Smells of blood, rotten corpses,
Knife, Blade, Dagger, and a book.
A room filled with gloominess that only the red light can be seen inside. A shrieks of rats, a loud cries of pleading and mercy can be heard. It was the room where a normal person wouldn't want to enter unless... he's the victim or the killer.
"Arrrgh s-stop please...puaah!"
A man with his thirties was tied on a chair made of steel while crying painfully and coughing with blood. He was tied from hand to feet so that he cannot even try to move a bit.
"He still not spitting a word."
A cold but feminine voice suddenly spoke from behind.
"Interrogating that man is a waste of time. Just kill him."
Said by another voice in front.
Hearing the word 'kill' makes the man immediately tremble on fear even more. One hour ago when these assassins kidnap him and bring him to an odd dungeon and torture him like hell. The pain was still rushing through his vains everytime an assassin will cut his fingers one by one.
"Okay, this is your last chance... If you won't spout a words of information about the other syndicate. I'll give you up to Blue which was the most brutal torturist among us."
A woman with a brown hair said while chewing a gum and placing a dagger to the man's index finger.
"Hey Red! you're making me look bad to him!"
Blue suddenly blurted and crossed her hands aggressively.
"I-I will tell it... please spare my life! Please!"
Everyone in the dark room immediately became serious and fucosed their eyes to the man who was still crying and begging for his life. His face was full of blood where even the floor was filled with darkish red.
"So, who was it?"
"T-the Governor is the one managing the drugs... along with his s-son."
"You're so boring you know?"
Green said while leaning her back to a wall.
"Please! please! I already said the truth so please let me go!"
Everyone can see how disparate the man is just by forcing his self to be untied.
"Red, do it."
A voice from a corner suddenly spoke that makes everyone turn into silence.
The woman with a brown hair stands up and heavely breath before lifting her hand with a dagger and slit the man's throat.
"Now's our job is done. Rest early. we'll gonna be busy tomorrow."
"Yes, Leader."
Everyone said respectfully while heading out from the room where the man's corpse can still be seen.
She was named as "Dark" who is the leader of an assassins organization from asia. They would accept every crime just for money like murder, kidnapping, harassing and many other activities that an assassin can do. Everyone feared her for being merciless and inhumane. Even her subordinates was afraid of her presence everytime she does the job personally. It was natural for her.
But sometimes, she was idolized by her members and other assassins in another country. She was the second on the list who are most wanted in the world. However, no one was crazy enough to catch her, instead by just her name. Everyone will immediately fled right away just to avoid her wrath.
"Dark!"
It was already winter. Everyone was supposedly inside the house but this girl in front of her was standing outside the door of her house. Smiling while pointing an odd book towards her direction. Anybody would think that this girl was an angel but Dark knows behind that girl's face.
"Kath, don't use that name when we aren't on job. Anyway, what's with this?"
She scolded and pointed the book.
"I'm sorry, well Leader— I mean Leona... this is the new book I intensionally produced first for you and sisters. You know that you're one of the character of the story I made right? so, I want you to read this and tell me your opinion about this tomorrow. Please?"
"Fine. You can go ahead now."
Upon hearing Leona's(Dark) respond. Kath immediately jump from happiness and laughs softly before bidding her goodbyes and left. Leona was still staring at the book, she was stunned for a moment before closing her door and went into her kitchen to cook a food. She placed the book on the top of her CDs and after that, She head in to a small room which filled with so many computers that many areas was seen on each of the monitors. These are all CCTVs recordings surrounded by her house. She was a known assassin so it was natural for her to be more careful and cautious everytime. She even filled her house with a deadly traps that cannot be seen unless it was triggered.
"Hah, I'm tired."
She mumbled and shut her eyes slowly but an abrupt bang was heard through the kitchen. It was her soup.
She immediately went to the kitchen and prepared her food to eat. She was alone. Neither a friend nor family can be seen. This is her everydays life. An assassin who was fulfilling others request just to do the job and have money just to live. People might call this inhumane but for her, this was certain.
After finishing her meal, She accidentally bump her elbow to her CDs and that's where she found the book from one of her subordinates ealier.
The book was titled "Malia's Love". These book was consist by a Fantasy-Historical novel that Kath used to wrote like her previous stories. Kath was one of her subordinates assassins. Just like Kath who was named as "Gray" in the Organization, everyone in the Assassin Organization have their own different hobbies and occupation in the surface. Leona a.k.a Dark is a bartender in a not-so known club. These was her hobby since she was 10 years old along with her trainings everyday, it was also known on her all subordinates that she love mixing alcohol with different types of poisons and drugs that can manipulate a person's mind.
"What the f×ck? that brat use my name on one of her useless character and now... killed me in the story? does she have a secret hostility against me?"
Leona frowned and occasionally rolled her eyes all the time when she read a kissing scenes between the heroine and the male lead. For her, the story was overwritten with clichés and stereotypes. She could have read these clichés stories anywhere, but even so, Kath's writing skills conveyed such depth of emotions that makes the readers immediately immersed.
'Should I burn this book to ashes? this story is making my bloodthirst awoken. I think, I should punish Gray tomorrow.' Leona's thought and throw the book on top of the table.
It was already 9:28 PM. She should rest and relax herself a little more for tomorrow's operation. She breath heavily before slowly closing her eyes peacefully.
—
18 years ago
On a far away island. There was huge mansion on the center and thousand of armed men can be found each places. One can see a huge yacht that consists with so many children inside of the cabin. Some was crying because of fear and hungriness while some of them are quietly sobbing and praying to be saved.
"Leona... w-what will happen to us?"
A young girl with a bright black eyes whispered while staring to a girl with a bluish eyes whom quietly sitting on a corner.
"Don't worry, whatever happen to us. I won't let anyone of you get hurt. Even if it takes my life, I will protect all of you." She said and smile bitterly.
Every children who heard her words sigh in relief but deep inside, they're still worried. Leona was more older than them and she's already matured in such a young age which a decision maker in their group. She maybe an 8 years old but anyone can see how she managed peacefully every beggar child in the slums. She helped them with food once in a day and a cartons for the night when everyone was about to sleep. She was more like a mother figure for them, that was why they trust her very much.
"Everyone listen up! do you see these weapons on the floor? you will all learn how to use these things from now on. Everyone of you will have a proper educations, whether it is to read, to write, your etiquette, and even how you sleep and talk."
50 children was lined up with 10 rows and 5 columns on a beach. Infront of them is a knives,daggers, pistols, different types of guns, swords, katana, bombs, snipers, archers and many more. Leona used to see this things in televisions but she never would have thought that she will see these in person.
A huge man with an X scar on his left eye was standing steadily in front with a whip on his hand. He was staring intently towards the children. Anyone who sneak a look at the man's face will flinched and felt scared.
He was Edgar, a fourty years old assassin instructor who used to teach every new children to become one of the new assassins. Just like these children, he was used to be a beggar when he was a child but the organization take him in and trained him like a weapon who will kill an enemy for the organization. The most important oath of the Organization,
'Protect the secrets of the Organization, Kill for the Organization, and die for the Organization. '
But, these sentence change a lot when he met a little girl named Leona.