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The next day we (by saying we I really mean Zander, I was supposed to learn from him for the first few jobs) and it was just a simple thing of cleaning up a loose end. We drove a couple of hours away to this guys city. We were there for three days to watch his general routine. He lived by himself and that was the only time he was lonely. On the third day we were sitting outside his house and when he showed up Zander waited till he sat on his couch when he got out. We were stealthy and quiet. We didn't bother the neighbors dog or anything. As soon as we could see him from inside the house Zander pulled out his gun and shot him in the head. It took a whole two seconds and than nothing but silence.
On the way back I was sort of disappointed by the lack of action. That was the first sign that I was going to be good at this job but it also meant that I would loose more of myself in the process. It was the price I was willing to pay. The next few jobs were similar to that one. I was getting bored. I have been sent out on my own for more than a dozen before we got a new job. This one had me excited. They couldn't find a person that had information on them and the job was to find him and find out what he knew.
Both Zander and I went out for this one. We had found the person the first day of looking for him. He was very simple looking. He had sandy blonde hair and blue eyes, about 5'6" and the main thing that made him stand out was he was the only one that was always looking over his shoulder. I had put in green contacts with red extensions. I didn't look anything like myself which was the whole plan. We had caught him and had him tied to a chair, very cliche huh? The guy just started answering we asked him. I would of thought that he would have some sort of back bone to attempt of getting away from us. But nope, all it took was tying him to a chair. What a pussy. After thirty minutes he had started to repeat his self. We brought along a recorder so we didn't have to remember what he had said. I simply shot him. If it wasn't for the information that we got than I would have said that it was a complete waste of time.
The next one was the same, had to find the guy and extract the information from them. Well in this case it was a female but sex doesn't really matter. The only thing that did was the information and the person dead. This time it took us a few days to find her and than we watched her and figured out the easiest place would be in her car. Otherwise she was surrounded by people. I got into her car about 15 minutes before she did. I hid in the backseat because I was the smallest and I could hide better. Once she was on the road it'd take her 10 minutes to get into the city. So we had a very short time period to catch her. I let her get a few minutes out and put a knife to her throat from behind telling her to stop. I saw Zander run to the car from the bushes and got into the driver seat. The whole time she was asking "Who are you? What do you want?" Neither of us would answer her. We had found a dead end road about 20 minutes of her house. When we scouted I had found an old path that a car would fit on. When we stopped she opened the door to run, as soon as she started pushing the door opened I stabbed her arm so it would be stuck to the car door. I FINALLY got to do something. Wow, maybe I need therapy, maybe Not. This was fun. She started crying of course but once Zander asked her what she knew about anything that had to do with Abe's business she stopped. That only brought a glint to both of our eyes. I got out of the car and opened her door pulling her out in the process because of her arm. Zander had come around and yanked out the knife to free her arm. This time I had the push dagger on me and a short sword. I also had Urumi, which I was dying to use plus guns. I didn't think it'd take much to break her so I just punched her hard in the face making her fall down to her knees. I was impressed with her. She had more back bone than the guy. Zander decided to slice open the other arm and she still didn't talk. I took out the push dagger and punched her in the stomach twice. The point was to get her to talk before she died. I needed to monitor my actions. After that she started asking questions. She'd refuse one every once in a while and I'd punch various parts of her body and she'd start talking again. Zander stood back and let me do everything this time. He had a grin that said that he was proud to say he taught me. I had gotten all of the information that we were going to be able to get so I killed her quick and we left.
When I went up to give Abe both of our reports he had a look of concentration on his face. He asked if I wanted to join him in one of his meetings. I agreed without hesitation.
The day before we left he asked me to come up so we could talk about what the meeting was about. This meeting was special because it consisted of the major mob bosses in the country to all come to one spot to meet. They all found out that there was one person that they had in common that they wanted dead. The person was dangerous and that's why they were getting together. He had been working with the Strigoi also. So the more people the better.
