The Memories of Enemies

Product Kubra Avic

She stood upon a wooden platform alongside several other beings all with their own special abilities and skills just like her. The bidder standing in front of the crowd screams out, "Let's start off with $10,000 for, Clement Allard!" as he points at Clement standing right next to her. 

"He is Human, 35 years old, his specialties are in butchering and avoiding law enforcement. Clement Allard is one of our up-and-coming workers here at Empowerment." The bidder says aloud as he reads off the wrinkled brown paper in his hand. 

A few people in the crowd raise their hands ready to claim Clements's services for themselves. The bidder picks on each being in the crowd with their hand up, "$13,000!" the first one said, "$15,000!" another said until the bidding stopped at $25,000, he was claimed by an old woman toward the back of the crowd who happily made her way to the front and grabbed Clement by his arm bringing him down from the platform and taking him away. The bidder looks at her with a smirk on his face, "Alright folks let's start with $20,000 for Kubra Avic! She is human, 19 years old, and athletic, her specialties are in execution and in butchering." 

Multiple hands shot in the air which only brought a smile to Kubra's face. 

"Can we examine the product?" a middle-aged man asked from the front row as he stared at Kubra's figure. 

"Let me demonstrate some of her unique qualities and abilities" the bidder replied to the man as he stepped up on the platform to push her closer toward the crowd. The bidder clapped 3 times signaling Kubra to sell herself further. Taking off her white jacket she was left in her black leggings and a grey muscle shirt, taking a deep breath she began to flex her biceps similar to how a bodybuilder would. Rolling up her leggings she showed off her calves and pulled up her muscle shirt to reveal her flat stomach. Finally, the bidder grabbed Kubra by her face and squished her cheeks together having her show off her sharp razor teeth. 

"Not only is she athletic enough to get the job done, but she also remodeled her teeth to better suit and serve your needs no matter how hard the target is," he said proudly, even more hands raised to the air. The bidder called on everyone until someone screamed out, "Special request!", the bidder smiled widely, "A special request! Of course, please come to the front and explain your request". A tall male with dirty blond hair and light blue eyes stepped forward wearing a black suit, "1 year, 10 targets." 

"Sold!" the bidder said aloud, "And folks that will conclude our weekly bidding! Please come back next week for more products and their services!" 

As the crowd slowly left the area the bidder had the remaining products that were not sold to go back into the black van and wait there leaving behind Kubra and the tall man with the bidder. The bidder pulled out a calculator, added some numbers, and said, "That will be $150,000 Mr. Glover.", Mr. Glover pulled out his checkbook, wrote down his information, the price, and handed it to the bidder, "Nice doing business with you and Empowerment once again.", he shook the bidder's hand, "See you in a year" the bidder said to Mr. Glover before pushing Kubra into the man's chest. 

Kubra quickly stopped touching Mr. Glover and put on her white jacket. 

"Follow me", Mr. Glover said to Kubra having her follow him to his car. The car ride to Kubra's new temporary home was silent, which was fine since she was always the silent type who preferred to know as little about her clients as possible. Once they arrived home Mr. Glover took her to his backyard. He hands her a small pocket knife, "Do you fear taking away life?" he asks her in a low tone of voice. She shook her head no in response. "Do you fear feeling nothing?", she shook her head no again. Mr. Glover sighed and said, "This job should be no problem for you then. Your first task is to bring me a male deer before sunset. Kill it with the knife I gave you.", after nodding her head Mr. Glover headed back inside. 

Kubra took a deep breath and began to examine her surroundings, she noticed an old blue rusted truck parked across the street from Mr. Glover's house. Kubra knew it would be a risky idea to steal a vehicle so close to her client's house but that's what made her job exciting. Running over to the truck she quickly began to hotwire it before anyone could notice. Smiling as she heard the engine start she sat in the driver's seat and drove off toward the mountains an hour away from Mr. Glover's home. 

After an hour and a half Kubra found herself deep in the Wyoming rocky mountains examining a few mule deer not far from her. Usually, she would have far better equipment for this job but Empowerments shipment of her belongings will take a few days, so until then all she has is the pocket knife her client gave her. Climbing up the nearest tree to her she sat there and waited until a male mule deer came strolling through. Her eyes fixed on the deer's movement she quickly jumped down from the tree onto the deer tackling it to the ground as it fought back. Kubra repeatedly stabbed the deer in the heart and sank her teeth into the deer's neck slowly pulling out its throat until it finally died in her arms. Wiping the blood from her mouth and hands she slowly dragged the heavy deer all the way back to the blue rusted truck before driving back to Mr. Glover's house. Once she arrived she dragged the deer to the backyard and could see her client walking toward her as soon as she dropped the deer to the floor. 

"I have no equipment so I had to kill this deer sloppily and it took more effort, which means I have to charge you more than the usual fee." 

"Don't worry about money, I have more than enough to pay for your work" he responded proudly. 

"$1,500" Kubra quickly stated, "Very well" Mr. Glover responded 

"Just drain the blood." Mr. Glover said, "All I need is the blood for now." he said before his eyes changed to the color red which sent shivers up Kubra's spine. "I'll save those 10 human targets for later in the year, I'll survive on animals for now, daily." taking note of his words Kubra began to prepare the deer to be drained.