NOVEL NEXT Chapter 21 – You are…
Klaye was confused. He really didn’t understand this world anymore. He always believed that Vincent would have his destined lover. But he didn’t have the time to become happy, he remembered about something. „Impossible! On the other day, you told Queen that you love someone!”
„I can’t love anyone else just that man?!” Vincent was angry. He wanted to pry open Klaye’s head and look into it.
Klaye wanted to nod because he couldn’t imagine anyone else. But he didn’t dare. He could feel Vincent’s rage.
The room fell into silence. After a while, Klaye coughed. „So what did I do wrong?”
„What?”
„You brought me here because I did something wrong. Didn’t you say that earlier?”
Vincent couldn’t say anything. He didn’t want to believe Klaye just changed the subject. He exhaled and looked into his eyes. „Because you wanted to use your power in front of the others. You never... You know if the news goes out how hard your life will be! Even if they are my men, you never know where that woman has eyes!”
Klaye wanted to deny it, but he suddenly froze. „You... You... How did you find out what kind of ability I have?! You weren’t there!”
„There? Where?” Vincent was confused.
„I found out what kind of ability I have after I left your team! We met a long time later, but at that time, we...” Klaye shut up. It wasn’t true. They didn’t meet after that. Only Vincent saw him leaving with the soldiers.
„You know I always wanted to know. How were you left behind?” Vincent folded his hands.
„... When?”
„When I woke up, they told me you took a bag of food and left with a car... But you were alone, without weapons and ability and the team had more than 50 people... That time I was confused by that woman, but later I thought how ridiculous this story was.” he sighed. He was sure, if he realized it earlier, their destiny wasn’t that dramatic.
„... The book only mentioned that I was closed in the warehouse.” Klaye looked away. He didn’t want to say more about it.
„I see.” Vincent covered his eyes with his hands.
Klaye watched him and he could tell he was sad. It wasn’t hard to imagine what happened with him in that kind of situation. „... It’s just a book.”
Vincent laughed, but his voice wasn’t happy. „You are right! For you now, it’s just a book.”
Klaye bit his lips. He didn’t know what to say anymore.
„Did...” Vincent hesitated, but sighed, and continued. „Did that book mention what happened with you after that?”
Klaye shook his head. „It only mentioned that time you saw me with the soldiers...”
„I see.” Vincent bit his nail while he was lost in his thoughts.
There were some special abilities, similar to Klaye’s. The military was really interested in them and they captured those humans. Vincent was one of them. He called his power darkness, but it had almost nothing to do with the dark. The zombies’ blood turned black from the virus and Vincent could control it. He had space where he could hide it and only release it when he fought. Originally, everyone believed that he could control some kind of black energy that could destroy almost everything it touched. It was an interesting power, but he was strong and no one dared to go after him. Yet he was so stupid to tell Gardena the truth...
During a mission, he ran into the military. That time he was separated from the others and the soldiers caught him. He was taken into the institution and he went through some experiments. He tried to save up his energy and find a chance to escape.
After a month, the institution was attacked. He used the chaotic situation to run away, but he underestimated his importance. His disappearance was found after some minutes and the soldiers went after him. He left the buildings and tried to hide in the forest. While he evaded a searching team, he saw Klaye speaking with a general. He watched them leave with a car, but that time he didn’t pay too much attention to them. He needed to run far away...
Half an hour later he met with Gardena and the others. She cried and hugged him. She told him how hard was for them to find this place and create a good plan to help him to escape. She told him they met with Klaye and found out it was him who sold him to the military. He had a hard time after he left them and thought that it was their fault. He wanted to take revenge and went so far.
Vincent comforted her and swore he would kill Klaye if he saw him again!
That time he didn’t realize there were too many flaws in the story...
If they attacked the institution, why they came from the opposite direction?
And he only told about his ability to one person...
If he just used a little bit of his brain...
If he turned back and went to kill Klaye right away...
That would be better...
Yet he let him stay there for more than 3 years!
It was 2 years later when Vincent’s ability became enough strong to realize something wasn’t right! He noticed someone used mind control on him and he broke it. That moment he felt that he woke up from a really long dream... The reality crushed him. He couldn’t believe he was just a toy in that woman’s hands and he lost everything what was important to him...
Vincent sighed again. He worked hard to change the future, but he still needed time to leave behind those memories.
He looked at Klaye but his eyes weren’t focused. „What do you think... that time why did you went to the institution?”
„...” To redeem you. Klaye looked at him calmly. This was the only question he would never answer in his life.
Vincent laughed. „You don’t need to answer.”
Klaye nodded but felt a little pain in his heart. Maybe he wished Vincent knew it. But what would happen after that? Would he ask him to pay back for his feeling? Would he force him into a relationship?... Never! What he wanted could only be given willingly...
Vincent narrowed his eyes and looked at him. „Wait! If the book was written about me, then how do you know when you realized your ability?”
Klaye’s body stiffened. He wanted to hit his head into the wall. How could he always make mistakes? „... Uh... There were some extras and one of them mentioned some information about me... ” he lowered his head.
„Okay, don’t say if you don’t want.” Vincent sighed.
Klaye’s thoughts were in a mess. He didn’t know when Vincent found out about his ability. He was sure after the mind control was erased, he only cared about killing his team members, but never remembered about him! So how?... If Vincent really chose death after his revenge ended, then the last thing he did was to destroy the institution... If he saw him at that time...
Klaye’s face turned white. He didn’t know how his body was, but it couldn’t be nice to see. After his flesh was cut down, it lost its power after 3 months. The researchers tried out everything to store it for a longer time, but it failed. Because of it, they needed to keep him alive...
„You... Did you destroy the institution and saw me...?”
Vincent’s eyes were full of sadness. „What do you think, why I ran to your house and took care of you when you were sick?!”
Klaye was confused. He didn’t know how it was related.
„After I woke up, I wanted to see you alive and kicking... I wanted to be with you...”
Klaye’s body shook and lowered his head. „But you left right away when I woke up...”
„The virus already spread in the world, so of course I left! I needed to create a place, where we can live without problems!” Vincent supported his forehead. „I thought that after I settled everything, I’ll have enough time to chase you. Who the hell thought you knew so much and created stupid ideas...”
„I’m not...” Klaye murmured.
„Not?! You think I didn’t notice you become more and more afraid of me?!” Vincent hit the table. „I know how timid you are, so I tried to get closer to you slowly. Yet every time we met the distance between us was bigger! A week before when we left, you were so scared, you almost wet your pants!”
„I’m not!...” Klaye lifted his head, but when he saw Vincent’s face he forgot what he wanted to say. He never saw him with such a hurt expression. He knew it was his fault, but he couldn’t change it. He spent years thinking about his brutal fate and he became so pessimistic. If he thought that way, then it didn’t matter what happened, it wouldn’t hurt him.
Vincent drank another cup of wine and stood up. He now understood, no difference what he said Klaye wouldn’t change easily. If this is the case, then he just used his action to make him accept reality. He really hated to see him daydreaming all day long, so why not use that time to do something more exciting?
Klaye was shocked when Vincent lifted him up and threw back on the bed. He looked up but saw Vincent’s face was too close, then something touched his lips. He was confused and wanted to ask him, but when he opened his mouth, it was invaded by Vincent’s tongue...