Abe and I walked into this room that held 6 other people sitting at a table and body guards lined the walls. Abe walked in with me and left his other at the door like the others. Only they all brought in at least two. They all respected Abe and from my point of view they all seemed to tense up once he walked in. Hmm... A guy named Alexander Portoff was from Russia. He was known for being sexist and mean as nails. Looked at Abe liked he was crazy for only bringing in one guard let alone it being a female. I didn't like him at all. He said "Abe what's with bringing a bitch in to guard you? Didn't have enough male guards? I could loan you some." Nope, didn't like him. Abe smirked at him and said "I would bet her against any of the guards in this room. Maybe all of them at the same time. Besides family doesn't turn their backs on each other." I was proud that he thought of me as family and that he thought that I was capable of that. Alex nodded his head and asked if he'd be willing to bet on that. "What would I be betting on exactly?" "You'd be betting that your one FEMALE guardian can beat both of my MALE guardians. If I win that I get to take control of this meeting and an apology from you. If you win, which I doubt, I will just agree with your decisions and will be your ally. Meaning that if you need help in any way to just call me and I will arrange it." was what he decided to respond with.
I knew that him gaining allies was a good thing plus I have been wanting to get into a fight. It's been a while since I have had a challenge in a fight. Abe looked at me, I gave a very slight nod and smirk that was also so small that you wouldn't know it was there. "Agreed" was all he said.
I walked around the table into some of the more open space in the room. They followed my actions with grins on their faces. "I can't believe that they want to see who's best. Two against one especially with one being a female. Doesn't seem fair." Said dingle bop number 1. Dingle bop number 2 laughed and agreed with him. I didn't wait for them to make the first move. I stood straight not bothering to drop into a fighting stance. They got close to me and got ready. I faked a right punch to number 1 but kicked dingle bop number 2 straight in the face knocking him out. Dingle bop number 1 looked shocked but went to throw a punch to me and we went on for a few punching and blocking each others blow. I got bored quickly. I threw a combination of two right hooks and an uppercut than kneed him in the face after he bent over from the upper cuts. He went down after that. All the guys at the table were gawking at me. I didn't have one bruise or cut. My hair was messed up though.
Alex apologized and shut up for the meeting. In the end of course Abe had sent me and Zander along with Diddle bop 1 and 2. We found the guy and got him alone. The dingle bops were not very effective in getting anything out. All they seemed to want to do is cause him pain. I stepped in between them so we could ask the guy questions. After we got the information that we needed we left the guy with them.
I wasn't bothered by leaving him to their hands at all. I was just happy that I now wouldn't have to clean up the mess.
When I brought the information to Abe I had to tell him what's on my mind. I finally started thinking about all of the little things that he would say. "Are you my dad?" I asked bluntly. "why would you think that?" "I have been thinking about all the things you say. " was my response. "Than I would have to say that I am indeed your father. I wanted to tell you but I wanted to get to know you and you to know me before you knew that. If you know that I was indeed your father would you still have taken this job?" I sat there and thought about it for a few. "I honestly don't know because you have never been in my life but the opportunity had me curious from day one. Now I understand why you choose me." I was still stunned but I was now happy that I knew who he was. I was working with my father and doing one of the jobs that he thought I would be suited for. Although he had guessed right it still bothered me that he didn't tell me from the start. Ever since I found out he was my father we spent more time together. When I had time I would spend it with him. He took me to all of his meetings. I was getting to know his business and every one now believed that I was his primary guardian. If they only knew what I did and who I actually was. I never showed emotion and that had the other guards and just from that alone kept them away. I was enjoying my life right now. I got to spend time with my dad, take care of "loose ends", had endless amount of resources at my disposal, more money than I would ever expect to use and I could be a partner in the Abe's business because I knew almost every aspect of it so I could represent him in any meetings, if need be. The only thing that I wished I had was my old friends. I missed them. I checked up on them and I would take the darkness from Lissa but still kind of resented her because she was upset by my leaving but got over it rather quickly. Everyone else including Christian missed me a lot. I thought that was all backwards but if that is how she wants it than so be it. I will still take away the darkness but still keep my distance from her.