Reliving The Past ~ Mage Of The Abyss 26 Chapter 21 ~ The Hunted Hunter 2/2

…

*Beeeeeep *Beeeeeeeeeeeeep

Sounded the elevator reaching its destination.

Siola stood inside, counting her fingers. Veins are quite visibly opened both from her hands, and the frowned area of her head.

She has closed her eyes to listen… the noises under her ears. They came from the crowded street outside and the people screaming in pain… inside her memories.

In the innate of her surroundings, the crowd noises, the elevator, the heavy metal door… she listens… to her desire. Hushing a tune, perfectly in sync inside her mind.

'Tick, tick, tick, rain melody sounded by the ceiling…'

*Beeeeeeeeeep *Beeep

'Exhausted by the cloud, I don't want to live…'

*Beeep *Beeeeeeeeeep

'Wake up by the sun, I do want to kill…'

*Beeeeeeep*

The elevator opens at the same time she opened her eyes and just as slow as it was. When she got out of it, she hummed in a horrific tone, husking as if she is bringing death itself with her. "Falling in the night, I become the nightmare…"

No cracks of a grin appeared on her face as she left.

Siola has arrived to the Center Galaxy. Having the information that she got from Mona, Siola didn't want to waste the opportunity. Because of "debt" that she owed to Glossed Serenade, she now no longer has her gun.

True to its name, the Desolated Sector has barely any people walking around them, thus making the center of the marketplace felt somewhat empty. Siola has no problem with it at all, in fact she's glad about it being this way. Now, there are fewer people walking around, she can find the thief a bit easier now.

She step on the same 50-story apartment.

As she shifted her eyes, she found someone with an odd and very suspicious appearance. She approached him, the man in tatters resting his arms on the edges of the fence, she too rested hers. She asked, "Have you… seen a c.o.c.kroach pa.s.s by?"

A c.o.c.kroach, it's a term for a small-sized thief that is able to run fast and agile… like a c.o.c.kroach.

The man didn't say anything. He took out a cigarette and light it up, as he smokes it, he pointed down on a certain area beneath, on the outskirts of the building.

Siola stares at it intensely… menacingly.

After a while, she removes her eyes from it and gave the man her jacket. She left right away without looking back at him. The man grinned and raised his hand as if saying "You're welcome."

…

Several hours earlier.

"Bwehehe…" sounded a child sitting on a garage in front of a car while counting their money, "8000, 9000… 18000!" their eyes sparkle. "Another easy day, and easy money once again, ehehe!"

Pulling out the hoodie reveals a dusty yet beautiful face.

She took out a can of a leftover wafer from underneath the hood of the car and opened it, there is much more money inside. She put what she has in her hands and closed it again.

"Just a little more…" her smiles is warm, "You'll be okay, mother."

She hums a tune, put the can back, and stood up. She stretches her arms to the back, "Ngghhhf ~ phew"

Taking out a piece of bread from her pocket, she ate it without caring for its quality.

*Chomp*

"Mm!!" her eyes quickly widened as she salivates the soft texture in her mouth. 'So good' she thought.

*munch *munch

'Ahh, how can this bread be so good. I need to buy it again.'

*Chomp

*munch *munch

'Oh right, I wonder where I should go next… *munch*, that gambling apartments were too hard. So many of them were modified.'

*munch*

'I guess, nothing can be done? I need an easy one?'

'Yeah, let's play it safe for now. I almost reached my goal anyway.'

*Chomp*

After giving the bread a considerable amount of chew, she swallowed it. Licking her fingers, scouring for the leftover taste. 'Ahh, so good. Now I'm thirsty though.'

After she said that, the girl went out of the garage and look for a vending machine. She lives in an abandoned alley, empty like a desert.

She walked past by the alley and then blend-in to the crowded street. For her small size, it's hard to get past them, but she managed in the end. In a certain nearby store, she found the machine and then bought herself a drink.

*gulp

*gulp

"Pwah"

Refreshed to her core, she emptied it and throw it to a nearby can.

She took the public train to go into her next big target. Holding onto a pole, she kept her ground still. She turned her eyes slightly and saw some people leaning onto someone, he's wearing a suit.

He was really uncomfortable and then decided to stand up and left them, they were disappointed and put out a shrug. But then as he was about to pa.s.s the girl, the train shook. The man almost fell, but luckily, the girl helped him. "Are you okay?" she asked.

"T-Thank you"

The girl nodded. The man didn't talk much and just left.

