Chapter Fifteen: Had I Known How To Save A Life


I heard the crackling of gunfire as I looked over the hill. I saw huge amounts of soldiers riding horseback towards the camp.

Suddenly I saw someone jump off of the cabin I lived in and shoot two people people across the camp.

That person landed on the ground and turned to face me.

"Harmon, my friend!" Felipe said.

"Looks like all hell is about to break loose!" I said.

Another person jumped off of the same cabin that Felipe jumped off of and they landed on their face.

That person got up.

"How...the...hell...do...you do that... Felipe?" Spencer said while he tried to catch his breath.

Spencer got up and cocked his Beretta that was in his jacket.

"Ready to leave, Harmon?" Spencer asked.

"Wait... LIBITINA!" I yelled.

"What's wrong, my friend? Where's the little one?" Felipe asked.

"I...I need to go find her! I'll be back! Cover me!" I said.

Spencer and Felipe looked at each other and then proceeded to fight off all resistance during the camp invasion.

I ran towards the hospital and down the hallway. Everyone was rushing out of their rooms and out of the way.

I fought my way through Wing A. I made it to Libitina's room and kicked open the door.

The only thing I saw was the portrait of Markov. I grabbed the book and tucked it into my jacket. 

"Libitina?!" I called out.

No response.

"She has to be in the third eye test chambers..." I said.

I made my way through wing B and over to wing C. I saw personnel in the hallways and I shot them down with precision.

Adrenaline ran through my viens...where is the woman I love?

"Harmon!" A voice yelled from a hospital room.

I ran down the hallway and there was but one hospital room locked. I turned the knob but it wouldn't budge.

"Harmon!"

That's Libitina...that's Libitina!

I unloaded my gun on the doorknob and threw the pistol away.

I rammed the door with my shoulder. No luck.

I rammed it again. No luck.

Damn it!

I rammed it one more time. Time went slow as the store slammed open and I saw the horrific sight before me.

The doctor was holding a syringe over Libitina as she struggled to get his hands away from her.

"Grah!" I yelled.

I grabbed the doctor and hit him so hard with my fist that a tooth flew out his mouth.

I grabbed the syringe from his hand and jammed it into his throat. I injected him with whatever the hell he was about to inject Libitina with and he slid down the wall.

He held his hands around his throat as foam began to come out his mouth. Libitina came over to me and hugged me as Doctor Rawls suffocated to death.

I fell to my knees as I hugged Libitina.

"Libitina, I love you so much...I can't ever imagine myself not being with you."

I was overwhelmed with emotion as tears fell from my lonely and pained eyes. I squeezed Libitina tightly.

"I love you too, Harmon. I want to leave this place and never go back. I want to live with you forever and have a happy family. Just you and me just...please don't leave me." Libitina said.

"I wouldn't dare." I said.

I fought back my crying as I lifted Libitina to her feet. Me and her held hands as we began to walk down the hallway.

"Harmon I love you! I'm so happy I met you! You are everything I ever wanted!" Libitina cheered as we ran down the hallway to our freedom.

"We're almost there! Once we leave this place we're off to our new lives!" I said.

"Harmon...?"

I turned around and looked at Libitina. She looked terrified at something.

I turned back in front of me and saw Yalung standing before me. His eyes were glowing bright red.

"What do you think... YOU'RE DOING?!" He yelled.

In his hand was a tribal knife with many symbols on it. It was almost like a dagger.

"YOU TRAITOR!" He yelled.

I put Libitina behind me as to protect her as Yalung lundged at me with the knife.

I dodged the attack but Yalung drove his knee into my stomach. I fell on all fours and he kicked me so I would lay on my back.

Yalung cocked his hand back to stab me in the stomach, killing me just like he did to that soldier.

Right before he stabbed me, I saw someone tackle Yalung. The person tackled Yalung to the ground and took his dagger from him.

I caught a glimpse at the person and it was... Libitina. There was a glowing red eye on her forehead.

"You bitch!" Yalung yelled.

Libitina fought away the dagger from Yalung and it slid across the floor. I crawled towards it and grabbed it.

Yalung got over top of Libitina so I drove the knife down into his back.

"AH!" He yelled.

He tried to pull the knife out of his back but it was to no luck. Libitina got up and her third eye disappeared. We backed away from Yalung until we were against a dead end.

I watched Yalung fight away the pain and pick up a shard of glass of the ground.

"THIS IS FOR YANKRAUGHT!" He yelled.

Yalung charged towards me, stabbing me in the stomach with the glass. I closed my eyes and flinched, but felt no pain.

I opened my eyes to see the back of Libitina's head. She slowly turned around in disbelief and I looked at her stomach, to see the shard of glass sticking out.

She jumped in front of me...and saved me...but at what cost?

"Oh no..." Yalung said.

I picked up a shard of glass off the ground and stabbed Yalung in the throat, as he was dumbfounded about what he just done.

He fell back on the ground and began to bleed out.

"H-Harmon..." Libitina said.

She began to fall towards the ground but I caught her in my arms.

"Libitina, you're going to be okay...you're going to be okay..." I said.

I fell down to my knees and held pressure on Libitina's wound. She looked up at me with her yellow eyes.

"Harmon..."

"We're gonna get you out of here. We're... we're gonna go to fancy restaurants and get you nice clothes...and we're gonna have the time of our lives....and...and..." I began to break down in tears in disbelief.

"Harmon...it's okay..." Libitina said.

She stuck her hand up on my face and touched it.

"I...still...."

Libitina fought to get her words out as her eyes turned glassy and tears streamed down the side of her face.

"I still love you."

Libitina's bloody hand slipped off my face and her chest stopped moving.

"Libitina?" I said softly.

"Libitina?!" I said.

"Libitina...c'mon...please...please... please...don't leave me...I can't live without you...you...you made me feel  complete...please...please...I love you." I said.

Tears streamed down my face and landed on Libitina's. She slowly closed her eyes with a smile on her face.

"Why couldn't I do it...? Why couldn't I save her?"

"Why couldn't I figure out..."

"How to save a life?"

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