A.S.S.A 16 [Editing]

Chapter 21

A mask I wear,
Cuz my real face they fear.

Andre was home when he received a call from the hospital.

"Hello"

"Uhm, Your the guardian of the patient at room 104 right?" The nurse asked, that was 16's room

"Yes I am, is there a problem?"

"Uh.....did you by any chance take the patient home for any reason?" She asked her voice laced with panic.

"No, what's wrong?"

"Well....she's...she's not in her room anymore"

16's POV

Shit.

I wasn't expecting this, I thought I'd just be in and out of this place. But Mr Lucas, being a coward, had to send in for other assassins.

I was surrounded. I looked around and sighed in relief when I discovered A.S.S.A 11 wasn't there, he was the only one who could give me a challenge.

Before long all the assassins charged at me at the same time. Luckily for me we have a rule at the institute to fight barehanded against each other. Even though I had Doel with me, I wasn't gonna hurt people who act the way they do because they don't have a choice.

In a normal circumstance I could take them all on with one hand, but this wasn't a normal circumstance, I was injured.

They didn't hold back with their blows, it kept coming from different angles and I couldn't block them all. I managed to land punches and knock out a few but just then, one of the assassins hit me directly on my surgery wound.

It hurt! It bloody hurt and it felt like I was going to collapse but I steadied myself to continue to fight but something strange happened. The lights went off and we were now in pitch darkness.

I seized this miraculous opportunity and swiftly escaped out of the window. I jumped skillfully over the fence and landed on the other side of the institute.

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I was walking alone on the desolate street.
My wound didn't permit me to run and I had to get to the hospital before anyone finds out that I'm gone.

I took a few steps before feeling another lump in my throat. I bent over and coughed up the blood that kept gathering in my throat. My situation seemed to be getting worse.

The midnight breeze was cold and it made me feel numb to my physical pain but it couldn't cool off the demons I was fighting. I had never thought that I had a family, not until yesterday.

Finding Andre had been my whole world and now I find out that something other than him exists and it's scary.

Would I find my brother? Would I finally know my name? Would I take down the institute? and at the same time protect the people important to me. I had a silent but sure feeling that someone was going to get hurt.

It took me some time to realize that I didn't know where I was anymore, it was dark and I couldn't locate the hospital. Shit.

I was lost.

"Aaaargh! Do you hate me that much Universe?!" I screamed which was probably a bad idea because I ended up coughing another mouth full of blood.

"Damn it" I cursed, I was tired, so I laid on the cold concrete floor. Something about it made me want to burst into tears. But my tear glands have been closed off for years.

I was about to fall asleep when I spotted a car coming from ahead. It stopped beside me and out of it came Andre.

"Andre!" I exclaimed and stood up quickly.

He stared at me with an expression I couldn't quite read.

"Why would you do that?!" He yelled and I took a step back in shock.

"I had to" I simply said not looking him in the eye. He probably hates me for making them look for me.

I was about to apologize when he pulled me into a hug. My eyes widened and my body couldn't move.

"Do you know how worried we were? Don't.... make us scared like that and just stay by my side" he said and stroked my hair.

I guess it was a miracle day because my tear glands opened up and I cried silently in his arms.

A/N: Merry Christmas guys! Here is an update! 😊✨