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The novel: Should I Fight My Husband or the Black Tumor?
Category: Light action, romantic, drama, mystery
Chapter 12
[The dark stable — the smell of rotting hay fills the air]
Riman slowly opens her eyes; her body aches from being thrown into the stable. Pale black dolls surround her like motionless scarecrows, their glassy eyes reflecting the pale moonlight through a small window. Nizar lies beside her, his breathing irregular, while Fox tries to get up with effort.
Riman: (muttering as she tries to free her hands from the ropes)
"What am I supposed to do...?"
[Suddenly, Nizar opens his startled blue eyes.]
Nizar: (in a hoarse voice)
"Where... are we?"
Riman: (pulling on her restraints)
"Don't be afraid—"
Nizar: (interrupting her with a sudden laugh)
"From what should I be afraid? My brother will crush them soon!" [wriggling to free his shoulder]
Fox: (groaning as he tries to stand)
"We can't leave... this black barrier material is hard to penetrate, its scent is like—" [falls suddenly, nose bleeding]
"I can't pass through... even though my body can pass through solid objects."
[Riman notices that the ropes are slowly deteriorating where Nizar touched them. A thought flashes in her mind.]
Riman: (to Nizar)
"Your blood... seems to affect the barrier!"
[Nizar stares at her dirty white hair, his eyes widening as light shines on her.]
Nizar: (with a terrifying innocence)
"You... have white hair like me!" [smiling]
"Dreed told me that my brother's fiancée is as beautiful as snow... are you her?"
Fox: (coughing due to the stench of ash)
"What kind of idiot is this?! We're about to die and he's talking about marriage!"
[Nizar suddenly touches Riman's hand, a blue ray of light emanates from their contact. The black barrier cracks like glass! His hair glows brightly and his eyes gleam.]
Nizar: (astonished)
"Look! I'll open the door here!"
[With a touch like an explosion]
[Riman takes the opportunity, grabs his hand, and runs with all her might out of the explosion!]
Fox: (shouting)
"Now! Let's escape before they come back!"
[The three rush toward the door, but Fox trips at the threshold. The stench of ash grows stronger... the creatures awaken!]
[Before she could finish, Nizar raises his little finger with a childish smile. Suddenly, a shocking blue wave shoots from his finger, destroying half of the stable in a deafening explosion!]
Riman: (covering her face from the debris)
"You... are scary!"
Nizar: (laughing like a child who found a new toy)
"I'm always like this! When I want to escape, I do what it takes!"
[winking]
"Dreed used to lock me in the organization's basement... but I would escape with a smaller explosion than this!"
Riman: (staring at him curiously)
"How old are you really?"
Nizar: (innocently)
"Nineteen years old!"
Riman: (shouting)
"You're joking!"
Nizar: (suddenly stopping, his eyes glowing with blue light)
"Watch... I'll show you something fun!"
[His body begins to stretch, his muscles grow, and his white hair suddenly lengthens to become a young man in his twenties!]
Fox: (ears perking up)
"I... no longer understand anything!"
Riman: (stunned)
"So... you're a man?!"
Nizar: (laughing as he suddenly returns to his teenage form)
"Hold on! Do you want me to turn into an old man? Sure thing! Hahaha!"
Riman: (shouting)
"How do you do this?!"
Nizar: (placing his finger on his lips)
"This is a secret I cannot reveal~"
[Suddenly, black dolls appear from among the rubble, striking him forcefully from behind! Nizar falls to his knees. Fox rushes to help him, but another creature strikes him with black ash material, causing him to lose consciousness instantly!]
[The palace courtyard — black and white marble floor like a giant chessboard. Nizar and Fox are unconscious in the corner, while Riman trembles in front of a mysterious figure in a black robe.]
The stranger: (walking slowly across the squares of the chessboard)
"At last... my guests have arrived."
[Extending his hand to grab Nizar, but Riman jumps in front of him with a broken sword.]
Riman: (trembling but with a firm voice)
"Don't touch him!"
The stranger: (laughing like a broken bell)
"There are rats everywhere... did you make a mistake?" [indicating the black dolls]
"No matter... we'll correct one mistake with another!"
