12 Chapter 12

Misaki kept calling Ukraine's number, hoping he'd pick up. She had been doing that for almost 10 minutes, she was already losing her patience. He was the only one she could talk to about that matter, also the fact that she didn't have Kro's number.

Fortunately, Ukraine picked up in the last second,

"WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU?", she couldn't stop herself from yelling at him, infuriated,

"Hey, I just got back from the gym. I left my phone_",

"I don't need to hear it! Listen to me, a group of ruthless men are heading to Miss Kro's house to beat the shit out of her! Please call her and tell her to leave right away!",

"Misaki, what are you ta_",

"My father sent men to beat our boss. Didn't I tell you my dad will do something like this? C'MON! I don't have her number and I don't know where she lives, but you do! Please do something, I'm begging you!",

"Okay, okay, I will_",

"DO IT NOW, SHIT!",

She got off the phone that second, giving him the time to call Kro.

....

Kro wasn't picking up the phone and he looked exhausted already.

"Kro, where are you? Pick up the damn phone!", annoyed, Ukraine spoke,

His phone was already burning hot from all the calling and he didn't want his head to explode from the heat.

"She's freaking immortal anyway, she can handle that!",

He threw his phone on the bed and started heading to his bathroom, but halfway there he halted. His heart felt heavy. Her last words started repeating themselves in his head,

I don't know what you heard about me, but I'm not that strong and I'm not that weak either! The only thing you can do for me is to care, even a little.

He tried to ignore them and head on to take shower, but even his legs failed him. He felt the responsibility. It was like something was pulling him back, asking him to go do something to show that he cared. Fighting that energy was useless, he couldn't do it.

Instead, he walked out of his room, grabbed his car keys and left. All the way, he didn't know what he was doing, or why he was even doing that

"This is the craziest decision I've ever made",

He said to himself, but he was still doing it.

...….

FAR-BRIDGE

Kro woke up as if she had the scariest nightmare, something she always did whenever danger was approaching her. Her senses were the sharpest things she owned.

She checked her phone beside the lamp and was surprised to find more than 10 missed calls from Ukraine. That was odd! Looking at the time, it was a second surprise, it was a bit late.

"Is he in danger?", she thought,

She was almost believing that it was Uk who was caught on something, but her ears caught something else. She started hearing footsteps approaching the door, and the fact that they were tiptoeing gave her the realization that she was the one in danger. She quickly, but quietly got off the bed.

There was a total of 3 men, all wearing black. Two of them were on the first floor, searching every room to find their target and one was on the ground floor

"I think this is her room! Stay alert", whispered one man and carefully twisted the doorknob to her room,

He was holding a knife in his hand, ready to stab his enemy. All the lights in the house were switched off, it was one dark place. It was hard for the man to notice that there was no one on the bed. He fully got inside, looking around.

Sounds were heard coming from the bathroom, and as clueless as he was, he headed there. The moment his head popped inside, Kro smacked his face like a bomb, dislocating his jaw bones effortlessly. He didn't see it coming, he was left unconscious on the bathroom floor.

She hurried out and hid behind the door, waiting for her next target. When the other man saw that his buddy wasn't coming out, he decided to go check for himself. He quietly walked into the room. To his extreme shock, he saw his buddy on the floor, unconscious.

With his attention completely distracted, the man was really caught off-guard. Kro kicked him hard on the chest, sending him flying to the wall and dropping on the floor with a thud. He winced like an upside-down bug as he kept his arms around his chest, he could feel his ribcage broken into pieces.

Kro thought she was done, but she wasn't. She heard her utensils jingling in the kitchen, there was someone there too.

Her nightdress was already torn on one side from the kick he gifted the man with, but she had no time to change. She rolled her shoulders, cracked her knuckles, and squeezed her back,

"One more skeleton to crack!", she said and walked outside

She rustled downstairs and started scanning the living room. She didn't take that long to notice he was hiding in the kitchen. She carefully picked up a marble ball from the jar and silently stood beside the kitchen door. She threw the marble on the stairs.

When the last guy heard that sound, he thought it was her. He came out running from the kitchen, holding a gun in his hands. But he couldn't get far as Kro struck his feet, making him turn 360 degrees in the air before he landed on his stomach. The man groaned painfully.

Kro stepped on his face, making him unable to move. She clapped twice and the lights in the house turned on. Now they could see each other,

"Who sent you? I won't ask twice", she said as she stepped on his face even harder, pressing it into the floor,

"I WON'T TELL YOU A THING!", the man groaned, stubborn,

"Well, this is going to hurt!",

…..

The first thing Ukraine heard when he got to the door was a painful squeal coming from inside. It terrified him. Since the door was already unlocked, he forcefully pushed it open and rushed inside, only to find Kro sitting on the guy's back while holding a hammer.

It was a surprise to both of them, nobody expected to see the other person like that. Kro put the hammer down and got up. She walked to him.

"What are you doing here?", she asked, standing a few steps away from him, in her torn nightdress,

"I _ I called you, but you never picked up", his voice trembled

"What did you want to say?",

"This! I wanted to warn you about this!", he panicked as he looked at the guy again.

The man's ankles were red and swollen. Same were his knuckles. Everything about the man and the blood on the floor disturbed him, he nearly threw up.

"Police will be here any minute. But _ are you alright?", he still asked

"Why do you care?",

"Boss, come on!",

They kept arguing.

Little did they know that the man lying on the floor reached out for his gun. They had no idea. There was just one bullet in, and he was burning angrily towards the lady who tortured his body into rugs. It wasn't part of the plan to kill her, but he just made up his mind. Without hesitating, he pointed the gun at her and pulled the trigger!

BANG! The gunshot thundered across the room, hitting the only person it was meant for. The bullet broke through her skin, right beside the backbone, heavy and painful enough that she lost her balance and started falling down,

"NOO!", screamed Ukraine as he caught Kro

He fell on the floor with her, his arms wrapped around her. His nerves felt electrified from the scene. It was terror right there! Thinking he'd really lose her.

Kro on the other hand was in the most awkward junction. The bullet hit a vital spot, but in no time her skin would start mending itself and the bullet would come out by itself. Blood was never going to come out because she didn't have any and her secret was going to be revealed in no time.

She was busted.

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