Pressure Guard

I light a cigarette and focus on her, her hand's pressure in her skinny lap. She holds beauty, but she's one of them… I have to kill her; I have to end their generation…

Although I sometimes question myself why I do this? Why does my anger rule me? "I-I had no choice…" I look at her, brown lips shivering, watering boils from her blue pupils.

"I don't believe you," "Please understand, no matter what happens to me or beast, I had to send him away, I had to protect him…" "Against who exactly?"

She looks upward at me, blinking a few times, "Against Beast…" I pull from the cigarette, "From Beast?" She nods, swallowing…

"Beast is dangerous, he caused the change in my son, he caused the change in me… neither of us asked for this, but he thought it was for the good of our kind… keeping our generation going… I-I know what your purpose is in my house, and I know, you have hurt… neither I nor my son has caused you any harm, but Beast… causes hurt no matter where he sets a paw."

I puff on the smoke and glance at her, rubbing her puffy lips together, "You expect me to believe this sentimental shit?" She wipes her cheekbones quickly and starts braiding her hair, "Yes… because it's the truth,"

I kill the cigarette in the tray and shift my back comfortably on the armchair, my barrels still aim at her, "Truth… I don't think so," She shifts her naked leg on top of the other and folds her hands neatly on her lap, "Then tell me, Mr. Stanimir, what do you consider as truth?"

I know what she's trying to do… "I know your reputation…" She snickers, "My reputation? And what would that be?" She takes her stand and removes her jacket, revealing her bronze skin dressed in an elegant black dress…

She walks toward the window and stares into the distance, "I don't have a reputation anymore, Mr. Stanimir, when Beast destroyed my life, he took away my reputation, he took everything from me…"

She snorts resting her head against the window, "I don't know what life is anymore, they took away my son at birth, I haven't seen him in eighteen years," My vision remains on her…

"Is that so? And you're telling me this why?" She turns around… "Because you deserve to know, Mr. Stanimir," I snort, "I'm not here too…" She makes her way before me, "To do what? Talk about my miserable life? I know you're here to kill me, Mr. Stanimir, so, why are you hesitating?"

"I'm not hesitating," "Then why am I still alive?" I shift uncomfortably in the chair; I can feel her presence attracting me…

"Because I want the truth… why did you kill my family? I know you were there with him when it happened," She takes a seat before me, "Yes, I was there… but your son wasn't, I couldn't stop Beast from killing your wife, I watched helplessly as h-he…"

I shift forward, her perfume lingers in my nose, "As he left me with a bloody fucking house? Yeah… I know what he did princess," She hides her emotions away, "He tied me up to watch him do those things to her, I screamed for him, but h-he hit me and tell me to watch how it should be… I'm sorry for what Beast did,"

I push the emotions down… I didn't know I had those anymore… "Did he now?" "He forced me to eat her… I couldn't do anything… I couldn't defend myself against him, that's when he turned me, that's when I became one of him,"

She shifts forward, her breathing blows on my cheeks, "I need your help Stanimir, I want to be human again, I don't want to be one of him…"

I examine her porcelain skin closely, "I can't help you, princess," "Please… I can help you stop him, he listens to me," Her blues follow my movement, "Is that so? And how do I know I can trust you?" She rubs her lips together, "I guess I have to prove myself,"

"I can't help you…" She takes her stand and sways her hips to the window, "Then kill me…" I take my stand… my barrel aims at her and she looks back at me… "What are you waiting for?"

Why am I hesitating to kill her? This should be easy, "I-I don't know…" She chuckles walking back to me, her fingers tracing the knobs on my jacket.

"You feel something, don't you?" I push her away and she laughs, "No, I don't…" She sits down on the armchair, peaking at me, nibbling on her forefinger.

"I know you do… otherwise you would have killed me already," "Don't flatter yourself, princess," Yeah… I feel something, but she's the enemy, I don't fall for the enemy, I kill them without thinking twice…

"Get up," She takes her stand and I snap her hand toward the door, "Am I allowed to know where we're going?" "Don't ask questions…" "Stanimir, what's happening?" I drag her through the front door to my car, "Get in,"

I open the back door for her and she climbs in, I slam it close, "We're taking her to the facility, it's a chance for me to catch Beast,"

He nods and we get in the car… I look back in the mirror at her, her blues peek at me, nibbling on her nails, "Stanimir? Are you, cool man?" I shake and start the car, "Yeah,"

I open the door for her and she climbs out, "Where are we?" "It's my facility, they will keep you safe until we find Beast," She nods scanning the surrounding area, "How do you know Beast will follow here?"

"He'll follow you, won't he?" She nods following behind me, the door slides open… "Morning Stanimir," "Morning, any messages?" She nods and hands me the few papers.

"Dhaval phoned about something important, he asked to be phoned back," I nod leading her to the separate rooms, "You will stay here…" "I have a name, it's Corinne," Her French accent lingers in the hallway, "I care little who you are, I just care about finding Beast,"

She walks past me flicking my nose and I flinch, "I know…" "Don't flatter yourself, princess…" She chuckles winking toward me.

"Dhaval… hello, I was asked to phone you," "Yeah Stanimir, I found out about that old man that Beast attacked…" "Yeah what about him?" "He works for Beast man, not only does he work for him, but he's an undercover seller,"

"Interesting, what have they been up to?" "They've been trying to locate a boy named… Vitomir… wait, is this your son?" "Vitomir? Why?"

"According to them, he took something from them… it could be the object they seek? I think… your boy doesn't have much time left,"

I scoff in my chair, "Any idea where he is?" "In a minor valley called, Cuter, it's minor, not much is happening there but according to this information, he's part of a marine company called Front Gate,"

"Front Gate? He's part of no company," "According to this information he is, for three years… wait, Stanimir, he just disappeared off the radar,"

"What do you mean? He can't just disappear off a radar?" "He just did, Stanimir… either they know I hacked his system or they kicked him our or a rare chance that he just walked out,"

I shift forward in my chair, "Can you get him back on?" "I don't think so, they just blocked me, they know we hacked them, shoot…"

In the meantime – Front Gate Company –

"Sir, we discovered a hacker," "Get rid of him, we don't have time for this," "Right away, Sir… um we have another problem,"

His bald head zooms in on the screen, his broad shoulders flex of the footage he's seeing, "Damn it… find that damn kid," He types on the computer… "Found him, he just stole a bird, Sir,"

"Shit…" He grabs the guard's machine gun, and burst out the door toward the bird taking flight, he starts wasting bullets, screaming at the adolescent boy…

Footsteps rushes toward him, "He just escaped through gate seven Sir," He grabs the blond-haired boy by the shirt, "I just saw him fucking leave… get back in there," "Y-yes Sir,"

"If something comes up, I'll let you know, Stanimir," "All right, thanks man," I place the phone on the table...