Chapter 27: Carnage

Joe joe smiled as he skipped down the road, obviously ecstatic about his recent power upgrade, he couldn't wait to try it out on someone before he got back to his pub, he flagged down a taxi but the taxi didn't slow down and speed away instead, he wasn't bothered by this and kept walking down the street till he got to an alley, he jaywalked through the alley in hopes that someone would be dumb enough to confront him, sure enough he hadn't even made up to a dozen steps when a group of about seven dirty looking criminals ambushed him, and blocked off his path.

"Toss your wallet over and we might let you go with just a few cuts here and there" the tall scrawny one said with a creepy smile

"I think you should book an appointment with a dentist, you have really horrible teeth" Jo joe replied mokingly

One of the thugs began flipping his pocket knife "you asked for it, do not blame us for the consequences and your actions"

They all charged at once and started beating up joe joe, who seemed to be enjoying the pain, and soon began laughing maniacally, the assailants were shocked by this and quickly stepped back.

"Why did you stop, I want you all to have your fun till it's my turn" joe joe said while smiling through a bloodied face.

"Who the f**k is this freak Jeff let's finish him off let's kill this f**ker and take all his money"

Jeff seemed to be the leader of the group and since he saw that they were getting bloodthirsty he nodded to them and gave them the go ahead to do whatever they wanted to do, he didn't care either ways, as long as he got his share of the loot nothing else mattered.

Joe joe could feel his heart palpitations, he hadn't felt this excited in a very long while, none of the people close to him knew he was a masochist it was something he kept to himself to avoid having to answer unnecessary questions or discussions, he was being hit from every angle and felt some of his bones crack in the process, he was no longer getting any thrill from it and decided to act but before he could grab his first victim, he was hit in the head by a metal pole,, he blacked out for a second and at that moment he knew he had to take action immediately or he'd die there and no one would find his body, he was sure no one would bother to search for it considering all he had done so far.

He saw someone coming at him and in that moment he charged forward, in that moment if anyone looked closely at his eyes all they'd see is an inferno burning in it, he felt like his blood was on fire but it was a rather pleasing sensation, he propelled himself forward by igniting flames on his feet, he used this momentum to grab the face of the person attacking him and boiled his blood and all his internal organs, his victim died before he could blink, the others saw this and quickly tried to retreat but joe joe was having none of it.

"Like I said previously, you guys have had your fun, now it's my turn" he lit his hand on fire and grabbed unto the ankle of one of his assailant and burnt the whole foot off, his victim screamed in pain and collapsed to the ground but joe joe ignored him and proceeded to chase after the rest who were fleeing, he shot out a ball of flame from his hands and cacklex like a Deranged crow when he saw that his attack hit the intended target, the stench of burning flesh permeated the air and the shrill screams of people being tortured could be heard but strangely enough no one came along, not even the law enforcement, joe joe eventually dealt with everyone and walked back to the man whose feet he burnt off, there were burn marks all around the area of the incident, joe joe saw the man he came looking for trying to crawl away and smiled

"I wouldn't bother doing that if I were you, take me to your boss and I might put an end to your miserable life quickly" Joe joe said disdainfully

The fellow who seemed to be very scared of Joe joe nodded hastily and started crawling towards a warehouse house a few meters away,.

Jeff sat behind a table smoking his cigar, while counting the stacks of dollars on his table, he had a huge grin on his face, the week had been very productive, he managed to sell off his batch of drugs before the week ran out, and his boys also succeeded in robbing a considerable amount of people this past week, he knew that he would be able to get double the supply of drugs this week than he did the previous week, he was still in his thoughts when his door was blown open and a man with burnt and tattered clothes stumbled in, his hair covered his eyes, and blood caked his face but from his bearing Jeff could tell this was the man that was getting beat up a few minutes ago, he was quite shocked to see him in his office and still alive at that.

"To what pleasure o I owe this visit" Jeff asked

"You have a debt to pay off, I have killed off the rest of your men, you are left, so how do you suggest we do this" Jo joe asked with a crazed smile

Jeff began to sweat profusely, he tried to reply but it seemed like his throat was clogged, the room seemed to be getting hotter by the minute and he was finding it very difficult to breathe

"My countdown has ended, now I have to mete out judgement, I hope you are prepared" joe joe began walking towards Jeff, he placed his hands on the numerous bundles of money and ignited it, Jeff began screaming and begging for him to stop but his please fell on deaf ears, joe joe then put his hands around Jeff's head and fried his brain, he proceeded to St the whole ware house ablaze while leaving just to spite the police, he was tattered, his face bloodied and his clothes burnt, he knew he couldn't go back this way and had to clean himself up, luckily he took a few notes of dollars from the table before setting the place ablaze, after walking for a while, he soon saw a motel and heaved a sigh of relief before walking in.