I decided to leave everything in my inventory for now as the rest would seem strange if worn normally. "So what's next? Should we stay here or move elsewhere?" Rex asked curiously as though the he felt it was dangerous for them again.
"First I want to see what my dad has planned." I told him contemplating all of the options available to us. Then I remembered something that didn't occur to me when I was explaining the system to Rex. 'I wonder if the book has any new skills I can learn now that I have a class. I sat down on my bed as I opened the inventory again and pulled the book out. I again sat with the book in my lap. Nervously and anxious I reached towards the book and tried to open it.
*Beep* I almost jumped in the air although I was expecting the alarm that always accompanied the panels appearance. 'Five new skills available to learn. Skills available are Haste, Critcal Strike, Detect Aura, Stealth, and Assassinate. Which skills would you like to learn?'
'All available skills!' I attempted the most obvious choice. I closed my eyes as I thought this and waited for the alarm to sound again. After a few seconds of nothing I again opened my eyes feeling upset as I thought that it hadn't worked.
'Congratulations five new skills have been learned.' The panel in front of me read as though it new what I was feeling it was a happier message.
"Holy shit it worked! I learned new skills for combat!" I blurted out excitedly forgetting Rex was right beside me.
"Woah! What do you mean you learned new skills the book didn't even open?!" He asked confused and alarmed. Before he could even answer I had my status window open.
Addy Level:3
430/2000 XP
Class: Assassin
Strength: 14
Dexterity: 20
Intelligence: 15
Vitality: 13
Agility: 20
Perception: 19
Luck: 17
Skills: Active:
Cleaning dishes: Lvl 3
Studying: Lvl 15
Haste: Lvl 1
Critical Strike: Lvl 1
Stealth: Lvl 1
Assassinate: Lvl 1
Passive:
Dectect Aura: Lvl 1
'Wow that's crazy some of my stats went up by two and I now have my first passive skill. I wonder what it does?' I thought to myself and tried to look at it closer.
*Beep* 'Skill: Detect Aura allows the user to sense every living thing within a range of 50 yards.' With a simple alarm and panel I was informed about the uses of the skill. I closed the panels and decided to see if it worked. I could sense my dad in his study working. I then noticed my mom pulling up into the driveway.
"Hey Addy what did you get?" Rex asked beside me as if he was more excited than I was.
"I got a few new abilities one allows me to sense all living things around me. The others are ones that I need to activate to use or perform a certain action." I told him as I tried to sense the neighbors animals to see if it would work. The more I focused the more I could sense.
*Beep* 'Detect Aura Level up new range 51 yards.' So it levels itself through focusing on details.
"Wow that's fucking awesome!" Rex replied and as if he couldn't hope for anything else. "Now is there anything you think needs to happen?"
"Addy come here please!" Mom called from the kitchen. I walked to the door but sensed dad running by and waited a minute he seemed worried. I opened the door as my mom called again. "Nevermind baby stay there for a minute!"
"I can sense that dad ran down there and they are now discussing something together. Probably what we told him when we got home from the meeting huh?" I looked at Rex who just sat on my bed and nodded to me. "Well here comes mom she seems panicked as she is moving fast!" The next moment my door had been flung open and My mom rushed through. As she wrapped both arms around me I noticed she was crying.
"Are you ok baby they didn't hurt you did they?! If they did I promise to hunt them down!" She said both worried and angry at the same time. She finally let me go, but looked me and Rex over to ensure with her own eyes nothing was wrong. "Ok now your father said that you killed two of them are you ok? Why would you do something like that?"
"We are perfectly fine mom! Now I want to tell you the whole story so that you understand why ok?" I said to try and calm her down at which she went and sat at my desk. I launched into a detailed account of exactly what happened and what was said between Mr. Jerome, Rex, and myself.
"I see baby at least you two got away safely!" She said as I concluded my story again. I suddenly remembered the emergency quest that it gave me when we were at the park. 'It never let me know that I completed it huh? Quests' I immediately tried to summon a panel to see if the system would tell me more.
*Beep* 'Emergency quest incomplete distance run inefficient for escape!' The panel showed up and shocked me and so I began to try and figure out what to do next. I closed the panels and sat on my bed. I suddenly sensed a couple new people enter my detection range. One seemed to be rushing straight to my house while three were walking slowly down the sidewalk. The first stopped at my house and then ran inside as he entered my dad spoke quickly to him and he ran back outside.
"Addy pack a bag to leave for a few weeks! Rex we are going to swing by your place you are to do the same I will talk to your folks ok!" My dad called from the stairs while coming to us. I immediately grabbed a bag inside my closet and began throwing things inside that I needed, mainly clothes and hygienic products. I was done in a few minutes and lugged my bag down the stairs.
"Hey Roger are you and Tiff coming along?" The person I sensed talking to my dad was his older brother my Uncle Russell we all call him Russ. 'He lives a few hours away so his speed getting here was crazy he must have sped the whole way here.' I thought to myself as I was surprised to see him. I ran forward and hugged him. "What did you get us into this time Adds?" He always called me this trying to tease me but I was used to it. He was good at cherring us up when we needed it. However he was better in a crisis like this one.
"Sorry Uncle I didn't mean to be a pain in your butt." I said giving him a pouting face.
"You never have been Adds I will always help when you need me to."
"Yeah Bro we are coming with you guys got our bags ready to go. We need to stop one place before we leave. You remember Rex right man he was with Addy when it happened so he isnt safe either." My dad arrived in the kitchen carrying a couple suit cases. Mom followed and ran forward and hugged Uncle Russ.
"Time to go then guys because you have a few visitors." Uncle Russ said as he looked out the window. I sensed the three men standing there at the door before I could move my dad had answered the door.
"Hello gentlemen how can I help you?" He greeted them politely and calmly.
"We need to speak to your daughter is she home sir?" As they were talking my uncle was signaling to the rest of us to start slowly moving to the back door.
"No sir she went to meet someone at the park a long time ago haven't seen her since then though. Now that you mention it I hope she is ok." Dad replied trying to get us as much time as possible if not get them to leave.
"Dont play me for a fool I know she is here and we will go past you if we need to!" The other man replied I suddenly sensed that my dad was in danger.
'Haste!' I activated my skill while I pulled my daggers from my inventory and ran to the front door. I moved so fast I was there in the blink of an eye. I pulled my dad back as I slashed towards the three men. I realised they were all in black suits but none were Mr. Jerome. I slammed the door shut and we all ran for the back door.