Chapter 41: Revelation

~Tricia

"Never, ever do that again." He said between our kisses, but the god of naughtiness will not leave me alone, so I bit his lower lip teasingly again before pulling out and returning to my seat.

"Force me." I jokingly stated.

"Whoa, I never thought I would do that again." I said to myself remembering those days when I was on my mission and my targets are some kind of a man-whore. I'm going to used that tactic to seduce them, then when they were lost that's the time I'm going to kill them.

"Have you done that before?" He scowled at me, tsk here we go again.

"Yeah." I said it as if I were going to the market to buy an egg.

"With who?" He coldly asked, I know he's mad because his face became emotionless. I did not answer him. Like, for what? We’ll only banter with each other again.

"Just some guys, will you please drive again?" I hissed annoyingly.

"Not until you tell me with who?" He pondered again. Fuck! Can't he just drop it?

"You heard it Seth, it was nothing okay?" I said calming myself, I don't want us to fight now especially since I have something to do.

"I'm asking you Isla! With who?" he boomed slamming his hands on the steering wheel.

If only looks could kill me, I'd be a cold corpse by now. Is he jealous again? Well, isn’t it obvious? I sighed, I don't want to share his fury and kill each other here today.

"Fine, I used that as a strategy, to seduce my targets and then kill them." I stated bluntly, but it looks likely that he is not satisfied with what I said.

It's up to him whether he believes or not. It isn't my fault.

"Do you have sex with them?" My head snapped to his direction and throw him a dagger glare.

Hell? Why would he think such a thing? Yes I do make out with them but that doesn't mean I'd engage myself in sexual activity with them. For Pete's sake, I still have my purity.

"What! No!" I exclaim.

"Of course you'd say no." He laughed to himself. What does he mean by that? That I wasn’t telling the truth? Well fuck him!

"Look Seth, I don't know where this damn conversation is going but can you please drive? If we keep arguing, we'll get until Christmas." I fumed, tsk.

That's why I don't want that stupid deal. I don't want anyone meddling in my life or what I'm doing to myself.

I can fucking take care of myself you know! I've been doing this for nearly half my life.

In my peripheral vision, I saw him start the car and accelerated. We’re on full speed, but I know it's not because of the dare we had earlier. He's enraged, and he's not thinking about whether or not we'll have an accident. Hence, I still trust him, I know he wouldn't let anything is going to happen to us.

We just rode in silence, no one dared to speak or even look at each other. He was the first to become agitated, so he should be the first to apologize.

The road we're on is becoming dimmer and dimmer, as if we're on our way somewhere, giving us the impression that we're in the scenes from the movie Wrong Turn?

Cripes!

We came across a large mansion that resembled a castle in the middle of nowhere. We've arrived at long last.

Seth maneuvered his car into a large tree not far from the mansion. I quickly get out of the car and tell him I'll be back in less than an hour. He only gave me a small nod as an acknowledgement that he heard me.

I make my way through the bushes until I reach their massive front gate, which has intricately engraved "VS" lettering above it. There are four armed men stationed outside, which isn't too many to handle.

I reach for my gun, which is tucked behind my belt strap, and insert the silencer. I'm not going to exhaust my body tonight while my hand is still injured.

I hide in the massive shadow, then shoot every man in the head with a bullet. I secure the location first, ensuring that the coast is clear. I open the gate, bracing myself for whatever might come my way.

And, as expected, there a plenty of men roaming around the mansion, and they immediately alerted the moment they spotted me. I smirk. I guess I can't wait any longer for my wounds to heal. I pulled out another gun and shot the first man I saw, then the others, before they could pull their trigger, I shot them first. Until I was the only one standing, just in time for my gun to be emptied and then I reload it.

Without further ado, I went inside, and whoever gets in my way will get a bullet straight to their air-filled brains. While I was checking out every room in here, a girl my age, running almost naked, crossed my path and collided with me.

