Chapter One - A Change In Plans
Alright guys! I present to you my newest AU, Killer Of My Heart! There's no Grimm curse in this story - well, not the one we're used to - and Teague doesn't happen to be the Dark Prince. In fact, he's not a prince at all. He and Mina are both...well, I guess we get to find out their jobs in the story! :D Yay!
Also, for those of you that read Truth or Dare : Grimm Edition, I don't think there will be a sequel based on the popular opinion. Which is a shame, since you guys sadly missed something very important, but I like the ending it has now. Soooo, I guess that's all good. :3
Also, majority of this story will be from Mina's POV. ^^
Mina's POV
I walk down the hallway in a brisk fashion, rubbing the back of my head one more time to check and make sure the blood has stopped. When I pull my hand away, there's nothing on it. Good. I know I washed my hair to get the crimson color out and the blood had stopped at the time, but I keep wanting to be sure. After all, working for Grimm is a tough line of work. I finished my latest assignment today and was returning for what looked like a welcome break, only to get summoned by Boss himself. Fantastic. That's exactly what I needed today. Rolling my eyes, I take a sharp turn to the left at a split.
This underground, undercover base business is amazingly annoying. Of course, I try not to mind it too much. At least I don't help in the prison as a guard. The Grimorie's conditions are awful for guards, or so I've been told, and I can't help but feel relieved. Plus, my own line of work pays just fine, probably more than what they get. The Grimorie guards can guard to their hearts contents for the Fates, because Boss doesn't want to get on their bad side. But when we get into the illegal business of dealing death, well, that's where I come in.
An assassin for hire. And one of the best and most elite, considering I'm only fifteen.
I take another swift turn, and hurry down another hallway. I really should be going faster. It's not really advisable to get on Boss's bad side, and that means getting to places fast. He could kill me, and I mean that quite literally. Of course, I'm probably safe since I'm so good at my line of work though.
One more turn - this time to the right - and then a few more steps get me to a door. I walk up to the voice box, and roll my eyes at the security. Like that would help if an assassin like me wanted to kill Boss. It's not likely that anyone would though. Most assassins - at least, most of the Fae ones like myself - work for him, so unless we've got a traitor among us, he should be perfectly fine in his secure office, and he could probably hold is own against anyone who got in. Still, better to be safe than sorry.
"Mina." I speak into the box as I lean down, before standing upright again.
A small tray-like object sticks out of the door, and the automated voice goes off. "Fingerprint, please."
Sighing at the precautions, I put my finger down on the scanner. There's a tickling feeling that has long since stopped making me chuckle as a green light scans it, and then the tray goes back inside the door.
A small camera drops down, and the automated voice speaks up again. "Retina scan, please."
"This is ridiculous." I scoff my usual complaint as I glance at the camera, and another green light scans me eyes. I have long since stopped flinching at this bright light, just like the tickling feeling has stopped tickling.
"Test complete. Mina, please step inside." The door swings open as the camera goes back into the ceiling.
Still muttering about how stupid that whole setup is and how much time it wastes - I just take satisfaction in complaining about it to Boss at this point, as I know there's a good reason for it to be in place - I walk in. The door swings shut behind me, and it closes with a loud slam.
"Ah, Wilhelmina. So good of you to come." The ever-confident and deceptively friendly-sounding voice comes from inside the room.
"Mina." I correct as I open the next door and enter his office.
The man reclining behind the desk is blonde haired with green eyes. I don't know how old he is, but he's clean shaven. He always gives off the aurora of being young too, so I'm not sure how old he is. He never says his name to anyone either. He's just referred to as Boss. I respect him though, and quite a bit.
"Right, right. You prefer to be called Mina. Sit." He gestures to the only unoccupied chair in front of his desk.
There are only two total, and the other is occupied by a black-haired boy. He's definitely older than me, although by how much I'm not sure. I haven't seen him around before. Then again, I haven't seen majority of the other assassins here before. A few glimpses and such, but never in Boss's office or out in public, unless you count my few friends I've met up with that I met through work. It's a bit intriguing as to why. Generally, only one of us would be in his office at a time, so there's obviously got to be some reason behind this. The boy stares back, his blue eyes scanning me over much like the retina scan. And much like the retina scan, I don't flinch.
"Who's this?" I ask, jerking my head at him while focusing on Boss.
"Getting right to the point, are we?" The boy gives a chuckle, and I glance away from Boss for a moment to give him a well-earned glare.
"Mina, this is Teague. Teague, this is Mina." Geez, we don't really need formal introductions, do we?
"Care to spill more?" I raise an eyebrow at Boss. He'll know what I mean by this comment. I want an analysis of Teague. Not his name. Well, not just his name.
Teague looks confused at my comment, but Boss just chuckles at my stubbornness, knowing exactly what I mean and having known for awhile. I've refused to let go of my need to know more about this boy, but I know that Boss wants to move on in the conversation. If he wants to move on, he has to give me the info first. At least I'm on his good side. If I weren't on his good side, I wouldn't even attempt this sort of stunt.
"Teague is a Royal-" That's just the first part of his first statement, and I've already decided it's time to interrupt.
"He's a Royal?! Boss, what are you playing at?" I stare at him like he's gone mad, because that's exactly what I think has happened.
