(Metropolis September 7 11:30)

(Shark Bait's POV)

There were many great mysteries in the world, like crop circles or Area 51. And how Dragon and Sin managed to get not only a television, but a DVD player was one of them. They never explained how, and we were afraid to question them too much. But it didn't really matter. What mattered was that we had a TV, popcorn, and Die Hard. Even Will was happy, although he pretended otherwise.

"Come on, play it," Ellie hissed to her boyfriend. She was curled up on a chair, her feet tucked underneath her, with enough room left for Cole to snuggle up beside her.

Me and Will had taken the couch. I was spread out, back pressed against the cushions and chest facing the TV. Will lay the same way, except his back was pressed against me, and his head was just under my chin. He was the perfect size to fit comfortably.

"I'm doing it, I'm doing it." And sure enough there was a flicker of color and the movie began to play. "Now shush," Cole whispered. He scurried back to his girlfriend, perching himself beside her.

"…Sin?"

"Mmhm?"

"How did you get the TV ag-"

There was a chorus of, "Don't ask" and "You don't need to know" and "Not that again!

The movie had been playing for an hour and two minutes when Will first tensed.

At an hour and thirteen minutes Cole jerked his head towards the window and stared for three minutes before shaking it off.

After an hour and nineteen minutes I thought I could hear faint whisperings outside, but I put it off to background noise.

The movie had been playing for an hour and twenty five minutes when Ellie screamed.

"Someone's outside! They were watching us."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure, Manu. That's not something I'd make up, is it?"

"She's right dude. And I think I saw them too."

Cole got up from his chair and walked suspiciously towards the window. Will had paused the movie after tumbling off the couch with me, and was now standing warily beside the other ex-assassin. They were both craning their heads awkwardly to get a glimpse through the dark night.

"Then why didn't anyone say anything!"

"Well, did you see anything?" Cole whispered from across the room.

"No….But I heard whispering…"

"Ha! So-"

Boom! Crash!

The darkness was clearing. Bits and pieces of noise filtered through to my brain, while small pinpricks of light fought their way through the rubble. I must've blacked out for a few seconds. It seemed something had exploded….maybe a gas leak…or

Wow the long break from training must really be taking its toll on me.

A bomb had exploded! Obviously!

"Sin?" I called. My first instinct had always been to check on Will, and him with me. The fact that he hadn't called out to me was already a warning sign. When we were partners with the assassin's league we'd known many friends who'd perished by a simple bomb. Like Image, or Hood.

"Sin?" I called again. My throat was burning and I felt ready to cough up my lungs. The air was thick with dust. I could barely breathe without coughing.

"Shark Bait?"

"Sin!" It had to be Will. Only he would know not to use our secret identities after an attack. Anyone could know our codenames, but our I.D.'s would remain the most useful undiscovered.

"No, Ghost." Or Cole…Of course he would know that too, with his assassin training. Stupid Shark Bait! Think, dude.

"You alright G?"

"Yeah, you?"

"Fine. Have you seen Sin or Luminate?

"We're right here!"

By the time I'd reached Cole through the rubble, and we both turned to face where a large slab of glass had come crashing down. It now leant up against what had been the kitchen wall. Between the two, ripped up but alive, were Luminate and Sin.

I would've ran over and kissed the daylights out of my boyfriend right there and then, but at that moment a huge slab of concrete separated us. But later.

"Was it just me?" Will coughed, "but did our house just explode?"

"Oh no, I noticed too." That voice. It was familiar. But it wasn't ours. My head rose upwards to fine five leering figures above the slabs of wall and dusts.

"Blood V. The Analyst. Chokeman. Anonymous. Cannon Ball." I ticked off the names one by one as the familiar faces came to light. These were the Deadly Five. An elite group of assassins. They specialized in the painful and the impossible. Especially when it came with hunting down rouge agents…Like me, Ghost, and Sin.

"Crap." It seemed Ghost had figured it out too.

"Ghost. Sin. Shark Bait. You're hereby declared deceased by the Assassin League standards. We have orders to terminate you. Prepare to die."

(Ghost's POV)

The Analyst had been taken down first. She'd been no match for Shark Bait's power. The assassin now lay against a pile of concrete with blood trailing from her forehead. Cannon Ball had more luck, however, and now Many was unconscious on the other side of the room.

I'd learned a very important detail about Sin that day: never hurt his boyfriend. After Manu had been taken down the small boy had knocked out Chokeman and Cannon Ball before Blood V had managed to tie him down. It hadn't been long before Luminate had followed him, but not before taking out Anonymous.

Now it was just me and Blood V.

"You don't have to do this," I hissed, dodging yet another attack. I turned, using the wall to flip over Blood V's head. My hands came down as I did and I managed to yank her hair forward, almost snapping her neck. But she was too skilled to fall for that once. She flipped with me and pushed me down to the floor in a head of dust.

"I know," she purred. "But I want to." And she meant it. If there was one Assassin who absolutely loved their job, it was Blood V. She even enjoyed the part about killing children. "But don't worry. I won't kill you just yet. You're girlfriend looks pretty tasty." Her tongue lashed out tauntingly. And what a tongue it was. A good two feet long, it was forked at the end like a snake, and preyed behind three rows of dagger like teeth. No one knew if she was alien, mutant, or some byproduct of an experiment gone wrong, but she was deadly and she wasn't human. Not anymore.

"Have it your way then," I growled. My feet came up, pushing in her stomach. She was thrown from her position over me and flew through the air to slam into a pile of rubble.

"You nasty piece of filth," she shrieked with an animalistic growl. "You'll pay for that."

"No, you'll pay. For threatening my family." I was done. I was done with the Assassins. I was done with owing my life to them. I was done with killing for them. I had a new family now. I had friends, a life, and freedom. No one was going to take that away from me. Now even Blood V…She wasn't even human anyway…not really…

My hand rose in the air. Behind me a huge slab of wall rose too. My hand moved forward. The wall copied it. I let my hand fall.

So did the wall.

Right on top of Blood V.

"You can take that back to the Master."

Hello everybody, and sorry for the delay. I got sick over the weekend so I couldn't do anything.

Also I have a new story up called Underrated and Underage on FictionPress, so PLEASE go look at it and tell me what you think. I could do with some opinions. I'm called The Dark Squire over there. Because apparently The Dark Knights taken by some guy in a bat suit…who would've thought…?

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And I'm still fishing for any sequel ideas.