Chapter 13

"Okay…and why is that a bad thing?" Jake asks trying to understand how this was a problem to well to anyone.

"It's a bad thing because someone is going through all the trouble of killing off anyone who messed with Kira." Blake tried to explain. "Again why is this a bad thing?" Jake said. Blake sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "If it was really that simple to find out about one, just one single assassin, don't you think it would've been done before. The fact that this assassin knows so much about her, knows about all her enemies is unheard of."

"Okay but that's just bad for people like Kira am I correct?" Sam asked. "So why are you so worried about it?" Blake looked at them and seemed almost hesitant to say what he was about to say. "There are two people who I guess you could say posed the most threat to either Kira or Shadow. One is a type of an assassin and the other well not so much."

"And how are they the most dangerous?" Paul asked. "Well the assassin is the only one known who could possibly ever defeat Shadow. And the other, well the unknown assassin could take it as being the cause of Kira's death." Blake replied trying to appear nonchalant.

"Blake just tell us already damnit!" Paul tried to keep his temper in check but Blake was making it so damn hard. Blake took a deep breath, and tried to explain. "In the crime world Shadow was the strongest assassin there was. You needed any hit done she was your go to person. To Shadow it didn't matter. Men, woman, children, hell even pregnant woman, to Shadow if you were a hit you were a hit. She never thought about the pain she would leave behind, to her it was just business-"(AN: I know I said in the first chapter that she had never killed a kid but I messed up sorry! She has. On with the story!)

"That's horrible! How could she do something like that?!" Kim yelled outraged at the mere thought of Kira doing such atrocious deeds, even Sam glanced at Emily who had her arm around her swollen baby as if to protect the young miracle growing inside of her.

"Because before she came here the person known as Kira was dead." Blake sat down running his hand through his unkept hair. If anyone wasn't confused they were now. How could Kira be dead? Well she recently died but to have died before? It didn't make sense.

"Kira wasn't always a bad person. Hell, when she was little she was the happiest kid you could ever meet. She had the biggest smile and her eyes were so full of joy and life. Just being around her could make your day. But then-"

"Her parents…" Leah whispered. Blake turned towards Leah and nodded. "Her parents were tortured, beaten, and murdered. They also raped her mom. But that's not the worst part." "What's worse than having to lose your parents like that Blake?" Jared asked. Blake slowly looked up and stared at the walls, "they made her watch." Gasps could be heard and the cries were no longer distinguishable by gender because nearly everyone was crying. "After the murder of her parents little 5 years old Kira disappeared off of the face of the world. No one knew where she was or what happened to her. They only found her blood at the crime scene but they never found her body. Then 4 almost 5 years later there's talk in the underworld of an assassin who's getting a lot of attention for being one of the best. The only unbelievable fact is that it's a kid, not even a teenager. Turns out it's a girl who goes by the name of Shadow. Her name was gained due to the fact that her victims never saw her coming and no one ever saw her leaving. It was almost like she was never there but her work was. It was put on display for the whole world to see, it was the reason why she became so notoriously known. A man named Dante, Shadow's first and last employer, had heard about the killer kid, and decided to see if she was actually good or if it was all some bullshit rumor. So he hires her and gives her the target. The sick sadistic bastard then goes on to tell her that he wants the target to suffer. He wants them to scream so loud that they tear their own throats. Dante smirked, thinking that he had scared Shadow away but then he's the one who freaks out. Shadow smiled. She smiled and he could see in her eyes that she got some sort of satisfaction from hearing how gruesome he wanted the job. And then Shadow spoke which was also shocking seeing as how no one had ever heard her speak before. She said 2 words that gave Dante nightmares for weeks. 'My pleasure' was all she said before she left. She did her job and she did it well. The underworld was having a fucking field day hearing about how she took care of her target and before anyone knew it, those with grudges were trying to find her so they could hire her." Blake takes a deep breath before continuing again.

"It was like that for years. Until this one assassin came around. He had heard about Shadow through the grapevine and he had even tried to find out more about her. You see this guy was very interested in Shadow. He wanted to know how does a cute little 10 year old end up being someone like them. So he found her and tried to see what made her tick. The only thing that got him was a bullet aimed at his kneecap, it would've hit its mark too had he not moved at the last second. Right then and there it became a fight to see who the better killer was. The guy had to admit that he was impressed. The kid was definitely younger than him yet she was fighting like a well-seasoned assassin. She knew she was short and so she used her height to her advantage to get close to her opponents. Their fight was a long one, at one point she would get the upper hand, the next minute he would have the upper hand it went on and on. Finally, they came to a stop and realized that they were too evenly matched. They both looked at each other bruised, sweaty, and bleeding and nodded and walked away. They respected one another because no one ever matched up to them. No one ever made them doubt as to the outcome of the battle. Yet here it was he, a 15 year old, wary of a little 10 year old girl who gave him a run for his money. Every once in a while they would run into each other and they would fight again but the results were always the same neither could ever win." Blake finished with his eyes glazed over.

