I'm sooo sorry for the long wait, there were some editing bumps along the way but no biggie! So I hope you like. I'll do my best to put a rush on the next ch. And hey why not tell me what you want in ch11 it really helps.

Here we go!

CH.10-Playing God

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She slinked through the shadows, moving silently through the bushes. Dodging the occasional guard, they all ran like chickens with their heads off. Not really caring about their job. This would make her job that much easier.

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"Will you do anything for me?"

"Yes master."

"Now we are getting somewhere!" The man said, clasping his hands behind his back, starting off for a moment as if he was thinking about some life or death matter. Then he took in a sharp breath and snapped his eyes back on Shalimar.

"Do you know who I am, Shalimar?" He stared into her eyes, making sure she was telling him the truth.

"Why yes, you are my master." She said, her face devoid of all emotions, she looked like a child, an innocent look plastered on her face. Eyes wide, staring up.

He stared at her intently looking for any hint of dishonesty, and all he saw where empty brown orbs staring back at him.

"Wonderful!" He nodded with pride, from the look in her eyes, there was no doubt in his mind that his plan had worked, "and now Shalimar, your master has a task for you. Can I trust you enough to untie you?"

"I do as you say master, and only as you say." Her tone was serious and her voice never wavered.

Satisfied with her answer, the man took the shackles off her arms and legs.

Shalimar stood up for the first time in a while, longer then she could guess, and lithely stretched her aching limbs. Her whole body began to tingle as her blood rushed back to it's proper places.

"What is it you wish of me, my master?" Shalimar said with a grunt as she pulled her arms over her head.

"Why don't you follow me my pretty kitty and I will tell you." Beckoning her to follow him out of the small room.

Doing as she was told, she followed him to another small room just down the hall. The only contents were 2 chairs on either side of a small table covered in papers.

Shalimar's eyes stayed on her master at all times, waiting for instructions. When he motioned for her to sit, she did as she was told without hesitation. Then he made his way over to the other side of the table and took a seat across from her. Glancing at a few papers in front of him then sliding them over to the feral.

"This man.." He said, tapping his index finger on the picture in front of her. The picture showed a chubby, greasy looking man in a Hawaiian shirt with little tuffs of chest hair sticking out at the top. He had a stupid grin plastered on his face like a Cheshire cat.

"His name is Frankie Rodriguez, he's interfering in some of my plans, I need him eliminated….. can you do that for me?"

A smile spread across Shalimar's face, "Anything for you master."

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After she had said she would do it, she felt a small prick in her arm Then her vision went blurry, and she fell to the cold hard floor with a thud. The next thing she knew she was waking up in some bushes outside a huge mansion with a note lying on her stomach.

"Shalimar- This is Frankie's mansion, break in, eliminate the threat….and anyone who gets in your way. Tell him the hawker sent you. Good luck my pretty kitty.

She had immediately set out, first surveying her surroundings, finding the best place to enter from and trap her prey. Then she was on the move, after a bit of running and surveying she ended up on the north wall, clinging to some bricks, doing her best to stay out of site.

Taking a quick glance over the wall, she saw there were 2 guards with rifles patrolling in front of a lone door at the end of the long hallway. Using her feral senses, she could hear cards being dropped on to a table and chips rustling. She didn't even need her feral nose to smell all the expensive Cuban cigar smoke that was coming from the room.

She had done enough recon to satisfy her, being a feral she was never much one for patience, she was a creature of action. Now it was time to move in for the kill.

She quickly threw herself over the ledge and kicked away the nearest of the two rifles. Then she planted a well- placed kick in the man's groin, then a knee to the face as he bent over in pain. Leaving the man out cold on the hard linoleum floor. One down one to go.....Shalimar made a move to turn, prowling for her other prey, but almost got her head blown off, causing her to scurry to safety.

The second guard had opened fire, and was intent on killing her. Shalimar sought refuge behind some marble pillars, jumping from one to the next as the man's bullets tore through the pillars with deadly accuracy.

The man was enraged, this kinda shit wouldn't happen on his watch! "Give up you bitch, and maybe I'll shoot you quick...or maybe I'll have a little fun with you." he said with a grin.

As soon as the words were out of his mouth her realized he had made a mistake as a leather boot came flying at his face. The impact tossed him back on to the cold floor.

