The smell of dust and metallic tinge lingered through the air as curly haired tied bandages over a sharp blade.
"Shikari-a pass me that rope!" a female yelled from the middle of the room
"Take it yourself~" a half asleep voice sounded from a dark corner
"Oi, lazy dog, that's the least you could do! Its right beside you!" the women yelled again
Someone shifted within the darkness, the rope near it disappeared within "You're not yet the level to boss around"
"Hand it over you shit head!" Her pitch increased as she pushed her way through the riffles spread across the floor
"Hya Namina, could you ever stop yelling?"
"Shut up, Lema-stupid!" she threw the curly haired boy a glare
"What a bitch" he rolled his eyes, putting the knife inside a bag
The whole room was filled with all sort of weapons and rouge. There were four people trying to manage those. Two of them were throwing kicks in the dark corner while the other two continued collecting knifes and cosmetic.
"yay!" Namina exclaimed, a dusty and worn out rope in her hand as she tried to get out
Just then, she was kicked mercilessly by a boot, sending her all the way to the other corner.
"Old man! You want a fight?!" She growled
"Ah! How scary! Namina~ don't kill me ya?" a figure lurked out of the dark
He seemed quiet young, hairs tied into a bun and held a riffle loosely
Her lips twitched but she didn't approached any further
"You're such a shit-head! Always bossing around but never actually helping!" she grabbed the few guns in the floor and started to tie them down
"Why should I do such petty works if yall still alive" Shikari yawned
He leaned onto the wall, hugging a rifle and closed his eyes again.
"You-"
"Namina, keep your voice low. They are just outside" Rhea, the one collecting rouge said
Namina peeked outside, it was a small lobby. Three people were sitting outside. It was the same client they had seen a few weeks ago and his 'care taker'. On the opposite couch, their 'Lord' with his usual black cape covering him from below neck as he sat, sipping on his dear coffee elegantly.
"Lord seems quite happy, doesn't he?" Namina said
"Happy?" Shikari raised his brows
"I'm not talking to you" Namina rolled her eyes
"Well, the client this time is offering a huge sum of money, no wonder" Rhea whispered
"Aye, Rhea, he's a bit odd one don't you think? Looks like a old man from behind, what do you say? So weird" Namina giggled
"Mn, but his features are good" he replied
Lemane peeked through the creek of the door, analyzing the white-haired.
"Um, he stands out of the crowd for that unusual color, looks like a ghost. But I'm sure, girls like you will still find him 'cool'." he shook his head, locks falling over his eyes
Suddenly, a gun was thrown straight to his face.
"There are no girls like me stupid and I definitely didn't like him." she sneered
"You shouldn't have hit me" Lemane took out two of the bandaged knife and threw it at her swiftly
She dodged it easily "Bad shot", she said, sticking her tongue out.
"Damn you na-dummy!" Lemane grabbed another four of those, two in each hand, crossed and ready to shoot
"Now now, always fighting for nothing. Finish the work fast before Lord gets angry" Rhea said waving his hand between the two
"heh! Don't think you'll get off with this any time sooner!" Lemane threw the knifes back in the bag
Namina tossed the two knifes thrown at her into the same bag.
"We'll see" she grinned
Lemane tried to put the zip on but it was stuck.
"Damn this shit!" he cursed
"Oy, I heard he's rich" Namina nudged Rhea
"Ya, it was written on his bio, in VERY large words. But its such a headache to take them along with us. We could have done it by ourself" Rhea scrunched his nose, Lemane still struggling with the zip
"Ya right, now we will have to be super cautious all the way. If he is hurt even a bit, I doubt if Lord will let us live" Namin said stuffing the disguising products in his pockets, the curly-haired boy changed his position to close the bag
"What could that target have possibly done for him to want to kill him personally?" he directed his question at Shikari this time
"Who knows, rich people and their obsession with idiotic stuffs" Shikari groaned, Lemane still trying to close the zip from every angle
"Still, what could possibly be the reason for this weird request to let the heir of great Frost to kill by himself-" her eyes widened upon realizing what slipped out of her mouth, the zip snapped
Shikari quickly stood up, glaring at the lady. 'sorry' she mouthed with her hands up.