"Please help me get out of here." I stared at her blankly before grabbing her hair, and I noticed a VS mark behind her neck. A member of the Mafia.

They truly believe they can deceive me?

"Where is your boss?" I spat at her, pulling her hair up, and she winced but didn't say anything. I pointed my gun at the center of her eyes and questioned her once again.

"Where is your boss?" I asked again, slowly pulling the trigger, and she closed her eyes.

"U-upstairs, there's big white door there." She stammered immediately, I feel someone coming behind me, so before he gets any closer to me, I shoot the person in my back without looking. The impact of my gun caused the girl I was holding to jolt.

"You're coming with me." With that, I dragged her up the stairs by her hair. She gave me the directions, and we came to a halt at the white doubled door. Why isn't he aware that there's a commotion going on down there? Maybe he's still in mourning over his daughter's death.

I kicked the girl and then shot her in the heart before she could escape. I push the door open to see a man having sex with a slut.

That's why he didn't notice what was going on below because something strange was going on here.

"Didn't I tell you not to come in, Gorgio?" While sucking the woman's breast, he asked without looking.

What a nice view. I cringe at the sight.

"I see you've got a lot on your plate." I grimaced as I leaned against the door frame. They stopped and looked at me. In less than a second, I shoot the slut on her back, causing her to fall limply on the floor.

"I thought you were mourning your daughter's death, but it looks likely you're enjoying it." I began walking slowly towards him, and I noticed him pull out a phone and a gun, which he automatically pointed to me while he was busy calling on someone, who, by the looks on his face, was not answering.

"If you're calling one of your men down there, of course they wouldn't answer you because they are all dead." When I informed him, he threw his phone at me and shot me. I quickly pulled out my shuriken on my side without letting go of the gun I was holding and threw it over the bullets rushing towards me, causing a spark as they collided.

"You can't kill me with a gun, but it can, of course, kill you." I said this while pointing my gun at him.

"Don't worry, I'll just ask you a simple question. I'm not going to kill you…just yet." I kept smirking and walked closer to him until the tip of my gun touched his head. I grab his gun and toss it away.

"Who exactly is Master L?" I saw him swallow and draw his hands up, but his eyes were downcast.

"I'm not sure, Master L is what he wants us to call him since we met." He replied, I know he's telling the truth because he's looking me in the eyes now. I sigh and place my gun on the table.

Why that bastard is so secretive?

"What is he planning—"

"You bitch murdered my daughter!" He abruptly cut me off. He was about to grab my gun from the table when I pulled out two daggers that tucked between my legs and pinned his both hands flat on the table.

"Aaargh!" He cried out, attempting to take his hand, but moving will only make things worse.

"Wrong move, buddy. Tell me what you know about his plans now." I asked again, grabbing a handful of his hair.

"I don't know of his plan." He groaned, I sighed harshly and let go of his hair, and he, too, sighed in relief.

Did he really think I was done?

He hissed in pain as I slapped him with the back of my hand and pressed the daggers even harder into his hand.

"Do you miss your daughter?" I teasingly remarked, and a flash of sadness flashed across his eyes, softening his face.

"Do you want me to send you after her? Do you want me to send your wife next so you can be a happy family in hell?" I'm even angrier at him now.

"Don't bring my wife into this! She has absolutely nothing to do with it!" He spat on me, his sadness turning to anger.

Oh, how I enjoy this expression. A smirk played across my face, mocking him. He just doesn't want to hurt his wife, but I saw him perform miracles earlier.

Tsk, men will be men.

Easily swayed by temptation. I remember Seth from a while ago. He's a good driver, no doubt about it, but he's also not very good at resisting temptations.

I'm curious if he'll do the same things we did in the car if I happen to be another woman.

Focus Isla! Now is not the time for that!

"Ohw, what a thoughtful husband." I cooed, returning my gaze to him.

"But that's not what I want!" I slap him across the face again, causing him to spit blood.

