Viren’s shoulders were stooped lower than usual as he kept his gaze to the cement pathway. Every now and then he would look up to make sure he was headed toward the proper headstone. Every time he found it, he would tear his gaze away.
Alexandrine would usually say something by this point but as soon as they both entered the cemetery, she didn’t speak a word. Viren respected her more for this. She truly lives up to her name of being one of the most well-respected marshals. This image of her quickly vanishes when she speaks.
“Why are you visiting your sister’s grave if you’re the one that killed her?”
Viren stops, removes his sunglasses and for the first time looks her in the eyes. “It would be best if you never brought up my sister ever again, is this clear?”
Alexandrine has faced countless life and death situations. Every time, she knew she could pull herself out of deaths grip. Having the strength of ten men has allowed her to live for many years as a high-ranking marshal. But just because you have strength, it does not make you invincible. She had to train her bones, and tendons to match her enormous strength. Her training and strength have let her survive anything, even the death of her daughter. But at this moment she knew that if she said so much as a single word, there was promise of death and there was no coming back.
As Alexandrine continued following the world’s most famous mass murderer, or supposed murderer, she wondered if she had made the correct decision to take Viren out of prison and make him work under her. Viren seemed harmless enough most of the time but just now, she felt his true nature come through.
They both stop in front of their destination. An enormous, gray, headstone. It stood as a testament to one of history’s greatest heroes. Viren carefully brings up a single flower he had been carrying the entire time and gently places in front of the headstone. Memories force themselves towards the surface of his mind.
He can hear screaming in the distance. The more time passes, the farther away the screaming gets. His hands tremble as he points the gun at his sister’s forehead.
With wide eyes full of terror, Viren says, “Stop. Please stop. For the love of god, don’t make me do this.” On her knees and with a face full of tears, his sister smiles. The gun goes off.
Viren is brought back to reality when he hears people approaching.
“Finally!” A man in a black suit says with a smile. “I’ve been waiting forever to get you by yourself Ms.Alexandrine. Oh, have you caused us so much trouble!”
Alexandrine recognizes the man as one of the leaders of the local mafia. She starts counting the total number of men she sees. ’10…15…23 but I’m sure they have snipers somewhere nearby.’
Two men, one on each side of the leader, catch her attention. ‘Rue, one of the most wanted, ability is pyrokinesis. Nicholas, most wanted as well, extreme durability.’
Alexandrine doesn’t move a muscle as the mafia leader walks in between both of them and spits on Viren’s sister grave. “I’m glad that whore is dead. Do you know how much trouble—" The leader notices Viren glaring at him.
The mafia leader says, “What are—” The leader grabs his throat and starts to make choking sounds. All of his men pull out their guns. Somethings flies out of the mafia leaders throat and then falls to the ground alongside the leader himself.
To her horror, Alexandrine finds the mafia leader coughing out a torrent of blood with his tongue laying right beside him. The mafia leaders men don’t fire right away as they try to figure out what happened, they didn’t see Viren or Alexandrite even come close to their boss.
Alexandrine pulls out her trusty Glock and expects a nasty fight. The sleek armor she wears under her coat will work overtime today.
“Think about your next move boys. Your boss has made the terrible mistake of soiling my precious sisters grave. Are all of you willing to die for this sorry excuse for a man because if you fire your weapons, none of you will make it back home.” Viren says loud enough for everyone to hear.
When one of the men fire their weapon, the rest follow soon after and all that is heard throughout the cemetery are the deafening sounds of gunshots.
Soon, they all stop firing and everyone stares at Viren in amazement. More specifically they stare at the countless unmoving, floating bullets in front of Viren and Alexandrine.
Viren tightens his tie and sighs. The two most wanted, Rue and Nickolas prepare to fight this unknown threat. The bullets fly back towards their senders.