Chapter nineteen: The Clan

Everyone watched Chance walk up the stairs. They all looked at Marcellus once Chance was out of sight. Marcellus told them to take a set and he would explain what was going on. Marcellus stood in front of everyone and took a deep breath in.

"Alright this is what is going on." He began.

"Chance is a weapon; he was trained by a man that use to go by the name of Raj al Sin."

"What do you mean Chance is a weapon?" Jake asked.

"And what do you mean use to?" asked Felina.

"Tonight I killed Raj al Sin." Everyone's eyes got wide, but Duke's.

"You killed him?" Feral asked

"Yes I killed him, but that I'll tell you that later." He held up a paw.

"Raj al Sin was a man that you did not want to piss off. He would kill who every stood in his way or would kill them just for the hell of it."

"And Chance was trained by this guy!" Jake said standing up.

"Yes he was. Sin trained Chance to take his place when he died. Chance is or was his heir to The Clan of Assassins." Marcellus said getting a chair and setting down in it.

"The Clan of Assassins?" Callie said not believing him.

"Yes." Marcellus said looking at her.

"In Chance's training he learned how to fight, and you have seen him fight." Jake and Felina looked at each other remembering the first time they saw him fight on TV. Feral looked away and also remembered the fight.

"Chance also learned how to shot a bow and use a sword and how to kill someone. He was given the name The Archer because he was so good at it. But Chance was exempt from The Clan when he turned fifteen."

"Why was he let go?" Jake asked.

"Because Sin thought it would do Chance some good to come back to Megakat City. See Chance did want he was told to do. If Sin told Chance to kill a whole family; Chance would have to do it or be killed. Sin could see that the life Chance was living was taking its toll on him."

"So he would kill whoever he was told to kill or be killed himself by Raj al Sin." Feral said

"Yes he had to." Marcellus said looking at his brother.

"This uniform that I am wearing is the uniform from The Clan." Marcellus said everyone looked at his uniform.

"So the first time Chance and I saw you. Chance knew that it was you?" Jake asked.

"No he did not know it was me. He just knew that it was someone from The Clan." Marcellus explained.

"Wait how do you know all this?" Felina asked her father.

"Because I was there when Chance was there and I am also a member of The Clan." Felina and Feral's eyes got wide.

"You were there!" Felina said.

"Yes I was." He said looking at his daughter.

"But when were you there?" She asked him again.

"Remember when I was living in France. Well I wasn't I was there training with Sin."

"But you were gone for four years!" Felina said standing up.

"Yes I know and I'm sorry for being gone that long, but I had to be able to protect you and everyone else." He said looking up at her.

"Where were you exactly at?" Jake asked.

"Mongolia." Marcellus said looking at Jake and then back to Felina. Felina sat back down and looked away from her father.

"So what was the poison Chance took?" Jake asked again.

"Mongolia Pit Viper venom. You can always tell if someone has taken it because if you look into their eyes you can see gold flakes in them." Jake looked away.

"So what does the venom do?" asked Callie.

"The venom slows down your heart and your breathing." Marcellus said looking at her.

"So my husband is a weapon." Felina said looking back at her father.

"Yes he is. He knows how to kill, how to come up with a plan on the spot. He can also street fight."

"I know that, Chance told me that he spend a year on the streets." Felina said to him and looked at the babies to see if they were okay.

-Upstairs-

Chance walked into the bedroom and walked over to the bed. He laid down on the bed looked up at the ceiling. He laid there thinking about what he had done. 'It was the only way' he thought to himself. Chance closed his eyes and thought about his future self. He hoped that Cristian and the others found the pool. He then began to think of the life that his kids would have lived without him.

-Back in the Hanger-

Marcellus looked at everyone and smiled. They were talking about what they had been told. Felina saw her father smiling.

"What are you smiling at?" She asked him.

"I am smiling at the fact that all of you are alive and well." Felina looked at him with an odd look.

"Chance is a lucky kat to have all of you." Jake smiled when he said this.

"Yea and we are lucky to have him." Jake said which made Marcellus look at him.

After everyone had left Felina walked up to the bedroom. She opened the door and saw Chance lying in bed. His eyes were shut and she could tell that he was not asleep. Felina walked over and laid down on the bed. Chance opened his eyes and looked over at her.

"I'm sorry that I did that." Felina laid her head on his chest and could hear his heart beat.

"I know, just don't ever do that again."

"Deal." Chance said lying his head down onto hers. Felina wrapped her arm around Chance and smiled.