A/N: I wrote this story for NaNoWriMo 2014 and it is loosely inspired from fictional characters. I had a lot of NaNo dares so there will be random funny bits in the story which makes it even more better. I really enjoyed writing this. This story has basically three main OC characters inspired from The Last Air Bender, League of Shadows (Katana/Batman) and Swamp Thing.
Ren stared at the tall mirror in the darkest corner of the room. The purple and red disco lights were blazing away but their lights were not reaching her standing in front of the mirror. She was not looking at herself though. She was staring at something in the mirror. She was distracted. Her hands were slightly shaking and she was nervous. After realizing this, she looked down at her cup of coffee which was shaking with her hands. Oh come on Ren, she thought to herself, you've been in a much worse situation than this, you can handle this. With that thought she slipped back and collided with someone resulting in her coffee spilling. She looked up at whoever it was with a slight anger and frustration.
"Oh Ren, I am so sorry," he said looking apologetic. Cory was a friend. He was a good friend but he was not trustworthy. Nobody was trustworthy here. Apart from the ones she handpicked. Of course. She had to turn on the assassin inside her tonight. She had been training everyday but she didn't get a chance to apply the training. Until tonight. Hopefully if her plans go according to the plan.
"It's OK Cory. What is that you've got?" Ren asked over the loud music of the party. Cory flashed his wand and stood back to show his gown. He even had round glasses on. Was he trying to be Harry Potter?
"I'm a wizard from Hogwarts and this is my 8 inch wand," Cory said showing off.
"8 inches? Wow," Ren said without any interest. She was looking around to see if any of her gang was around. There were loads of students here having fun who wore different costumes. One had come wearing an Iron Man suit. Iron Man was not even scary. What the hell was that boy thinking?
Ren herself was Lady Deathstroke. Well, the lady version of Deathstroke. Luckily Cory brought this up. She wanted him to. It was part of the grand plan.
"And what about you? What are you dressed up as?" he asked.
"I am Lady Deathstroke. Master of assassinating," she said innocently and took both of her dummy katana swords out to show him. The swords were made of plastic foam and she nudged her sword in his belly playfully.
"Do you really want to start a fight?" he asked smiling.
"I'll kick your ass every single time like I always have been for the past year," she said nudging her sword more.
"We will see about that," he said.
Ren had been in this school for a year and a half now and this was truly a crap school. This wasn't the school for the rich and posh kids. All the poor people came here. All the crooks and bullies came here and that is what she was going to sort out today.
She didn't notice Cory still standing there. She was distracted when he asked her about her sister. "Where is Rira? I don't see her."
Ren looked around again, this time genuinely looking for her older step sister. "She should have come by now."
Her eyes lingered toward the door when she saw her. Her sister was beautiful. That pretty but forlorn face which made her sad too. Ren loved her. She would do anything for her. Just like she was about to do tonight.
Rira was not wearing anything. At least it didn't look like a fabric. Green vines and branches entangled her body from legs to her hips showing her bare waist and navel. Her breasts were covered with more vines and leaves intermingling with each other. Her green hair dangled perfectly down her shoulders. She didn't wear any heels as she was tall enough. She looked remarkable.
Ren noticed Cory standing there, his mouth wide open. Ren smacked her foam sword on his face lightly. "Shut that mouth before a spider goes in there."
Cory jerked at that and smiled embarrassingly. "She looks amazing."
Ren looked at Rira too who was still standing at the entrance greeted by her few friends. "She is one of a kind," Ren said. "But excuse me. Right now, I need to be with my friends. They must be wondering where I am."
Cory smiled at her and Ren walked off. She was wearing minimal blue dress too, cut to perfection for easy manoeuvring. It was a nice dress. Blue shorts with blue top and black boots. She had her katanas at the back which will come handy. Ren walked to the corner and out of the room avoiding Rira. She didn't want her to find out that she was here. She had a mission to do and it was about to commence in a minute. She took out an ear piece from her pocket and adjusted on her ear.
"Laura, come in. Do you copy?"
At first there was no response but then the ear piece opened and Ren heard screams. It was Laura. She had done her part. Now it was up to Ren. Ren quickened her pace down the stairs to the school's main electric board. She had already disconnected the party room with the school. She just had to press one button and the lights would go down except the party room. She quickly pressed that button. Darkness surrounded her. She reached the top of the electric board cabinet and grabbed her real twin katanas. She adjusted them on her back on top of the fake swords and practically ran upstairs where she heard the screams. She knew these corridors well plus she was getting used to the darkness. She could see well in the dark anyway thanks to her training. The plan was for Laura to lure the gang in front of the Maths department. Ren reached there in a matter of seconds. She saw some torches flashing and Laura on the floor while a guy was ripping open her dress. Laura could take care of herself. Six guys were nothing for her. But she was doing it on purpose.
She stood there in the dark looking at the six guys struggling to contain one girl. "Hey you bullies, why don't you pick someone your own bloody size?"
The manhandling seized and they looked at her direction. A look of terror swept across their faces for a moment but they handled themselves and flashed their lights in her direction. Ren had her half blue half white mask on.
"Who are you?" a guy asked in a loud voice. She recognized him. He was Tommy, the head of this bully gang. The guy who bullied Rira a lot too. Tommy had Laura's hair in his fist and the torch in his other hand which he was flashing it in Ren's direction.
"I saw this and I know it is you Tommy. You were trying to rape a girl in the Maths corridor. I have this recorded too." With this, she backed off slowly and retreated, hoping some guys will try to make a move.
