Justice ( part II )

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As she had expected, at the moment, she had penetrated Phil's territory, Konny quickly got spotted by his sentinels. Rain of bullets was falling heavily on her as well as her whole army. The wheels of the car she was in were pierced due to this rain of bullets what made her unable to roll any further, and another problem was that if she stayed there for a too long time she risked being shot dead.

" Of course it wouldn't be such an easy task to get near him, " Konny admitted, however, she was not the kind of people who gave up at the first obstacle and she would do whatever it takes to obtain what she wanted.

She picked up her walkie-talkie and called her men who were behind. She asked a part of her army to get out of the cars and counter-attack and she didn't have to wait too long to see that the plan was working out because, at the moment, they got down and started shooting at the enemies in the buildings the rain of bullets gradually diminished.

She then ordered the remaining soldiers to get down too and follow her lead.

They ran toward the zone it was said that Phil was hiding but every time she got closer she ran into another attack of his men, and every time she had to leave a portion of her army to stay covering her back as she would continue moving forward.

" So that old fox wants to play like this, " Konny snarled after she stopped somewhere to catch her breath. " He had set his men like this to divide my army as much as they can so that my forces will be diminished, huh? " she snickered, " well played... but I'm that won't be enough to save you from me ".

She left her hideaway and carried on running with many of her men still following her.

After she finally reached the zone Nelson had indicated her, Konny didn't take long to figure out the exact building Phil was most likely hiding. The only problem was that it was too heavily protected, almost impossible to move any further. She took a glance back at her men who were waiting for her instructions, their mind control was such that they couldn't take any initiative and so she couldn't expect them to suggest her any idea on how she could deal with that problem.

She started to regret a bit for having left Sania in Nelson's hands. " At least she would have been able to make some propositions, not like these bunch of moving corpses, " she said to herself, even though she still believed that it was the right decision to let her go with him. With those few men he had taken with him, she thought that Nelson would most likely need her.

[ I'm wondering if he had already achieved capturing them. Oh gosh, it's such a pity that I was not there to admire their faces when they met again, it would have been such a pleasure to witness how that ultimate betrayal broke him. But anyway, once he would come back I would be able to control him totally ] she paused her thoughts to take a look at the building she wanted to penetrate, but at the moment, she moved her head outside a round of shots immediately resonate next to her. She quickly brought her back before being shot and growled angrily, " but before that, I have to deal with this problem in front of me ".

After she thought longingly Konny decided to leave, once again, a part of her men to distract the attention of the enemy while she would borrow the remaining to go around the building and enter from the back.

For her it seemed to be the right thing to do, however, she couldn't get off that bad feeling she had, " I have more men than him so it would be fine, " she said to reassure herself. They split and along with those men, she had chosen, they moved while paying attention to not get noticed by the shooters.

As she was expecting, Phil had concentrated all his forces to protect the front of the building and so the back was left completely naked. However, Konny decided to remain prudent, thus they were moving forward slowly and carefully. When they opened the door they didn't rush inside immediately, Konny firstly sent ahead two guys to go scout who returned a few moments later to tell that the way was clear.

Inside there were not many lights on, adding to the fact that there weren't any windows to let the sunlight entering in, Konny and that portion of her army were plunged in the darkness. They walked around a little before they found the stairs leading to the upper level.

Konny told the group to go ahead upstairs and they were already on their way when she started hearing noises coming from somewhere nearby, she quickly stopped her men and changed her order, telling them to follow the direction where the noises came from.

As they were getting near they could clearly distinguish the voices of two people who were chatting. A male and a female voices. Konny recognized both voices. " Phil and my beloved Pam, " she giggled victoriously.

They moved further and discovered that the voices were coming from the underground basement. Phil and Pam were both arguing with each other that's why they could be heard from afar. " Let's go down, " she ordered without an obvious intention of hiding her excitement.

Konny was walking behind the group in case there would be a confrontation, they had already reached the bottom when she heard Pam shouting, " what I'm telling you is that it's not a good idea to focus all our remaining forces on only one side of the building ". They were few meters away from Konny's group, they could see the back of the sofa Phil was sitting on while Pam was standing in front of him, the lightbulb above their heads was only lighting them in sort of putting them in a cone of light, and leaving the surrounding area in complete darkness.

" You should listen more to your daughter, old man, she had always been better than you when it comes to battle tactics, " Konny said dramatically as she was walking toward them.

