BLADE

  "Just do it, already" Blade watched from the shadows as his father asked for death.

"What's the fun in that?" Elder Hans adjusted himself on his seat and covered his whole body with his robe, before proceeding with what he had to say, "I came here personally so we could have a talk, as the brothers that we originally were"

His father scoffed, "Brothers?...Funny how I now believe I'm your blood enemy because of how you treated me over the years"

"At least, I treated you as my blood. We are blood"

"Just say what you want, Hans. Stop beating around the bush" Elder Viper, Blade's godfather was already tired of the headless conversation.

"Been a long while since I heard the name called without the title at it's back" Elder Hans smiled. "Took me a years to get the Elder title, because I hated the way you had the better advantage. I admit. I was envious. So envious that I gave my child your code name, Viper since I wasn't privileged to get a code name"

Elder Viper fell to the floor when his knees gave in. He was tired of standing. After a few grunts and groans, Elder Viper finally got himself to sit well.

"The mission..." Elder Viper started, looking up to meet his brother's face, "The mission you told me was from the agency, the smoke Order, wasn't from you, was it?"

Elder Hans smirk could be see in the poorly lit room.

"Why does that matter?" He replied with a question.

"Let's say you're not the confident type to pull this off on your own without having a powerful back up" Elder Viper claimed.

"And what makes you think I was just not confident?" Elder Hans debated.

"Were you ever confident in yourself? Your self esteem has always been rock bottom, brother"

"What if I was bidding for time?" Elder Hans Argued.

"You had many chances to kill me, Hans" His brother reminded him.

"And who said I wanted to kill you?"

"So you indeed weren't the one who orchestrated this?" Elder Viper took him back to the beginning of the argument.

Elder Hans clicked his tongue and shook his head, "Sometimes, Intelligence is the very weapon that kills you" He muttered, adjusting himself on his seat, before leaning forward to meet his brother's eye.

"I need you to understand something brother, I'm not the only one that hates you and doesn't want you here. Your mistake was that you concluded that I was your only enemy, forgetting that this is the Citadel. Even the Predator has to be watchful for another Predator, else he becomes a prey" Elder Hans began.

"So you accept that someone is behind this?"

"Even in your last moments, you're still a talker" Elder Hans shook his head in disappointment, before rising to his feet.

"Who is behind this or rather, what did the person offer you that made you-"

"It was an agreement, not an offer. I told him I'd kick you out in exchange, he'd give me the Citadel's Order" Elder Hans confessed.

"To bribe you, they'd need something powerful indeed" Elder Viper scoffed.

"It wasn't a bribe. It was an agreement! And you made things so much easy for me, by having a child with the head of the Scarlett Blades, Diane, who is against the Citadel"

"Why don't we go down memory lane and remind ourselves how Viper came about?" Elder Viper scoffed.

"He was just a drunk mistake. Besides, I killed his mother myself but you fell in love, with not just a member but their head-"