Hi everyone! ^^ I hope you liked the last chapter, but I hope you will like this one too. :)

Since my school has started, I will try to update as fast as I can. But I will probably only write on weekends because of homework. (Stupid homework) But I can sometimes update it weekdays, so be sure to check. ^^

You might have noticed it already but I write ^^ a lot. It is just my favorite smiley! ^_^

Ok, enough of my babbling this is the third chapter. Enjoy! ^^

After my hands were tied tight with a thick rope, three of my companions began to escort me to the cells at the far end of the hideout. It were these threes' mission to capture me, all the others were just a distraction if I should have attacked.

The three that are escorting me are the following, my former classmate Rim, who's walking in the front. - (All assassins goes in some kind of school in the headquarters when they start their training) – My former teacher in stealth, Agiene, walking behind me to my right and my former teacher in hand-to-hand combat, Lara walking behind me to my left. They have made this formation to prevent me from escaping, but it's not like they would be able to stop me if I tried.

I haven't seen my classmates or my old teachers since I became a top class assassin. I have always been busy with a lot of missions lately, so I never get the chance to associate with others. And even if I did have time, I wouldn't even bother with talking to them anyways; I'm not the social type. I would rather sit in my room than talking to people, at least if I have something to do. If I would have been bored, I might have socialized with them…

I sigh tiredly out of boredom and look to Rim and try to start a conversation, just to pass some time and maybe get rid of this stupid tension. When the tension isn't created by me, I can sometimes get irritated by it.

"Hey, Rim. Why do you want to put me in prison?"

Rim glance at me over his shoulder and quickly answer my question, with a lot of confident beneath his words I might add.

"Because you betrayed us, that's why."

He then turns away and resume his focus on walking, but the tension has grown even thicker than before because of my 'small-talk'. I sigh again but this time out of frustration.

"Man, you are such a pain. Not wanting to talk to me. Seriously, I have done nothing wrong. I just want to know why you're all so tense around me all of a sudden."

I stop when Rim turns around to glare at me, Lara and Agiene almost bump into me due to my sudden stop and they both stare at Rim in confusion but with their weapons still held at ready in case I'll attack.

Rim looks down at me with an angry expression on his face, just when he's about to say something to me, he shakes his head and resumes on walking. It looks like he's convinced that I've really done the things the elders are accusing me for… But why are they thinking that I've done those things? The last thing I would ever do is betray this organization. I've lived here my whole life, and I'm not about to change my mind about this place being my only home…

Agiene, seeing that Rim is getting further away from where she, I and Lara are standing, pushes my back hard with her weapon to get me moving. I glare at her over my shoulder, she almost made me trip! Who's the bastard that has set me up on this crime? When I find him, he'll wish that he was dead...

The base is huge, so it took a while until we got to the prison cells, since the elder wants the prisoners as far away from the exit as possible. Rim takes away all my weapons before he leads me into my cellar and cuts the rope off. (not the smartest thing to do in my opinion…) Nor he or my former teachers notice that before Rim exited the cellar I snatched the cellar keys from the back pocket of his pants.

These cells are designed to lock themselves when shut, so I don't have to worry if he should look after his keys to lock the door. When Rim is outside, standing in between my former teachers, he finally speaks to me.

"Since our enemies were seen outside our hideout a few days ago the elders came to the conclusion that someone is leaking information about us. But also, the same night as the assassins was seen by the secret tunnel you came late for the first time from a time limited mission. And these two other times that you have been late, other things has happened to us like food poisoning and informer blackmailing. But for some reason, you're never affected!"

When I hear all these arguments I can't blame them for thinking that it was me who leaked information. I close my eyes with a tired sigh to let the words sink in. When I open them again, looking just as bored as they've been through the small walk, Rim is pointing at me accusingly.

"That is why you are now a prisoner and will be killed tomorrow for your evil deeds, so be prepared to die tomorrow Garel."

With those words he, Agiene and Lara leave me alone in my cell. I rub the back of my head with a small smirk forming on my lips. They seriously think that they can make me stay here until tomorrow? I can't die just yet.

