Chapter 8: There's just something about you that pisses me off.

"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off."

Stephen King.

"Durgil, I don't give a shit what you think! Your snobbery stops NOW! You are part of a TEAM. If you have something to fucking say, come out with it already!" Maura Stood before Durgil, anger radiating off her in waves. She snarled when Durgil snorted and turned her head to look outside. That was the last straw. Maura pulled her arm back and smacked Durgil across the face as hard as she could. Durgil growled and stood up, towering over the demoness.

"You little bitch, do you think just because your mother is the queen of a fucking country inhabited with filthy demons, you can command me? I am an Elf, the purest of all races. I have lived for hundreds of years, and I have never taken orders from anyone, much less a disgusting DEMON!"

"Filthy? Disgusting? You've just screwed yourself over, Elf-Girl!" And with that, Maura leapt at Durgil, completely intent on ripping the taller girls throat out. As they were rolling around on the floor, Tobias and Star laughed. Shizuka had gone to her apartment for a few things, and Maruki was sitting off to the side, controlling herself quite well, considering she was part demon and Durgil had been insulting her as well. During all of the arguing, none of them noticed Lync's assassins sneaking in and positioning themselves around the room. Durgil stood, and made it to the door before she turned around and glared at all of them.

"None of you are worth my time or energy. You can stay here, but I'm leaving! I want no part of this stupid League, or your damned nonsense! I-" But she never finished her sentence. Her eyes opened wide and she looked down at her chest, only to see a dark red circle getting bigger and bigger. She coughed, and blood spilled over the corners of the lips. Her eyes rolled back, and she fell. Before Maru even made it over to check her, they already knew that she was dead. Suddenly, gun fire came from all around them. Maura faintly felt something hit her arm before she ran towards Maruki. Star leapt up from the couch and sprinted towards the window. With a well placed kick, the glass was gone and she had slid out onto the fire escape. Tobias sunk back into the shadows, and Maura and Maruki managed to make it out of the door before the

Assassins could kill them. Once out, Maru and Maura ran down the stairs. After several flights of stairs, Maruki yelled at Maura.

"WHY did we get a room at the top?"

Ileana Ran as fast as her legs would carry her. She had to make it to the drop point before she was caught. She wasn't sure if anyone had noticed the fake briefcase yet or not. She hoped they hadn't. Turning the corner, she found her motorcycle, still parked where she had left it a week ago. Jumping on it, she heard yelling behind her, and turned. Three of Lync's men were following her. 'Huh. Guess the guard didn't believe my story after all...' With that thought, she sped off, taking so many twists and turns, that she quickly lost the men. Checking her watch, she realized that she had half an hour to get to the drop off. She slowed down a bit, not wanted to get arrested for speeding. After ten minutes, she reached her destination, and pulled over. Grabbing the case and her cloak once more, she made her way into a rather

busy looking club called Sake Sister International. Walking inside, she quickly found a table. After ordering a drink, she allowed herself the chance to look around. Smiling, she thought to herself 'I could get used to coming here. Good music, hot people, excellent drinks...wonder if they're hiring? I could use a less stressful job...' She grinned and sipped on her drink, keeping an eye on the door, waiting for her contact to enter.

Shizuka walked into the Sake Sister International, and walked to a woman sitting alone. "This seat taken?" The other woman looked up and smiled.

"No, Shizuka, you know as well as I do that unless I am with you or my other few friends, I prefer to sit alone."

"Good, that means I don't have to worry about you killing other people for being stupid." Shizuka grinned at Ileana held and up her hand, motioning the waitress over. After ordering herself a drink, she looked back at her quiet companion. "Got a problem, Ileana? Your not as talkative as usual."

"Oh, no Shizuka, it's just...well, I dunno if you've heard by now...Have you watched the news in the last half hour?"

"No, why?"

"Well, you were staying at the Emperor's Palace Hotel with some friends, weren't you? Top floor?" Shizuka was confused now.

"Yeah, I was. Why, what happened?" Ileana sighed and set her glass down. She took Shizuka's hand and spoke slowly.

"Honey...the hotel exploded twenty minutes ago. They found a body in the wreckage. The…the injuries sustained were due to a very long fall...from the 25th floor." Shizuka gulped and tried not to panic.

"Did they say who it was?"

"No, but she was very tall, and had already sustained a gunshot wound to the chest. They think the building was blown up to cover up her murder." Shizuka let out a sigh of relief.

"Durgil. That means that the others got away. Must have been assassins. No one else knew we were there, except you, and the hotel management, but they were sworn to secrecy. I dunno how he did it, but somehow Tobias was able to scare them so badly, they wouldn't even tell ME where we were. They had to call down Maura to get me. The only way anyone could have found out we were there is if they scared them even worse!" Shizuka laughed. "Anyway, I'm not that sad to see her gone. She was a bitch, always acting as if she were better than everyone." Shizuka drained her glass and grabbed the briefcase. "Well, I have to go and find the others now. Shouldn't be too hard; I'm pretty sure anyone would remember Maura's hair!" Laughing, she said her goodbyes to Ileana and walked out of the club. Jumping into her car, she sped off into the night, making many calls on her cell in search of lost friends.

Authoress: Well, here's chapter 8. Pretty good eh? Two chapters in one day? Well, I'm off now. Far too tired to write more. Apparently, My Beta is on Vacation, so PLEASE excuse any spelling errors and/or grammar errors! Thanks!

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