This fight was now at its decisive turn, this game of death was now taking its final breaths. The end of the fight was now quite close and with one jump I had come quite close to that woman.
But despite being so close to her I did not panic. Rather I pointed my gun toward her and fired one more bullet. This time neither any tentacle came in between, nor any obstacle. But this time that bullet went directly and hit that woman indeed.
But for a moment I felt that everything is finished, but as soon as the bullet hit, that woman flew in the air becoming dust. And I was quite surprised seeing this. Before my eyes, that body of flesh and bone changed into black particles. But I understood after some time that this was nothing else but that woman's 'Shadow Substitution' ability. With the help of this ability, that woman could change her place with her shadow, the meaning of which was that right now that woman must have reached some other place in the darkness.
And after stopping for some time this doubt of mine becomes firm as well, when I hear the sound of her footsteps running from one side. That sound was coming from the pressing of the debris scattered on the floor. I hear this and while chasing her footsteps begin to go in that same direction. My every step was falling in a measured manner, eyes were trying to pierce the darkness.
Then on going some distance the sound of her footsteps stops coming to me again. That silence was even more terrifying. And just then I get the sense of a tentacle coming toward me. That black shadow came piercing the air like a whip, and I again move aside to the side to escape from it.
My agility saved me indeed, but as soon as I move aside to the side I get the sense of another tentacle being in front of me. This was a trap! From whose attack I again escape. My body was giving reaction with the speed of lightning. And then those both tentacles keep coming to attack me again and again.
Those shadows were breaking upon me from all sides like some mad octopus. Their attack would come upon me but I would escape every time. This was like a dangerous dance where even a single miss meant direct death. This was so because seeing them was very difficult, but I could definitely feel them. My Paragon intuition was sensing their movement in the dark.
But I would escape from their attack in such a way as if my eyes were searching for something. My body was giving reaction with the speed of lightning—sometimes ducking, sometimes rolling, sometimes turning in the air. Tentacles would pass piercing the air like a whip, and I would escape from them by a distance of a mere few inches.
This was an endless and tiring fight. I knew that there is no use in fighting these tentacles, because these will finish and then will be born again from the shadows of darkness. These were just an 'effect', an ability which was taking that woman's energy. As long as she was alive, this darkness would not let me remain in peace.
But just then, in the middle of that madness, a cold wave passed through my body. Just then I get the sense of that woman being behind my shoulder. That feeling was so deep and true that my hair stood on end. I felt that her cold breaths are touching my neck, that broken laugh of hers is exactly near my ear.
My heart stopped for a moment. Due to which in panic I quickly turn back. And fire my fourth bullet.
A terrifying explosion happened and a flame of fire came out from the gun. But instead of reaching its destination, the bullet got lost somewhere in the darkness. When the echo of the explosion became silent, the truth was in front of me. But after firing the bullet I get this realization that no one is even standing behind me. There was only debris and the shadows of the warehouse.
Amazement and fear flashed together in my eyes. So had that woman again used some ability of hers creating 'Shadow Clone' or then 'Illusion'? Was this one more deception of the shadows of that woman?
Yes, it could be so. My mind was now slowly starting to work back. But in this there is a mistake of my senses as well, because I was not able to catch the difference between Reality and deception. This was a big failure for me. My Insight had failed in piercing that woman's illusion. This was not just one bullet wasted, but my confidence also cracked a little. But now only two bullets were left with me, and that woman was still hidden in the darkness.
Time as if stood still. Just then I thought that after all how can I deal with this problem right now and therefore I closed my eyes. As soon as the eyelids fell, the clamor of the outside world became silent. I thought if I do this then I will perhaps be able to use my other Senses much better. Anyway, in this darkness it was very difficult to see anything with the help of eyes, due to which I closed my eyes and on the strength of my Instinct began to guess the attacks.
And with its help I began to escape from her attacks in a quite good way indeed, like her Shadow Tentacles would come and every time would pass by some distance from me. Those invisible whips would pass piercing the air, but my body like some shadow would move away from them beforehand. But after doing so for some time, I hear a voice full of anger in my ears. This was the voice of that same woman who was perhaps standing in front of me at just some distance. Her voice echoed in the entire workshop. Her voice was trembling but she said in that same voice of hers full of pain and anger, "You people... you people are now troubling me quite a lot! Why are you all not finishing? I adopted every method but you are just after me! But don't worry, you who are after me thinking this that I have become weak, so this has now become a trouble for you indeed, because now I have controlled my condition to a great extent. Therefore I will now finish the game of you people in this very workshop!"
Upon which I think, has she really composed herself? But she is injured right now, because I am still not able to feel more than two tentacles at this place. This means even now I have the chance, even if I am Sequence 1 and she Sequence 3, but it makes no difference. With this same thought, I fire one more bullet in her direction. I had not seen her, rather I had felt her, but my aim was absolutely precise. My bullet piercing the darkness went and passed touching her cheek. The smell of burning flesh and a sharp scream of hers broke the silence. That woman was surprised that after all how did I take such a precise aim in so much darkness and by closing my eyes?
But that woman did not stop. Actually, she had done everything until now only to finish the bullets of my gun, because right now she was in her weakest condition so she had to come near me but the bullets of my gun right now in her condition could finish her, for this reason she did everything for this long and she now knew this thing that only one bullet is left in my gun. Therefore she did not stop, she began to run and rotate like a Circle in front of me, as if she were trying to come behind me and escape from my aim. Her sounds were coming from all around, but does she feel this that I am not able to find out that she is on which side of me? And if it is so then it is beneficial for me indeed, because I could feel her in a complete way that after all in which direction her steps are.
I slowed my breaths and I took advantage of this thing. I turned my gun toward that side and then fired the last bullet present in the gun. That bullet coming out from the gun went toward that woman, but that woman perhaps had a guess of this thing beforehand, for this same reason she stopped herself and with a jump disappeared in the darkness.
Only the smoke of gunpowder was left in the air. I was surprised that after all what happened just now? But that woman was still fine and had escaped from my bullet. But before I could understand anything, I sensed someone being at some distance behind me. This was that same woman who had made me finish my sixth bullet and was now ready for the attack.
Becoming a shadow of death she was standing exactly behind me. She took a quite long jump and reached very close to me to attack me. Her fingers like some dagger moved toward my neck.
But I was ready for this thing. Therefore I turned with agility toward the rear and again made the aim of my gun toward that woman. But that woman perhaps felt that I am doing so because of nervousness and fear. In her eyes was the flash of victory, but before her attack could land on me, my gun completely filled with a golden light!
Its light was so intense that every corner of the warehouse lit up. This was the energy of Purification. And I fired one more bullet, seeing which that woman was definitely surprised. To protect herself she called the darkness, and she put a tentacle in front of her so that that bullet would collide with it and finish.
But she did not know that this was not an ordinary Bullet. That bullet was filled with Sacred Energy which had the capability to pierce the darknesses! That bullet hit on that tentacle and it pierced that tentacle from the middle and separated it, and that bullet went straight and went across through the very middle of that woman's head.
No sound occurred, just a golden line went out piercing her forehead. That woman's eyes remained wide open, her body began to fall on the ground. My purpose was fulfilled.
The kidnapper women is dead