Chapter 21 - How tragic

Uno stayed at the infirmary for a week. He was dubious about the unusual placidity while he was recovering.

'Didn't I tried to kill Luciano? Why does no one came to me yet?' Uno for the first time in a long time felt his mind in haywire. He expected the worst when his cover was blown but why do they purposely letting him recover?

He looked around the 'infirmary' but it was rather empty. Aside from his bed and the long table with different medicine bottles, this infirmary was like a snug.

Just as he was thinking of ways to escape this place, the attending nurse entered the infirmary. Uno never let his guard down once as he knew he was at the enemy's territory whilst he studied the male nurse. As the male nurse checked the IV drip, he slipped a small syringe from his pocket. He briskly inject the syringe in the injection port but Uno pulled the IV tube causing it to fall then he swiftly stood up at the other side of the bed whilst the male nurse briskly stood opposite him.

The bed was between them as they glare daggers at each other. He studied the male nurse infront of him and noticed the end stroke of the inked tattoo near his neck. He was familiar with that tattoo as he also had one.

'Do you want to make a bet?'

As if struck by lightning, he recalled the words Luciano said.

'So this is what he was saying.' A bitter smile crept out on his face as his eyes turned murderous. He was certain that the person infront of him came from the same organization as him and not from Luciano's men. Only people from that organization had that odd way of evading a surprise attack.

Uno flipped the bed between them but the male nurse push the bed towards him. He was forced at The male nurse didn't spout a word as he continue to make his attack. The nursed broke the IV pole into two then used it to struck him. Uno was at a disadvantaged as he was still recuperating from his injuries. Though the end of the broken IV pole wasn't sharp, he knew it could still penetrate him if used with sufficient force. As he dodged his attack, he found an opening and was about to strike a kick but Uno miscalculated as he was struck by the broken pole. He growled in pain as blood oozes from the flesh in his leg.

Uno felt his wounds zipped open with the excessive movements causing him to feel dizzy. Gaining the upperhand, the man beat him up mercilessly.

Uno slumped to the ground face first. As if the male nurse wasn't satisfied, he grab his back then pulled him up again. He placed half of his body in a long table full of different bottles of medicines. He then used Uno as a juggernaut as he brutally slide him through different bottles medicines causing it to crushed and penetrate his skin.

Just as he pulled another syringe inside his pocket, Uno with his consciousness fading, silently grab a broken bottle piece. The male nurse slightly lowered his guard as he was confident that Uno wasn't a threat anymore. He was about to inject the syringe unto him but was pertrified as his neck was swiftly incised. Before he could react, the syringe in his hand was snatched away then was briskly shot straight through his eye. As the medicine inside the syringe penetrate him —his ears,nose, eyes started to bleed. In just a few second, his lifeless body slumped on the ground. The battle wasn't long but Uno felt fatigue hit him as he leaned his body for support from the long table full of broken medicine bottles and slowly sat down.

'So that is how he wanted my life to end.' He thought as if it was a trivial thing.

Looking at his hands tainted with blood, Uno laughed maniacally. His whole life felt like a joke. How delusional was he to think that man would treat him as a family. He should have known this a long time ago that he was a mere weapon to them.

He was just a kid that also wanted to have a place he could call home. Thus, when that man took him in — he obediently follow each instructions from him. He would willingly take a bullet for that man he treated as a father if he needed to but in the end just one failure and he'd kill him without a second thought.

Uno even in his wildest imagination would never thought that he'd experience the pain of betrayal as he only trusted one person— his foster father. The physical damaged he just had couldn't compare to the pain his father had done to his corrupted young heart. He knew from the start that the world he was in — he'd live in the dark and die in the dark but he thought atleast he had one person who would know that he existed and grieve to his death but it was all just his wishful thinking.

His maniac laughed turned louder sounding like a madman as tears stained his cheeks. He laughed and cried at the same time.

"right, right... what would I expect." He mumbled as his laughs continued.

Revenge? He never had the p_l_e_a_s_u_r_e to think about it as he knew even if he killed the assassin who tried to assassinate him, he was still about to lose his life as he was inside Luciano's territory. Uno didn't realize when Luciano arrived at the infirmary and watched him with a blank expression as he laughed until his consciousness slowly fades.

Reaching his limits, Uno's body finally collapsed due to exhaustion and blood loss. Luckily, Luciano was swift as he caught him with his chubby arms from falling.

"How tragic.." he drearily mumbled.