Queen Of Death

chapter seven

"Out of all your plans this has to be the stupidest of them all." Hopper looks at me while Orion is pacing the floor. I convinced both of them to meet in the room together to go over my plan.

"You are not doing this." Orion stops pacing to raise his voice just a little.

"I hate to agree with Orion on this, but you should not do this. There are 15 of them and even you can't take that many people at a time."

"You just recovered! Gray tell me you aren't serious!" I am still cleaning my nails with a blade waiting for them to calm down.

It's not like my plan is all that crazy. I go alone and take out as many as I can and capture the rest. If my colleagues were more supportive, I would have them help me but it looks like Orion and Hopper are not on my side. There is a dark street they are staying on. I would set an explosive off inside their room and wait for them to run outside. I would then set a smoke bomb and take them out one by one.

"It's a sound plan and only a couple months ago, Hopper, you wouldn't care."

"You think I care? It's my reputation on the line. You came into my city looking for me. How would it look if you got killed while you're here for me?"

"That's all you care about is your reputation!" Orion stops and starts walking towards him. I stand up and put my hand on his shoulder as Hopper begins to brace himself. As he reaches into his cloak I see new cuts along his upper arm.

"I promise you do not want to touch Hopper." I take a deep breath. It will work, it has too. "I do not need either of your help. I will do this myself."

"I am starting to hate that we know each other." Hopper says as he puts away his weapon. "What do you need?"

"You are seriously going to help her?"

"Yes, it will look bad on me if she actual pulls this off and I did not help her." I give him a slight nod knowing this is how it is. His reputation means more to him than anything else.

"Fine, alright, fine." Orion throws his hands up as he faces his defeat.

"If you go you stay with Selan and go nowhere near the fighting." I look at him with a serious look.

"Why does Hopper get to go, and I don't." Is he really throwing a fit?

"Because Hopper knows what he is doing, and I trust him to have my back." This shuts Orion up. He almost looks hurt. He did help me train, but I ran laps around him even when I was injured. I knew Hopper could fight and kill without hesitation. I soften my voice. "Orion, I didn't mean it like that."

He raises his hand for me to stop. "I know what you mean, Gray." And he leaves, slamming the door behind him on the way out.

I sink onto the bed and put my hands in my loose hair. Why didn't Orion understand? I was raised with Hopper. We were both Lerans employees. I knew what I was doing. I needed him to be safe. I can't worry about him in the middle of a fight. He is the one good thing I have. All my life has been tainted with blood. He has seen me at my worst physically I need to show him how strong I can be.

"Gray are you okay?"

"Yea, I will be. We have plans to follow through. We need a big enough smoke bomb to cover blocks of streets and a small explosion in the rooms. We are going tonight before they find me." He nodded his head and left for me to get some rest and get ready.

As I lay resting my eyes I think of Orion and where he went. I should of followed him to make sure he was okay. I know I haven't been the easiest. It's so hard for me to trust, everyone in my life has left me alone. I can't say I don't care about him because I do. My feelings for him are confusing to me but I never should have said what I said.