12 Call For Hatred (2/2)

The man brought a young woman to the scene. He grabbed her by her hair while she was struggling then stabbed her legs with wooden sticks. The woman screamed in pain and agony.

\”LOOK AT HER NION!\” He shouted to Nion. \”What do you see? Do I look like her?\”

\”LET HER GO!!\” Yelled Nion.

\”ANOTHER NOBODY!! He yelled.

\”LEAVE HER ALONE!!\” Nion continued begging him to free the victim.

\”I don't understand, why do you care about them, tell me?\” He grabbed the woman by her long black hair.\”

\”You are insane!\” Said Nion.

\”INSANE?! ME?!... I don't think that you've ever seen anything insane...\” As he finished his phrase he grabbed his victim by the neck as if she was weightless.

\”Oi, oi, oi! 'Insane' is a strong word! You should not be using it like that. Insanity is like an art of delusion and pleasure that nobody understands.\” The hooded man was taking his time as hi slowly was tightening her throat, enjoying the sight of his victim being struggling in the mid-air until she completely lost her voice and dropped her arms as the sign of losing consciousness.

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\”LET HER GO!\” Shouted Nion.

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\”Huh...? Hey, you! Wake up! I am not done here!\” He started shaking the woman with both of his hands. \”Hey, hey, hey! Don't tell me you are already dead? What the fuck...Already...?! Fuck--\” As the sign of a complete disappointment, he grabbed the woman by her hair and projected her body right into the bonfire flames that were at least 25 meters away.

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Nion stood immobile astonished of what she just witnessed.

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\”I am waiting for you! Why don't you attack me?! Come at me, let's end this fucken chit-chat bullshit and slaughter into pieces!\” He waved his arms as if the whole body of his was experiencing something rather orgasmic.

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He lowered his arms as a sign of boredom. \”Sign... You see, I got a serious dilemma here... A citizen from the lands of Aleksithimia has trespassed into our country, disturbing our peace and on top of that, killed two of my men.\” Said the masked man. \”Do you think I am an idiot and haven't realized why you keep your distances from me?\”

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\”Where is peace? WHERE?!\” Nion was boiling inside from anger and frustration.

\”What is wrong with that? They invaded my lands, I am just getting rid of the nuisance, the same way you did just yesterday. There is 'nothing' you will do about.\” He whispered.

\”You are letting your man throwing innocent people into the bonfire, crucifying and assaulting their woman? Is that what you call peace?\” Shouted Nion.

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\”YES! My peace.\” So, you are saying that protecting my country from these savages who came here out of nowhere, occupied \”my\” lands and now are trying to reclaim it as a part of their home... is wrong? Our elders were fighting for that every piece of land that you all are stepping on with your dirty boots. Y'all's presence in this country is soiling our sacred ground!\” Said the masked man. \”Now think very carefully. I don't care what you came here for, but the fact that you just killed two of my men irritates me. And I do not like being irritated! I will give you the offer of your lifetime, go back to your country and never come back!\” Ordered the masked man.

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\”All of these people are running into my lands because of you!\” Said Nion.

\”Well, that problem is now solved!\” He pointed onto to bonfire.

\”That is savagery!\” Nion shouted.

\”Maybe you wanted us to conclude some sort of a peaceful agreement!? Don't make me laugh!\” He laughed. \”They illegally occupied my country! You want us to become friends maybe? Tell me Nion, what makes you different from them, coming to my lands and telling me what is right and what wrong?\” He asked.

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Nion remained silent.

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\”You and I are very much alike, both protecting our homeland and its policies. I just made your country a favor by burning these pigs alive, so their little adventure ends here. Yet, you still act as if you cared...\” Said the masked man while he began to advance towards Nion.

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\”Yesterday, when you killed that woman...Urgh, what was the name of that bitch...Pipopo, Papipa...AH! PIPOLA!! Aah! You know who I am talking about, huh? That one with two kids, does it rings any bells?\” He laughed.