"Blake, how do you know so much?" Paul asked. Blake sighed and then smiled as he finally came back down to earth. "Because I was that guy, I was the other assassin." Blake leaned back on the couch. "Looking at it from a certain perspective you could say that I was the only one who ever really posed a direct threat to Shadow."

"But you said there were 2 people who posed a threat to Kira." Paul said trying to wrap his head around all of this. "No I said there were 2 people who posed a threat to either Kira or Shadow. I posed a threat to Shadow, but not to Kira. Two completely different people."

"They were the same person! How could someone pose a threat to Shadow but not to Kira if they are the same person?!" Paul yelled understandably frustrated. "Because when Kira was 5 she died. For 5 years no one heard anything about her but then she suddenly shows up in the crime world only her name isn't Kira anymore it's Shadow. The little girl who used to be Kira is no more. However, 2 years ago Shadow screwed up and didn't go through with her last hit and she ended up here. Over the course of her time here Shadow began to die and bits of Kira start showing up again. Now Paul I know you don't want to hear this because you loved Kira. I know you did, you know you did, we all knew, and so did Kira. The fact remains is that to this assassin it may seem that you were the one responsible for Kira's death." Blake finally says and immediately causes an uproar. Everyone is yelling at him and Leah, while Leah is trying to hold everyone back and get Blake to explain what he means.

Finally Sam has had enough and in his don't-fuck-with-me-I'm-not-in-the-mood-to-deal-with-this-shit-and-I'm-your-alpha-so-you-better-listen-to-what-I-say voice roars out, "SHUT UP!" The results are instantaneous, everyone stops their arguing either because they were forced to, they were scared, or a little bit of both. Sam turns his glare to Blake and orders him to explain.

Blake takes a deep breath, "We know that Paul isn't to blame for Kira's death. We all know it and so do I. However I'm looking at this from a point of view none of you could ever see it from. We were assassins for crying out loud. We're not meant to be normal humans and fall in love with someone. It's dangerous! Not only for us but for our loved one. On that last job, Kira started getting her humanity back. When she first arrived here she was still closed off but little by little because of Paul she started acting like a normal 16 year old. She fell in love and it's because she fell in love did she lose sight of her surroundings and started letting her guard down. It's because of love that she didn't pay close attention to who was fucking with her car and it's because she loved Paul that she left so she could protect him. She knew that her being here would only put Paul in danger and so she left that morning. That's how this assassin sees it. It's not how I see it and it's not how I want you to see it either Paul. Kira wouldn't want that. Now I could be wrong but I would rather be safe than sorry. As of yet I don't know, if this whoever it is, knew about Shadow before she became Shadow and who she was after. But I don't want any chances. I'm thinking worst case scenario that they do therefore they know about Paul and they want to come and kill him."

"Blake?" Blake turns to Leah and sees the fear in her eyes. "Does this mean that they're coming after you too?" Blake nods. "I was the only one who actually stood a chance against Shadow. So I'm going to assume that I might be on that list. Paul you're going to have to be extremely careful. Use your wolf senses because honestly it's the only way you might have a chance of getting through this alive."

"Blake how bad is it?" Leah asked. Everybody could tell that Leah was worried. Hell you would be too if you found out that somebody could be after your boyfriend and your pack brother. "And don't you dare lie to me Blake I want the whole truth." Leah demanded. Blake sighed; he seemed to be doing that a lot lately. "Bad. Really bad the fact that they know so much is what worries me. Leah you're going to have be careful as well, in fact all of you are going to have to be careful." "Why us?" Embry asked seemingly to be one of the only ones who was able to come out of the shock. "Because there's more than one way to kill a person Embry. Kira knew this, I know this and I'm pretty damn sure that this assassin knows as well. If you want somebody to suffer, really suffer then you torture them the worst way you can. You go after whoever is precious to them. You make them suffer and then make sure that your hit knows they went through so much pain because it was their fault."

Everyone was quiet after that, seemingly lost in their own world. All of them were having similar thoughts about this new and unwanted situation. How could this have happened? Why did it have to happen when it seemed like most of them were finally able to move on? Why when they were finally able to start putting their life back together again?

