NOVEL WEB Chapter 14: Ruthless
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A few hours had passed in silence. Then, the doorbell rang.
Harley, ever the energetic one, practically skipped towards the door. She was just about to yank it open when.
"Don't open it," Nuxsus commanded, his voice firm. "Stand back, grab the girl, and wait over there." He pointed to the far corner of the room.
Harley pouted but did as she was told, dragging the struggling Lisa away. Nuxsus approached the door himself, and upon opening it, found....Nothing.
Instead, small blue marbles rolled onto the floor at his feet.
"Pathetic," he muttered just before they exploded, unleashing a surge of ice that surged up his legs, freezing them in place.
At that same moment, the window shattered as a figure burst through....
A man clad in a thick Eskimo-style coat, wielding a strange blue gun.
Without hesitation, he fired. A blast of freezing energy engulfed Nuxsus, encasing him in solid ice in an instant.
"Fucking bastard! You deserved that!" Captain Cold spat, his breath coming out in angry puffs. His gaze snapped to Harley, his rage palpable. "You let her go, or you're fucking next, Harley Quinn! YOU FUCKING BITCH! My sister? My fucking sister?! Just to get to me?!"
Harley cackled, a knife pressing against Lisa's throat. "Ooooh, sweetheart," she cooed, her tone dripping with mockery. "I'd rethink that. And, uh… you might wanna look behind you."
Cold barely had time to react before
CRACK!
A fist slammed into his nose, sending him crashing into the floor with a pained grunt.
The ice that encased Nuxsus shattered like brittle glass. He flexed his limbs lazily, completely unharmed, Using Ice against Nuxsus was incredibly useless as his body was now too strong due to his hardness skill and more importantly his Vampiric blood was cold, enough to protect him even if he was nude in the south pole
"Two things," Nuxsus said casually as he stepped forward, crushing Cold's ice gun under his boot. "One....your little popsicles don't work on me. And two....are you Leonard Snart?"
Cold groaned, blood trickling from his nostrils. He staggered up, eyes wide with a mixture of pain and fear. "Who the hell are you?! What the fuck do you want?!"
Nuxsus tilted his head, almost amused. "Hmmm? Tell me, Leonard....do you answer people if they ask you that before you rob or kill them? Of course you don't. Why should I be any different?"
Cold clenched his fists, breathing hard. He had no way to fight back now. Not against that level of strentgh and not without his Ice gun, he rushed here, due to his fear about his sister, so he didn't think stright, Lisa was all he had, and he needed to protect her.
Nuxsus smirked and turned, lazily settling onto the couch. He gestured for Harley to step away from the window and come closer, which she did...dragging Lisa along with her.
Leonard was still rattled, but he forced himself to stand. "Okay, fine. You win, alright? Whatever you want, I'll give it to you. Just let my sister go. She's out of this life. I don't want her dragged back into it."
Nuxsus merely snorted. "Out? Out of what? A life of crime?" His piercing gaze landed on Lisa, who flinched. "Don't bullshit me. You didn't leave because of some moral epiphany. You left because you got caught and put in jail because you lost! to Flash, There's a difference. If he were to drop dead tomorrow, you'd jump right back in. That's not 'redemption.' That's just being too afraid of the competition, Weakness!."
Lisa's lips parted, but she couldn't find the words to argue. Neither could Leonard.
Nuxsus sighed theatrically. "Apologies for the tangent. I despise pathetic people you see.... They disgust me. Now, back to business...." his crimson eyes gleamed as he leaned forward, "Leonard, what do you know about the League of Villains?"
Cold's body stiffened. He hesitated. Talking about them… that was a death sentence. But then he glanced at Lisa.
'Lisa… I have no choice....'
His jaw tightened. "They're… they're a high-level organization. Made up of the worst of the worst. They want to take down the Justice League." He swallowed hard. "But I'm not one of them, alright? To them, I'm just a small-time crook. Sometimes they hire guys like me for smaller jobs...robberies, assassinations, sabotage...but that's it."
Nuxsus smirked. "Would escorting a shipment be considered 'small-time'? Say… a very expensive shipment leaving tonight?"
Cold's eyes darted toward him in shock. "How the fuck do you—"
"Answer."
Leonard exhaled shakily. "Yeah… yeah, that's part of it."
"Did you take the job?" Nuxsus pressed, his voice sickly sweet.
Cold hesitated. He looked at Lisa, dread settling deep in his gut.
"Yes. I did."
Nuxsus clapped his hands together. "Fantastic! Now, Harley—let Miss Lisa go."
Harley let Lisa drop to the floor, and Lisa scrambled toward her brother, gripping his arm.
Nuxsus stood up, towering over them. "If you want to leave with your sister alive, Leonard, you're going to tell me everything—the shipment's location, the time, and the names of everyone involved."
Leonard gritted his teeth. He had no choice. "It's at FeedBox Storage. Leaves at 8 PM. The team is me, Deathstroke, Cheshire, Brick, and Killer Croc." He sighed. "Look, I can back out if that's what you want. Just...."
Before he could finish...
Leonard choked. His eyes widened in horror as he looked down...Nuxsus' hand was buried deep in his chest.
'Oh? So these are vampire claws… Pretty sturdy.'
With a sickening squelch, he pulled his hand out. Blood spattered across the floor as Leonard collapsed, a gaping wound where his heart had been. He was dead before he hit the ground.
Lisa's scream shattered the silence.
"LEONARD! NO! WHY?!" She dropped to her knees, cradling his body. "WHY DID YOU DO THIS?! HE GAVE YOU WHAT YOU WANTED! HE TOLD YOU EVERYTHING! WHY?!"
Nuxsus ignored her. He raised a hand to kill her too....but then, Chaos materialized on his shoulder, whispering into his ear.
'Let her live.'
Nuxsus raised an eyebrow. "Oh? And why is that?"
'Remember, our goal isn't just murder or evil… It's chaos. Now tell me....how chaotic is it for a former villain-turned-'good' to come back, consumed by vengeance? Imagine it—her 'redemption' shattered, her morals twisted by rage. Isn't that… far more entertaining?'
A slow, dark grin spread across Nuxsus' lips.
"You're right."
He turned and walked toward the door. Harley.....her usual smile absent....followed him in silence.
Behind them, Lisa sobbed over her brother's body, her voice cracking as she screamed after them
"I'LL FIND YOU! I SWEAR IT! I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU!"
Nuxsus chuckled, his voice laced with amusement as he stepped into the night.
"Oh… I hope you try."
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