"W-who did you -say?" Lemane's voice came out dense
"no-no one, you misheard me!" she hurried but the damage had already been done
"No, you….Frost?" he frowned, eyes hovering non-stop as he tried to process what he had just heard
The same Frost that caused the carnival incident? Who killed hundreds and thousands? But how? How did he appear here suddenly? Is this some kind of sick dream? The only one he wanted to kill so bad suddenly appeared in front of him. No, this must be god's will. After a long time, even the heavens want him to kill the culprit by himself.
The sound of metal against metal echoed in the silent room as Lemane picked up a blade. His breath unsteady.
"Heir of…Frost? Arrow Frost? The client?" he spoke through his gritted teeth"
"no, heir of gross she said" Rhea added, standing up
"Aha, Frost" Lemane nodded to himself, his hands were trembling "So….that is.."
He snapped his head towards the lobby, eyes almost fully red. He stomped towards the door with the sharp blade glaring white.
"Wait-" Shikari grabbed his shoulder and blocked his way "Look, I know how you feel but this-"
"NO! YOu Don't !" Lemane yelled "If you did, you wouldn't have hid it from me! THis was the reason why you said that you could handle this case alone, WASN'T IT?!"
"Lemane calm down! Lord is also there" he whisper-yelled
"I don't care! He also hid it from me!" Lemane tried to push his way through
"Lemane! You can't!" Shikari tightened his grip "This contract is very important to us, you can't do ANYTHING STUPID!"
"Shikari! You know that he destroyed everything! You know how much I hate him. But you still defend him? You have no right to stop me!" Lemane used all his strength to push the older one aside and rushed to the exit
But he was blocked with a riffle that he knew very well of.
"Don't you dare step any further, for I will be forced to do something I will regret" he warned
"Such as?" Lemane growled
"Like- We'll forget that you are one of us and throw you out to rotten in hell!"
Lemane glared at the older one before saying "fine" and stepped back
Just as Shikari relaxed, he was kicked out of the door and stepped on.
"Fine with me!" Lemane yelled as he boosted up to throw himself directly towards the white-haired boy
But before, a familiar figure appeared infront of him, twisted his wrist to his back and slammed him on the harsh wooden floor. His mouth was clammed by a plan soon.
"What the hell is all this?" a really annoyed whisper sounded above him, it was Lord
"He found out!" Shikari replied
"You idiots can't do a thing right" Lord said calmly
"It wasn't my fault-"
But Lemane was no more able to process any further, he was blinded and even deafened by rage.
Kill kill kill kill kill kill kill
His eyes met the silver ones, it stared at him coldly. And all of a sudden, he could see the 'client' the same way as before, no unusual hair, no standing out features, just cold and evil demeanor. Those pair of eyes staring down at him arrogantly, as if nothing could ever go pass it. His curly locks fell over his eyes, blocking the view of the sickening monster. He struggled to get free of those tight grips but they only tightened.
And finally, he was dragged inside and the door was shut close.
"Even if he did rush out, how could you be able to not stop him? That's the least I trusted you to do." The one in black cape glared at Shikari, visibly furious but still maintaining his composure
"I tried but he was just- too fast" Shikari mumbled, trying to defend himself
"And you, young one" he glared at Lemane "Just because he is the Frost doesn't mean you could just blindly go and attack him. More importantly, he is our client at the moment."
"So what?! You expect me to just sit and watch that monster?!" Lemane yelled
"Yes, I do!" Lord raised his voice slightly "I know you-"
"No you don't ! You don't know how I feel right now seeing that repugnant scoundrel!" Lemane stomped forward just to get kicked to the floor with a swift move
The perfectly maintained hair fell across his sides.
"Shut up! And watch your language in front of me. What do you think huh?! I-" he glanced towards the door before lowering his voice "You think I had any interest in taking your enemy's contract and make yo go against me?! On the top of that, the target is Raven Cluster, who runs a popular security company. What do you think I am?! An Idiot?!"
"Oh but you have taken the contract! Even letting that bastard tag along!" Lemane gritted his teeth
"I did that only because he is threatening me!" everyone, aside from Shikari, stared at the black cloaked in shock
"W-what? What could he possibly threaten you of?" Lemane frowned
Lord took a deep breath and pushed his hairs back to its place.
