Vol. 12 - Chapter 13: Sorrowful Encounter

Part 1- Dungeon Prison Cell; A few moments before

"Grandpa, Grandpa." Cassidy hugs Coyote, Coyote with a big smile says; "My sweet Cassidy I missed so much, how have you been?"

"I'm doing fine Grandpa, Alejandro and Anastasia play with me all the time." Cassidy replies to Coyote, he pats her head and says:

"That's good to hear my dear, now please rest for a while."

Coyote touches Cassidy's neck causing her to fall unconscious; he stands up and looks at Aleister with a serious expression:

"So then, about that job, who do you want me to kill?"

Aleister smiles and replies; "A boy named Alejandro Sanchez." Coyote opens his eye wider and says:

"Are you fucking kidding me? You don't mean that boy do you?"

"Of course I do, you see, Alejandro and my fiancée Marjorie have always been close, now that Marjorie is mine, I need to get rid of the stuff that would make her remember." Aleister replies as he extends his arm, Coyote with a furious tone begins to say:

���And do you think that I would agree that easily, you must be out of your mind, you lowly maggot."

Aleister begins to laugh and continues to speak; "No, no, don't worry, I understand about your situation so I am going to give you a reasonable price."

Aleister makes a portal appear and a new set of clothes falls of the portal, he also makes coyote's pair of gun and his lasso to appear. Aleister continue to explain:

"Sundance, tonight the borderland will disappear, and unfortunately you will disappear with it. Do you understand what I am saying?"

"Are you telling me that I am going to die?" Sundance says with a smile and sarcastic tone. Aleister nods in agreement as he continues to speak:

"My offer to you is the salvation of your granddaughter."

Sundance looks shocked and get angry he charges at Aleister but a portal appears behind him, and specter hands hold him. "Calm down, I am telling you that I will save Cassidy if you cooperate with me, you know that you're at your limit rights? This means that with out the Eternal Life, you will die. Cassidy will have nowhere to go, I am offering to give her a home for the time being, she will have money and power, she will never suffer and she will be in the care of my sister Anastasia, plus I will erase any memory you want. She will leave immediately to East Europe where we are going, and she will start a new life, doesn't that sound intriguing?"

Coyote stops struggling and calms himself; he begins to think about the offer, Aleister smiles with confidence, after a moment, Aleister extends his arm and asks:

"So, do we have a deal?"

"Let me say good bye to Cassidy, and I want you to erase her memories with me, just make her remember that she had a Grandpa, I don't want her to suffer."

Aleister nods in agreement, Coyote shakes his hand and with a low tone he says; "We have a deal then."

Cassidy wakes up, Coyote hugs her and begins to speak:

"My little girl, I'm sorry I couldn't save your parents, I tried so hard to give you everything, but I have failed you. Please enjoy life, have fun with other kids, go to school and learn new things, explore the world and be free. Don't ever forget how much I love you, don't forget about your grandfather, Cassidy smile one last time."

Cassidy smiles as she does not know what is happening, Aleister comes forward and releases purple manna in her head, Cassidy begins to lose conscious as she says:

"I love you, grandpa, and good bye."

Coyote begins to cry as he says; "It is said that men shouldn't cry, but when it comes to family it is okay." Coyote kisses Cassidy's forehead and says:

"Goodbye, my little girl, don't forget how much I love you."

Cassidy disappears in a portal, Coyote wipes his tears and stands up, he changes his expression and looks at Aleister:

"Very well, I will do your work, however there is another condition."

Part 2- Coyote and Alejandro

(PIU)

Alejandro looks at his stomach that begins to bleed, he grabs his stomach, and lifts his hand as he shakes, and he sees his hand filled with blood and begins to say:

"Why is there blood, did you shoot me?"

Alejandro looks at Coyote; Coyote with a sinister smile begins to explain:

"Sorry, but I am a bounty hunter and you are on my lists."

Alejandro begins to cough up blood; he falls into his knees as he breathes heavily. He looks at Aleister and exclaims:

"This is your doing am I right?"

"Of course, I need you to die because I have always hated you, ever since we were kids I wanted to kill you, but I never had the chance, now my friend Coyote offered me to spare the strength for killing a lowly worm like you." Aleister replies with a sinister tone, Alejandro begins to remember everything they went through, he smiles and replies:

"You have a point, the truth is I never once believed in you, I actually hated you as well, however it looks like you beat me."

Alejandro stands up slowly and looks at Coyote, with a sincere tone he says; "Old man, I understand why you are doing this, and I agree with you, family is important right?"

Coyote opens his eye with surprise and smiles. He takes out "something" from his pocket and loads it in his right pistol along with a bullet, he points at Alejandro. Aleister laughs at Alejandro and asks:

"Aren't you going to beg for your life, most of the people begin to cry and scream wanting to preserve their lives; and yet you are calm?"

Alejandro takes a deep breath; he looks at Aleister and replies with a calm tone:

"I'm a man you know, I won't beg for my life. If this is the end, I must say that I lived a great life."

"That's the spirit boy, this is the only way for you to be free, you earn my respect, and with this special bullet, you will be free." Coyote smiles, -click- Coyote prepares his pistol, Alejandro closes his eyes thinking:

"Good bye, Marjorie, Uriel, Anna, Angel, Antoine, Crespo, Marinette and Madeleine, Grandpa, Grandma."

"GOOD BYE"

(PIU,PIU)

Coyote fires two times, the bullet connect Alejandro two times, Alejandro begins to fall to the river. As he falls he begins to think:

"I wish I could have seen your beautiful purple hair, Valerie, I always loved…"

(SPPPPLLLAASSSHHHH)

Alejandro falls to the river, his presence disappears completely. Sundance takes his hat off as he says:

"Good bye boy, you had a good heart, but now you are free."

