The Blind Man: The Ultimate Assassin
By Travis Hartley
Gene sat there on a bench in the "Starwind & Hawking" building, staring out at the sun.
He was thinking clearly, which scared him a bit. Three days ago he took a job to get an usual
item from this group of mercenaries. He had to kill them all. Normally, he wouldn't be this
worried about someone coming after him but this time, it was different. He closed his eyes and
fell asleep.
He jumped out of the bench when he heard Melfina scream. He immediately grabbed his
gun and ran downstairs. He looked for Melfina but saw no one below. He turned to the open door
and ran out of it. He looked down the road and saw a tall man, dressed in black. He had Melfina
by the neck. The man waved his hand for Gene to come towards him. Gene ran towards him then
a bullet hit the ground below Gene's foot. The man put a gun away into his trench coat.
"Who the hell are you?!" Gene yelled.
"A Merc if you want to call me that. I was hired," the man said in a deep voice.
"By who?!" Gene yelled again.
"A group that you attacked. Many of them were dead and few injured. So few they
couldn't bury their dead. They gave me as much money as they could. I am to kill you and all that
were involved with this particular attack. It took me days to find out who did and everyone
involved," his hand quickly went in and out of his coat and had a gun at Melfina's head. "She's a
pretty one. Too bad she was involved. I may be able to strike a deal with that group to keep her
alive. Under their conditions of course."
Gene mindlessly aimed his gun at the man.
"I would do that. I may not see your movement but I could definitely hear that you're
aiming at me. Would you endanger her?"
Gene grinded his teeth and lowered his gun, "Let her go and I'll fight you alone."
"Alone? You mean Sazuka that's about to fall out of the sky?"
The man dashed and Sazuka slammed into the ground, causing the pavement to crack.
The man waited inches away from Sazuka but moved in a blur and had a gun to her head. She
had a horrified look on her face. The man smiled and fired into her chest.
"Four more to go. I'll give you all a change to take me out. Gene, you'll be last."
The man dashed behind a building. Gene ran to Sazuka and picked her up. He quickly ran
her to the couch with a distressed Melfina following. He gently placed her down on the couch.
Her attire was saturated with blood and an odd color liquid stained on the clothing. She was
unconscious but still breathing. Melfina called the ambulance since Gene nor her could help with
this kind of injury.
They watched as the doctors operated on the wound. The doctors took samples of her
blood and tissue from the wound. She was put on a respirator and taken to a hospital room. A
doctor came out and walked up to Gene, "You must be Gene Starwind."
"How is she?"
"Not good. The bullet that was shot into her wasn't made on metal. It's odd, we can't
even find the bullet. It's as if whatever went into her dissolved."
"Meaning what?!"Gene yelled.
Melfina grasped his hand gently and he clammed down.
"Sazuka seems to be dying from an unknown virus. It's spreading quickly. So fast we
can't cut a limb off to stop it."
"What's it doing to her?" Gene asked.
"We can't tell yet. So far, it's not contagious. If it was, all of those doctors would've
collapsed immediately. From how preliminary observations, the virus is eating her nerves..." he
trailed off. "Once the virus destroys the nerves, it will move to the brain. And there's nothing we
can do to stop it or treat it. She's going to die in maybe a day or so. I'm sorry. We'll do
everything we can to stop it but I don't know if we can."
"Just try," Gene said, looking into the doctor's eyes with anger.
Melfina tugged his arm. He walked off with the aid of Melfina dragging him. They
walked back to the Starwind & Hawking building. Gene sat back down on his bench and stared
back at the window. It was only 5:30 P.M. but Gene was tired anyways. He stayed awake out of
fear. Aisha walked up behind him and said, "So Sazu is out cold?"
"Something like that. What makes it worse is that the doctors don't know what the hell is
in her or what to do."
"Who's this guy after you?"
"The fact is he's after all of us..." he trailed off in thought.
"ALL OF US?! WHY?!"
"Remember that mercenary group we attacked a few days ago. The remnants of that
group hired this guy to kill everyone involved with the attack. He's deadly. I never seen anyone
move like him. He can draw a gun from INSIDE his coat faster than I can without a coat. My
eyes didn't even see him draw it. Sazuka tried to get a jump on him but he HEARD her and
dashed out of the way. Then he shot her and ran off. He said he's gonna give everyone involved a
chance to take him on."
"Did you see what he looked like?"
"Nope, just that we wore a black trench coat and black dress pants. He looked like a
business man with a gun. He wore a silver cloth mask and a black fedora but his face I never
saw."
"What about Mel?"
"Don't know. She didn't tell me. She was and still is terrified of the man, almost beyond
talking to. She's trying to sleep now."
Aisha walked off but Gene didn't care. He stared at the setting sun. 'I'll get you,' he
thought.
