02: Archie Hamilton

15 Years Later:

“Rai, what’s the progress of the case?” Archie Hamilton asked his lawyer in his infamous stern tone with fiery eyes and rotating his left hand mixing his golden drink in the glass.

“Mr. Hamilton, I – I – I’m afraid that we might lose this case” The Lawyer informed Archie with fear keeping his eyes down. Hearing the lawyer’s words Archie eyes turned dark, he threw the glass across the floor in anger. He stood up from his seat, walked around the table to lawyer’s seat and in a moment grabbed the lawyer by neck and pinned him to the wall.

“What the hell did you just say?” Archie asked clenching his jaw and increasing the intensity of the hold on lawyer’s neck.

“We…can’t do…anything more…sir…” The lawyer replied in a low tone which nearly sounded as a whisper. The Lawyer tried to free himself but Archie’s hold increased instead. Despite Archie’s age he still had strength to hurt people in the way he liked. But the torture on lawyer was short-lived as Archie’s secretary walked into the room hearing the commotion. Seeing what his boss was up to Robin quickly ran to the lawyer’s aid.

“Sir, please let him go” Robin the old secretary said pulling Archie’s hand to free lawyer. Archie glared at his secretary for interrupting in between but didn’t said anything and pulled his hands back. The lawyer fell on the floor.

“Mr. Hamilton….I…” The lawyer tried to catching his breathe.

“GET OUT!” Archie roared. The young lawyer quickly picked up his things and ran out of the office.

“What are you doing here…you too GET OUT!” Archie roared again but this time at his secretary. The secretary lowered his head and went out.  After Robin left, Archie lit a cigar and stood by the big glass window of his office looking at a distance. Tired and frustrated were emotions in his dark brown eyes.

(With the lawyer gone; now Archie and his old secretary were in the building as it was past midnight)

15 minutes later; the door to his office opened again.

“Why are you here again…?” Archie said not looking back at the person

“I have lost everything. The company I raised to be one is bankrupt, my house is gone, my clients are lost…you should also leave Robin….” Archie said in a frustrated tone but didn’t get any reply.

“Why is this all happening? I wonder.” Archie said in an annoyed tone.

“Maybe you must have hurt an innocent soul.” A deep voice replied.

“What?” Archie said turning around to face the owner of the voice. But to his surprise he found a stranger by the door not his secretary.

“Who are you?” Archie asked in authoritative tone. But the stranger replied instead started walking towards Archie slowly.

The stranger was wearing a long black hood and covered his face half with a mask, only his eyes dark eyes were visible. His walk was that of a predator, slow and deadly. Making his way to Archie he pulled out a big silvery knife from his hood’s pocket. Seeing the silver Archie panicked.

“Robin!” Archie called for his secretary in a scared tone. But there was no one to safe him, realizing that Archie picked up files from his desk and threw them at the killer. But the killer dogged every file and was soon near to Archie. Seeing the killer nearly close to him Archie ran for the door as a last attempt to safe himself.

The killer held the running Archie by his forearm and pushed him back. Archie stumbled over his feet and fell on the floor with a BAM! With his back on the floor Archie crawled backwards away from the killer.

The killer hovered over Archie. He sat on Archie’s stomach to hold him strongly. But Archie used his hands and mostly fists to fight back. The killer then grabbed Archie’s hands and tucked them under his knee so that he won’t struggle more.

“Why are you doing this? Please let me go…Please” Archie begged for mercy.

“SSSHHH…” The killer said putting his gloved finger on his mask’s lips. Archie lay still with unsteady breathe and violent heartbeat.

The killer grabbed the silver knife in his hands and raised it. Archie’s eyes grew bigger seeing the knife now above in the air. In the moment of fling the knife was stabbed in Archie’s chest where his heart was supposed to be. But the killer was not satisfied with one stab so he pulled out the knife back and stabbed again and again and again until he was satisfied.

"Its not over Archie Hamilton. Not Yet." The killer said in angered tone.

Seeing the light of life now completely gone from Archie’s eyes the killer was now more than satisfied.  He got off Archie’s stomach and sat beside him on his feet.

His eyes glowed showing that he is proud of his work. He stand on his feet and made his way out of the Archie’s office. On his way out he passed by Robin’s cabin where it’s door is wide open and clearly shown that why Robin couldn’t came for Archie’s aid as he was himself dead by the time Archie called him for help.

The killer confidently and proudly left the building and disappeared into darkness of the night.