"Food poisoning? That has never happened today…" I say out loud, my voice echoing from the walls of the 'soon-to-be-empty' cellar. My weapons are lying at the table opposite to the cell, everyone has become careless and stupid as time flies by. First, they think they can keep me in a cellar. Second, they cut my ropes off, making me have full mobility. And third, they leave my weapons right in front of me. How stupid can they get? Are they seriously underestimating me? Or is this some kind of trap?

I walk to the cellar door and pull out the key from my sleeve. I carefully slink my arm through the electric bars to be able to touch the card reader on the wall next to the door. When the card connects with the card reader, the door automatically opens. Since I don't want to get burned by the electricity, I'm forced to follow the doors movement while still having my arm through its bars. I carefully slip my arm back out and turn towards my weapons.

It takes a few minutes to put on all my weapons back into place, but when I'm done I close the cellar door and leave the cellar key on the table where my weapons previously where. Now with my gun in the holster on my right hip, my sword on my back, my daggers in my shoes and my hidden knife on my right arm I am ready to break out.

I hold up my necklace, the hourglass, and watch as the never ending sand runs through it slowly. I smirk slightly in thought; they may be able to catch me off guard and capture me but that won't work a second time. This time I won't witness someone I saw as a 'father' for years, betray me as distraction. I look down at the cellar key and think loud, a little bitter at the mere thought.

"I will never be able to come back to this life no matter what I do…"

I start to feel a little sad, a feeling that I haven't felt for a long time. The last time I felt a little sad was when I graduated early from the assassin's school to go over as elder Gims apprentice. I was 8 years old at that time, which makes it 15 years ago since the last time I felt sad. I let out a big sight before stretching my body. "Alright, it's better to live than die." I encourage myself as I begin to walk down the hall to continue my escape.

Since my room is only a few doors away from the prison cells, it doesn't take long before I walk inside to bring my stuff with me. My room is very small, like every other room here in this guild. I think I will miss this room a little… I have been living here my whole life after all…

The only things that fit into my room are a bed, a small wardrobe and some posters on the walls. My bed is made in plain wood with black and white sheets, my wardrobe is also plain wood and the posters are only some that I found lying on the streets during my missions. It is of some bands that I've never heard of; I just brought them with me because I thought they looked cool.

I pull out my dark blue backpack from under my bed and start to pack most of my clothes from my wardrobe. The bag isn't big enough for all my "blend in" clothes, but it should be enough for at least a week. I think I will also take one of my personal belongings, like my ocarina that is said to have been my mother's.

I look at it for a while with a rare soft smile on my face, it's not a common thing that I smile, and I prefer to not show any emotion other than hate, anger or irritation. That way, more people would be afraid of me which will lead to me being alone.

This ocarina is shaped like a seashell* where you can turn the middle "part" of the ocarina to change key. I have played on it many times, so I am pretty good at it. It always makes me relax when I play, but I've never figured out why. I feel like playing now but I can't, I have to get away first and begin with my new 'common' life.

I carefully put the ocarina in my backpack and close the zip. I stick my arms in the straps and look down at my necklace for the second time since my escape. "It's time to escape" I say to myself and grin excitedly of what is going to happen.

I sneak out of my room, checking both sides of the corridor just to be sure that no one's nearby before I walk out completely, shutting the door behind me. I start to run along the corridor as quiet as I can. (It sounds like he is walking)

But something feels wrong, like I am forgetting something. I have my weapons, I left the key, I have packed all my things and… what else?

I don't get any more time to ponder it since I hear footsteps coming this way. I slow down so that my footsteps are synchronized with the other person, making the other person think that my footsteps are just an echo of his own. Before passing the first corner of the base's maze, I stop and wait for the person to come closer. I don't want to risk blowing my cover just after I got out from my cellar.

The footsteps are only inches from rounding the corner as I jump up in front of the person, making him surprised by my sudden appearance. He's about to scream for someone as I punch him hard in the face, a one hit knockdown.

The man falls to the ground and land with a loud "bam" before I even get the chance to catch him. Just like I thought, 3 more persons come running around the corner on the other side of the corridor and spot me where I stand over the unconscious man.

Quickly, before they can scream for backup, I press a button on the top of my hourglass. The time rewinds at my command, which is the special treasure that only I possess. The ability to control time.

