Part 13
"Who?" David asked with a frown.
Alice sighed. Did this guy's head ever come out the clouds? Was all he ever thought about his revenge fantasies?
Well, who was she to judge? She did that, but she also paid attention to what was going on around her. "Isis and Raven Blackthorn," Alice said again, patiently. "They're our version of the Redfern twins."
David frowned again. He clearly wasn't too impressed. As far as Alice knew, Daybreak didn't generally tend to go for assassins, to *violent* for their principles. Unless, of course, there was an absolute extreme need.
And considering the reputation the Blackthorn twins had, maybe there were more 'extreme cases' than she'd thought.
"If those girls are as dangerous as they're supposed to be, then how come they're not using false names?" he asked. "Won't the Redfern bitches recognise them?"
It was a good point that hadn't occurred to Alice before. Unless the Redfern twins themselves were so vain they only thought of themselves, not bothering to even think about their competition.
It wouldn't surprise her. If they were that vain and careless, how come they hadn't been caught yet?
"Well we're meeting them with after school, by the back entrance." Alice waited for some sort of response from him. He wasn't still thinking about that little plan of theirs was he?
On second things, Alice was kind of reluctant to admit, it was kind of foolish and likely to get them killed. With professionals like Isis and Raven in the game, it looked like it would be easier to kill Ashael and Evangeline.
"Huh?"
"Snap *out* of it!" Alice snapped. "What's the matter with you?"
"Nothing." David lied. "I'll see you later." And with that he walked away.
Alice felt like hitting him. She knew he had issues, she had them too...but...oh, the hell with it. She was just so frustrated. She didn't know what to do. She needed...something...some sort of catharsis...but at the moment she wasn't sure. Maybe when they met with Isis and Raven they'd get somewhere.
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David wasn't as dense as Alice seemed to think he was. He had noticed two particularly attractive new girls had started. He'd heard mutterings and it hadn't taken him long to put two and two together to work out who they were.
He couldn't really give a damn if they were Thierry's best assassins, that wasn't going to stop him.
No. No. He was seeing things. He'd somehow been sucked into an alternate universe. That had to be it. His older brother was *not* standing less than twenty yards away locked in a passionate makeout session with Evangeline Redfern.
Evangeline broke off the kiss and walked off. Zach smirked and started walking off then, spotted David and waved. David glared. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" he demanded, outraged.
Zach's eyebrow raised. "Gee, David, it's nice to see you too." He looked in the direction Evangeline had gone. "She's yours?"
David snorted in contempt. "Ugh. She's not my type. Do you know who that is."
Zach shrugged. "She said her name's Evangeline Redfern. What's the big deal?"
"You're too old to be in high school," David said, his tone still unfriendly. "Didn't you graduate last year?"
Zach waved dismissively. "Nah, Dusk and me dropped out and went to explore the world."
David sighed. Oh great. If things weren't already bad enough he had Dusk to worry about as well? Hang on. Hadn't she been a senior while Zach had been a junior when he had last...oh who cared?
"Don't know where Dusk is, haven't seen her in about eight months."
"Did you know that Evangeline has a sister?"
Zach shrugged. "She mentioned it briefly. Didn't get my hopes up. The sis is les."
"The *sis* is the bitch who murdered Mom, Dad and Hawk."
Zach's eyebrow raised. "Really." He quite clearly didn't want to believe it.
"Did the name of Evangeline Redfern strike you in anyway?" He couldn't understand why Zach hadn't guessed who Evangeline really was.
"No," Zach said, folding his arms. "It could just be a coincidence."
"Yeah right. How many Evangelines out there can there be?"
"Whatever. I don't care," Zach said heatedly, stalking away.
He couldn't...Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. How could that *happen*? Zach was in love with Evangeline. Something *had* to be done about that.
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"Who?" David asked with a frown.
Alice sighed. Did this guy's head ever come out the clouds? Was all he ever thought about his revenge fantasies?
Well, who was she to judge? She did that, but she also paid attention to what was going on around her. "Isis and Raven Blackthorn," Alice said again, patiently. "They're our version of the Redfern twins."
David frowned again. He clearly wasn't too impressed. As far as Alice knew, Daybreak didn't generally tend to go for assassins, to *violent* for their principles. Unless, of course, there was an absolute extreme need.
And considering the reputation the Blackthorn twins had, maybe there were more 'extreme cases' than she'd thought.
"If those girls are as dangerous as they're supposed to be, then how come they're not using false names?" he asked. "Won't the Redfern bitches recognise them?"
It was a good point that hadn't occurred to Alice before. Unless the Redfern twins themselves were so vain they only thought of themselves, not bothering to even think about their competition.
It wouldn't surprise her. If they were that vain and careless, how come they hadn't been caught yet?
"Well we're meeting them with after school, by the back entrance." Alice waited for some sort of response from him. He wasn't still thinking about that little plan of theirs was he?
On second things, Alice was kind of reluctant to admit, it was kind of foolish and likely to get them killed. With professionals like Isis and Raven in the game, it looked like it would be easier to kill Ashael and Evangeline.
"Huh?"
"Snap *out* of it!" Alice snapped. "What's the matter with you?"
"Nothing." David lied. "I'll see you later." And with that he walked away.
Alice felt like hitting him. She knew he had issues, she had them too...but...oh, the hell with it. She was just so frustrated. She didn't know what to do. She needed...something...some sort of catharsis...but at the moment she wasn't sure. Maybe when they met with Isis and Raven they'd get somewhere.
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David wasn't as dense as Alice seemed to think he was. He had noticed two particularly attractive new girls had started. He'd heard mutterings and it hadn't taken him long to put two and two together to work out who they were.
He couldn't really give a damn if they were Thierry's best assassins, that wasn't going to stop him.
No. No. He was seeing things. He'd somehow been sucked into an alternate universe. That had to be it. His older brother was *not* standing less than twenty yards away locked in a passionate makeout session with Evangeline Redfern.
Evangeline broke off the kiss and walked off. Zach smirked and started walking off then, spotted David and waved. David glared. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" he demanded, outraged.
Zach's eyebrow raised. "Gee, David, it's nice to see you too." He looked in the direction Evangeline had gone. "She's yours?"
David snorted in contempt. "Ugh. She's not my type. Do you know who that is."
Zach shrugged. "She said her name's Evangeline Redfern. What's the big deal?"
"You're too old to be in high school," David said, his tone still unfriendly. "Didn't you graduate last year?"
Zach waved dismissively. "Nah, Dusk and me dropped out and went to explore the world."
David sighed. Oh great. If things weren't already bad enough he had Dusk to worry about as well? Hang on. Hadn't she been a senior while Zach had been a junior when he had last...oh who cared?
"Don't know where Dusk is, haven't seen her in about eight months."
"Did you know that Evangeline has a sister?"
Zach shrugged. "She mentioned it briefly. Didn't get my hopes up. The sis is les."
"The *sis* is the bitch who murdered Mom, Dad and Hawk."
Zach's eyebrow raised. "Really." He quite clearly didn't want to believe it.
"Did the name of Evangeline Redfern strike you in anyway?" He couldn't understand why Zach hadn't guessed who Evangeline really was.
"No," Zach said, folding his arms. "It could just be a coincidence."
"Yeah right. How many Evangelines out there can there be?"
"Whatever. I don't care," Zach said heatedly, stalking away.
He couldn't...Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. How could that *happen*? Zach was in love with Evangeline. Something *had* to be done about that.
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