A CURE THAT KILLS

DARK ROOM

Kyrah groaned in her sleep, as she tossed and turned trying to avoid the damp feeling on her forehead.

" Stay still. " She heard a voice say, but it sounded like it was coming from a distance.

She struggled to pry her eyes open and blinked continuously for it to adjust with the sudden brightness.

“ Water.

Kyrah watched as Elena dashed out to get a glass of water and then she turned to look around her. Her rooms looks a mess, wet towels on the bed, chair and floor.

“ Here have some water. " Elena said as she helped her sit up.

" How long have I been out? " She asked in a hoarse voice before proceeding to take a gulp of water.

" It's been three days. You had us worri..... Holy s**t! What was that for?" Elena

complained as she grabbed a napkin by the bedside to wipe her face. " Next time, maybe give warnings before bathing people with water from your mouth.

" Three whole days? What about training? Where is dad? " Kyrah made to stand up but the pain that shot through her, had her lying back down and gritting her teeth.

“ You need to take it easy on yourself. You are overdoing it and that's why you ended up like this. Sweetheart, you should know when to stop. " Elena preached, hoping that for once kyrah would just listen to her and take things slow.

“ Help me sit up. " Kyrah requested, completely ignoring Elena's advice. " I need to go talk to dad.

Elena sighed in defeat as she proceeded to help her get changed into the training attire.

On the way to the underground basement that serves as the training ground, kyrah remembered what had transpired between her and her father before she passed out.

That night, she couldn't believe what her father had asked of her. “ Shoot her! " He had commanded, helping her position the gun so she was pointing it right on her mother's forehead.

“ What are you doing dad? " She had questioned trying to move away but he held her still and proceeded to place her fingers on the trigger.

“ Go on. Pull the trigger. " He urged but all kyrah could do was stand numb and stare at the woman she had been trying to protect her whole life.

Her whole purpose of training is so she could avenge her beloved mother who had been made bedridden by someone martins refer to as don Alexander.

“ Father there would be no point in everything if I just blow her brains out like this. " She tried to reason hoping that he'd understand and just drop it. If it was someone else in his place asking her to shoot her own mother, she would have made a thousand holes in their head already, but this is her own father, someone she loves and respect a lot, so all she could do was suck it up and try to reason with him.

“ You've always wanted me to show you your mortal enemy whom you've never met. You wanted me to show you the person that made your mom like this. How do you intend to take him on if you can't complete a simple task like this? You've not.....

The rest of his sentence felt like they were coming from a distance and that was the last thing she remembered before she passed out.

“ Look who we have here. “Mathew smiled as he watched kyrah approach.

“ Good morning uncle. " Elena greeted and he responded with a smile, his eyes fixated on kyrah who seem to enjoy staring at her feet than looking him in the face.

“ What did we say about fidgeting? " He questioned her as his eyes bore through her. She looked like she had regained most of her strength but he could tell it was a facade she'd usually put on so she wouldn't appear weak.

“ Apologies father. Good morning. " Kyrah greeted and tried her best to look him in the eyes pretending not to see the disappointment in them.

" I believe you are fully ready for training cause you have quite a lot to catch up on.

" Yes father. " Kyrah replied with a bow eager to leave his sight so he wouldn't question her concerning her failure in his test and how she had fell sick like a weakling.

“ Go on with your training. When you are done be sure to come to my office before you retire for the day, I'm sure you know that we have a lot to talk about.

Kyrah was unable to focus on training the whole day as her mind kept drifting to martins request to see her in his office after training.

“ What's up with you kyrah? You missed the point again. “ The instructor sighed helplessly

“ Will you be fine?“ Elena questioned as they gathered their stuff into the backpack. She couldn't help but worry about kyrah. Everyone knew what it meant to go inside martins office, it's either death or promotion, most likely death.

Nodding her head as a reply to Elena, she picked her backpack and walked out of the room.

On her way to martins office, kyrah couldn't help but wonder what punishment martin has in store for her. In all her 18years of living with him, she had never been summoned into his office. It's a known fact that the word “office“ is just a cover up for whatever it is that's going on in that room. She had failed martins this time, she wondered what punishment he had in store for her.

Standing in front of the office door, kyrah hesitated on wether or not to knock on the door. ' Maybe I should go see mom for the last time. ' She mused and smiled to herself.

She felt someone standing behind and as she made to turn and look, she felt a strong hand push her inside and she fell flat into the dark room.