MEGALOMANIAC. five hargreeves [2]

thirty one. zwy eight

EDITED DECEMBER 15, 2021

The agent watched Eight from the window, who's eyes were now way whiter than before. Their information on ZWY Eight was that she had brown eyes, but the irises had seemed to disappear from her eyes. They also expected Eight to hold out a fight cause she has killed most of their employees, but surprisingly, she wasn't.

"God, she's creeping me off." he whispered to his assistant, who was also staring at the girl. Eight's body turned towards them and flashed them a bright smile, which made the two of them stop looking at her as they we're really creeped out.

After a few minutes of contemplating, the man decided to go in and talk to her. They we're just wasting time, and he needed to man up.

As he turned all the blinds down, he walked infront of Eight; or who he thought was Eight. "I'm Special Agent Willy Gibbs of the Federal Bureau of Investigation." he introduced himself, and Eight had said nothing.

Although no words were coming out of her mouth, the real Eight was so desperately trying to control her body. She could kill everyone in this room in an instant if stupid Akahnitamud had just let her.

The man turn on a tape and started recording. "You have killed a lot of our men, Miss Karina. Your name is Karina, Chernyshevsky, correct?"

She nodded.

"Do you have any ID that could attest to that?"

Akahnitamud made Eight shake her head.

"Birth certification? Student ID? Are you from around here?"

"No." Akahnitamud made Eight shake her head.

"Karina. Is that a Russian name?"

Akahnitamud simply nodded, as she knew that the name had been derived from Russian origins. Karina meant "dear" and "beloved" which made Akahnitamud want to laugh since Eight was nothing from what she was named of.

"How did you manage to kill our best agents? Send a car flying? Choke that poor girl? Levitate?" Eight was bombarded with questions, which Akahnitamud didn't reply to.

"Are you not really gonna talk?"

Akahnitamud made Eight shake her head once again.

"If there's something the FBI takes seriously, it is a Communist threat to this country. If you wont speak, I'll do whatever it takes to get answers from you. You're not going anywhere until I find out who you really are."

For a split second, Eight had regained control of her body, not knowing that Akahnitamud had done it on purpose. She trusted her hand out, throwing the man into a wall until the nurse behind her had started to suffocate her. Eight tried to fight it off but Akahnitamud took control over her body once again, and she was left unconscious.

—

"Are you kidding me? You said I could hire my own team." Lila defended. Daniel and Diego each sat on one chair, not knowing why they ended up in this situation. Daniel went over to help bury Elliot, and Lila suddenly came and drugged the two of them. Now, here they were, in the commission, confused as hell.

"Yes, but I didn't mean him, for God's sake. And who's the other guy? He doesn't seem like he can fight. If you don't see the problem with hiring you-know-who's brother, then you're not ready for that badge."

"I'm sorry, but we really need to get going." Diego started, aware that the Five must have been very pissed by now.

"Shut up!" the two of them exclaimed, which made Diego sigh and lean on his seat.

"I can't do this job if you don't trust my instincts."

"Sweetheart, your vagina needs glasses. He is not worth it." The Handler mentioned to Diego, who just rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Mum! Oh, my God. This may shock you, but not everyone here likes you."

"Sounds ridiculous, but go on."

"You need fresh blood loyal to us and not the old regime. I've seen Diego in the field. He is so much better trained than most of the assholes here. And this guy has powers too, he can turn into anyone or anything. Why waste that when we can use it?" Lila paused. "They'll be my personal responsibility."

"I do nothing and get involved in stupid shit," Daniel mumbled for only himself to hear. All he was supposed to do was get someone, and now here he was.

"You know, your brother Five and I... we have quite... a colorful history." The Handler stared at Diego. She had no problem with the other boy; but she was really skeptical of wether Diego could be trusted or not.

"My brother has beef with everybody, me included."

"Let me ask you something. When you're looking down the barrel of a gun, where do your loyalties lie, with your family or your principles?"

"With me." Diego lied, a plan already calculating in his head. "I don't belong to anybody. Especially Lila."

"That I can work with." The Handler grinned, satisfied. "Run him through orientation, fill out his start paperwork. But... if he ruffles even one feather, you will kill him yourself. The other kid too. Understood?"

"Thanks, Mum." Lila smiled.

—

"Karina, wake up. I have a few questions for you. It's all gonna be over soon." the agent spoke. As if on cue, Akahnitamud made her eyes open wide. Eight's body was tied up, and even though her consciousness was wide awake, the girl still couldn't move her own body.

Eight had suddenly remembered what Reginald had took her.

"You see, I believe that spirits are extremely dangerous. These masters of mind control manipulate their hosts from within. You've mentioned that it has been living in you for 56 years, correct?"

"If you don't get rid of that soon, the being is gonna mind-control you and have you commit suicide by making a kamikaze dive into water."

This was her kamikaze dive. Eight knew that Akahnitamud was definitely trying to kill her, especially after she had told the being that she wouldn't sacrifice her life anymore.

"Please answer me now. Where are you from and who do you work for?"

"Your mom." Akahnitamud made Eight speak, and the man started to electrocute her. A searing pain made it's way to her body, but Eight couldn't do anything.

"Do you want to do this the easy way or the hard way?" Akahnitamud's consciousness asked Eight.

"What's the easy way?" Eight asked back, staring at the man who was asking her more questions. She didn't listen to him, instead she's trying to persuade Akahnitamud into somehow have mercy on her.

"Easy way is I could let you go right now, and all you have to do is kill yourself on your own. It doesn't have to hurt."

"The hard way?"

"I will burn everything you love. I will take away all the things you've taken from me. I will crush everything you hold dear, I will shatter all of the things you do desperately want to keep safe. And when that's over, when I've taken everything you have, when you are alone and broken, I will take your life."

"Why are you doing this?" Eight asked, having heard enough. At one point, she had thought that Akahnitamud was just a sad soul trying to get her daughter back; but she was way worse. Akahnitamud was a monster. A psychotic, crazy, monster.

"Because this is what happens when you destroy someone. They destroy you."