AN: This is my first fic, so please be kind. Written in Renee's point of view.

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Cheat

Have you ever felt cheated out of something that you felt the world owed to you?

I'm not talking about your boyfriend cheating on you, or you being cheated out of a good grade.

Those are small, unimportant things that had all happened to me before.

I don't think I ever got the real sense of being cheated.. Until it happened. From the beginning, my life was always a struggle.

Despite that fact, I always played life like a game.

I don't think I can remember a time when I was ever able to relax and live like a regular person.

I was constantly on the run, on some job… I had been through a lot, gotten myself out of many situations.

Every time, I'd have the upper hand. By then, I guess that I almost believed that I was invincible.

Yeah, right. I hadn't been worried when I went on that trivial mission with Sydney.

It was just another job, another easy victory for my side. I had no idea for what I was in for.

The only thing I remember is seeing Sydney standing next to me. She wasn't supposed to be there.

I was shocked. This wasn't how the game was played. "S-Sydney?" I had gasped out before she brought a pale sharp knife

across my throat.

Instantly I keeled over on the pavement, blood gushing out of the open wound. Why would she betray me?

Why would she trick me? She had been the only one I trusted. It would have been better if I had never trusted at all.

By the time that my blood was all over the ground, I figured that I was as good as dead.

As I choked out Sydney's name, I looked up at the sky.

It was blue, white clouds dancing across it as though there wasn't a care in the world.

The peacefulness was ruined by my ragged breathing and the warm blood slipping down my throat and coating my hands.

For the first time in my life, I knew what being cheated feels like.

After all that, this is how I die? What a rip-off. But that's how it goes.

I had a straight flush, but she had a royal. I almost felt like laughing with the complete irony of it all.

I deserved a better death than this, I told myself as the remainder of my life slipped away.

But what I really meant was that I deserved a better life. I had been cheated out of both.

But I could accept it. Guess I just didn't play my cards right.

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Well, I hope it didn't suck too bad. Please review, constructive criticism is greatly appreciated.