Chapter # 69

Sebastian Stellios. Zaviyaar Sheikh. Asad Sheikh. 'Ah, fuck," Laughing maliciously, he glanced over his shoulders towards the men pointing their guns at him. He merely licked his lips. Their dead eyes into his, determined to annihilate the era of his domination. Sebastian declared, 'Today, your people are surrounded, the monster is cornered," ‘Fuck, fuck, fuck, why now?!' He thought distressfully. Features hardening when his body was at its lowest energy and they appeared with the worst time. Indicating this attack on him was not a mindless one but thoroughly planned to reduce his strength and then use it as an advantage. 'Should have expected this from you. You have created quite a masterpiece, Nathaniel," Zaviyaar complimented him, scanning the sight of blood, coating his expensive shoes. Nathaniel sighed, glancing at the time, 'I guess we're planning this for a long time," 'Most certainly. Do you think we can fight head on with a monster like you? You kill fifty men here alone." Asad rolled his eyes, well aware that his end was the one they must devise all together. ‘Like hell I would make this my end, I have been angry with life forever and when I want to live, grow old and have kids, like hell I will!' Nathaniel was about to take a handkerchief to cover his shot arm before it spread but Sebastian pressed his gun over his head. 'Ah, ah, no tricks," 'Why? Are you scared, Sebastian?" Sebastian declared, 'You have overruled us all these years, not this time." 'We have lived under your shadow enough," Followed by Zaviyaar and then Asad. 'This is the cure of your disease," 'Shall I consider it an honorary moment that all aces came together to defeat one?" 'You know your strength," ‘WHY FUCKING NOW!?' Curling his hand in a powerless fist, bearing with the pain, knowing that standing was becoming hard. He was already combating for an hour and now their ambush. His breaths were locked around his throat, body in inexplicable pain still choosing not to bow or surrender. 'Your best De Villiers is gone, your best comrade Amanda has turned against you, Elton is dead, your best teams have been wiped out already," Asad declared. They held their heads high, having a full fledged plan against him. Yet, holding the resistance to cling onto life, he scanned to find the possible points to escape. Irked by his dead expression, Sebastian's jaw clenched, glaring at the unbreakable man, announcing. 'You have nothing left, mate. You end here," 'You think?" And then he whistled, arching an eyebrow at the men challenging his balance of power. 'Hands up, don't you dare to move," Sebastian hissed which he followed. Emerging with a strong aura, a strange temptation surrounded him as he continued whistling, disturbing them to wonder what it must be. 'You-" Before they could continue, his backup arrived. From the upper floor, jumped Mark, holding AK-47, smirking at the men who dared to point their guns at his Boss. 'We are here, Boss!" And from down, a familiar car, followed by ten men as his brother-in-law came, targeting them to not harm his wife's brother. 'Like hell we will let you!" 'Gracie, Mark, Judy, and Prince…" Zaviyaar whispered, recognizing most of the people that arrived as his combat specialist, surrounding the men. 'We are even now! I shot you and now I am saving you," 'Yeah, yeah, whatever, Princy," The second their eyes shifted from Nathaniel, with a quick movement, he twisted Sebastian's elbow. Hitting the sensitive nerve, numbing it for a second. 'What-" He stole the gun and shot Sebastian in the leg, throwing him afar before getting back. Rendering him unable to move while holding Zaviyaar's most sensitive spot, his younger brother Asad, pointing his gun at him. Throwing him to the ground too, he gripped his hair, countering them as well, wiping the blood on his lips with a scowl. 'Asad!" 'Think endlessly before planning against me," Nathaniel growled, warning them seriously. 'Leave Asad," 'One should never forget before whom they are standing, I am the Plague Doctor, the undefeated one," Declaring, Nathaniel stood dominantly, his power dominating them as he glanced at his enemies. Unconscious Zoran, Zaviyaar, Sebastian and Asad that dared to suppress him. 