Sam looked around after finally coming to a conclusion. He knew what he had to do, he just didn't want to do it. Not after everything that has happened did he want to do this, but he was the Alpha meaning he was the leader of the pack. Sometimes as Alpha you had to do things you really didn't want to but for the safety of everyone else it has to be done. Sam took a deep breath and said the one thing he knew that was going to ruin so many lives.

"Blake you need to leave."

Everyone turned to look at Sam with questioning looks. Sam, however, just held himself tall, knew this would hurt but it was for the best. If Kira and Blake hadn't ever come to La Push in the first place none of this would have happened. True Paul would've never fallen in love but look at where that got him. His soul mate, who turned out to be an assassin, was dead killed by another assassin. He was barely holding himself together and with what Blake just finished telling them he looked like all that effort was going to go waste. And Leah…Leah would still be a spiteful bitch if Blake had never shown up, but now, looking into her eyes as it finally registers what he's said he feels even worse. The pain and utter betrayal in her eyes is far worse than when he told her that he was in love with Emily all those years ago.

"No! Blake is not leaving! He can't!" Leah yells out tears streaming down her face not caring who ever saw them. She had lost her father, she had lost Kira, and she was not about to lose Blake, not if she had anything to say about it. Blake had given her, her life back. If it hadn't been for Blake she would have still been that person who kept on living in the past. Sam couldn't do this to her, to them.

"Leah baby-" Blake never got to finish because Leah turned her glare to him.

"Blake I don't care what Sam says you are not leaving! I won't let you!" She screamed out. She felt it, she knew that something bad was going to happen, her instincts had been screaming at her this entire week and now she knew why. She knew what Blake was going to say and she knew that both he and Sam were right, but for once she didn't want to do what was right. As Leah gazed at Blake his eyes apologetic she felt it again and this time she was able to hear it as well. The sound of something breaking. Her heart. She wrapped her arms around herself almost as if that would keep her from falling apart. "I don't care Blake. Please you can't go." She says her voice an almost whisper and everyone could hear it the pleading and the begging in it. "If you go-I-I-I'm not strong like Paul. I won't be able to pick myself up. I can't do it. I won't be able to go on."

She turns to look at Sam and without even saying anything he knows. He knows that she's begging him to change his mind and he wants to. God how he wants to. He feels like it's the only thing he can do to repent for all that he's done to her, but he can't she needs to understand that sometimes to do what's best for everyone you have to ignore what one person wants. But this isn't about what Leah wants it's what she needs. Blake is Leah's imprint, her soul mate, her other half; and he knew that if it their roles were reversed he would be doing exactly what Leah was doing right now. He hated this. He really hated himself right now.

"Leah I'm sorry and I really wish there was another way but there isn't. I have to think what's best for the pack. Leah I'm really sorry."

"If Blake leaves then I'm leaving too!" They can see. This is her last attempt at keeping herself together.

"Leah you can't come with me." Blake says trying to steel his nerves. He wanted nothing more than to take Leah with him and just disappear. Find someplace where it could just be the two of them and forget about all of this. Forget everything it would just be him and Leah…well maybe him, Leah, and some little ones if he has anything to say about it.

"Damnit Blake! You can't do this to me! You can't just leave! How can you do this you asshole!" Leah screams out trying to find some outlet for all her pain right now. And in that moment the thin piece that was holding Blake together snaps. He's pissed at everything and everyone, but he's pissed at this fucking assassin who's fucking up their entire lives and who's making Leah be in so much pain.

"Because Leah don't you get it?! Use your head will you! If I stay then everyone is in danger. You're in danger. I will not let you die because this dumbshit has something against me!" He needs her to see that this was the only thing he could do for her. He just needed to keep her safe. That was all he wanted. He sees Leah and he knows that she's breaking but so is he. "Leah I'll be back as soon as I can get rid of this pest I'll be back Leah. And when I do Leah it's just gonna be you and me baby. Just the two of us for now. I promise. But you have to let me do this Leah. I need to do this to keep you safe." Oh yes he was going to handle this little problem. No one makes Leah hurt and gets away with it. No one. This little newbie assassin was going to understand what exactly happens when you piss Gizmo off. Oh yes and he was going to have so much fun. He was going to do it all for his Leah. HIS Leah. No one else's.

Blake comes out of his little possessive rant when he hears a quiet femine voice call out to get everyone's attention. They all turn to the pregnant wife of the Alpha of the pack. She's holding her stomach almost protectively.

"What if there was another way?"