Chapter 4 Came Back Alive

Inside the cadaver bag, Red's body began to move. His chest elevated up and down, as he faintly breathed. Opening his heavy eyelids, Red saw nothing but pitch black.

'Is this life after death?'

The faint breathing from his lips, the dull flesh of his body, the sweat on his forehead, and the rough ride on the road. He heard and felt everything distinctly as if he was still alive.

'I am alive,' he realized. 'But how did it happen?'

Red could recall how he died in the hands of Sonny, so he was really confused.

He looked at his surroundings. Soon, he figured out that he was inside the cadaver bag.

'I had to get out of here.'

Hastily, he raised his hand and tried to open the zipper of the bag. But he couldn't. It can only be opened from the outside. While thinking of a plan, he heard voices.

"Red is an idiot. He thought that admitting the crime would save his family."

"He should have known that even if he died, Sonny would still search for his wife and son."

"Do you really think that Red tried to rape our Madam? I heard that Red accepted this dangerous job because he wanted to pay his wife's debts."

"Who knows? I am more curious about how Red's family fled before the boss looked for them."

"I heard it was Alfredo who informed Red's wife to escape immediately. Why would he do that?"

"Isn't it obvious? Alfredo had an affair with Red's wife."

"Really?! Alfredo and Red's wife are in a relationship?"

"If not, then why would Alfredo risk his life to protect Red's wife? His wife was pretty and sexy after all."

"That's a great ability. I should have asked Alfredo's technique on how to take someone else's beautiful and sexy wife to bed."

The laughing of the two men rang in Red's ears. How could they accuse his wife and say that she had an affair with his friend?

In anger, Red's body trembled. Great resentment clouded his thoughts. He couldn't endure hearing insults from his wife and friend!

With the ball of fury weighing on his fist, Red slammed the floor.

Thud!

The two men ceased when they heard the sound.

Silence cut through.

"Did you hear that?" the driver said and parked the van on the side.

"Y-Yes."

"Go and check the back of the van."

"Why me?!"

"You are really such a wimp. All right! We will check it together! Damn it."

The two got out of the van. But one of them stayed in front of the vehicle.

"Go and check what's wrong with our van. I will stand here and be a lookout."

The second man had no choice but to follow the instruction. He went close to the trunk and opened it. The corpse wasn't moving.

But he wanted to make sure, so he pulled the zipper down. When he saw the corpse, his eyes widened.

The van shook.

Standing in front of the van, the man who was in look out turned around.

"Hey! You okay?!"

But his partner did not answer.

"Why aren't you answering?!"

Only silence settled. Finding it odd, he walked towards the back.

"Dude?" he called.

When he arrived behind the car and saw nothing but the flashlight on the ground, his heart skipped a beat.

Where did his partner go?

Slowly, he picked up the flashlight on the ground. Then suddenly, the engine of the van roared.

"What the..." he uttered while looking at the tail-lights of the van.

Who will start the car when there is no one inside it?

Before he could run and shout, the van reversed at full speed and hit him hard.

"Ack!"

His body fell on the ground and the wheel of the van rolled onto him.

He felt all the pain in his body. From his broken arms, twisted legs, and cracked skull on his head. Blood trickled from his nose and mouth. Breathing heavily while swimming in his own blood, he looked at the taillights of the van.

"W-Who... a ghost?"

He breathed his last, unable to know who killed him.

It was the corpse who came back alive!

Red succeeded in killing the first man who opened the bag before. Then, he went to the driver's seat, started the engine, and hit the second man by reversing the car.

Red felt no remorse.

'They insulted my family. So, they deserved this,' Red told himself while quivering in fear.

Now that he had escaped, the only thing on his mind was to survive.

"Maxine. Chandler. I need to save them," Red uttered before he drove the car forward without looking behind the men he killed.

Red does not know how the hell he came back alive and what kind of miracle happened that he survived. But if he saw his family alive, he thought everything would be okay.

Or so he thought.

It was so quick. But when Red glanced in the front mirror of the car, he was sure he saw something very odd.

Gradually, Red lifted his head and looked at the reflection on his face.

In the dim, he saw a man looking at him through the mirror.

His red eyes are sharp and fierce, like the mad wolf of the night. He has a face that he hasn't seen in his whole life.

When he blinked, the man blinked too.

When Red opened his mouth, the man mimicked both with the same movement for seconds.

A strange feeling rose in his chest. While looking at his reflection, he opened his lips and asked.

"Who... are you?"

His low voice that came from his mouth felt very unfamiliar.

When his gaze met the man's gaze, it was then I realized who he was.

'He is... me.'

The man with a sharp gaze and low voice was no other than him.

Red realized that his face had changed into someone else.

Was it because of the drug he drank?

Or did his soul go to a different body?

Red could not answer the question.

"W-Why?" he mumbled in disbelief while looking at the mirror. "Why d-do I have this unknown face? Who are you?! Who are...!"

Suddenly, he felt a throbbing pain in my head.

"Ugh...!"

It was so painful that he thought his head would crack open!

"Ahhh!"

He held his head with one hand, while the other held the steering wheel tightly.

"Ahhh!"

'It's painful.'

It was as if a sword thrust inside his brain in and out.

Red was getting dizzy, and the surroundings had turned blurry. As he couldn't focus on the road, Red heard a deafening sound.

Beeeeeeeeeeep!

Loud horns coming from the truck rang in his ears.

When he looked to the right, the headlights blinded his eyes.

Bam!