Adopted Soldier

Evangeline, Emily, Sayaka, and even Rachel looked at the screen confused as to what happened. Richter, on the other hand, was not convinced, he immediately used a machine to scan the room. After a thorough scan of the bodies, it was clear that their heart had stopped beating. When Richter got his confirmation, he couldn't help but smile. 

The girls who were tied up and forced to watch saw the result of the scan had different reactions. Evangeline was confused, Emily was in a state of shock, Sayaka had a look of hatred, while Rachel had a very complicated expression on her face. She didn't know what to feel, Alex told her of a plan, but this wasn't that plan. 

Alex simply said he would fight the others, but drag it out until both sides could no longer fight to force a draw. Afterwards Richter would probably stop the match, and wait for them to get back in shape. He would continue to do this until a winner emerges, or he could get bored and simply kill everyone. Either way, that plan would've given the group some time to think of a way to escape. Yet now Alex did the unexpected and actually killed his friends.

Sayaka looked at Rachel and wanted to get angry at her, but then she saw her best friend crying. Seeing her like that made Sayaka realized that even she didn't know that Alex really planned to kill the others. 

Emily was still in a dazed state as if her soul was no longer within her body. Kei, her beloved Kei was actually killed, and the person who killed him was Alex the person she respected the most. A torrent of feelings had assaulted her, but the feelings that resonated strongly within her were the feelings of anger and despair. 

Evangeline was also in a daze, as she was confused as to what had happened. Before they were brought here, Evangeline and the others were gathered in one single, the room where Rachel explained Alex's plan. Yet what was happening now wasn't even remotely near Alex's plan. Did the Alex that she knew off change. What happened in that one year they were apart. 

Richter who saw the different expressions of the girls felt a bit happy. This meant even they weren't expecting this to happen, which made the deaths of the three boys even more real. While Richter was feeling happy by the turn of events, he heard Alex's voice through the speakers. 

"I see... You were right grandfather, these people could never be my friends." The cocky smile on Alex's face could no longer be seen, and at this moment he reverted back to his stoic look. In fact, he looked even more emotionless than before. "They were weak therefore they died..." Alex sighed before looking at the camera. placed within the room. "Grandfather I wish to speak with you." 

"Very well my grandson," Richter called for Leon and asked him to escort Alex to his room. 

...

Alex was following Leon silently, while Leon felt something was amiss. "Alex, why did you bring those dead bodies? You even brought their weapons."

"Hmm, even though they weren't worthy of being my friends, they were still my friends. I simply wish to bury them alongside their weapons, nothing more, nothing less." Alex said those lines without any hint of emotion, right now to Leon, Alex felt like a ghost. 

When the two arrived in Richter's room, Alex noticed that the girls were glaring at him, Sayaka was even emitting a large amount of bloodlust, but that didn't bother Alex at all. Richter, on the other hand, was curious about the dead bodies Alex was carrying and asked the same question as Leon. Of course, Alex gave the same answer he gave Leon. 

"I see... So Alex tell me what is it that you want to talk about? I assume you want something from me, tell me what is it you desire?" 

"Before we start talking I want to do something." Alex approached the girls and placed the dead body of his friends on their laps. Alex placed Niel on Evangeline's lap, Oliver on Sayaka's, Kei on Emily's and he looked at Rachel with those emotionless eyes of his. Rachel who was looking at him wanted to hear his reason for doing this, but Alex didn't say anything and turned around. 

Evangeline looked at Niel the person who supported her love and wanted to cry. The once confident, radiant senior of hers was now dead, and the one who killed him was the man she loved ever so dearly. 

Emily who didn't believe what she saw through the monitors, was now looking at Kei's dead body. She wanted to deny what she was seeing, she didn't want it to be true, yet here he was no longer there to fool around with her. She just became his girlfriend, she wanted to do lots and lots of fun things with him, but now he could no longer do anything with her. Emily didn't notice but tears were already rolling down her face. 

Sayaka who saw Oliver's dead body was full of rage and sorrow. After her father died, Sir Lyner died, and now Oliver was gone. All the important men in her life were leaving her behind. There were a lot of things she wanted to tell Oliver... She even dreamt of becoming his wife someday, where she and he could smile happily, while raising their children. She had a dream that her children and her friends' children would become best buddies, and they would go to school, have the same antics as she and her friends once had. Yet now all of those things will never happen. At this point rage, hatred, and despair were boiling up within Sayaka. She would never forgive the Shadow Mercenaries for doing this, but the person she really wanted to drag to hell was the person her loved one considered his best friend. 

'Alex no matter your reasons I will never forgive you!' Sayaka glared angrily at Alex.