A grin was cracked on her lips as soon as he left. Rolling around a wallet on her hand, she pocketed it.

After a while, she arrived at her destination. An excitement surging through her heart, she antic.i.p.ates many things coming from that area. 'There it is, a place full of pockets…' the Center Galaxy.

….

She went inside and entered the center of the marketplace, where most people trade.

Shifting her eyes left and right, it's as if she's appraising them. The vision in her eyes tells many things, including what is in the people's bag. 'Hmm… so many pockets, but almost all of them are Cyber. I can't pick those; they would kill me in a second.'

Searching for a target, she spent quite the amount of time to look for one. Her eyes quickly widened by the sight of a woman, probably in her thirties, took out a bunch of money from her wallet before putting it back in her bag.

'There it is, there it is! I have to get it before she left too far.'

The girl is waiting for the woman's trade to finish. After she's done, the girl would follow her from far behind. And when the woman gets to a desolated area, that's when the girl made her move.

'Now!'

She's running at incredibly high speed with her eyes locked to the woman's bag, and when the woman wasn't paying attention. She s.n.a.t.c.hed it from her and ran off without looking back, the woman screamed and tried to catch up to her, but she couldn't. The girl went running so fast to the point of her figure… fades from the woman's sight.

She ran and ran until eventually, dropped down to a sewer.

…

A few minutes later.

*pant *pant

As she catches her breath, she grasped for a breather. She looked to her feet and caresses them. It may not be the farthest run she did, but it took so much energy from her. 'The gear is getting rusty. I should buy a replacement soon.'

A moment later, she got out of the stinking hole and walked to a certain alley where no one can be found walking around. She looked to her left and saw several stairs of a stone building, she stepped up to them, opened the door, and went inside.

'Hmm… too dark in here, better do it outside I guess.'

Suddenly, she heard a sound… it was mild, and when she looked around, there was nothing. 'd.a.m.n, I need to buy a coffee.'

Settling with it just being her imagination, she opened the door again and went outside. Rested her hands on the stone fence, she let out a breath, sighing over her success. "Haa… so easy. I wish every day is like this.'

"…"

Moving the view away from her, there is actually a figure... just sitting underneath the stairs right below her. Not much can be seen and it is out of view from her. The girl walked down the stairs and goes around while humming a tune, "Hum-hum-hum."

The person who is sitting there... lifted their head and stared at her, it turns out that the person is none other than... Siola.

The girl didn't notice her. Siola is sitting in plain sight, yet she didn't see it when she going up the stairs. The girl took out the bag and scouring the content inside it. Siola still locked her eyes to her without even blinking. "Hum-hum, where are you, honey? Don't you hide from me, you can't."

The girl is still busy looking for the wallet inside the bag, and still not noticing the person staring at her. The said person moves her hand and took a crowbar on the edge of her foot.

She rose from the silver sand and took a step towards the girl.

"Hum-hum-hum, I swear I saw it just now, why is this thing so big."

*rattle *rattle

Many things are colliding with each other inside that bag. The attention she gave for it is astonishing. However, Siola is approaching closer and closer, she arrived just beside the girl and glared down on her.

The girl's eyes quickly widened; she finally found the wallet. As she took it out, "Aha! Finally, with this, I will—"

*BANG*

With a deafening noise follows behind, her head crashed to the wall.

"…"

Red liquid soaked the girl's side hair as it dripped to her cheek. She can feel her vision spinning, 'Huh?'

The hand on her head spin her around, making her face the wall that was painted red with her blood. The world… has gone to a silence. She… can see that… her sights are rapidly moving back and forth against the wall for many numbers of times, uncountable to her at that moment. With each thrust, the wall keeps splashing its red color, expanding them wider and slightly crushed by the impact.

Her mouth soaked in her own blood as her teeth fell off and her nose broken, she felt no pain, in fact, she might not even know it… Not until the deed was done and she was turned around to face the pain bringer.

"GWAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!"

The pain was immense, but not enough to make her faint. Her beautiful face has been destroyed beyond words, unrecognizable even to herself if she ever saw it. Her flesh can be seen clearly even from afar.

The other party formed a sinister look on her face. Grinning because of the satisfaction that is surging inside her heart, Siola said, "Yaaahh… we meet again, you little s.h.i.t."

"…AAAHHH! Auughh, nghhf"

The girl vomiting... was expected. Siola drop her off on the ground.

*cough *cough

She throw up all the bread in her stomach with her vision is still spinning around due to an intense pain surging all over her face. With each second pa.s.sing by, her parts of body went numb.

