Chapter 287 Mission End (Part 2)
?Bill, consumed by anger, stormed towards Victor, his fists clenched, ready to exact his revenge. The scene was a chaotic mix of emotions, with Erin standing resolute, still holding her combat knife, and Nathan, who had just saved Bill's life, closely following behind.
Victor, on the other hand, was whimpering in pain and clutching his severed hand, the sniper rifle now fallen to the ground. His plan to take Bill down had failed miserably, and he was paying the price for it.
As Bill approached Victor, his face contorted with fury, he finally vented his rage. "YOU BASTARD!" he shouted, his voice echoing through the tunnel.
He kicked Victor straight in the teeth and proceeded to give him several punches in the stomach that made him cough even more blood.
"Haven't you had enough!? *Punch!* Haven't you killed enough!? *Punch!* Haven't you hurt us ENOUGH!?" Bill shouted as he continued punching and kicking Victor repeatedly.
Victor who had barely any strength left couldn't even activate his hardening ability again and was now at the complete mercy of Bill and Erin who also joined in, throwing the occasional punch as well.
"What did I do to you!? You invaded my territory... and were trying to follow me so that you could catch me and interrogate me! What major sin have I committed if I did the same before you could?!" Victor finally shouted in desperation to get Bill and Erin to stop.
He was heavily wounded and badly beaten to the point that even breathing was causing him pain. He was barely able to open one of his eyes, but the expression on Bill and Erin's faces made him curse at himself that he was better off keeping them closed.
"YOU HAVE THE BRASS NECK TO SAY THAT AFTER YOU..." Bill shouted as he became even more enraged and walked toward him once more, ready to deal him even more pain.
However, just as Bill was about to get to Victor, Erin intervened, standing in his way with tears in her eyes, "Bill, this guy might not even realize the harm he's caused. Let's make him understand the suffering he's brought upon us, so he knows that the pain he's feeling now is just a fraction of what we've endured." Her voice was resolute. nove(l)bi(n.)com
Nathan didn't know what was going on, but he felt like Victor Voss had used some extreme measures while interrogating the three of his teammates, and those methods had caused them such pain that they had become so broken.
He understood this feeling of being so broken that pain no longer felt like pain anymore, and wanted to find out what had Victor done to them for them to unlock such great power and be so full of rage.
Bill, while still furious, understood Erin's words as she was just as angry and broken as he was. He took a deep breath, attempting to regain a bit of his composure before grabbing Victor's leg and dragging his body toward the dark room at the end of the passageway.
"Wait! What are you doing!? Where are you taking me!? STOP! Wait, please..." Victor began to scream and struggle as he realized where Bill was dragging him. It was the torture chamber, next to his office where he had kept the three of them prisoners.
Iris was lying dead on the floor with no pulse. Her face was so badly mangled that Erin couldn't afford to look at her again or else she might have just lost it completely.
Bill gripped onto the sack cover with great strength as he fought back his tears, ultimately failing to do so.
He quickly covered her body back with the sack and then turned toward Victor whose skin had turned completely white after realizing what he had done.
He had placed an iron mask on Iris' head which injected toxic fumes into her face causing extreme pain, irritation, and visual nightmares. The gas wasn't lethal in small dosages, but he had forgotten about it and left it on her as one of the goons approached him and explained the situation to him.
After he had left, Bill tried everything to try and break free from his cuffs which were restricting all of his power and so was Erin who couldn't even activate her mutant gene.
At first, they planned to just wait it out as they had faith in their friends but soon afterward, Iris began screaming and trembling as she was in extreme pain and was trying to claw out the mask off her face, but to no avail.
Iris' painful screams filled Bill's heart with adrenaline as he tried harder and harder to get to Iris and try to save her but he was still not strong enough.
Iris was in such pain that she began trembling on the floor and shaking violently with her screams echoing through the iron mask while her skin became littered with red spots.
Bill and Erin could bear to see Iris in this state and were slowly making progress as their eyes began to slightly glow from the overabundance of hormones and emotions in their body, and yet the cuffs did what they were intended to do and blocked them from escaping.
It was only after Iris had stopped moving and looked like she had drawn her last breath, becoming a limp lifeless body that anger and rage surged through Bill's body in such extreme quantity that he unlocked the second form of his mutant gene and broke out of the restraints.
He rushed towards Iris' dead body and quickly removed the mask with Erin following suit closely behind after successfully awakening her mutant gene as well.
However, he wished he had never removed the mask as the state of Iris' face that he saw was something he knew was going to haunt him for the rest of his life.
"Bill..." This was the last word that came out of Iris' tangled mouth which didn't even resemble a mouth anymore before she drew her last breath and died right in Bill's arms.
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[Alright Guys! This is the end of the First Volume of the Universal Power System! I hope you guys enjoyed the story so far and will continue to do so as the plot continues to thicken with new challenges and new threats!]
[Side Note: I am extremely sorry for the past month if you have ever seen a re-upload of the same chapter or the chapter is not complete with the end part being a repeat of a previous chapter. I had hired an editor to edit and then publish the chapters and I recently found out that he had been cutting corners and doing stuff like this instead of actually doing work. Rest assured that he has been removed from this position and will no longer hinder your daily uploads. Thank you for your patience!]