Shattered Lies

Chapter One

      The sound of a knife slicing flesh echos throughout a warehouse, followed by a thump, alerting you that the body is dead once and for all, static filling your ears as a feminine voice pierces your ear, "Hey! You've been compromised dumbass" she snickers, you can almost hear her eyes rolling through the ear pierce, "What do you fucking mean I've been compromised?" You spit out, annoyance and confusion lacing your voice, you can't believe what your hearing! You, one of the best assassins for hire, is compromised? "That's what I just said Wrath, Jeez you think 4 years would've made you smarter" she huffs, before abruptly ending the call, static slowly exiting from your ears, you let out an annoyed sigh, hearing doors slam open and shut as heavy footsteps start to cloud your ears, you groan "can't have shit here", shoving your knives back into their carrying cases on your leg, watching as a tuft of oxblood hair comes into view, "Well, this is a familiar situation isn't it?" a male voice asks, "Yes, I do suppose it is" you muse, quickly unsheathing one of your blades and launching it towards the voice, hearing a chuckle as your knife whistles through the air, quickly stopping as you see a body step into view, an annoyed huff quickly exiting your lips as you spot a hand handing your blade, "Now, now, now, you of all people should know that knives alone can't hit me" a Cheshire smile plaguing his face, "Ok ok ok, little shit" you mumble, the sound of men shouting orders slowly but surely filling your ears, "Now, are you gonna let me exit calmly so we continue our little game of cat and mouse, or will I have to give these walls a nice crimson paint?" You ask, amusement dripping off your every word, you watch as the mans face pauses, as if to ponder your question, before you see his eyes sharpen, eyebrows raised in amusement, "Well, I would hate for our little game to end prematurely, after all, aren't arch enemies meant to end each other themselves" he laughs, and you snicker, rolling your eyes as you knew he was saying yes. You work quickly to open the window, before sighing as it won't open and using the butt of your knife to break it open, you sweep the glass off of the ledge, before turning around and giving a wave to your enemy, his hair bouncing with his laugh, and fuck were his eyes always this pretty? No Orion, this isn't the time to admire people, let alone your arch enemy! You shake your head to rid your brain of the thought, bounding out of the window and grabbing the ledge of the next door building, hoisting yourself up as you sprint across roof tops.

    Neon store signs and slight buzz of electricity lighting your nerves on fire, as you felt yourself get more and more worked up the longer you stayed out.  You made quick work to turn on your ear piece, hearing a "Hey pretty boy! What's the news?", "listen Pride, do you have anymore missions, I'm feeling a little... on edge and want to get rid of some energy" the words roll off your tounge before you have a chance to think, hearing a soft laugh on the other side, "Fine Wrath, but this is your last one for the night, sleeps important for growing boys like you", "Jeez Pride, if I didn't know any better, I would say you were trying to act like my mom" you snicker, "But seriously give me the job", you hear Pride sigh, a light hearted one like when your cat gets its head stuck in a paper-towel roll, "Alright, Alright already, ok so we've got a millionaire man, one Jeffery Woods, accused of sexual harassment towards his coworkers and giving people money to keep hush, and a school teacher- oh shit man, this filthy motherfucker has been accused of multiple sexual acts towards children, names Adam Wright, personally I say the school teacher", blood slowly boiling in your veins, they're both filthy fuckers, buttt the teacher seems a higher priority like Pride said, "Alright, give me the teaching bastards address" you feel yourself cringe, just thinking about this nasty motherfucker makes your blood burn with rage, you definitely needed to blow off some steam, feeling your consciousness slowly slip through your fingers.

       

        You come too after the deed is already done, wiping the filthy fuckers blood on his pants, and scribbling down a very nice note to whoever finds him. Making quick work of any possible traces that you were ever there, you leap out of the window and down to the fire escape, causing a slight 'thump' to echo throughout the empty alley, you speed walk the rest of the way down, making sure to stay out of sight of any windows or security cameras, you were absolutely exhausted after it, you must've exerted a lot of muscle force, as your body ached like you just ran a marathon with no proper training, "I should start stretching now that I think about it" you mutter as you feel your feet crunch on the cement, hearing the familiar jingle of a 8-12 store, you went to feel your jean pocket, smiling as you felt a wallet in there, skipping towards the store until you here the nice ding of the door as you open it, power-walking towards the slushee section as you mixed around 3 different flavors, and grabbing a bag of sour cream & onion cheese-smiles, heading over to the cash register as you were rang up. A pleased sigh exiting your  mouth as you took the first sip of the slushee, the pure joy it gave you adding a extra pep in your step as you walked to 'your' home, which was actually just a abandoned apartment you and your team lived in, you all were the main reason it was considered haunted, the experience of earning that title making you snicker as you reminisced about the experience.

      "I'm back bitches!" You yell out as you kick open the door to you, Pride's aka Jessie, and Sloth aka Cedar's room, hearing Cedar yell something about how "Dude you interrupted my fucking nap!" and the clacking of keys being pressed in Jessie's room, the slight sound of 'my toxic romance' coming from her room, you drop your 8-12 bag onto the floor and toss your slushee into the trash, slowly creeping up to Jessie's door as you quietly open it, seeing her with headphones covering her ears and her music pouring out of them, a slight humming filling the air as the squinted your eyes as the harsh, bright light of her computer stung your eyes, still you persisted, sneaking up to her before tickling her sides, "Who the fuck is there!?! Bitch I will fight you!", ducking your head as she turned around and threw a punch, "God dammit Orion! One of these days I can and will beat your ass!" She yells as you start howling with laughter, "Dude- you should've- seen the look- on your face!" You yell out between breathes as she pouts, "Please shut the fuck up" Cedar asks, standing in the doorway wearing a nightshirt and shorts, his pillow in between his hands, "ugh fine" you fake whine, dragging yourself to your room, changing into your night clothes, pulling your blankets over you, and closing your eyes, letting darkness consume you

(Author here: Hey hello! Thanks for reading my story, this is one of the first books I've ever written and am going to update as I go or think of new things,I'll do my best to have good grammar but I can't promise it's always gonna be good! Ok thanks for reading platonic mwah!)

Final Word Count: 1311