The Assassin
Chapter 2
When the assassin woke up he found he had been placed in a high ceiling white metallic room, around him droned dozens of machines their buzzing drowning out any other sounds. For the first time in his life, the assassin could hear nothing; he could not tell were he was. The assassin soon became aware that his wrists and ankles were strapped to a steel medical table, and that three IVs had been placed in numerous places around his body, one containing an odd green liquid.
After a few minutes of observing his surrounding he allowed his body to rise to an awaked state setting the machines on the walls whistling a shrill alarm. Seconds later the same half machine half human figure walked into the room, followed by the boy dressed in red and green. The cyborg started checking the machines and adjusting the IVs while the boy walked up to the medical table. He opened his mouth to speak but before he could say a single word the assassin spoke out in a penetrating whisper that seemed to cut the air itself, "Who are you". The boy responded, "My name is Robin, I am the leaders of the Teen Titans, the man decreasing your sedative doss is Cyborg". "Who stopped me" said the assassin in the same cold ruthless voice. "Her name is Raven, she intended to attack the ten from behind, but instead she ran into you, seeing what you had done to the guards she knocked you out before you could kill the criminals". "WHY DID YOU STOP ME" the assassin yelled, two lights on the ceiling flickered and went out, another exploded sending glass showering down on their heads. Robin responded, completely unfazed, "They had court dates". The assassin calming down asked "and how many will make it to court". "Three escaped following their leader after he cut a whole in the net, six were sent to the police and the last died from friendly fire" Robin responded..."I assume you know of the three I speak of".
He did, they were the most ruthless and effective of the ten criminals, each creating their own respective reigns of terror and violence. Dictatorships equal to those of such men as Hitler and Stalin.
The first was Diego, a rich slave trader, and pimp. He controlled most if not all of the forced labor and prostitution in every major city of American, and many overseas. He had built his Draconian empire from the streets up. A boy raising himself from a common gangster to one of the most powerful men in the world, and despite many years decades at the top he still possessed the unnatural cunning and guile that allowed him to gain his position. Needless to say this man had many orphaned or unwanted children on his hands whenever his prostitutes or slaves got pregnant, and instead of killing them, as many did, them he sent them to camps. At these camps they were trained in the ways of combat, deception and obedience starting as soon as they could walk. This rigorous upbringing produced some of the best hit men, spies, and "muscle" available, deadly men and women that many criminals would pay very highly for their services. After a few generations of training and obedience many families of these slave/hit men split off from Diego starting operations for themselves and making very large profits.
This leads to the second man of the three, Cerberus, named after the guard dog of the underworld, this demon man was the head of the most powerful of the "renegade" families. After leaving Diego, his mafia grew enormously with improved training methods and a seemingly endless bankroll. Soon he was accepted as part of the kingpin elite. However, his skills in leading and combat still made him one of the most physically and mentally imposing men on the planet, and his trainees the most effective killers in the world.
The last of the three was a shadow man, nothing substantial was known of him. Save for the fact that his power and influence made even the great Diego and Cerberus bow before him and obey his every command. His identity and name were unobtainable secrets, but many out of fear simply called him Atropos, the one who cuts. Though, a select few knew him as Slade.
"Yes" the assassin responded. The room was quite for a minute, then Robin said, "Now you know why you're not with the police, you are needed to track these three down, though my team is very powerful we lack your, how do you say, skills". Robin continued, "That brings us too a turning point, we need your help and you need a clean slate, I assume we have a mutaual understanding"? The assassin nodded, "good" said Robin. I'll see you tomorrow then, until then you'll need to stay here for Raven's powers wear off, and for us to complete our examination. Robin and Cyborg stood up and began walking towards the door, suddenly Robin turned around, "I don't believe I caught your name", "my name is Alecto" the assassin responded. Cyborg looked at him strangely but Robin nodded in realization then he walked out of the room followed by cyborg.