The Evil's Victory
As the following waves of time continue without end.
There's a light that glimmers, just for a bit
-Alumina
"shit" Christian swears angrily, he takes a knife that he puts on the table and instantly turns off his Handycam. He took both things and ran to the dungeon room. After he locked the door. he down the stairs, and headed for the corner at the end of this room, trying to hide behind the firewood that filled this room. His hand takes off his Handycam's memory card. He could clearly hear the sound of the footsteps outside and someone broke down the door of his house.
"This is for you, Mr. Stark," he said, raising his hand high and stabbing himself in the stomach with a knife three times and stabbing his left chest. His blood straight out of his stomach and mouth.
"Darrel" he whispered until he fell and blood flooded him. Then the dungeon room door was eventually broken down as well. The three men came in with a gun in his hand.
"Shit, what do we have to say to stane?" One of them asked when they found Christian's body at the end of this room.
"He killed himself, what else should we say?" His friend replied.
"What about the body?"
"Let him rot here"
Then they left the house.
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"Since when do you like to play the piano?" Pepper asks Peter while cutting apples for Peter.
Peter, who was sitting on his bed at the time, tried to remember from when he played the piano. "Maybe since I was a kid, I don't even remember" Peter replied and bowed in shame.
Peter lied, he remembers very well when he started playing the piano. His first orphanage had an old black piano in the living room. The owner of the orphanage said no one could play it, so Peter could use the piano. Even Peter doesn't understand why he knows how to play that instrument.
The piano was everything to Peter when he was picked up from the hospital and taken to the orphanage. Peter's in a state of confusion. The doctor said he had amnesia from the accident. Peter didn't understand what he meant at the time. All Peter knows is he can't remember his name, he doesn't even know who his parents are. Peter looked around confused and scared. Until finally the Parker family came and adopted him a few weeks after he stayed at the orphanage. The parker family didn't just give the piano to a little Peter. But also gave him a name, Peter Benjamin Parker. But deep down his heart. Peter always wondered where his real parents were? what was his real name? And Peter believes that his parents didn't leave him, didn't throw him away (as Flash and others have all said to him).
"I can see you really like the piano, so you forget when you started playing it," Pepper said softly while handing over a small plate with the apples she had peeled.
"Thank you, Mrs. pepper" peter smiles at her, then takes the apple and eats it.
Peter doesn't know why Mrs. Pepper came to see him in the hospital again today. Even today she came alone, without Cooper. Peter felt. happy. No, but very happy.
"I have a son, and he also really likes the piano just like you. He started playing the piano when he was 2 years old" pepper muttered quietly. But Peter can still hear it. Peter sees the overwhelming sadness in Pepper's eyes. "Even though at first he could only bang on his piano keyboard," Pepper said with a chuckle remembering her son.
Peter wants to wipe away the tears of Pepper, who had fallen at the time. But peter held him back because he knew it was disrespectful. But look at Mrs. pepper's cries, peter is not happy at all.
"How old is your son, Mrs. Pepper?" Peter asked carefully. He couldn't help but wonder.
"As old as you are" Pepper replied while staring at Peter gently "if he had stayed with me this time, he would have been your best friend."
Peter is curious, he wants to ask where Pepper's son is right now. But he couldn't make the nice lady cry anymore.
"Did your family see you today?", Pepper asked curiously. Pepper's been looking after Peter for two days, but she doesn't see anyone from Peter's family. Pepper gets information from Laura, that peter is an orphan.
"No, Aunt Sophia is working out of town. She can only visit me once a month" Peter replies nervously, and he doesn't want to see Pepper's face. His hand tried to grab a glass of water on the table beside his bed.
Pepper immediately helped him and take the glass to Peter.
"Thank you, Mrs. Pepper," Peter said with a smile on his face.
Pepper can see this child getting uncomfortable, in her heart, pepper feels sorry for offending this child. "My husband bought me an IMC ticket, but I think he just bought me an IMC ticket for the final show," Pepper said as if disappointed with the ticket she got.
Peter finally lifts his face to see Pepper. He chuckles "that means you'll only watch the show from the best participants."
"But I want to see you from the beginning of preliminary, Peter" pepper said and look at Peter's eyes, "when does the preliminary stage begin?" Pepper asked Peter.
"About three weeks away" Peter replied to her with a blush on his cheeks
"But Mrs. Pepper, you don't have to look at the preliminary stage. Although I'm also not sure that I can perform in the semi-finals. But in the preliminary stage, all participants will play the same Chopin" peter began to babbling enthusiastically.
Pepper can tell that Peter loves the piano, and she can see Peter much calmer and relax when they talk about the piano.
"And you'll get bored..." Peter's still babbling slowly.
"Peter, I can't possibly get bored of watching talented kids. Especially watching you play the piano. Besides, even if you play the same Chopin, I'm sure you can make it even more special". Pepper said while gently ruffling his hair.
