Chapter Seventeen

Carnival Trouble – Part Three

"Veronica, what in the world make you change from the caring girl I used to know?" Kit asked, her eyes gentled.

"You have the answer Kit," Veronica replied, clutching her right arm hard as blood flow down her arm.

"Even after all I have done for you..." Kit sighed, "This is how you repay me?"

"I repay no one!" Veronica hissed.

"I see," Kit said, as she narrowed her eyes, "Then I have to kill you to prevent you from killing Sakura."

"Just do it, old woman," Veronica shouted, "I had enough of humiliation. Everyone looks for my sister's shadow from me. I had enough."

"But you and Lisa are different. And you can never be the same as Lisa," Kit shouted in anger, "Lisa is the only woman that Syaoran fall for. The only woman who believe in me when I was her enemy. The only woman that Sakura was forced to kill. Why can't you understand anything?"

Leo and Lilica shivered in fear as they watched their mother shouting at the lady. They were listening attentively to the conversation yet it made no sense to them. They knew the case about Syaoran and Sakura... And that lady named Lisa Tinwood... Yet it was getting more confusing than they thought it would be...

"Force to kill? Ha!" Veronica laughed while clutching her arm tighter, "Phantom Cherry can be force into killing someone? What a joke! She was the best killer around that time."

"She may be the best killer around... The best killer in the century... But something never change..." Kit replied, "A human's hatred is the only thing that kept us working."

" And for whom are you working for now? The CIA? Or the mafia?" Veronica asked.

"Neither. For the matter of fact," Kit replied, "I am working for myself now."

Veronica laughed, "The well known assassin, codename, Noir, is working for herself? What a joke. What can you work for?"

Kit pulled the trigger and the bullet shot through Veronica's left leg, making her dropped to her kneels. Veronica hissed softly from the pain and stared at Kit with eyes of hatred.

"I had made myself clear that I am going to kill you."

Kit's voice made everyone in the room shivered out of fear. Coldness was in her tone and the air around seems to have freeze from that. It was as if one could never been happy again. Leo and Lilica had never seen their mother in such a state. It was frightening them.

"Leo! Lilica!" The voice made Leo and Lilica to spin around and smiled. It was Xiao Long and their father following closely behind. "Are you two alright?"

"Kit!" Rex called out as soon as he reached the room, "Veronica? Ian?"

"Back away from this, Rex," Kit answered.

Rex looked from Kit to the wounded Veronica, and asked, "You are not going to kill her, are you?" He seen her in this expression before. An expression so determined to do what she had make up in her mind.

"I am."

Kit pulled the trigger again, this time, Veronica managed to escape from the shot. She panted. The pain from her arm and leg was killing her. Even though she had asked Kit to end her life, this whole humiliation thing, she didn't want to die.

"Kit-ne-san..." Sakura's voice sounded through the room which stopped Kit's movement. Sakura stood still at the door way. She was shocked when she heard Kit's voice. Knowing Kit for as long as she couldn't even remember, she never heard such a voice from Kit.

Kit just stood there with her gun pointing at Veronica and her eyes closed. Was she going to kill Veronica? How long had she left that world she threw away after Sakura was being caught, after they were being betrayed? Since when did she even wonder so long before killing a person?

- Kit-chan, please protect my sister. Maybe she would not be able to forgive Sakura-chan... If so... Do what you believe is right... I believe in you...-

Veronica saw the stillness in Kit and thought it was an opportunity. She reached out to her gun and pointed at Kit...

Bang!

Veronica's eyes widened in shock when a bullet went through her. She fell to the ground. It wasn't possible...

Kit sighed and walked towards Veronica. She opened her eyes and looked at Veronica, breathing like a fish out of water. She was feeling sad. In extreme pain. Her decision. A decision that neither will turn out right. Kit kneel down beside Veronica and stroke Veronica's hair.

Everyone in the room was stunned by Kit's quick reflex. Kit wasn't even looking at Veronica when she just pull the trigger. She only turned her gun towards the direction where Veronica was and shot.

"Lisa-ne-san... What have... I... done wrong...?" Veronica's weak voice asked. Everything in front of her was blurring. Maybe it was due to the tears from her eyes. But her breathing was becoming heavier.

"You have done nothing wrong, Veronica. You were just doing what you think is right," Kit replied, as she touched Veronica's cold cheek. "But you don't have to think much about it now. Take a good rest."

Silence accompanied them for a while. Sakura covered her mouth as she watched Kit gathered herself up and walked towards her. Lisa... She was more than stunned when she heard that name. Syaoran's love... This lady was Lisa's sister. The one she let off... The one that she refused to kill... The little girl she met then...

"13 years ago, when you killed Lisa, I was there... 13 years later, I killed Veronica... And you are here, Sakura. What a joke..." Kit smiled weakly at Sakura.

"Kit-ne-san," Sakura was wordless. She was lost once again. Is this another game just like the one 12 years ago?

"I wondered how long I can keep the truth for. The truth that I had been hidding. I am living in pain, Sakura-chan. I had enough of everything."

"Truth?"

"Ian," Kit turned to face the all-paralyze Ian, "You should be on the run now. The government is not going to let you off this easy and neither is the Mafia." Ian's face turned immediate white when he heard what Kit told him. "A fair warning don't you think so?"

"Yes, definitely," Ian smiled nervously at her and escaped from the room.

"Kit, you owned us a full explanation, I don't like bits of informations," Rex glared at her sternly.

"Not now, Rex," Kit sighed, "People are coming. We will talk again once we are back at HQ."

And Kit was right. Footsteps were heard down the corridor. Police had arrived and took over the scene. It was going to be a much longer day after this carnival trouble.

Poof... 3 pages... Kill me someone! Cough Never mind...

Anyway, sorry for the late update. Been busy with school(and games). And what's worst? I LOST MY PLOT! God... I thought I was going nuts when I tried to find my plot(to write the chapter) and I found none. Good thing I still remember how to write the chapter... (Though I forgot most of it) Forgive me if there is error. I don't like to keep people waiting...

Ngoc, you just hit the nail on the head. And thanks for the help. I am so happy.

Next chapter is going to be a complete (I hope) explanation. The reason for Syaoran to be in the CIA and the truth behind Lisa's death.

So see you guys soon,

Kit.