Redemption
We entered the building and go to the floor where the explosion occurred. The electricity is off and we have to run through the emergency stairs. There must be a lot of wounded people, but we decided to prioritize the people who directly affected by the explosion. We entered the floor where the explosion occurred. This is really bad, some of them are dead and some of them are heavily wounded. We saved some of the survivors, but the problem happened. We encountered a woman with a really heavy wound. She lost her arm and wounded heavily in her stomach but she’s still alive. Do I have to save her? Expanding someone’s life can also mean expanding their pain and suffering.
“Hey!!! Why are you spacing out? There’s no time to self-destruct!” Celica shouted at me.
“But-“
“Listen, their life afterwards is on their hands. Just believe them and do what we can do.”
She’s right, There’s no time to hesitate. All we have to do is trust them and stop this serial killer. I still don’t know what we can do to stop him, but maybe I do know how to answer his question. He just a lonely guy who loves his mother too much after all. We continued our rituals while climbing the stairs. We finally arrived at the rooftop and Adam Clinton is waiting for us right there.
“Yo! Took you guys so long eh.”
Celica walk up ahead with an angry face “Do you think your mother will be happy with this, Adam Clinton?”
“You met my mother eh, I see.” He responded calmly even after explode this building. “So, did you find the answer to my question?”
“Shut up, you should stop this. Your mom won’t be happy with you killing innocent people for her sake.” Celica shouted angrily.
“So what? How do you stop me?” Adam’s answer make Celica angrier than before.
I tried to calm her down. A careless action will lead us into the end. This guy can kill us in a second. So, we should ride with him. I’m not sure my answer will make him satisfied, but I have to give it a shot.
“Giving someone another chance maybe mean giving them another pain or another happiness, their fate is in their own hands. I believe that people will find their own way to live. We will save them as many as we can.”
“Well then, you need a partner to use your power right?” He walked toward us casually and suddenly make a fast move. He’s holding Celica and pointing a gun on her head right now. “What if your partner disappear?”
“Stop it!!! If you pull that trigger I won’t forgive you and I will chase you in your entire life even to deepest hell, I will chase you.” I lost my temper.
“Eldrick, promise me you won’t stop even if I have gone. There are 7 billion humans in this world. There’s no way we’re the only one.” She asked me to do the hard thing.
“Ow, that’s really scary.” He’s mocking me, but he let her go.
Is he satisfied with that? I don’t think so. We have to convince him to stop this once and for all. Wait, why did he suddenly blow up this building? It’s not like his usual.
“Tell me, why did you suddenly kill a lot of people?” I asked him
“Well, okay then. I guess it’s my turn. You saw my mother’s time right? In two days, she will have a surgery. No matter how much I use my power, her life doesn’t expand anymore.”
“What? Did you mean that is her limit?” Celica seems worried.
“I don’t know. I collected this much hoping it will work once again. I want to see her on her prime again and be happy.” He shows us a depressing face.
“She won’t be happy if you keep doing this, because her happiness is you. I can see it clearly on your face. You suffered from this.” I said.
“She wants you to live happily like a normal person loving someone, married, and having a family.” Celica continued.
“Of course I know about that. But, she won’t be happy to see his child in prison.” Adam said.
“Don’t worry. Even if the world turns against you, a mother won’t abandon his child.” Celica said.
“We will try to expand her time.”
“You don’t have to worry about the hospital cost, I’ll handle it.” Celica gave him a great offer.
“I’m tired of this too. It’s not like I didn’t want to stop, I just can’t.” He draws his gun again and point it at me. “Get down!”
He shoots a bullet, but he didn’t shoot at me. He shot the person behind me. That uniform, I guess he’s a cop. They came in the bad timing. We can’t continue our talk like this. Several cops show themselves in front of us. I guess a big force of cops will seriously catch him right now. There’s even helicopter joining them. What should we do now?
“Don’t shoot! There are civilians with him.” One cop shouted at the force. I think I know this guy, we met him before.
“Well, well, well. They’re serious this time.” Adam runs to the edge of the building.
“Don’t let him get away.” The force chasing him.
