the warehouse

it is over

i followed him to the warehouse

it was thirty three minutes to the deadline

saw him sneak in through the ducts

he had something, i believe it was the blueprints for the warehouse

he must have aquired them somehow

thanks to that, he knew where to look for the ducts

his pack was bulging, and about ten minutes later, i knew why

fireworks

he set off fireworks inside the warehouse at three points

i entered through the back door, and saw the white haired girl

bashing her head against the wall, i lifted her up and prepared to slit her throat

when june arrived behind me and told me to drop her

i complied

his eyes were full of rage

but he relented, and told me to follow him

the servants were in a panic, as we climbed onto the catwalk above

the massive one did not even notice us approaching from where he guarded a crank

june struck him with the hilt of the sword, i grabbed onto one of his arms and kicked the back of his head

together we forced him over the railing, to a hardy fall onto the crates below

after seeing that he was not dead, june threw the switch, lowered the hostages, and told me to cut them loose

he ran towards the back room

i hesitated, but did as he wished

they were conscious, i directed them back outside

a boy my age appeared out of the wall in front of me and threatened me with a gun

i slapped it out of his hand and incapacitated him easily

after the hostages were safely outside, i headed for the back room

and saw through the window

the woman had stabbed him in the shoulder, rhodes pointed a gun at him

the door was looked, i could not break the window

i began to pick the lock

rhodes told june that he would let him go free if he shot the woman

Valkyrie

and lowered his gun, allowing june to take his out

there was silence

anxiously, i checked the time- only nine minutes left

june had pointed the gun directly at valkyrie's head

said she was not the sister he'd loved

she only smiled and said that this was who she really was

she wanted her brother to introduce her to the "wonder" of death

june dropped his gun, lowered his head

the police burst into the front of the warehouse

perhaps the fireworks caught their attention

rhodes shot june straight in the chest

dead center

i finally got the lock open

ran for them, stabbed valkyrie in the arm

rhodes hit a switch

and the rest was a daze

i awoke amongst the ruins of the warehouse

there were many injured officers

remarkably, no fatalities

except one

the only one that mattered to me

i could not find him

i dug desperately through the rubble

i could not find him

i found valkyrie's body

but not his

there was more rubble i had no strength to search

but it hardly matters

it is over

i have nothing left