Phil was so startled that he jumped out from the sofa, they both tried to draw their weapons but Konny's men were too fast. They all held their firearms aiming at them while moving to position themselves behind the two people, leaving only Konny to face them.

Their facial expression was a mix of surprise and terror, which made Konny laughing loudly until she was breathless.

" I couldn't receive a better gift, " she said after she caught her breath, " so? How are you doing? I really missed you, you know? " but none of them replied. " I have been waiting for this moment for quite a really long time, so please don't ruin my pleasure and say something, " she said mockingly, she laid her sight on Pam and carried on with a faked sweet voice, " not even you my dear? You won't say how happy you are to see me again? " She paused as if she was waiting for an answer, " Alright don't worry, I will soon make you scream my name. Take her to me, " she shouted to her men, but no one moved.

Konny looked at them confused before she shouted again, more angrily, " what are you waiting for?! Didn't you hear me, I told you to take her to me! "

Still no movement. After that, they suddenly started to fall one by one down on the floor.

Konny stepped back surprised, " what is happening? " her fear could be sensed in the tone of her voice.

" What is happening, huh? " someone in the darkness repeated.

Konny's heart started beating harder and faster in her chest as if she was plunged into a nightmare when she recognized that voice she wasn't expecting to not hear ever again.

Someone moved from the darkness to step inside the cone of light just between Phil and Pam, that way Konny could clearly recognize that person who knocked down her group of soldiers. " Jamal! " she snarled between her teeth.

" Surprise," the man said mockingly.

Konny made a move to run away but a bullet was shot and hit at one centimeter from her foot which immediately stopped her, " not so fast, you have been waiting for this moment for such a long time, you will not run just because you saw me ".

" How the hell can you still be alive? Sania had ensured me that Nelson killed you, does it mean that she lied to me, how come? " she shouted crazily.

" No, she's still in your control so she couldn't possibly lie to you, " Jamal shook his head negatively, " in fact, Nelson did shoot on me but he just didn't verify whether I was indeed dead. To say the truth, your actions were so predictable that I'm wondering how did you hold control of that city for such a long time ".

" What... do you mean? Are you telling me that you knew... "

" That you will use him to kill me? Of course, " Jamal shrugged, " want me to explain, alright let's start by the beginning, your power ".

She chuckled, " I see that Pam revealed to you everything about me, " she gazed at her, with a grimace which didn't suit at all her gorgeous face, " as I thought you still can't erase the souvenirs of me stuck in your mind ".

" That's right, in fact, she just confirmed what I was already suspecting. You don't really control people's minds, do you? " Konny tightened her fist, irritated, but didn't respond, " that's what I thought " Jamal declared after staring at her eyes.

Pam approached him prudently and asked " what do you mean by 'she doesn't control people's minds'? "

" Exactly what I've said, she made you think that but the reality is that she never had that power. I would even affirm that no one has such power, not even the devil, " Jamal responded to him without moving out his sight from Konny.

" But all those people... and even your friends, " Pam objected as she was still not convinced.

" She isn't actually controlling their minds but rather their desire, am I wrong? " Jamal replied while still staring at Konny but it seemed that the woman was determined not to answer any of his questions, she just stayed there glaring at him furiously.

Before Pam could ask more questions he took the lead and started explaining, " didn't you ever wonder why didn't she directly took the control of your mind, knowing that she wanted you so badly, rather than choosing to hold you in a cell and torture you, again and again, waiting until your spirit breaks? Well, the answer is simple and that's because she couldn't " he paused, " her power doesn't allow her to control people's minds but rather their desires ".

" Here is my theory about her abilities. What I think she really does is enhance one's desire or diminishing it. That's how she did to quickly become the boss of all those gangs you used to fight against, and how she caused your friends to betray you. She is quite a gorgeous woman, who can easily catch the eyes of every man or even woman and that's how she usually does her trick. She would make use of that desire people have for her, or something else, and increase it at its maximum high potential. Sometimes, it doesn't matter if that desire is basically small as long as the person in front is unable to control the overflow. And when it's done well, people became willing to do everything she wants to please her until they totally become her slaves, am I wrong? "

Instead of answering, Konny bowed slightly her head.

