A bit of background on Kai

When Kai was a young child his parents were missionaries in the Middle East. After witnessing their murder he's had to fight and survive with a militia. 12 years later, Kai is a professional killer hired by Trinity; a private military company and agency. His art and professionalism made him one of the best and most experienced killers Trinity has ever employed. Kai has always been assigned to assassination operations, until now.

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After each successful mission Kai liked to clean his equipment because the job can get a little messy. He always kept his tools in the best condition because it can mean the difference between life and death. One little error, one faulty little problem, can make a huge impact on the mission and himself.

Kai entered his room and set down his briefcase on the desk beside his bed. His room was a studio apartment, so it was pretty tight packed. He opened up his briefcase and removed a handgun with a custom chrome finish in desperate need of a polish. Kai pulled a pin out of the middle of the gun right under the slide, he pulled the slide off the frame and proceeded to dismantle the weapon. He took his cleaning rod and inserted it into the barrel to clean any dirt or powder left behind from the rounds he fired. Suddenly, a ringing from across the room interrupted his concentrated silence. Kai looked over and let out a sigh, he sluggishly stood up and made his way to the phone which was resting on the counter in his small kitchen.

"Hello?" he answered in a slightly annoyed voice.

"You did good Kai, but I have another mission for you." A female voice said to him over the line. It was a familiar voice to Kai, her name was Jennifer. She was his intelligence operator, or the more informal way of calling it, his handler. Her job was to provide mission information of targets as well as to plan his missions.

"Is it another assassination?" Kai responded, bored as he has completed similar assignments so many times he's perfected it.

"No, this is a very different assignment. Come to the briefing room tomorrow at 0600 hours and I'll go over the details."

The line cut off and left Kai with the empty beeping sound of the disconnected call. 'A different assignment? What could that possibly mean? How can there be any other mission for me other than assassination?', Kai thought to himself, staring at the wall.

Kai proceeded to finish cleaning his weapons at his desk. He cleaned the blood and powder off of his custom made handgun. After he's finished cleaning and polishing his gun, Kai, still being just a 17 year old boy, turned on his gaming console. He likes to play video games just like everyone else his age. It's the one "normal part" about him. Because he has to be at the briefing at 0600 hours, he quickly aborted any plans he had for his leisure time. All he has time for now is a shower. He started the water and striped off his clothes, revealing his toned and muscular body. His protruding pecks and defined abs made his body look more fit than an average 17 year old's. He ran his fingers through his brown hair, water careened through it like a water fall. He scrubbed down his bulging arms and sturdy legs, making sure his entire body was clean and washed away the wreak of blood and sweat. Kai stepped out of the shower, dried off and wrapped the towel around his waist. He put on a tank top and shorts and climbed into bed. Staring at the ceiling his mind wandered. 'What could this assignment be?' he thought to himself curious and confused before closing his chocolate-brown eyes.

Kai entered the small briefing room which was located near the middle of the Trinity building early in the morning. It was a 3 story building with 2 basement floors. One of the lower floors was dedicated for training, while the other was for constructing equipment for tasks and missions. This was a professional enterprise who created their own ammo so as to not leave any forensics which could be traced back to them.

Kai was greeted by Jennifer, his handler. "Good morning, Kai."

He looks at her in almost a zombie like state. "What's this mission?" he snapped with curiosity.

"I'll go over it during the briefing," she said in an intriguing tone. Kai let's out a sigh like a kid who was rejected when asked what he got for Christmas. "Don't get so trigger happy Kai. It won't help you with this assignment," Jennifer quickly responded, looking over her shoulder. She lead Kai to the table with two chairs at each end. Kai pulled out the chair and sat down, giving his undivided attention. Jennifer opened the case file that revealed pictures and information on the target.

"Her name is Ariel, 16 years old. She's the daughter of Trinity's CEO. She never really knew her father, but that doesn't mean someone won't try to use her as blackmail. She also lives alone in an apartment and is highly vulnerable." reported Jennifer, looking Kai dead in the eyes.

"So it's another assassination?" Kai responds even more confused than before. "I thought this was a different assignment."

"Your job is to watch over this girl, monitor her, protect her. Which means you have to get close to her." Jennifer explained as she spread out multiple information sheets. "Ariel attends Ridgemond High School. That means you'll be attending too." She let out a small smile, "like a normal teenager."

Kai, still trying to process the information, interrupted her. "So I have to protect this girl from potential threats instead of killing her? Wouldn't it just be easier to assassinate her? I mean, then she wouldn't be able to be used as leverage."

"No Kai, this is the daughter of Trinity's CEO. This mission came straight from him. You should be honored! He sees you as the best and most trusted employee for this assignment." Jennifer exclaims.

"Yes ma'am, I understand." Kai immediately straightened up as if he was "at attention", but in a chair. However, Kai didn't really understand at all. To him, this girl's life wasn't any different than any other life he'd taken.

