When their lips departed and there was no more face touching, he felt a grab under his arm and whoever was there was helping him swim up to the surface, Rain felt more relaxed now, he was obedient trying to move his legs to help, and when that deep water start to have lights, his eyes didn't move away from his savior that he now can see his face clearly and know who he was....
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"Eh! Eh!..." Yohan breathe the air when his head finally was outside the water, he look at the cruise and saw it a bit far "damn!" he look at Rain who was breathing fast and was still holding into him. He look around and tried to swim to a board floating on the water, it must be a piece from the cruise "hold on into this" he tells Rain who did hold into the board to help his body float not just grabbing at him
--- What the freak am I doing? I should have searched him and make sure he doesn't have the fragment, then let him drown! --- He looks at Rain who was looking at him non-stop "the fuck you looking at!" he said that in anger because he was angry on his own behavior. But the two turned to the same direction when they heard a voice of a small boat getting near them, it did stop next to them. And a familiar face popped up from it throwing a ladder having a Hellhounds face tattoo "hey bro!"
Yohan look up and it was his 3rd brother, he swims to the ladder while dragging Rain with him "go up first" he said helping him first then he climbed after him.
Once Yohan steps on that small boat he went to his brother immediately grabbing him from his collar and yelling "THAT WASN'T OUR PLAN"
The 3rd brother raise his hands up "Sorry fourth but it was father's orders, he told me to make sure I get it with ANY cost if there is one, so I had to bribe some people from inside the cruise to tell me what is going on in case you failed!"
"I TALKED TO FATHER WE DIDN'T AGREE ON THIS, HE SAID HE WILL LET ME HUNDLE IT, NOT YOU"
The 3rd brother smiled, he grabs Yohan hand that was grabbing his collar and take it off gently yet kept holding into it "he didn't tell you because you are a softy! You won't agree if you knew we will hurt 'innocent' people, yet I can assure you, no one, NO ONE, on that cruise is innocent!"
Yohan was angry, very angry, he take his brother hand off "softy my a** don't you have a brain? Wait...if you had one you would stick to my plan!"
"A brain..." his brother said his words looking with a serious face at Rain who was sitting on the boat ground trying to catch his breath "Tracking your movement to not hit you with the missiles, I was surprised you jumped, so...you are telling me, that brain of yours is telling you to jump off the cruise to save our enemy?" he walks towards him taking his gun "I don't give a fuck about what the red-circle will do if I kill him here, but all I know is the Hellhounds will win at the end" he said that pointing the gun on Rain
Rain stands looking at the 3rd brother but he saw the 4th one standing in between them
"Click that trigger if you dare!" Yohan said that with a raspy voice, knowing his brother isn't joking and he also wasn't!
The 3rd brother look at Yohan and the silence after that was a serious one till the 3rd brother huffs "see! You are a softy!" he put his gun down looking at Rain checking him out "or because...Oh my god! 1st brother was right?"
"The fuck are you talking about?" Yohan didn't get what he was referring to
"Fourth..."
The two heard Rain calling and turn to look at him, but Yohan fast reflex did grab something Rain throws at him, he look at it and it was a small box
"Is this what you want? Take it as a 'thank you' for saving my life"
The 3rd brother look at him shocked "is it the fragment?"
Yohan opened the box and saw it confirming "it is the fragment that was on the display"
The 3rd brother immediately took his phone and texted while informing "I shall stop the attacks then, we have it!" he look at Yohan and said realizing it "oh wait...so that why you jumped! The fragment was with him? Okay you do have a brain bro! I apologies" he also looked at Rain and smiled a very silly smile "I wasn't going to shoot you of course I was just proving my point that he is sof..."
Yohan who cleared his throat cutting him "ehm...3rd brother I need to check" he said turning to look at his brother skipping how Rain was looking at him
"Oh right, you should!"
"Check what?" Rain asked
The 3rd brother smiled answering with a gratitude "we need to see if the fragment is real or fake of course, and our boy here is an expert, he can easily know the..."
"3rd brother! You are saying too much no?!" Yohan cut him wanting to facepalm himself
"Oh right! Go, I am ready!"
And the two look at Yohan taking the fragment with his fingers and looking at it...
"Fourth?"
"Yes?" Yohan answered his brother call and frown in disappointment "damn it is fake" he put it in the box and throw it back to Rain "you can keep it"
"Damn, all this for nothing" The 3rd brother huffs in disappointment and went to the driver space starting the engine and driving back to the land
Yohan who went and sits on the boat seat saw Rain getting closer
"How did you know it is fake? No, how you can make sure it is the one that was on the display?"
Yohan look at Rain while brushing his hair up "you heard him, I am an expert! So in case you want to check in the future when you have a fragment you can call me! I will gladly do whatever it takes to...help!" he said that last word in sarcasm
Rain rolled his eyes knowing he means to try and take it by force, if they were ready to blow up a cruise with many important people that could turn the world against them for a small piece of a broken crystal. what they will do if they heard there is a piece with the red-circle! whatever they want from that fragment they must be so serious about it! but why? what exactly that fragment hides?
Rain went to the other side sitting in front of him, looking at him. and Yohan didn't do the last time mistake of 'look to the other side fast' no! this time he kept in character looking directly to him.
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18 years ago
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"Over there" the guest opened the outside door he pointed to the dogs "let give it to the dog, the real fragment kills if you try to use only one, right?"
The owner smirked with a nodded knowing that will work "it supposed to be one crystal with all the 7 fragments so we can use it, if the dog dies it is real and we can retrieve it, but if he lives it is fake"
The guest huffs "I hope he dies, I worked my ass to get it"
The owner ordered "bring a dog here" with that order the two men turned going back inside the house to ended up freezing in their places for a second but yelled at the same time...
"DON'T"
Inside the house, the small baby who just learned how to walk was now standing near the table and having a crystal fragment in between his fingers and mouth, discovering his surrounding as any other kid in his age, hearing the yell of both men he unintentionally swallowed it and start to cry.
"Yohan, spit it, SPIT IT OUT" the father runs as fast as he can hitting his kid's back and pressing on his stomach, but no use
"Oh god he ate yours" the guest who was there pointed to the two boxes and the new fragment that they don't know if it is real or fake was still there "he ate the same one that killed our younger brother"
"Let's take him to the hospital" the father said to his brother in a serious tone carrying his kid and running outside