Chapter 39 - Black Alarming

Front Entrance of the Agency 

Loads of choppers, SUV, the news van. They all piled up in front.

A doctor attended to Chase wrapping a bandage around his head and an armed supporter hanging his injured arm. A lot of agents were injured, dead and some fatal, the fight was still on inside but it wasn't as tense as before.

Barbra stood watching the building, the agents around her getting ready to penetrate the building. 'Seth'. Barbra thought, she walks towards it. Agents, following behind her.

***

Inside 

Riley kept running along the halls, her body stained with blood but some mostly not her own, she got to the elevator and walks inside, it took her down to the last floor.

'What's going on? Has Liam got his dad out?' She thought hoping so, she was beyond worried not hearing from him, his comm was dead all communication lost, the death of Evan still made her mind race and her blood boil, several ghouls were dead more losses than they intended, no one needed to tell her that their plan was out the window.

The elevator doors slide open, she rushed out but freeze when she saw the extreme destruction.

She walks further in awe the lab destroyed to nothing, piles of blocks everywhere, several cracks like a giant walked the area, she wondered what could have caused this, she looks up and her eyes widen in realization seeing the open ceiling that leads to the up floor and the scene unfolding before her eyes.

***

Liam was sent flying on the wall jamming hard with it making a loud sound that echoed throughout the halls, along with crashing glass.

He struggles to stand but his body gave out, he tried again, blood dripping from all sides, one knee on the ground as he raised his head up.

Ghost was kept busy with Rath at the other end.

"I will destroy you Liam" Seth growls as he limp, he was in a pure mess just as Liam was.

"Your Rath is pretty preoccupied right now, you can't do that" Liam said taking harsh breaths, knowing he could still have the upper hand.

Seth smirks darkly.

"Do you think Liam?" Seth began cracking his back.

"That Rath is the only one with the bones".

Liam's eyes widen, and he couldn't move at that point. 'Dammit'. He mentally cursed knowing he was screwed and there wasn't about enough time to switch with Ghost because the bone already came for him at lightning speed. On getting to him Riley's Claw came forth but it passed through it and came at Riley, the force pushed her at Liam, they both drew back at the force, Liam's back jamming at the wall but that wasn't his concern.

"Riley," Liam said holding her still.

"Am fine" she assures him.

Liam furious as Ghost sensed this, with rage he grabs Rath's head and tears it into two from the head to the rest of the body while roaring loudly, Rath faded away into dust.

Seth shouts in extreme pain coughing tons of blood out of his mouth. 'Rath is supposed to go back inside me but why?' He thought in pain. He heard gun clicks. He froze raising his head. Liam pointing his gun at him from the distance he was.

"For Evan," Liam said firing the bullet, it came with speed and duck deeply in his chest, the force pulled him backward.

In slow motion his body slowly fell, landing on the ground in the pool of his own blood, he choked as his body went stiff, his eyes shaking unable to comprehend his own death playing right before him. 'Am I dying?' it was a silly thought knowing very well he was. His eyes shake, his vision blurry as everything fades away.

Riley forced her body up, so did Liam. He walks further to where Seth's body was, blood everywhere. Riley groaned silently as she leans on the wall, blood drip from her lips, she cleans it.

Ghost growls weaken, reversing back inside Liam. 

***

Barbra and the agents walk inside, the agents scattered to search the hall.

Everywhere silent, dead bodies on the floor of both ghouls and agents. She walks to the other side of the hall but froze when the destruction came in view but that wasn't her concern but Seth's body in the pool of his own blood. She was paralyzed, her eyes shaking like she could break down any minute. She slowly walks to his body as she would faint, her heels stepping on the blood, her breaths deep and harsh, she was silent, speechless as she watches his body.

*

"Anything for you Barbra" 

"You gave me a life, I live for you, and I will surely make your dreams come true" 

"I don't care what pain I have to go through, I will bring down the black ghoul for you and make a world where only humans exist"

"Won't you grant me a favor Barbra?" 

"When I get the black ghoul for you" 

"To call you mum".

*

His words kept ringing in her head, her fist tightens as her teeth clench, her body trembled, her eyes filled with tears.

"You promised". The tears fell. 

"You promised me, then why?"

Chase walks in at that moment and saw the scene, Seth's body on the ground, he froze when he saw Barbra silent tears. Who knew that an iron lady like her could cry?

***

Outside 

The snow-filled the ground, silently descending from the skies. Liam and Riley used the back entrance to leave the agency. Liam was ahead of her as he limps forward with eagerness hoping he would see the others. 

"Anyone," he said to his comm. 

"Anyone please, any survivors," he said again but it only gave him static noise. He removed the tiny earplug from his ear flinging it far away in anger and pain.

"Shit" Liam curses.

"The plan failed, it fucking failed, my dad is working with the agency, how could he, I had hope Riley, I had hoped" Liam broke, the weight of what happened dropping on him.

"I don't think I can do this Riley, it's too much," Liam said trembling. 

"I have no one only you" he adds in pain.

"Liam" her voice was slow and weak like it was fading.

Liam halts as his looks frown on hearing her weak voice, puzzled he slowly turned to face her.

Liam's body went stiff, it was like time stops around him, blood was trailing from her lips, and behind her was her blood trail all the way to the building. Liam was stiff his body couldn't move, his eyes wide with shock, fear, and confusion. He shakes his head negatively not wanting to believe his eyes, this must be some kind of nightmare, all this must be a nightmare and he just had to wake up.

"No!" it was more like a faint whisper as he panicked his muscles tensing.

"Liam," Riley said softly again, she felt gravity leave her body.

"NO!".