It's well known that the greatest defense against an intruder is the sound of a gun hammer being pulled back.
Jorim called Pablo an intruder and honestly, Pablo was relieved.
'So I was right about these guys.' He thought and remained calm. Calmer than ever.
On the other hand, standing in the corner of the hall, Flashy was sweating buckets.
'I am dead. I am dead. I am dead. Dad, I am sorry I wasn't able to help you. I am dead. I am..'
Flashy repeated the same things inside his head and from the deepest part of his heart, he hoped Pablo would manage the situation. He didn't want to die.
"What are you talking about, sir?" Pablo asked, acting indifferent.
"Don't play dumb with me, kid. Everything you said about your family and that guy over there, was a lie. This is not your house and his name is not Flash Burner. " Jorim said.
'He is like a human lie detector. Must be his power. Let's see if he's the real deal.'
"Sir, I have no idea what you are talking about. My father, my mother and my little brother who is mute and deaf lives here. I came here from the neighboring city yesterday night after five days. This is really my home and he is really my friend." Pablo acted like he was the most honest person alive. The confusion on his face appeared genuine.
Jorim, however, just sighed. "Stop acting, kid. I really can catch lies. Don't test me. But still, if you want to play like that, tell me, when you arrived here yesterday night, how did you find this house of yours? I mean, what was the condition of this house?"
"It was as good as new. Normal." Pablo lied again.
Jorim sighed once more. "You are lying again. Stop it. Why are you doing this?"
'Guess I'll have to kill them.' Pablo made up his mind.
"What do you want from me exactly?" He asked the main question. His humbleness was slowly dissipating as well.
Jorim smiled. "So you accept this is not your house?"
"Yes. And that's why..." Pablo's entire demeanor changed and he dashed in his highest speed towards the stairs.
"Flash, meet me outside! I am coming with all the gold coins kept in the bedroom. I will jump from the window. Run!"
"Wait-what? Gold coins? Window?" Flashy had no idea what Pablo was saying.
"We are caught! No need to play the game. Run. I will come later." Pablo shouted once more as he finally reached the top floor of the house.
Jorim and the four soldiers jerked their heads to each other. Flashy did the same.
Then, not knowing what to do, Flashy did what Pablo told him to.
"Fcuk it." He bolted towards the exit of the house and two soldiers moved to stop him.
"Let him be." Jorim stopped the two soldiers.
"He isn't important. Follow that kid. We'll get money. Come on." Jorim ran towards the stairs and the four soldiers followed him. Their greed got the better of their minds.
The five soldiers climbed the stairs and reached the top floor.
They saw three doors and one of them was open.
All five of them ran towards it and they beamed. They were in the bedroom.
They looked around, the room was clean, and Pablo was nowhere to be seen as well.
"He is hiding somewhere. He is hiding with the money. Find him." Jorim roared and along with four soldiers, he looked for Pablo.
In the pursuit of getting the money, they didn't even register that there were no windows in the bedroom.
The five soldiers turned the room upside down, they threw everything left and right, they wanted the gold no matter what and Pablo knew that as well.
So, while the soldiers were looking for the gold, the door of the bathroom opened and from it came out one man. That one man being Pablo Castillo.
He slowly walked towards the bedroom and stood outside.
He watched the five soldiers rummaging the room and they were so busy that they didn't see Pablo.
"What is going on? What are you planning to do?" Cupid asked, floating beside Pablo.
She saw Pablo opening the door of the bedroom and after that, for some reason he went inside the bathroom. Cupid didn't understand this at all.
'You know, the moment I was born in this body, it's been telling me, it's been urging me to find those five military men. This body wants revenge. And when I saw these five men, this body reacted. It is thinking every group of five men is the same as those rapists. It can't differentiate.'
'So what I am saying is, this body wants these five soldiers dead and I am sure these soldiers want me dead. And therefore, I will say the same thing I said to Luke.'
"Same thing as Luke? The one about..."
Pablo smiled. 'Yeah.'
Cupid wanted to ask some more questions but Pablo already began his work.
"Hey Jorim." He called the leader.
Jorim and the other soldiers jerked their heads at Pablo.
"You are standing outside? You didn't even enter this room, did you?" Jorim asked and he was right. But that didn't matter anymore.
Pablo smiled and put his hand inside the inner pocket of his long coat.
After that, he took out a rectangular box. It was familiar to both Cupid and Pablo.
"This.. you still have it?" She asked.
'I can't possibly throw such a good thing.' Pablo replied and Jorim stared at that thing.
"Don't test your luck kid. Just give me the money." Jorim said.
Pablo chuckled and took out something from the rectangular box.
"Matches?" The soldiers saw it as Pablo had the box of matchsticks with him. The same matchsticks he used to burn Freya.
Jorim squinted his eyes and saw the box closely. And the next moment, his eyes widened.
"Shit. They are the glory matches! Run!" He shouted and after hearing what he said, the soldiers were horrified as well.
They all ran towards the door of the bedroom, trying to leave the room. But...
Pablo had three matchsticks on his hand and he lit them.
He then threw them inside the room and along with that, he threw the whole box inside as well.
After that, he held the door.
He locked eyes with Jorim and said the same thing he said to Luke.
"Before you kill me, I will kill you."
Pablo closed the door of the room and...
The room erupted in fire and Pablo with a broad grin, walked away...