The Fallen (Remake) Chapter 26

I would have to worry about the body and the gates later, I have to get Raph out of here and to a doctor. The chair was facing the watery area. I started to work on them. I'm not exactly a boy-scout, but I'm pretty sure I can........Ack! Something had grabbed the back of my neck, then it threw me to the other side of the room. I got enough of a glimpse of the attacker: it was Predator. He was still alive! That was the last thought I had before I hit the wall. I hit the floor and I struggled to get back up. I pressed against the wall and forced my eyes open. I couldn't see him. Where did he go? Then, as if he were a ghost, he appeared in front of me. He was furious and the side of his head was bleeding badly. His eyes said that he was clearly pissed. "Enough games! You will die today!" He lunged at me, and I pushed against the wall to dodge him. I whipped out my mechanical wing and slashed it along his back. He howled in pain, and I fell. The light around him shimmered and he disappeared again. I figured he must have had a cloaking device of some kind. Sheesh. Did I just get thrown into a comic book? I stood up just to feel a kick to my stomach and a punch to my face. I felt blood in my nose. I was now on my knees and elbows. I spat the little bit that got in my mouth and screamed, "Predator! You coward! You use invisibility against some punk kid?" I gave a kind of weak laugh. "Face it. You're just as pathatic as Hunter! Or maybe Spyker!" Off to my right I saw the light shimmer again, and Predator was standing there. He kicked my side and I went into the wall. Predator spat at me, "It's about time I finished this! And end your endless talk!" He walked towads me. I looked around me for something, anything I could use against him. I saw a pipe with a sharp end. I grabbed for it. Predator grabbed for me. As he turned me around, I must have.........I don't know, but it's a sound I'll never forget. He had me by the scruff of my shirt. He looked at me with anger at first, then it was look of confusion. He looked down and saw the sharp piece of pipe in his chest at an angle. He slowly looked at me, he struggled to say something, but it died in his throat. He fell to his side in the water, and I stood over him. What......have I done? I felt like I was going to pass out, or throw-up. Maybe both. I leaned against the wall. Everything hurt, including my head. I don't know how long I stood there, the only thing that snapped me out of it was the sound of Raph groaning. "Gabe? What........Where are we?" I walked over to him and started working on his ropes. I still had the knife from that punk in the alleyway. I got it out and started cutting the ropes. "Long story." I said. "Let's get you out of here first. I'll explain everything on the way to the hospital." From here you could see the blood starting to gather around Predator. A minute ago I thought he was dead, but there was also the possibility that he survived. Which, he obviously had, but now.........he's gone for good. Oh boy, I feel so sick right now. No. Not now. Don't think right now, just do it. "Gabe?" Raph said. He sounded tired, worn out. He needed to be at that hospital now. "Is he.......dead?" Raph asked. I looked at the corpse over my shoulder. I didn't answer for a while. I got the last of the ropes and we both stood. "Yeah. Can't worry about that right now. We need to get out of here." Using what strength we both had left, we lifted the gate enough for each of us to go under it. Then we made our way out of the sewer tunnels. The whole way, only one thought was going through my head; and it disturbed me. You have what it takes to kill someone.