Crystalline Universe: Team Fortress 2 Overwatch - Volume 3: Crystalline Universe: Bloodline's Curse Chapter 51 Fall Rise Fight

The moonlight shined upon the noisy city. While cars and people occupied the main streets and kept the night busy, the dark alleys isolated from regards were the contrary.

Aside from the homeless and criminals, it’s also where despair and death reigned upon.

But tonight, a new sound can be heard from its obscurity. A blue glimpse of light glowed inside the darkness.

*Inside an alley

Four men in broken armours fell onto the ground in fear and pain. Their eyes were filled with horror and anxiety as they stared at the one man standing in front of them.

[Executioner] (in fright) – “Please! Spare us, lord Mike! We were ordered by Sniper to hunt your highness but we never meant to make this personal! Please, spare us of our lives! ”

Mike’s crystals gleamed an Azur coloured glow that illuminated part of his face. In a cold stare of judgement, the young man spoke coldly.

[Mike] – “This world does not forgive! It will never show mercy, not to me, not to you, not even to your slavemaster, Sniper. Why would I show forgiveness to you, scrum? ”

In a sudden panic attack out of fear, one of the executioners jumped toward in a desperate attempt to strike back.

[Executioner] – “AAAaargh! ”

With a single punch toward the four men, Mike annihilated their bodies to a bloody mess. Without a single once of regret or pity, Mike looked away onto his watch.

Behind him, an obscure figure appeared out of the ground like a ghost. His face was covered with a modest skeleton mask while the rest of his body was encased in a black robe.

He first appeared as a vengeful spirit searching to specifically kill someone but as he slowly approached the four dead men, he pulled a mechanical Reaper axe out of the ground.

[Mike] – “I already noticed your presence and since you did not immediately attack me, I will listen to your explanation or shall I say… who are you? ”

The grim creature stood up tall behind the young man without a single glimpse of fear. There was no facial expression or sign of emotion, just a cold and speechless moment between the dark being and Mike.

[Mike] – “So? Will there be a bloody word out of your mouth or you are just too dead to spell? ”

[Reaper] (in a cold whisper) – “Reaper or call me the death wonderer. ”

[Mike] – “You’re affiliated with Talon, aren’t you? The great Reaper, ex-commander of Blackwatch. ”

The man surrounded in darkness approached Mike and handed to the young man a small white coloured cross.

[Reaper] – “No, who I was doesn’t concern you… I know you are trying to find KD-555, so here, in exchange for information, you will use this cross to alert me every time you kill someone. My job is to collect the soul of the fallen, your help will greatly be appreciated. ”

[Mike] (surprised) – “How do you… ”

When the young man turned back, the bodies of the dead executioners disappeared along with the shadowy figure that was Reaper. Mike then stared at the small white cross on his palm on which a small balance that signified justice stood in the center.

*In France, Paris

The ambient atmosphre and the romantic streets braced the hearts of the people passing through the city’s many places even though the war is still ongoing. On an alley of restaurants, one of them stood out more than the others. One restaurant named [Louange de Louis XIV] stood tall and authentically fancy amongst the others even more astonishing than restaurant [Degroot] which was considered as one of the best in Paris.

Krafton walked past other clients, which were all dressed in the fanciest and nicest clothes and dress only worn by the rich. As he marched with Kady, who held him by the arm, the young man raised his head to mock upon the men and women who were disgusted to see a pair of demi-human in a human-only restaurant.

Krafton didn’t care about what others thought about him, he only cared about how to stand upon those who looked down on him. For him, money is power, power is everything and love is just a feeling that requires satisfaction at any cost.

After being lead to his seat by a waiter, Krafton pulled one of the chairs for Kady to sit. Once comfortably seated on his chair, the young man stared with a romantic look at Kady, who smiled back with a red face.

[Krafton] – “Has anyone ever told you how beautiful you are? ”

[Kady] (embarrassed) – “Hehe… I guess not… You may be the first one. ”

[Krafton] (surprised) – “Oh my… So let me tell you something: you are the most beautiful girl on this planet. ”

[Kady, while blushing] – “Oh… thank you… ”

[Krafton, after taking a menu] – “Shall we order something to satisfie our hunger? ”

Kady nodded and reached out to take a menu toward her.

After some time, Kady finished ordering her food but when the waiter asked what would her drink be, her answer was a shock to Krafton.

[Kady] – “I’ll have a cappuccino. ”

[Krafton] (surprised) – “What? No, waiter, bring us your best wine! ”

[Waiter] – “Right away, sir. ”

[Krafton] – “Kady, what was that? You don’t order that kind of low drink in this kind of restaurant. ”

[Kady] – “But I love cappuccino, I love that drink’s taste. ”

[Krafton] – “No, eww, no! Anything related to coffee is disgusting, they are related to the miserable and poor, you should learn to appreciate drinks of higher quality like wines and c.o.c.ktails. ”

[Kady] – “But I don’t like alcoholic drinks. ”

[Krafton] – “Try some with me, you’ll like them. ”

After souper, the two chatted and laughed as if they were years old friends. While Kady laughed at one of Krafton’s jokes, the young man reached his hand out toward the girl.

With a soft and careful movement of his fingers, he touched Kady’s cheek and chin.

