The opera of fate

Fate, often described as the immovable object or the unstoppable force in a conceptual manner, is something that cannot be comprehended by the human mind while being present in every aspect of life. Every event has been predetermined by fate and cannot be avoided or stopped. Those who dare resist the clutches of fate will only find themselves fulfilling the destiny planned for them by fate. Fate is a concept of infinite dimension. Fate is the infinity of all despair, pain and sorrow. Fate is the event horizon of all beings and objects. Fate is invisible, invincible and irrefutable. Submission is your only choice. 

Kadyn stared at Jagger with hatred in her eyes. The defiance once found in Mike shined through Kadyn's face like a beacon in the dark. 

[Jagger] - "How could you hide these children from their father? I mean, I don't expect you to raise them by yourself. You would probably drop them on the head or accidentally stab them with your blades. Besides, I don't want them to end up like their whore of a mother. "

Said Jagger in a taunting tone. 

Without a warning, he suddenly slapped Kadyn in the face and sent her on the ground. 

[Jagger] - "I don't appreciate that look from you. I think you should show some respect toward your husband, woman! "

Said Jagger as he pulled Kadyn up by the hair. 

[Kadyn] - "I'm not your woman, you bloody son of a bitch! "

Said Kadyn in a hateful tone. 

[Jagger] - "Who said you had a choice, bitch? Speak to me like that again and I'll flush your mutts down the toilet once you birth them. "

Said Jagger with a sadistic smile on his face. 

As Jagger pulled Kadyn off the ground, she discreetly pulled a syringe out of her pocket.

[Jagger] - "I have been quite pent up while you were away on your little adventure! "

Said Jagger as he ripped Kadyn's clothes off her lower body. 

With savage force, Jagger slammed Kadyn against the wall and breathed down her neck like a hungry predator. Kadyn was beyond disgusted by what was happening but she tolerated the affair with a stoic expression on her face. Toward the end of the sexual assault, just as Jagger was distracted by his sadistic pleasure, Kadyn suddenly reached forward and stabbed her oppressor in the neck with the needle. 

[Jagger] - "You bitch! "

Yelled Jagger in anger as he pulled the needle out of his neck. 

Out of rage, Jagger immediately punched Kadyn in the face but the drug was already starting to take its effect. As Jagger raised his fist for a second strike, he suddenly went limp and fell unconscious on the ground. Kadyn instantly let out a sigh of relief before covering herself with Mike's coat. 

[Kadyn] - "Ew! Ew! Ew! "

Whispered Kadyn in a panic. 

Kadyn breathed heavily as she wiped her underside with a napkin while tears escaped from her eyes. After cleaning herself, Kadyn turned toward Jagger and extended her wrist blade. Never in her life has Kadyn's eyes looked so livid as she contemplated her next move. As the tip of her blade approached Jagger's throat, her hand began to tremble with hesitation. 

"I need to do this! I need to end this now! "

Thought Kadyn as she grinded her teeth.

The more she hesitated, the more she couldn't bring herself to do it. Just as she prepared to strike, visions of her happy future with Mike flashed inside her mind. Kadyn pictured a future where she and Mike raised their two children in their mansion. She imagined Mike's arms around her waist as the children played inside the house. 

[Kadyn] - "This isn't true! He is not Mike! "

Yelled Kadyn as her blade shook violently. 

In a fit of anger, Kadyn stabbed forward but missed Jagger's vital spot with every strike. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't bring herself to murder the husk of the man she used to love. 

[Kadyn] - "Fuck you! Fuck you! Go to hell you bloody piece of shit! "

Yelled Kadyn in a hysteria. 

With a heavy thud, she planted her blade beside Jagger's head. With a slow movement, she dragged her blade across Jagger's chest but she somehow felt pain with every incision she made. In her mind, it felt as if she was tearing Mike apart. After gathering all her courage, Kadyn raised her blade for one last time and aimed it this time at Jagger's face. 

[Kadyn] - "Forgive me, Mike! "

Suddenly a few gunshots ran inside the room before a searing pain shot through Kadyn's body. She looked up to see Dunkel holding a smoking pistol in her hand. 

[Dunkel] - "I'm afraid I can't let you kill him. "

When Kadyn looked at her body, she noticed the bullet wounds on her abdomen and chest. Before Kadyn could do anything, she abruptly collapsed to the ground and lost control over her lower body. 

[Kadyn] - "No... he can't be left alive. "

Said Kadyn as she desperately reached for Jagger.

With a cruel expression, Dunkel shot Kadyn in the hand before approaching Jagger with a needle in her hand. 