" When we had arrived in town, you first had used your power in front of us to cause the army to go against my orders by enhancing their desire to rest, and after that, you used the comfortability of your territory to lure before using your charm to completely turn them into your puppets. I'm sure that you initially planned to enslave me but seeing how finely I could control my desires until making them seem non-existent in your eyes, and so no way for you to hypnotize me, you changed your plans and finally decided to kill me. However, since I looked too strong for you, you couldn't do that without taking too many risks, unless you use my friends against me. Sania and Nelson "

" Since we have left Palet, Sania seemed to be perturbed emotionally and you noticed that. You made use of the fact that her feelings were messed to put her on your side, before attacking Nelson who was an easy prey since he had already trapped himself by showing such a deep interest in Sania. You first tried to enhance his desire to be the leader of the army to force him to kill me but indeed, using his feelings for Sania was way easier, " Jamal paused, stared at Konny and while looking disappointed, he sighed and concluded, " every single one your moves was so predictable that it has been quite easier than I imagined for us to trap you here, so tell us how do you feel now? "

He gazed at her interrogatively for a long and silent moment before he noticed a smile appearing on her face. Her movements suddenly became very fast and before anyone could react, she ran toward Jamal. She covered the distance, between them, in no time and kicked him on his hand what made him let go of his gun, she tried to kick him again on his face but the man dodged making her prudently pulling back.

Konny grinned at him mockingly, " what is it? You seem like you didn't expect that. Well I acknowledge the perspicacity of yours for having been able to figure out all that... but let me tell you what factor you have forgotten to take into account, " she tightened her while taking a combat stance, " besides that power, I'm also faster and stronger than any normal human. I don't need to use anyone to kill you, I can do it myself ".

Jamal closed his eyes and shook slightly his head to relax his neck and started to make some little jumps as if to warm up, " do you think so? For what I'm seeing now is that you're afraid of me, " he opened his eyes, " and I will gladly show you now why you are feeling that way ".

She overlooked his words, trying to focus before she jumped on him. She threw her fist ahead aiming for his head but he dodged by moving aside and when she then turned around while lifting her leg to kick him, he dodged again by jumping back. She continued her offensive while pushing Jamal more and more backward.

[ He won't last long ] she said to herself when she saw her being in the defense, undergoing her assault powerlessly, she grinned thinking that she had the upper hand. " You were foul to underestimate me, " she spat, already looking victorious, but she didn't wait long to see Jamal's counterattack.

At a moment, she tried to punch him, Jamal pushed his upper body slightly on the side to dodge before he grabbed her wrist, twisted her arm, and with his elbow, he hit the back of hers. She screamed loudly in pain and jumped backward while holding her broken arm. When she dropped her sight, she saw her arm forming the wrong angle with her forearm.

" Why are you running away? Let's continue dancing, " Jamal told her.

Konny stayed immobile while clenching her teeth in pain and staring furiously at him. He started to walk calmly toward her and as he was near she tried to kick him with her right leg on the waist but the latter reacted by kicking on her left knee making her lose her balance and she falling down.

He stood over her and pressed his knee on her broken elbow while stepping on her other arm, making her scream even louder than before. She tried to resist for a moment but she quickly realized she couldn't move.

Jamal grabbed her neck tightly with his left hand. He started punching her with his right arm until his phalanges were covered with blood, " this... was to repay for all the pain you had caused " he said while stopping his fist in midair, " I would want to continue punching until you die but I realize that I have wasted too much time already ". He then turned and asked Pam to bring his gun.

The woman, who was until now completely immobile, stunned by all the actions, startled a little when she understood that she was the one he was talking to. She gathered her thoughts before she moved to go pick up his gun thrown a few meters away.

She ran toward him and handed to him, and when he thanked her Pam couldn't restrain herself from peeking into Konny laying beneath him. When she landed her sight on her, she noticed that she was also looking back at her. Their sights crossed and Pam saw tears slowly flowing from her eyes and rolling down her face mixing with the blood which was covering it.

" If you want to tell her anything... it's now or never " Jamal said to her.

Pam opened her mouth but no sound could come out, without knowing why she started crying too.

" I... just wanted... you to stay with me... forever, " Konny said making use of that last moment Jamal was offering them, her lips were shaking and her voice was low, almost inaudible, " I just... wanted you... to love me as I do ".

Pam fell on her knees, she reached Konny's hand and held her. " I already loved you, so much. Even if it was not the way you wanted, you still were someone very dear to me, " she cried " if only you didn't ask me too much than I could give you, if only... "

Konny pressed her hand weakly and started saying " I'm sorry... I'm really sorry... I- "

Jamal shot her before she could finish. He pulled off the gun from her forehead and slowly stood up.

He waited silently for a moment before he declared to the two people who were with him in that cave, " it's over. It's finally over, " he gazed at Pam who was still holding Konny's hand " you won ".