... Artemis had a choice, to turn back to people who didn't care about or to trust a man who tried to kill her. She had school to go to, she didn't care about school but she didn't care for ninjitsu and such either but considering how much Ghost could teach her about her company, how she could run it. She was bitter, he asked Ghost to kill her. Why would he do such a thing? Unless he asked Ghost to take her in his family's place like some sacrificial lamb.She brushed her eyes, she couldn't trust anyone. Ghost was tenacious, why didn't he just kill Maks on the spot, he could have easily overpowered him, why was he bent on letting him live? Not that she had anything against his family but could she truly trust a guy who even tried to slaughter Jessica? Heck no. Ghost opened a case in front of her. He had eyes at the back of his head. He was chanced with killing him but pitting a friend against him. The second choice was better or at least it put him out of course. It was best to leave
Artemis swallowed. "I'm going with the second pill." She took the second option and Ghost smiled. She met a few trainees in the dim room fighting and she found them training with weapons. A guy fell over bloodied and she trembled. This was the choice she made, she was not looking back.... Francis trembled on his bed. He scraped at the sides of his bed and his gums were aching. His teeth stretched into fangs, his stomach growled and he tossed and turned on his bed. He had a dream about the chupacabra biting him repeatedly and he didn't like why his senses were tingling especially the sense of smell. He also had a dream of consuming an animal so rabidly that its blood splashed on him."Sam!""Ah!" He saw blood smeared on his shirt. "Oh my god_""Sam!" His father Moses Flair the Mayor entered and he straightened. He changed into a band t-shirt so fast. Moses wondered what happened. "Are you okay?" Francis was as pale as death. He nodded struggling not to have a panic attack because
Maks hurried to see the two elders parking up front with a nurse. Suzanne arrived in a purple dress and her white hair was cut short again. Bernard looked pale and he was almost full again. With a neat mustache. "What in heaven did she say?" What should have been a slightly happy reunion had turned into a dire moment. Doreen arrived. "Oh Mom, why is this happening to me?"Suzanne held her. "Shh, please don't talk like that, do you want our boy to leave heartbroken, do you?" "No?""Just take it easy." Bernard looked like someone who had died on the inside. He could barely move without the nurse's assistance. "Good luck at school. You and your mom are alone now so please try your best to make her happy. I know it feels like no one encourages you but this is all I can offer. Please drive carefully." He meant that as a warning after they were nabbed by assassins....Griffin University, Left Wing Five hours later, Maks clenched his teeth and his vision doubled at Meg who served lun
Grieve screamed when he growled like a rabid animal. He closed his eyes anticipating the pain. "Oh shit! I want to come down now, Mommy!!!" ...Baron huffed backstage while the audience roared thunderously in applause at the president of the Beta Kappa Alpha sorority's entrance.Meg settled down gloomily. "Why are we into this?" Maks spoke to Irma who spoke gesturing flamboyantly beside Rex who rolled his eyes.He muttered and Meg shrugged. They exchanged uneasy looks and broke contact focusing on the president who couldn't speak without the audience even from Griffin University applauding her.Baron struggled holding on to the curtain. They heard a girlish squeal backstage and that was the end of it.Meg noticed that the debate was taking too much time. The President looked around for her opponent. Sam punched Baron so hard that he crumbled into the amplifiers. Baron touched his bleeding nose and he looked up at him and backed away.Sam approached him. "What in the blazes is wrong
Their breaths caught. "Tell me where he is, 5...4...3...2..."The door clicked open. Their heads turned at the security guard."1." Sam appeared pale and Baron who was wearing a splint coughed. "Weak."The principal sat up from his chair. "Ah, nice of you to join us, Mister Flair. Do you care to justify your misconduct?Although his motives are from a good place, I do not approve telling without proper confrontation or falsification. Furthermore, you will be seeking guidance and counseling for two months and aiding the cleaning service.""Two months?""I'll make that three if you miss a minimum of seven days. If you miss any then your father will hear from me." Sam swallowed.Baron pushed up his nose. They mustered out of the office and Baron snapped his fingers at them leaving. Sam turned red at the door closing. The group looked upset. "I don't know what to say.""Good then don't." "I missed practice because of you." Rex said and he heaved a sigh while they scattered. "I'm so
"An old friend of yers." He had raven black hair and dark eyes, pale features, he was slender and he wore a black hoodie over an assassin suit with grey tacky fingerless gloves empty holsters except for a dagger. "Darragh O'Malley. At yer service." He saluted mockingly. "For now." Maks turned grim at the stranger. He had been arrested a long time ago at New York or so he thought. "Oh, you're that goon who got arrested.""Yeah, I'm a real bad boy, ain't I? The cops let me go...hmm" He flexed his muscles."You trust this guy?" He said to her."She's grand for et." He made an Aokay sign. They shook hands.He played with a dagger. "Here's the craic, I was here because I may have squealed a little about the minor craic. The old shitehawk's wired to the moon...mot promised me a fortune." "You promise him money?" The last time Darragh saw the duo making an attempt to infiltrate the house but he said nothing and continued his escape plan. He couldn't believe his trip to Dublin was frust
Next week, they took a flight to Honolulu, Darragh O'Malley slept for hours. Maks saw that he had a bunch of precious stones in his backpack. Artemis wrapped her guns in a bunch of lead foils to escape X-ray scanners and he worked his jaw when a child kicked on his chair. Her mother had headphones on reading a magazine. They exchanged looks and Artemis looked out the window. He turned red and raked his hair. "How was it in there?" "They have a white room.""A White?""We're supposed to cultivate discipline and a "killer instinct." Training typically lasts between six months which was how long she was gone and two years, depending on the acumen of the student and his skill level."What happens if you fail the training?""I don't know, students who dropped out are never heard from again.""I know how to use a gun. The rest of the work are Disguise, acting, stealth, climbing, lockpicking, hacking, driving, shadowing, tracking, etiquette...""What's the white room?""Has it ever been so
"Roseline?""Yeah. That one, yer mot's sister." "She's dead?""Killed her for a chair. Everyone was bonkers including me.""Why didn't you tell her?""Lad's been so happy, ye want me to spill? She died last year." He mustered up the courage. Darragh was teary about it. "Did I also mention that the owner of this Hotel is a member?"He gazed up at the hotel and they froze at a girl with a black mohawk and punk costume laughing. "Sweet Jesus, Mary, and Joseph." Darragh faced Metallie, he grabbed a diamond and let his molecular structure change. He refracted sunlight and he was hard to look at. "I knew you were a coward." They exchanged blows and he tossed her away from him."It was just one time. There was no spark between us." She punched him across the water and sent her metal gloves at him. CLANK! CLANK! He groaned."You lying, thieving son of a bitch! What did Roseline have that I didn't?""She wasn't tryin' to kill me." He crossed his arms over his face at the metal detecto