[Krafton] – “I never had such a great time with someone I like for so long and this is my first time. I enjoyed our time together tonight and you? ”

[Kady, with a grin] – “Me too, I did. ”

[Krafton] – “I just wanna say this: the first time I saw you, I was stunned by your beauty, now, I’m living a dream, a dream about me spending my time with the angel I loved. ”

[Kady] (in embarrassment) – “Oh you… don’t say stuff like that… ”

Gradually, Krafton approached his face toward Kady’s and gently, the girl closed her eyes. As their lips approached each other, Krafton whispered.

[Krafton] (in a whisper) – “So this is happiness. A dream that I had for so long, a dream… ”

*In a bar in Venise

[Mike] (in a drunk voice) – “…A dream that went to SHIT! ”

The young man’s head then slammed against the counter in front of the bartender.

[Gianluca] – “Gioacchino, I think you had too much birra. ”

[Mike] (drunkenly) – “You see that merda on the TV? Tell me, who’s that? ”

The barman turned around, checked the television and turned back toward Mike.

[Gianluca] – “It’s you, Gioacchino. ”

[Mike] (in a drunk voice) – “That il cazzo, Sniper, put my head at 5 billion dollars. I should just f.u.c.k.i.n.g drink to death. ”

[Gianluca] – “Come on, uomo, stop this, things will get better, you just gotta hope. ”

[Mike] – “Hope is just a word… that lies. ”

The bartender stood silently for a few seconds before he slowly shook the young man by the shoulder.

[Gianluca] – “… Um… we are closing, Gioacchino… wanna come to my place? ”

Mike suddenly stood up and proceeded to advance toward the exit.

[Mike] – “I’m a public danger, I should just stay as far as possible from all the people I know… and… Gianluca, you won’t betray me, right? ”

[Gianluca] – “I will never do such a thing! If I did that, I would be more heartless than Satan. You are my bro, I will always be there for you. ”

[Mike] – “That’s all then… See you if I live and I wish that fate has better in store for you than me. ”

Through the cold night, the young man walked without knowing where he was going. For hours, he wandered around the city without any knowledge of his direction. Finally, after feeling a bit sobber, the young man stood by a huge villa’s entrance and consulted his watch for a nearby hotel.

[Mike] – “Holy piss, the nearest hotel is 15 km away? ”

Without any motive, the young man took a small glare at the entrance but suddenly, he fell to the ground in shock.

On the door is written [555] but it wasn’t the number that mattered, it was the villa, it’s where he was supposed to live with Kadyn if they left Overwatch that day. Shivers ran down the young man’s spine as he watched the villa and the mansion in horror.

Gradually, a small rain started dropping and eventually, it became a storm. Faced with no choice, Mike rushed toward the mansion’s entrance. Once in front of the main door, the young man pulled out his keys and unlocked the door. Before making his entrance, Mike took a few deep breaths.

With a swift movement, the young man pushed the door open.

[Mike] – “Kadyn, my love, I’m home! *Kiss the void* How are the children doing? How are… ”

In a sudden bust of rage, Mike kicked a flower pot beside him, grabbed his coat and smashed it against the floor.

[Mike] (enraged) – “Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck! F.u.c.k! F.U.C.K! f.u.c.k! F.U.C.K! f.u.c.k! F.U.C.K! f.u.c.k! F.U.C.K! ”

Using his ability, Mike proceeded to smash a set of furniture on the floor along with the giant crystal light in the middle of the lounge.

[Mike] (enraged) – “F.u.c.k! F.u.c.k! F.U.C.K, F.U.C.K, F.U.C.K, F.U.C.K! ”

The young man then kneeled to the ground in tears and started crying alongside a burst of maniac laughter. On top of that, he started to chock himself with his bare hands while collapsing to the floor.

In his rage, he pulled out the remains of Kadyn’s photo inside his coat and crushed the picture inside his palm. Suddenly, after realizing what he’s doing, Mike quickly dropped the damaged photo on the ground in shock. Then abruptly, the young man collapsed on the floor and fell unconscious.

Just like that, Mike laid in the middle of a mess made of a home where joy and happiness were supposed to prosper.

Before this day, because of the war and how he was wanted by the world, Overwatch decided to cut all support given to him. Dane, McCree and Genji were the only ones that remained to help him.

The rain kept on falling outside like tears of sorrow toward his pain.

To be continued…

*EXTRA

[La Squadra di servi divini]

-Members: Mazzatello (Leader), Lapidazione and 5 other unknown members.

-Fonction: Talon’s best and most loyal executioners that serve directly and only Sniper. The team’s members are all capable of annihilating entire countries thanks to their powerful abilities. The team is, in reality, the only team that Mike feared meeting.

[La Squadra di investigazione]

-Members: Sherlock and Watson

-Fonction: Talon’s investigation team responsible for figuring out culprits of murder and traitors inside the hierarchies of the association. Most of the time, the two detectives only work for crimes committed between executioners and murders that occurred among the high rankers.

[La Squadra di arresto]

-Members: Locuzione, Jerry, Harry and ???

-Fonction: Talon’s most skill police force amongst the executioner ranks. The team’s responsible for catching found suspects by [La Squadra di investigazione]. Also, the team often secretly patrol Talon territories in search of traitorous executioners or corrupt high rankers.