"GET HER!" Tommy yelled and four guys leapt forward in panic toward Ren. Ren paced back and hid herself behind a cabinet. When she saw the four guys turning in her direction, she climbed on top of a cabinet. By this time they had come close. Two forward two behind. She stood up and took her katanas out.
"Up here," she whispered and a torch fell from one of the boy's hand in terror. When they looked at her, she jumped down slicing all four of them before she landed on the floor feet first. The four of them dropped dead at once. She walked away without looking at them. She turned the corner and found it to be empty. Where did they go? This was strange. Very not like her plan. She didn't like when her plans change. Laura should know that. Only two guys were left. She really wanted to finish Tommy's life. He had troubled not just Rira but a lot of other girls. He was a burden on this earth. She heard a noise just to her left and her grip on her katana tightened. Someone screamed jumping at her. She didn't use her Katana but her fist to topple him over. This was not Tommy. This was some other guy.
She grabbed his collar lifting him up. "Where is Tommy?"
The poor boy was terrified. "He...He is in the chemistry lab."
"Listen to me. Who does Tommy work for?" Ren asked.
"I don't know who he works for but he goes to a bar every Sunday morning. A closed bar. I don't know what he does there."
Ren got up and used her sword to cut his arm. He screamed in pain but she slapped him. "You listen to me very carefully. You will go to the bar this Sunday and tell him that Tommy is finished for good. He is dead and whatever network of bullies he has going on, it will stop. Don't go anywhere else otherwise I will find you and I will kill you."
The boy looked like he was about to pee his pants. He nodded. "Good boy. Now off you go while I go finish Tommy."
She let him go and walked to the chemistry lab. It was just two blocks away from the maths department. When she entered the lab, she heard Laura squirming and screaming.
It was pure dark in this room. It seemed like Tommy had dropped the blinds too.
"Laura?" she called and as soon as she said that, someone jumped at her. She could smell the metal off Tommy. He had some kind of metal claws and he was flying for her. In just a split of a second, she moved to her right and Tommy dropped and collided in the benches in front. Ren managed herself taking out her Katanas and advancing for Tommy. Darkness was her friend. She had special training in the darkness. She had to spend five days in a dark cave once to be strong and focussed. She focussed on Tommy, his metal claws. She felt his presence and advanced on him again slicing the thin air again. Tommy was fast. It looked like he had some kind of a training.
"What's the matter?" he said mocking her. Ren clenched her teeth and retreated back to the corner of the room and squatted there behind the fallen bench. She calmed herself and listened. She could hear only Laura's heavy breathing. Other than that there was no sign of Tommy. She couldn't turn on the lights too. She breathed in heavy and spotted his scent. Grabbing hard on both of her swords, she stood up and hopping on the fallen benches she jumped again in the air hoping to slice open his gut. Her sword struck with his metal claw and she dropped. This was it. She was not going to lose him now. She turned now with her incredible speed, one sword slicing open his knee and the other arm at the same time. She dropped down missing his metal claws and came up on his other side hitting the same spots again.
He moaned falling on the floor on his back. Ren took his torch light out and turned it on his face. His face was in pain. "Who the hell are you?"
"I am just someone but I want you to know that why am I going to kill you tonight."
"You are not going to kill me, right?" he asked.
Ren waved her katana in perfect motion and the tip of her sword landed on his chest. She pushed in a little bit. It dug an inch in his chest just where his heart was. He moaned in pain.
"All the people you bullied. All the girls you raped, you deserve worse than this. Trust me," Ren said then she leaned forward putting the light right on his eyes. He closed his eyes. "Open your damn eyes."
Tommy opened his eyes painfully. "I will finish your network of bullies. You are just a little toad in the pond. I need to catch the big fish."
"Please. I will not do anything ever again," he pleaded crying.
Ren smiled at this. "Too late. You are a goner."
With that she pushed her katana in till it pierced his heart. He stopped moving then Ren took out her sword. There was minimum amount of blood on it. It was a technique she learned in her training. Tommy wasn't even bleeding. No mess to clean up either and nobody could trace this technique. It was not known to the outer world.
Laura joined her. "Well done Ren. You did a good job here."
"Thanks Laura and the hard part of our plan starts now. This plan should be safe and untraceable. I need you to take my katanas and hide them in our hideout. Nobody saw you here and make sure you be hidden all the way to your home. I am going back to the party."
Laura took her katanas and mask and she jumped out of the window to exit the building. Why does she always do that? She was well weird, Ren smiled. But cute also. Ren looked at Tommy and threw the flashlight on him. She walked calmly out of the lab and downstairs where the electric board was. She switched the lights back on and connected all the wires at the right place.
When she walked in the party, half of the students had gone. It seemed all the juniors had already left. Even Cory wasn't there. This was bad. She would get in the eyes of the seniors and right now she did not want to be the girl under the spotlight. She retreated back and went out of the door. She had spotted Rira on the way out. She looked at peace, happily chatting away with her friends. That's all Ren wanted. For Rira to be happy. She would do all the hard work for her. She would take care of her big sister and she didn't even want credit for it. When she exited the school, she called Laura.
"Where are you?"
"Did what you said and now I am heading home," Laura said.
"Can you give me a lift?" Ren asked.
"I just left two mins ago."
"Stop whining and come pick me up in front of the school."
Waiting under the street light for Laura, she heard a noise in the bushes. Then she saw a figure holding his arm running in an alleyway. Ren smiled. Her plan was working well. She had a lot of work to do in the coming weeks and she must get ready for it. She needed more than katanas for this. That was for sure.