Adam jump from the building. He used a grapple gun to swing to the lower floor. He managed to escape for now. The force moves really fast to chase him, but of them didn’t go his force. Just as I thought he’s the one we met at the hospital. He is approaching us with an angry face. I don’t like where this is going. We can’t just run right now.
“What are you guys doing here? I told you to be careful Celica.” He shouted at us.
“Ahaha, well you know Mr. Harrison. We’re just the victims here.” She laughed nervously and that was a bad excuse.
“We take our leave from here sir. We leave the rest to you.” I tried to convince this old man.
“That’s what I want to hear.” Mr. Harrison nodded.
Celica didn’t like my decision. Of course, I wouldn’t stop here. It just to trick this old man. So, we can continue our talk. He led us to the rescue team, but they seem very busy with these numbers of people. Somehow, we managed to escape from them. I didn’t see Adam anywhere. We have no choice but to follow the police.
After several minutes, we can see Adam Clinton running from the police. There’s gunfire everywhere, the citizens are running to save their life. The city becomes chaotic. We should chase him before the police get him. It became a long pursuit of the killer. I can say he’s a terrorist now. The situation is a bit calm right now, but they still looking for him. He managed to escape from them. This is our chance, we should find him. We’re going to the area without police around. Somehow we manage to find him in the alleyway. Wait, this is the place where we met for the first time.
“Yo, you guys looking for me too huh?” He casually appear from the shadow.
“Come on stop this already! You should give up and pay for your sin. Your mother won’t be happy with this.” Celica shouted at him.
“My mother happiness eh? If she wants to be happy, she should find another reason to be happy.” He showed a depressing face again.
“What do you mean?”
“She won’t see me happy anymore. I can’t find happiness in myself. No matter what I do, everything feels empty. I failed at everything, but when I win something it doesn’t feel satisfying. All I feel is emptiness.” Adam told us what he felt.
“You can’t use your power on your mom anymore. Let us do your job. We promise we do our best to make her well. You don’t have to suffer anymore” I tried to convince him once again. “You don’t have a reason to do this anymore. I’m sure you and your mother will find happiness in the future.”
“Helping your mother is a good thing, but you still need to pay for your sin. You should turn yourself in to the police.” Celica said.
“Sometimes, death will be the answer to your suffering. It will be good if my mother don’t need it. She’s suffering from her disease every single day. I can’t take it anymore.” Adam said. “Well, I let you to handle my mother.”
He seems agreed to turn himself to the police. We can help him with his mother, but I think we can’t really save him from his suffering. He lost direction and do whatever it takes for his mother. But, what if he didn’t manage to save her mother in the end? What he will do after that? I hope he can get a second chance in his life.
“Remember kids, you chose a hard way. In the future, you will meet various kind of people. Can you save all of them? Great power comes great responsibility.” he turned his back and walk away. He tried to lecture us in the end.
Well, at least we ended the serial murder cases. I wish I didn’t meet that kind of person anymore. He walked to the police force with his hand on the back. He turned himself to the police peacefully, but then something bad happens. One of the cops shoot him in the chest, right to the heart. Just why? It shouldn’t end like this.
“Oy Adam!” I ran toward him.
“Hey kids, a crime is a crime after all. I deserve this.” he smiled.
I just realised that I can see his numbers right now. I didn’t know what’s happening, but I have to save him. “Celica!!!” I called Celica for the help.
“No kids, save it for the one who deserves it. Ah, this is really hurt, but strange. Somehow I got a peaceful, easy feeling. It’s like every burden on my shoulder is disappear. Don’t forget kid, you will meet with various person in the future and part away with them.” He took his final breath.
I didn’t think he will end up like that. Even though he’s a cruel murderer, I prefer the legal way or maybe a second chance. I won’t forget his final message.
After that, the police take us for some interrogation. It took long enough, but I’m glad it finished. We decided to visit the hospital and tell Mrs. Clinton about her son. We promised to help her. We told her the bad news first, she was shocked to hear that. She crying really loud. We choose to do our ritual while calming her down. We did it, we expanded her time. Something really unexpected happen.
“Celica?” I’m really confused right now. She suddenly collapse in Mrs. Clinton’s bed. One hundred, I can see the numbers above Celica’s head. What is happening here?
To be continued...
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