Nikita age 13
Two men look around the bedroom for me as they are speaking in a foreign, yet familiar language. They clutch their guns and look in the closet.
"Aye, she's no here. It's a damned shame, I had a present for her pretty face." the taller assassin says to the other.
I roll over onto my back and pray that the two men dont look under the bed. Feeling a sharp object underneath me, and reaching underneath me. Discovering that there is a dagger under me, poking into my back. There is a warm liquid on the blade, I put one finger on the blade to touch the liquid, and then touch the finger to my lips. A salty, warm liquid...it alivens my senses to a taste is udderly familiar.
"I guess she not here, it a shame we had to kill her parents" the shorter assassin says.
The taller one smacks the shorter one upside the head with the butt of his gun. "No time for thinking of remorse, what is done is done."
The two assassins leave the room and close the door...
Slamming of the door, brings me back to my senses, the stabbing pain in my back. I creep slowly from out under the bed, and to my horror. I see my daddy laying on his back, with a Kanshi star sticking out of his back. I shake daddy to waken him. But he doesn't move. I shake him some more, hoping for any sign of life. By the third shake, I start to cry realizing that daddy is not gonna wake up.
I pound my fists into the wall in a fit of rage. As I withdraw my fist from the wall, the shock hits me even harder. I have to go find out where mommy is.
Jerking the door open, I run out into the hallway, which is dark and eerie. I see a trail of blood coming from the living room. Rushing into the living room, I see mommy on the couch with a bullet shot in her head. Her eyes are still open. I hurry to her side, and put my ear to her mouth to see if she is breathing
"Mommy, please wake up! Mommy!" I yell
"Your mommy is dead, little Nikita." a mysterious stranger says from the shadows.
"W...w...who are y...y...you?" I ask nervously, clutching the dagger in my left hand.
The mysterious stranger walks towards me, I clutch the dagger tighter.
"No need to fear me, Nikita. I am not the one who killed them." he says.
"A...a..are you g...g...gonna hurt me?" I stammer finally.
"Nikita, how can I hurt you...I am not the bad guy, I am here to help you."
"Why are you gonna help me? I don't know you." How can he know me? Is he a friend of my parents? All kinds of questions run through my mind.
"I know you are confused now, little one. You will soon have all the answers."