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\”Shut your mouth...\” Nion said through her teeth.

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\”You killed that \”poor woman\” right in front of her kids...Tsk tsk tsk.\” He made a hand gesture to his man to surround their uninvited guest. \”Tell me where was your heroic spirit yesterday, huh, lady Justice? How did you feel killing unarmed woman, huh?\”

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\”SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP!!\” Screamed Nion.

\”Look at you...And you are giving me moral lessons, how dare you?!\” He laughed.

\”ENOUGH!\” Shouted Nion.

\”ENOUGH OF WHAT?! COME ON, SAY IT!\” He laughed sarcastically.

\”I AM NOT A MURDERER!!\” She shouted back.

\”THEN WHO ARE YOU?!\”

\”I...I...\” Nion could not find the right words.

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From the beginning, this conversation was nothing else than a one-sided emotional abuse. Nion was still too young and naive to understand that she was simply being manipulated by the man. The stranger himself knew exactly what he was doing as he was enjoying every bit of their conversation, switching topics, portraying his adversary as the villain, showing no empathy and certainly no pity at all. In truth, he was just bulling her, instilling fear and guilt in her heart, meddling the confusion to fog up her mind and soul... And he was good at it.

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\”Poor kid, he was crying in my arms.\” He mocked her.

\”Where is he?\” Nion shouted out of exasperation.

\”What do you want from him? Wanna finish him off as you did with his brother?\” He giggled.

\”Where is he?!\” Shouted Nion.

\”Who knows...Maybe he is dead by now...Maybe not...\” The masked man was orchestrating with his hands by making strategic orders to his man to take positions.

\”Then I will make you spit it out by force!\” She menaced him.

\”Oh, oh... Scary, scary!\” The masked man removed his long jacket that was hiding the big yellow crest-like ornament that was covering his chest like some sort of armor.

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Nion got surrounded by his men, they were more than fifty assassins armed to the teeth just waiting for their leader's signal. While Nion got distracted by surroundings, in the blink of an eye their leader closed the distance between them and was standing right next to her. Surprised of such quick movement as she could not see him coming, Nion found herself at the mercy of the man with the yellow cross armor.

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The masked man grabbed her chin and started whispering into her ear.

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\”Our lovely discussion ends here... I really like your guts woman! You are a fearless warrior, I respect that. Now, let me offer you two outcomes of this beautiful evening:\”

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\”One: You are getting out of here with your tail under your legs without ever coming back to my lands, and I will close my eyes to the fact that you trespassed and most importantly, killed my men. Two: We can end this right here and right now, like real warriors would do, but I don't think you will...\” He smelled Nion's face. \”Because you smell, fear...\”.

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\”Know that if you try to do something against me, just makes sure to kill all of us, because if only one of us escapes, we will make sure that tomorrow my prosper would be aware that Land of Aleksithimia has infiltrated our lands and during the pursuit, two local citizens were killed.\” He said.

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\”Ah! And since you are here, let me tell you something interesting... Regardless of today's outcome, tell your prosper to be ready because a new war is not far away from your door, in the end it ended already 10 years ago - I want some 'Action'!\” Said the masked man. \”Either way, we are going to make our move sooner than you think. And when it will happen, I know someone who will rejoice in himself to see you...\” As he finished his sentence he removed his hand.

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\”I will never forgive you what you've done! You'd better watch your back!\” Nion spat right into her aggressors' face.

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\”Eh... We're all going to die one day, but you know what? You can die tonight.\” He laughed. \”Just kidding! LET HER GO!\” Shouted the masked man.

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The rest of his men were eager for blood, as to their disappointment, they started insulting, and whistling at Nion like a pack of hyenas who could not wait to devour the lion's prey.

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Nion was aware that she didn't stand a chance against so many foes and more specifically their leader who intimidated her like she never been before.

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The whole group of aggressors was following her with their eyes until she entered the forest and disappeared...