"This is serious Kai. I know you only do assassination operations, but this girl is now your number one priority." Jennifer seeing right through him knew he didn't really understand. She had been working with Kai since he was 12. She felt like a big sister to him, always looking after him. Kai was picked on by other employees for being strange. His social skills weren't always the best, and most of the time his face had little to no expression unless he forced it. Jennifer took Kai under her wing as his handler because she saw potential in him. A killer with no emotion, no expression, he was the perfect assassin. Even though Kai didn't show much emotion to others he showed more around her behind closed doors.

"How do I start?" Kai asked not knowing how to proceed with this operation.

"You'll be attending Ridgemond High School. We've already set up your living quarters. You'll be staying in an apartment across from Ariel." Jennifer explained everything to him. Kai stood from his chair, ready to start his new mission. "Oh, by the way. You can't use the your signature custom guns. You'll have to use the ones I provide you," she told Kai springing out of her chair. Kai turned around looking at her dead in the eye. Her gray eyes widened. The look in Kai's eyes were one of a cold blooded killer. Even though she was his handler she knew that with his background he could kill anyone and not care.

"The CEO requested that you turn your issues into me, you'll get them back when the mission is complete." She said quietly, staring at the floor.

Kai nodded and removed his custom made handguns, placing them on the table. Jennifer then handed Kai an ear piece used for secret communication. It was a small piece, one that only fits in the ear and is the least conspicuous. She proceeded to hand him his new weapons; a glock 17 and a glock 26. Kai took the the 17 and stuck it in his holster under his arm, then took the 26 provided with a bootleg holster. He knelt down to strap it in place, hiding the tiny gun inside his boot. He stood up and watched Jennifer take his guns and store them in a briefcase.

Kai and Jennifer left the briefing room. "So where am I headed now?", Kai asks.

"Pack your stuff up tonight, you're leaving for America first thing tomorrow." Jennifer responded without even looking at him.

Kai returned home to start packing. First he packed extra magazines and ammo, and finally, almost as an afterthought, he packed his clothes. The briefing ended earlier than he thought it would. He went in at 6 in the morning and here he was packed and ready to leave at 3 in the afternoon. So with nothing better to do he turned on his game console. It might be the last time he can play it for awhile. Kai usually liked to play action and adventure games, or shooters. Although the games portray war and combat terribly, he still finds it entertaining. After spending several hours killing time playing games, watching TV, cleaning and fiddling with the guns Jennifer gave him. Kai took a long shower thinking about his new assignment. 'Watching this girl from afar and monitoring her would be way easier. But why do I have to get close to her? What good would that do?' Kai thought to himself, standing in the shower. His head hanging down with water pouring over him. Kai was returning to America, where he was born. The thought of that seemed weird. He knew his parents were from America, although he doesn't remember much about them. Sadly, he does remember their deaths. Hearing his mother scream and going quiet as 2 shots were fired into his mother. One in the head and the other in her back.

He shut off the water and quickly stepped out of the shower as to disrupt the thought of his parents' death. He was a soldier, a killer. He learned not to get attached to people as they don't stick around very long. Fighting with the Militia since he was a young child stripped him of most of the humanity he had left. It eventually made him into a stone cold killer who has no remorse for who or what he killed. It was the only thing he was good at, killing. After the Militia disbanded his former colleague suggested he work for Trinity, where his years of fighting for survival could be used professionally. He became the best at it, although he didn't care. It gave a him a sense of purpose in life.

While exiting the bathroom the phone on the counter rang again. Kai walked over to investigate. The caller ID said "unknown". He grabbed the phone, without answering it, then grabbed his gun and went back into the bathroom. With his back against the wall and gun pointed at the door, Kai answered the phone. Suspicious it could be an assassination attempt as it was a common trick he used several times to create a distraction to set up the kill.

"Hello?" Kai says in a calm voice with little to no expression in the tone.

"Kai, this is the CEO of Trinity, it's a pleasure to talk with you." The voice on the other end of the line sounded rough, that of a man in his 50s or 60s.

"Yes sir, it's a pleasure to talk to you, sir." Kai had met and talked to the CEO a handful of times during his employment at Trinity.

"I just wanted to let you know how important this operation is. My daughter must not know who you are, and most especially not know about me. You must know the importance of this mission, son. There is a very good reason why I kept my daughter out of my life. I need it to stay that way." The tone in the man's voice was deadly serious.

"Yes sir. I understand the importance of this mission and I will do my best to make sure your daughter is safe and won't find out about you or Trinity." Kai responded, almost as if he was an automated machine.

"Best of luck to you, kid." The phone hung up and Kai slowly opened the door to the bathroom, to make sure there were not any potential threats. The room was clear and he walked out of the bathroom towards the counter to set the phone down.

"It's not a problem." He told himself aloud, proceeding to change into clothes. Kai fell onto his bed not even bothering to get under the covers, soon passing out from exhaustion.

24 hours later

Kai met Jennifer at the apartment where he would be staying. As promised, it was across from the apartment building Ariel lives in. It provided the perfect view of her apartment. "You'll be starting school tomorrow. This is your schedule for your classes. We made sure you had all the same classes as Ariel. School starts at 8:30 and ends at 3:30. Your gonna have to keep an eye on her outside of school as well." Jennifer handed Kai the school schedule.

