The group of hoodlums and Rocco stared in wide-eyed shock, as their gang's second in command, 'Axe-licking Viper' was so unceremoniously dispatched---
By a gun of all things. A weapon they all believed to be outdated and ineffective.
They stared at each other in disbelief and horror, as the reality of the situation hit them like cold water on a summer's day—- that was no ordinary gun.
They now had one thought on their minds—- They had to bolt…. At least they tried to.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The shots rained in a circular arc, meeting the scurrying hoodlums in their arms, knees, ankles, and legs.
Emma spun in circular bliss as she rained down havoc on these unfortunate souls, who were now screaming in pain and collapsing to the garage floor… crippled.
Rocco stared in horror at this scene. His first in command lay dead. His second in command lay crippled. And the rest of his men lay sprawled on the floor, screaming.
His back was drenched in sweat, staring at Emma, who was laughing maniacally, and raining bullets like it's a parade.
"d-demonio" Rocco gasped, as he took shaky steps back to distance himself.
However, as he prepared for his escape. He noticed an opening. The golden-haired demon had stopped shooting as she frowned at the pistols in her hands in disappointment. She was out of bullets.
Noticing both Caspian and Catherine were distracted in conversation, ignoring the chaos around them. He had a sudden daring idea to flip this disastrous situation around.
From his investigations, he definitely had higher stats than Caspian and his team, and they must have gotten these pistols by luck.
He is an awakened with a combat talent, and they were not. If he played his cards right. Now that they were powerless and distracted—- he could take them down.
Rocco, instead of retreating, suddenly had a bold look on his face, as he quietly advanced towards Emma, who was none the wiser.
"Enhancement" Rocco muttered, as his physique stat, which was at 4.3, jumped to 5. He felt the energy coursing through him as he arrived at Emma's side.
However, instead of taking Emma by surprise, he saw the young girl turn her head towards him with a wry smile and mesmerising green eyes. "Sneaky sneaky boy!" Emma voiced playfully as the twin pistols in her hands vanished.
"Fuck!" Rocco, seeing as he'd been made, the chance for a sneak attack was undone, he wasn't too frightened; he knew he was stronger. He only wanted to immobilize them all before they could react.
Rocco saw no need to delay. He drew his right hand back, channelling all the power in his physique into his fist as he threw his fist at the green-eyed devil in front of him, aiming for her torso, the force behind the punch displacing the air in front of it, as it landed on Emma—
Bham!
Rocco grinned widely at the successful execution. He was already pissed with this demon who had killed both of his executives and crippled the rest. She even dared to call him 'boy' just now--- she deserved to die.
As Rocco delighted in his victory, he was about to retrieve his punch, which would have shattered any of his men to pieces —
But he soon realised he couldn't pull out his hands, and something akin to a shadow was descending fast in his direction.
He looked in horror to see that his hand was caught in Emma's palm, and her other palm was descending fast —
"Silly boy!" Emma muttered with a vicious grin on her face as her open palm connected with Rocco's face.
Bhaaam!
Rocco was uprooted from the garage floor, as the slap to his cheeks sent him rotating through the air. Blood and teeth spewed out of his mouth like a fountain before he passed out on impact with the floor.
"Emma. I said non-lethal damage, didn't I ?" Caspian reprimanded as he stared at the dead corpse of the axe-licking viper.
"It's his fault, Casp. He kept looking at me and licking his axe. I couldn't help myself." Emma blurted in irritation before skipping over to Caspian, her demeanor completely transformed.
"Fine." He responded, dismissing the matter.
He wasn't surprised much by her ending a life, without so much as blinking after all he had seen her do during these past two weeks.
A bottle of water soon materialized his his right hand. Ignoring the squirming hoodlums sprawled all over, Caspian walked up to the unconscious Rocco and emptied it's content on his face.
Rocco was jolted awake by the stream of cold water, his face and mouth swelled like a balloon and bleeding as he panned his view nervously around.
He was soon met with Caspian's smiling face, Catherine's stoic expression, and Emma's beautiful smile.
"Now I'll be giving you two options as well. " Caspian spoke calmly, with a mild smile on his face. "One. I proceed to finish off you and your gang of misfits."
Rocco swallowed hard with an audible gulp. Sweat trickled down his face. The fact that this crazy demoness could so easily overpower him meant just one thing. He was utterly outclassed.
"Ang okp….son tsoo"("And option two") he stammered as he forced the word out through the remainder of his shattered teeth and tongue.
"Two. You sign this contract. And you pay a price." Caspian spoke softly, as a golden scroll materialized in his right hand and unfolded before the broken man.
Rocco stared in amazement at the golden shimmering scroll, of which its contents were completely blank to him—
It only had his name at the bottom. But deep down inside, he could tell that what he was seeing was beyond what his existence could comprehend, as his very being seemed to be captured in just those characters that spelled out his name.
Already dreading the answer to his current curiosity, he mustered the courage as he asked, his voice shaky."Wha tif tee prife ? " (what is the prize ?) He managed to say.
Caspian smiled at the question and offered a simple answer that sealed the battered man's fate.
"Your soul, Rocco. It will cost you your very soul."
At this point. Rocco wasn't seeing a human in front of him any longer.
'Diablo. Él es el diablo.' he screamed inside.