Chapter Seven: Assassin
"Jackal!" I called into the fox den.
"Suzanne, I've been expecting you." said a German accent from deep in the hollow void of a home. Since Jackal was who the mob of the ice age called when somebody needed to get got, he had many passages and trap doors and fake-out bedrooms. That way if somebody came in, he'd see him or her before he or she saw him.
"Jackal Daniels, my old friend." I really didn't know him all that well, nor did I want to with how disrespectfully he treated me. Why if I had been in charge of Creation- I wouldn't have included Jackal, we'll leave it at that.
"My sweet Suzy, come in, come, come, first door on the left." Jackal instructed.
I found him lighting what was the ice-age version of a cigarette, basically grass and tobacco stuffed in a few rolled-up and dried leafs. He was sitting at a make-shift table with his feet up, and a low-lit atmosphere made it hard to keep my cool and confident approach. I also had to look good, sexy. The reason for that is, in Jackal's mind, I (and a lot of other girls in the village) am his honey, one of the reasons I wouldn't have included him in Creation. So I just had to primp a little and take a swig of some home-made alcohol to give my breath an edge.
"Jackal! How nice to see you again." I said upon entering.
"Suzy." the red (slightly graying) fox said with a grin. He was obviously sober, well to me anyways, but he had me fooled for a minute. "Hitting the bottle again?"
"No, trying to cut down." I said, in real life I would never drink.
"Good, a good girl should try to stop no?" Jackal took a drag of his smoke and continued, "What can I do for you my darling?"
"You can do me a favor, something that will repay that bushel of apples to Sophie, and we won't have to bring the law into it." I smiled and sat down on the desk in front of him.
"What kind of favor my novia?" Jackal asked, grinning the same as I had.
"I need you to kill a Saber." I said, becoming serious. "His name is Soto. He's got a real messed up scarred face, and he's trying to kill my family." I explained.
"Soto. My old partner, the bastard, hell I'll kill him for free!" Jackal said, taking another drag. "But I wouldn't mind the repayment."
"Do we have a deal?" I asked.
Jackal smiled up at me, "Deal, baby-cakes." he brushed me under the chin, "I can have it done tomorrow night, no questions, he'll just disappear. But you may want get out of town, all of you. Do you have someplace to stay?"
"Yes, we sure do, someplace virtually unable to be found." I answered, "Thank you for your time." I took his cigarette and stubbed it out. "Pleasure doing business with you, Jack."