Chapter 14: Dark Assassins
Lyss spent her days at home talking with her parents and playing with her little brothers, but something seemed missing. When she had first got home her parents had invited all her relatives over to see her. She almost choked when she heard the question
"So where is your partner for the tournament? What was his name again…….uh"
"Dante'!", Lyss added with great frustration in her voice. "I don't know, he's a jerk anyway."
"Too bad", her aunt said, "Thought you'd maybe get a boyfriend out of it." Lyss' mind flashed with images of Dante' and she stormed out of the room without another word.
Mostly Lyss' days were pretty boring because the joy her little brothers was replace with annoyance and anger. She went for a lot of walks lately to think and observe if her little town had changed. She never did see much though, because she was always looking over her shoulder as if she was being watched. Lyss sometimes broke into a run when the feeling up her spine got too weird. Things went out of control when she found a message under her pillow saying
Whatever you do, do not go back to the tournament,
If you go back, we'll have to destroy you!
Stay on earth or else!
Lyss stood at her bed in silence. Someone obviously wanted earth to lose the tournament, but who? Lyss wondered if Akeo had hired men to sabotage her and Dante'.
Lyss didn't pay much attention to the warning, though she probably should have.
It was a cloudy day, and Lyss was out taking her morning walk. Before she knew what happened she was surrounded by creatures in black suits. "Gloc blo cronicic", said one of the creatures.
"What are you?" said Lyss perplexed. Another creature stepped up spoke.
"I'm sorry." This one's voice was the same growl-like accent as the other, but it6 spoke English. "We want to know your answer to our request." Lyss stood her ground and didn't flinch when they tried to scare her.
"Request? that was threat." Lyss almost laughed when she said this.
"What is your answer?" The creature was demanding her now.
"My answer is my business. If I go back or not is still up for debate." Lyss' tone was disrespectful and caused a shrill growl to go through the group.
"Well then, let us persuade your answer", said the best as it pulled out a electro blade, along with all the others.
"Just try it!" was Lyss final comment for the moment. The beast charged with there blades. Lyss leapt up onto the railing of a fire escape. She used a dive-bomb maneuver that took out several assassins. Lyss got up triumphantly, but felt a sharp pain I her back. The next thing Lyss knew, everything was going black as she fell to the pavement.
Lyss woke up in the same spot she fainted and wondered where the things that attacked her. She walked back to her house to talk to her parents about the attack, and hopefully asked the government agency that was in charge of her safety while on earth if they knew anything. She walked into the house to find it deserted. "Hello….mom…..dad….."
"They're not here, stop looking." A voice came from the shadows. One of beasts who attacked her walked out of into the middle of the room.
"Where are they?" Lyss demanded as she walked closer to the creature.
"They're safe and sound…."
"Where?" Lyss screamed as she through a punch that knocked the beast of his feet.
"At our headquarters, but if you do that again they'll be in hole soon." Lyss seemed to be fighting her own mind
"What do you want?" Lyss said final in a sorrowful voice. "If anything happens to them I don't…."
"Oh cut the crap, just follow me."
"Where are we going?" Lyss asked in a neutral voice this time
"To see your parents, that's what you want, right?" The beast smiled
"Where are they?" Lyss stood still. "I want to know now!"
"I can't tell you that would be stupid; you'd just go to the authorities. Lyss walked to the door at the creature's mercy.
"Fine, show the way." Lyss was totally distressed. The thought of losing her family stuck on her conscience as the monster walked to her side
"Hold still." Lyss looked perplex
"What…" Then Lyss felt a sting in the back of her neck and again she fell the paralysis of the electro-blades.