Title: Out For Blood
Penname: SirenSongx
Based on Banner Entry: #10
Word Count: 1000

I didn't place.

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"How far would you go for love?"

I can't even begin to tell you how many times I heard that since I had turned sixteen and the girls started to question my priorities when our dates didn't go far. Police sirens, firearms and blood were always distracting me, scaring others away from me.

I distinctly remember when I took the test at school for our future career, which I still think was a load of crock, mine said Exterminator. At the time, the teachers and I thought it was referring to bugs. When I turned eighteen and I didn't need to rely on my family anymore, I learned the hard way that it meant a completely different type of Extermination.

My only friend was a girl I had known since I was ten. She was always there for me, despite knowing what I had become. She didn't care. She was my very best friend and I caressed everything about her.

"How far would you go for love?"

After ten years of hearing that same line from my associates and my friend, I finally understood what it meant. Despite all the crimes I had committed, all the people I had murdered, I was terrified of two things.

One was losing my only and best friend.

Two was telling Bella how much I love her.

Unfortunately, both of my fears were made very real one night on her way home from college. She lived across the hall from me in the apartment building so I knew right away that something was wrong when she didn't show up for our movie night. Even if I was an assassin, I wanted as much of a normal life as possible and Bella insisted on a movie night every Friday.

An hour later, a black envelop was slipped under my door. I was on that envelop faster than I could blink. My heart sank to the floor as my eyes scanned over the words quickly.

We want revenge.

We have your girl.

Old Road Hotel room 17

At midnight.

Well unfortunately, that doesn't explain who we are but I'll find out at midnight. I drove to the abandoned hotel on the old worn down road two hours ahead of schedule. My beautiful 9mm Para-Ordnance P18-9 Lugerresting comfortably on the passenger seat of my Aston Martin all the way to the hotel. I parked the car a block away from where they were holding Bella, snatched my gun off the seat and stealthily made my way around to the back of the building. Nice thing about these old hotels, there were holes in the walls everywhere.

It took me all of fifteen minutes to locate the room from the back of the building; it was the only room with a light on. Can we say America's Dumbest Criminals? I spied Bella through the broken window, sitting up against the headboard of the old bed, arms tied behind her back. The death glare she was shooting at her two captured made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end…among other things.

"You're both going to be sorry," she sang her warning then smirked when her eyes caught me at the window from the corner of her eye.

The taller of the two men stood from his seat at the window opposite me and took three long steps toward Bella. "Shut up."

My eyes widened when the butt of the gun connected with her cheek, sending her toppling over on to her side on the mattress. Her head snapped around and in an instant, she spat blood at the guy's face.

Seeing red wasn't just a euphemism. I literally saw red, the red of Bella's blood as it trickled from her mouth. Upon seeing Bella's blood outside her body, I was immediately in action. I leapt through the broken window and instantly opened fire, taking down the tall man that had hurt my Bella with a bullet to the head and another to the chest. The shorter man threw his arms up in defense, as if that would work.

"Sorry, you took the wrong girl."

Before he could even get a word out of his now open mouth, I placed a bullet between his eyes. He fell to the floor in a heap with a surprisingly loud thump.

"Told you so," Bella snickered from the bed.

I was sitting on the edge of the bed beside her in a heartbeat, frantically pulling at the ropes holding her wrists together. The second she was free, her arms reached up around my neck and held me tightly to her. I felt her breasts press against my chest and I instinctively held her to me securely, wanting to feel her closer to me.

She leaned away for a split second before she pressed her lips to mine, sending jolts of electricity throughout my body. I responded quickly, thrilled that I was finally kissing her.

Much to my dismay, she pulled away and looked into my eyes. "I knew you would come."

Not yet. "Was there ever any doubt. Let's get you home."

"My home or yours?" She asked simply and I did a mental fist pump.

"Let's get you to my home so I can clean you up and check for any further damage," she nodded in agreement and let me carry her from the building, down the street to my waiting car.

The next afternoon I smirked as I read the paper.

Double Murder

Two unknown suspects were found dead in an abandoned hotel. Authorities discovered the two bodies after an anonymous call early this morning. Police have no leads as to what went on…

"And they never will…" I snickered as I read the newspaper article.

"So, how far would you go for love?" Bella asked me again.

"I think that would be obvious. I'd kill for her." I wiggled my eyebrows suggestively, threw the paper over my shoulder and slammed my lips down on hers.

Author Notes:

What is it about drabbles? They seem to take control of my fingers and mind and I can get them done in a mere few hours. Why can't my chapters go this fast? I hope I did the awesome banner justice with my drabble.