The First mistake

"Have a good day, Ash!", smiling lightly, wishing his son a good day at school, Allen was in his car, listing to a radio broadcast on a sunny morning, it was a regular school day.

"You too, Dad!" the kid that was stepping out of the car said with a tired voice the boy smiled warmly back at his dad, the boy was yawning with tears in his eyes.

Ash wood, the son of Allen wood, looks like the spitting image of his dad, same short black hair, and the same shape facial features, only his eyes were his mother's they were beautiful green ruby eyes.

The boy was 11 years old, in his first year in middle school, he was tall regarding his age, wearing his school uniform he looked decent and innocent.

"uhh... I forgot to tell you that I will finish school early today, So I'm gonna go have some fun at the arcade when I finish maybe I'll come late home."

"No, you will not, I'll also be late, so your mother will be left alone at home, when you finish you go home plus your exams are coming."

"I knew you will say that, then I'll bring Kai with me to help me study", Ash knew that his father won't let him wander outside when the exams are on the way, he did that so when he tells Allen that his friend will come over to help him study, he won't have any other choice and just accept.

sighing to himself Allen said "haaa... As you wish kid, but if your mom found that both of you won't study, both of you will sleep outside!".

Allen wasn't stupid he knew that when Kai will come, Ash will not study and spend the whole night playing, so he agreed since it will be a pain to argue with his kid.

"I know I know, we will study!!!" after getting his dad's word he was ready to enter the school, he took a look at the school gate he spotted a kid wearing the same uniform.

"Hey Kai, wait for me!!!", he shouted at his friend trying to get his attention "Imma go now Dad, take care!".

Running toward his friend, Allen watches his son's back smiling softly, he waited a couple of moments then decided to head to work, because he was running out of time. If he comes late, he will have to hear shouting for a whole hour.

It was early morning, the streets had a lot of traffic, and people going to work, regarding their businesses, when he was driving slowly enjoying his quiet time he spotted a huge crowd of people surrounding an old building.

When he looked closely he noticed a huge smoke going up, it was a fire, he quickly parked the car and headed out toward the burning building.

When he arrived he saw the fire eating the whole hotel while the firefighters extinguish the fire and try to check if someone was inside the building.

The hotel that was burning was not far from Ash's middle school, so he was concerned about the reason for the fire, then he went to the huge crowd that was watching the scene whispering about something.

He asked one of the ladies that was there while showing her his police warrant card "Hey ma'am, I'm from the police, how did this fire start?".

Allen was curious, If anything bad happened around this street it will put his kid in danger.

"I don't know mister officer, I was here from the start, this was supposed to be a hotel, but no one stays here, when I passed by I found two men running like they were chasing somebody!!!" she paused for a moment "there was also a blond Chinese man laying on the ground, I think he was injured, his ankle was covered in blood and he couldn't move!!!".

"What the hell? what happened here exactly?" Allen was shocked, a fire, two men trying to catch someone, an injured foreign, it was a bizarre situation, he couldn't think of anything that could link those pieces together, but he knew that something big has happened.

The lady continued, putting her finger on her lips "About that Chinese man, somebody had helped him, the car came and took him away, I think it was his friend".

And now some random guy took the foreign with him away, he was puzzled out by this trying to digest what happened here.

"Say ma'am, you know which way those men took?", he asked the lady to tell him what direction the men went, he was trying to follow them, and he starts having doubts about why are they trying to catch him, and what will happened if they did catch him.

The lady talked about a man being injured, but who injured him, those men? and will they do the same to the guy that they were chasing, if this happened it will be bad, Allen had to act.

"They took this way, but I don't think that you can find them, they were running fast, and it's been a while since they took off", she pointed at an alley, a dark and a creepy one.

She was right, Allen had a low chance of catching them, however, he had no other options. For the sake of arguing let's say he found them, what will he do? without his gun, he was more or less dead weight.

But that didn't stop Allen from doing his job, Even though Allen finds his job boring he is keen to do his job correctly without waiting, so he decided to not wait and wander around and start following those men.

He was about to go when the same lady from before stopped him "Mister, I think you don't need to go, some of the people here said that they've heard gunshots, I think you should wait for the police, they are on the way here".

Allen's heart starts pounding aggressively, knowing if he goes he might get himself killed, something inside him just won't let go, not the fact that he needs to protect the place that was close to his son's school, it was something else, something Allen ignored for his entire life, and today that feeling is killing him, telling him if he didn't go he will continue living his life without any purpose, without any goals.

