Chapter 3 - Death of Vitali and Vengeance

Creed was now inside the main mansion of Vitali. He noticed that there were now few guards inside the mansion. This could be due to the skirmish between him and Van and Vexen.

"Vitali must've asked them to clear out. That means he's going to escape soon. I have to do this fast." Creed thought to himself.

He ran across the long hallway of the mansion which led him to a stairway. It was the only way to get deeper inside the mansion of the criminal mastermind. He did not hesitate to go up the stairs. Once he was up the stairways, he noticed a huge door in front of him, he pushed the door and went on to the other side. Creed was now in a huge room. It looked like a ball room due to the design of the room which had a wide center and the structure of the room was that of similar to the ballroom in the olden times.

Creed explored the room thoroughly. He stayed in the room for a minute until he heard voices talking. It was coming from the door on the other end of the ballroom. He approached the door slowly but before he could get to it the door opened and he saw two henchmen with his supposed target, Vitali.

"It's him!!" The Henchmen shouted

The henchmen now tried to dispatch Creed with force but obviously they failed. Creed evaded their attempts to subdue him with his superior agility and killed them both without even using bullets from his gun. He dispatched them only with his bare hands. Vitali now after seeing this, just stood in front of Creed, frozen as if he had seen a ghost.

"Wh-What do you want from me???" Vitali asked as he fell on the ground.

Creed did not say anything. He walked slowly closer to Vitali as the latter tried to back away from Creed.

"I will give you anything!! Money?! Women?! Fame?! Just don't kill me please!!!" Vitali begged Creed

"Not Interested." Creed said as he now backed Vitali into a corner. He aimed his 45 caliber pistol right on Vitali's forhead. 

"PLEASE DON'T!!!" Vitali shouted.

"King said you broke the agreement with the republic. You held power but chose to cause an uproar by building your fortress here. I'm doing this not for myself but for the republic and the order." Creed said as he pulled the trigger. Vitali now fell to the ground dead.

Moments after killing Vitali, Creed now made his way back to the courtyard where he fought Van and Vexen because the main gate was there which the easy exit to Vitali's mansion. He was now in the courtyard and he was now making his way to the main gate until he heard a voice. A person he knew from long ago.

"It's been a long time, Creed." the voice said.

Creed was hesitant to face the person because he knew that the person who was talking was already non existent.

"It...can't be.." Creed said.

Creed faced the person and saw a woman with a familiar face. She was a bit shorter than Creed, had slightly long hair and appeared slightly older. She wore a battle suit that was identical to Creed's own suit. It was his mentor, the one who taught him how to fight and how to be a ruthless killer. It was none other than King's former second in command, Slade.

"You can't be here..." Creed said.

"Why not? Am I not allowed to see how my pupil has been after all this time?" Slade replied.

"I killed you.. That's why.." Creed said coldly.

Without hesitation, Slade now rushed at Creed and attempted to throw him to the ground. Creed tried to counter the attempt but Slade was just too strong for him. She threw him to the ground and took out her Bowie Knife. She pointed the knife at Creed's forehead.

"No...don't" Creed pleaded.

"Why? What about Vitali's plead? Did you hear him out?" Slade said as she tried now to stab Creed on the forehead.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Creed shouted.