"Sometimes, you need to be a monster... to defeat the real monster"
I was 14 that time, and it was my birthday.
Never seen their face for guilt.
Killing the parent of a 14-year-old kid in front of her. That's when it clicks.
Why mercy? Why guilt?
They should taste their own medicine.
Natalia Lucchese,
The sole survivor of once a top drug cartel, selling armaments and producing hitmen for services. For over 11 years, she spent her life training and rebuilding what's broken. Learn things in the underworld and, lastly, how to take revenge.
Bang!💥
Bang!💥
Bang!💥
All doll targets were hit with head shots. She heard an elegant clap from behind her.
"Mi amore, you are getting stronger and stronger!" Hyunho said, smiling at me.
After Natalia's parents died and her family fell, Hyunho shows up. He was also the rival of the Salvador family, the family that killed Natalia's parents and happened to manipulate Natalia's uncle to be a traitor. For over 11 years, Natalia spent her life training, sparring with Hyunho, and learning everything in the underworld.
"Im saying this for the last time, Natalia," Hyunho cups my cheeks.
"Revenge will not make you free. It's about acceptance," Hyunho added.
I remove Hyunho's hand away; I have thought that before. But my whole soul is screaming for revenge. I can't be at peace seeing their smiling faces knowing they have killed my parents. Never!
"I'll only be able to accept it when I put my bullets in Salvador's head and my uncle's." I take my gun again and start firing at the doll target.
Bang!💥
"Beside, you'll benefit from it, right? I'll kill them, and your family will be the top in the underworld," I said.
Bang!💥
"I know, but I am more concerned for you. We have been together for over 11 years..." Hyunho can't help it; he likes Natalia and wants to protect her.
"The fight will be more dangerous," Hyunho added.
"And I am way stronger now," I argue.
"I can't lose you, Natalia." Hyunho's face was sad and worried.
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The day of revenge.
It was Salvador's daughter's birthday.
"Salvador! Hyunho Kim is here," Calvin, Natalia's uncle, said to Salvador.
Salvador's face goes pale hearing the name.
"Cancel the party, take my daughter, and use our private plane." Salvador takes his gun and reloads it.
"Go take my daughter to Hanabi Island with my wife."
Calvin nods, but when he opens the door... He saw me standing outside with a smile.
I was so ready to wear my favorite slim red dress paired with red stilettos and, of course, my red customized gun-purse.
I walk inside, making Calvin step back. Calvin and Salvador waste no time and point the gun at me.
"Natalia?” Salvador was shocked.
I chuckle and sit across the couch, crossing my legs. "Such a warm welcome, I like it~" I said, then took a cute little bear from my gun purse and placed it on the coffee table. The minute they saw the bear, their faces went pale even more.
"Where's my daughter?!” Salvador was clearly agitated.
"Youll'll find out soon," I said with a smile.
"What do you want?! Money? Power? An ally?" Salvador asks.
"If you kill my uncle, I might tell you where your daughter is." I light my cigarette; still, my legs are crossed elegantly, looking at the two men that I have hated my whole life.
Funny, as my uncle Calvin begged and reasoned with Salvador. But no matter what, I know for sure blood family is the most important. Salvador didn't hesitate and pulled the trigger, shooting my uncle's headshot.
I laugh and stand up.
"Come with me; I'll show you where your daughter is." I left the room and started walking the hallway like it was my own house.
Salvador felt more horrified the minute he left the room; all he could see was blood from the wall.
"But I didn't hear gunshots? What have you done, Natalia?" Salvador pulls my hair.
I didn't hesitate and used my customized gun-purse and shot his feet. He screams with pain and puts his gun directly on my head.
"Go, pull the trigger," I laugh as I move forward; my head touches the gun's mouth. "The only one who knows where your daughter is me; pull the trigger," I said and smirked as he couldn't do anything.
"What have you done!” he screams.
"Don't you remember? My family produced hitmen before... I just continue the legacy." I start walking again.
"My hitman is good with knives too," I said as I glanced at Salvador, who starts walking painfully.
I stop at Salvador's daughter's room. His heart drops as he sees the room was a little open. Salvador rushes and opens the door only for him to see her lifeless daughter bleeding from a severe neck laceration.
Salvador's knees wobble, and he falls to the ground.
Yes, be miserable. Be hurt, be broken. Just like you did to me with Uncle.
"I never said I'd let you see her alive," I said, looking at him crying and hugging his lifeless daughter.
"How does it feel? You did that too to Uncle... Saying..."
"I never said you'd have her alive."
"when you kill my mother"
"You're so smart manipulating my uncle since he loves my mother, making my uncle a traitor."
I walk towards him and sit across him to see his miserable expression.
"Back then you were laughing so hard as if everything were a joke, like everyone is a stand-up comedian."
Salvador pointed the gun to my head again.
"Oh, by the way, look at the restroom. Your wife committed self-exit after she saw your daughter die," I said.
Salvador drops his gun as he looks at the open bathroom door across. He saw his lifeless wife with a slit on her wrist.
"I didn't kill her though; I was planning to kill her... Just like what you did to my mom," I sigh and cross my arms.
"I should have killed her first before your daughter; such a waste, isn't it?"
"You are a monster!” Salvador cries in agony.
"I am now? Well, I mean, I can't deny it now." I nod in agreement.
"Sometimes, you need to be a monster... to defeat the real monster," I said and stood up.
"Where are you going? Finish what you started; kill me too!" Salvador said, crying.
"Oh, I'm not. Trust me, it's not mercy."
"What do you mean?" Salvador was confused.
"I'm doing what you did to me~; you need to suffer living just like you did to me, dummy~" and then I walk away.
With that, the Salvador family falls down, and Hyunho Kim rises to the top from the underworld.
Honestly,
I only feel happy for a second that I was able to get revenge. Because I know, at the end of the day, no matter how I kill or make Salvador miserable... My family won't be back.
I have to say, I was thankful that I met Hyunho and his family. I can say now that I have found a new family that I will treasure for my life.
