Chapter 4- Avenging Part I

Lynn walked with alone down an empty street. No longer did tears well in her eyes. Replaced by the tears was a new hope. A hope that she really could complete this task of revenge. A hope that she could see Pike again. A hope there was life after death for the both of them.

Finally, Lynn reached where she was headed. It was a run down hotel that used to be called the Waldorf. Now it was a shabby stone apartment, which housed only mice and other rodents. It was such a shame, thought Lynn that such a wonderful, grand, building died over time. It had been abandoned for some many years.

Stepping into the lobby which had quite a high ceiling, she looked around for which key was missing. She knew that that is where her first victim was because Sean had told her that. Lynn hoped she could trust him.

Sean was right. Lynn found the missing key- room 349. 3rd floor, thought Lynn, running up the flights of stairs, since the elevator no longer ran. She stopped at number 349 and heard sounds of motion, and a beer bottle open. She also heard two voices- a man's and a woman's. They were talking about her murder.

"You should've seen the look on her face! The way she tried to save herself was pathetic! I tell ya, I laughed harder than any of the other bastards!"

"I bet it was a good time." Said the woman, "I'm sorry my weak state cannot allow me to go out anymore."

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. When no one answered, Lynn knocked down the door.

"Room service." She said coldly.

"Who are you?" Asked the woman, moving back

"Oh, you mean I don't look familiar to you, David?" She asked again

"Holy shit." Whispered David, "You... you can't be alive- we torched the place!"

"A crow is made from ashes." Lynn whispered, now walking slowly toward where David and Rose lay, up against the wall, trembling. "And the Phoenix rises out of those ashes. My name is Lynn Phoenix and I am the next Crow. I am here to avenge my death, and Pike's."

"I am not afraid of you!" Yelled Rose, taking up a machine gun and firing two shots into Lynn's chest. Lynn fell back, clutching her chest. Realizing there was no more pain, she got back up. It was as if the bullets had never even been fired. Lynn laughed.

"You can't hurt me! But I can hurt you!" Lynn charged at David, knocking the large man down on the ground.

"What are you?" asked Rose, backing away.

"Dead." answered Lynn, picking up Rose's gun. "And now you will be too." She pointed to David when she said this.

Lynn picked up the gun, and shot David four times in the chest. Rose ran fast out the door, but Lynn let her get away. "She didn't help kill me." She told herself, "She didn't make me who I am."

Lynn walked into Sean's apartment to find him smoking a cigarette and lying on the couch.

"Did you get him?" Asked Sean once he noticed Lynn

"Yeah." Lynn looked away, as if somewhere inside her she was embarrassed or ashamed that she killed David.

"Don't feel bad about it!" exclaimed Sean, putting out his cigarette

"I can't help it!" Lynn half snapped, "I mean, killing anyone is never right"

"It is when you are the Crow. You must fulfill your task. Otherwise, you'll never see Pike again. You'll be stuck here, and the men who killed you will kill others unjustly. You are here to put a stop to this." Sean told her

"Why are you helping me anyways?" asked Lynn, trying to change the subject

"Keo is my twin brother. We've been rivals since birth. I will shed no tear when he dies. He deserves this." Sean said coldly

"But he's your own brother!" Exclaimed Lynn "Don't you have any love inside your heart for him?"

"Look at what he did to you. This is what makes me hate him. I have no love for him. He deserves death."

Lynn didn't reply, she just stood there almost in shock. Maybe it was because she longed for her family, but she had been an orphan for 10 years now. She missed her family, but hardly remembered them. They had died when Lynn was 16. "Never mind that." Lynn managed to say, "Where's the next of my victims?"

Part II COMING SOON!!!