Siola lowered down to her knees and lifts the girl by her hair. She look at her eye to eye, "So, where is it?"

"Whafft?" (What?) said the girl.

"You took something from me, and I want it back."

"Aii… Aii… fwodnnt kwooff" (I don't know)

"Whaaat, don't you remember? around this long, a shiny, clinky gold. I'm sure you remember that one."

It took some time, but the girl finally remembers it. "Aii, Aii fihhnt hokf iff" (I didn't take it)

Siola's eyes narrowed down to a slit, and then goes off to shut. =_=, "Hmm… I see."

*thud*

She let her head go and turns her around. Making her face up to the ceiling. It takes Siola back somehow, she used to play around in the game, torturing someone with a self-made weapon that is just like a crowbar. As she spins the crowbar around, she sat on the girl's b.u.t.t. "Whaff aff uu" (What are you…)

*BAM*

"GYAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!"

Siola mercilessly stabbed her ankle with it. "Beh, it's a fountain, huh. Guess that was the wrong one then." Pointing out that there is no modification inside the ankle she stabbed, she turns to the other and stabbed that one instead.

*Klash*

"GYAAAHHHHHHH!!"

"Hmm… not it either, you're not a cyber? d.a.m.n, that's a shame."

"AAhhh… aaaaa..."

The girl's eyes are as dead as a fish. With her sight now leaving her, she can't really tell any traits the perpetrator has. She can't tell anything about Siola's appearance. She only heard the delicate voice coming out from that mouth, spouting horrifying things.

It's like she no longer has the energy to talk. Siola continue to stab and ripped both of the girl's feet, looking for something. Amidst the blood and red meat, she found something that stuck to her ankle, "Hmm… so you used that old-fashioned gear system, huh."

"Pweeshe, weffem e foo" (Please, let me go)

"Oh, you can still talk? Well, of course you are, but still, would've been easier to just close your eyes and die, you know."

Siola left her ankle bone alone, turned her around, and mounted her. "I'm gonna ask again…" she grabbed her by the hair, "Where did you put my s.h.i.t?"

Her eyes started to get clouded, "Aiivhhe hohlf ifft" (I sold it)

"… to who?"

"Hlofhed Vevenaedae"

"…"

Spirals of heavy emotion burst out inside her chest. Many things flowing inside her mind, it's as if her anger has peaked through the roof judging by how she gritted her teeth and the thick vein she has on her head. "Hmm... I see."

Glaring down to the wasted damsel, she raised her clenched fist, "All right then, goodbye."

*Bang*

Siola punched her in the face. She pulled her fish away, and then thrust it again. Punching the girl right on her cheek, Siola coated her hands with the blood of the girl's flesh. It was smooth and nice to the touch, however… no one would want to touch it.

*Bang *Bang

Blood splashed out of the girl's mouth, she spits them out both to her left and her right. With each beating, the girl body twitched. She can feel that she's dying.

*Bang *Bang *BAM

Siola mercilessly, in full force, beat her repeatedly by punching her again and again. Her heart beating so fast while the other is beating hard, Siola's hand trembles. She gritted her teeth whilst biting her lips and then, decided that she's done playing around, she took the crowbar back from her feet.

"You shouldn't have take the Diva's belonging without her permission, you know."

She raised it high and about to pierce the girl's head with it, but then…

*BANG*

Immense pain throbbed from her stomach. A bullet has pierced through her meat and bone, she shifted her eyes to the side and saw multiple uniforms coming out of the door.

She quickly adjusted her posture back, and instead of slamming the crowbar down, she swing it instead.

*BAM*

*clink *clank *clank

The metal grazed the baton floor, she didn't manage to hit the girl even though she's at her point-blank range. The crowbar flew far away.

"STOP, THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING!"

The police readied their guns, and as soon as they try to aim at Siola's head, she stood up, took the bag, and sluggishly ran away. One of the police shook off their aim, "Why the h.e.l.l did you shoot?! Wait for my orders! You, you, and you go chase her!"

They quickly nodded and jump over the stairs, they went to chase Siola afterwards.

Some that stay went to check on the girl. The one who was tending opened his helmet, revealing a handsome man with a stylish hair, probably in his late 20s. He took out several medical tools and began to patch her up.

…

It took a while, but he and the team managed to save her. As he wipes his sweat, one of his team that went to chase Siola came back, he approached him, "Sir…"

He shifted his eyes, "What is it?"

"We lost her."

"What, how?"

"We… came to a confrontation by a group, and it was Glossed Serenade, sir."

