Limits-Chapter 22: Choose Boy
We arrived at Nick's house. He sat down in the chair and asked "Why did you do it?". I replied "Because she wanted it". He thought for a moment and asked another question "Would you kill someone if I asked you to do it?" to which I said "No". He asked again "Why?" to which I replied "I'm not a killer".
He said "But you killed her, that makes you a killer" to which I didn't respond. He said again "So you don't deny that?" I still didn't say anything. I couldn't deny that I killed her but I was not a killer. I didn't do it in cold blood, hatred or out of revenge.
He saw that I was not replying and ask rather curious question "How do you feel?" To which I replied with a question as well "How should I feel?". Truthfully I didn't feel bad or sick. I saw blood many times but most importantly it was her wish. He seemed a bit surprised about my indifference and so he asked "Would you do it again?" to which I simply stated "Yes".
He got up from the chair and closed the door to the room. I was baffled by his actions and asked "What do you want to do?" He turned around and there was a knife in his hand. I was startled, 'Was he going to kill me too?' I was now on guard against him. I didn't care about the rules anymore, if he attacked me, I would fight till one of us dies.
Without any warnings, he threw the knife so fast, I could do nothing and it pierced right through my leg. "ARGH!" I looked at my leg and it was bleeding, the knife still lodged in it. By the pure instincts I grabbed the knife from my leg and pulled it out. "AAAGHH!" I cried out in pain because as soon as I pulled out the knife, a second knife pierced my other leg.
This time I didn't take it out but looked at the doctor. He was standing there with another knife in his hand. I also had a knife in my hand but I also had injuries on both my legs. Because of the pain I wasn't able to concentrate well enough to throw it accurately. I then saw that the doctor is making another swinging motion, supposedly to throw another knife.
At that moment my instincts kicked in and I threw the knife in my hand as hard as I could at the doctor. The knife was on target but for some reason it got deflected from its original trajectory and hit the wall, getting stuck in the wall half length of the blade.
The doctor turned around to look and I grabbed that chance to pull out another knife from my other leg and threw it. Yet again it was deflected, just like last time. The doctor then turned around facing me and said "Not bad kid" and threw one more knife at me. I tried to dodge it but I couldn't and so it hit my arm "AGHHH!". I was pissed so I shouted "Just kill me you bastard!" but he just laughed and threw another one, hitting my other arm.
Now I had wounds on both of my arms and legs. I could feel less strength in both of them, as if some kind of drug was on those knives. There more time passed the more numbness spread in my legs and I couldn't stand anymore so fell onto my ass. The doctor came closer and said "Do you want to kill me?" to which I answered "I didn't but now I changed my mind". If only I had more weapons on me that he didn't know about, I could take him by surprise and maybe wound him.
What he did next astonished me. He took out the dagger I made from the steel plate and was fiddling with it between his fingers. He asked "Is this yours?" My face probably gave him that answer already. I was not only surprised but shocked. How did he manage to get it. It was hidden in the blacksmith's workshop and no one should know where it was besides me. I suspected that even the blacksmith would not find it in his workshop, so how did he find it?
I said "Yes, how did you find it?" to which he laughed and asked "Why did you make it?" to which I said nothing. It was not his business and I felt danger when he revealed all those things. He wasn't normal doctor. He had great skills with throwing weapons, that was for sure. He could also somehow find my dagger or had means of monitoring me without me noticing. He should have been a strong hunter in the past but is now a doctor? That was what confused me.
I was getting more dizzy and light headed. It was probably the drug taking its effect. After a while he said "How about I help you?". I was surprised again. 'Help me? Why? He is acting suspiciously' I thought then said "Why do you want to help me?". He said "You are a smart kid, so you probably figured out already that Rand will not let you go after that one year". To which I was stunned 'As I thought, he didn't want to let me go' I thought and Nick continued "That is why you started to learn how to throw hidden weapons and produced this" he showed me the dagger I created.
"You are quite smart to be able to learn so much without anyone's help. So I want to help you a bit". I thought about it and said "Why, what will you gain from doing this" to which he replied almost immediately "Disciple". I was lost. Completely lost 'Disciple? What type of bullshit reason was that?' I thought. He could see my facial expression and said "You don't understand kid but finding a disciple who will carry your legacy is not easy. You are smart, decisive and creative. You can also learn new things and you are not biased towards anything. You are a perfect disciple" I said "I don't believe you. Tell me what do you gain from that. What do you want?" to which he smiled like a devil and said "I want carnage. I want you to destroy villages. I want you to spread fear"
I was taken aback and said "Why?" to which he said "Because life is such!". Besides shock on my face I realised something. This guy was different. There were different kinds of people around this world but there was one kind that stood out. No, not the righteous people or benevolent or cruel, no. The people who stood out amongst others were pure evil. They had no feelings and their desire was kill and spread fear.
To think I would meet that kind of human here. 'To become disciple of pure evil. Was that my path for life?' I said to him "You said that but there must be other motives behind you observing me and proposing this now" He smiled again and said "You are really clever kid. Yes, I want you to destroy this village. I don't have much time left. My life is coming to an end, finding a disciple here… HAHAHA who would have thought my legacy will be still alive? HAHAHA..." I then cut in on his laugher and asked "What if I say no?" he stopped laughing abruptly and threw a knife at my stomach "AAAARRGGHH!" this hurt much more than before. Nick then said simply "You will die. So what is your choice boy. Will you accept the evil and become one with it or will you choose death?"
