-GET OUT OF MY VIEW YOU DEMON !
Rosa never understood why her dad didn't love her.
She loved him so much.
But he only loved his other children.
She did everything so he would love her, but he never got over it.
She looked exactly like her mother.
The irony is that she killed her mother, when she gave birth to her.
She didn't survive the birthing, so her dad, mostly because of his superstitions, thought that she was a demon, that she killed the women that gave her birth, and stole her face.
That's the only reason he didn't kill her, well that and the fact he was afraid what the people would say.
Each time he beated her he made sure to put something over her face, or to simply look somewhere else.
But each time, when he was done, she would look at him and smile.
Rosa never understood why her dad hated her.
She couldn't play with her siblings, and her dad always told them she deserve all this, that she killed there mother.
They all loved their mother, she was so soft and sweet.
Rosa wanted to be like her, even if she never met her, but she heard stories, and she thought if she was more like her, her dad would love her too.
The only person that was good with her was her older sister, she would always heal her after her father beat her, and give her advice on how to be more loved.
"Listen to me Rosa, I'm gonna tell you why dad hates you", her voice was like crystal, beautiful, angelic.
"Dad hates you because you remind him of mom, you are becoming like her more and more everyday, each time he see you, all the memories get back, and you know why we are sad when people die ? because all what's left is the memories, and all you can do is remember how happy you were, and dad remember how happy he was, before you killed mom"
Her voice was like crystal.
"But it's not my fault ! I never wanted anyone to die"
Rosa was lost, the only person that ever showed a bit of compassion toward her was treating her like a monster.
"You didn't want to ? and what does that change ? you are alive and mom is dead. Everyone hates you and everyone loved her, the only way for you to stop making dad sad is to disappear, leave this place and never come back, everyone will be happy"
Her voice was like crystal.
Sharp.
Devilish.
And it cut right threw Rosa's heart.
She never cried before, she always did her best to keep smiling, because she heard that's how her mom, no not her mom.
She never had a mom.
She never had a family.
She always kept smiling because that's how the woman that gave her birth was.
That's how the strong were, they always smile, even when no one else can.
But this time, it was too much.
She cried, she cried so much her head hurt, and before she realised it, she was on a road, in the forest, alone…
**
Rosa was standing in the dark.
Her target was a wealthy men, he made his fortune threw commerce.
He had a genius idea of using the old caves used for mining as commercial roads, so he would have less chances of getting attacked, since those caves were entangled in each others in such a complicated way, you would get lost if you don't have a map.
He even got further by giving each caravane a path to follow, and not the whole map, and they should burn it when they arrive.
That way no one knew how the caves where, except him and some people.
This helped him grew his empire in a time where bandits and thieves made the law.
But like everyone, he got his demons, and his was violence.
He loved to be violent with people, to dominate them, to break them.
That's why he had special paths in his caves to transport another type of marchandise.
People.
Mostly women.
And tonight he was gonna pay for that.
From the informations they got, Rosa knew the man had a kind of tradition, each end of month, he would go to a tavern, order some drinks, and then he would go upstairs with a woman, sometimes more.
Of course it was really praised, so it wasn't anyone who could enter, but Rosa had an advantage.
She was absolutely beautiful, and she knew it.
And there's nothing more dangerous than a woman that knows her worth.
The fact she could also wield blades just made that danger more painful.
So she made use of that advantage.
She put on her favorite dress.
It was a black dress, long enough to reach just under her knees, with an opening on the side that goes from her knees to her thighs.
It was invisible, until she moves her leg, and she knew how to move just so it would show what is needed.
No more, no less.
So she stood there, waiting for her target to appear.
And when he did, she made use of everything she learned during her life.
Well at that time she was more surviving then living.
She stood at the door, her leg in a position that showed the opening in her dress, but not too much, so everyone would understand that she was willing to show more, if you were willing to give more.
"Please, let me in, I always wanted to enter here"
She was begging the guard at the entrance.
Or at least she was acting like it.
Her prestation seemed so real you would actually believe she wanna be in there.
In fact, she really didn't.
This kind of place where always full of people lying to each others, thinking their money put them on a piedestal, that they are better than anyone else outside that door.
But the most imporant reason she hated this kind of place is because it reminded her of her past life.
Of how she was.
What she became.
Before the accident.
"Hello beautiful lady" her target just fell right into her trap.