"So I guess this means I won't get any leisure time, huh?" He said almost as if he was disappointed.

"Ariel is your number 1 priority, there must not be any distractions. As soon as we know there isn't any threat you'll be relieved of this assignment." Jennifer exclaimed to Kai in a stern voice. Kai nodded, acknowledging the situation.

"How long will I be working this assignment?" He asked, staring into Jennifer's stormy eyes.

"Until we know for certain that there are no threats or the threat has been eliminated." She returned the eye contact with Kai, looking into his chocolatey eyes.

"So why not have me eliminate the threat? I'm better suited for it than protecting some girl." Kai was starting to get a little irritated, but not enough to be so noticeable.

"Your the one person best suited for this operation. We have others working to find and eliminating possible threats. You better start getting ready for tomorrow, it's the start of your mission." Jennifer started to make her way towards the exit of the apartment room. "I'll be in touch." She said before opening the door and walking out.

The following morning Kai prepared himself for the day, hiding his weapons. He tucked the glock 17 into the holster on his lower back, hidden inside his pants. He picked up the glock 26 and slid it into the holster in his bootleg. It's common sense that weapons, especially guns aren't allowed on school premises. But Kai wasn't aware of that at all, he has a mission to do. Protecting this girl is number 1 priority. The worst thing that could happen he's already come to terms with. If someone kidnapped her, he would kill her to keep Trinity's security safe. Even though that wasn't an order given to him, he didn't care. It's a decision he made, and he made alone. He'll accept the consequences of his decision and his actions.

Kai made his way to the school. It was actually much bigger than he expected. He'd never been to a school before. The ones he saw in pictures were pretty small, the buildings only had one room. He wandered the halls of Ridgemond High School looking for his first class. Walking into his first class he noticed her. A beautiful girl with long milk chocolate hair, and lurring, warm, velvety eyes. She looked like the girl in the picture Jennifer showed him during the briefing, but older and more attractive.

"Hey Ariel!" A girl walked up to her and greeted her with a smile on her face.

"Where were you last night? We agreed to work on our school project!" The girl who seemed to be Ariel suddenly lost all the charm she had and blew up in front of who Kai initially thought was her friend.

"I'm sorry, I completely forgot." The girl replied, her head hanging low in guilt.

"Ugh, your so unreliable. I can't do all the work myself!" Ariel spatted back at her.

Kai made his way to the back of the classroom, ignoring the dispute between Ariel and her friend as it's not something he wants to hear. He decided to sit at the desk in the corner of the room. It's the best place for him to observe the environment, and watch his back.

"Kai can you hear me?" Kai heard Jennifer's voice from the little ear piece she gave him.

"Yes, I can hear you." Suddenly eyes from the room all stared at Kai as he if we're bizarre and crazy.

"Have you met Ariel yet?", she questioned him.

"Yes, I see her." Again the eyes in the room stare at him. He looked strange talking out loud with no one around him.

"No, you need to make contact with her. Go over to her and say something." Jennifer instructs him. Kai stood up and walked towards Ariel. He's never done something like this before and it was strange to him. Kai always killed his targets, never walk up to them out in the open with witnesses. As he approached her, Ariel looked up and found him standing in front of her. She didn't know exactly how to respond, but she tried to be friendly.

"Umm, hello?" She says uncertain of what he's doing.

"Hello." Kai returns the greeting. Quickly, he turned and walked away leaving Ariel confused and the moment awkward. Her friends just stare at her, also confused.

"Well that was weird," Ariel muttered to herself.

"I have made contact with the target." This time no one actually heard him as he was whispering.

"I heard. That's not exactly what I meant. You need to get closer to her." Jennifer responded with slight disappointment.

"That was a pretty awkward situation. I'm not even there to see it, but even I felt the awkwardness," she added.

"Just go sit down and keep an eye on her," she instructed him.

After the school day ended Ariel had after school activities, so Kai waited. When Ariel left to head for home Kai followed. He lived across from her so he had to go the same way anyways. He kept his distance so as to not grow suspicions. While passing an alley way Kai noticed something was off. A figure hiding around the corner.

"Not good," he said to himself. He dashed towards the creeping like figure. It jumped out at Ariel, which was soon tackled by Kai. Leaving Ariel shocked and confused. Kai looked down and saw a young looking high school boy. He had dark hair and pale skin. Compared to Kai he looked almost like he was anorexic. Kai looked up to see if Ariel was okay. Her face, mouth wide open, was in complete shock. Kai then, assessing the situation the best he can, took off running towards his apartment.

"Excellent work Kai. You always knew how to handle the situation." The voice on the ear piece responded in a sarcastic tone, soon busting out in laughter.

"You were watching?" Kai asked.

"I have access to the traffic light cameras. You weren't hard to find. Who else would tackle a random person in public?" The voice told him.

When the assassin arrived back at his apartment he noticed something was off. He pulled out the gun stored in his lower back. Scaling the wall, he peaks around the corner. Feeling a clunky block pushed up against his head he hears a voice "Hello Kai."