Cyberknight: One Path

⁕ The Lynching Game (part 5)

[Audrey] - "Aaaaahhh... AAAAHHH! AAAAAHH! Get away! Get away from me, I don't want to die! "

Cried Audrey as she fell onto the ground.

[Harry] - "This wasn't a fair fight. However, you tried to kill me and my brother. You are no longer a threat in my eyes, so I'm offering you a choice; Take your weapon and shoot me or turn around and run. "

Without hesitation, Audrey drew her pistol and aimed it at Harry's head. Despite her determination, her fingers simply couldn't find the strength to pull the trigger.

[Harry] - "Choose wisely! If you shoot, then it means I will attack too. If you run, I promise I won't pursue or strike at you. "

Said Harry with an empathetic look in his eyes.

At that moment, despite her mind telling her to do something stupid, Audrey instead allowed her instinct to take control. The sheer terror and shock were what saved her as she got up and sprinted out of the window and fell all the way down without any protective measures. Above, Harry started at Audrey's bloodied corpse on the pavement with visible shock on his face. With a respectful demeanour, Harry walked toward Amelie's corpse and closed her eyes.

[Harry] - "Jerry! Jerry, we got some visitors, so it's time to ditch. "

Yelled Harry as he banged on Jerry's room door beside him.

For Audrey, after making a miraculous recovery from her injuries, she was dishonourably discharged from the special forces as her commanders saw her actions as cowardly. She lived a life of relative obscurity, haunted by her experience for a few years before being forcefully conscripted into the Allied Forces by the French Government in exile. After all, she didn't see the Imperial-occupied France as her true home but neither did she see the Allied Forces as her home either.

*Back to the present

As Harry released the nerve gas toward Audrey, she simply stared at the jammed rifle without a motion.

[Audrey] - "I was afraid of what people thought of me if they knew my real name. Back in France, they labelled me as a traitor and coward all because I didn't throw my life away in some pointless struggle. Cut-Throat... that's something I wanted to do to myself a long time ago... Even I don't understand why I still keep going... Until now. "

Whispered Audrey as the nerve gas approached her.

Audrey slowly extended her arms and raised her stare at Harry through the lime-coloured gas.

[Audrey] - "I was wondering why I froze when I heard your ability's name initially. It's truly a small world, isn't it? Yesterday, I was lost and helpless but today, I was suddenly given a clear purpose. "

The crystals on Audrey's arms abruptly glowed with a furious blue shine.

[Audrey] - "I'm here to fight a fair fight. Your ability haunted me and ruined my life. However, today I'm no longer a stranger to this nightmare. You, me, we are standing on equal footing today. I won't run this time, I will fight this battle I ran away from all these years! Trial Access: Blue Shine Over The Guillotine Blade! "

Yelled Audrey as her voice echoed through the basement.

In an instant, all the gas became stationary in the air before a force took hold of Harry's body.

[Harry] - "UGH! What the hell is this?! "

Said Harry as he struggled to move his body.

[Audrey] - "My ability might lack offensive power, but I certainly can reach you with it! "

[Harry] - "So what? If you want to do a staring contest, I've already won. Say, how much oxygen will you have now that you are surrounded by gas? "

Said Harry in a mocking tone.