''WHAAA-!''

*to-to*

And no more screaming...

I looked across the River Duna, to see the other half of the city. Buda... it changed. The once glorious castle by the river and on the side of the cliff, was looking more modern. Not because of a reconstruction, but because of the jeeps, trucks and tents on top of its walls. I may be bad with my own country's history, but I do know that it had a really important role in the past. 500 years ago, to be precise. It was one of the last castles, which stood against the Turkish army and it was impregnable.

But now... they took it over.

Or the House of Parliament! Back then, a few hundreds years ago - maybe two hundreds - it was used as a firefight place. It's windows were replaced with planks, so the people inside were able to hide. Now, its windows were shattered and one of its dome had a huge hole in it...

At least the nice statue on the edge of the cliff remained...

As I inspected the rest of the buildings by the river, many memories stirred up inside my head. I spotted Hotel Gellért, one of the most expensive hotel. To say the least, I was surprised to see it intact. My mother used to work there... ''She did a great job at keeping it clean...'' I jokingly thought, but my mood was still under a frog's rear end...

My family... how long it was? A year ago, since I saw them? When the Third World War started, I cleared out the block where they lived, so I was able to leave them and continue fighting for my city. Since then, me and my team were clearing out block after block and now... the half of the city was ours. The blocks in Pest were safer and only those rogue people and thieves were a threat for the citizens. Still, it was one year's progress and we helped many people.

Thankfully, many brave men and women joined to us and made our job easier. And now, every block has a team like ours, controlling it and keeping the citizens safe.

We just had to do that with Buda, the other side of the city...

I have already thought about different approaches, since our team was the one, which conquered enemy territories. Of course, when we do that, we usually call for more people, since stepping into a new block, which is under the enemy's control, usually ends up with open firefight. And to be honest, no matter how skilled our team was, an open firefight against a hundred soldiers could leave us dead. Unless if we had more people...

Every time we go for a new block, we call for more people, to break into their territory. After we have an entrance, we spread out and start to take down different kind of points. It can be a camp, a well secured building and such places, where a lot of enemy soldiers are.

Once we cleared out a block, we send a message to the already cleared out blocks, to send a team to the newly taken block. And so, we can move on to another block and repeat the process. They will take care of the looting, telecommunication and security, while we can pretty much immediately go to the next block, not letting the enemy rest...

We've been really effective and only one side of the city remains...

History repeated itself... Budapest has been torn to two pieces and now we have to connect it again...

''NO!''

I heard it again... this time, it was a female voice.

''FEJVADÁSZ!'' [HEADHUNTER!]

I narrowed my eyes, but I couldn't see the source of the cries of helps.

*Bum*

The silence returned and another death. It already made me angry, but hearing my name from MY nation's mouth? I rapidly thought about new plans...

''Alright, every bridge is blocked and secured by Nuclear Weapons' army. First approach, swimming. We can take them by surprise and it won't take too much energy out of us, since the river's flow is not too strong... but ruins equipment... and we can't wait for winter, to freeze the river and allow us to run through it it. Besides, it could break under us...

Second approach, under the bridge. It's a high risk... they can probably hear us climbing under the bridge, considering how old are they... fighting through? Let it be a B plan...

Approach three... the subways! They're most definitely dark and filled with gangs... and the rats. I haven't heard about any plague, but if the war goes on like this, then the rats will be a huge threat too. Hmm... many metro is probably out of question, since they must have been used up or got crashed into something... which means blocked tunnels. Maybe the severs? We can take them and... can end up in the middle of a camp... or a house for that matter!

I will need a map about the severs and more night-vision goggles. I examined the streets at Buda and growled. ''You all going to die before you know what hit you...''

''The Headhunter... master assassin and a big plan maker...''

''You know me...''

''Hmhmhm, you make it sound like it's a bad thing.''

''And you had to interrupt him... leave him alone, he needs some time to think.''

''For the first time... I do not mind...''

''As you wish.''

''HA! It rhymed!''

You would most definitely think that a man, talking to ''himself'' is not right in many ways. Hehh... I get that a lot, when I forgot to not open my mouth to respond to that two voice... two self, to be specific!

Dhuradhan and Dhanthas... my two selves. Long story short, Dhanthas just... appeared inside me, when I became a man with a beast personality. And Dhuradhan appeared when I returned to the Mortals, after defeating Lucifer and Luceta'. Purely out of my emotions and personality, they were ''created'' without me knowing about it.

And now... we are the best ''team''...

''So... I see Pest is ours now... what about the future?'' Dhuradhan asked, surprising me by his question.