She turned slowly to him, her long black hair covering half of her face.
The other half revieling eyes as blue as the ocean.
They were also shining, as if they were made in glass.
That effect was caused by her tears.
She could cry on command.
And that was only one of her many skills.
"Oh what is happening ? why are you crying sweet heart ?" The man was smiling.
He had the kind of smile that was warming, the one that would put you in comfort instantely.
Rosa grow to learn those smiles where the one you must be careful with.
Because they were the most dangerous.
Because they were the one that could destroy you in a matter of seconds.
"I...I really wanna enter here", she lied, "but...This man don't wanna let me in…"
"My poor child, would you like to be in my company tonight ?"
Rosa looked up, her eyes still humid from her fake tears.
She was looking right into his eyes.
The man was a predator, a person that loved dominating others.
And those type of people like when you look at them in the eyes, but from below.
It gives them a fillinf of power.
And Rosa have learned how to give them that filling of power, without them realising she was actually the one in control.
There's a huge diffrence between the power you have, and the one people allow you to have.
And it was clear he didn't know the difference, but he was about to learn.
"You would...do that for me ?", she was talking like a little child you would promise a gift if they were good.
"Well then I don't think there's any problem Jack, right ?"
"Of course mister Delmort, please step in"
The man then turned to open the door, it was until then that she noticed how massif he was.
She got used to Scaf, and very few people were big enough so that she could notice.
But for normal person, he must look really scary.
Delmort out his arm around her shoulder.
She hated this way rich people always go to fast.
Obviously putting his arm around her shoulder was a message to everyone around, claiming his goods.
It was like screaming "this is mine, and no one should touch it".
As she was stepping in the tavern she saw the gaurd's face.
It wasn't anger, or disgust she saw.
She was used to see this kind of face before.
No, this time it was pity, the man was pitying her, because he knew what was gonna happen to her, what he was gonna do to her.
But this time it would be different.
Because this time it was her, not any other girl, it was Rosa, and she was gonna end this.
Actually she already did.
The man was a walking cadavre.
When he grabbed her, she stabbed him with a small knife, right into where his belt was.
He wouldn't bleed until he took his belt off, and it would probably happen after a few drinks, because he would need to go to the toilet, and he would take his belt off.
And bleed to death.
It would probably take a bit of time, so he would have the time to piss.
He would bleed to death, and die in his own piss.
Like the piece of shit he is.
Everything was as she imagined it.
Noisy, crowded, smelly.
She felt like she was suffocating.
Not only because the fire that was lighten to keep the place warm was too hot.
Not only because he didn't wanna get his arm of her shoulder even when they were sitting.
But mostly because she hated everything here and she just wanted to get out.
But she had to hold, just a bit more.
And everything went as planned.
The man kept drinking.
And drinking.
And drinking.
Until his face was as red as a tomato.
Of course he got her some drinks too, but she would just either pour it on the floor or simply drink it really slowly until he got her another drink.
She wasn't focused on him, she was focused on the place.
Old habit she had, of looking around for exits, looking at people faces, trying to read them, know what they think.
That's how she survived so far.
He would try to get her attention from time to time, ask her where she is looking, brag about what he achieved.
She would just smile, laugh or nod depending on the situation.
Playing dumb was the best thing to do.
The more power you give men, the more you can get from them.
"Well, why don't you come upstairs with me"
It wasn't a question.
He was lifting her as he stood up.
Well she ended up lifting him upstairs since he could hardly walk, let alone going upstairs.
As soon as they were in the room, she put him on the bed and she sat beside him.
He suddenly stood up.
"Shit I need to pee"
Finally, she thought, that pig is going to die like…
"Open your mouth"
He said it so naturally it took Rosa a minute to realise.
How many time did he do it, so that it seems so normal to him.
Or maybe it always was.
He always so himself as above everyone.
"I said, open your mouth"
He was getting angry, impatient.
You could tell it at his tone.
"Goddammit, why does it always have to be like that with you girl from the town ? Always thinking it's gonna be a little bit of sex, from a drunk guy and then you'll be my favorite girl or some dumb shit like that. I owe you, you are worthless, I could kill you right now and I would face no consequences, Im better then all of you, even that bitch that refused me, I'll show all of you that you got the same worth as toilet, I can do whatever I want to you, because you are inferior to me."
He then jumped over Rosa, trying to open her mouth with one hand and open his belt with the other.