By Travis Hartley
Gene sat there on a bench in the "Starwind & Hawking" building, staring out at the sun.
He was thinking clearly, which scared him a bit. Three days ago he took a job to get an usual
item from this group of mercenaries. He had to kill them all. Normally, he wouldn't be this
worried about someone coming after him but this time, it was different. He closed his eyes and
fell asleep.
He jumped out of the bench when he heard Melfina scream. He immediately grabbed his
gun and ran downstairs. He looked for Melfina but saw no one below. He turned to the open door
and ran out of it. He looked down the road and saw a tall man, dressed in black. He had Melfina
by the neck. The man waved his hand for Gene to come towards him. Gene ran towards him then
a bullet hit the ground below Gene's foot. The man put a gun away into his trench coat.
"Who the hell are you?!" Gene yelled.
"A Merc if you want to call me that. I was hired," the man said in a deep voice.
"By who?!" Gene yelled again.
"A group that you attacked. Many of them were dead and few injured. So few they
couldn't bury their dead. They gave me as much money as they could. I am to kill you and all that
were involved with this particular attack. It took me days to find out who did and everyone
involved," his hand quickly went in and out of his coat and had a gun at Melfina's head. "She's a
pretty one. Too bad she was involved. I may be able to strike a deal with that group to keep her
alive. Under their conditions of course."
Gene mindlessly aimed his gun at the man.
"I would do that. I may not see your movement but I could definitely hear that you're
aiming at me. Would you endanger her?"
Gene grinded his teeth and lowered his gun, "Let her go and I'll fight you alone."
"Alone? You mean Sazuka that's about to fall out of the sky?"
The man dashed and Sazuka slammed into the ground, causing the pavement to crack.
The man waited inches away from Sazuka but moved in a blur and had a gun to her head. She
had a horrified look on her face. The man smiled and fired into her chest.
"Four more to go. I'll give you all a change to take me out. Gene, you'll be last."
The man dashed behind a building. Gene ran to Sazuka and picked her up. He quickly ran
her to the couch with a distressed Melfina following. He gently placed her down on the couch.
Her attire was saturated with blood and an odd color liquid stained on the clothing. She was
unconscious but still breathing. Melfina called the ambulance since Gene nor her could help with
this kind of injury.
They watched as the doctors operated on the wound. The doctors took samples of her
blood and tissue from the wound. She was put on a respirator and taken to a hospital room. A
doctor came out and walked up to Gene, "You must be Gene Starwind."
"How is she?"
"Not good. The bullet that was shot into her wasn't made on metal. It's odd, we can't
even find the bullet. It's as if whatever went into her dissolved."
"Meaning what?!"Gene yelled.
Melfina grasped his hand gently and he clammed down.
"Sazuka seems to be dying from an unknown virus. It's spreading quickly. So fast we
can't cut a limb off to stop it."
"What's it doing to her?" Gene asked.
"We can't tell yet. So far, it's not contagious. If it was, all of those doctors would've
collapsed immediately. From how preliminary observations, the virus is eating her nerves..." he
trailed off. "Once the virus destroys the nerves, it will move to the brain. And there's nothing we
can do to stop it or treat it. She's going to die in maybe a day or so. I'm sorry. We'll do
everything we can to stop it but I don't know if we can."
"Just try," Gene said, looking into the doctor's eyes with anger.
Melfina tugged his arm. He walked off with the aid of Melfina dragging him. They
walked back to the Starwind & Hawking building. Gene sat back down on his bench and stared
back at the window. It was only 5:30 P.M. but Gene was tired anyways. He stayed awake out of
fear. Aisha walked up behind him and said, "So Sazu is out cold?"
"Something like that. What makes it worse is that the doctors don't know what the hell is
in her or what to do."
"Who's this guy after you?"
"The fact is he's after all of us..." he trailed off in thought.
"ALL OF US?! WHY?!"
"Remember that mercenary group we attacked a few days ago. The remnants of that
group hired this guy to kill everyone involved with the attack. He's deadly. I never seen anyone
move like him. He can draw a gun from INSIDE his coat faster than I can without a coat. My
eyes didn't even see him draw it. Sazuka tried to get a jump on him but he HEARD her and
dashed out of the way. Then he shot her and ran off. He said he's gonna give everyone involved a
chance to take him on."
"Did you see what he looked like?"
"Nope, just that we wore a black trench coat and black dress pants. He looked like a
business man with a gun. He wore a silver cloth mask and a black fedora but his face I never
saw."
"What about Mel?"
"Don't know. She didn't tell me. She was and still is terrified of the man, almost beyond
talking to. She's trying to sleep now."
Aisha walked off but Gene didn't care. He stared at the setting sun. 'I'll get you,' he
thought.