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hand. It was actually a flacon, I had stolen from ISO’s laboratory. It was the nostrum which would make everything a lot easier.
Ingredients: Dimethyl Sulfat, 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile, Hydrofluoric acid and Phenylthiocarbamide
Warning: Highly Virulent, causing spasms and behavioral disturbance
That was another way to put its real effect, I guessed. My fingers were about to open the little bottle, but something in me told me to leave it closed.
My thoughts were falling over each other, making a mess in my head. As soon as I would take all of the flacon’s content, I would die. My body wouldn’t stand such an amount of toxic. Although, the disadvantage was I would turn into the demon form one last time before dying. I thought of Jared, Sebastian and all my friends at ISO. Sure, they would miss me, but wasn’t a life without me as a constant danger better? This small step could save them all and spare them other terrible scenarios.
I let my finger wander over the bottle over and over again. Somewhere in the corner of mind I could sense the demon protesting and yet agreeing. It knew what would happen if I took the whole dose. That would be lethal for both of us. And at same time, the demon smelled the faintest hint of the chemical, which could release it from my suppressing.
I had never wanted to kill Jared. I had never wanted to hurt my co-workers and friends. And right now, I didn’t want to cause them any more pain and death. If that meant I had to take this substance, I would do it.
I opened the flacon and its slightly stinging scent filled my lungs. Immediately I stopped breathing, since I didn’t want Debbie to take over before I had drunk all of the bottle’s content. I closed my eyes and prepared myself for the things to come. Opening my eyes again, I set my gaze at the bottle. In a quick movement I poured down the whole content.
The liquid tasted bitter and burned in my throat. Air didn’t reach my lungs anymore, I panted. Without oxygen, my head became dizzy. I noticed I was falling down the tree and hit onto the ground. Hard.
The bottle lay somewhere next to me in the grass. Emptied.
Debbie began to tear at my body control and it wasn’t easy to suppress her while feeling choked. Just when I wanted to give in to the welcoming numbness she was offering, I heard someone shouting my name.
‘Alexandra!’