Peter likes Pepper, she's very kind. And Peter already feels like this woman is treating him like her own son.
No, no, you have to remember who you are, Peter. Mrs. Pepper is just being nice, maybe Peter is just another object of her charity. Peter talked to his thoughts
"May I see you playing the piano?" Pepper asks Peter softly. peter's eyes widened at her
"It's an honor for me, Mrs. "Pepper" Peter said nervously. Then he felt pepper's hand ruffle his hair gently again.
Mrs. Pepper wants to see me play the piano, oh my god I must have dreamed. I have to tell Ned about this.
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Rhode ran towards the elevator which was directly connected to Tony's room. Unfortunately, the meeting with the Council has never finished on time. Rhodey finally arrived at Tony's room, he saw Steve and Natasha who were busy preparing their equipment. While Happy is busy with his smartphone sitting on the sofa in the room.
"Tony, we are ready" Natasha called Tony. Who had been standing quietly staring at the sky of New York City, from the large windows that surrounded his office room
Tony moved to his chair, Rhodes and Happy also sat on the right and left of Tony. They will face whatever information they will get from this memory card together.
Steve insert the memory card on his laptop, while everyone could see what Steve was doing on his laptop through the large monitor screen that was connected to his laptop. The contents of the memory card are only one video file.
The room fell completely silent at once, as Steve played the video. The video shows a wooden bench, and Christian is seen going to the bench and sitting on the bench. Christian eyes seemed to look straight into Tony's.
"I'm so sorry, Mr. Stark." Tony grinned at this.
It's easy for a Christian to say sorry after he lost his life and Darrel's life all this time?
"Obadiah Stane, he forced me to do this all" Christian said very clearly. Until everyone in the room gasped. Rhodes looked away and looked at Tony.
He could see that his friend clenched his fists in anger, how could Obadiah Stane have died even before Darrel disappeared. Rhodes could also see Tony's face was turning white. Heard a ghost in his past life that reappeared, even though it is still in his name only through Christian.
"Yes, he is still alive Mr. Stark. Currently, he even has a lot more bodyguards. He told me to kill Darrel, so I can get back my child and wife" Christian said then bowed his head a little.
"But I can't kill Mr. Darrel. That night, I know that Stane's bodyguard has surrounded your house. I know that one demon cannot be trusted. He intended to kill me too after I killed Mr. Darrel" Christian explained quietly and his eyes looked straight.
"I am taking Mr. Darrel away, I intend to protect Mr. Darrel, take him to a safe place. But suddenly a car hit us, I know the car is one of Stane's people" the anger seemed to fill Christian eyes.
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That night, "I'll take you away Darrel, once we get to a safe place, I'll call the boss to pick you up" Christian said to the little boy beside him who was unconscious.
Then suddenly from the side of his car, a black car with high speed, hit him and made his car turned around until it hit a tree on the side of the road. The collision was so hard so Christian was unconscious because of it. When Christian wakes up, Christian does not see anyone, his ears clearly hear the sound of gasoline pouring down from the leaking tank.
"Shit", his head immediately turned towards Darrel. This little boy is not sitting on his car seat, Christian's eyes look at him with terror. Christian immediately tries to get out of the car In his mind at that moment only had to save Darrel.
Christian holds Darrel. Right after Christian manages to leave the car. The car exploded. Christian hides Darrel in his chest. Protect him from the car explosion.
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"I managed to get Mr. Darrel to the hospital and I returned to your house in the morning, and you know how the next," Christian says then lowers his head again. As if he didn't dare look at Tony.
Tony's blood was boiling. His son had an accident. And he wasn't even there at the time. "Why didn't you tell me the truth then Christian," Tony muttered angrily.
"After I make sure that the Obadiah stane pulled out his bodyguard from you, I tried to turn back to the hospital. But Mr. Darrel has been taken to an orphanage in the Queens."
"Queens" Tony knew he would focus his search there
"I tried to find Darrel in the orphanage, and there I found out that Darrel has amnesia, and Darrel has been adopted by someone and I decided to leave you, Mr. Stark, to distract Stane attention from you and find Mr. Darrel," Christian says without realizing that his tears fell on his cheeks
"A few months ago I found Darrel. now, he has a new name. his name is....."
Suddenly they heard an explosion, and the flower vase beside Christian was broken by the gunshot. Christian panics and gets up to turn off the Handycam.
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"Wait .. what happened?" Rhodes said frantically.
"Someone caught him" Steve replied without taking his eyes off the laptop, and they know the rest of the story. Christian has killed himself.
Tony's face was filled with terror. Damnit Christian, where is my son.
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In another part of New York City, a man sits in his room holding a cigar. Then he burst out laughing.
"Well, poor Starks. I never knew he lost his child," he said with a big grin.
"I need you to do something. I have an amazing idea" he said again as he raised the wine glass high. Before drinking it. He knew that he can feel his victory, Stark Industries was in his hands.