Trice's POV
''So, you really think you could get away from us that easy, Three?"
''Riuji''
''Who said I'm running away?'' I said truthfully.
Quitting is so far different from running away. Was their vocabulary gone to trash too?
''You know well that no one is allowed to do that not unless your dead.'' He answered.
God, this people, really? Can't they just leave me alone?
"I thought it was taken care of last time I visited the older master when he peed his own pants" I reminded him.
''Katrina Trice Levigne or should I rather call you now as Mia Andrea Gonzales?'' Holding my driver's license that I have been looking since last week. So, I was right I dropped it on the gangs car.
''What do you want Riuji?'' I ask impatient to know of what they really want from me.
''We want you to look for someone.'' He started.
''What is it for me to get?'' I ask.
"Your freedom , and we'll cover you from the American government from killing the son of senator David Anderson.'' He seriously answered.
" oh " I said shocked of what he just revealed.
" Don't tell me you don't know? " He asked annoyed with a 'What the fuck?" expression on his face.
"What? Its not my fault they've picked the wrong girl.'' I was wasted when some bastard picked me on the club drugged on the car, disgusting people molested me on the way, and brought me to some horny drug addict's boat .
He laughed hard and shook his head at what I just said.
''So, who do you want me to find ?'' I ask with an interest on that person they want me to find he must be that important for they're willing to do that much just to find him.
''We want you to look for one.'' He answered.
''ONE. You mean the 'One' . As in one the shadow assassin?'' I ask making sure of what I just heard.
''Yes, that one.'' He said again me.
''So, you're telling me to look for a ghost? I thought I heard One's gone long time ago." I said annoyed are they putting a joke on me?
''Gone. Not dead.'' He clarify.
''Well, in that case , you want me to be the one who is going to be a ghost.'' I answered truthfully.
Nobody dared to get close with the ''Shadow'' unless you want your life to end.
He's always been the top of our class that's why he's called the one.
In our academy once you able get to the top ten your name would be replaced by the number of your rank.
I can say he's the main reason our batch have become more challenging and got the quality of skills that we have now. It was all just because we want get close to his rank or level but no one even has the chance to do so.
Everybody did their best to get to the top ten killing each other even themselves just to beat his skills .We have all learned to improvise our skills just to get the privileges he got because he was the only one who is allowed to talk to those people who are members of the org that built the academy and ask anything he please.
He killed over half of our batch and counting it would be over fifty people our age.
Every year our academy get 100 orphan kids all over the world in their own NGO orphanages that was built in two reasons to gather more money from the donation they get from those idiot rich people and second to gather children with unique ability and high IQ level to train as their high price hired assassins for the government. Demons.
The only way to survive was to get to the top thirty everyday was a life and death situation you can't trust anyone we are all on our own on that secluded building on an island that they built for their inhumane scheme teaching us different ways to slaughter a human.
And once we get to the top thirty that's the time that they'll give us the opportunity to enhance and see our ability using different weapons that we please and test our intelligence to rank us as again in order to build our team again by rank.
It would be five teams with six members each and the top ten students would lead the team by they're number.
In our case we only got 27 . One's team only got two members and him as their leader because the other two who are supposedly in his team just disappears and found dead for unknown reason before the deployment .
''The academy wants you to look for One first. Before they are able to find out that I am the asset inside the org.'' He said with a worried look.
Is this really that serious?
''By look you mean not to kill? Just look? '' I ask again to clarify it.
''Yes, just look.'' He answered
'' Can I at least get some details about him you know well that no one sees his face he was trained separately because of his fucking privileges after he killed almost half our batch on first wave.'' I said as matter fact . How am I going to find a person who seemed don't exist.
He gave me a folder from the bag he was holding get it from his hand .
I was about to open it when I sense that people from the org are coming our way I looked at Riuji and hid myself from their sight under dark side of a tree.
I can see them putting the dead bodies on the truck.
I was able to get away from there without them noticing.
I decided to go back to my place to read the details and info I needed there.
I arrived at my place ,open the door put the folder on top of my bed sat down ,lay down. My feet hanging down and right arm is on my forehead the one is on my stomach and I look at the ceiling blankly.
I raise my right hand like I'm trying to reach out something on the ceiling and observed my slender fingers .While looking at it my eyes started to get blurred.
'Am I really gonna do this again?' I ask myself.
I have been so obsessed back at the time in the academy about knowing the One .I even almost lost my life just to get to the top ten thinking I'll finally be able to get close but no he was too far from me.
He is out of reach. If he didn't save me from the first wave, I probably wouldn't be here today.
I was only twelve at the time and I didn't know what to do when everyone was told to kill each other I was the weakest of our batch. No one move when the old master told us to kill the person next to us on the line to be able to get out of the room until a man started shooting us one by one.
I can still remember that time when everyone got crazy and shooting everywhere and who ever they see and I was in the middle of the room curled up and my hands in my ears while screaming out of horror.
That was the most horrifying and traumatizing scene that I ever witness all my life it was like raining of blood and screams and cries are echoing.
Then suddenly everything went silent and no one moved. I slowly got up and looked around. The people who are remained alive inside was stunned and just looking behind me.
I also look behind me and there I see a good looking boy with shiny hair, in my age with blood over him was standing right behind me he was holding a knife in his left hand and a hand gun in his right in position ready to attacked whoever dare to get close.
He quickly moved near me and my eyes went wide thinking it would be my end but to my surprise he was shooting whoever approach us not allowing them to touch me.
I smiled bitterly at the memory and decided to get up take off my sneakers and go to the bathroom take off my white flannel shirt , khaki trouser my brassier and the pink small piece of cloth between my thighs.
Turned the shower on and stayed under it for a few minutes before I turn it off and I got in to my bathtub let my body relax on the water.
After I finish my night routine I decide to open and read the folder that only made me more confuse and shocked.
''So, all this time I was thinking that 'One' was a man and I turned out to be a fool all this time thinking he was a man and what are the odds that all this time she was already that close to me and I didn't even notice it.'' I laughed so hard when I already realized everything .
''Hey , have you gone mad on your vacation that you end up laughing by yourself inside your room, Idiot.'' This brat really is annoying all the time. I keep the file under my bed and opened the door because the brat is knocking the door nonstop.
''What do you want , brat?'' I said annoyed as I see her outside my door with her pajamas' on.
She pushed me aside and go straight to my bed and lay there and close her eyes
''Ahm, excuse me? May I know what you're doing in my room? And why the fuck you're lying on my bed? I thought you don't like it being near me.'' I ask confuse of what she just did .
''Just sleep on the couch outside and don't bother me.'' This brat said and turned her back at me.
''Just whatta fuck?'' I groaned and get my blanket and got out of my room.
I was awaken by the feeling that someone else was here. I got up to check and find Marianne on the kitchen .
She was drinking a glass of water beside the refrigerator she seems tense.
I was so careful not make a sound observing her.
Is she really the One? She doesn't seem to be One. All I can see is Marianne my saint employer.
I always have this thing about her beauty she is just so perfect . There is no way she'll kill a fly she's just this so optimistic she just like a walking fire ball that whoever get near her will glow up.
Just not too close though, or you'll get burned just like how easy she'll ruin your day once she gets too comfortable with you .
'' You can get out now, I know you're there .'' I was taken a back by what she just said.