A ringing phone could be heard nearby Delta's bed, she was awaken by the sound of the loud ringing. She eventually took her phone and answers it,
[Hello...? Good evening, *yawns* sir..] she greeted while yawning.
[Delta, this is an urgent matter.. proceed to the Red Lips Bar right now. Brace yourself from fighting.] Gamma answered in the other line.
[Wait, what..?!] she exclaimed before jumping out of her bed leaving her phone lying on the bed.
She immediately wore her jacket and took her katana. She then went outside, grabbed her motorcycle and proceeded to the Red Lips Bar, which is one of Fantasma Rosso's establishment.
She could see a large smoke covering the area from afar, she could hear several gunshots, she speed up and parked her motorcycle nearby the establishment. Upon entering, Delta sees a lot of corpses laying on the bar's floor. Clashing of blades could be also heard upstairs, she rushes there and saw Donatello and Marco fighting, both are filled with bruises and injuries. She unsheathes her katana and rushes to Donatello, trying to hit him yet Neverdura jumped in watching Donatello's back, "What are you doing here, Delta?!" Marco yelled before landing a strike on Donatello, "Look at me boy..!" Donatello exclaimed before kicking Marco away, "Goddamnit..." Delta curses underneath her breathe.
"Ohh... It's Rosa.. is she here to save her friend?" Neverdura smirked before pulling her gun's trigger yet Delta dodged by moving to the right quickly. Delta ignored Neverdura by looking at Marco who's standing up.
"History do repeat themselves, last time you tried to save Klaus and now Marco?" Neverdura laughs while rolling her guns on her palms, "Hey, Don, let's make a bet, if I'll finish Rosamaria's life, wear a dress for 6 whole months, if you'll kill Marco, I'll shave my hair." Neverdura yelled, "Sure thing.." Donatello smirked.
"Aren't you too a bit confident?" Delta giggles before showing her unnerving smile, "Hey...Marco, don't you lose to that guy.." she said before landing a strike on Neverdura, "Aight.." he sighed before throwing knives at Donatello.
After Delta landed a strike on Neverdura's thighs, she immediately turned around and kicked her stomach. Neverdura on the other side pulled the trigger of her gun before being kicked by her opponent. Luckily the bullet missed cause Neverdura lost her balance. Delta tried to stab Neverdura but she rolled away while trying to shoot Delta yet she managed to dodge all of the bullets.
Meanwhile, Donatello deflected the knives using his lance. He charges toward Marco who's on guard, their blades started clashing, deflecting each other, "Boy, you are indeed tougher than Klaus." Donatello commented, "Younger siblings tend to be the stronger ones..." Marco smirked. Donatello gritted his teeth before putting a lot of force to push Marco away. While being pushed away, Marco can't help but to laugh, "What? Are offended buddy?" he asked Donatello while a grin plastered on his lips, "Shut up.." Donatello looked down before spinning his lance with ease.
While the four of them are fighting, suddenly someone threw a lot of smoke bomb, Delta loses her balance on the process before receiving a gun shot on her left arm from Neverdura. Several footsteps could be heard, after the smoke disperses it was revealed that the Fantasma Rosso's soldiers finally came. "Sh*t..." Delta whispered before standing up, she gazes around trying to find her companion yet someone caught her attention, her eyes widen after seeing his signature red hair.
"S-salvatore...." she muttered while catching her breathe, "So he is the traitor." Marco said out loud while leaning on the tilted table. "Ciao, Rosamaria and Marco." Salvatore greeted while loading his gun. He faces his gun at Marco, "Pests shall be eliminated first.." he stared at him coldly before pulling the trigger yet Delta jumped in and took the shot.
"Tch.." Salvatore was disappointed, "I was aiming for Marco, but nah.. too bad. Rosa jumped in." he muttered. Donatello and Neverdura only watched, "You sure he can really kill one of his comerades..?" Neverdura asks Donatello, "It'll depend, if he'll fail then we'll just kill him off.." Donatello answered.
Before rushing to Delta, Salvatore pointed the gun at Marco, "You do know the bullets of this gun was coated in poison that could kill the girl's brain infront of you within 15-30 minutes." Salvatore stated, "What do you want me to do then..?" Marco asked while staring at Salvatore coldly.
"Let's play a game then, guess the poison that I used in coating the bullet, you only have 24 minutes left." Salvatore grinned, "If I'll lose, I'll let one of you free, if you lose, I'll just kill you off." he explained.
Marco's face tensed up, trying to think of a poison that has the ability to kill a person's brain within 15-30 minutes. He looked at Delta who's currently unconscious, "You used two drugs didn't you?" Marco asked, "Nope, you can also check her body to investigate, you are playing detective at the moment.." Salvatore stated while sitting on the chair. "Is this game intentionally made for Delta?" Marco asked again before removing the jacket that overcoating his companion, "Honestly, yes." Salvatore grinned. "I see... So she received two gun shots, Neverdura is the one who is coating her bullets with tranquilizer then while you on the other hand used poison." Marco stated while investigating, "Indeed. The problem is, what poison did I used?" said Salvatore.
Marco leans closely to Delta, checking her breathing pattern, he touches her forehead and checked her pulse. He tried to move her jaw but it's kind of tight, upon touching her neck, her face seems to tense.
'No way..' Marco thought to himself, "Don't tell me you used strychnine..." he glared at Salvatore, "Indeed." Salvatore replied with a grin "Sh*t.." Marco cursed underneath her breathe.
"Also, we should proceed to the base right now.." Salvatore sighed before walking out of the establishment with the Fantasma Rosso's soldiers. "Aren't you gonna kill them?!" Neverdura yelled, "Just wait.." Salvatore shrugged his shoulders.
"I bid you all goodluck..." Hanatsuki muttered while standing on a hill nearby the city, "It seems it's really working.. just as I expected from the Shinigai's representative." a man that looks like Arturo emerged from the darkness, "Heh.. Life is just a game, it's either you'll eliminate enemies first or get eliminated by them." she scoffed.
Marco carried Delta, but before he could proceed outside, it turns out the exits and windows were blocked by the policemen. He tried to find a way out yet it was too late, an explosion occured that made the establishment collapse.
[End of Chapter]