''Plan out the approach to the other side of Duna. Make preparation for the action and make up the teams for distraction...'' I whispered the answer, not wanting anyone to accidentally overhear me.

''And for the destruction.'' Added Dhanthas his comment, which pretty much speaks about his style...

''... Yes, but not that much. If the tunnel falls on top of us, the Resistance will fall.'' I changed to ''mind conversation'' , to fully keep the secret plan inside my head and not share it to a hidden bug. I may be paranoid here, but in war, everything is allowed...

''It does sounds safe.''

''And satisfying. I'm just dying to see some action...''

''Haven't you two been watching the recent events?'' I asked out of curiosity.

''No, we have not.''

''Hell, I don't even know what happened six months ago!''

''Many things... which I should probably tell you.''

I looked up at the sky, as a few clouds were drifting over me and out of my vision. I told them how we proceeded to finish half of the city and for Dhanthas' request, I talked about our acquired weapons and how we did our missions. The sun was halfway visible when I started and the last rays left the city when I finished and decided to walk back to the base and rest.

While I told them about the events, I went through a fantastic state, where I feel many influence, sensations and sometimes... emotions. Even though I locked away my powers, to remain hidden to any kind of powerful being, I still felt the energy seeping inside me.

The sunset... it is one of the most majestic time of the day. Not just because of its beauty, but because of the energy it gives me. I feel complete and getting simply better at anything!

The sun and any type of light gives me Light energy, just like to any other Pure Soul. I'm not one of them, but I do possess Light powers and that is what counts. It's the side effect for having such kind of powers...

But my Dark powers are no difference! Instead of the sun, I receive Dark energy from the moon, the stars and from everything else up there, which is a celestia body. Those, who possess Dark powers have this ability, to gain energy from the darkness and from the night.

Now, at twilight, I receive both with the same small amount. But since these powers tends to play with your emotions, I feel overall good, when I stand outside at sunset! My strongest time of the day...

After I finished watching the sun settling behind the small mountains and greeting the moon, I started my walk back to the base, leaving the saddening sight of the dying city...

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Using the back door to get into the building, I found myself in the gym. Mr. Muscle was working out again in the corner and - as I expected - some women were watching him while stretching. He also had his protein-shake next to his bottle of water, pumping himself even more. I walked across the gym, towards the exit, while my teammate flexed his muscles in the mirror.

And I thought those shoulders can't be any larger...

Going through the corridors of the changing rooms and showers, I thoughtfully ignored the dressing females, as they were visible, due to a slightly ajar doors. Also, I paid no attention the to ladies in towels, as they walked out of the showers. They had a hard time getting used to me, walking through them like nothing.

But I prefer to be respective towards the females and avert my gaze from their body parts...

After climbing up the stairs and walking down a few more corridors, I came to a stop in the middle of the dining hall. I noticed someone sitting by the handrail on the balcony and my hand just started to reach for my gun. Then, I realized that the man on the balcony was Archer, having his time.

Sniper rifle pointing towards Buda, garden chair with a small desk, he was smoking his cigarette and drank some red wine. A box of strong, Golden Multifilter and a bottle of Törley. Both strong stuff and they combined can surely increase the heart rate, along with your mood...

I saw him motioning towards me to come closer and I approached him. He took one last drag from his cigarette, before speaking up. ''Bawss, bastards are sleepin'. Should I call the others from wherever the hell they ar'? Ya' know... giving the suckers some nightmare?'' His tone and speech already changed from the stuff he sucked and sipped. I wasn't sure if he was too drunk to notice the awake enemy, or he actually saw them sleeping. But I wasn't about to send my team for another mission, roughly after a few hours of our mission. And actually, that day was a celebration, so I let everyone rest...

''Not required... it isn't your turn to keep watch, you know that?'' I asked him, not wanting him to strain himself... especially in his state...

''Heh, know it already. But my lov' is this rifle... And I might scare thi shit out of those on the other side.'' He told me, gulping down some wine between his sentences.

I decided to try something else. ''What about the rescued woman?''

His face went through a wave of emotions and I couldn't understand what that supposed to mean. ''She's fine, heh...'' And neither his answer seemed to make sense.

But I cut our conversation short, deciding it would be better, to leave him to his drunken mind. ''Good night.''

''Have fun!'' He called after me, which left me confused again.

Our way of saying goodbyes should have been swapped, me saying the fun part and him saying good night. But I decided to care less about it and walked up the stairs for my room. When I arrived at my door, I snatched the note down from it and gave it a quick read.

Sir, I bring bad news. Our prisoner knows nothing about the future plans of Nuclear Weapons. Just like many other soldier, he was an over-payed one. He knows nothing and do as they say, so he gets money. Unworthy for our time and for the enemy.

