THE RIVER

"Give me this while I'm being nice," Glax said, as he raised the rifle, taking aim. They were about 30 meters from each other.

"Just remember you only have one chance to get it right, you sonofabitch. Because if you make a single mistake, you won't get what you want."

Glax sighed and brought the weapon to eye level. "Keep barking. I'm just getting more time to aim better, sucker."

Doros took a cautious step back, "What the fucking hell are you? Why do you care?"

"Should I open my heart to you? It's because I have regrets for the jerk shithead I was. Let's say I'm doing for Chris what I didn't do for Sienna."

"Sienna? Who the hell is Sienna?" Mech Eye shrugged, clearly thinking the whole thing was bullshit.

"For a moment I thought you might have a similar story. That you wanted to save Chriseis from something horrible. But that's not it, is it?"

"You're a…"