[The stranger's form becomes visible after the light focuses on him:
A tall, slender man with silky black hair tied back with a leather strap revealing a broad forehead with a hidden crescent-shaped scar. His pale face resembles those unforgettable faces in the darkness, with thin lips that are always stretched into a cold, hidden-blade-like smile. He wears a long gray coat that flutters behind him like bat wings.]
[He raises his hand, hundreds of dolls filled with ash move... but suddenly, invisible blades cut off their arms and heads! Black blood splatters across the chessboard.]
Sajjad: (appears suddenly behind the stranger, wiping his sword slowly)
"How long must I stay with such a rival? I don't have much time."
Fernald: (shouting angrily)
"How dare you do this?!"
Sajjad: (deliberately yawning)
"Brother... how I hate people like you." [advancing a step]
"You approach the lion's den, and when it attacks you... you get angry? Foolish."
[inwardly: on the verge of exploding from anger]
"You were selling weapons to the traders' island for Malai only to entrap Ikss and especially the information..."
"I hope he didn't take any documents from Nizar because I can't protect him if the families intervene."
"It's good he can't control the ash material, it's a failed experiment."
And he's fighting...
[Dreed appears from the shadows, whispering:]
"There are valuable information here... we can take it."
Sajjad: (pointing to Fernald)
"True... why not steal from thieves?"
[Fernald roars, swallowing a handful of black ash. His body begins to swell, but suddenly... a black shadow pierces his back!
Sajjad: (clapping slowly)
"Looks like you've arrived, Ikss."
[The shadow takes shape into a tall man with black hair touching the ground and mysterious purple eyes.]
Ikss: (voice like a knife scraping against glass)
"I'm not a member of the organization... I follow only myself."
Fernald: (bleeding, crawling toward Ikss)
"My brother... I work for the organization! Nizar must die—"
[Ikss raises his hand, a shadow resembling claws tears apart Fernald's side.]
Ikss: (shaking his head)
"Did you sell our files to the island of experiments just for the organization?"
[sneering]
"You're an idiot... you'll rot in the dungeon of the damned."
[Fernald tries to get up, but Sajjad cuts off his other hand! His scream fills the square.]
Ikss: (to Fernald)
"Do you think you want to lose your life?" [pointing to the shadows]
"Take him."
[The shadows swallow Fernald as he screams, leaving only his last tear falling on the chessboard.]
[The palace courtyard — the chessboard smeared with blood]
Sajjad: (staring at "Ikss" with narrow eyes)
"I didn't expect you to know these secrets..."
Ikss: (wrapping himself in his black cloak, his violet eyes flashing)
"This is my job. Goodbye."
Sajjad: (sharply)
"At least take your brother's remains!"
[Ikss suddenly stops as if remembering something.]
Ikss: (whispering in Sajjad's ear)
"Where's the new leader? I heard he was also kidnapped..."
[Sajjad points to Riman who trembles in the corner.]
Ikss: (softly laughing)
"Child? You're too young... and frail."
Dreed: (advancing threateningly)
"Leave her! She's already traumatized enough!"
Riman: (catching her breath, bending involuntarily)
"Pleased... to meet you."
Ikss: (lightly holding her chin)
"My first goal... will be to save you, my lady."
[Sajjad in distress and anger]
"It seems you have another objective!"
Ikss: (pointing to the shadows)
"Alright... take him. But there's something I want too."
[Looking towards Nizar]
[Suddenly, the shadows surround Sajjad and Dreed, blocking their path!]
Sajjad: (laughing harshly)
"This... was expected of you."
[Pulls a pistol from a black vortex, cutting it through the air. The whistle of the knife disperses the shadows temporarily!]
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[Scene: The destroyed courtyard of the palace, a chessboard patchwork—thick black fog suddenly engulfs the place, obscuring vision even for hands. Nizar is still unconscious on the ground, while Drayid stands cornered behind a broken marble column, surrounded by Riman.]
Iks (raising one finger slowly, his violet eyes glowing in the fog):
"Beware any strike… it could destroy everything."
