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-Looking for a Pupil-
They are young, naïve and yet they hope to enter the ranks of the best, My elite. I stare at the six of them they stand nervous, I can smell their fear and I smile at the fact that they know I can. I stare at the one at the end of the line; He's a young man; about sixteen and innocent of the world around him. To the right of him are five other hopeful's found all throughout the world. The first the nervous boy, comes from New York, a runaway rich kid with the desire to be his own man. The second a young man from Kenya, he's strong and his eyes have seen many horrors, he will thrive, this I know. The third is a girl Talia specifically selected, a girl of eighteen from the UK, beautiful girl with dirty blond hair, shimmering lake water colored eyes and a stone look on her face of neutrality. Next to her stood number's four and five; two brothers from Japan trained in various forms of martial arts. Next to them is another girl whose teeth I can see chattering behind her lips.
"Only one of you can be my pupil, the rest of you, if you belong that are will join my ranks if I see potential." I said watching them as I paced around back and forth in front of them and then coming to a stop. "You wish to fight criminals, to rid the world of the evils that corrupt it? This is a feat many have tried to do and many have failed. Why is that?" I ask posing to the question to them.
"Because….Because criminals get away?" asked the first boy in the line.
"That is exactly why, the justice system allows for criminals to plead insane, or to go to jail and serve sentences, but in the end they always get away. The justice system is flawed because they let the criminal slip the crack like the vermin they are and pollute the world creating more scum, to thwart evil you must not lock it away, you must kill it before it spreads it's disease….And you must show no remorse. I said spitting at the vermin kneeling on the ground beside me.
"This man is a murderer, he has killed, he has raped and he has pillaged. He is scum. He was locked in prison once and broke out months later and my league of assassins had caught him. I Ra's Al Ghul have lived for six hundred years and I have worked tirelessly to rid the world of monstrosities like this man here. In order to thwart evil, you must do something thought as evil." I said withdrawing a sword from my scabbard. "So, who's it going to be? Who's going to rid the world of one more piece of rubbish?" I ask holding out the jeweled hilt of the sword. No one except the girl with the lake water eyes steps forward. "What is your name?" I ask as she takes the sword and weighs it in her hand
"Emma Monroe." The girl says bowing her head to me.
"Do you think you have what it takes to rid the world of evil?" I ask staring down at the girl she nods confidently.
"Then kill the man." I say pointing a finger at him. She nods and in a matter of seconds the life is drained from the man and he lays with his eyes open hands on his chest and blood on the stone floor. The girl's eyes and mine meet and I know. I know that she will be my pupil. I look at the other five and wave a hand to have them dismissed; they are not worth my time.
