บท 220: Anastasia's past.

Hidelio grabbed a bottle of drink and a packet of cigarettes from the table.

Opening the bottle he drank the alcohol from the bottle before taking out a cigarette from the cigarette packet.

Sam was standing by the door, looking at Hidelio with hatred and anger in his eyes.

After Gibbs opened the door, four men entered the room.

The man in the middle seemed to be the boss. He was a tall dark-skinned man, wearing a beige suit and a lot of gold chains around his neck.

Sam quickly bowed to his boss, David Kailua and told him everything about Hidelio.

While Sam was telling everything to David, Hidelio was leisurely drinking and smoking cigarettes.

'Four huh? Including Gibbs and Sam, it's six. Those three are armed and alert... The Boss is also alert, even though he seems indifferent and not caring about me... Is it confidence or arrogance? Still a dumb bas*ard, haha! I bet there are more people outside...' Hidelio thought in his mind.

After David finished listening to Sam, he walked towards Hidelio before taking a seat in front of him.

"Hidelio is it? Is that even your real name?" David said indifferently.

"Yep, that's me! Hidelio Williams." Hidelio replied shrugging his shoulders.

"I see that you have a lot of attitude, kid? Even in front of death, you're sitting quite comfortably." David said to Hidelio.

Just when he finished his sentence, Hidelio noticed that the three bodyguards who came with David stealthily armed themselves.

"Who sent you, if you confess who sent you I promise I will let you live. Not only will I let you live, but I will also give you his spot. What do you say?" David offered Hidelio, giving a glance at Jack's dead body, implying that Hidelio will inherit Jack's position in his gang.

Hidelio frowned and he was silent for a few moments before replying to David.

"You expect me to believe that after what I've done to you? Don't make laugh, you bunch of bas*ard son of a b*tc*es have pride that doesn't lose to the Tevittarians." He scoffed at David's words.

Hidelio evaluated the three guards and the Boss in front of him.

Calculating possible scenarios in his head, he tried to figure out a plan that involves the least amount of confrontation with the guards.

He has a concussion, and a few of his bones are broken.

He can faint at any moment.

Quickly forming an escape plan, He prepared himself.

He listed the objectives he needed to accomplish here.

'1st, kill the boss. 2nd, kill that bastard Sam. Wait! Let's go again, 1st, kill everyone in the room. 2nd, kill who comes in the room after killing everyone in the room. 3rd, run. 4th, run as fast as I can. 5th, don't faint. 6th, escape! Yeah, that will do it. Yes, yes... Alright, here I go!'

"You have exceptional talent, why let it go waste? Why don't you join me, I can give you anything?" David smirked at Hidelio and tried to persuade him.

"Pfft... Hahaha!"

Hidelio laughed hearing David.

He looked toward Sam before turning to David.

Laughing, he ridiculed David.

"A bi*ch like you only knows how to bark, not hunt. F*ck off old man, your time is up!"

David was furious hearing Hidelio.

Sam seeing David's seething face, did not waste any more time.

He walked towards Hidelio with the knife in his hand.

David was about to utter some curse at Hidelio and order his guards to dispose of him.

"Guards-

It was at that moment, Hidelio smashed the bottle of alcohol in his hand on the table in front of him.

*smash*

He then threw the lit cigarette in his hand on the table.

When the cigarette made contact with the table, it ignited the table and burst into flames.

"What the fu*beeb beeb*" David cursed before getting up from his seat, trying to run away from the fire.

Hidelio using the opportunity, quickly aimed the gun he hid behind his back at the three bodyguards of David.

*bang x3*

"!!!" David.

"!!!" Sam.

"!!!" Gibbs.

The fire was spreading all over the room.

Hidelio quickly shot the three remaining people in the room.

Killing them, he ran towards the corner of the room.

He knows that there are people outside.

Hearing the gunshots, obviously, they will run to check the situation.

He waited for the people, hiding in the corner of the room.

His guess was right, three more arrived in the room.

*bang x3*

Quickly killing the three, Hidelio ran towards the door.

Just as he was about to leave, another guard arrived.

Punching in the face of the guard, Hidelio shot two times in the chest of the guard.

'4 bullets left!' He reminded himself before leaving the room.

The hallway was empty, choosing a direction, he ran towards one of the ends of the hallway.

Soon, he arrived at the dance floor.

'Damn, the music is so damn loud!' Hidelio said looking around the dance floor.

'It's perfect!'

Pointing his gun toward the ceiling, he emptied the magazine.

*bang x4*

Hearing the gunshots, people panicked and scrambled to run away.

