to do the job for you." She said to herself."Consider it done." She assured him"Thank you very much." Louis appreciated."What about Henry? I haven't seen him! Hope he is okay?" She asked him."Sure, he will not be showing his face for the meantime. He will surely get back to you once he is bac
"The police are here for what?" Henry asked with his eyes wide opened."They insisted on staying at the entrance, and they are on their way here." The girl told him and she will not stop panicking.The police entered his office without knocking, with his secretary at their back."Mr. Henry you are under arrest. We will refrain you from talking, any word can be used against you in the court of law. You are allowed to also have an attorney." One of the police said to him."Find me a lawyer." Henry said to louis and followed the police men without asking them any questions.Henry followed them willingly without asking them any questions.Louis was still shocked with what happened. He knew what happened, he knew the reason he was arrested.Louis never imagined if there is a way they can get him saved. He decided to call Henry's best lawyer.He didn't want to go and Henry immediately to avoid any suspicions. A lot of people haven't figured out that he got arrested yet."I need you here imm