Riman (catching her breath while pressing a bleeding wound on her arm):
"What do you mean--?"
[Before she can finish, a massive explosion! A shadow lunges from the fog, firing a bullet from his terrifying black pistol. The bullet slices through the air with a blue spark… but collides with the wall behind Iks!]
Iks (laughing softly while brushing off the dust from his shoulder):
"I expected my student to surpass me… but you've truly disappointed me."
[A sudden appearance of Shadow standing on the wall behind Iks after a blow from Iks without him noticing, pistol thrown on the ground; his last leap causes the palace walls to tremble!]
Shadow (rising slowly, his yellow eyes glowing like lightning in the fog):
"So… it seems I can no longer tolerate your nonsense."
[Moving his feet angrily on the ground, he breaks his own special gun with his left leg, causing winds to erupt from the place (due to pressure), cracks spreading across the marble floor like a spider web! Iks jumps back skillfully, but Shadow charges toward him at an alarming speed, his black knife gleaming like the fangs of a hungry wolf.]
Shadow (attacking with consecutive strikes):
"Well… I'll show you my strength in its fiercest form!" (Angry)
Iks (dodging the blows with movements akin to shadows):
"Well… I'm waiting, you fool." (Sarcastic)
[The decisive moment of impact… Suddenly, a powerful gust of wind strikes from above, separating them like a sword! Dahlia appears above them on the ceiling, which has become a hole due to her immense power, her arms extended as she holds her special sword.]
Dahlia (her voice shaking the place):
"What is this madness?! Do you both want to destroy the entire city?!" (Annoyed, about to explode)
[Her air barrier, resembling atmospheric pressure, forcefully pushes Shadow and Iks backward. Both Shadow and Iks struggle to maintain their balance.]
[The destroyed palace courtyard—the black fog gradually dissipates, leaving behind destruction like a storm that passed through. Dahlia stands between Shadow and Iks, her arms still raised as remnants of her air energy scatter like golden sparks.]
Dahlia: (her voice like a caged lion's roar):
"What is this madness? Do you both want to destroy an entire city?!" [She descends from the hole she created with her jump, marble dust flying under her feet]
Shadow: (tearing through the fog with his hand, his eyes glowing with anger):
"Damn it! If you had let me, I would have destroyed him here!"
Dahlia: (grasping her hand and shouting at them):
"If I had let you, you both would have burned innocents! Your powers are not toys!" [Pointing her finger at Iks] "And I mean you specifically!"
Iks: (mockingly bending over, his shadow coiling around his legs like a snake):
"Alright… I'm the culprit. I just wanted to play with my favorite student."
Shadow: (pulling out another dagger from his leg, his voice like a chilling whistle):
"Don't come near Nizar… or I'll crush every particle in your body."
Dahlia: (rebuking):
"You fool! Haven't you studied the consequences of two powerful individuals from special families fighting? Moreover, the amount of collateral damage in this palace is significant! One of you?"
In her thoughts: "The problem isn't negativity—it's the quantity of power if someone from these families loses control, their powers amplify and could lead to destruction. That's why the state forbids those with such bloodlines from fighting outside without supervision."
Note: Negativity is a type of black power from the families who belong to it, and they are strictly forbidden from fighting.
Iks: (suddenly laughing, as if remembering a joke):
"Aah, no harm done. I was just stopping by to see him after such a long absence." [Dahlia looks at him incredulously as he moves toward the shadows] "But admit it… I enjoyed myself."
Dahlia: (frowning as she glances at the wounds on his hand):
"I thought you were going to settle your debts this way."
Iks: (swearing on his heart):
"I swear I didn't take a single coin from Aether!"
[He begins to transform into a shadow, but stops to throw one last glance at Shadow.]
Iks: "Farewell, Shadow… I'll miss our mischief. I'll send you a message."
Shadow: (wiping his dagger with Drayid's indifference):
"Go away, I don't want it… may you stay in Malaai."
Iks: (placing a hand over his chest dramatically):
"How disgraceful! I taught you how to kill!"
Shadow: (scratching his ear mockingly):
"What teaching, you fool."
[Iks disappears completely, but his voice echoes from the void.]
