Two same blades

Chapter One- The assassin

He was alone in his room, pacing the floor like he wanted to dig a hole in it. Honestly, if he continued, it was for sure that Victor would do it. He was nervous. Furious, better to say. Suddenly, the metal door clicked and Stryker entered the room.

'Oh, here you are Victor.'-he said calmly.

'And where did you expect me to be?'-Victor sneered.

Stryker chuckled despite himself and laid the file on the table. Victor moved closer to the table, his grey eyes following every move of Stryker's and Zero's bodies. Damn, but it seemed like Stryker wasn't going anywhere without his 'pet'.

'Here she is, your next target.'-Stryker said as he handed Victor some photograph. Victor took the photo and looked at it. Young woman, 23 to 25 years, short black hair, curvaceous body, pale as ghost was staring back at him. Unconsciously, Victor licked his lips, his tongue flickering over his sharp incisors.

'And, here is her file.'-Stryker said after few moments, handing Victor her file. And with that, he and Zero left the room.

'Oh sorry Victor. And I want her alive. Rape her, beat her, play with her, do whatever you like but bring her alive.'-Stryker said as his head peaked from the door. Victor grunted in response and returned his attention to the file.

He was right, the girl was 24, name was Viper Johnson, lived and worked in New Orleans in some computer company and it was all that mattered to Victor. He didn't need to know anything else about her, that was enough. But his eyes fell on the mutant powers paragraph and there was written 'none'. Well, that caught Victor interest.

'Why would Stryker want just a human?'-Victor thought to himself but then decided that it was nothing that was concerning him. He closed the file and placed it under his bed before he stretched his heavily muscled body languidly and laid on the bed, falling asleep.

Dreams were haunting him. Not the usual 'nice' dreams where he was killing and raping with pleasure. No, dreams from his childhood. Dreams that reminded him of his human side. Dreams that were showing him and Jimmy running into the forest after Jimmy killed their father. Dreams where he was human again and Victor didn't like it. Not even a little bit. He wasn't the same again. He wasn't a man, he was an animal trapped into body of a man. Waking up covered in sweat, Victor tried to shake the feel of guilt from his conscious. Feel of guilt because of the animal he had become, the animal that took over his human part, and the animal that didn't like the feel of guilt.

'It's just a frail human feeling.'-Victor said as he fell asleep again.

Next morning, Stryker called Victor into his office. Victor was all grumpy and annoyed by Stryker.

'There is one more thing you should know about her Victor.'-Stryker said.

Victor shifted in his seat and tapped his right temple with one clawed finger.

'Oh yea? And what's that?'-he asked.

'She…she is not like your usual targets Victor. Not mutant, but not all your targets are mutants…'

Stryker stopped as Victor cut him off.

'Oh and what's that?'-Victor asked sarcastically.

So, what's the point Stryker? What makes her different? Maybe her breast size or IQ? You know, I don't care.'-Victor continued with sharp tone biting the air and he walked toward the door. When his hand was on the knob, Stryker's voice echoed.

'She is assassin.'

Well, NOW Victor turned. He knew that there was something weird about the frail but he didn't know what. He returned to his seat and listened carefully.

'She is assassin Victor and Goddamn good one. No offence, but near as good as you.'-Stryker said and inhaled deep before he continued. 'And I want her on the team. We could use great potential as her. And don't trust to everything you read. She is not mutant, she has some genetic disorder that slows her aging and that means that we'll have her on the team longer than if she was just a human. She has high levels in martial arts and knows to use more than few high-tech weapons. And to not forget her higher IQ and work with computers. She would be great addition to the team Victor and you need to get her as fast as you can. Do what you must do, act Prince Charming if you have to, because I want her willing here. After she comes, I'll decide whether to punish her is she doesn't like to join the team or not.'-Stryker finished.

'OK.'-Victor said and marched out of the office.

'Real viper you're you know Viper? But I'm sure that you can't be better than this big, mean cat.'-Victor thought to himself.

He packed his bag throwing few shirts, jeans and underwear in it and put on his trench coat before he exited the facility.

The flight to New Orleans was boring as hell. Victor wasn't the biggest fan of flying, he preferred to drive his bike or run, it was better than to be caged in some metal box that flied. His mind was racing with ideas how to get to this Viper-gal. He was allowed to do whatever he wanted before he brought her back alive. That was fine by him. He could fuck her until she was on dying bed but he would make sure that she'll be alive when she was gonna meet Stryker.