"He has the location of the safe-houses" he whispered just enough for them to hear
"What?! but-but how? How could he-" before Namina could even finish her sentence, Lord put his index over his lips
"Don't yell" his voice was low
"That just gives more of a reason to kill him" Lemane blurted
"Believe me when I say I want to kill that boy more than anyone, but I can't" he said
"Why not? If he is no more, than the whole black-mailing will be over!" The younger one whispered-yelled
Lord frowned at him "Anger really makes you more of an idiot than you already are"
"I-"
"His father will blow up the whole place without leaving a single crumbs behind. Not to mention, he is the most influential and richest businessman of the country." Lord interrupted "I didn't wanted to tell you all about it because I knew that you would do something stupid after knowing it. But I was wrong, your stupidity is just inevitable"
"It should have been easier if you told us about it beforehand" Namina pouted
"It was you who told this brat about that Frost?" Lord glanced at her
"I didn't do it on purpose-"
"Forget it, no use of digging into mistakes. Now, listen well, though Frost has not been a very good customer, you have to take care of him" He narrowed his eyes at Lemane "And make sure he stay alive, understood?"
"Understood?" He repeated upon not receiving any reply
Lemane hesitated, no matter what the stakes he would never not try to kill that person but nodded anyway. But of course, he was already thinking of ways to kill that bastard.
"And act like everything is normal" he said
"But what about the safe-houses?" Namina asked
"Don't worry about it, I have started to search for another hide out. Once I find it, we will move there without any delay" he assured
He signed "Just now, he didn't think that you were trying to kill him, did he?"
"I-I don't know, but I'm pretty sure he didn't see the knife. Even if he did see it, he wouldn't have recognized it, it was bandaged" Lemane said
Though the blades were bandaged, when sliced through any substance, it would easily be pierced through. The bandages were kept only to make sure the glare of the blade wouldn't warn their target.
"Alright, lets hope so" Lord said and went out
The three of them peeked through the small crack of the door while Shikari groaned 'what a headache' and went back to sleep with his darling riffle.
"May I ask what that was, Lord sixth?" The butler asked
"Uh, sorry for the interruption. He was just practising some of his moves and got a bit too excited. Nothing serious" Lord gave them a warm smile
"Why did he want to kill me?" The heir asked coldly regardless
His smile froze "I am not sure what young master is talking about"
"He had a knife, pointed at me, didn't he?" his tone remained the same
So he did recognize it! What else could have been expected from a ruthless murderer like him?
"No, You were probably mistaken" Lord kept his friendly demeanor
Frost didn't say anything, instead lowered his gaze.
"Would it be impolite of us to request for removing him from this mission?" The butler said after examining the situation
At first glance, Lord would seem totally unfazed but upon digging deeper, the unpleasant twitch of lips were evident. Each and every assassin of a group was decided especially by the leader on the basis of the assignment. But their team was the best of all, that had never added or replaced any members since it had formed. So asking one to leave was like insulting the leader's vision itself.
"It would" Lord had chosen to make it crystal clear that he hated his vision being questioned, though the answer wasn't really expected
The butler seemed to want to say something but the 'young master' tugged his sleeve and shook is head lightly.
So he thinks he can handle it, huh? Thinking so highly of yourself, what a garbage!
They moved away from the door once they made sure the matter was sorted out.
"Oy, Shikari" Lemane called
"What noww" he replied lazily
"You knew about the blackmailing thing, didn't you?" Lemane crouched beside him
"Of course, I am not like you brats. Do you really think Lord would hide anything from me?" he yawned
"Ya ya, he hides nothing from you" Lemane rolled his eyes
Should I kill him on the way? Or in some inn? No, it should seem like an accident so that I wouldn't be in trouble. On the way it is then.
He chewed on his pinky finger sub-continuously.
"Dont you dare think anything stupid" The lazy voice brought him out of his train of thoughts "You always get me scolded"
"Yes, your honor" The curly-haired boy mocked
Just a single opening and I'll make sure you never see the light again!