Again, I am saddened to see such things and for not getting further information.

Good night!

Striker The Boss' little favorite :D

I tore the paper to pieces and left it on the ground in my frustration. The fact that my own nation, fights against its own country, so they can live as some rich bastards? Again, humanity proved to be hopeless and I feared to think about the rest of my country or the other parts of the Earth. I just hoped that my other followers in different countries actually tried fighting against the Nuclear Weapons. I opened their eyes, so they must have tried doing something against it...

After I closed the door behind me, I was greeted with darkness. Taking two steps from the entrance door and down the really short corridor, I reached for the light switch on the right wall. As the room became illuminated, I was greeted with the hotel's nice room. The wooden floor was dark brown and the walls were white.

Just right next to me, the door to the bathroom, which had a HUGE shower. In front of the bathroom, two white couches and a grey, family TV, in the middle a brown coffee table. Behind the TV, the crimson curtains were preventing the view outside to the balcony, which had enough space for ten people.

One the left side of the room, was a line of bright-brown counters. A kitchen part of the room and in front of it was a pale-brown dining table, giraffe-patched chairs around it. In the kitchen, there was a sink, a cooker and a dishwasher. On top of the counters, a microwave and a milk shake.

And finally, on the other side of the room, the bed. It had curtains - white and red - and it was huge. To its right, a wardrobe and a bedside on both sides. The furniture were dark brown and nice decorations were carved or placed onto them.

I decided to prepare the shower and after getting out of my shoes, I opened the water, to heat it up. Meanwhile, I dressed down and I was in my black trousers and black T-shirt, which I wore at the mission. I pulled down my - again - black socks and walked outside to the balcony on bare feet. Walking up to the handrails, I leaned against it, while lighting up my cigarette and looking over the river.

It was like I wasn't able to get away from my problems. Even after mission, on my balcony and before showering, I wasn't able to enjoy my Black Dunhill's mint taste, without getting reminded about the danger. I turned my gaze up at the moon and felt the energy radiating from it. I gladly welcomed it and I felt my Dark self getting out from me.

Quickly blocking away the energy and finishing my cigarette, I went to take a shower, where I managed to calm myself down. Back at the balcony, I felt the urge to just jump down, run through the Lánc Bridge and kill everyone. But I had to say no to my thoughts, before I actually do it and reveal myself for the Mortals.

Like I need another problem to deal with. The Light would start chasing me again, like the last time I went berserker...

I spent an hour inside the bathroom. Half an hour standing under the relaxing water and washing myself. The other half was drying. And it wasn't because of my long hair, but because of my habit. I usually just stand in front of the mirror, eyes closed or open. I do nothing, but stand there and wait for the water drops to dry under the towel around me. Meanwhile, I lose myself in my thoughts and inspect myself. I check the scars on my back, the bruises on my arms, the cuts on my face and my eyes. Sometime, I just look deep into my own eyes, trying to see into my soul or waiting for Dhanthas, to play tricks on me.

He used to appear in the mirrors and force my reflection to grin, making me snap out of my trance...

When I stepped out of the bathroom in a more loosened clothing, my trail of emotions were like this: Confusion, scared, nervous, angry, relived and again... confused.

First, the room was dark again and I didn't turn off the lights. Second, the moonlight illuminated half of a person's face. After that, I realized that this person was a female in some sort of robe. Since half of her face was covered in darkness, her appearance - even if it was beautiful - just scared the crap out of me. I literally froze there and felt my breathing stop.

After I broke out from my shock, I wasted no time and let the Dark energy out of me. Channeling the energy towards my eyes and remembering how to do this trick, the room became clear for my eye sight. And there I saw her...

She was the same girl who we saved back at the camp, but this time... she was breathtaking!

The once disheveled hair of hers was neatly brushed, creating a silken look for her light-brown hair. It shone in the moonlight, which pretty much already stopped my breathing.

Those deep-blue eyes... they were once filled with fear and looked empty. Now they're filled with wonder and life, just the way it should be.

And the night-robe she was wearing, as it pretty much hung on her... like some sort of ghost... a beautiful ghost!

After this analyzation, my anger immediately went away and I stopped clenching my fists, regained a more friendly posture and my frown disappeared. Well, it returned quickly, but not as an angry frown. More like a confused frown, since I had no idea what was she doing in my room. Only the wrong part of my brain had a few guess about her intentions, but I ignored those.

''Hmhmhmm~ this is gonna be interesting!'' I heard Dhanthas in my head, but again, like most of the time, I ignored his comment.

I finally broke the silence...

''Mistook the room number?''

