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Chapter 2
My alarm sounds at quarter to 4 in the morning and I groan, rolling over to hit the snooze button.
"I wouldn't do that" Harth's voice makes me jump.
"just five minutes" I cover my face with the covers and cry out when they are ripped off me.
"Training, now" Harth grabs my foot, flipping me off the bed. I land on the floor with a thud.
"Ow" i mumble through a mouthful of the carpet.
"Don't make me repeat myself" He says before walking out of the room.
I groan, slipping out of my boxer shorts and into sweatpants and a wife beater. I pull my hair into a loose ponytail and walk out of the room.
Kara sits at the table spooning Cheerios out of a bowl.
"You're okay?" I ask, slipping into the chair beside her and pouring my bowl.
"Yeah... that son of a biscuit electrocuted me" She murmurs. "I still feel tingly"
"I should have just ran instead of fighting him... Harth is going to rip us apart in training"
"It would have been worse if you ran... thanks for saving me by the way" she smiles at me and I realize the radio in the background.
"Listen to the song..." I whisper and we both stay silent as Don't Fear the Reaper plays before bursting into fits of laughter.
"What happened last night was because of lack of training." Harth stands in the middle of the caged mat. "and I apologize for that... I'm sending you through the knife simulator Parker... also practice your main skill... Kara why did you have Parkers swords last night?"
"I forgot my bow..." Kara bows her head and Harth sighs.
"What happened tomorrow night will not happen again. First to get him is first to kill him." He meets our eyes. "Is this clear?"
"Yes sir" Kara says and I nod my head.
"Start" He commands and Kara and I run in different directions.
Standing in front of the large door I take a deep breath, grabbing knives off the shelf beside it and flipping open a keypad next to the door. I press my finger against it and watch the door swing open before stepping in.
"Welcome Parker" The mechanical voice says as the door slams shut and I'm left in a black room. "Today we will practice speed and aim"
"Okay" I respond.
"Please step forward and hit the targets. Time to beat. 5 seconds." The female voice begins counting down from 10 and I get in a readying stance, balancing the knives between my fingers. "4, 3" I take a deep breath. "2, 1" The room is silent for a moment before it lights up, temporarily blinding me. "and start"
I whip a knife at the target directly in front of me. Another one pops up to my left and I whip another knife. Two targets pop up and I throw two knives at a time, hitting them square in the chest before spinning around and slamming the knife into the middle of the last target.
"Well done. Not quite there. 5.7 seconds total. Again" The womans voice sounds and I sigh.
I continue four more times before getting 4.6 seconds.
"Greatly done. Now... moving targets." I sigh.
After an hour of knife throwing, the simulator finally lets me go. I walk out the door, grabbing a towel off the shelf and wiping my sweat.
Kara stands in the cage, throwing punches at Harth who easily dodges.
"My grandma throws punches faster than that!" Harth yells his usual remarks as he jumps over Kara's attempted leg sweep.
"Parker, nice of you to join us, ready up, you're next!" Kara laughs as I groan, jogging up to the cage.
"Kill him, Kara!" I yell and Harth shoots me a teasing glare before throwing a punch at Kara and knocking her onto her back. She falls to the ground, her fall echoing loudly in the gym.
"your turn, Parker" Harth turns to me as Kara limps out of the cage. I high-five her before slipping under the rope and entering the cage. "Ready?"
"No question is, are you ready?" I ask and he laughs.
"Born ready" He steps forward, throwing a punch. I duck under it, my fist colliding with his stomach.
He doubles over in surprise and I lift my knee, causing his head to fly up and back. He hisses in pain and steps forward, faking a punch to my face and sweeping my legs. I fall onto my back before putting my arms above my head and flipping up. I punch him in the side and aim a blow at his chin. He flies backwards and lands on his back. I advance on him, punching him in the stomach and pulling out a knife. I thrust it at him, stopping inches above his face.
"Well done" He smiles at me and Kara claps. I slip the knife back into my belt.
Later that night, I shove my face with noodles and Kara laughs, taking her time on hers. I'm on my fourth bowl before I get full, leaning back in my chair and rubbing my belly. The waitress comes over, taking the dirty dishes and I smile in content.
"I love this place" I smirk and Kara laughs.
"You didn't even taste your food" She accuses, pointing her chopsticks at me and I shrug.
"Problem?" I ask and she laughs.
I glance around the room and pause when I see a young man sitting at the table across from ours. His black hair covers his eyes and next to him is a stack of over six empty bowls. He seems to be on his seventh.
"At least I don't eat that much" I whisper to Kara, glancing in his direction and she giggles.
"It's not fair... he's still skinny and we have to work to stay skinny"
"So not fair" I say, nodding in agreement.
His eyes meet mine when I glance at him again and I quickly look away.
After we exit the restaurant, I spot a small shop kitty corner to it.
"I'm going to go get some snacks... meet you at the apartment?"
"Deal" Kara hands me my bag. "Put in your earpiece... just in case" She smiles at me and I nod.