Allen's brain was telling him to wait for the cops, but his heart was telling him to follow them, he knew that he might die, that didn't change the fact that Allen's heart won in the end.

"It's alright ma'am, I'll be careful, and also I'm a cop, to begin with!!", Allen replied with an awkward smile, trying to hold himself, he didn't waste any more time and started running with all his power toward the dark alley, he went there, he searched, didn't find anything. Of course he will not, knowing that he continued dashing forward blindly following his senses.

After wandering around for ten or soo minutes, he stopped taking a quick rest, he got tired of running around, he was searching without any hints, but that didn't matter to him, all he could think is that some dangerous men are wandering around.

He was in a long alley and at the end of it was a flex on the right, when he was about to go there he spotted three silhouettes moving around, he could hear some talking and shouting sounds.

He starts walking slowly, making sure that he is not making any loud sounds, he didn't want to be spotted right ways, the shouting sounds were getting louder and louder. Allen was afraid and stressed, it was his first time doing something like this.

Allen was a cop, and an ordinary one, the most dangerous thing that he did was trying to catch someone that robbed a supermarket, all his career wasn't that exciting, it was rather lame.

Getting closer and closer, step by step those sounds are starting to make sense right now, he could recognize some words but he didn't understand anything without context.

"You tricked me well guys, congratulations, I didn't think you were going to give me fake money from the start, good job!"

He arrived at the end of the alley, he hid while listing to the conversation, the man was talking about some fake money, so he thought this situation was about money fraud, so before he acts, he need to confirm his doubts.

"I don't know what are you talking about, but you are coming with us, the boss told us to bring you alive, if you don't we'll have to kill you here!!" another sound, he was angry, he was asking the other man to come with him? to where?

-- Wait for a second, kill him?

Mentioning death, Allen was confused, talking about killing is not a laughing matter, he was disturbed by this, and he start taking things more seriously so he focused on the conversation more.

"Please guys, can you please forget about this? just let me leave, it's better for both of us." hesitating, asking for a way to clear things us without seeking violence, the man that was holding a money case was shaking and anxious.

He knew if things come to this he won't be able to hold himself back, he wasn't supposed to kill, but if he didn't they will be after him again and again.

The man was wounded, he was bleeding, he couldn't move his left leg, his hand are swollen, and the case that he was holding was covered in blood, he barely looks alive.

After trying to go back to his company seeking his boss, he discover that the ones that were following him weren't a small gang, it was big, he underestimated their boss and was about to pay for it.

He thought about beating them but they will follow him again, and if they couldn't, they will send others, after knowing that this gang was a big threat he wondered how his company didn't know about that, it was weird considering Fang is the dominant company around the city.

"Were you guys this big from the beginning? you slipped under our radars!"

The guy asks wearing a puzzled face. he was still thinking about how to back off from this situation, he was cornered, and he needs to report what he discovered to his boss, but when he was trying to distract them he came across some other members of this gang, and he got himself in a fight ending with his phone breaking, so he couldn't call him, he now has to go there by foot.

"Do you really think that Fang knows everything? From the moment your old boss died you are going downhill", holding his broken arm, he said while smirking.

Those words were like a trigger that changed something inside the man, something that he was trying to control for the longest time, but those words were like fuel for the monster that was inside of him, now the monster has started to take back his control and take over the man's heart.

The man's eyes opened up, he froze for a moment, something inside of him was boiling, he was struggling to keep himself cool, his head starts spinning, the fact that they know about the old boss died was weird, how did they know?

Thinking, thinking, thinking...

-- I think I'll just kill them.

No, no, no...

--But they know something no one should know, they need to die, it's for the sake of the big boss family.

Fighting himself, trying to hold his monster down, he didn't want this to happen again, this was his first mission after the incident, he should control himself, right?

But he can't, humans don't change day and night, he knows that. Trying to justify his acts, he needed a good reason to kill them. No, he has the reason to kill them, but every time he tries to act...

...A voice rings inside his head, pulling him back, trying to calm him, but he couldn't hear it, his boss's words didn't reach him, and avoiding killing isn't an option anymore.

His head starts boiling, there is no going back, he was aware that he was about to do a big mistake, however, he doesn't care anymore, it's too late now.

He is feeling a lot of emotions, one of them was controlling him, it was anger and fear, his hands start sweating, holding a tight grip on the case, and his head goes numb. Edward has become his old self again.

It was time to act.

Holding his grip, he trow his case at the two men facing him, it was a strong shot, the case cut the air with supersonic speed, he was sure that he won't miss it, and he didn't.

The case hit one of them right in the head, blood has scattered everywhere, the man fell to the ground instantly, he was done for.