His eyes widened, "Serenade again, is she a part of them?"

"Undoubtedly, sir."

The man's expression hardened, sighing, "All right. Let's just go back for now, what matters is that the victim has survived. Carry her to the hospital and tell the others to meet us back at the station. We need to find out who did all this."

The subordinate nodded.

The man shifted his eyes to the girl and thought, 'Just who could be so cruel to have done something like that to her. That woman, she's dangerous. We have to do whatever it takes to find her before she found her next victim. This... why there are more and more women like them keep popping up.'

The police department was always 'shorthanded' in Desolate Sector. Many kinds of criminal group have recently emerged out of nowhere, Glossed Serenade is not one of these group due to the fact that they have been around for a long time and even to an extent providing security to the area.

However, something big happened about a year ago that led to an even more cl.u.s.tered disastrous event happening. A small group of people emerged and completely tearing down other groups, not in the usual way when a group fights to each other, but a way that led to many unnecessary deaths without any good reason at all. It is fair to say that there is actually no reason for that group to be doing what they did.

Consist of only two members, known as TK.

They, the police, have found out that they are women. However, their ident.i.ty remains unknown. Not only they keep changing it, they also have access to many kinds of clones running around in the country.

Nothing that can be done for them, the captain can only sigh and wish for the best to catch his target before more victims coming out. As he left, his subordinates sighed, "Went to chase a thief, and ran into a murderer wip."

"Hey, don't be like that. We at least managed to do our job and save her."

"Yeah but, at this rate, we won't be able to keep up our image. We lost the thief."

"Maybe that killer was the thief?"

"Yeah, maybe. But still…"

They both sighed, "G.o.dd.a.m.n it, if this keeps up, the police department will fall down the ranks."

"Guh, we will be forgotten!"

"Nghf, and even worse, they will treat us like trash."

They both… sighed once again.

***

Note:

- The song that Siola sang in the early page is something that I've heard when I was a kid, it was different of course. I cannot remember but bits and pieces of them. Its tune came together just like that. A piece of music where a lot of kids circling each other and being very noisy, screaming something.

- Also, please give a moment of your time and throw your trash properly. Do not be that guy… you know who I'm talking about.

[Extra NonSensical Scene]

The author is hiding inside the fortress of his sofa surrounding him like a wall. He yelled, "K!!! GIVE ME MY TINFOIL HAT!"

K appeared from the kitchen wearing the said 'hat' instead of a helmet. Sliding on the floor, she took it off and roundhouse it to the author's head. It spins on him before eventually settling down.

She went to approach him, "What are you doing anyway?"

"Shh, they're coming at me. Even though I already put the disclaimer on, I'm sure... they're going to come at me, K!"

"... no way in h.e.l.l people going to care about this 8th rate novel. You're just being paranoid, J."

"NO! I-I, I can hear them... I can hear their breathing."

Sighing, "Why are you even making this chapter anyway, surely there is another way to introduce her to people. Even I don't want to watch this anymore... not that I ever read it since you took out dawn of magi.

"Gah, don't bring that up! Now more group of people coming at me, they're going to come at me hard and make me regret my life."

"What are you talking about, you're not making any sense. Just release the extra chapter, people going to hypes for this again, knowing that there will be s.e.x in it."

"Huh?"

"... what? Don't you know that the s.e.x scene is the only reason people want to read this s.h.i.t?"

As he heard the words coming out of her mouth, the author's heart shatters into pieces.

"Just make more s.e.x scenes, yea? Personally I want more of them instead, and I wouldn't mind giving it a read."

"Can you not please say that word too much?"

"Whatever."

K left the author alone in his fortress with a broken state, turning into sand and disappears to nothingness. But K suddenly pop up again, "So, you want people to coming back to this chapter?" she took out a piece of paper, "Here, narrate this. Some hot scene where I get to f.u.c.k Siola's brains out and made her my slave."

Holding the paper in disbelief, something inside his head snapped, "HAAAAAAAAH!!"

*Scriiech*

Shooting with camera 1, camera 2, and camera 3.

The author tore the paper into shreds. Panting as he stuttered himself, muttering, "b.i.t.c.h! I'll, I'll make you pay for that! How dare you burn that thing to my eyes!!"

He approached her, but she doesn't show any kind of fears, instead, she was amused by it. "Heh, go on, big-tiny guy..." speaking in a low seductive voice, "Show me what you can do." Still having his tinfoil hat on his head, sweats forming in his forehead, he approached death.