Aiden : The Raging Storm

"I don't need anyone, I don't need help, I can do it on my own." I kept repeating to myself.

Somehow deep inside, I doubted myself, I hated it, my anger hated it. All I could think of was Ramsey laying dead on the ground, that image was the only thing that kept me going, my goal in life.

I knew this street would lead to Ramsey's fortress, and I would stop at nothing in order to get my hands on him.

As I walked, my body started to feel heavier and heavier, my limbs wouldn't move, and my eyes were too heavy to keep open.

'Maybe I need sleep.' I thought to myself.

"NO, I'm not sleeping unless I get my revenge." I said to encourage myself.

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After a few hours of walking, I was able to see it in the distance.

"Time to get what you deserve asshole." I said as I stood momentarily, taking a good look at it.

There stood the fortress, tall and mighty, above everyone else. Looking down on everyone else. As if they are the greatest to step foot here.

Every step I took added to my determination, every step made me angrier, fueled me with more rage and hatred towards Ramsey.

I realized my legs could no longer carry me, I knew if I kept going I would be exhausted by the time I got there, so I decided to sit under an overgrown cedarwood tree, it was clear it had been years since someone took care of it. It was planted in the garden of one of the ruined houses, there were a lot of them since Ramsey and his savages were so close.

'No food, no water, outstanding.' I laughed at how miserable I was at this moment in time.

I placed the AK-47 that I grabbed from Sera's base next to me.

'Did anyone even make it out alive?' I asked myself with no answer to give.

I knew if I continued I would be exhausted by the time I got there. I closed my eyes rubbing them, the sensation of a burning on them was overwhelming.

I opened my eyes as my head hit the ground, I fell unconscious for a moment as my head flopped sideways.

I tried to shake myself awake, it was not easy due to me being exhausted.

Then I heard some gunshots ringing from the direction of the fortress.

"This is my time to strike." I said reassuring myself.

I quickly grabbed the weapon, and stood up almost instantly, then started running as fast as my legs could carry me.

As I got closer and closer, the sounds of the gunshots got louder and louder.

My heart started pumping like crazy, adrenaline took over my body and I was running at a speed I have never imagined possible before.

I got close to the fortress and realized there is a raid happening. It was surrounded by buggies and that instantly rung a bell.

'The Syndicate.' I thought.

They are the only ones that use buggies that they constructed by themselves. We have seen many before Ramsey took over our town.

I saw a few of their men waiting outside a hole in the fortress. They most likely blew it open to get inside. One of the men aimed at me.

"FREEZE." He shouted.

"I need to get in there, I'm from the Southend people." I said in a hurry.

"Didn't they all die?" He asked as he lowered his weapon a bit.

"All except for me." I said as I entered through the hole in the wall.

I ran quickly through corridors as I heard gunshots, explosions and screams coming from all directions.

'which way, which way, which way.' I hurriedly questioned to myself.

I picked a random corridor and ran through it as fast as possible. I could feel the adrenaline rushing through my body, driving me forward, keeping my focus laser sharp on whatever was moving in my sight.

I ended up in front of a large staircase, which I climbed two steps at a time, and then took a left to a huge corridor that ended with large double doors.

I readied my weapon as I ran towards it and kicked it open.

And there he was, sat at gunpoint, at the feet and mercy of three people. Two girls and a guy.

"You son of a bitch." I aggressively yelled as I approached them.

"Hey calm down kid." the guy murmured as he pushed me away.

"How does it feel, to sit at the mercy of others? How does it feel when others slaughter and murder your people? How does it feel when others destroy what you spent your heart and soul trying to build? It feels fucking awful doesn't it, you fat fuck." I said as I kicked his face hard into the ground.

"Hey calm down kid." Said the guy as he pushed me away.

"You hit like a roach, you lonely shit." Ramsey said as he spat some blood.

"Don't tell me to calm down." I shouted at him "This man single-handedly killed everyone I knew including my own goddamn family in front of my eyes, he deserves this and a lot more." I said as I brought up the weapon and put one bullet between his eyes.

Everyone went silent and the only voice that was audible, was my heavy breathing. And there he laid at my feet, just a lifeless body.

"I did it."