"If light moves so fast, why hasn't it caught a ninja?"
By: Danny Nguyen AKA ThisIsAsia
The old man dropped to the ground, clutching his stomach. A man in black armor withdrew his blade from the elderly man's belly and watched as he suffered, drowning in his own blood. "Foolish peasant. Tried to stand in my way." He chuckled to himself and a man behind him spoke, "Sir, it is nearly midnight should we-". The man in black interrupted him, "Yes, hurry, take everything you can."
Making sure his men were busy looting the town, Zed, the man in black, looked at the bleeding elder on the floor. Nobody should have to suffer like this… he thought. Zed raised his blade and slashed downward and stabbed the man's heart. Mercy kill… Zed looked toward his own men, and started to take loot for himself.
Mataso Shinka, a father of 2, was one of Zed's group and was forced to steal to feed his children. Busy, looting a family's rice bin, he suddenly felt a pain in his back, that quickly spread throughout his body. He looked back and was puzzled at how he was looking at a stranger through red. Then he fell to his knees and darkness enveloped him.
Zed was taking precious gold from under a bed when he heard the scream. Running outside, he saw one of his newest group members fall to the ground. Zed looked around for the culprit and another man fell, making no sound and laying on the ground ominously. Zed took his bola; a rope with 2 weighted ends, from his belt and saw a glint of a blade. It only lasted half a second, but Zed threw his bola at that area, and a figure fell to the ground. Zed's men looked toward the figure and curiously walked toward it. Zed signaled for them to back away from the figure and the men reluctantly stepped back. Zed knelt at the figure's head and looked into startling green eyes. Using a small dagger, he removed off the figure's mask…
It was supposed to be a fairly simple assassination. Cut the throat, make sure target is dead, and then escape. All in 30 seconds. Akali was hunting down a man, rumored to move like a shadow. This "Shadow" wasn't very smart, the fool moved with a group. Akali looked down and saw trampled grass and caught clothing on bushes. She followed the track and watched, eyes wide as a man in black viciously stabbed an elderly man, but not killing him. Akali watched in horror as the old man was forced to suffer on the ground, bleeding profusely. As the group looted the town, the man in black looked pitifully at the old man, and killed him on the spot. "Mercy kill…I guess this 'Shadow' has feelings" She murmured to herself. Stealthily, she moved toward them. She settled behind a wall of darkness, not noticing one of the men standing to her left. She looked around and saw him. He did not yet feel her standing nearby. Silently, she withdrew a knife and drove it into the man's back. He looked back, but did not scream. He looked at her in sadness. He crumpled to the ground and the man in black turned. Akali moved out of his line of vision, and bumped into a man. The man turned, and Akali, quickly thinking, she slit his throat. Much to her dismay, the moonlight illuminated her dagger, causing it to glint. She quickly removed it from the light, then something wrapped around her legs. She toppled and the man in black walked towards her, signaling his men to back off. She strained against the rope bonds, but gave up when the man looked into her eyes. His eyes were dark as night. The man ripped off her mask and she smiled mutinously.
"Hello, brother."