Once he was down Shalimar acted as fast as she could, trying to pin him to the ground with her superior strength.

The guard quickly brought his gun hand up to her heart, holding the weapon as tight as he could.

"no no no, don't move." he reiterated his point by jabbing her in the chest with the barrel of the gun.

Shalimar made a little noise, then she got mad, flashing her eyes feral as her more primal side began to take over.

The guard's eyes widened a bit, but his gun never strayed from her heart.

"What the hell are you...?"

"Someone you shouldn't have pissed off, I'm one mad kitty!" letting a low growl escape her throat to scare the man even more.

"Well kitty, you may be good but can you dodge a bullet? At this range I can't miss." jabbing her in the chest again, trying to prove he was in control.

Shalimar tilted her head to the side a bit, "If you wanna shoot go ahead....If you think you can hit me."

The man grinned at the feral's challenge, and began to put more pressure on the trigger, but before he could get a shot off Shalimar rammed her lower palm into his nose and elbowed him in the face. Leaving him as the other one was....out cold and no longer her problem.

Shalimar sighed and brought herself to her feet, "All in a days work..but ohh I'm sorry, " she looked at her watch, "we are out of time for today I must take my leave."

With feral agility she threw herself into an overhead vent and crawled through endless vents and shafts until she was above the poker table. Seeing about 5 men around the table, all swaying in there seats. Shalimar could tell they were drunk out of their minds. She moved up a bit, trying to find her target. Spotting him at the other side of the table shuffling the deck of cards, all of a sudden the vent gave way and she was sent crashing to the table top.

"Ow..." Shalimar brought her head up, seeing she was on the table and every man there was staring at her like she was a piece of meat. This, she decided, was something she could use to her advantage.

The man on Frankie's left nudged him a bit, "Yo Frankie, man I didn't know you got some entertainment for tonight." grinning up at Shalimar.

Frankie looked Shalimar up and down, "I didn't.... she must be a gift.....so baby, "he stood up, "entertain me."

Shalimar smirked, "what a meat head," she thought. He was exactly what she expected.

She slid herself off the table and on to his lap, she could tell he was getting very excited by all this.

Frankie put his hand on her back and eased it down to the small of her back, right when he got to her hips the feral's fist met with his nose as she kicked his chair over.

"Oh I'm so sorry I must have misplaced my fist!"

All of the men grumbled and got out of their seats, staggering a bit as they approached her. All of them making random comments about how much fun they were going to have with her.

Seeing as they were all drunk Shalimar had no trouble dealing with them.

Looking around her at all the bodies sprawled out on the floor, "Hmm I think I just set a personal record for myself!"

Shalimar's eye scanned the room looking for Frankie, who during the fight had tried to scamper away, but had only gotten as far as the foot of the door when Shalimar stomped on his calf as hard as she could.

"Ahhhh! you bitch you broke my leg!"

"Frankie, buddy ol' pal your leg is the least of your worries." her eyes flashed once again. "I'm thinking you should probably worry about what else I can break."

"What...what the hell...your some kinda freak, get away from me!!!!"

Shalimar grinned evilly, then, quicker then the blink of an eye she was behind him, with her hands around his head.

"You remember The Hawker? Ya, well, your a problem to him, and me...I'm sent to deal with problems."

"Please! Please I'll do anything you want just don't kill me!" the thug said through sobs.

Everything in Shalimar's head was telling her to obey her master and finish this creep off, but everything in her heart was telling her that this was wrong.

She shook her head a bit trying to clear her thoughts, but no matter how much she wanted to do as she was told she knew it was wrong. She couldn't play god, she couldn't take a life.... it wasn't her job or her right to make that kind of decision.

"No....no I can't..."

The feral let go of Frankie and backed herself into a corner continually muttering she couldn't. Then everything around her began to melt away, everything was gone, replaced by her cell. Where she was once again locked down into her chair. In front of her sat Travis.

"I'm very disappointed in you Shalimar, I told you to kill him, and you disobeyed me!"

"I wont take a life! It's not for you or me to say who deserves justice!"

"See Shalimar that's where you are wrong, and soon you will find you just how wrong you are...."

"Who the hell are you....no you know what? No need to tell me, from what I've seen your just a pathetic little boy!"

"Ahhhh my pretty kitty, I do think it's time I tell you who I really am. Then maybe you will understand my idea of justice."

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