I put my blades up, but more to evade rather than conflict with her. I made my way to the window, and kicked it, breaking it to piece, then Kessa starting running and firing at me with her bulky pistol.

I dodged the bullets and realize that while she was running fast but no where near as fast a K clone, let alone me, I think even K-5 was faster. I told her, “Look, maybe you should just sit this one out.”. She took with great offense, “You disrespect your mother like that? Heh, you sure have a big ego. Is it to compensate for your small stature?”.

She ran to me, having her left hand reverse stab me in the chest, but I left parried it, only to have my arm slide over her left arm as it pokes my left lower torso. I shouted “Stop!”. Then try to back away to the outside ledge but tripped, heading the head on the base of the window.

Kessa stroke a pressure point looking technique to my throat but I did successfully blocked with my two hands. She taunted as she keep trying to pass my block, “Oh, aren’t you a little rebel.”. She then stated, “You have two super strong arms wasting your energy on one frail arm. Use your resources wisely.”. Was she trying to teach me!?

She then uppercut my jaw, and it actually hurt. She using techniques that I never even thought possible. I got my legs up and flip left kick her but he blocked my left leg, throw me off balance a little. I flipped to the outside of the window and grabbed the ledge.

Kessa popped out of the window and tried to edge in my hands, so I reacted by letting go and falling to the third block. She jumped out and try to land on me, I moved out of the way but she still did, crumbling to the ground.

Its like she knows everything I’m going to do. I got to be more unpredictable.

I got up, getting her off me. She tried to trip me but I was to fast as I jumped over her feet, I move my way to the floor with the metal door and ran in, I saw the two FBI agents dead and broken, then flash of light instantly blasted on face. It was a flash bang grenade. I quickly wear it off.

Then Kessa came and shot some bullets on me, out of pure life or death reaction, I threw both my knives at her, both penetrating her armour and stunned her.

I ran up and proceed to hook her face left and right. I got her to the ground but then she double kick me in the stomach region, pushing me off and knocking my back to the floor.

She was breathing intensively, “Woah, your frisky.”. She got up, took the two knives and threw them back towards me but I catch them, then I taunt back, “Thanks.”. Then got up as well. She approach me, I went of an odd upward slash and she ducked, grabbing my head through a headlock and dragging my body to have my top head slam the floor, then she rearranged her hands to have one at my left shoulder and another between my legs, then she slammed my whole body to the floor.

My body got a little soar but at this point, I had to stop her, she was too committed, she got off me and run to the center of the room. I got up and saw she was grabbing a chair, then a force of a large, hot explosion push my body straight to her, losing my grip of my knives and she swing the chair on my flying body.

All of a sudden, I felt brutalized. My whole back burnt while the trench coat was now only two with just its sleeves and side draws. I found myself on the ground at the center of the room and Kessa stomped my face. She kept her foot pressing my head.

She petition, “Give up?”. In fit of fear, annoyance and rage, I begged, “Yes! Please, I just want to be alone. You got your stupid little test.”. She released her foot. She stated, “You don’t think you will be able to run away, do you?”. Then I heard K-1, “I heard explosions, oh mom, and K three!”. Then she laughed, “Wow, nice to see little sis getting a spanking from mama.”. Of all the clones, it just had to be her.

I questioned, “What happens if I do?”. Kessa replied with a smirk, “Then K one will kill you.”. K-1 responded in shock, “I’m sorry, what?”. Kessa said, “K one, I think this one is a defect. Like K five and six but at least they are loyal. We can’t risk letting this one live as she might one day send future goons against us.”. K-1 still shocked, “I’m sorry, what?”. I got onto a crawling position. K-1 observed Kessa, K-1 nervously reasoned, “Um, look she just need discipline, I don’t think we should make rash decisions like this.”. Kessa replied, “It is a hard decision but you must understand that sometimes, children fuck up and you got to put them down. She is simply too rebellious, it has been over twenty years and she haven’t learn, even with the death of that cat whore, take the shot.”. K-1 aimed her sniper rifle at me, but what I saw in her face was something I never saw before, not confidence, not anger, not smug, but sympathy and uncertainty. Kessa commanded, “Take the shots.”. K-1’s gripped loosen, she looked at me in the eyes and I did the same. She looks as if she wants to say her apologizes but her mouth was shut.

Kessa threaten, “If you don’t take the...”, K-1 strikes Kessa on the jaw with the butt plate of her sniper rifled. K-1 yelled “Run!”. I got up, found and took my knives and went down stairs. I heard gun fire from above but I need to hide.

Kessa was at a whole different league. Her fighting skills are something that I can only describe as legendary, despise being old. Now I know where Stafaker’s prowess came from. But K-1 spared me, why? Better yet, why did I just stood there, was there something that I just proven? It was like I have just tested her, K-1, out of them all.

