Loving the Enemy

Chapter 21

"I can see 12 on the west and 17 on the south.", Vanessa says through the com as I walk around in the dark between the shipments. There already were some men that crossed me and I silently killed with a quick twist of the neck.

It's been four days since the meeting and we are on the west harbor of Sant Barbara.

After the talk we had in my office with the Youlans we spent more time together and they also started confessing more of their stories on their own.

Ace and I haven't talked since that little bump in and only saw each other in the halls or when we ate sometimes. But I am very much glad for that. Didn't have to see his ugly ass face for longer than I already had.

"Alright. Are the snipers in their positions?" I get a few 'yes's and hums before I continue. "Good. Sebastian? How is it going?"

"Going great, cupcake." I roll my eyes as I hear a small inaudible shout and something that sounds like a slash of the neck.

"Is there any sight of the ship yet?"

"No, not yet." Elora, one of the snipers captain, answers.

"How many have you gotten yet, Anna?" Kiyoko questions.

"Twelve. More than I expected. They must have added some people. That can only mean nothing good."

"Aww. Poor little Anna can't handle twelve guards. I bet it was hard. But good job. You made it, cupcake."

Oh that little shi-

"Yeah. It was so hard. But if it was hard for me, it must be even harder for you, right, cucciolo?" [puppy]

He chuckles, "Oh, you're in coniglietto. Whoever gets the most kills. Starting from now." [bunny]

"And what do I get if I win?"

"You get to do whatever you want with me for an hour."

I chuckle, "Oh now you just digged yourself a hole. Get ready to loose, Ace." I hear a few mumbling some 'oh god's and groaning quietly but I don't give a damn. Let me have my stupid fun.

As I turn the corner I see two men with MK 18 Mods looking to the right and left. I grip my daggers tighter as I step out. They notice me and immediately turn their guns to me.

One of them lowers his weapon when a creepy smile creeps up his face.

"One" I hear ace say through the com.

He puts his hand out and lowers the weapon of the other guy who looks hesitant about it first but gives in. "Look what a precious little thing we have here." The first guy says as he looks me up and down. A disgusting smirk comes on his face making me want to gag.

"Two"

"Bro. She has two bloody daggers in her hand. Literally bloody." The second one remarks.

"So? What she gonna do? Slice our necks? A little thing like her doesn't even have the balls for th-"

He gets cut off when I run until I repel on a container and jump on his shoulders and without hesitating I slice his neck.

"One." I whisper when I land on my feet and look down at the dead body.

The second guy runs off with wide eyes but before he can turn the corner I throw my dagger at his head. He drops to the floor with blood filling the floor.

"Two" I say with an evil smirk as I walk up to the guy and take out my dagger. In the meantime I heard Ace say three.

Just as I was about to walk further someone shouts. "Stop right there."

I turn to the voice, who is standing next to the dead asshole.

I sigh as I take out my handgun and shoot him in between the eyes. I blow the smoke coming from the gun before I utter a "three". Just when I said that Ace's voice appeared in the com again.

"Four, five. You have to keep up Anna. Unless you want to lose." I roll my eyes at the already imaginable smirk of his and keep walking around the north side.

A few dead bodies and bickering later me and Ace are on the same count, which is 24. Every coast is cleared as well as the north one.

The shipment has suspiciously not appeared yet and it's starting to worry. It's already 10.10 pm.

As I turn the corner I bump into a hard chest. Out of reflex I try to stab them in the stomach but am pinned to the container. I sooner or later realize it's Ace I tried to kill.

Hm. Oh well. If I would've stabbed him it wouldn't hurt anyone.

"Anna, I feel hurt. I thought we worked together." Even though his voice is laced with fake hurt I could still hear the venom laced in those two words. I roll my eyes.

"I should've just stabbed you in your sleep." I mumble under my breath.

"Now don't get so nasty. I would like to live a little longer. Thank you." I roll my eyes again before looking him up and down.

His chest is bare and he is covered in blo- wait why is he bare chested?

"The shipment. It's here." Elora announces hurriedly. I get out of his grip as a smirk creeps up his face when he noticed how my eyes were glued to his chest.

"Good job. Daishi are you ready?"

"Never been more ready."

Two minutes later the shipment is there. The ship isn't that big, it has only a few shipments, meaning we luckily won't have to transport that much.

We are hiding behind a container that gets us a pretty good view of Daishi and the people coming out of the ship. Two people come up first, dressed in all black suits, followed by people carrying the big boxes inside the truck that already stands there, ready to be loaded.

Daishi and the two men shake hands and exchange words, nothing special being said.

Ace's hot breath blows down on me in the cold winter night and his body heat reminds me that he doesn't have a shirt on.

"Where is your shirt Ace?", I turn around to question him quietly and see his gaze already fixated on me.

"Are you worrying about me, Anna?" he teases as he leans down so we're face to face.

"No. It just fucking bothers me." I roll my eyes.

I seem to do that a lot of last times.

"You seem to that a lot, now, don't you?" That's exactly what I said, duh.

"Yeah but only if I'm annoyed at someone. And lucky you, you are that person. All the time." I whisper back as his eyes narrow but his signature smirk slightly appears again.

I turn back around and see the last box being carried into the truck and the door being closed.

The truck drives off and Daishi shakes the men's hands.

Show time.

I step out from behind the container just as Daishi stabs the one, he has the hand of still, in the stomach making him groan and fall to the floor. With quick movements Daishi takes the back of his knife and knocks the other one out.

Watanabe.

"Good job, Daishi." I say as I walk up to him with a slap on the back.

"Yeah, no. I'm not risking to get killed by you. Not when my life just started properly."

I chuckle at his response.

Suddenly all the guards and men that carried the boxes appear with guns and machines in their hand aimed at us. Ace was already at our side, too with his gun in hand as well. I take out my daggers.

"Let the war begin."