5. Kevin and Ed, the struggles of the little ones
"Whew... Whew..."
The sound of low breathing rang out in the dark corner of the room, and Kevin held a loaded pistol in his left hand and a dagger in his right hand, the black black knife with a red strip of cloth wrapped around it, a little longer than the dagger, yes, it once belonged to Thompson.
It's a pity that its owner has long been lying in the bottom of the sea off the coast of Gotham.
Kevin and Cyber have spoken twice in recent days, and while he doesn't like the bastard with a smile on his face, he has to admit that if he doesn't plan to leave Gotham, then he and Ed will have to find themselves a strong backer.
Originally, he was still hesitating, but after the Arkham incident, he made up his mind, he knew who the man in the dark red armor was, he was probably the only one in the city who knew about it, and the truth brought him a faint hope, although it was so ethereal that it was nowhere to be found, but at least it could bring him a little comfort in this cold and dark night.
He's just a small person, if it weren't for his father who used to work for the Shadow Warrior Alliance, he wouldn't even have the slightest connection to this organization, but here's the problem, when his father was seriously ill, he urgently needed a lot of money to save his father, and at that time, the Shadow Warriors appeared.
Does a 17-year-old have a choice?
No... Fate never gave him enough choices, and after his father's eventual death, Kevin could only take one step at a time, driven by fate, he was a person who was at ease with what happened to him, and at his age, it was normal to have this kind of thought, in fact, as peripheral members, they wouldn't have too many troublesome things to deal with.
The young man twisted his head from side to side, looking at his surroundings a little nervously, he was always worried that a group of killers in black armor would suddenly emerge from a dark corner, and this worry had lasted for a whole day, because he saw the sign that represented the "collection" on the corner of this street.
They're coming!
Kevin placed the short knife in his hand on the table, and he shivered a little and lit himself a cigarette, he had never smoked these things before, but now, he needed a little gadget to release the pressure.
He turned his head to look at the clock on the wall, Ed had been out for 15 minutes, it was normal to spend all this time buying a meal, but there was another possibility, something happened to him!
Thinking of this, Kevin reached out and slammed the cigarette in his mouth on the table covered with cigarette ash, threw it into the ashtray that was already full of cigarette butts, he picked up his phone, gritted his teeth, and sent a text message.
"They're coming!"
To: Seber Hawke.
After pressing the send button, Kevin seemed to lose all his strength, and he collapsed on the couch, his mind in a mess.
He has worked for the Shadow Warrior for 4 years, and the most he has done is gather the latest intelligence in various areas of Gotham, and he has not even encountered a single situation where he needs to take up arms, but thanks to his father's training from a young age, Kevin is not the kind of young man who is helpless.
Especially in the 2 years since Klein arrived in Gotham, no one in the entire Narrow Island dared to provoke the members of the madhouse, and the young man even felt that this life was great for a while, after all, he was only 21 years old, and he was still at an age that liked to fantasize, if there was no accident, he would continue to live like this until he turned himself into a complete "Narrow Islander".
Unwilling to forge ahead, brave and ruthless, hostile to all outsiders for no apparent reason, engaged in some less serious work, reveled with those strippers every day to the destiny, looked for that shallow "happiness" in the overflow of bestiality, and then died in a gang fight or a robbery.
This is their life, and Lars El Gul is right about what he said, that the city, at least on the Narrow Island, is hopelessly left here, and when life is completely hopeless, humanity will degenerate to a level that we can never imagine, rolling in the dark mud, never imagining the bright light, though still a person, but no longer human.
The Walking Dead who live only to live.
But luckily or unfortunately, he met Cyber, and when his only best friend Ed was thrown into the sea three times, and only his confession could save him, when he was also thrown into the sea with his hands and feet tied, when he realized that he could only save him, when he tried everything to cut the rope, Kevin's deepest torment and fear reawakened him from that dangerous life.
It was cruel, and even now, Ed was scared when he saw the water, and Kevin had replaced all the clocks in the house with those old ones, and he was afraid to see the beating numbers, and that night was almost hellish torture for the two little people.
Cyber destroys the lives of two little people in an unreasonable way, but this destruction is essentially a kind of salvation, and when they realize that there is a more fierce and terrifying existence around them, most people's reaction is to stay away from those dangerous people and then live their lives carefully.
Kevin is the same, but the trouble with him and Ed is that he knows the way the Shadow Warriors Alliance deals with traitors, and he still remembers that when he was a child, his father would sit alone in the dark and smoke silently after talking to those elusive guys, and at that time he couldn't understand his father's worries, but now, when that heavy pressure pressed on his shoulders, he suddenly understood that his father's worries were fear!
Although Cyber has repeatedly stressed that he will not betray them, what happened that night cannot be concealed from someone who cares, why did Thompson go out with them, but only the two of them returned? If Cyber killed Thompson, then why did he let them two go?
Sometimes, killing people does not need an exact reason, for the sake of deterrence, for maintenance, or even for a bad mood, it can become a reason for the death of the weak.
Cyber is a complete bastard, but at least he is right about a word, and he can't pin his future on the kindness of others, especially when facing a group of people who can't exist at all.