'I praise your attempt to assassinate me, it was brave of you to try," Kicking Asad forward, he shot his arm, bullet grazed it, not dealing too much since it was only a warning to perform better. They believed his emotional state was weakened and could take advantage of it but to no avail. 'Asad!" 'A brave but a grave mistake," 'Are you going to fucking leave now?" Nathaniel snarled. Glaring at them to stop their petty attempt and not meddle between his happy ending. 'Well, we came, we tried and tested and once again, you have proven why you deserve the top," Zaviyaar breathed out, rushing to Asad's side, helping him to stand and stop the bleeding on his arm. Sebastian also sat up, failing to suppress the wicked laugh of amusement, not react to the pain in the slightest. 'Ah, mate, you have never failed to impress me. You have proven your power is ceaseless, you are Valencia's son after all," 'The son of Valencia and Silas Alroy," 'If you are done, get the fuck out-" 'Nathaniel!" 'Sir!" 'You guys?" Panicking, Zariah arrived quickly with tears glistening in her eyes, running to embrace her beloved followed by Elton, afraid to tell him. Nathaniel's face lifted up too, looking over the railing where she was running to him. 'Zari! Elton!" ‘No, no, no, like hell this is going to end here in my misery too. I am not going back to that torture cell again,' Zoran thought outrageously, grabbing the gun, glaring when they were about to reunite. When everyone was focused on the couple, not caring about the man presumably unconscious, he held his gun. Even with a fake degree but during his period of serving cardiology, all he wanted to learn was the perfect one-time bullet. And putting his knowledge to use… he shot him exactly in the heart from behind. 'What the-" 'Fuck you!!" Zoran screamed, laughing hysterically when the bullet pierced his chest at the right spot from behind, throwing blood from his mouth. 'Shit, Zoran!" 'DIE, YOU MONSTER!!" Sebastian, Zaviyaar and Nathaniel, instinctively moved, shooting Zoran. Killing him in an instant when they all shot him, ending his undeserving breaths that caused too many troubles. His body turned lifeless with an insane smile, holding no regret for shooting the last bullet and taking him along. …That he managed to take revenge for the torture he gave to his family. Zariah's steps slowed, not believing her eyes, her body losing strength at the nightmarish sight that purloined words from her tongue. 'Na- Nathaniel…?" 'Zariah…" 'No, no, no," Shaking her head when blood flowed and he threw up more blood due to his body ceasing function gradually. 'Sir…? No, no," The outcome to the dangerous and sinful life he led sank in and there was no escape from the inescapable outcome that had chosen him as its prey. He mouthed, connecting his eyes intensely with his lover, 'I love you," And fell on his knees. 'NO!!" Gasping, she ran to him, gripping onto him firmly. Tears filled her eyes, clutching onto him with all her might as the sobbing of indescribable despair left. 'Mark! Gracie! Please do something!" 'Ye- yes," 'Fuck, there was only one good rival and that asshole shot him," Sebastian snarled. Glancing at the change in the air as everyone gathered around their boss. 'Is- is he going to be okay?" Zariah cried painfully, rubbing his hands, kissing them followed by salty tears that rolled down. Cursing her fate that collided their worlds once and stole it cruelly from her. 'So.. this is it.. Huh?" 'Shut up! No, it's not!" She yelled. Holding him with her remaining energy, mind barely in its sense as his blood coated her clothes. The sound of her wails echoing in the warehouse, chest constricted, senses blurred, vision lost. His state implanted a traumatizing memory into her core, the one she might never be able to eradicate till the end of her breaths. 'Can I at least have a… dying wish?" Nathaniel growled in pain. Tracing his hand on Zariah's face, ignoring the futile attempts Mark was making to save him he whispered weakly. 'Spare Zariah… and Cinzel's family… don't hurt them anymore," 'Tsk, there is nothing left anyways," Sebastian scoffed. 'Shit, shit, no, no, no," 'Mark, please, do something, please," Zariah begged, holding Nathaniel's face, removing hair from it, breathless, devastated, not caring about anything. 'I am trying! Nothing is working!" 'Nathaniel, you can't die! What am I supposed to tell Cinzel?!" Prince panicked, holding his other hand with tears filling his eyes as well. He forced a fragile smile, sparing a glance at Prince. He knew Cinzel's marriage with him was the most relieving thing. 