I rewind to where I just hit the man and he is falling to the floor. I then calmly walk to where the other men are going to come from and position myself behind them so that they can't see me. I press the button again and I can hear the man land with a "bam" for the second time. The men start to run to the scene and I am safe, like I never was there. I walk away proudly, grinning widely at my accomplishment.

To get to the big hall isn't too hard; most of the assassins are already sleeping and there are just a few guards awake at this hour. If I spot any guards, they are most likely sleeping or just facing another way. They are such lazy asses, slacking off their job…

As I finally navigate myself through the maze, being sure to not take the paths that are filled with traps during this hour, I look around the corner that will lead me to the big hall. To my surprise, I see an old man's face with other older people sitting beside him to create a half-moon shape with their chairs. Shit, I'm by the elders; did I take a wrong turn somewhere?

I don't have the time to go back through the maze to get to the door closest to the exit and if I use my power for too long to run through the big hall to the exit, elder Gim would notice me. My only way out of here is through the elders escape door… I don't like using my power so often when I'm not fighting or in trouble, since I want to achieve my goals by myself to prove that I can survive even without my power, but I have no choice in this matter.

"Was it really the right choices too call Garel a traitor before hearing his part of the story Gim?"

I wince in surprise and glance at the slender woman in shock, is it just me or did Mali just talk? The one that is the quietest person in the whole Xian Hong asked a question about Gim's decisions? That's a rare occurrence…

"Hmm" Muses Baro while stroking his bushy beard. "I must agree with Mali on this one chief, the boy didn't even have the time to tell what purpose he had for being late."

Frieo nods in agreement at Baro's words. But Vilm decides to take Gim's side in this argument.

"Seriously, you three have no idea what you are talking about. All the times that he has been late he always says that he had some ´distractions´, and every time our enemy has made a move towards us in different ways. How can he not be innocent? He can easily use his power to stop time and just come here after having a meeting with our enemies!"

The other three elders look down on their feet I thought, so am I while I'm leaning against the wall. Gim speaks up with a clear, serious voice, leaving no question in this argument. It sounds like a threat to me, but I could be wrong on that part.

"We all agreed that he was the traitor, even if it breaks my heart to kill him I have to for the sake of my family. He seemed like such a good boy with all his talents, but a traitor is a traitor. He is to be executed tomorrow."

I peek around the corner again to see the look on his face when he said that, but the expression I see isn't something I've ever imagined to appear on that old man's face. Gim is smiling, not that gentle or happy smile, but an evil and twisted smile, like he's proud over what he's accomplished.

Even if the face disappears a second later it really takes me by surprise, to think that elder Gim can hide such a face beneath his mask makes me pissed. He probably doesn't want me to take his place as the best elder since the rumors went on that part, it's soon time for him to retire and step back for the new elder and no one is more fitted for that title other than me.

He might be the one who leaked the information and told them what to do and when, only an elder would know exactly where the mission is and who's doing it. Gim knows that I don't freeze time during time missions, that's why he let assassins hinder me from getting back to the base in time. And when he protected me the first two times, he managed to convince everyone that he still cares for me.

I clench my teeth in anger as I make the time stop without pressing the button of my necklace. The world around me freezes as I step inside the big hall and jump up behind elder Gim. I can't kill him just yet, no matter how much I really want to, the guild still needs a leader. So I settle with whispering threats in his ear with a deep and cold voice filled with hatred towards the old man.

"I know you wanted to get rid of me, you're childish to think that you can keep your place as elder until you die. But I have time on my side, so no matter how much you try; you'll never be able to get rid of me. Just to warn you, you won't die from old age. "

I open the large wooden doors with no difficulty and walk inside the escape tunnel, taking a last glance at the man I thought was like my father. I turn around and slam the door shut, leaving all my memories of that man behind.

I knew I should have never let that man into my life… Bonds for someone like me will never work…

This is one of my favorite chapters so far! ^^ (I know I have only written two, but anyway) I think my character is so cool! I wish I could be like him *Sight* But that will never happen… :'(

*Have you seen Pokémon movie 2? Yea, it's like the ocarina that the little sister plays, only this one is more like a seashell than a choral.

I am sorry but he will get the game in the next chapter and then he will start playing it the chapter after that. Even though I said that he might begin to play in this chapter.

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This chapter has been rewritten. ;)