Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Finally! I've got a chance to escape that Jerk's insanity. I did my signature dead stare and then boom! He bloated and poof on air.

Everyone's busy on their little wild shit businesses. While watching them at the corner, I'm eating this seducing Mango Graham. A few condense stained my Jacket but it didn't stop me to eat my 4th Mango Graham.

Suddenly, the lights turn off that caused the crowd to get alarmed and started to scream. Some are starts to talk in confusion.

' SCREAM? Seriously? Aren't they a humans who can fearlessly catch a ranging bullets? What's with the drama? ' I rolled my eyes in annoyance.

I'm well aware that the familia can afford to buy the entire Electric Company of the country so there's no way we didn't get to pay for the Electric bill. And if it happens by this moment, they should've already turned on the Generator, for heaven's sake!

I finished eating and started to build my guard on. In case something worst will happen, I'm prepared. I could've turned into psychic real quick this time.

The wind passing through my skin have never been this alarming to me. I didn't move an inch from where I'm stadning. My gaze was turning left to right when I'm sensing someone was moving closer to me. I could clearly hear a sound of footsteps leaving the dance hall. A loud breaking of glass from falling, and the nonstop annyoing chit-chatting noise of people. Aside from that, the breathing of all living things around me seems so loud enough to make me wonder...Did I develop my sixth sense?

Then a loud bang made us quiet. For a normal person, they have already started to scream and run for there lives. But being trained and chased with granades and bullets all the time, I guess this shit was nothing for them---for us to be scared of.

That's why I'd fucking woder why they had to scream awhile ago.

Seriously?! 15 seconds is already long. If this was still part of the event, they should've already turn the lights on! They're causing so much disturbance!

If some enemies will attack us then the bulletproof walls should have been pulled down and make some alarming noise to alert everyone. My phone shouldn't be this quiet.

Suddenly, a glimpse of light started to swallow every spaces in the Arcane chamber. It's like witnessing a breaking dawn. Until it brightens the hall again that made me dazzled so I quickly closed my eyes.

When they shout for hurray that's when I slowly opened my eyes only to woder why a fucking hand was on my sight. It's like blocking the light to radiates down to my eyes. Who the hell is the M**F owner of this hand?

With my eyes half closed, I raised my gaze. In shocked when I saw someone infront me. Close enough for his perfume to lingers on my nose. He smells like a newly reaped fresh strawberry with a stinky menthol cigarette. I was in a state of thinking which way to run. I'm not a coward unless you drop a single shit of a Cheetah in my wide open eyes.

A sudden rewind of memory plays in my mind. I'm all brave with no fear of anything until now if this holy fucking accident never happened back then. It was when my Dad told me that we were going to East Africa to spend our vacation productively and memorably. I thought we're going to see some of the Zanzibar, Tanzania's incredible beaches with an azure water only to be disappointed when we went straight to the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya which is known as one of the Africa's most rewarding Safari Destination.

It was all fun and games until my eyes caught this charming little cat---or so I thought. It was a Cheeta for fucking sake! I just wanted to pat it's head when it started to growl and bite my hand. I cried loudly that caused some wildlife animals to panic. I saw a bigger Cheetah running faster towards my direction, I was thought to move fast but in that moment, it seems like I became a statue.

Thank God, Dad was fast with his flexes. He get his Gun and aimed it to the Cheetah. I thought he was going to killed it but thankfully he didn't. He just pulled the trigger to scare the Cheeta. I exhaled in relief when I saw it turning it's back and started to ran from where he came from.

"You need to be ready to kill anyone who would gets in your way." He said after he picked me on the ground.

"E-even a little cat?" I innocently ask while breathing with a crunching sound from crying.

"You have to distinguish a tamed and a wild one." He answered while wiping my tears. "It's a Cheetah, Villain." He continued.

"I'm scared of Cheetah."

"Our life is stuck between being tamed and wild. We are on the world where the fittest one will survive. Cheetah is just like an upgraded version of cats. No need to be afraid of. "

"So as Atomic and nuclear bomb in the case of grenades, Dad." I argued.

