"They were in my way. Now, where's Alycia?"
Hearing these words frightened everyone even more. What they just witnessed wasn't humanly possible.
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/Eden POV\
"Father…please don't do this!"
While walking home I received a call from Alycia, upon picking it up those were the first words I heard.
"This again? I'm not upsetting Mr. Teras for you. Look, If you're gonna off yourself, do it after we've gotten the money at least."
I see…I know that name all too well. It seems like my bad feeling was right.
Quickly I changed my course, running towards Alycia's house at an unbelievable speed.
They didn't live too far from me, and with the distance I was covering I got there pretty soon.
From the distance I heard her yell and a hidden part of me began to feel an incredible rage.
It was the first time I've felt something like this, but it wasn't an uncomfortable feeling.
It strangely felt familiar and enjoyable?
I arrived in front of the house where three guards were stationed.
They approached me with their guns out but I just lifted my hand before lowering it again quickly.
Their bodies did not like it as they turned into a mound of human waste.
It was my first time ever killing someone but it didn't seem to bother me. Rather, it feels like a deep part of my soul relished in this.
Pushing forward, I gifted the puddles of flesh to their owner, destroying the wall in the process.
As I entered and saw Alycia, I let the part of me I tried to hide away take over.
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/Third Person POV\
The figure became visible and Cilas recognized him immediately.
"It's the brat! He's the one who made Alycia like this!" Cilas' words seemed to jolt Alycia's mind as she looked at the scene before her.
'Ah…eden…I hope this isn't really happening…please don't die…' Alycia wasn't sure if her mind was playing tricks or not, but she didn't want to see him get hurt because of her.
Seeing that Alycia wasn't badly hurt, Eden breathed a sigh of relief.
But seeing her sorry state, the deepest parts of him began to seep through even more.
His soft expression darkened as he looked at the others in the room and decided…none of them will leave this place.
"Shoot, you idiot!" Teras yelled at his guard and he opened fire.
The bullet traveled to Eden's head before it suddenly stopped, reversed, and returned to its origin at greater speeds.
Just like that the last guard died.
Eden looked up, deciding on who would be his first target.
"Die Bastard!" The uncle ran towards him with a knife.
"I guess it'll be you." His voice was flat, a violent rage underlying it.
Silas got within two steps before his body suddenly stopped moving.
He began to struggle desperately to no avail.
Eden only concentrated his power around the groin area of Silas before crushing it.
*POP*
"AAGGGH!! PLEASE STOP!" Silas wanted to fall to his knees and try to ease the pain but an invisible force kept him locked in place.
"Shhh. You're too loud, wouldn't want the neighbors to hear, right?" Eden joked.
Cilas, his wife, and Teras stood in shock.
It's not that they didn't want to run, it's that they couldn't.
Even their eyes were being forcefully kept open.
As Silas rolled on the ground crying, pity appeared in Eden's heart. He felt that the brother shouldn't suffer alone and kindly brought Cilas to the same fate.
"AAARGHH! WHY!" Cilas fell to the floor, grabbing at the nonexistent remains of his manhood as tears streamed down his face.
Eden nodded his head in satisfaction, he loved bringing families together.
"I tell you now, b-boy! I have many connections in this city! If anything happens to me you'll regret it!" Teras began yelling, gaining confidence the more he spoke.
Eden put his hand on his chin as he thought over Teras' words.
"True. I'll make sure your death will go unnoticed then."
Time went fast as Eden took care of the trash.
After he finished he walked up to Alycia, unsure of how she'd react.
He just killed multiple people in front of her, what kind of monster did she see him as now?
'What's wrong with me? I've just committed multiple murders and I'm worried about her reaction?' Eden thought.
He saw her face, her eyes seemed glossy and vacant as she stared at him, she was also breathing a little heavily.
Before he could speak however, she spoke first.
"You…need to run…I'll take the blame…"
Widening his eyes at her words, he looked around before questioning.
"Aren't you afraid of me? The things I can do, the things I've done, it's not normal."
"But it's you! Sometimes I'd catch a glimpse…whenever Sylvia would press against you, or another boy would confess to her. The way you'd look in those moments. You ignore her a lot but there are moments when you seem very possessive."
"And then recently you began looking at me like that. The way you'd stare at my father versus the honor roll athlete that's always smiling and helping others, it's a big difference. And today…it felt like you were letting out everything you've pent up!"
"I'm more than happy to go to prison now! The real you has started to come out, if even a little! I can't wait for the day you fully unleash! Aha!" Her words began to speed up as her voice got louder.
Her eyes glossed over even more as her breathing became heavier.
The intensity of her words drove a shiver through Eden body as he looked at the girl in front of him.
A deep part of him felt comforted and a voice echoed in his mind.
The words stuck with him as he used his powers to store the bodies.
Alycia took whatever necessities she would need out of the house before she moved in with Eden.
Her parent's deaths were ruled an accident as the house burned down. Their deaths weren't important as the news only covered the mysterious disappearance of Mr. Teras.
Alycia made it her life goal to slowly draw out more and more of Eden whenever she could, agreeing to the terms of pretending they didn't know each other at school.
It wasn't much longer after that when everyone was summoned to a new world and Alycia's goals changed from freeing Eden to avenging him.