And there, I'm pretty sure I heard someone falling over in his chair. I soon heard Dhanthas laughing his head off, gasping for air after that.

The girl for her part giggled ever so quietly and nervously silenced herself. It lifted up my spirit a bit, since I kinda felt stupid for saying such a thing. But... at least I approached the situation from a respectable angle and not blurted out something perverted...

''Hehe, no. I am at the right place.'' She replied, folding her hands behind her.

I approached her with a frown, which I tried to make it look like a curious one. I heard that facial expressions can help to speak without words, so I decided to use it. Personally, I find no use of them, considering my lifestyle. Wearing a mask all day, going away from everyone else before they can read your face... I found them unnecessary. But words and actions! That is what I consider as a proper way of communication.

Of course, there are times when I just HAVE to allow myself a smile... I mean, those times were a year ago. Since the war started, I did nothing else, but take over block after block and never stopped. Before that, I had my nice moments, when I felt happy and complete... but I'm getting off from the important topics...

So, after I stopped in front of her - forced facial expression still present - I looked over her body and eyes. Since my powers were still turned on, I decided to check her soul. Taking my time to create enough energy behind my eyes and adjusting my position, so she won't see any kind of magic coming out from my eyes, I blinked twice.

After the first blink, I released the small energy from behind my eyes and Dark energy made my face disappear in shadows. Every being, who possess Dark energy, can materialize into shadows in the darkness. This means, invisibility and stronger beings can hide in the shadows or silhouettes too! Of course, this takes a lot of concentration and energy, thus, using this in combat is dangerous...

When my face was covered, I forced back every twitch, gasp and noise, so she won't see me in pain. The last thing I needed was her, thinking that there was a problem...

The Observers Eyes of the Sinner... one of the most dangerous ''weapon'' to possess. It's offensive side, The Nightmare Effect. This causes an unpleasant vision about something horrifying, that can lead to heart attacks or longer period traumas. Whoever looks into it, he or she just simply lost the battle. What's the catch? Bleeding eyes and that feeling, like someone is pulling your eyes out. Also, the eyes' appearance changes as well, which I do not know how it looks like, even though I looked into them once...

But of course, I didn't use this side of these eyes...

Instead, I used the Soul Window ability of this ''weapon'' , which allows me to see how evil or good a soul is. It requires less energy, but in a situation like this, calling upon this power can elect an uncalled reaction. In the middle of a battle, you don't even realize that you made some sort of a reaction, after using it. But when you just stop and examine the events after summoning this? Well, here's how I feel, when I use this:

First, I feel something giving a quick pushing against my eyes, like something hit you in the forehead. Then, I feel my energy getting sucked out rapidly, before it settles down on a certain level. Also, when activating this feature, it feels like you just stepped into a bright area, from a dark room. And it's appearance? Well, my right eyes becomes blue and the left one turns green. It can't be noticed from further than a meter, but if the examiner is closer than a meter, then that person will most definitely notices the two different colors. Yes, you can say it's a disease, but it's not a good thing to let others see it, or else you have to keep up this state whenever you meet with that person.

The left side shows the souls, who are considered as Sinners, the right side shows those, who are considered as Pure Souls. In that case, I can use only one eye, if I have to decide who has good or bad intentions... most of the time... You see, using both eyes also shows those, who are not Sinners and neither Pure Souls. Yes, only using one eye is easier and saves energy, but it doesn't give you a clear picture... which is really colorful, since I see a flame inside others' body, which is their soul. The darker it is, the more evil that person is. And I think you get the picture about the good people... brighter soul, better person...

I opened my eyes and looked into hers. Inside them, I saw a fairly white flame burning brightly and it was pretty big. That meant she was healthy and didn't commit much sin in her life. Also, I couldn't see any wings behind her, which meant that she wasn't an Angel. I sensed no energy inside her either, so I let down the spell in relief and uncovered my face from my Dark energy.

Thankfully, she remained oblivious to my long silence, which was good news for me. Maybe she thought I was trying to put the pieces together and figure out why she was here. It didn't matter, I already acted my failure at figuring it out.

''Explain?'' I asked her, voice sounding a bit more friendly and still confused.

It looked like I was right, she did think I was trying to figure out what is happening.

Smiling slightly, she started. ''I just... simply wanted to thank you... for getting me out of there.'' She sounded hesitant.

''Proceed...'' Again, Dhanthas commented and was ignored by my part.

''I did what every straight-thinking human would have done. There is no point in thanking me...'' Although, her gesture was welcomed, I didn't really need any gratitude and such. After all, my destiny is ''saving the world'' and not shower in my victory...

