Sequel: Zero ›
rewind
eleven.
"Who are you?" He asked, anger edging his voice. "What was your purpose? Why Marco?"
She peered at him through the dark, mouth set into a firm line. It was clear that she never intended to answer his questions, much to his frustration. One quick movement and she disappeared from his vision, leaving behind a series of footfalls in the shadows for him to pursue. He pushed until he caught sight of her, scaling the large boxes of cargo and dashing along the tops of them. Without thought, he raised his arm and released a sequence of shots meant to injure or kill.
Either one really, he couldn't say he cared.
Neither of these things happened because she seemed to dance around the bullets and vanish permanently around the corner. He stopped, reaching through the darkness with his ears, but there was nothing and no one left there anymore.
She peered at him through the dark, mouth set into a firm line. It was clear that she never intended to answer his questions, much to his frustration. One quick movement and she disappeared from his vision, leaving behind a series of footfalls in the shadows for him to pursue. He pushed until he caught sight of her, scaling the large boxes of cargo and dashing along the tops of them. Without thought, he raised his arm and released a sequence of shots meant to injure or kill.
Either one really, he couldn't say he cared.
Neither of these things happened because she seemed to dance around the bullets and vanish permanently around the corner. He stopped, reaching through the darkness with his ears, but there was nothing and no one left there anymore.