60. Knack

Kai-

I climbed the bodies as I climb stairs and stood on the pile of men, his men who were drained of blood. I smiled amidst the gruesome scene, my hands drenched in a cocktail of blood---mine, theirs, and soon, his as well.

“I told you, I have a knack for thwarting backup plans,” I declared, wiping the tiny droplets of blood mixed with sweat from my forehead and smudging it across my face, hardly recognizing myself in the bloodbath.

“Y-you’re a m-monster.”

“At least I don’t kill kids.” I retorted swiftly, and even quicker, I saw the terror in his eyes. My body felt almost weightless, empty, devoid of any emotion.

I looked down on him, from the height I was standing at, with a curled-up lip, “you shouldn’t have touched her, you… shouldn’t have touched them.” I leaped down and he stammered.

“S-stay a-a-away f-from me.” His hands trembling, as he fumbled for a revolver that I had taken from him long ago.

“Keep on looking, maybe you’ll find a brain back there.” I said, letting the