"Settle down, settle down!" Now I'm sure he would've blown a gasket by now if it was anyone else. Thank goodness I strive to stay on his good side. Instead of being mad, he just seems amused. Then again, he always seems amused when I'm frustrated, irritated, or angry. "Not a Fate child royal. You know that the King and Queen have no living relations, and they plan on keeping it like that." That was true. The Fates didn't want to be overthrown by any descendants that they might possibly have. Not that they have had any to my knowledge. "I meant the Royal as in what we know it as. A shapeshifter with extremely powerful magic."
I relax the tiniest little bit. "Oh. Continue." I don't bother to see what Teague thinks of this entire situation. He seems like the type of person to either be confused or amused. Neither of which I want to see, because the mere sight of him is ticking me off right now.
"As I was going to say, he's newer than you, having done around one hundred missions or so." So he's only been here for around a year? That works with me, because it means that I'm superior. "Teague, Mina has done over three hundred missions. I believe she's around three hundred fifty five or something close to that." Hey, almost four years in this line of work does pay off. I get money, and I'm also pretty safe from rogue Fae since I work with Grimm. "She's a Siren, with the Lure and Call."
I take this opportunity to glance over at him, and he smirks slightly. Who it's directed at, I can't tell. "Impressive, I'll give her that." How gracious of him. Oh, what I would give to punch that smirk clear off of his face. I'm his superior, even if I'm younger than him. In this field, age doesn't matter. Experience does. You can even tell from my stance compared to his that we're different. While he looks very relaxed, I'm on high alert, and I'm sure he know it."
"So, now that those introductions are out of the way, it's time to get down to the real point." Good, because I would really like to get going. I don't think I can bare to be in the same room as Teague for much longer, and we haven't even really had a real conversation yet. "I had you both come down here for one very simple reason."
"Enough with the theatrics. Please, just get to the point." I roll my eyes.
"Alright. I want you two to work together."
I nearly choke on air. "What?!"
Even the always relaxed, 'nothing seems to faze me' Teagye looks shocked as Boss directs his comment to me. "You heard me, Wilhelmina."
I swear he's using my real name just to get on my nerves. "It's Mina." I nearly spit the words. "And anyways, I work better alone! He'll just slow me down, based on how incompetent he looks. I'm not letting him ruin my record! You can't possibly be serious, Boss!"
"Mina, calm down." Thank goodness he bothered to use my preferred nickname. "You two are going to work together. No argument. If you guys do badly, I won't let it affect your perfect record. We can blame it all on Teague or something." From the corner of my eye I can see Teague scowl, and I resist the urge to smirk and snicker like a school girl would with a rival. I'm an assassin, not a petty little girl. I need to take control of my emotions and only show what needs to be shown. "You won't have to work together anymore if you fail."
I can't tell if he means that we'll stop working together after this mission either way, or only if we fail. Ignoring that small tidbit of information for now, I huff from exasperation, but even I know there's no use arguing with Boss at this point. "Fine."
"And do you have any argument, Teague?" Boss and I both swivel our gazes over to the boy, but he just shakes his head at Boss' question.
"Nope." He pops the p in an extremely annoying and irritating fashion. It takes all of my energy not to strangle him right then and there. He actually has the nerve to seem like he's enjoying this. Well, let's see if he enjoys it when he has a black eye. I let myself calm down a little bit by picturing that image in my mind.
"Good." Boss tosses a file onto the desk in front of him, and I've grabbed it within a second. No way I'm letting a complete stranger that I already hate touch it. "I'm assuming you guy will discuss the best tactic and act upon it.
"You have nothing you specifically want us to do?" I'm surprised. Boss seems to always have a plan.
"Well..." He glances up at the ceiling.
"So you do have an idea." Look at that. Captain Obvious has spoken. At least Teague is a little bit perceptive.
"The man in question is hosting a large dance at a country club in his town in about two weeks. It's a big event that quite a few people attend. I can easily secure two spots reserved for you under false names online, as you have to sign up. It'll actually be a masquerade ball. Extremely cliche, but it'll serve out purposes well. You'll have two weeks to arrive at the city, develop your kill plan, and then enact it at the dance. Understand?"
Teague gives a low whistle. "You weren't kidding when you said you had a plan."
He's got a lot to learn about Boss, if he hasn't realized that he always has a plan by now.
"I've gotten both of you a room at a hotel in that ton. You'll use a car to get there, so use Teague's. He'll have to drive though, since you - yes you, Mina - can't drive yet." I open my mouth to protest, but he won't accept it. He barrels onwards in his reasoning, as if I've already made my case. "I don't care that you've been driving a motorcycle and faked your license. You've never driven a car, and I don't want to find out you both wound up dead because of your stupidity." Ouch. That hurt. "Anyways, do you both understand?" We both nod, although I'm still wearing my glare that has half-shifted into a grimace on my face.
"Understood, Boss." I sigh, not liking this plan - mainly because it involves me working with Teague, who I know nothing about - at all.
"Yes, understood." Teague also gives his agreement.
"Good. Now go!" He barks the last two words at us. Teague flinches, but I'm as stiff as a board to Boss' yelling.
I stand up first, still clutching the file. "Hurry up, Teague."
And I hurry out the door towards the garage, not bothering to wait for Teague and check that he follows.
Haha, Mina seems like she's going to have a ball with this partnership. Haha. Get it? She's going to have a ball? cx Do you guys like it so far? I'm honestly super excited to write this specific plot, - I have the end already planned out - and quite a few others. Then again, I'm always excited about my fanfiction ideas, at least at the start. xD
Now, are you guys able to get this three reviews? Then I will update this! Of course, my update would have to come after I update I Won't Say I'm In Love and Counting Stars, because people are waiting on those.
~ Dagger