The Story of Yeling Mah Pt. III

Always a Monster

"Elimination Op Code: EQUINOX, commencing."

I stood at the top of a building, the wind causing my Contingency Initiative robes to dance. From my mask, I was able to make out the two elimination targets.

Brandon and Stacey.

"Eliminate them, Tidalflame. Bring back a proof of kill from both corpses for me." Matt spoke to me through the coms.

I gritted my teeth manically.

"Yes, sir."

I blasted into the air, landing on the ground, waiting for them, lurking, stalking my prey. The two were holding hands, walking down the path.

I had managed to track their location, from a mental illness server Lewis had infiltrated.

It was easy to catch these two. After all, the girl, Stacey, always mentioned her boyfriend in the chats.

Lewis had scanned the messages, and every time he read them, he got more and more mad. Stacey was always mentioning Brandon, talking about how grateful she was for having him in her life. You know. All that sweet talk. But for Lewis, who was an incel, it was the most triggering thing ever.

I had asked Lewis why it was triggering for him, to the point where he wanted to take over the Elimination Op himself. His answer was this.

"There are many people in this server who struggle to find their match. They struggle. And for reasons no NORMAL person would ever understand. This bitch has the audacity to post these things in our faces. It is beyond triggering, Yeling."

"But that isn't her intention though."

"That's what all the normies think. How would they understand? Huh? To be so unattractive, that no amount of personality can ever offset it. We've all tried. We've given it our all. NO ONE wants us. So the next time you try to preach your nonsense, think twice. Especially when one of us has an evo."

Lewis had analyzed me that day, giving me a once over.

"Surely you. Yeling. No offence, but your facial deformities. I expected you would understand."

I clenched my fists, as I stepped out of the shadows, causing Brandon to put distance between me and his girlfriend.

Lewis' voice rung in my head.

What it's like to be unloved. If you aren't at all bothered at that, something is terribly wrong with you.

Brandon and Stacey tried to turn a corner, but I followed them. I had to minimize the damage to the surroundings. This was one of the constraints of this contract.

Only the targets could be destroyed.

In theory, a single Devil's Comet would have eliminated them both. The proof of kill would be their ashes. But...

After hearing what Lewis had said to me.

My sadist side wanted to enjoy this.

"What do you want, you creep?!" Stacey shouted at me.

I tilted my head, through my mask. I guess I did look like a creep. What with the robes, and the mask covering my face.

Brandon powered up.

"Come and try, you weirdo. You try anything to my girl, and I'll send half of your body across the country."

Brandon had an evo that was capable of creating portals, a lot like Flint. I didn't know his or Stacey's deal. I didn't care.

But ever since Lewis had told me those things that day, it had, in truth bothered me.

You're going to be alone forever. While everybody else will have someone who loves them. And you'll be scorned. No matter what you do, try to love, try to reject that need, you'll be seen in a negative light. So tell me, Yeling. What's there to NOT be bothered by? What is there?

I slowly raised my hand.

If I couldn't have someone to love me.

Then neither can you.

Brandon shouted at Stacey to run, as I unleashed a sinister overwhelming blast of my Inverse Tsunami Release, as Brandon tried to redirect the flame. But my flames were too much for a measly portal, and soon, his arms began to crack, burn, and blacken. Causing him a great deal of pain.

"BRANDON!" Stacey screamed, but Brandon stumbled back, urging her to run.

I continued the stream of hellfire, walking calmly forward.

"YOU CREEP! YOU INCEL! YOU LOSER!" Stacey screamed at me, as she brought her hands up, throwing several bone spiked projectiles at me.

I turned to her direction.

Level 2 Intangibility

My body turned into a ghostly blue wisp of flame, the projectiles passing right through me, as the charred corpse of Brandon hit the ground. Stacey could only stare at him in horror and disbelief.

I took one step, in my Intangible form. And another.

My footsteps, leading to blue ripples of flames across the ground, melting it, as no matter what Stacey did, all her attacks were passing through me.

"STAY AWAY!" Stacey screamed, dialling her phone. But I waved my hand, as blue flame left my arm and whipped the device out of her hands, along with leaving behind several burns on her arms.

Stacey fell to the ground, her hands now charcoal as I approached her, kneeling down.

"Why... how can you do this to someone and not feel anything?" She sobbed.

I slowly took off my mask, revealing my ruined face.

"And how can people like you exist... when people like me are destined to be forever unloved? How can you flaunt your... riches. Your... blessings. In front of those who are denied it?"

Stacey stared at my right side and screamed in terror, as she tried to get away, but I glared at her, a woosh of Hinokami flame surrounding her and keeping the target from escaping.

"My name is Yeling Mah. I am the Tidalflame, the Devil's Flames. I will make this world a better place. By destroying people like you."

I reached out my hand and grabbed her face as she tried to struggle, but I was already burning, her whole body turning black and set ablaze in a blue flame.

Stacey was dying, but she gave me one last hateful look.

"Your problems are your own. It isn't my fault you look so ugly. It's my win. I can join my boyfriend in the afterlife."

I glared at her, my flames becoming even more violent, and my voice, now demonic.

There is no afterlife, I've looked hell in the eye. There is no heaven. Only hell. And that is where you will be joining him. Burning for all eternity.

Stacey let loose a final screech as she was reduced to ash. I stood up, staring at the night sky, picking up the remains of both corpses and heading back to rendezvous for Flint to pick me up.

"I am forever alone. But as long as I'm not the only one... and those who are blessed have been thoroughly killed off for the new utopia. For when The Great Akuma rises. Everything will be okay."