Iks: "Next time… I won't be so forgiving and will complete the mission."
Shadow: (coldly):
"I'll be waiting… to crush you."
Dahlia: (turning toward the destroyed courtyard):
"He's still a child!"
[Shadow ignores him, leaning down to pick up Nizar's lost hat.]
Shadow: (to Drayid):
"I'll continue from here. Take care of Nizar… since Dahlia is here, he's safe."
[He picks up the files that fell from Drayid earlier while protecting Nizar.]
Drayid responds:
"Why did I have to be at the party?"
[Leaving while passing by Dahlia, giving her some files, his last whispers dripping with venom:]
"I fulfilled my promise… remember to keep yours, Dahlia."
[Secret office of Shadow – walls covered with screens displaying surveillance footage.]
Shadow stands in front of a table full of bloody files, his yellow eyes scanning the documents rapidly. His knife pierces through a picture of a double agent.
Shadow: (in a voice as calm as death):
"Traitor… traitor… traitor." [Each stab drips blood onto the organization's seal.]
"It's good they're trying to delay us with trivialities. Good that Fernald that idiot fell into our trap."
"He failed in the mission to transfer the files now in my possession." [Smiling]
"He should thank me for betraying the International Research Team, Branch A of State A. True, he tarnished his brother's name, but his goal was bigger—to destroy that team. So he tried to sell their documents and belongings."
Tim asks: Why does he betray the state?
Shadow "Either he made a grave mistake, or…"
[Iks grabs his brother by the neck and throws him to his dogs.]
"I don't forgive you, Fernald. Turning you into creatures like the Black Tumor is dangerous, and I won't allow you to live any longer. Neither brotherhood nor childhood rivalry affects my principles."
Shadow: "In the end, I tore him apart and fed him to his dogs." [Sound of Shadow speaking, dogs eating Fernald's head.]
[In the corner of the palace, Nizar wakes up suddenly, rubbing his eyes to find Dahlia playing with his hair.]
Dahlia: (twisting his hair strands between her fingers):
"Choose… the knight or the soldier?"
Nizar: (happy and surprised):
"Dahlia, I missed you!"
Dahlia: "I'm your most beloved." She hugs and embraces him.
[Riman stands there, watching the scene as if in a dream.]
Riman: (muttering):
"I no longer understand anything…"
"Who's the enemy, who's the friend, who's the mentor?"
Fox lazily: "Surrender to reality; you'll understand nothing here."
[Dahlia turns to her, before she plays with Nizar.]
Dahlia: (with a mysterious smile):
"Farewell, little genius. I'll see you in the final test." [Putting two fingers in front of her eyes 🤘✌️]
[Iks suddenly appears as a shadow behind Dahlia, grabbing her shoulder.]
Iks: "It's time to leave."
[They disappear together as if the earth swallowed them.]
[Drayid leans against the wall in shock.]
Drayid: (to Riman):
"They're gone… wait… impossible, they left you."
Nizar: (jumps suddenly):
"No! We'll go together immediately to my brother!"
Drayid: (coughing and imagining himself dead):
"Fine… Sajjad will kill me this time."
[Secret base—walls of black rock dripping with underground water, faint red light warning of an impending disaster. Tim rushes through the iron door, his face reflecting a strange victory while carrying a bloodstained data bag.]
Tim: (panting):
"I brought the data! We can analyze—"
[He suddenly stops. In the middle of the room, Nizar and Riman are playing hide-and-seek around the lab columns. Nizar covers his eyes with his hands, but he walks in the exact opposite direction of where Riman is hiding.]
Nizar: (laughing):
"I'm deliberately missing the spot! This is strategy!"
Riman (worried about him): "You're about to fall, Nizar!"
[In the corner, Drayid is hanging from the ceiling by a steel fiber rope, his face swollen from the beating. Blood oozes from the corner of his mouth.]
Drayid: (weakly):
"Lower me… I swear I won't do it again."
[Sajjad sits at the operating table, slowly wiping his knife. His eyes never leave Riman, who hides behind a metal cabinet.]
Sajjad: (his voice shocking in its calmness):
"Good that I didn't kill you… you brought our enemy right into our lair."
