The Assassin's Beast

chapter 1

Marie-Noèlle

I'm trying to control my breathing because of how nervous I feel at the moment. It's almost comical imagining my journey till this moment but am still thankful that I am Here.
Today is the day I've been anxious  about for weeks. Assignment day. The day new recruits get assigned to factions.

I Am shocked I actually made it because only fifty of the best students from Knight Training Hall make it every year and my name was last on the list. Many people didn't believe  that I made it because trust me am the least person expected to be their.

I look around me and everyone is wearing  the black recruits uniform and focused on Mr Marshall's speech I realize I haven't been paying attention and and I turn to look at the old chubby man who is is the direction of Knight Training Hall.
"I encourage  all of you to work even harder from here, remember, you earned your  places here and can still lose it" he says in his usual strict tone and am pretty sure he looked at me while saying  the last part. Does he know me, I've only seen him from a far and I've never talked to him before on a personal  level.

Mr Marshall walks off the stage then a tall middle aged man with a bold space on the middle of his had wearing round black glasses in a dark blue suit who I've never seen walks on the stage and explains how we are going to be divided into five factions.
"This year, new recruits, we have a surprise for you. We have assigned the five shadows as captains of your factions." He says with a blunt tone   and everyone gasps and starts murmuring excitedly, I feel a tingle of excitement myself at his words,  the five shadows are the top assasins in the world being supervised by them is like a dream. Am I asleep.

"I heard their is only one girl." one wispers. "I heard the guys are hot and don't get me started about their leader." the other one says. The hot part I also heard.

The blue suit man clears his throat through the microphone  to get everyone's attention. 

"Allow me to introduce  your faction captains. Rosette Jones" he announces and gingerhead girl comes in and walks to the stage standing to the right of the man. She's wearing black leather pants that show her good figure and  matching boots with a black body top.  I swear I hear the guy sitting  next to me swallow his saliva just by looking at her. She looks like a dangerous enchantress.

"Rex Smith" a guy with blonde hair, sophisticatedly gelled back, comes in and stands next to the girl. The black shirt his wearing showing   his muscles well.
"Ian smith" a guy who looks exactly like Rex comes in and follows to stands next to Rex. His hair is also blonde and he wears glasses, making him look different from rex somehow. Am guessing  they must be twins. The F.S has twins.
"Rune Lennox." This guy has dusty  brown hair and is dressed like Ian and Rex. He follows the sequence and stands next to Ian. I feel everyone waiting for something, I know it's the Leader, l've heard stories and how he scares everyone when he walk into a room.
"And finally Alexander Kingston" everyone stares anxiously at the entrance but no one walks through  it.

The guy the the dusty brown hair,  Rune moves to wisper something into blue suit man's ear the man makes an 'oh" sound obviously annoyed by the information he just received.
"Mr Kingston won't  be joining  us right now but am sure you will all get to meet him soon." He says"These are your captains.We give you the best for you to be the best. From here you will be transported to the Ellite Camp  where you will train for a year and get your starter missions."

everyone  gives him a round of applause  as he walks off of stage
Am finally an assasin....I can finally get my revenge.

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The E.C is beyond what I expected and it leaves me speechless. Calling it a camp is wrong, it's more like an I isolated five-star hotel.

we were given a tour around the camp and a list of our rooms when we arrived by guards with guns.

A year here and I will be as good as the F.S.

I finally find my my room after  some struggle, my roommate is not yet here so I take the bed next to the window and the room is pretty big.  I decide to organize  my things before  supper which I was told was at seven. When am done with everything  I decide to take a shower.

I find shampoos and other things  already in the shelf, this place has everything.

I take a sniff one of the body wash bottles and its pomegranate scented, it smells like heaven so I decide use the same one and grab a peach scented shampoo for my hair.

I turn on the shower and the hot water fall on me washing away all the fatigue of the day making me sigh in contentment.

When I'm done, I wrap one of the white fluffy towels on the bathroom counter around my body and head out feeling  refreshed.

When I enter the room my jaw almost drops at the scene  before me. My roommate who is Summer, who was my weapon partner at the academy, is kissing Rune Lennox one of the F.S.

I let out a gasp, which shifts their attention from their heated makeout session to me making My brain go into blabber mode.

"Oh my God, am so sorry I didn't  mean to..... I didn't  know you were.... I didn't  see anything" fuck my Stupidty.

Summer has always been a shy and good girl and the least I expected to find kissing anyone on our first day at this camp, especially not a member of the F.S.

Rune's green orbs look at me from head to toe and I realise am in a towel so I quickly grad the fresh pair of clothes  on my bed and dash back into the bathroom. I close the door  with a bang and lay my back against it, my heart is beating  so fast, why do I have to make a fool of my self on the first day here.

I take my time dressing so that I find him gone, which by the time  I'm peep out of the door, he is and Summer has started arranging her things. She turns to look at me giving me a thankfull look.

"Am glad it's you who found us Noèlle, Please don't tell anyone about this." she says with a pleading  look Giving me her innocent puppy dog eyes which I can't say no to.
"Don't  worry I won't tell a soul so stop with those eyes But how did u two um.. you know, start all this?" I ask waving  my hand.
"Umm we are childhood  friends so it kind of just started." she says shyly while blushing.
"You grew up with Rune?!" I ask almost shouting wide eyed
"Xander too, those two are really close." She adds
"Xander?" I ask confused
"Alexander Kingston the F.S's leader." She replies. I was shocked  but now am beyond it. We talked a lot during weapon class and sometimes when we just hung out but she never mentioned  any of this. Before I can ask anymore questions she diverts the conversation.

"let's get to the cafeteria for supper or else we will be late, by the way this is the first time am seeing your hair in anything else but that tight  bun you make, I didn't know it's this long" she says.
" umm thanks, I like it long." I answer. Which reminds  me to do the same bun and I immediately  do it.
"Wear it down often, it suits you. Now let's go" she says pulling  my hand as we walk out of the room.

N.B
F.S= FIVE SHADOWS
E.C= ELITE CAMP.