No Man's Land

Six Assassin's

After around a minute of Alfie giving them directions, the team had driven past the car he was controlling and coming up behind The Hollyoaks Knight, before eventually ramming into the back of his jeep and causing it to spin around.

The bike and truck stopped on the road, while Alfie rammed the car into the side of the jeep, stopping The Hollyoaks Knight from starting it again.

Kurt and Romeo got off of the bike, opening the door to the jeep as the latter grabbed The Hollyoaks Knight and threw him out and onto the ground.

Diane and Bruce then got out of the car, the team now all gathered around him.

Diane put her boot onto the chest of The Hollyoaks Knight. "Who are you?" She asked.

He started to cough and then reverted to laughing, reaching up to his mask and pressing a button at the side, opening it up.

"Who are you?" Asker Kurt, confused.

"You don't think the real Knight would come after last time? No, he had me come here just in case anything went wrong, and he was right to" the man laughed.

"Who is he then? TELL ME!" Shouted Bruce.

"You'll find out when the time is right. When he outsmarts you all" the man said.

"Not likely!" Smiled Diane, reaching down and punching the man in the face, knocking him out.

"Alfie, send a tipoff to the police, tell them to come here and to the warehouse" said Romeo.

"Got it," replied Alfie.

"Right, let's get away from here, we can leave the truck," said Kurt.

"Hold on. There might be something in there that can help us" Diane ordered, opening one of the truck doors and jumping inside.

Diane then opened the glovebox, "got something" she shouted, grabbing a file.

After that, Diane jumped out of the truck, closing the door and getting into the car, Bruce getting in the back.

Romeo and Kurt then got onto the bike, the team driving off.

"What actually happened there?" Asked Alfie over the earpiece.

"I'll explain later, I might have something to help" replied Diane.

Soon, the team then arrived back in the village, Bruce jumping out of the car and opening the brick wall, the bike and car driving inside down the metal road.

Bruce followed them, closing the brick wall once he was inside.

After the vehicles were parked, they all walked over to Alfie at the computer.

Diane threw the file down at the desk.

"We thought the military were going to help us, turns out they weren't even real military" explained Romeo.

"We killed them all. Apart from one, the man who claimed to be the captain. He said he was hired by someone, as well as five others to kill all of us, but he escaped. Maybe that file will explain things further" said Diane.

Alfie opened up the file, placing it in a slot under the computer and letting it sit there for a few seconds.

Suddenly, all of the computer screens switched to text, it was all the information from the file.

"Alright, know this guy?" Asked Alfie.

"That's him. The guy who escaped" realised Bruce.

"Well his name is Jason Dorrance. Ex military, removed from his duties due to recklessly murdering enemies and putting his fellow soldiers at risk." Explained Alfie.

"Okay, so he's a psycho, tell us something we don't know" said Romeo sarcastically.

"He disappeared after being removed from his duties. Obviously he's back now" Alfie continued.

"Next we have Talia Peabody. An experienced woman, her skill is unmatched, no one has ever defeated her" he informed.

"These are basically assassin's aren't they? Someone has hired assassin's to hunt us down and kill us" sighed Bruce.

"I thought you would have realised that by now Liam" said Alfie.

"Anyone else?" Asked Diane.

"Four others. First of them four is Taylor Barnes, was trained by her Father at a young age to carry on his legacy as an elite killer to make money off her targets, he was pretty much a hitman. Seems as if he's passed it down to his daughter" explained Alfie.

"Next we have- oh my god. Don't these two look familiar?" Asked Alfie.

"Them? That must be why they attacked us" said Kurt in shock.

"They call themselves Mr Hammer and Mr Sickle. At a young age their parents' circus in Russia was becoming less and less visited. So they contacted a professor known just as Thomas, who removed one arm from each of the boys."

"They were then turned into circus attractions, boosting sales. However one night, they had enough and murdered their parents with a hammer and sickle before a show, being under the radar ever since" Alfie continued.

"Do I even want to know what kind of person the last one is?" Asked Diane.

"It's a man named Waylon Crane, he was exposed to a toxin at a very young age and from then relied on a machine to help him live." Alfie pointed out.

"However, he met a professor known as Thomas who was just starting out- wait, is that the same guy who experimented on the two brothers?" Asked Alfie.

"It could be, it's possible," said Romeo.

"Thomas helped him be able to walk since he was too weak before and mutated the toxin to turn him strong. Meaning his only weakness was needing a mask on his face" continued Alfie.

"So a real life hulk? Amazing. Just what we needed" said Kurt sarcastically.

"So six people have been hired to track us down and kill us. Do we have any idea as to who hired them?" Asked Diane.

"Yeah, is there?" Asked Bruce.

"Unfortunately no, the file is just information on the assassin's themselves" said Alfie. Searching up each assassin on Google, however only three came up. "It seems that Taylor, Talia and Waylon are wanted for a previous assassination in England."

"Wait, what if it's the most obvious option for who hired them?" Asked Romeo.

"What do you mean?" Asked Diane.

"I mean, the creed. Come on, at this point they will try anything to kill anyone that stands in their way, and we are prime examples of that. It has to be them" said Romeo.

"You're right. It must be the creed" said Alfie.

"Well what about The Knight? I mean he used a decoy, who knows if he'll ever show up truly again" said Bruce.

"I think he will. He hates us too much to not take any opportunity to kill us himself" dismissed Diane.

"Yeah, but who have we done wrong so much that they hate us this bad. Most of the people that hate us are either dead or couldn't be him, I can't think of anyone" said Alfie.

"Wait- no it couldn't be" chimed in Kurt.

"Who?" Asked Bruce.

"Diego. Think about it. Last time he saw us, he revealed how he tried to murder one of us, then we never saw him again. Maybe he's back this time to kill us all" said Kurt.

"It could well be him, he's the only person I can think of who hates us and could be The Knight" said Diane.