'She… has you…" 'Sir, please, you said you wanted me to move on! You have to be here to witness it!" He laughed weakly, blood trailing down from the corner. He knew Elton will manage himself somehow except for a certain black-eyed girl. Unfortunately, for his beloved who had none and was weeping endlessly, resting her forehead against him when nothing was working. 'Nathaniel, please, don't leave me. Who am I without you? I live by your name, my love, you can't leave me, please," 'Zari…" 'Nathaniel," 'I… have lived a horrible… miserable.. Life… the only good in it… was falling for you… you are my first… last… and only love," The second his lips pursued the faintest resonance, holding his hands out, surrendering openly they shot him. The bullets might be released from the gun to end Nathaniel but the one who found her soul leaving her body was Zariah. 'NATHANIEL!!" Horrified, she ran mindlessly, holding Nathaniel in his arms before he could fall on the ground. Her hands embraced him like a home he urged to return for eternity. Breaking into an unendurable sobbing, she fell to her knees, her fingers twirled around his bloody body agonizingly. Everything was perishing in one moment, she was losing her cognition. One moment it took for the gloom to consume her. 'No, no, no, please don't leave me…" Begging, tears rolled down without any intention of stopping, holding onto her beloved. Breaths unstable, shaking ferociously by the blood gathering around her. 'Nathaniel, please, please, you are all I have, you can't leave me, I beg you, stay, stay, stay," 'This is it," The final enunciation was made. That was truly it. The plan they intended to carry out when he faked his execution but his power was unshakable back then and the second they found him weakened. They use this chance and- 'The era of the Plague Doctor ends todays," Sebastian announced harshly, putting his gun back, retreating with Zaviyaar and Asad. 'SHUT UP!! IT'S NOT!!" But, he held her wrist, shaking his head in denial. He couldn't waste the scant heartbeats left in violence or resentment. All she desired was her proximity that stiff her. 'Nathaniel… please, please, don't leave me," Narrowing her eyes, shaking violently when his pool of blood gathered in her dress as the realization of his fleeting moments sank in. She liberated the unstoppable scream, etching her incomplete love in the skylines. 'NOO!!" Before his eyes could close, he remembered every moment he shared with Zariah… Her smile. Her laugh. Her breakdowns. Her love. Her wrath. Her, in, every, way. All on his hazy mind was his Zariah who clutched onto him agonizingly, liberating the deafening screams of her life. Ache restricting her voice but unshackling her grief, she sobbed miserably, her soul overwhelmed with sorrow, cursing the fate that stole him away. 'NO, NATHANIEL!!" His lips curled upwards, bringing his blood hand to intertwine fingers, failing to release a merest resonance. Still mesmerized at her one glimpse, thinking sincerely- ‘I fell in love, madly, passionately, desperately, endlessly and it was the only feeling that kept me alive when I lost my family. Although the one I fell in love with was dead inside, a robot, a hollow person yet she filled me. Her existence gave me reasons to move forward, to live, for her, to save her, to love her, to marry, her, her, her, only her, existed for me to the point I became a blind worshiper. So I did everything I possibly could for the one I adored more than my pathetic life… I saved Zariah, gave her a new life, made her an ace, gave her my companionship too, I gave her love, affection and now my legacy too… I completed all her wishes… I did it, I was relieved, I had no regrets. So, in the end, if my life is lost, in love, then what is sorrow?' Carrying these thoughts and her images as his final moments, his eyes were affixed on the terribly sobbing woman, holding him desperately. Accepting the cruel outcome of such a horrendous life. His body eventually turned cold, eyes capturing her features as the last sight on his mind. Cradled in the arms of his beloved, he found redemption in death, plenish with solace to know that- By her name, he lived, and by her name, he took his last breaths.