泥萌要滴文章(3)
Pale moonlight shines through a gap in the dark clouds. Joker stands back, admiring his work. William props himself with an arm and struggles to kneel, doubling up again in pain, blood pooling around him. As Joker throws his head backwards in his shrill laugh, William shakily stands, his back creaking as he straightens. He looks paler than ever, yet his blood-shot eyes are blazing. For a moment Joker is unnerved. It’s been a long time since he has experienced any emotion other than the pleasure of hunting down his victims. He finds their struggles amusing —— So desperate and in vain. In his later days as a killer, he would find pleasure in torturing. No, not just physical torture. He would love to show them a chance of survival and watch them step right into his next trap in their frenzy, carefully set-up just for that moment of ecstasy. “The longer you struggle the better,” He almost immediately regained his composure, the cold-blooded nature of a killer. “This will be a nice game of cat and mouse.”
The rocket booster roars into life.
William grits his teeth and embraces himself for the incoming force, smashing into his opponent with his shoulder. He can feel his shoulder dislocate, the tearing of his joint, the numbness paralysing his right arm. Numbness. He can no longer feel pain and be conscious of his physical self. Staggering at the impact, William manages to balance himself, and strained his arms on his opponent’s, dragging him with an enormous, desperate strength. His opponent is forced to change course, swung in a wide arc with his charging momentum while William anchors himself, legs outstretched, body pulled backwards as if in a tug-of-war—— He has pried the ball loose from his opponent’s grip.