Twins of Unova

*Chapter 35: Fancy

"This place is bigger than I thought..." I walked around the building, looking at people using guns to hit paper targets and repeated their triggers on their guns to get a good shot, but so far I've only seen these people in plain sight behind glass windows. The place Nate should be in would be private "Keep leading the way. The sooner we find him, the sooner we can get this over with" Lampent cheered and directed me around the building in search of Nate. What could he be doing in a building like this?

"Lamp!" Lampent called me to keep following.

"I'm coming!" It was easier on Lampent to follow the aura of Nate's body instead of missing it when we pass a door. I wasn't as tired as I was earlier, thankful that my prayer went through, which meant I'll have to be asleep all day if this search takes awhile.

"I wonder what that guy wants from Nate" I asked myself "What kind of job was he talking about?" I slowed down my tracks and walked casually when security was walking the hallways. I acted casual so they won't find me suspicious, and go running again after I lose them in a corner.

"Come on... Where are you, Nate?" Lampent stopped at a random hallway with very few doors that were wide apart from each other, different from the rest of the building.

"Is he in one of these rooms?" I asked. Lampent floated to the closest door and pointed at it. The usual gun shots were heard, and it was behind a door with the number 6. The door was slightly open. I peaked inside sneakily and saw Nate holding a large gun in his hand. Nate..?

"How does it feel to be holding that?" Phoenix, his friend, asked him before pointing at a paper target at the far end of the room "Think you can hit a bullseye every time?" Nate snorted and carried the gun like a professional towards the target. I watched him shoot the gun like a natural! What is going on..?

"I knew you still had it in you" Phoenix patted Nate's back when he was done "Does that mean you'll help?" Nate looked uncomfortable "Blake, come on! Why is it so hard to convince you to do this with us?"

"I have a job now, Phoenix! I'm a cop! I have a responsibility! I shouldn't even be here right now when I'm suppose to be a bodyguard to the girl I'm with!"

"Oh wow, so Blake's a cop?" A girls voice laughed "That's rich" I looked at the door confused, feeling my heart shatter a bit. There's a girl in here... I-I mean... how many people are in here?

"Take it as a good thing! If Blake is a cop, he can give us private information on people we need to take care of" another guy spoke.

"Yeah, that's cute and all, but he's only a bodyguard to some spoiled princess or something" someone else said "He's not really a cop"

"I don't need to be here right now. I can't go back to what this is. This girl is my top priority, and I tend to keep it that way. If I'm caught without her on my side, it can cause me my job! She's the one that got me this job!" Nate said. I leaned on the wall and hugged my legs, deciding to just listen in.

"I don't really care, Blake. You should know this job better than anyone. It was your fault you got caught. This won't happen again if you just focused" the girl said.

"What got you caught anyway? Were you thinking about something?" There was a silence.

"I think it was because the girl he liked got a boyfriend and he was distracted by that" Phoenix said "Poor guy, all because of a girl. I hope the girl that your guarding won't fuck up your chance in this job. It's big. Just listen, okay?"

"What do you want? Get it over with so I can leave. I only came here to set you guys straight about my decision" Nate said.

"Alright! Here me out! The target is the mayor of Black City" I arched my brow "he owns the fanciest hotel in this city. The request is pretty big and risky as it is, but this man's father promised a large amount of money for us to kill his son" I stared at the wall wide eyed. Nate's an assassin..?