''I was waiting for you.'' And that right there... that... right... there... How the hell was I supposed to reply to such comment. And wait, she continued! ''I spent days with those men and I always told to myself, that you will come and save. I knew you were close to me and I couldn't sleep for days. I wanted to be awake, when my... hmm... hero arrives and saves me. This helped me to not give up hope...'' She gulped and looked up at me, from her 170 cm tall level, which reached the base of my chest. ''... you helped me to not give up my hope.''

''Oh snap!''

''I must agree.''

Indeed, I agreed with my selves. There were two things, that wasn't appealing for me. First, I'm not used to gratitude... really, I'm not. I saved the world... twice and not a single fuck was given by anyone. Not like I needed it, since I also did that for myself and mostly for my family and loved ones...

And second, as I said, I need no gratitude. It is not necessary for me, since the things I do are mostly done for myself too...

Thinking that the truth would be the best reply, I spoke up. ''I appreciate your words, but I do not need gratitude. I'm not used to it and I do what I have to for myself.''

''And what good comes to you, when you save the life of a grateful lady?''

She got me there, but I still had my honesty. ''Leaving behind you, would have been a crime in my opinion. I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight with the thought, of not helping someone when she needed it the most.''

She stepped closer, my arms flexed in their place. ''And that someone only wants to show her gratitude...'' Another step and she was right in front of me, inches away. I started down at her, expecting two things: One was an attack, the other one was something dirty, but I managed to ignore the latter one. Suddenly, she pulled herself up by my shoulders and as she passed by my neck, I felt her breathing. I suddenly got reminded by an unpleasant experience with a vampire girl, so my powers immediately flared up inside me. She was really close to that line and my right arm was completely read to throw her down from the 3rd floor...

She reached my ears and-

''After my little favor, you will be able to sleep tonight... with me...''

''Fucking score!''

''Mortal females are still a mystery for me...''

Again, I agreed with that two... though, with Dhanthas? Well... I kinda agreed with him too, but that's beside the point. The important thing was the next...

The next thing I felt was her soft lips, gently pressed against mine. It was a bold move from her, but one that I enjoyed. Maybe I should accept more thanks from others? No, I really shouldn't...

''Don't just stand there like a hanging di-''

''Say another world and I might do another self-harm session like in the past!'' I interrupted Dhanthas, having enough of his comments. I finally get some time in piece and with the company of a partner and he has to pull me out of the mood.

I pushed her back with my own lips and placed my hands around her waist, to hold her in place. She looked at me with a smile and this time, I allowed myself one too, just to reassure her. ''A blunt 'I want you'' would have been easier.''

''Hmm, it sounded like you're saying this to me...'' Her eyelids lowered to halfway, making the ocean in those eyes seductive.

I looked past her, spotting the bed right behind her. I had no idea that we were in front of the bed! Looks like those blue diamonds put me under some sort of trance... I decided to play it safe...

''Hmm... maybe I do.'' I picked her up by her waist and she didn't miss a chance to assault my mouth with kisses and bites. Though, it did serve a good way to make me exited about this night...

Placing her down onto the bed, I held myself with both hands, placed next her shoulders. She was still hanging on me, pulling herself as close as she could, to get more from me. I wondered for moment, if she was that sex crazed, or she just wants to bring the inner beast out of me...

She dropped herself to the bed and by instincts, I rested my hand on her left cheek, caressing its soft and flex surface. And from there, I moved it all the way down to her waist and back to her nape. While she was caressing my arms, by another bold, fast and wild move, she helped me out of my T-shirt. After we took care of the piece of cloth, I raised up her head, to get into a proper kiss, involving our tongues.

When I thought I won in our tongue wrestling, she pushed in the curve of my elbow, making me fall to her left side and for me to my right side. I rolled to my back and looked up at her effectively good bedroom eyes, as she was towering above me, sitting on my lap.

''You're gonna be raped!''

''Dhuradhan?''

''On it.''

Well, that took care of my problem, so I was able to focus on the future events at hand. I had my doubts about this, but I managed to enjoy that wild night, in a highly pleasant way...

And ho, she knew what I needed!

''Before I leave, let me warn you... be careful what you do and how you do it...'' Dhanthas interrupted again, cutting short my already dirty train of thoughts...

''Consider his words...'' Added Dhuradhan and thankfully, both of them stayed out of the rest of the night.

But what Dhanthas said, slightly made me wonder about his words. Maybe he was just joking, but the way he talked... and Dhuardhan was on his side too... I decided to play it safe and keep up my powers. As I said, everything is allowed in a war and the last thing I needed is dying in bed... literally and in a completely different way...

The plans in my head got thrown out of the window, when she started her thanks-giving...

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