Hidelio then used the crowds, blending with them to escaping the club.

~~~

Sabastian just arrived at Ana's lab.

Ana was standing before her desk in thought, she was making a sullen face.

"Ana, you okay?" Sabastian said seeing his best friend expression.

Ana was startled hearing Sabastian's voice.

She didn't notice when Sabastian arrived.

Muttering a curse under her breath, she turned to Sabastian.

"You okay?" Sabastian asked one more time, feeling concerned for Ana.

Ana sighed before replying to Sabastian.

"I'm not."

Walking towards the sofa nearby, Ana took a seat.

Patting the area beside her, Ana prompted Sabastian to take a seat.

Sabastian walked over to Ana before sitting beside her.

Ana informed Sabastian about the woman he brought from the club.

"That woman is in a terrible state, I'm surprised that she is still alive! Her cells are dying faster than the 'drug' is regenerating them. I'm trying my best to keep her alive."

"Can you save her? That woman holds vital information regarding Andromalius. We know that Harrington has a connection to Andromalius, however, we can't touch Harrington yet." Sabastian said to Ana.

Ana sighed.

"I can save her, but even if I do save her. She won't live long. The drug severely reduced her life span. At best, she will live for 3-4 years. Worst case scenario, 9 months or so with the best of my abilities. Can you even trust her to give us information about Andromalius? Who's to say, she won't betray us and inform Andromalius about us?"

Sabastian shook his head before replying to Ana.

"That's unlikely, she won't betray us. On the contrary, she will help us bring down Andromalius. From how she kept on muttering Andromalius's name with that hateful tone of hers. Andromalius is the reason she is in that state. She will do anything for revenge, after all, she doesn't have much time left. Julian told me, that woman is one of the lead researchers of that 'Drug."

"I see, so a key figure related to Andromalius whom he betrayed... I'll see what I can do to save her." Ana replied after listening to Sabastian.

She agrees with Sabastian after he shared his thoughts.

"So is that why you were making that face before when you were in your thought? A tricky patient for you, huh."

Ana shook her head.

She thought for a few moments before deciding to tell Sabastian one of her secrets.

Getting up from the chair she walked over to a table.

Various solutions were on top of the table.

Taking a conical flask, she poured the solution on her left arm.

"Ugh!" Ana groaned in pain.

The solution burned her skin, leaving a nasty burn mark.

"Ana, wtf!" Sabastian got up from his seat and made his way towards Ana.

But Ana stopped him.

"Stop! Just look."

Ana took out an auto-injector from her lab coat and injected a drug into her neck.

Sabastian was shocked at what Ana was doing.

"Have you gone mad, Ana!"

"Just look, Sabastian. Don't speak, just look."

Soon the burned areas on Ana's arm healed at a visible pace.

Like it was magic!

"Holy mother of light!!!"

Sabastian was shocked senseless.

He could not believe what he was seeing, for a moment he thought he was back in his previous world.

What Ana did was similar to how a healing serum works in his previous world.

Watching Sabastian's expression, Ana could guess what he was thinking.

"The drug I just injected, it's a stronger and the perfected version of the drug you brought to me." Ana said to Sabastian before walking towards him.

"The woman you brought, she is similar to me but you can say that her abilities are cheap knock-offs of me."

"You remember about what I told you? About Zakior? How he was experimented by the Ah'Shif of Tevittar tribe?"

Sabastian nodded hearing Ana.

"The Ah'Shif didn't only experiment on Zakior but to me as well. And, I'm the only successful case of her research."

Ana then told Sabastian about her life in the Tevittar Tribe and the terrible research she took part in.

How she lived her life as a guinea pig to the mad researcher tribe leader and helped her succeed in the horrible research.

~~~

An hour later,

Ana finished telling Sabastian, how she lived her life at the Tevittar tribe.

"Why, why didn't you tell me before?" Sabastian asked Ana with bitterness in his voice.

"Why Ana!" He pressed for answers from Ana.

Ana sighed and looked away from Sabastian.

"Knowing you, you would have flipped off and gone on a killing spree to calm yourself. Your resolve to walk the path of your sword was not as strong as it is now, Sabastian. Back then, you were a bloodthirsty sword who was slowly shedding your old ways to reborn as someone new... What happened in the past is the past, my dear friend, just let it go. I regained my freedom from the Tevittar tribe, I moved on." Ana raised her hands and cupped Sabastian's cheeks.

She gave a smile to Sabastian, which fueled Sabastian's resentment towards the Tevittar tribe more.

He could not imagine the pain she had gone through.

He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth to restrain his anger towards the Tevittar tribe and the Ah'Shif of the tribe.

"I'll make them pay, Ana! For what they have done to you, I'll make them pay!"

Sabastian vowed to make the Tevittar tribe pay for what they have done to Ana.

"Let it go, at least I got super strength and healing abilities from it. I don't resent them Basti."

It took a few minutes for Ana to calm Sabastian.

The silence was awkward for Ana, so she asked Sabastian what he was here for.

Scratching the back of his head, Sabastian awkwardly replied to Ana.

"Well, Hidelio is injured so I came to tell you to take a look at him..."

Ana rolled her eyes.

"For God sake, first Zulkernyn then Ian and Julian. Now, Hidelio! Are you all trying to kill me!!! I already have s*it tons of work to do." Ana snapped at Sabastian before getting up.

"Lead the way!"

"Alright, alright!"