DISCLAIMER: Seriously...I don't own it.

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Oh sweet mercy. This is not going to plan. Then again, none of the attack by the Water Clan was part of it. Time to improvise.

Soryu releases Savanna going to turn toward me, but being herself, she surprises him by overtaking him...throwing him down the laundry chute.

I wouldn't have thought it was possible before, but it was. Damn.

I grab Savanna's arm and whisper hoarsely in her ear, "Fight off these bitches, and get us in the morning."

Then I follow Soryu down.

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I curse repeatedly in a very unladylike manner when I come out the other end of the chute.

"Scarlet?"

I rummage around in my pockets for my mini flashlight, clicking it on when I find it.

"Soryu! Are you okay?" I ask when the light finds him.

He smiles a little bitterly, "Yeah, my ego is just bruised."

I chuckle, "It's fine. Savanna is one of our best fighters."

I think about it for a second before saying, "Then again, I'm surprised you got the drop on her."

He looks down at me, "Scarlet, why didn't you tell me that you are an assassin?"

I straighten my back, my pride getting the best of me.

"Honestly?"

"Honestly."

I sigh, before I walk over to the corner of the room where a workshop table is piled high with papers and boxes. One in particular contained all my family photos and mementos.

Opening the lid, I aim the flashlight down into the box and lift out a single picture, handing it to Soryu.

"Is this...?" Soryu trails off staring at the picture.

"Yes. When my parents were killed, our relatives didn't want anything to do with us. So we were put into one foster home after another until we were separated. Before I turned sixteen I 'broke' out of the home and found my sister a mile away in a different one. I escaped with her that night. And no one truly cared that we were gone."

Soryu didn't look at me, just at the picture when he asked me this, "Then how did you become an assassin?"

I look up at the ceiling, "We were found one night when I tried to pickpocket Queen Everly. She saw me as a person in desperate need. And took us into her care. She never let on for the longest time that she was an assassin, but when she did I accepted her, as a thank you of sorts for all she had done for me."

I feel a pair of arms come around me, pulling me into a broad chest.

"Soryu, why did you come here today?"

The question was out of my mouth before I even realized it. I was lucky that it was dark, because I was blushing furiously. I was being held by a really handsome guy and that is what I do? I ask a question? Geez, what's wrong with me.

He doesn't answer, just crushes me to his chest. A comforting gesture.

I wished that I could freeze time right there.

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A/N: I seriously just got the BEST idea for an ending. No time to talk! Gotta write! -Jackie