61 To beat a man so thoroughly... (1/2)

Before he could choke to death I brought his face close to mine and spoke softly ”Don't point your gun at my face next time. I don't like it.” Then I released my grip and watched him fall weakly to the ground and go into a coughing fit while he tried to breath in as much air as his lungs could support all the while he shivered from fear at what just happened.

'That should teach him.' I thought and pushed the gate but realized that it was locked.

Irritated by the gate, I kicked at it and instead of the lock, the whole gate fell apart instead.

You know you have done a shitty job in creating a gate when a single lock is able to take more strain than the whole fucking gate.

I cursed in my mind at the commotion it would make. I can already hear them gossiping.

Brother of the leader. Violent for no reason. Breaks property of the camp. Emotionally unstable.

I can already see the hateful glares that are going to be sent my way for this whole incident. Damn it.

And I just wanted to go out for a bit.

I looked back at the guard and was horrified when I found him pointing the rifle at me and saw him smirk hatefully at me for a fraction of a second before he start firing at me.

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Now that I think about it in retrospect. It all made sense.

He was a person who joined the camp only three days ago. So he did not know who I was.

When he saw me, he just saw a new guy in the camp who did not knew the rules and wanted to lord over others for some reason.

He did not know I was the Leader's brother and had special privileges.

Did not know that if I talked with Rahul, he would give me a pass to go in and out of the camp at any time I wanted to do so.

So he pointed a gun at me. Which was a reasonable thing to do in this apocalypse (even though I don't like it). When you see a new guy and don't know how powerful he is or if you'll be able to deal with him or not, you point a gun at him. Or a rifle.

That always works as an intimidation tactic.

Doesn't it?

He must have felt pretty confident when the pointed that gun at me.

Until I chocked the shit out of him.

In retrospect. It also made sense that when someone tries to choke a guard just because he's doing his job, then the guard will either get really terrified or really angry.

This guy was both terrified and angry.

And I had made the mistake of throwing the rifle not far away from him (remember to never make the same mistake again.)

My precognition ability to sense danger and the inhumane reflexes I had gained from fighting numerous enemies over the past few weeks were the only reason the bullets passed a few inches from my skull and not through it.

In retrospect, it also makes sense that when someone tries to kill you (even though it's a perfectly reasonable thing to do so), you get angry.

I was not not angry.