[Dunkel] - "I don't know why Jagger kept you around but I'm sure he didn't do it out of love. "

Said Dunkel as she stabbed Jagger in the neck with the drug. 

A few seconds later, Jagger abruptly jolted upright with heavy breaths. After recollecting his memories, he stared at the crippled Kadyn on the floor before a grin of malice appeared on his face.

[Dunkel] - "Oh, thank god you are alright, my lord! "

With a single swing, Jagger threw Dunkel out of the room before forcing the door shut with his ability. Fear shot through Kadyn's body as her gaze met Jagger's bloodshot eyes. 

[Kadyn] - "I'm not afraid of you! "

Said Kadyn as she mustered the last of her courage. 

Without a warning, Jagger slashed his finger across Kadyn's eyes and instantly took away her sight. Following that, Jagger struck at Kadyn's spine and broke her Conagher system before crushing both of her wrists. Meanwhile, Kadyn bore the pain without flinching. 

[Jagger] - "From today onward, you will be my bitch! "

Before Kadyn could react, Jagger slammed her head against the wall and knocked her unconscious. Time passed as Kadyn remained dormant. 

[Mike] - "Kadyn! "

Kadyn woke up to see herself sleeping inside a shallow pool of dark water. When she looked up at the sky, she realized that her entire world was coated in a veil of unending darkness. 

[Kadyn] - "Mike? "

Kadyn searched around her surroundings before finding Mike standing in front of her. 

[Kadyn] - "Where are we? What is this place? "

Mike didn't speak. Instead, Kadyn saw an expression of terror on Mike's face. Worried, Kadyn waved her hand in front of Mike's eyes but he remained too shocked to even react. 

[Kadyn] - "What's going on? Why are you like this? "

Mike's hands were shaking while his lips trembled in fright. Confused, Kadyn followed Mike's gaze which found its way on her abdomen. A feeling of cold shot through Kadyn's body as she realized that she was no longer carrying children. 

[Mike] - "Oh... My... God... "

Whispered Mike as his face turned white as a sheet of paper. 

In a fit of panic, Kadyn jumped at Mike and violently shook him while asking him what was going on. Suddenly, Kadyn heard the sound of a toilet flush. A silence ensued between her and Mike who both stood frozen in complete darkness. The reality of what happened soon hit Kadyn and it hit hard. With laboured breaths, Kadyn collapsed to her knees before her head fell against Mike's abdomen. 

[Kadyn] - "Don't tell me... he killed them. "

Said Kadyn with a livid expression on her face. 

Mike slowly fell to his knees as well before hugging Kadyn tightly in his arms. The couple sobbed gently in each other's embrace while the echoes of their cries bounced inside the boundless dimension. 

Slowly, Kadyn woke up in reality. Total darkness surrounded her as she couldn't see anything at all. Just as she tried to feel around her, she suddenly noticed a dog collar around her neck. Unfortunately for Kadyn, the flame inside her head seemed to have died as she made no attempt to remove the collar. Her defeat was absolute and her will was completely shattered. 

In her perceptive, the darkness in front of her was so absolute that it sapped her of all her hopes, energy and will. It was the darkness of a dead universe combined with the cold corpses of dead stars. The darkness has no boundaries or properties just like fate itself. 

Although surrounded by total darkness and hit by total defeat, Mike's soul still remained. While Kadyn sat alone in the emptiness of the dark, Mike rushed forward in an attempt to reach her. 

[Mike] - "I'm not letting this be your fate! "

Suddenly, the darkness began to swallow Mike's spirit into its vortex. As much as Mike struggled to escape, the darkness seemed to win against his effort with ease. 

[Mike] - "I'm not letting you end up like this! Not as long as I can still speak! "

Yelled Mike as he desperately tried to crawl out of the vortex. 

Despite the hopelessness of his struggle, Mike kept crawling with a defiant grin on his face.

[Mike] - "Pull as hard as you can but I won't give up! Even if I die a second time, I will reach you and get you out of this mess! Just who the bloody hell do you think I am? "

Said Mike with determination before he was completely swallowed by the vortex. 

Meanwhile, in the Middle East, CR-455's headquarter. 

[CR-455] - "The report from Trump City seems to indicate that we still have a strong enemy on the loose. "

[Death] - "Then what should we do? "

[CR-455] - "We must eliminate him before he becomes a threat. We are already outnumbered against the Divine Servants. We can't be interfered by a third party while we are already stuck in such an unfavourable situation. You and War will deal with him but make it fast. "

[Death] - "It will be done, lord CR-455. "

[CR-455] - "With that final enemy out of the picture, we will be able to start a full offensive against Judge and Valentine's forces. "

To be continued...