“Alita!!!” Gio and Luciano gasped in unison.
Gio blinked, he couldn’t believe as he initially don’t know what to believe with the way she was looking.
Alita was still putting on the black hoodie and black joggers she wore days ago when she saw Jordan. Her hair was packed in a messy ponytail and her face looked white like she doesn’t have enough blood.
Of course she doesn’t have enough blood. Not when she had lost everything to Rocco and the rest hiding, staying hungry and living out of Expired food and nursing her grudges for vengeance.
A small smile spread on Alita’s face as she watched Lu’s daughter run back to her and held her palm. The way the little girl was just so happy and jumping should be enough to melt the stone in Alita’s heart. Instead, it turned it to iron when she noticed the proud look on Luciano’s face as he stared at the little girl.
“Daddy I found Alita” Amara kept screaming.
“Alita you are back!” Luciano said “I mean! You are here?” He asked unsure.
“Good thing I followed Jordan here” Alita said “Spoiler! Kill him before he kills you for the death of his brother” She paused for a while to giggled “I know you are confused right now but Dante is Jordan’s brother”
Alita smirked, she looked at Gio and smiled sweetly. She tucked stray hair behind her ears and sniffed, blinking back the burning tears in her eyes.
“I see you know the truth already” Alita said, her gaze became soft as she smiled “I am so sorry I didn’t tell you” She began to cry “I just don’t want to make you feel bad or cry over them again ”
Still Gio didn’t say a word or move. He just kept staring at Alita, Luciano and Amara that kept looking round her body like she was a new specie of Alien. His lips quivered as he sat on the floor and tied his shoe lace.
“Where are we going to from here?” Gio asked as he walked towards her.
Slowly, Alita raised her palm to stop him. Slowly she brought a gun from the waist band of her trousers pointed it at Luciano.
“Sorella!” Gio gasped “Don’t!!!” He fell on his knees.
The men around immediately raised their guns and aimed at Alita. Their fingers were holding their triggers waiting for any movement from her.
Even as at that, Alita still pulled the trigger and aimed at Luciano. The corner of her lips lifted into a sly smirk as she noticed the way Lu held up his palm and clenched it. Immediately, half of the men lowered their weapon but they still had their fingers on the triggers.
“Hold it down!” Lu ordered “She is with us” He added.
Slowly, the rest lowered their guns but they didn’t still remove their fingers from the trigger. They were still looking at Lu waiting for any order to shot to kill or shot to stop.
“You don’t have to do this, Alita” Gio said again with his extremely sad eyes.
Alita’s cold eyes became stormy. She looked at Amara who also had the same pleading look in her eyes before slowly looking at her father. The look on Luciano’s face was the only thing holding her from shooting him.
Lu was extremely calm, no fear in his eyes. It was like he was expecting her to come all this while and even shoot him. His palms were in his pockets as he chew inside of his mouth before closing his eyes and sighed.
“I am ready” He spread his arms “I deserve to die” he added.
Alita’s brows flinched, she looked down at Amara’s sad face and smiled sweetly. Slowly, she went on a knee and cupped the girl’s wet face.
“Do you love daddy?” Alita asked and the girl nodded “Are you sure Daddy loves you too?” She nodded again.
Alita smirked, she kissed the girls forehead and wiped her tears with her thumbs. Her evil green eyes looked up at Luciano who was now staring at them before she looked at Gio who now had a relaxed face.
“I don’t want you to know pain” Alita said sweetly and kissed her forehead again “Close your eyes, Amara”
Like light or even faster then light, Alita pressed her gun on Amara’s head and pulled the trigger.
Bang!!!
“No!!!” Luciano screamed.
He fell on his knees and crawled to his daughter’s lifeless body on the floor. He couldn’t cry, not even a sound or word came out from his throat as he shook and stared at the hole in Amara’s forehead.
“You should have killed me, Alita” Luciano cried “You should have killed me”
He pulled the girl to his arms and shook her, crying on top of his voice was all he kept doing. His men around didn’t moved, it was like they were useless .
“This isn’t you Alita” Gio cried as he rushed towards Amara on the floor “You have turned yourself into a monster” he added.
With her hands shaking and her teeth gnashing, making sounds like they were cutting things up. She looked at Gio, Luciano, and the dead Amara.
“What have I done?!” She broke down as she fell on her knees “What have I done!!!” She screamed.
Her green stormy eyes couldn’t look at Amara as she lay dead on the floor drowning in her pool of blood. Her forehead pumping out more blood soaking her dress, With Gio and Luciano’s cloth.
Amara’s eyes were still closed, her palms clenched and a sweet smile on her lips. It was like the little girl knew what would happen to her and she actually expected it long before them.
“I am a devil!” Alita whispered to herself.
She lifted the gun and gave it to Luciano who refused to collect it. She tried to push it to his palm but he wasn’t even looking at her. Lu’s eyes were glued on his dead daughter like he was still thinking if he was having a bad dream.
His lips quivered as he rocked the dead girl singing her a lullaby. It was something he had heard Amara and Gio sing before. Something he knew only Alita taught Gio and he taught Amara.
“I don’t need to live” Alita cried “Please kill me Luciano” Alita tried to force the gun into Lu’s hand but he refused to answer her.
“Sleep Amara” Lu cooed “I am sorry I couldn’t watch you become the doctor you had always want to become” he cried more “I promised to walked you down the altar to meet your husband and I failed again please forgive me”
The agony in Alita’s heart was heavy. She regretted her actions but there was no way she could change it. There was no way she could swap her self for the girl and allow Lu watch the girl become the doctor she had always wanted to be.
She only wanted to do something that would Hurt Lu to the core knowing that he would never feel pain of she just kill him instantly. Even if she tried to kill him, his men were so watchful and they might shoot her before she raise the gun. Amara was so close to her and all she had to do was to Aim and shot which she did without thinking.
“I am sorry” Alita cried “I am sorry I did what I did and become a monster” She pressed the gun to her chest and began to cry “I am a monster, a useless monster and I don’t deserve to live”
Lu froze, he raised his head to see Alita’s finger holding the trigger and the gun pressed to the side of her head. Slowly, he began to move towards her but Alita pressed the gun more and screamed.
“I can’t live!!!” Alita screamed in top of her voice.
Lu looked at Gio who had coiled into a ball and began to cry. For a boy like that, looking like a vampire with someone’s blood on his body and face, passing out should have been better but he didn’t.
“Gio needs you, Alita” Lu cries “I need you. Please I beg you, stay for us” he cried more.
Alita’s lips quivered, she looked at Gio and smiled.
“I am a monster” She repeated “I know I am not supposed to live and I will only bring more pain if I leave”
“I will always ‘REMEMBER TO FORGET YOU’ in hell and never forget to remember I love you with all my heart” Alita cried looking at Luciano, she turned to Gio and her lips quivered again “I am always with you” She said “I love you, Gio”
That was Alita’s last words before she released the trigger followed by a loud bang. Her body fell lifeless to the ground with her tip of her left hand fingers touching Amara.
With his eyes looking at the two dead bodies of the people he love most, Luciano yelled. He couldn’t even watch Gio crawl on Alita and began to shake her crying.
He had failed Amara.
He had failed Gio.
He had failed Alita.
He had failed Flavi.
And he had failed himself.
He has to live to continue his fight another day but he will never himself. He will always REMEMBER TO HATE HIMSELF for all the evil he had done.
(La fine e il nuovo inizio!)
The end is the new beginning!