The door was open, and Karl was standing there. Beside him, Elena was kneeling, no clothes. Her body was covered with red patches, marks. Her eyes were empty, unconscious. Tear marks covered her face, and her eyes swelled. With experience, Pierre knew what was going on. In the past, he tested giving two PX pills, with a contrast effect, to a single subject. The subject's mind and body were unsynchronized; the mind tried to resist while the brain was submitting. As a result, the subject's body function broke down, leading to hormone imbalance and an empty state – an unresponsive brain, with only muscle reflexes remaining. Elena was the same, emptiness.
"Wel.." Karl did not finish his sentence; Pierre charged him with a strong uppercut. Karl did not prepare; he lost control and fell on his knee.
"Good M.." Again, Pierre kicked on his jaw. Karl bit his lip, bleeding. Karl lay on the floor. Not so long, Pierre stomps over Karl's body, one time, two times, three times. Karl was covered in blood. But he did not yet.
"Can we just talk?" Karl said quickly, no words from Pierre. He turned away from him. Looked for Elena, who was sitting nearby. "Can you hear me Elle?" Pierre asked, worried. No response from Elena, she only slowly turned and looked for the sound. "I am here, Elle," Pierre said. Hugged her.
"Elle, that's him, the murderer who killed our fathers." Karl was standing up. Like a switch, Elena squeezed Pierre's neck. Pierre hardly breathed; he tried to resist Elena's strength. Elena put all of her strength into pressuring him. Karl's wounds and bleeding were all stopped, and his broken limbs recovered. Pierre barely saw Karl walk over his head. Karl kicked Pierre's chest, strong enough to break Pierre's rib. "Aghh," Pierre shouted, in pain. Karl kicked again, stomped on his leg. Karl's strength was strong, as expected from the well-trained soldier, the nation's hero. Pierre finally pushed Elena away. He coughed, tried to breathe, bleeding.
"Your strength was no match for me, your kick, punch were like a puppy" Karl said, proud of his strength. Karl was right. Pierre did not have the physical power to match a well-trained soldier like him. Pierre tried to stand up, broken leg, and ribs put him in a dangerous state. "What's wrong?" Karl smiled. He pulled his right punch to Pierre. Pierre could see the synapse propagation so he lifted his guard up. Karl suddenly changed his stance to kick Pierre, and flew away. Pierre covered in blood, several internal organs were damaged, as his watch alerts. He tried to think what was happening.
"I saw your confusion. Shall I explain? Or You want to discover by yourself, Mr. scientist" Karl insulted. Due to several injuries, Pierre could not focus even in the focus mode. "You might die before you solve it," Karl said. "I attached a quantum chip on my head, you know, the one you permitted my mom to use and it saved me from the Frank's raid" Karl said, showed the back of his head, a small chip attached. "It's potential is beyond, grant me the title of nation's hero" Karl said. "I can control many body functions like a remote control, regeneration, boosting speed" Karl said proudly of his power. "I want to boost the strength as well but mom said it is not complete yet" Karl added. "You are no match for me" Karl said. "It will be boring to just kill you to death and revenge for my father," Karl continued. He walked to Elena who was laying down, he grabbed her hair, and started to kiss her, roamed over her body. Pierre barely stood up, his conscious was on edge. "You know what, I gave her a little pill last night, and she suddenly turned completely to me" Karl laughed, brought out the PX-7 pill, and fed it to Elena. Pierre saw what was happening, but he had got strength left. "I do not care about this biXX anymore, but you stole my girl, so I wanted to see your desperate face." Karl laughed. He grabbed Elena's chest. "This pill was so strong, her body responds to everything I do to her without resistance," Karl continued, while playing with Elena's body. He roamed over her body while Pierre was struggling, tears forming in his eyes. "You know how to cry? Haha," Karl laughed. "That's what you deserve for taking my father's life and my girl," Karl said as he nodded Elena's head down between his legs. Elena's tears were building up as well, as if her mind tried to resist. "N,o" Pierre finally said. "Don't do it," Pierre said. "It's your fault, to kill my father, and her father," Karl said. "You know what, last night she tried to resist us, Mom, and me. But after I showed her that you were involved in killing our fathers. She was shocked. So I must ease her pain with this pill," Karl said. While he pulled his pants down, and about to give Elena another pill. "Shall we break him, my sweetheart, Elle?" Karl said, grabbing Elena's head and about to choke her. Pierre was still struggling from injuries, he was about to lose his consciousness from bleeding.
"Please don't shoot."
"Please spare us."
"Boss, shall we have something before?"
"I know what you're carving, made it quick."
"No!!"
Bang
"Please, Nooo"
"This bitch"
Bang
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"This will hurt, son."
"Just a little, sweetheart"
"This thing will cure you."
"We did it, honey, our son is safe."
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"This thing will cure you."
A voice kept echoing inside Pierre's brain, a flashback showed the day his family was murdered was looping. He was only five years old. A group of men came and murdered his parents. One of them wanted something more: short hair, blonde, and looked younger; he had a mark. Later, he witnessed everything those men did. He had no power to protect or fight. At the same as this moment, he grew up, he prepared for several situations, but still cannot protect a woman in front of him, a woman who used to be just his test subject.
"This thing will cure you."
Again, his father's words echo. I want to protect Elena – Pierre murmured.