Reborn- His Scarlett Moon

I knew I wasn’t thinking very straight but there was nothing else that could be done.

We had just buried two of our best friends.

There shouldn’t be any more burial from our side.

Besides, if what Midnight said could be taken into account, there were many werewolves from Helo’s end who were mere puppets. They needed to be protected as well.

A head-on battle would only result in more innocent casualties.

” Are you sure you want to do it this way… ”

Ryan’s breath over my bare shoulder made me shiver from within. I was putting on my war costume. Just like old days.

” This is the only way…. ”

I resumed putting the weapons into their respective places.

But he turned me around.

” You know I never contradicted you. I did everything that you asked me to do. Your way. ”

He pulled me closer and burnt his gaze into me.

” Listen to me carefully, Sherizad. I paid a very heavy price for that obedience last time. Don’t you even think of leaving me this time. ” He shook me with feral intensity.

” Wow! You two still look great…. ”

A voice startled us because its owner appeared from nowhere.

” Uncle? ”

It was no less than seeing an apparition.

The mysterious man who couldn’t be found for centuries had again strangely appeared.

” Uncle. You finally chose to come. ”

He ignored our stares and walked right past us and sat himself on a chair.

“I believe you are getting ready for a battle. You two look like you were going to your wedding. Sherazad! This is the twenty-first century. We don’t go to battle in those gears. Ryan, come on. Are you not supposed to be the head of a mafia ring? Couldn’t you give our little girl some lessons. ”

His voice was as amusing as ever.

” I need to carry these. How am I supposed to carry them wearing a dress from ‘ Mission Impossible’? ”

I asked, showing him the dagger, sword and specter.

He laughed.

” There is something called camouflage, little girl. Seems like you still need some lessons. Ryan, go gather your minions. We have a show to run. ”

At that point, I had no idea what he was trying to do.

But then I understood.

He was creating a diversion.

Helos was anticipating us. He was anticipating the exact move I was taking.

We had no surprise element.

***

” Where is Ryan headed? He took all the choppers and the men? All artillery? Mah Gosh! I swear I could tell there was something wrong with my boy from the moment that girl got into his room. Send him all the back up he needs. Doesn’t seem like he is up to any good…. And hold on Rose. Talk to the Sheriff. We might need to hold the police force back as well. Where again did you say he was heading? ”

Ryan’s father seemed worried for his adopted son. It was a good thing. I didn’t expect that after the face off that they had.

Anyways, let’s get back to the main event.

The entire town looked up as the black choppers flew overhead, causing a lot of buzz.

Just as was planned.

Least had we expected Helps to hide and recuperate in the tallest tower in town.

The helicopters circle the rooftop as their searchlights create a cinematic background.

I could see Helos walk out of the shadows for the first time as Ryan and I jumped off from a chopper.

It was full on Hollywood style, all suited up in black leather. Ryan’s uncle did live through the ages with fun.

I think Helps looked kind of amused as we walked towards him with our sassy a*s and threw in front of him, the three weapons that could have been the end of him.

His smirk however said otherwise.

” Why did you have to bring this circus to me, Sherazad. Are you too happy to be finally re-living? ”

I grabbed Ryan’s hand tight because I could feel him clench his fist.

” And what is this rascal doing here with you? ”

He pointed at my Ryan.

” We are here to make a deal. You release all the werewolves whom you tricked into signing a blood deal and we surrender these weapons to you. ”

He smirked dirty again.

” And do you think you can just dictate your will over me with just those pieces of metal? They have no power over me… I am infinite. ”

” Listen… ” I left Ryan’s hand and walked straight up to him and rolled my eyes, ” you know and I know, what we both lost in the last battle. Let’s just drop this pretend game. Get those innocent kids out of your bloody slavery system right now. And then end this in due time. I think we both got something to gain from here. ”

He smirked again. But this time, his smirk wasn’t so confident.

He clapped his hands as werewolves began surrounding the tower from below, appearing from all directions. They gathered in a circle around the building, looking straight up but their eyes looked disoriented.

Suddenly they pulled something out from their pockets and pointed towards their own throat.

Both Ryan and I backed off.

” Stop it. Stop it I say. ”

” Then you quit your negotiation nonsense and bring the man behind your inspiration… ”

We thought we had outsmarted him but it was we who got busted.

He knew it was who was behind it all.

Ryan’s uncle.

He must have sensed that those weapons in front of him were just dead metals. Their cores were taken out.

” Hi there old friend. Long time no see. ”

I didn’t expect him to appear given the way he had disappeared before the final battle.

” Long time no see old friend. Glad you finally decided to show your face. ” Helos mocked. ” You haven’t changed. Still so weak and fragile. We both started together. Look at me now. Look how tall I am standing. ”

There was no denying his gigantic presence. It made the entire place reek of evil.

Ryan’s uncle smiled and took one step forward.

” Really? Where do you stand really? From where I see, all I can see is a mass murderer who killed his own lover and has been torturing her only son. ”

This statement made Ryan unstable.

” It was her rapist husband who burnt her, not me. And that bastard has no right for existing….. he deserved what I have been giving… ”

” LIES… ALL LIES. ”

It was for the first time ever that I heard that man shouting. He was calm as the sky but his thundering was scary.

” It is all lies that you have been feeding yourself. Hand you not whispered into her breast to try and kill her husband, she would probably still be living and breathing. And the son you have made your mission in life to torment and bereave, was given priority over you. She chose for him to live. You couldn’t even respect that decision. Yet you say you were in love with her. Damn, what a shame. ”

We didn’t notice but he had been taking subtle steps towards Helps while he spoke and in an instant he pressed his forehead.

It made all the werewolves gathered below drop their knives and look at each other in confusion.

” Ryan, now. Do it before his darkness devours my strength. ”

I could literally see him fading as he fought to keep pressing that spot on Helios’s head.

He had used up a considerable amount of energy to transform the cores that he had extracted from the three weapons into bullets. He was already very exhausted.

I was afraid he was going to die but there was no time to panic.

Ryan had already pulled his gun out, loaded the bullets and was about to fire.

But he had forgotten the most important step, probably in rage or probably in a hurry.

” Ryan wait… ”

Too late. The bullets had already left their shells.

I had no other option.

I clawed at Ryan’s chest to get his blood in my hand and then I had to let the bullets pass through my palm to mix it with my own blood.

I turned around to check if they had still hit the mark, irrespective of the hole dug in my hand.

It had.

Three cores, lodged one after the other, right on his forehead.

But like I said. It was too late.

Ryan’s uncle was gone. Vanished. Like air. Disappeared.

Helos crumbled on the ground as his body dissipated

into a million dark flying insects and hovered across the night sky.

I sat on Ryan’s lap, him holding onto my palm with his handkerchief as we looked at the unrealistic victory.

It seemed like it was too easy. Too good to be true.