The Crow Tides of Sin

The Crow Tides of Sin

By

Shaz Shaz220885@hotmail.com

The sound of the crow cawing woke me up. I found myself on the floor of the living room. For an instant I had thought it was all a dream I had hoped it was dream and that Jack would be here with me but the sight of the bird and the run down apartment shattered that hope and I knew it was real. Jesus I slept all day! You were exhausted and your kind of "work" should only be done during the night "You can read my thoughts!" Yes of course I can it helps me keep you focused on your task if I can hear what you're thinking…if you get distracted I'll be able to tell and I will set you back to the task in hand.

I am your guide after all I stand up and begin walking towards a window "Then guide me to the next one" I'll do better than that I'm going to take you to all three. "You spoil me" The crow flew out through an open window and I followed doing a swan dive through it and landing 3 stories below in a roll. I have to admit I like my new abilities. I run to keep up with the bird as it leads me to the next kill. The crow finally lands after half an hour of flying and I find myself at the industrial estate outside a warehouse building. I climb up a fire escape and onto the roof and climb through a hole I see and into the buildings rafters. I can see all three of them below me. I listen to what they're saying.

"Look all I know is that Snake and Eddy are dead and whoever killed them left a sign of some sort. That's all the pigs are saying over the radio" He sounded strained as if he hadn't slept in days. "Its starting…just like my dreams, were all gunna die! I've seen it oh god! Oh god!" He's starting to panic. I smile. One of the others stands up and slaps the first one across he face. The sound echoes throughout the empty warehouse and there is silence for a moment. Then the last figure stands up out of the shadows. He's the leader of the gang. "That was just a dream and dreams don't come true" "The reality is that someone is picking us off one by one and when this person comes for me I'm gunna be ready for 'em." He takes a gun out of his pocket and loads it. "Are we just gunna wait till someone comes and kills us? No…we prepare" he pulls out a big wooden box and takes off the lid. "I got these last week off a ship that was on its way to an army base on an island somewhere in the Atlantic. He starts taking the guns out of the box and handing them to the other two. "This is what I call prepared." The one who had the dreams is staring at the floor…he looks scared. "Its no use being prepared, bullets wont stop her, nothing will stop her till she kills us!" "She? You're losing it now Alex, your saying a chick killed Snake and Eddy, they were two strong guys…this GUY that's picking us off must be really strong."

I've had enough of their guessing games its time to make myself known to them. I jump from the rafters and land in front of them. "You know its not nice to talk about someone behind their back." All three men look scared…good. The one called Alex starts to back away and then runs out of the building before the other two can react. I hear an engine start and the squealing of tires as he drives away. I'll follow him I trust I can leave you to see to these two QUICKLY

You can trust me to take care of them but quickly isn't part of the deal they have to suffer. The crow flies out through the hole in the roof I came through. The two men seem to have recovered. The leader is first to pull his gun on me. "I don't care who the fuck you are your dead now!" "You say that like it's a bad thing" I smirk. I bow down and look up at him offering him a clean shot at my head. "Take your shot." "Your crazy bitch" he shoots me in the head and I fall back onto the floor. "What a nut " The other walks towards me and turns me to face him. "Fuck!" "What is it?" "This freak looks like that bitch we killed last year only without the Halloween make-up." "It couldn't be her…we torched her she couldn't have gotten out of that alive." I open my eyes and look hem in the eyes. "I didn't." I quickly pull a gun out of my pocket and shoot the one they had called Billy in the shoulder. He screams in pain and falls to the ground. I flip back up and point my gun at the leader who is pointing his gun at me. "Holy Shit! What the fuck are you?" "I'm death here to send you to hell" Before he gets the chance to say anything Billy gets up and shoots me in the back. "You know Billy its not he honourable thing to shoot someone in the back." He is still holding the gun out in front of him and I quickly unsheathe my sword and cut off his arm with one swoop. He screams and falls to the floor unconscious while this was happening the leader had run out of the building. This doesn't bother me, as I know I will get him in the end. He can run all he wants but he cannot escape his fate. I turn back to Billy who is just waking up. He looks up at me and starts to cry "Please don't kill me please!" "Begging cant help you, you are going to die tonight." I raise my sword and bring it down at his head stopping centimetres from his scalp. "But I'm not going to kill you quickly…your death will be slow and painful." I then cut off his other arm. By now he's shaking and squealing like a pig on the floor in front of me in a pool of blood. The crow returns and lands on my shoulder. He wont stay alive for long with the amount of blood he's losing you know. I know that but he will die slow enough. I watch the last minutes of his life slip away and finally he is still. I put my sword back and turn to the crow that is now sitting on a box. "Did you follow Alex?" Yes and you not going to like where he ended up. "Where?" He was arrested for dangerous driving and attacking a police officer. He's being held at the station. Oh that's just great! "Will there be any problems getting into his cell another way apart from going through the front door?" No the front is the only way in "Shit…what would happen if I were to kill any officers in the station?" You wouldn't be with Jack when you finish your task…you would go to hell and suffer in torment forever "That's great I have to get into someone in a police station crawling with cops and not kill anyone except Alex" I never said this task was going to be easy "Fine…take me there" There's something I want you to have first that will help in the future, come outside I follow the crow outside to find a motor bike. "Wow" It was Billy's…the keys are already in the ignition with a smile I start the engine and roar off towards the police station.