I turn my back to her, walking towards the store. I pause at the entrance, digging through the front pocket of my bag and grabbing my earpiece. Once I find it, I place it in my ear, pressing the on button. A high-pitched sound comes through it and I clench my ear, dropping to my knees.
"Sorry, sorry, technical difficulty, one moment" Kara's voice sounds over the noise. Once it finally vanishes I let out a sigh.
"Are you okay?" A male asks from above me and I look up. The man from the restaurant stares down at me and I quickly recover.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine... I just dropped my... oh there it is!" I fake grab something off the ground and shove it in my pocket.
"Oh, you looked like you were in pain" He raises an eyebrow and I shake my head.
"Nope, I'm fine but thank you" I smile at him and start to walk away.
"I'm Li" He says from behind me and I spin around to face him again.
"Haley" I use a fake name and he smiles.
"It's nice to meet you Haley... I'm glad you are okay" He says and I nod.
"Thanks" I repeat.
"See you around?"
"Yeah of course" I smile and surprise myself on how real it actually is before turning and walking towards the store.
"How's your day been, Haley" Kara teases over the earpiece and I sigh.
"Shut up" I mutter. "How did you even hear me, I don't have the button pressed"
"Your buttons jammed, must have been from the fight."
"Girls, I need you to gear up, I have a target for you, meet at the top of soap factory" Harth's voice sounds through my earpiece.
"No Reaper right?" Kara asks.
"Hopefully not" Harth responds and we both sigh.
"Can I get groceries first?" I ask and Harth sighs.
"Groceries after mission" He says and I sigh.
"Give me the coördinates" I mutter.
Twenty minutes later, I'm sitting in an alley wearing all black and my mask. I hold one of my swords in my hand, running a gloved hand across the blade.
"My blade is dull, remind me to sharpen it" I tell Kara.
"I need new arrows" She responds on the earpiece.
"I need a new earpiece so you can't hear everything I say"
"Something to hide?" Kara asks teasingly.
"I'm not made of money" Harth says, butting into the conversation. "Now, target is heading your way, Parker, be careful and do what you learned this morning"
"Copy" I respond.
Ten minutes later, footsteps sound in the alley followed by voices.
"You sure he said to meet here?" The first male voice asks.
"Yeah" Pause. "These are the coördinates" The second male voice answers.
"I just have a bad feeling about this" The first one sighs.
I peer my head out from behind the dumpster, examining the two young men.
"I'll go check out the end of the alley" The second man says, earning a nervous nod from the first man.
I slip my sword back into its case on my back and watch as the man nears me. The first man heads towards the opening of the alleyway, his back to us.
I jump out of my hiding spot once the man is close enough, being quick as I throw a punch under his chin, knocking him out cold. Dragging his unconscious body, I throw it behind the dumpster and blend back into the shadows as the first man turns around.
"Frank?" He asks nervously. "You find anything?" No response. He walks towards the end of the alleyway. "Frank this isn't funny"
I step out of the shadows, cracking my knuckles.
"You know, for contractors, I thought this job would be a lot harder" I say and the man jumps back. "So tell me, what's your price?" I ask.
The man smirks at me as his aura begins to turn blue, his eyes a bright right. I watch as his face morphs into a different one.
"Guess you will have to wait and find out" He smirks before diving at me.
I dodge him, grabbing a knife out of my belt and whipping it at him. It sticks in his arm and he pauses to rip it out, hissing in pain.
"Now that wasn't very nice" He frowns at me.
"I was never one to play nice" I hiss before diving at him again, drawing my sword and swiping it at him. He dodges it, grabbing my blade and I pull it back, slicing his hand.
"Son of a-" he doesn't finish his sentence before I drive the blade into his chest. I rip it out quickly and he falls to his knees, clenching his chest.
I wipe the blood off on my black jacket before slipping the sword back into its case and bending down to his level.
"I was going to have you send a message but I can see you're in no condition for that" I smirk at him as blood drips out of his mouth and down his chin. "So, tell me, what was your price again?"
He falls motionless on his face into the concrete and I sigh as blood pools around him.
"Darn, I didn't hear his price" I frown before going over to the dumpster to grab the other mans body.
A pause as a thin wire wraps around my ankle, tugging me back so I flip onto my back. I yelp and push myself up.
"That wasn't very nice of you" A familiar voice says and I push myself up, coming face to face with the Reaper.
"What, killing the killer?" I place my hands on the handle of my swords.
"There's no need for that, I'm not here to fight you" He says and I draw my swords, not believing it.
"Parker, is that the reaper?" Harth's voice asks.
"Confirmed, that is in fact the Reaper. I'm watching from the rooftop, he doesn't seem to be making any moves" Kara's voice sounds.
"Tell your friends I have a message" The Reaper pulls me out of the conversation between Kara and Harth.
"Yes?"
"Tell Harth that if he sends you to kill me one more time, loss of his eye is the nicest thing I'm going to do" His voice is low and I know it isn't an empty threat.
"I'm not here to kill you" I hiss at him and he nods.
"Not yet" He says before turning around and disappearing into the shadows.
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