"Ding Dong"
Kevin was awakened from his ramblings by the sudden memory of the doorbell, and he jumped out of bed, holding a dagger in his left hand and a pistol in his right, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down. He moved slowly in the darkness, leaning against the wall and behind the door, his voice lowered.
"Who?"
"Open the door, it's me, Ed!"
Kevin breathed a sigh of relief, he was about to open the door, when Ed outside the door suddenly said again, "Open the door, Kevin, today's pizza is amazing, I'm drooling." ”
The young man's outstretched hand stopped in place at this moment.
Ed wasn't going to buy pizza!
There was a flash of fear in his eyes, and his shoulders began to tremble, but he still forcibly suppressed the surging fear and replied in a low voice, "Wait, I'm wearing pants." ”
He could feel his tongue hitting his teeth, and he lay silently on the ground, glancing out through the crack in the door, 3 pairs of feet.
Damn! Damn!!
Kevin knew he couldn't panic now, he patted it, made a movement to move, then took a deep breath, adjusted the muzzle of the gun in his hand at the door, vaguely aimed at the position of what was about the head of one of the people, and then twisted the door lock, when the lock twisted to the deepest...
"Get down! Ed!"
"Bang"
The bullet passed through the fragile wooden door and struck a caught off guard Shadow Warrior soldier in the chest, and the hapless fellow was pushed back two steps before falling down the steps, a series of thuds from the collision of his gun against the ground.
The next moment of shooting, the wooden door burst open, and the remaining man kicked the front of the wooden door, kicking Kevin, who was holding a gun in both hands, and a tall opponent wearing a black combat uniform with a face armor and a predatory beast pounced on Kevin, who fell to the ground.
Trained killers and young men with only simple training, whether it is in fighting skills, weapons and equipment, and even mental will, occupy a complete advantage, Kevin just took aim, he kicked the pistol out of the air, the faceless guy wiped on the belt, and a dagger appeared in his hand.
Holding the dagger back, he looked at Kevin who was getting up from the ground with his arms covered, this guy moved his arms, and there was undisguised killing intent in his eyes under the battle armor,
"Traitor!"
"I'm not!"
Kevin shouted, holding the black short knife with his still movable left hand, standing opposite him with a trembling body, he was almost about to collapse, the super sensory blessing brought by the adrenaline burst made him breathe sharply, and the big man in black opposite was like a cat teasing mice, turning in circles, kicking the debris on the ground from time to time.
He could see that the kid in front of him was a coward, he only needed to use this method to destroy his will little by little, his teammates were yin, but wearing body armor, he should only be slightly injured, he would be back soon, thinking of this, a hideous smile appeared on his face under the armor.
"On the day of your betrayal, you should have guessed this outcome. ”
"Bang"
The two of them collided together, and the short knife in Kevin's hand flew out in an instant, and he was hit by the person in front of him 7 times in a row within 3 seconds, and the last punch almost smashed his entire person out, and his mouth was full of blood, and he fell to the ground, embarrassed to the extreme
The guy shrugged his shoulders as if he was done, and pulled his pistol from his waist,
"Goodbye, traitor!"
"Bang"
The scorching bullet missed, Kevin shook his head, and saw two arms coming out from behind the big man, and the panicked Ed blushed and threw the big man to the ground with all his might, he tried to restrain the big man with difficulty, and he screamed.
"Run, Kevin, run!"
The young man's blood blinded his eyes at this moment, and Ed's scream seemed to wake him up to the switch in his mind, and he ran away, but when he rushed to the door, he saw the big man's mask thrown aside, and he suddenly remembered Cyber's funny monkey mask.
"It's useless to run away from a mad dog that wants to open its mouth to bite you, and the moment you turn around, the dog knows that you are afraid of it, and it will chase you until it satisfies that arrogant thought in its heart. ”
"Do you know what to do with a mad dog?"
"You have to lift the stick in your hand and hit it the head, as long as you hit it hard enough to make it hurt enough, it will whimper and run away with its tail between its legs, it will be afraid of you, this fear will stay in its heart, the next time it sees you, even if you don't have a stick in your hand, it will go around you, understand?"
The words that Cyber had once said rolled in his head, and he looked back.
"Bang"
A gunshot rang out, Kevin's body covered in blood stopped at this moment, he saw Ed, his good brother fell to the ground, there was a large blood stain on his chest, and he looked back at Kevin with difficulty.
"Run... Don't stay..."
The voice finally died out, and at this moment, a string called sanity burst in Kevin's head, he picked up the chair next to him, screamed and pounced on the big man who had just gotten up, and smashed his head down immediately, he grabbed the dagger on the ground, and stabbed it into the chest of the man in front of him, his eyes were red.
That's not blood... It was tears.
"Ahhh
What's wrong with the little people? Don't the little people have the right to live?!
5 minutes later, Kevin, who was lost and covered in blood, came out of the house, he went downstairs, like a walking corpse, he saw the killer lying on the stairs panting hard, the guy who was not dead, but the injured guy also saw him, Kevin shook his head, walked past him, casually raised the gun in his hand, and pressed it against his head.
"Bang"