Author's Note: Update! I'm inspired so I'm writing this fast. Please review. Please?
A/N 2: The story is going slow for now, but expect it to pick up pace soon. I'm also going to keep switching POV. It should be pretty clear who it is, but I'll try to mark it if it seems confusing.
Warnings for Chapter 2: Um... none I think except some language.
Chapter 2: Trouble on the Horizon
47 had been very busy the last few weeks. Assignments were pouring in and he was handling them at a speed that most hitmen would not be able to keep up with. In the last week alone he had killed a political activist, an investor who had lost all his client's money, and an arms dealer. He was relaxing in his hotel room, planning his next hit when he got the call.
He often took calls from contacts and potential clients on the phone, so he wasn't alarmed when it rang- at least not until he saw who was calling.
"Nika?" He yelled into the phone. "What the hell is going on?"
"I'm sorry!" Nika yelped on the other end. "I know you didn't want me to call you on this line but I got a call from someone who says she knows you and it seemed like an emergency."
47 took a deep breath. "Nika," he inquired softly. "How exactly is a phone call an emergency?"
"She said that she's Agent 49 and she said she wanted to talk to you and she said that if it wasn't an emergency yet then she would make it an emergency and I didn't know what to do!" Nika wailed into the phone. "I thought she would probably try to kill me or something and I didn't know when you were going to visit because you said you were busy and-"
"Shut up, Nika." 47 snapped. "Did you say that 49 called?"
"Yes!" Nika cried. "What the hell was I supposed to do?!"
"Nika, calm down." 47 ordered. "You did the right thing. I needed to hear about this. I have no idea what 49 wants but if she's willing to call you, it's probably something bad."
"Um, there's one more thing," Nika said awkwardly.
"What?" 47 asked. He already had a very bad feeling about this, and it was getting worse by the second. "What is it, Nika?"
"When she called me," Nika explained, "She called on the emergency phone, the one you gave me that no one knows the number to. Is that bad?"
"Yes," 47 said quietly. "That's very, very, bad. I'll be there in three hours. If she calls again, tell her I'm on my way." He hung up before Nika could reply.
47 knew that this was bad. 49 was dangerously unstable on the best days, and if she had taken enough interest in Nika to learn her private number, she was quite likely to be plotting something. He had known 49 at the training facility where they were both raised, and they had been close friends. He remembered that she was not very inquisitive by nature. If she took an interest in something, it was usually because she was about to kill it.
And now she was interested in Nika. He hoped desperately that she really did just want to talk to him, but this if she was going to do this much research for a simple conversation, it would have been easier to just track him down personally than to look up Nika to get to him. If 49 was doing that, it was because she wanted leverage, and Agent 49 with leverage on her side and a reason to have it was a very bad combination.
He felt a thrill of dread go through him. This would not end well.
