COLD BLOOM

“Hand over the elixir!” Raven barked “Hahaha!” Artemis laughed crazily and bloodthirsty, “over my dead body!” “X, you’re being impossible!” said Raven Artemis was on a mission to retrieve back a high grade elixir because an opposing organization was going to use it as a poison to cause diseases. Unbeknownst to her, there was an ambush. Who would have known that it was her most trusted subordinate who was leading the ambush? “I trusted you; you were my most trusted subordinate amongst our brothers. How could you do this to me!” Artemis said coldly, “You knew I was the strongest amongst our brothers, but you never gave me a satisfactory position. You always send me to do second-hand jobs and it is frustrating. So all I just need to do is eliminate you and I’ll become the boss of the organization!” “Hmm...hahaha”, Artemis laughed “Why are you laughing? You’re about to die by my hands. Doesn’t that hurt your self-esteem that the great assassin X of which no one in the world could kill is going to be killed by my hands?” said Raven. “I’m laughing at how stupid you look to think that you can kill me! "If I die, I’ll make sure a traitor like you doesn’t live long enough to enjoy your victory." Artemis said crazily, her face streaked with blood, making her look like a demon that had crawled out through the gates of hell. Raven’s face suddenly turned white as a sheet of paper at what he saw. “wwh..hat do you want to do?” Artemis held a detonator “Go to hell!” Boooom!!. Mushroom clouds erupted in the sky, the rain forest shook from the impact of the explosion. “As the flames swallowed her, Artemis smiled. Death... How disappointing. But death had other plans CITY HOSPITAL A young girl was lying on the bed. Her face was devoid of any color and looked like a sheet of paper. She opened her eyes to a blinding white ceiling. The harsh overhead light made her eyes twitch. She could vaguely hear a few words from the two people in the hospital ward. One was very familiar to her. It was her sister, and she was talking to the doctor about injecting her with nerve toxin! “Do it now!” said Delilah “But madam, if I do this she will die!” “Remember I’m paying to get rid of her, if you won’t do this I can make you disappear from LA!” The doctor trembled. As he was about to inject the nerve toxin, the girl on the bed started struggling for fear of her life. “How did she wake up, didn’t you inject the anesthesia?” asked Delilah. “I did,” the doctor said tremblingly. Suddenly, Delilah picked up a scalpel with a hint of craziness in her eyes as she was about to stab her, “Die!” Delilah said crazily. Out of fear the young girl pushed Delilah thereby removing the IV drip in her hand SSSsss!!..., the pain shot through her arm, she felt a little dizzy, her face turning pale. Bang!! Delilah picked up an ashtray and attacked the young girl, hitting her on the head. The girl fell to the ground, blood flowing from her head. “Sorry Artemis, I just can’t let you live” Her gaze turned back to the stunned doctor “Hurry!, place her on the bed and inject the nerve toxin!” “Ye..yes” The doctor said As he was about to inject the nerve toxin, the girl whose eyes were closed suddenly shot open again but this time with a hint of confusion and coldness in her eyes, as she grabbed the doctor’s arm. This was due to muscle memory as being an assassin. Wait!! How is she alive? Didn’t she push the detonator? Or didn’t the bomb go off…? Or is this heaven? She checked her arm that was gripping tightly to the doctor’s arm, no b****y marks, no bullet wounds, what the hell was going on?! "That’s not important right now. What is important is that these two are trying to kill her—with what looks like a nerve toxin!" Hmph. If they wish for death... why not grant it to them? Crack! The sickening sound of bones breaking echoed through the ward, followed instantly by the doctor’s screams. "!!" he wailed in agony, his voice filled with terror and pain. Artemis let go of his hand and turned her icy gaze to Delilah. The doctor held his arm in pain which was now in a grotesque posture. Suddenly memories that didn’t belong to her flooded her mind like a tide as she frowned. “A girl was celebrating her 19th birthday at a hotel. She didn’t have many friends, but surprisingly, there were a lot of her classmates at the party. she asked her sister “Delilah who are these people?” “They are my friends I invited them” “But I didn’t ask you to invite them” said the girl “Don’t you like my friends?, but I put so much effort into your birthday party,” Delilah said in between sobs, looking pitiful. Her classmates came and surrounded them. “Why are you shouting at Delilah?, she did everything just to make your birthday special. And also inviting us since you’re so friendless” they said mockingly “No don’t blame my sister she probably didn’t like the preparation, sister don’t worry I’ll talk to our parents about it ok? So don’t get angry ok?” Delilah said pretending to be a little fearful They could hear the fear in Delilah’s voice “Why are you bullying your sister she cares about you but yet you threaten and bully her” said a classmate “We should punish you shouldn’t we?” said another classmate Yes! They all said in unison “I didn’t mean that! Wh..what do you want to do?!” the young girl said tremblingly fear present in her eyes The classmates didn’t listen to her The party was hosted in a hotel close to the swimming pool and the young girl was close to the swimming pool with a slight push she fell in the pool Plop!! The pool was about eight meters deep and the young girl couldn’t swim! She was waving her hands begging for help, no one heard her plea, the kicking and wailing were all in vain as she sunk to the bottom of the pool Suddenly someone jumped into the pool to save her, she fell unconscious so they took her to the hospital of which her parents didn’t follow But her sister Delilah volunteered to follow her to the hospital to take care of her The Anderson parents were touched by “Delilah’s love for her sister”, and they agreed. We return to the moment of Artemis’s reincarnation — the exact second her soul awakened in a new body. Surprisingly, the girl whose body she now inhabited had the same name: Artemis. As emotions that weren't hers flooded her mind, she felt a tightness in her chest. Grief. Sorrow. Pain. Confusion. Emotions so raw and intense, they nearly drowned her. Why did they do this to her? Why was she bullied all her life? Why didn’t her father, mother, and sister love her? Wasn’t she good enough? She had tried—tried so desperately to earn their love. To be good. To be obedient. To be seen. But all her efforts had been met with cold shoulders, verbal and physical a***e. And in the end? Death. Brain damage. Silence. Such a tragic end for a girl who only wanted to be loved. Artemis closed her eyes. A storm brewing quietly in her heart. “Since I’ve been reincarnated into your body,” she whispered, “I will avenge the injustices you suffered... and I will make those bastards from the organization pay, too. Every single one of them!.” Presently Artemis’ face was covered with heavy makeup that had been smudged from being pushed into the pool which was instigated by her sister saying “it’s going to look good on you relax!” With the encouragement she hesitantly allowed Delilah to put on the makeup and she ended up looking like a clown everyone was laughing at her. Artemis stared at Delilah with a bloodthirsty expression “Useless!” Delilah said to the doctor “Ahh!” Delilah gasped, stumbling back in fear. Before she could regain her senses, a chilling voice cut through the air like a blade. In the blink of an eye Artemis appeared in front her almost ghostly Ahh!! Delilah was frightened Suddenly she heard a cold voice “Which hand was it that you used to hit my head?” Delilah didn’t say anything “No response? No problem, I can dismember both of your hands if you’d like?” it sounded more like statement rather than a question Before she could react Crack!! c***k!! Both of Delilah’s hands were broken Ahh!! “You waste, how dare you” Delilah’s arms were in a distorted position. Artemis looked at the distorted arm, her eyes cold that the temperature had dropped to a freezing point as she raised her foot and stepped on the arm ruthlessly with a lot of force, making Delilah scream in agony, sweat dripping from her forehead. Artemis grimaces in disgust. “What a third class clown” she thought Artemis felt a little dizzy and unstable as this body was really weak with almost all the blood drained from her body. Delilah could barely keep her eyes open, the pain was unbearable.