When she was about to stab him directly in the heart, he suddenly stopped moving and fell on the floor.
With all his weight.
And he was so fat. It shook floor like an earthquake.
"Boss ?" one of the body guards knocked at the door.
Rosa was thinking fast, she needed to find a way to get out.
There was only one door.
The window was too high.
She was going to have to get her way through using force.
"Boss am getting in"
As soon as the guard open the door he saw the corpse on the floor.
Rosa was ready.
But it wasn't necessary.
Right as the guard was stepping in he took an arrow right in the throat.
he felt back outside the room, closing the door with him.
As soon as the door was closed, another arrow got stuck on it, Rosa got down, thinking they were here for her, and they just missed the first shot.
but the arrow had a paper on it, it was put like a flag, something was written on it.
Go to the window.
She thought it was a trap at first, but then if they were really here for her, this arrow would be on her throat.
When she arrived to the window another arrow lended just by the stones on it's side.
There was another paper, with an arrow looking down.
When she looked down there was like a stair made of arrows.
She didn't think twice.
She stepped of the window and took a last look at the room.
She smiled.
At the moment her head was hidden by the wall, the guards entered the room.
The lock was blocked by an arrow.
The only thing the guard found was their boss.
He was in the middle of a pool of blood.
There was a strange smell.
Not only blood.
But also piss.
As soon as Rosa touched the floor she run as fast as she could into dark alleys.
That's where she felt the more secure.
Even tho for most people it was dangerous.
Darkness.
That was her home.
She then managed to get her way back to their hide.
For once it was in town, in the sewer actually.
"Well, am happy you aren't hurt, but this was close"
Scaf heard everything she said like she was a master and he was her disciple.
He didn't show it, but he was worried all the time she wasn't there.
Not because he was scared she would fail.
He didn't have a doubt about that.
He was worried about what it would get back, the memories, the suffering, the pain.
When she finished he hold her in his arm.
He hold her tight.
And he kissed her.
Not on her lips.
Not on her cheek.
On her forehead.
He was the only one that ever kissed her on the forehead.
Not because she didn't let anyone do it.
But because no one wanted to.
Kisses on the forehead are for people you care about.
"Well", she said after getting off his grip.
It took her a lot.
Because she really didn't want to.
But she had to, it was no time for cuddles.
"Congratulations", sounded a voice from darkness.
The voice then stood up in the little lightning caused by the moon on the sewers.
It was the man that was in charge of them.
This time he wasn't in suit.
He was wearing a type of clothe they never saw before.
It was a shirt, but with arms going to the elbow, and it was like stuck to pants that were too large and that closed up just before the heel.
And his shoes were flat and didn't cover much of his feet.
The top was white, and the bottom was black.
You could see little traces of blood on the arm.
But they weren't focused on him.
Even if like last time, they didn't hear him coming.
They were focused on the person they heard coming.
The person was walking behind him.
Wearing a black fighting suit, and a mask.
It was a simple mask.
But it gave a bad vibe.
A scary vibe.
"So you like what i'm wearing ? it's called a kimono, it's for fighters."
"Who's this guy ? "
"Oh him ? it's your new friend, and he's also the one that saved you"
He was pointing to Rosa.
"What did you think ? that we would send you without backup ? we aren't that heartless"
"Backup ? more like insurance, to make sure the job is done"
Scaf hated him day after day.
"Whatever pleases you, what matters is that he is going to stick with you from time to time, he don't have a tongue so don't try to talk to him or anything, all you have to know is that his name is Mike and he's your new archer"
"You think you can just come and tell us who to work with ? you think you can replace one of ours just like that ? Moris is family, you don't replace it just like that"
"Well, as a matter of fact, I can do that. And I really don't care about your stories of family and all that bullshit, you needed an archer, I gave you an archer, he can also fight using a short sword, now you know everything you need to know, congratulations again for your success, we'll contact you again, babaye"
And the man disappeared in the dark, again.
He didn't need to raise his voice, or to give threats.
His presence alone was intimidating, it was like being in a cage with a wild beast, you are afraid to make any movement that would trigger her.
But Mike staid, he just stood there, with his mask.
You couldn't tell to which one he was looking.
"Thank you, for helping me earlier"
Rosa didn't like the idea either, but the fact is he saved her, and she owe him that.
But the only thing she got for an answer was a nod.
And then it was just silence.