"I'm not sure what his plans are, but..." He lowly said, I give him a continuing look.

"I'm only certain of one thing. He has another perfectly done subject besides you." He has my full attention now.

There’s another subject besides me? I thought Henna said that I was just the only subject he perfected? What is really going on?

"Would you like to know who she is?" He asked taunting me, of course I want!

Wait, did he just say she? Woman? Gosh! Isla, don't be such an idiot. He obviously said "she," didn't he?

When did a "she" become a "man?"

Which again brought my attention back to him. I mentally shook my head and focus.

"Who?" I frantically questioned.

"Eager much are we?" I sighed as he teased me. This nonsense looks to be backfiring on me. I abruptly drew the dagger from his right hand, but before he could move, I thrust it back hard. In pain, he let out another piercing scream.

"Do you like it when I'm harsh?" I bristled.

"Now tell me who she is?" I gritted my teeth, digging and twisting the dagger even deeper.

"She's your twin." He gasped in between his painful breaths.

I froze, and it takes a moment for what he said to sink in.

My what?

That is not possible. Henna claimed she had been shot in the chest.

How come ... Fuck! No she's dead!

He was just saying it to confuse me more.

That's it! Right Isla don't believe him. She's dead.

I keep convincing myself not to believe him, but there's a part of me that believes Luzy is still alive.

My knees began to weaken, unable to support my weight, and my body began to tremble. This is not possible. If it's true, there's a chance I'll run into her or worse.

I'm relieved that my twin and I can be together again, but what if they'd implanted the chip in her?

The chip that Henna was talking about.

"Did they implant the chip in her?" I asked, hoping they hadn't.

I'm not sure what will happen to her if they put that goddamn thing in there.

Will it have an effect on her? Did she, like Henna, lose her memory? Isn't her emotional state gone? Fuck! There are a lot of questions running through my mind, such as, why her?

Why her, of all the people in the world?

Is this the gift that he was talking about?

"Yes, and it responded to her system successfully. They turned her into a perfect killing machine, just like they would have turned you into if they had implanted that chip in your pretty little head."

That was the last straw for me.

I slump helplessly on the floor.

She ... my fragile twin.

They turned her into a monster, just like they did to me, but this time it's worse.

If only I hadn't left her. If only we escape together. None of this could have happened if we hadn't gone to the park that day.

She's alive, but not in the way I expected. Did I make a grave mistake in my previous life? Why is all of this bullshit happening to me?

When I was a kid, all I wanted was to live a normal life like everyone else.

I wasn't aware of what was going on around me until I heard a gunshot that brought me back to reality. When I looked up to Mr. Villa Samonte, I found he was dead and had been shot in the head. I feel someone approaching me from behind, and I immediately recognize who it is.

"What happened? You said you'd be back in less than an hour, but it took you over two hours." Crouching in front of me, he asked, cupping my face and wiping my tears with his thumb. I didn't even realize I was crying.

"She's still alive." I croaked, unable to recognize my own voice.

"Who?" He asked in confusion.

"Luzy, my twin." With that I burst into tears.

“Let’s get out of here.” I felt Seth carried me back to the car and I didn't protest, I just let him.

I was still crying on his chest from what I'd known. He first put me in the passenger seat, and then I felt him enter the driver's seat. We stayed there for a while, and he just let me cry until my eyes were dry.

"Are you all right now?" As a reply, I only gave a weak nod. He started the car, and we went off the road.

I still can't believe Luzy is still alive. I mean heck! I've spent nearly half my life believing she's dead, then one day I'd found out she isn't. It's not that I'm unhappy about it, but they've turned her into something far worse than I could have imagined.

I didn't realize I'd fallen asleep due to exhaustion and crying. I felt arms lifted me up, makes my body swaying in motion. I'm too tired to open my eyes, and I also know who's carrying me, so I let myself sink back into the darkness.

My dream was filled with images of myself and Luzy.

Fighting each other to the death.