The moist loam, and the silent sway of the leaves.
It is warm, like the summer nights, where breeze will feel like the sauna. There is also the light that flickers again and again, like the stars, twinkling.
But the fuzzy feelings of love and hope are gone.
What's left is an obsidian colored metallic piece, on his hand, while trying to stop the bleeding where the knife was lodged.
As his breathing started to fall down, a few meters away from him, is a helicopter that pulled put a pod from the ground.
The pod is clear, like glass, but hard like metal, that any attacks won't be able to dent it.
There, he saw how her tears fall while watching him, sitting on the cliff.
He smiled and waved her goodbye, and the helicopter went away.
He can't hear her, but he knows that she must be having a tantrum inside the pod.
"Good job on buying time."
The mouth closest to his ear said.
Still holding the knife, she stabbed it deeper, making him puke out more blood, but he didn't break his smile, and still waved at the girl who was going out of his line of sight.
"Really? I thought it wasn't for sale."
He joked, which irked her more, but when she tried to stab him deeper, she felt something was wrong.
"Laurie is far now, so I guess I have to stop this."
Cold, like a blade sharpened, gleaming under the moonlight.
Feeling the change in the atmosphere, the team moved forward, but he pulled out the blade while holding her hand.
He smiled with madness and he looked at her.
He kicked her shin, enough for her to let go of the knife, which he grabbed.
With one swift move, the prey is now the hunter: the knife on her neck, being held hostage.
"Make way."
He coldly said, but all he saw was them holding their guns much harder this time.
"You forgot one thing."
The woman said as she pulled the green USB dangling from his neck, which she threw to the leader of the team.
"NO!"
He jumped to take it, but then, a rain of bullet met him.
Magazines filled with lead bullets were emptied.
In that very moment, all his life flashed through his mind.
The brother he lost.
The family he never met.
The niece he always protected and loved.
As he gritted his teeth, he rolled down and dodged a few bullets but his body was hit a few times.
"Shit! Retreat!"
The group then ran away, leaving him, alone, dying over the pool of his own blood.
As he heard them go away, he sighed in relief as he tried to get up, but his body did not listen to him.
As he took the USBs in his hands, he laughed.
"Am I freaking Thanos?!"
Each one is exuding different colors.
Feeling the weakness, his madness took a hold of him.
"They won't be able to take these."
He then proceeded to open his mouth and proceeded to bite and swallow everything.
As he took the last one, he laid his head down.
"If there's a next life, I'll make sure you all are going to be regret it."
He then closed his eyes to rest
And as if the universe heard him - he opened his eyes, only to see a figure he hasn't seen before.