[Drayid tries to smile despite the pain.]
Drayid:
"She's just a young girl… she won't find her way alone."
Sajjad: "Seems your mind isn't working anymore…" [Threatening]
[Sajjad suddenly jumps from the table, grabbing Riman's head who was sneaking a look! His grip tightens on her skull as if he's about to crush it.]
Sajjad: (voice like a knife scraping glass):
"Be silent! I'll return you in the morning… as if you're playing."
"And I hope you're not a burden to us… but you're just annoying and useless." He presses hard on her head.
[A deadly tense moment… Fox jumps from the shadows, his fangs gleaming in front of Sajjad's eyes.]
**Fox**: (sharp whisper):
"If you don't release her… I'll tear you apart."
[Sajjad releases her suddenly.]
"Rats have started talking." [Sigh]
[Riman collapses onto her knees. Drayid seizes the opportunity, cutting the rope with his legs and falling to the ground.]
Drayid: (coughing blood):
"Even if she dies… we won't gain anything."
[Fox approaches the injured Drayid, growling.]
Fox:
"You're the reason we're here…"
"I'm sorry, I won't repeat it… I'm sorry…" from the pain.
[Tim presses a hidden button, the walls of the room begin to move.]
Tim:
"We'll change the location… right, sir!"
Sajjad:
"Of course, because of this reckless person, we'll meet again in that place." [Looking at Drayid with disdain, Drayid smiles and waves.]
[Sajjad grabs Riman with one arm, looking at her with a thousand threats.]
Sajjad:
"We won't meet here again."
"And don't tell anyone what happened today."
[Riman clutches her head, tears streaming down her eyes from the pain.]
Riman:
"I want to leave… Fox, I'm going to vomit."
"You'll get used to it." Sajjad says while Fox is worried.
[Nizar approaches her, gently touching her forehead.]
Nizar:
"Are you alright?"
[Sajjad drags her toward the back exit.]
Sajjad (to himself):
"I'll take her anyway… I was supposed to meet my grandfather this morning."
[The black car cuts through the cold mist of dawn. Sajjad drives with one hand while pressing his thumb to his forehead as if trying to crush a painful memory. Riman sits in the back seat, wrapping herself in a coat while looking at Nizar who plays with a small doll in his hand, removing its sound so they won't hear it.]
Sajjad: (pressing a button on the steering wheel, a screen showing a map of cities smeared with red spots):
"Tiem… are there any updates on the spread of the Black Tumor?"
[The sound of Tiem comes from the speakers, muffled by electronic noise.]
Tiem: "No… only small gangs fighting in poor neighborhoods."
Sajjad: (his eyes glowing in the darkness):
"Alright… I'll take care of them before returning." [Turning toward Tiem through the screen] "What's the name of that gang that changed its name? The one dealing with that idiot?"
Tiem: (sighing):
"The Ashaos… but they now call themselves 'Wings of Darkness.'"
Sajjad: (laughing briefly):
"Aah… these fools again?" [Pressing the gas pedal suddenly] "Alright, they'll make a good example."
[Riman freezes when his finger passes over another button… to open the sound.]
Sajjad:
"Nizar, don't enter Grandpa's room."
[Nizar suddenly raises his head, his doll falls.]
Nizar: "Alright, brother! I want to go to the Light Festival in the city!"
Sajjad: (looking at the mirror to see Nizar):
"Alright… go with Drayid."
Nizar: (leaning forward excitedly):
"With you! I won't go with that idiot—"
Sajjad: (bored):
"Of course not!"
Nizar: (stepping back, his eyes shimmering with disappointment):
"You're so harsh…"
[Riman pulls her coat tighter around her shoulders, scared, and Fox feels it.]
Fox (to himself): "Don't worry, if he wanted to kill you, he would have already."
Sajjad: "Stop complaining, Nizar. You've grown up."
[Stopping the car abruptly, almost causing an accident.]
Sajjad: (seriously):
"Looks like a battle is coming soon."
[And the sky filled with black things falling like rain from above, something frightening, and they're on a hill close to the city.]
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