The End Of Life

Standing before them, Suzie looked down into their eyes. Her eyes showed both her commitment and the fear which instinctively kicked in when she was near them. Her hands were still shivering. She had thoughts of backing out but held on when she remembered Mark's words only a few seconds back. 

He was right. She also felt the need to express the other emotion she felt when she met people like this. She needed to get rid of the fear, so she could continue to travel with them and not be a burden which might cause huge trouble for them. She didn't like the feeling of dragging others down. 

Mark remained calm and gave her space. He looked at both of them and knew who sent them. It was mostly his idiotic brother. Mark's anger rose as he thought about him. If anything would have happened to Suzie, Mark would have lost his temper completely. Mark held his head as the past memories he buried resurfaced. 

After Suzie was done with them, he wanted to confirm if it was truly his brother. If it was, it seemed like he needed to have a talk with him once before they left for the military base in the city. Mark had no idea where it was. Massaging his head, he looked at Suzie once again and saw her slowly lifting the mop in her hand. 

Slowly lifting the mop in her shivering hand, Suzie had various thoughts and memories running in her mind. The memories of the darkroom and the ropes she was tied to. The sick figure of a man trying to take advantage of her. The amount of struggle and begging she tried, all of them were now in her brain remembering her about the dark times. 

But she also had thoughts about Mark's words and the amount of trust he was willing to keep in her. Her friend who risked his life to rescue her. Her friend who stood by her side and gave courage to her. She did not want to let him down at the moment. 

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She blocked out all the thoughts rampaging her mind and tried to calm her nerves down. She collected the anger once again and assured herself continuously that it would be fine. She opened her eyes with a resolution in them. The shivering hands were now not shivering as much. 

Taking another deep breath she shouted, "AHHH You bastards." And brought the mop down right on the short guy's head. The steal and round part of the mop struck hard on his head as he howled in pain. 

Suzie did not stop there as she pulled the mop once again. The tall man cowered as he held his head with both his hands trying to defend himself but Suzie now blinded with the rage she hid did not stop and brought the mop down once again. The mop struck his hand and he once again shouted in pain.

Suzie continued to hammer both of them with the mop in her hand, shouting out curses. The rage did not seem to dissipate. All the pent up rage and emotions seem to burst out as both the thugs took all of it at once. Her eyes were wet as tears slowly rolled down her cheek while she continued to hammer them. 

Mark had a smile on his face as he saw his friend finally letting out everything in her heart. All the fear she experienced she is finally showing it. This was effecting as she was finally showing rationality. The previously scared Suzie was nowhere to be seen, and it was a good sign. This was the first step for her complete recovery. 

Blood was now everywhere as both the thug's hands were battered. They were crying in pain as her heavy swings almost broke their bones. The mop also broke and was now only a stick. 

"Plea-please stop. We are sorry. We will never touch or see a girl once again in our entire life. Just sto... Ah," begged the short man before he got hit by Suzie on the chest once again. 

"Shut up scum. You deserve to die." and she swung at him again, finally knocking him out. The thin man was also in the same situation. Mark noticed this and went forward. 

As Suzie was once again swinging the stick in her hand towards him, Mark caught her hand. Seeing someone stop her, Suzie turned around harshly ready to attack the person but stopped when she saw it was Mark. The stick in her hand dropped as tears rolled down her eyes. 

She didn't know the reason for the tears, but she couldn't stop them. Her emotions and the prick in her heart were now removed, and she got the sense of freedom again. Mark took her into a light hug and patted her back. 

"It's ok Suzie. You did well against your fear. You were very brave and I am very proud of you. Throwing the fear away, you can now be free and normal again. Cry all the pain you held in out, I am here for you." trying to soothe her. 

Hearing his words removed the dam in her eyes as tears rolled down continuously as she cried her eyes out. She leaned her head towards his chest and cried the fear, anger, and every other thing out. Mark only stood there, giving her support and patting her back. 

The remaining thug who was barely conscious noticed this and couldn't help but feel confused. They were the ones who got beaten without any mercy and should be the ones crying. But seeing the girl who caused all the damage to him and knocked out his partner cold crying, his lips twitched. 

He noticed Mark slowly turning towards him and immediately shut his eyes and did not move at all. He was scared that now Mark would take his turn to get some revenge on them. Mark looked at the thug's acting and smirked. He looked down at Suzie and noticed she was finally calming down. 

"Do you feel ok, Suzie?" with a calm yet reassuring tone he asked. 

Suzie nodded and turned her head to see the bloody mess she created. Her body shivered. With the anger in her gone and was rational again, seeing the damage she caused for the two people, she felt both pity and slightly scared of herself. 

"It's ok Suzie. Don't look at them and have pity. They deserved it. You did the right thing." reassuring her when he noticed her body shiver and her gaze on both the thugs. 

Hearing him reassure, she nodded and felt more confident. She separated from him with a slight blush on her face. Mark noticed this but shrugged it off, thinking it was because she cried. 

"Suzie, go and stand outside. I will have a talk with these thugs and we can go back to our room." Suzie nodded and made her way out of the restroom after giving the two thugs one last look. 

The tall thug shivered as tears formed in his eyes when he heard Mark's statement. He did not dare to move and even breathe. Scared that they will catch him. He started praying god to save him from another devil coming his way. 

He felt that his partner was lucky to be knocked out cold at that moment. Mark noticed Suzie was gone and faced the two thugs once again. He had a maniacal grin on his face as he licked up the stick Suzie dropped. 

Hearing Mark's steps, the thug's body shivered. He couldn't control himself and the fear overtook him as he opened his eyes and leaped towards Mark's legs with his damaged body. 

Ignoring his body screaming in pain, he begged, "Please. Please, just leave us. He is already knocked out by your friend, I do not want to be tortured again. Please leave me." bawling his eyes out. Mark felt amused as his inner sadist slowly awakened, seeing him beg. 

He grinned and kicked the guy back towards the wall. The guy got slammed to the wall and coughed out blood. He felt his vision go hazy and was about to lose consciousness until he felt water splash on his face. He looked up and saw Mark with a sprinkler in his hand, shooting water from inside a cubicle. 

Mark would not let him go until he asked his questions. 

"Don't be too scared. I won't do anything to you. Only some simple questions which you need to answer. So tell the truth if you want to go out of here alive." with a smile which looked like the smile of the devil for the poor thug. 

He could only nod and Mark crouched down in front of him. 

"Good, So my question is. Listen carefully, you only get one chance. Who was it who told you to do this?" with the same smile on his face.