I ran down, and further down. The sounds of war was lighter but still there and got louder as I got closer. I heard soldiers crying out, K clones struggling and thugs whining. Hitting the grand floor might be a mistake, I instead go for the sixth floor and find a window facing east.

As I made my way to an office complex at the east most side. My right sleeve fell off. This trench coat was ruined, it sadden me, like a piece of my life was just made history. I took the left sleeve and drop it off the ground. Now with only a long sleeve black shirt, I made my way to the east window, break it with a kick and took a look at the alleyway and streets ahead. I didn’t see much of conflict, just its leftovers. I jumped of to the east road and ran out east.

My objective was completed. I’ve killed Stafaker, but his effects will still linger, as the world is a one world nation soon to be shattered into a thousand nations. Regardless, I made my way out of Syfia, as my old life remain in its ruins. But I whispered, “Sorry.”.

After a few blocks, I saw a stealth bomber come from the east. I heard K-1 scream from her dropping of the Lunar tower by the floor she saved me in. I felt, empathetic towards her, but it was too late. I then stared at the stealth bomber, it flew and drop three bombs on the top of the Lunar tower. I saw Kessa at the ledge, she jumped down then the bombs hit, exploding, followed by grey colour of dust puffing out, Kessa disappearing behind the city buildings.

A rocket came out of the skylines and hit the right wing of the stealth fighter, causing it to spin clockwise and fall to the city, only sounding an explosion behind the architectural victims of war.

Sadden and observant, I head east, tearing after everything I just went through. All I just want to do is sit and cry, but I was too hard, too ready, too energetic. But I did, I just sobbed at all that I lost.

After I let it out of my system, I saw K-1 coming of an alley way, injured but walking, then she looked at me. I looked back, then I saw hook appear up on a building roof and Kessa climbed over, all covered in grey dust. She set up herself and aim at K-1.

Out of pure respect of returning the favour, I shouted as loud as I can, “Look out, behind you!”, and pointed at Kessa.

K-1 looked up and ducked, hiding from my sight due to the canal’s balcony. I duck down at well behind the bridge road balcony that was over the canal. And I heard that rifle fire a second time.

From that moment, I just heard my breath and distance warfare. I took a look to see and I saw Kessa was gone but the hook was still there. I bend over to see if K-1 made it. I came closer to the alley, then saw K-1’s hand pop out of the balcony at the punch entrance. She crawled to the bridge and she was fine but breathing heavily, she wasn’t shot.

I asked her, “Are you okay?”. She laughed a little, “That the first time you asked me that type of question.”. Then I replied back, “Actually no back in the facility, you tripped once and I said if you were you okay and you punched me on the shoulder.”.

She went silent for a moment. Then said in an apologetic tone, “Wow, I really was an ass. Your right, she was a witch.”. She sit down along the balcony and double face palm, “Oh, I’m sorry for how I treated you, all of you, I never thought it would go that far.”. She might just had a major realization, she started to tear up not in pain but in sadness. She then hugged me and cry. I hug her a little, I was still uncomfortable being around her but this might be a chance for change so I took it.

After she regain her posture, let go, and she said, “I’m done with Kessa, the facility is dead, the others...”. I tried to have her finish what she saying, “The others what?”. She smiled, “See, you do care.”. I fist in anger. About to just leave, she said “Okay, okay, sorry, they went their own separate paths. They said that they didn’t like Kessa’s authority, and I think I experienced it the worst.”. She added, “Kessa said she would nurture us but end up just using us, rarely even talking to us. K six even said she refuse to work with that Canadian soldier guy because of what he... did to you.”. She stopped, then finished with, “I never thought I would aim my sights to my sisters with a real weapon.”.

I looked her in the eyes, they were sincere, she is trying her damnedest to gain my trust, but all that torture makes it hard to get closer.

I said “I accept your apology, but I still feel unpleasant being near you.”.

She looked at me for a moment, then said, “I understand.”

I looked for Kessa, but I couldn’t lay my eyes on her. The city was motionless. I said to K-1, “I’m going to leave now.”. She replied, “Okay.”. Paused, then said, “Bye.”.

She got up, readied her railgun at a soldier position, turn around, and professional sprinted into the city. I looked at her run while keeping an eye out for Kessa but she was simply nowhere to be found or heard, she was completely gone, but if she is hiding, its best to start running.

I thought what step K-1 will possible take after that.

Now, I am no longer burdened by my past. The past shaped me to the person that I am, and I accept that. I will not run away from it but to merely learn from it, to control it so that it doesn’t creep into my future.

I get up, look east, smiled and ran fast.