Looking at his friend that passed out, the man was afraid, he took a fighting stance trying to protect himself, his knees were trembling, he could move, slowly his legs gave up, and he fell beside his friend.

Edward haven't finished, how could he when both of them were still alive, he went to his pocket and pulled out a buck knife, it was covered in blood, he moved slowly dragging his left leg, he got to the man that was drowning in his blood, he was unconscious.

Edward sat on his belly, holding his legs with his body weights so if he woke up will not be able to move, he held the knife that he got from the men that were chasing him before, he stabbed once, twice, thrice, he stabbed his belly, his chest, his arm, his neck.

--stop, stop, STOP

Those thoughts didn't reach him, blood scattering, guts tearing, meat shredding, he didn't stop, he couldn't stop, he was given up a long time ago, he thought they were the ones who started this so he should be the one who finishes it.

Looking at his friend being murdered, slaughtered, with no soul to be seen, he couldn't remove his eyes, he wasn't able to move his eyes, with every stab his friend get he was feeling it, feeling his friend's pain under his skin.

The blood was spreading slowly on the ground, making a pool of blood, the moment it touch his friend, his survival instinct lashed out, he tried to force his legs to move, he struggled, he didn't want to die, but only to face the reality, there was no hope for him, he tried to, but all he did was getting the attention of the monster that was next to him.

Edward couldn't recognize the man he was stabbing, slashing, murdering, and killing, he knew that he was killing the bodyguard of that gang, but he couldn't see his facial features, or in other words, he didn't want to.

It was better for him to reject the idea that he was butchering a human, a person, if he reject it, it would be easier for him to stop the guilt that was burning him.

After a moment, Edward stopped, he was breathing heavily, and his face got darker and darker, if you see him you will not recognize him, he heard a sound, a sound of someone trying to live, trying to save his skin, he turned to the one was making it.

While he couldn't recognize him, his facial expressions were clear to him, he knew that the person that was about to kill again was afraid, scared, and shocked, but he was out of luck.

If those expressions were to stop Edward, he would've stopped ages ago, but sadly it only attracted this living monster, Edward stood up slowly, grabbed his gun from the back of his belt, he aimed at the man that was in tears.

"Please sir, I have kids and family. Please, please, please... please!!!" his eyes were about to pop out, he was sobbing, his tears won't stop, he said that he has kids, but that didn't matter to Edward, he was also trying to save a family.

"If you have kids, you wouldn't join a gang, don't blame me for this!!!" an unexpressive face, an emotionless voice, he said, but he didn't remember what he came out of his own mouth.

*BANG*, he shot the first time.

*BANG*, the second.

*BANG BANG BANG*, the fifth bullet.

The man dropped dead, and the last thing that he saw was a man, hiding far away, wearing the same face that he was wearing, looking back at him.

After shooting five bullets, Edward was still pulling the trigger, still wanting to shoot, however, he was out of ammo. Standing still, looking at those bodies that he took their lives, Edward was feeling sick.

-- Sorry boss, I couldn't keep my word again.

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His body was trembling his legs couldn't move, he was a cop but this is his first time facing death, covering his mouth, eyes wide open like they were about to pop out from his skull, this scene was carved in his brain, he tried to shake the reality but he couldn't, he was standing still, trying to cover his mouth, if he makes a wrong move or any sound he will be next to the bodies that were in front of him.

Guts and blood are all over the ground, and the deadly atmosphere covers the alley, he was on edge, his senses were screaming telling him to go, run, hide, and pray that the man that was standing in front of him wouldn't find him.

But he know he couldn't run, it was his job, he had to do something, thinking didn't lead to anything. If he tries to act he will die, he was unarmed, while the man had a knife and a gun.

After seeing two men being killed, he felt sick, and was about to throw up, however, he couldn't, or rather he was holding himself. If he did he will wake that monster again, and the things that he was witnessing would happen again, but this time he was the one to be killed, having his guts gushed out, torn apart.

He focused his eyes on the man, he was wearing a black suit covered in blood, he couldn't recognize the man, he had doubt if what he sees is a human or a demon, the man was standing still, he looked pissed, angry, disgusted, he was breathing heavily, looking down on the two bodies that were laying around.

Allen was trying to process what he had heard, he heard something he shouldn't hear, his brain was thinking about a lot of things, and one of them was the fact he should call the police, he tried to reach his pocket to contact them, but he was out of luck this time.

"!!".

This was the first mistake, that led to the second gear of fate to start moving, if that melody didn't start playing, Allen's life wouldn't crumble to ashes...