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The Assassins' Lament
Chapter Ten: The Fourth Assassin
"Trowa?" Dorothy whispered from the shadows as she hopped towards the light coming from the door.
"Dorothy," Trowa sighed with relief.
Trowa then grabbed Dorothy's hands holding them up and fired a shot freeing her hands. He then fired at her legs freeing them as well, "Lets get out of here before they realise you're free. Hilde should have warned the Preventers by…"
She smiled wrapping her arms around him in a tight hug distracting Trowa from whatever he was going to say. She then nodded, "I'm right behind you."
Trowa walked to the entrance of the room and looked out, gun at the ready. When he was sure all was clear he stepped out of the room with Dorothy close behind. Dorothy grabbed a gun off of one of the fallen guards then they took off at a quiet run just as the alarms began to go off. They had somehow been informed of the escape. They two supposed that the Zeon had hidden cameras in the room or something.
As they rounded a corner two guards spotted them. Trowa, being in front, quickly jumped at the two guards kicking one and punching the other giving off very little noise in the process. They then continued running with Trowa still in the lead.
"Where are we going? This isn't the way to get out…" Dorothy suddenly realised.
"I'm not leaving until I settle the score," Trowa replied narrowing his eyes and looking straight ahead.
Dorothy nodded, "I'm with you all the way." They three of them had been through a lot when they'd been in this place and the emotional scares never really healed. It had been so bad that Trowa seemed to have lost all emotion but the friendship of his two companions and his new found friends soon brought them back to the surface… somewhat.
As the two walked Trowa looked to Dorothy and nodded. She nodded back and opened the brown pouch at her side and took out several circular devices, that were in fact, explosive devices. They placed them in various areas around the base where they would do the most damage without being seen.
"We better get going. We have less then thirty minutes before these things go off," Dorothy said looking to Trowa.
"You go. I'll meet you outside," he said in his usual serious tone. He narrowed his eyes… There was someone he had to see before he left. He had a score to settle.
"There is no way I'm leaving you here. We go together… one way or another," the blond smirked. In truth she was afraid of what he was going to do. Why he wanted to stay. She was afraid he was going to do something that would either get him killed or hurt… he might have seemed like the perfect soldier to some but she knew that he could be careless at times… When it came to Zeon he sometimes acted before thinking. She was the voice of reason and often had to bail him out of trouble.
"I can handle it, Cheetara," he said, "Go… Head back to the Preventers and wait for me. I'll be fine."
"No," she replied in her own calm serious voice. She crossed her arms and stopped, "What are you planning to do?"
"I just want to make sure this is the end… for good," Trowa answered, "I'm not leaving anything to chance this time."
"Well we'll tie up loose ends together then," Dorothy said then they both took off at a run towards the place they knew they would find the person they were looking for.
Trowa looked at her calmly as they ran. A slight smile crossed his lips but soon disappeared as he concentrated on the task at hand.
They soon rounded a corner and stopped in their tracks. A young boy no older then 12 stood in front of them. He narrowed his eyes as he held up a gun, "This is as far as you go… traitors."
"And who's gonna stop us?" Dorothy asked with a smirk. This little kid didn't look like too much trouble. Was he all they had to defend themselves?
"Me…" he said in a serious tone of voice equal to that of Trowa.
Trowa clenched his teeth as his hand slowly went to the gun at his side. He'd learnt a long time ago that looks could be very deceiving. He was proof of it.
"I wouldn't even try zero one," the boy said, "By the time you get your gun I will have already put a bullet through your skull."
"You seem very sure of yourself kid," Dorothy said putting a hand on her hip.
"Why shouldn't I be?" he asked as he cocked his gun.
Trowa put a hand on Dorothy's shoulder before she got the chance to say anything else ,"Think about it Cheetara… Do you think Zeon would really just give up on the Shadow Project? And do you really think they'd send a child to fight us if they weren't positive that he was a fair match for us?"
Dorothy looked at him going wide-eyed then looked at the boy, "You're…"
"Shadow Assassin 04," he smirked as he fired the gun.
Trowa quickly pushed Dorothy aside as he dodged the bullet. He then brought out his gun and fired at the boy's hand knocking the gun out of it, "Listen here kid… You don't know what Zeon is all about… what they're after."
"They're trying to bring peace to the earth but people like you two traitors keep getting in their way," the boy growled as he looked over at his gun.
"I wouldn't even try zero four," Trowa said pointing his gun towards the youth, "Come with us and we'll explain everything."
"There is no way I'm going to be your hostage," he growls narrowing his eyes and clenching his fists.
Trowa shook his head and smirked, "We don't take hostages. Come with us of your own free will."
The young boy looked at him with a slightly confused look, "Why would I do that?"
"You can't tell us you're happy here," Dorothy said calmly.
The boy looked to the ground for a few seconds before looking up at them and nodding, "I'll go with you… but keep in mind that if you try anything I won't have any reservations about killing you."
"We understand… Now come on… We need to get out of here… We've wasted way too much time already," Trowa said looking at his watch, "Looks like we're going to have to leave things to chance this time. There isn't enough time."
Dorothy nodded and the three of them headed towards the nearest exit. They'd nearly reached the exit when the boy spoke.
"Wait," he said suddenly, "We can't leave the others."
"Others?" Trowa asked.
"The other assassins… We can't leave them here," he said.
The two nodded, "Show us the way."
"This way," he said as he ran in a different direction then they had been going. He quickly brought out his gun as he ran and fired several shots as several soldiers rounded the corner. The soldiers gasped and soon lay on the ground in a heap with a pool of blood forming underneath them.
Dorothy and Trowa looked at each other then turned back to follow the boy. This would put him in danger and they both knew it. He was skilled but a life of running was no life for a child… assassin or not… but they also knew that a life of murder was even worse then a life of running.
The boy soon stopped at a door… after killing the two soldiers that were guarding it. Trowa and Dorothy were quite impressed with the young assassin to say the least. Dorothy took out the card she'd stolen from the entrance guard and slid it through the card hole… but nothing happened. She growled exasperated and knelt down beside one of the guards and began to go through his clothing looking for another card key. Trowa knelt beside the other doing the same.
"Hurry," the boy said calmly, "I think someone's coming."
Trowa soon pulled out the key card from the soldier and threw it to Dorothy. He then stood up and cocked his gun aiming it to the opposite side to which they'd come.
Several seconds later, just after hearing a click from the door indicating it was open, five soldiers rounded the corner, weapons drawn. Dorothy quickly snuck into the room as Trowa and the young boy sent a barrage of bullets through the line of soldiers killing them all in seconds.
"Jeasus," came Dorothy's voice from the room.
Trowa lifted an eyebrow as he walked into the doorway and peered in. What he saw brought many unwanted memories to the surface.