Chapter 18


With pain and misery, I focused my eyes on the person. It was Sebastian. What a fool.
But then I realized shockingly that he wasn’t alone. No, almost all of them were there. Lucy, Emily, Colin, Matthew, Tim, John…everyone of my direct comrades – I blinked. No, that couldn’t be happening! I hadn’t planned it like this! How had they even known where I was?
Emily approached me at first. ‘Oh my goodness, Alex’, she sighed, ‘I’m so glad we found you!’
‘Be careful, Emmy’, Matthew suddenly exclaimed. I followed his gaze which focused on the empty flacon. Fortunately, he recognized the situation immediately.
‘Get away’, I yelled frustrated, ‘Hurry! It won’t take long before I –‘ My voice was cut off and replaced with the demon’s darker one. ‘Oh my, it will be such joy to kill all of you.’ Debbie smiled and I realized that I lost control. It had happened so much faster than the times before because of the chemicals’ effect. My skin felt like being stretched. Hard tissue had superseded its soft nature and ripped my clothes off my body. My eyes had grown dark and were now focused on my comrades. Dark power flooded my veins. The intent to kill was more intense than ever before.
Without any further warning, I grabbed Emily’s throat and began choking her. She tried fighting me, but it was no use. ‘Emily’, her boyfriend Tim shouted worried, ‘hang on, we’re gonna save you!’ He and the others pulled out their guns.
Debbie laughed. It sounded hollow. ‘Those won’t help you’, she shrieked with joy. My hands closed around Emily’s delicate throat. She looked up at me with tears in her eyes. I wanted to dodge her sad gaze, but Debbie had control over me. It was painful to watch her dying. And the sad thing was, nobody would be able to stop me or rather Debbie now. I heard the others firing at me, though it didn’t have any effect on my body or on the demon. The drug gave me immunity for the short time being. And Debbie took full advantage of that fact.
Emily’s lifeless body hit the ground. Tim screamed in agony and hurried to her. I had done it again. I had wanted to quit it all and yet, I had killed another person, a good friend. How pathetic made that my existence?
Stop howling, Alex. We have a job to finish.
The demon laughed and I could feel my body shaking at it. It used my body to walk towards Tim whose eyes blazed with revenge. He stood up with a killing calmness and pressed his firearm against my chest.
Oh, I see, the kid wants to be next.
No, no, I pleaded with the demon. It…Debbie wouldn’t do it, would she? I couldn’t bear to see another one die. As I made my attempt to push her out of her domination, she shoved me back roughly.
Forget it, bitch. It’s my turn now!
Within the next second, Tim lay on the ground beside his love. Blood leaked out of his mouth and ears. Debbie had broken his neck in a light speed action. I sat inside myself, closed my eyes and pushed my hands against my ears. I didn’t want to see it anymore. I didn’t want to hear them die, to look in heir eyes as thy lost their light of life. I wanted to die.
Debbie knew about her limited time se had left to accomplish her self-given mission. And even though, I didn’t see what was happening and barely heard anything, I could feel my body moving to murder my friends. I could feel the hot blood shooting out of them and their failed attempts to stop me. One after the other, I could sense the bounce of the ground they fell onto. And at the same time Debbie practically glowed with satisfaction and joy. It disgusted me. She had spared me the sight of the massacre, but when there was only one person left, she compelled me to open my eyes.
Sebastian stood in front of me. His clothes were blood-strained and his eyes wide open and empty. He didn’t move at all, not even a bit shaking. He simply stared at me in shock. His piercing blue eyes searched for the real Alex beneath the shape of the demon. I wanted him to leave so badly. I didn’t want to see him die. To see myself murdering my friends was horrible, but to repeat the action of killing my love was even more than that. It was more gruesome than anything else in this whole world.
No!
Debbie suddenly cried out. Her force on me was loosing, even if just a tiny bit. That was the end. The drug had begun to destroy my body. As fast as her control had come over me, just as fast it vanished right now. She was still protesting against her loss of power, but I stopped concentrating on her. I didn’t concentrate on anything at all.
My knees gave in and I slumped to the ground. All around me the corpses of my friends lay. The sight made me want to vomit. My consciousness became weaker and weaker.
Sebastian kneeled beside me. His hand caressed my head softly while I transformed to my human state again. By now, it was dark and cold outside. My now naked body trembled because of cold, exhaustion and the drug’s effect. It wouldn’t take long now before I would die. With the last bit of energy I found Bastian’s eyes. Their deep blue stilled the slight fear I was feeling. His look of shock was gone, now he stared at me with concern and sorrow.
‘Alex’, he whispered and took my hand. He gulped, not knowing what to say.
‘Go’, I croaked, ‘go and save yourself.’ My power was leaving me and my voice was not more than the whispers of the wind.
‘I can’t’, he said, ‘I can’t let you left behind here dying.’
I wanted to laugh. I had slaughtered all my friends in front of him, killed them in the cruellest ways and here he was, telling me that he couldn’t leave me with what I deserved. It was grotesque.
‘Don’t bother’, I choked out blood, ‘it’s too late.’
My eyes lids were too heavy and I shut my eyes. There were so many thing left unsaid. I wanted to apologize, to explain and to tell him about my real feelings. It all faded away now. The last thing I noticed was the faint crying of Sebastian and the warm tears dropping on my face.
Then there was silence.


Chapter 19


Bright light rays reached my eyes. I could even see the luminosity without opening my them. It was so intense that I was dazzled. Yet, it wasn’t quite uncomfortable. It brought warmness to me and I blinked experimentally. There it was - the white bright light I had sensed. Where did it come from? Was I in hospital again? No, that couldn’t be. I had died, hadn’t I? So did I have to assume that I was in some kind of afterlife?
Yes, that it must be. The pain was gone. My body felt at peace. All worries were brushed from my mind. The memory of my comrades’ deaths paled. I just wanted to reach the light. It held so much comfort and brought safety along. When I stretched out my right arm, I noticed that the blood strains had vanished and also the small scar I had on my underarm since I was 13 years. It had been in the beginning of my training, when I had fallen from the trampoline and had cut myself with an iron rod. I remembered how David had panicked and taken me to Eileen right away. Jack had tried to comfort me then and had said that the pain would disappear over the time. But the wound itself had never disappeared completely. Just like those many injuries, I had received over the years. Jack had been right, the hurt always went away, though the evidence stayed behind. All my emotional issues had always stayed in mind, even though my friends could take away some of my fears. It had been never enough to feel relaxed. But now I was.
Soon, I would be drawn into the white light that took all my problems away. I had achieved what I wanted, but the prize had been too high. I had lost my life in order to save others. Though, my plan hadn’t worked correctly. Too many lives had been lost tonight. Anyways, I didn’t think about that right now. All that mattered was the happiness so close to me and the hope to see Jared in my death. The light surrounded me and I was ready to give in.
‘Alexandra’, a soft voice said from above me. I tilted my head up and saw Jared standing over me.
My eyes went wide and filled with tears quickly. I couldn’t believe he was there. Anxiously, I touched his cheek with my outstretched hand. His skin was as warm as it used to be and his blue eyes looked at me as caring and loving as always. I swallowed and the