296 How long (1/2)

Zhao Wei was good at a lot of things, things that could be considered especially useful in a world such as this one. But maybe he wasn't as good with directions.

Thinking back he had spent his time only circling the area of his home back when he and Panda were living up on that hill. And after that his direction had only always been a straight line.

Panda wasn't any better, she said she knew the general direction they were going but they somehow reached a place that looked like it was going through a war compared to the cheerful facade of the place they'd been to before.

”How long was I gone for...?”

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”Ok pretty lady.” Their leader said as he raised his gun, ”Games over, you've put up a good fight, but it's over.”

At those words the two other men began to advance towards her. Grendolyns eyes shifted around wildly, trying to figure out what she could do in such a situation, did she really need to release her limits?

This of course did not escape the eyes off the gunners who were already pretty on edge considering that most of their friends had died at the hands of these two women. Their fingers were tight on the trigger ready to pull at the slightest sign of danger.

”You don't know when to give up do ya?” The leader said, ”I guess we gotta do this another way then.” Stepping towards Tess who was still on the ground, he raised his leg and stomped on her body right where she was shot, eliciting a scream that reverberated through the bones of all those that heard.

The slightest thought of retaliating when he was off-guard instantly disappeared from Tess's mind, replaced by the stabbing pain that engulfed her whole being. She stopped herself in the middle of her scream, her teeth clenched, eyes shut. While she was trying to preserve her tough facade, the short bursts of breath and cold sweats that ran down her back betrayed the level of pain she was feeling.

Similarly for Grendolyn, this act of brutality stopped her mind right in it's tracks. It was questionable if she could figure out what to do next, even if she was given another few seconds, but like this, right now, her hands were completely tied.

”Even this one is still thinking of killing me! maybe it's better if I kill one of you first, you know, just to make sure.” He said with a smirk.

Raising his arm, he pointed his gun directly at Tess's face.

His eyes gleamed with delight.

His fingers twitching with anticipation as his pointer gently began to squeeze on the trigger.

But it stopped midway.

Not because he suddenly had a change of heart or decided on a different course of action.

But as one who'd spent a huge chunk of his life in war, he felt a chill on his nape. His previously cheerful demeanor turned sour as his eyes gradually shifted to see the source of this pressure.

It was the same girl they'd been fighting, nothing about her had changed in these few seconds. But in his eyes she had transformed an enormous existence which he couldn't even fathom.