25 Chapter 21 ~ The Hunted Hunter 2/2 (1/2)
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*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 cockroach pass by?”
A cockroach, it's a term for a small-sized thief that is able to run fast and agile… like a cockroach.
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.
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 pass 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 anticipates 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 snatched 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. 'Damn, 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 shit.”
”…AAAHHH! Auughh, nghhf”
The girl vomiting... was expected. Siola drop her off on the ground.