I continued scouting the area… then my ear catches the noises and shrieks of goblins…. They are the common monster type creatures of the Abyss….
I have no time for for thought…
I got to charge into battle….
I stepped into the once beautiful park which got turned into a miserable blood bath….
The goblins screeching happily as they feast on human flesh… I frown in anger….
"J-pop battle number two…." I whisper quietly under my breath then put my phone on again….
The loud Japanese pop songs spread their tune out of my phone and into the goblin's ears…. They yelp in pain for their hearing is sensitive…. The creatures drop onto the hard paved road….
I hurriedly tighten the hold of my pipe and bash the goblins heads…. My breathing quickened a bit then evened for my stamina improved in these few hours…
I will continue training a bit… I can't have spaghetti arms in the apocalypse… right?
I chuckle to myself as I take in the scene of scattered goblin corpses…. At least I am saving some people….
In a shot… my hearing picks up the sound of a struggling kitten and child…. I quickly make my way to the source…. Then my sky blue eyes widen as I witness a eight foot tall centipede biting a four year-old kid's back….
"Kid… get away—" I shout loudly then I notice that the child is protecting something….
I squint in order to analyse what the kid is shielding…. And there I see it within his arms is a white kitten….
I prepare my pipe and clear my throat…. Then I scream as loud as possible in order to generate a strong flame….
But Joon-ho appears laughing madly…. He throws a huge ball of aura after one swing of his sword destroying the centipede along with the little boy and his kitten….
My eyes burn with fury… how could he have killed an innocent child and animal….?
"Joon-ho…?" I tilt my head slightly my breathing difficult….
"Look over here miss goody two shoes…" Joon-ho places his hands on my shoulders "the boy was poisoned…" his grip loosens "and the pest was weak…" he adds "they have no use in this world… what were you gonna do?" He grins wickedly while copying my head tilt mockingly…
"We could have saved them…" I cry angrily…
"I thought you were less pathetic…. Jina…" Joon-ho takes away his hands from my shoulders then dusts them over his clothes as if I were something filthy…
"I hate you…" a whisper of full loathing comes out of my shaky body….
Joon-ho Just laughs at my reaction…. As if i were a character of some comedy movies….
"Joon-ho we are parting ways…" I declare… my voice like thunder…
I turn away looking back at the ash that was once a little boy and kitten…. tears of regret rolling out of my eyes….
If only I was faster? If only I didn't hesitate?
Suddenly Joon-ho grabs me by the back of my office shirt I flinch…
"What—" I groan in pure frustration but he cuts off my words…
"You are not going anywhere… unless I say so…" a smirk of arrogance is drawn on Joon-ho's face "also I was looking for you…" he smiles dangerously…
"Woah I am honored…" a bitter laugh echos from me into the empty street…
"I have a hunch—" he ignores me but I stop his words…
"All because of a hunch… you killed innocent souls…" I shake my head in utter disbelief…
"They are useless…" Joon-ho spits out the venomous letters into the air making my breath hitch…
Did I really write this character?
He is utterly twisted….
Yet I knew deep down he was a reflection…
A mirror of who I wanted to be back in my teenage days…
Someone powerful… whom emotions play no role in decision making….
A person of pure rationality and logic….
Even if that cost me my sanity and empathy….
Life is hard….
The only way to reflect its punches is by punching harder…
But I could never discard my humanity….
For in weakness lays comfort…
Joon-ho is a mirror of pure corruption…
That hunts me till this day….
"You should never underestimate humans…" the words come out of me in a tone of full resolve…
"You talk as if I am not human…" Joon-ho tilts his head in confusion…
"You aren't human…" I yell with a voice of full confidence..
Joon-ho lets go of me and blinks slowly…. Then turns his back and goes back to the camp where uncle Ben is….