The full moon cast illuminated the empty gardens situated outside the grand mansion in liquid silver. A dark shadow zipped past the trees, unnoticed by the guards stationed at a distance of few feet all over the private lands. The shadow stopped short of the entrance to the mansion and caste a look around it.
The moonlight fell on the shadow as soon as the cloud, which had momentarily hidden the silvery orb, moved away once again to reveal a tall and lithe man with a fine boned angular face. Serious yet emotionless blue eyes partially hidden by blond bangs narrowed slightly at the sight of two guards coming that way. Not even the slightest rustle of clothes was heard as the silent figure vanished inside the building in a dark blur.
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'Target's death has been confirmed.' A feminine voice sounded in the large room.
Two silent figures stood before three large screens, one projecting the image of a dark haired woman while the other two showed two males. The woman had tightly curled hair and a pale heart shaped face, a strange red colored symbol was tattooed across her forehead. One of the males wore spectacles on the bridge of his nose and sported his long graying hair in a low pony tail, a green tattoo similar to the one on the female's head was present in the same spot on his visage as well. The third image was that of a man in his mid-forties with raven hair that reached his shoulders and soft blue eyes but if one looked closely enough they could find strength and power rippling just underneath that kind gaze. Just like the other two projections on the holographic screens this man also had a tattoo on his forehead but this time in a deep inky almost black sort of blue.
'The weapons dealer was dealt with in an efficient manner,' the bespectacled man, also in his fifties, spoke, 'congratulations on a job well done.'
The mute figure that stood nearer to the screens gave a slight nod of his head in acknowledgement, only sign of this gesture was the slight rippling of messy blond hair as the head moved slightly.
'It might be a bit too soon but we have a new mission for you, beta.' Spoke the third man.
'Sephiria will be the one who shall brief you on the specifics,' the curly haired woman said in a crisp and business like tone, 'it is needless to say that this will also be a top secret mission so avoid being spotted.' With that the holographic screens switched off as the transmission was terminated, the blond clad in a black high collared overcoat and dark grey jeans turned around to face the only other person in the room with him. As he did so, light glinted off of the surface of the ornate gun which was strapped around his left thigh.
'Number Thirteen Beta.' A woman in her forties addressed the young blue eyed assassin as she rose from her kneeling position on the ground. The symbol of XIII β was clearly visible on the left collarbone of the man who stood before his commanding officer in an alert posture. The sight of that young face, cold emotionless eyes staring at her impassively as their owner awaited his briefing, reminded the older woman of another assassin which she had known once upon a time. It was almost seventeen years now since she had last seen that face. Sighing to herself, the woman started explaining whatever mission it was that the BLACK CAT was supposed to carry out.
A/N: yet another idea has popped into my mind and it wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote it down and posted it here. ;)
I have quite a few interesting ideas for where I am going to take this story although ideas would be welcome once a few chapters are out.
Anyhow how many people can guess the identities of the new elders and XIII β correctly?
Come on people click on the review button or just go to my profile page and PM me. I wanna see how many of you can actually get it right due to the fact that my description is a dead giveaway. ;) hehehe.
Anyhow I'll stop my blabbering at this point and leave you all to wonder… and then answer my question!
Don't forget to review. ;)