He just laughed at me and caressed my hair.

My bubbles of memory of the past vanished when I saw the guy with Cheetah mask bowed his head and stretch his hand to me. He's motioning me to hold he's hand. What the fuck? Why would I?

It either he became invincible or I will make myself disappear.

"May I have this dance?" He's gentle voice echoed to my ears. I never thought I would feel calm knowing that a Cheetah image was boldy infront of me.

Maybe I already conquered my fear? Holy crap Villain it was just a fucking mask!

He raised his head when I didn't move an inch. Our eyes met and I went uneasy. I was the one who looked away, maybe I'm still terrified by the image of a Cheetah.

"May I?" He asked again.

I don't know but he's voice has a power to calm me. I closed my fist due to my stupid thoughts.

"Unfortunately not." I answered without thinking asecond thought.

He slowly went straight from bending when he heard my answer. I couldn't see his face but his eyes was loud enough to tell me that his a bit disappointed.

"Why?"

"Just because." I bluntly said. Showing him that I'm not interested in our conversation.

A slow piano started to play that gains him and my attention. The rhythm harmonize to the beating of my heart. I'm starting to feel some strange yet familiar feeling through the song.

I knew it! I've heard this song before but I couldn't remember when. The cold surrounding quickly faded by the atmosphere brought by the song.

"I love this Song! Let me take you with me." Before I could utter some words, he already grabbed my hand and started to walk me towards the danca hall with enthusiasm.

"I didn't said Yes!" I complained while pulling my hand to him.

"I didn't ask you anyway." He said, grinning.

To hell with this man?! Be calm Villain, don't kill. I thought as I enhaled heavily.

~~~I remember the times we spent together on those drives

We had a million questions all about our lives

And when we got to New York, everything felt right

I wish you were here with me...tonight~~~

And when the Song starts to play its first verse, I break all my walls down.

'Just this night Villain. Just be, Vivian.'

We're already here anyways. Honestly, I could stop this fleeting moment but there's something that constantly telling me to go with the flow. So I did, I let him held me from my waist and I didn't even budged when he put my hands circling around his neck.

But his too tall to the point that I'm tiptoeing. His chuckles break the silence that surrounds us when he notice that I'm struggling in my position.

From irritation, I harshly removed my hands off to his neck. Too late for me to realize that choking him was a better way move I could've done.

I was about to walked away when he gently pulled me again facing him.

"Sorry, Sorry. I won't stop from laughing." He said.

"What?" I asked to confirmed what I've just heard.

"I mean. I'll stop from laughing." He smiled and raised his right hand.

He looked stupid, really.

~~~I remember the days we spent together were not enough

And it used to feel like dreaming except we always woke up

Never thought not having you here now would hurt so much~~~

I'm holding his left hand while my other hand is resting to his shoulder. He maneuver every step we made. We're dancing like there's no other people's eyes looking at us. The moment was surreal enough to doubt it as a reality.

~~~Tonight I've fallen and I can't get up

I need your loving hands to come and pick me up...~~~

We're as if in a battle of staring when I met his doe eyes. Neither of us don't want to lose this staring contest. And when he smiles, someone's heartbeat gets loud and blended to the ravishing rhythm of the song.

Every turned and steps was giving me a thought of what's next and what will happened after this. A sudden feeling of happines and sadness coexist in me.

I felt something like banging on my head that caused me to feel dizzy. But I chose to ignore it. I don't want to ruin this moment.

I tilted my head when it I felt like it was pricked by something continuously, and it's an inside job! Where this coming from?! Fuck.

"Are you okay?" I heard him asked but I'm hurting badly to answer.

Then a blurry memory flashed on my head. It was too chaos and unorganized for me to recall and familiarize what's event was that. Damn this head! Even the noises of people and the song became a sick to ears. It becane a loud death line sound to me.

~~~And every night I miss you I can just look up

And know the stars are holding you, holding you, holding you tonight~~~

I didn't know what happened next when my body reached the cold ground of the hall. All I can see is the unfamiliar face of I guy that I'm sure, I have seen it before.

-----To be continued...