Coyote points at Aleister and says; "I finished with our deal, now then, I will kill your father."

"Do as you wish, I must go attend my guest who has just arrived." Aleister says as he walks to a portal, Coyote comments; "Is that guest Uriel?"

"That's right, and I will greet him." Aleister disappears in the portal; Coyote takes out a cigarette and begins to smoke. As he walks slowly away, the Mansion crumbles because of the flames, he begins to say:

"I want to drink something first, I want to get drunk one last time."

On the night of September 1st, Alejandro Sanchez was shot and disappeared in the river, and the famous Lucifugus Mansion was destroyed by a "natural" fire.

Part 3 – Rio Grande City

Valerie takes out a ring and gives it to Alejandro saying:

"You forgot your prize from the rocket burger you bought." Alejandro blushes and puts the ring in his left hand saying:

"Thank you, I did forget." Alejandro laughs with his eyes close. Suddenly Valerie kisses him in the cheek; Alejandro is shocked as Valerie says:

"Thank you for this date, will you take me out on another?"

Alejandro head blows steam as he replies; "Of course, whenever you want I´ll be there for you."

Valerie smiles at him and says: "Well then GOODBYE" She begins to run on one way as Alejandro takes the other. She runs thinking; "What is this pain in my chest, don´t tell me I…"

Valerie is running to the location that her friend was being held captive. At that moment Valerie felt a pain on her chest.

(BBBBAAAADDDUUUMMMPPP)

Valerie stops and begins to breathe heavily thinking; "What is this feeling, something happened to someone I know?"

Suddenly, the necklace that Alejandro gave to Valerie breaks into pieces, Valerie looks with fear and sorrow as she says:

"It was Alejandro, Alejandro where did you go?"

Valerie looks at the sky and red waves begin to cover the sky, she begins to feel pain in her head, suddenly the rosary she had in her neck begins to shine protecting her from Juan's spell.

Valerie runs and arrives to the location, and it is an empty storage house. Valerie looks and begins to tremble, she takes a deep breath and opens the door, the space is empty and there is no one around. Valerie walks slowly without making a sound, suddenly; she hears a voice calling her:

"WELCOME, MY DEAR VALERIE, I WAS EXPECTING YOU!"

Valerie looks up and sees Alberto standing in the second floor, Valerie looks surprised and says:

"Why are you hear, Alberto Gonzalez?"

"I wanted to see you, and now that you are here, let's have some fun."

Valerie puts her guard up as she looks at Alberto lifting his arms to the sky.

Part 4 – Dorado Mission Church

Outside the borderland, about 5 km away from the main cities, there is a small mission located in a hill in the middle of the river on the Mexican side. The mission was abandoned when the Conquistadores left the border land, now it is used for the people for events.

The mission church is surrounded by a small adobe wall, there are two buildings that reach the wall, and in the center, there is a small church that is 500 years old. The building is made of adobe brick, making it unstable; the land is surrounded by water with a bridge connecting them from both sides.

At the same time the war was raging in the borderland, a certain black horse arrives at the bridge that connects the mission in the U.S. side. Uriel and Johanna have arrived to the mission

"After a long time, we have finally arrived to the borderland." Johanna says as she stretches her body, Uriel comes down of the horse; he helps Johanna go down as well. Johanna hugs Uriel causing her to rub her breasts in Uriel's face.

"Johanna I can't breathe."

"Sorry dear, I just wanted you to grope me a little." Johanna answers with a seductive voice. Uriel who blushes puts her down, Johanna changes her expression with a more serious one as she says:

"Uriel, to tell you the truth, I'm worry about this invitation, I'm pretty sure it is a trap."

Uriel turns to see Johanna and replies; "I know it's a trap Johanna, however I can't just over look this situation, you see Marjorie…"

"Marjorie is the one you love, right, I understand." Johanna lowers her head, Uriel avoids making contact with her, Uriel begins to speak:

"Johanna, please stay here with Trueno, I don't want you to get hurt. This has nothing to do with you."

Johanna grabs Uriel's hand and says; "Uriel, I will go with you, You are an important person for me, which means it is my concern."

Uriel smiles and replies; "Thank you."

Uriel and Johanna begin to cross the bridge, Uriel has his guard up and Johanna has a gun with her, they are walking next to Trueno. They enter the mission, Uriel and Johanna look with suspicion as there is no one around.

"This is weird, there is no one around." Uriel says as they walk towards the church. The church appears to be abandoned, there are spider webs in the buildings and there are no lights in the mission.

They begin to walk slowly as they arrive to the church, the door is closed. Uriel turns to see Johanna and says:

"Johanna keep your guard up, we don't know who on the other side."

Uriel opens slowly the door; the door makes a squeaky sound as it is rusted. They begin to enter the church slowly; Uriel walks in front first, with Johanna walking behind him.

"It appears it was a trap Johanna." Uriel whisper to Johanna, she nods in agreement as she whispers:

"Uriel, lets head back, it is clear that there no one here."

Uriel nods in agreement, suddenly, the door closes, Uriel and Johanna stop, Uriel begins to say; "Someone's here, I can sense it."

Johanna begins to walk backwards, Uriel looks at the altar trying to find the person who enter the church.

"So you finally came, my love…"Uriel hears a voice he, he enters in a state of shock as he says; "This can't be."

(SSSLLLLAASSSHHHH)

Johanna is stabbed from behind, Uriel looks with terror, the clouds begin to move making light to enter the church, Uriel and Johanna are in shock as they see who stabbed Johanna. Uriel with a low tone asks:

"M-M-Marjorie?"