The Black Snow Circus

A Secret, Don't You Know?

I follow behind everyone as we walk in the pitch black darkness of the night, our clothes now pretty much the opposites of what they were before, or well just dark colours now. It keeps us well hidden in the dark, and blood also doesn't show up as well in black. We were navigating our way around in the darkness of midnight. I giggle slightly, murmuring some things like " Will this be fun? Fun fun fun fun..." and as I did, I see Mary roll her eyes and shake her head. Eric slows down a bit to walk with me and he says " Ok, Circe, try and not make a bloodbath like the last mission? You didn't get scolded, but we sure did!" I laugh and say " No promises! You know I like to have fun!" Eric then sighed and smiled "Well, you realize you'll be the main one inside right?"
" Of course I do! That's how it always is!" I grin.
" Ok then, well, it's time to get ourselves stationed. See you after!" He said and vanished into the darkness. I smile and watch everyone else slowly vanish, and I feel someone brush past me with an earpiece. I place it in my ear and click the small button on the bottom of it, which turns it on. I hear the others talking through it as I continue to walk. I find an entrance to a mine, and tap the earpiece and said " I've arrived!" And I hear footsteps, and dive behind a bush. I hear the low voice of Jack saying " Two targets. Numbers eight and ten are at the entrance. I'll take them out" and I nod, even though he can't see me. I peek out from the bush and hear a loud bang, and see two people drop. I leap out of the bush, and run to them, checking their pulses and then saying into the earpiece " Targets eight and ten, dead. My turn. Give me the info on each member, Array." I hear Tara clear her throat. And begin to speak. " Targets fifteen and nineteen patrol shaft eight, you'll need to take them out first. Nineteen is a middle-aged man with short brown hair and wears an army suit, and fifteen is a younger man with mid-length black hair and also wears an army suit. If you do not see them, do not enter shaft eight, as they will likely be hiding in case they are aware of us." After hearing the information I needed, I raced into the mine, my footsteps making not a single sound, not even a tap. I dash behind a wall as I see the targets and giggle. " Time for my fun!" I hear a few groans from the earpiece, before dashing from the wall towards target nineteen. His eyes widen as he points a gun, but I stab a knife into his neck, right in the vital spot, and he dropped dead. Number fifteen's eyes widened as he fired a shot, but he missed. I laughed as I drove a knife deep into his heart, his blood splashing onto my face and clothes. I grinned and said " That was so fun! Blood everywhere!" I giggled, enjoying the feeling as my body was on fire, filed with adrenaline. I said into the earpiece " Targets nineteen and fifteen are dead. Whoooos next?" I say, still laughing slightly. I then hear Mary's voice as she says " Targets twenty and thirty-six are heading your way. Obviously, kill them." " Roger that!" I say, and hear footsteps heading my way. I leap up and grab onto some wood and hide on the ceiling as I see the two men cross under me. Quickly, I grab two knives and toss them down, and they both land in the mens heads, an instant death. Their blood sprayed, and droplets sprinkled onto my face as I leapt down, grabbing the knives and wiping the blood off. I then grab a few matches, light them, and throw them onto each of the four targets, to leave no evidence. I could feel eyes behind me. Eric, I smiled as I knew. He was the lookout in case someone decided to try and get the jump on me. I walked along the shafts, as I was warned each time someone came my way, and I killed them, no hesitation. I am an assasin, after all. I then see a large door. Two guards stood in front of it. I giggled. I ran towards them, and they ducked quickly to dodge my blades. Rookie mistake, I thought. My blades ricocheted off of each other and stabbed each men in the back, and my blades were laced with poison, so soon, they dropped, very much dead. I again, light their corpses on fire. I then push open to doors to see multiple men. They all turned and stared at me, from the blood dripping off my face, to the burning guards behind me. They were smart enough to get what was happening and immediately began firing their guns. I grabbed my knives at lightning speed and ducked as bullets bounced off of my blades. I grinned, and somersaulted towards the closest me, knocking them out with my feet, kicking their shins, and then stabbing their chests. I noticed some people up on beams of woods and tossed some knives at them, each one hitting their mark. "What fun this is! The blood, it's everywhere!" I cackled as I saw the looks of anger and agony on the peoples faces. One yelled
" Who are you? Which group do you come from?"
I snicker and say " Now why would I reveal important information like that? Idiot!" I watch as more and more of them came towards me, like a pack of wolves. Unfortunately, they were up a cougar that had ambushed them, and their numbers had dwindled to a mere few. I whistle innocently as I grab daggers, but both had a more squiggly blade, and as I dashed forward, I moved my arms and sliced, first target number sixty-eight, then target ninety-three, and finally, target fifty-six. They all dropped and white foam formed at their mouths. " That's a little something I call poison, hehe!" I arch as they all writhe in pain, and a warm feeling fills my body, joy. I turn, to see my final opponent, the pack leader, Youn Fret. He had a bulky build, and his hair was messy and choppy, with an ugly mud-brown colour, and he wore a black shirt that slightly tore with matching pants.
" You may have defeated my men, girly, but you won't defeat me, and I'll knock that pretty little head of your clean off and add it to my collection. " He said, his voice just as disgusting as his appearance, at least in my eyes and ears. " Fine, let's play, you ugly old bear"

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" What do you think is happening in there?" A voice said, Jacks, which went through the earpiece. A feminine voice responded, Tara's " Circe is likely killing people right around now. You know them." And a loud sigh followed " I really don't like her, at all" said another female voice, Mary's. " She always acts like a child, literally. All she talks about is having "fun" which annoys me so much! Like at least Eric acts more mature than that little brat-" she was cut off by Jack's voice " Watch your mouth, Mary. You don't know anything about what I and Circe have been through, so zip it" his voice was cold and harsh, slightly threatening. "Whatever" she grumbled. Another sigh. Could be heard " Stop fighting you two." Then, a slight ringing sound was heard. They all froze as another, deep voice spoke through the earpieces. " Hello, everyone. I hope you are well?" Jack was the first to say " W-we are well, Master. May I-I ask why you call us during our mission?" He said with a slight stutter. It was understandable, as this voice was the leader. " Ah just a message needed to be passed along. Tell Circe i need to speak with her directly after the mission. Is that clear?"
" Yes sir!" Everyone said in unison. " Good, well, goodbye, for now" and the voice stopped. Everyone was trembling like crazy. Whenever Circe was summoned to the boss, it was always something bad... They shuddered. " Well, you all got that right? Let's wait, since Circe will be out...soon enough." Everyone nodded, even if the others couldn't see it, it was obvious they all had. The sounds of clanging, blades against blades, could be heard, even from the outside. We shushed ourselves, and Tara quietly scolded Jack and Mary.
"Remember to be quieter!"
They all nodded and sighed.
"It' a secret, don't you know?"
Letting out a breath, they just sat and awaited for Circe to come out, soaked in blood...as usual.