DISCLAIMER: Nope...still do NOT own it.

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Soryu was furious. And for good reason.

I had sent him a recording of a conversation I had with Savanna in the hospital. The one where we talk about an old member of the Fyre.

I look up at Soryu. "Answer me!" he yells.

I sigh again, "Not hit man. Assassin."

Soryu looks pained at my answer, "So you're a killer? A murderer?"

I tap my forehead, "A murderer isn't as smart as an Assassin. There's a difference."

His hand comes up and wraps around my throat, cutting off my air. I was expecting this so I lift my hands and press them into his eyes.

His hands drop away from me, clutching his face.

"I'd prefer to die an honorable death, then by your hands." I say.

He sneers, "There is no such thing among killers."

I grab him by the collar, "Then what about me huh? I have risked everything for my sister. If that's not honor and loyalty, then what is?"

He throws me off of him with a hard push in the direction of the coffee table.

Glass flies everywhere around me, there is a sharp pain in my arm, and blood blurs my vision.

I really shouldn't do anything back since I did lie to him all this time, but I can't help it.

"If you kill me now all my hard work will be in vain!" I tell him.

He growls not replying and lunges at me.

I roll out of the way, And he lands among the shards. I stand up but I feel dizzy and quite close to the point of throwing up.

Come on Scarlet, don't get sick now!

Standing above him he rolls over to face me, and he says very angrily, "I'm going to ruin you."

I shrug, "Can't ruin me anymore then I already am."

"How can you be so calm?" He says getting to his feet.

I raise an eyebrow, "How can you be so angry?"

He picks up a glass shard when I spot his gun next to the door. Gotta get it, gotta get it.

Rolling out of the way, my body barely staying in one place long enough to get struck by flying glass.

I snatch up Soryu's gun, and raise it aiming for him. "Forgive me Soryu, but you are not going to stand in my way."

Walking toward his frozen figure, I raise my gun higher toward his head and slam the butt of the gun into his neck. Knocking him out.

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Back into my Assassins clothes, I take my suitcase filled with clothes and open the door to the Assassin house.

As I get closer to the dining hall, where I know that the rest of the Fyre Assassins are eating dinner right now, I hear a conversation within the room.

"Seriously though, how many times are we gonna talk about this?"

"As many times as it takes for it to get through that thick skull of yours."

"Good thing I do otherwise all your insults would give me a concussion."

I fight back laughter as I walk into the hall and instantly all eyes turn to me.

"Scarlet!" Savanna rushes towards me and gives me a bear hug.

"Good evening, Scarlet. I trust you are well?" The queen of the Fyre, Everly was the kindest person I have ever met. Even though she can royally kick my ass any day she has treated me as an equal since I first came here.

Pulling away from Savanna, I smile at the queen and bow my head.

"Good evening my Queen. I am in good health."

She gestures toward the empty chair next to her. I take it quickly.

"So Scarlet, tell us what you've been up to! We've missed you around here!" Tiger exclaims.

Destinee, my least favorite assassin, comments, "You've just missed her cooking."

I poke at Tiger's plate across from mine with a spare fork, "What is that? And is it even edible?" I examine the charred food. If it could even be called that.

She looks offended, "It's stir-fry!"

I shake my head, "If it is then I am grateful."

"For what?"

I smirk, "Simply 'cause I'm not eating it."

Tiger leans back in her chair, glaring at the 'food' then at me.

If looks could kill... then I'd surely be thrown into the Hellmouth right about now. Ah, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Always a classic.

"What are you thinking, Scarlet?"

I chuckle, "You seriously don't want to know."

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Ha! Managed to sneak in a Buffy reference! And only in 23 words! I love Scarlet's sense of humor. Oh and I absolutely adore the whole, "Insults would give me a concussion" line. Now that is funny.