18 You came to the wrong house, fool!

Emma was in a daze, standing by herself in the living room. Tears welled up in her eyes and she ran up the stairs.

Viktor sat on the bed, clenching and unclenching his fists. Emma kicked on the door and stomped in front of him, grabbing his collar and lifting him up as she shouted "You can't do this to me!"

Viktor was confused and asked "What are you talking about?" Emma cried and nearly screamed in a sobbing tone "I love you, okay?! It's not your fault all the time! Why are you taking everything on yourself!? Do you know how that makes me feel!?"

She shook him in the air and shouted "Well!? DO YOU!?" Viktor stayed silent and stared at her, her tears continued falling as she continued "I had a choice, you know! I could've chosen a Mutant!"

Viktor's face turned ugly and Emma added "Do you know why I didn't?! Do you know why I chose you?! Huh?! Answer me!" Viktor said simply "To blend in."

Emma's eyes widened and she slapped him.

Viktor's head shot to the side and his long hair fell from his bun, covering his face.

Emma pushed him down on the bed and got on top of him, shouting "No! Absolutely not! I never thought of that!" while gripping his shirt tightly with tears dripping down.

Viktor turned to her and his face was flat, seemingly emotionless as he said "Look in my eyes and say that again." Emma looked at him and finally turned away, closing her eyes.

Viktor's eyes followed her and she said weakly "It was only at the beginning…" Viktor said "And then?" Emma roared "And then- And then I fell in love with you! You idiot! You didn't treat me as the daughter of a massive conglomerate! You didn't treat me as anything except a girl you were chasing! You're so kind and funny…"

Her eyes blurred as she continued "I remember one time to get my attention, you accidentally bumped into me with a coffee and spilled it all over yourself on purpose so you would have an excuse… You even made me buy you a new one but you paid for it in the end! Do you know? That's one of my favorite memories of you!"

She shook Viktor by the collar and cried "You damn bastard! Do you understand how I feel about you!? You traveled across the world just to get me back! Do you know?! I can't love anyone else even if I tried!"

She cried and sobbed, "And now you want to leave?! I'll kill you!"

Viktor's face changed and Emma sneered sadly, "You want to leave because you think I'll be better off? You even want to go to Charles and cure him in exchange for protection, right?"

Viktor said suddenly "You read my mind?!" Emma punched him in the face and shouted "I KNOW YOU! I don't have to read your mind anymore…"

She let go of his collar and collapsed on top of him, slamming her fists on his chest as she sobbed "I just want you. I don't want to be safe… I don't care if everyone finds out I'm a dirty Mutant! I just want to have you with me!"

Viktor's face changed drastically and he flipped Emma over, pushing her against the bed as he covered on top of her.

His back turned black and shiny as gunshots riddled the bed and walls, flying in through the windows.

The gunfire continued for a bit before it stopped.

Several people crashed through the broken windows and landed in the house.

Viktor stared at Emma's teary face and sighed, kissing her forehead and saying softly "I'm sorry… again." she stared at him in a daze, muttering "You saved me again…" Viktor smiled slightly, saying "I'm your husband, aren't I?" before looking up at the people walking around in his room.

His eyes turned vicious and an invisible domain spread throughout the entire house!

Viktor grabbed the air and Kikoku appeared in his hand. He tossed the sheathe off and a grim voice spread through the house "Shambles." People started disappearing one by one silently.

The only thing left behind was a cutting sound.

The gangsters started to get scared and shouted "Who's there!?" raising their guns to bring up their courage.

Viktor appeared in front of the group and said "They call me the Surgeon of Death. Would you like to find out why?" The gangsters were spooked and shouted "Blow this guy to hell!"

Viktor swiped the air with his arm as though he was pulling a curtain and the bullets were blocked by some special force.

Everyone's eyes widened and they shouted "Mutant! Run!"

Viktor grinned "Can you?" as he shot forward, flicking his wrist while slashing Kikoku and dismembering all the gangsters.

Their guns disappeared from their hands and they watched as their bodies continued running forward before falling to the ground.

The gangsters were horrified and screamed in fear.

Viktor appeared in front of them and grinned, "Shhh~" all the gangsters had their mouths stitched together and their eyes widened in fear. They even started crying!

Viktor held a head and smiled eerily "Don't cry, you're about to see your friends! Hehe~" suddenly they all disappeared and came to the roof.

The gangsters saw a pile of dismembered bodies with a row of heads looking at them in fear.

Viktor put the heads in the line and sat on the pile of bodies, looking at the heads with an eerie smile as he said "Now, gentlemen… Who can tell me who ordered you to attack my home?"

The heads looked terrified and screamed in terror and fear, seemingly completely losing their minds. Viktor suddenly frowned and shouted "SHUT UP!" The heads trembled in fear and started wailing "Please don't kill me! I'll do anything!"

Viktor looked at them and burst out laughing "Kill you? Who said I was going to kill you? Hahahahaha~!" the heads were stunned and then joyful, Viktor's smile stretched out a bit too far and he giggled like a crazy person as he said "No, no… You won't die. That would be too easy! You'll live very well… Hehe~"

A body floated up behind him and the arms and legs suddenly separated cleanly.

Two heads rolled on the ground before floating in the air as all the body parts mixed, 3 arms, a leg, 1 hand, 4 feet, and 2 heads. They all attached to the torso in various ways that made the end result look like a horrifying monster!

The heads lost themselves in fear and shouted "We don't know anything! Ah! You can go to Kingpin! He's the boss of everyone! Please let us go! Please!" Viktor giggled "Is that so?"

He curled his finger and the tongues of the 2 headed monster flew out, attaching to a single hand front and back seamlessly, as though it had always been like that.

Viktor tilted his head and chuckled, he held Kikoku in one hand while clenching the air with the other.

All the heads floated up and screamed for their lives, shouting one boss after the other but Viktor ignored them.

Each and every single one of them turned into inhuman monsters without any ability to speak. Tongues wagged on their bodies without end. Viktor floated them down to the ground and grinned "Go, you're free."

The gangsters used all means possible to escape and left the clinic area.

Viktor watched them go before frowning and disappearing.