The Tale Of The Assassin

Part 16: The Missing Assassin

As Josh drove he told Rose how he had met his actual family and the events that had lead up to it. By the time he had finished they had arrived at Rose's house.

'Goodnight Josh' Rose said

'Night Rose' Josh replied

Josh left as soon as he saw Rose open the door and walk in. As he was driving Josh received a call.

'Hello?' Josh said

'Hello Josh' Rebecca replied

'Hey Mum' Josh said 'what's up?'

Rebecca paused for a moment before she told Josh.

'I need you to go to the orphanage on the outskirts of Hobart'

'Sure' Josh said 'Why?'

'Do you remember, we told you that there were two of our assassins that were adopted?' Rebecca asked

'Yes, me and...' Josh replied

'You and 083, also known as Lynda' Rebecca said

'So you want me to go get her?' Josh asked

'Yes, her gear is in the boot of your car'

'What?' Josh asked

'Peter told us that you were going to see Rose so we...'

'Sneaky prick' Josh said 'right well I'll go get her and bring her back'

And with that Josh hung up. One hour later Josh arrived at the orphanage Rebecca had told him about. To him it looked completely run down and abandoned.

'What the hell?' he said

He walked up to the door and heard someone screaming. He pulled out his P-99 and opened the door.

'You insolent brat!' a woman screeched 'we have looked after you since you were a baby and this is how you treat us?'

There was more screaming and a woman passed in front of Josh. She stopped and looked at Josh. Josh simply waved.

'Madam!' The woman yelled

The screaming turned to sobbing and an older woman walked out of one of the rooms.

'Why are you here?' she asked

Josh reached into one of his pockets and brought out a letter. The woman took it and read it.

'What is it madam?' the frightened woman asked

'A letter requesting that one of the girls be returned to her mother' the other woman replied

She then looked at Josh and smiled.

'Unfortunately she isn't here'

Josh looked around the room then shot a nearby vase.

'Why did you do that!?' the frightened woman shrieked

Josh pointed to a door and both women looked and saw that a girl was leaning against the frame. The poor girl's face was crimson with blood.

'LYNDA!' one of the women screeched

'Who?' Josh asked 'did this'

Lynda pointed at the older of the two women, and Josh pointed his gun at the woman next to her and fired. The woman fell to the floor her eyes staring vacantly at the ceiling. Josh looked at the other woman and said:

'Run'

The woman turned on her heels and ran, Josh gave her five seconds and then fired twice. One shot impacted with the woman's chest, the other with her leg. The woman fell awkwardly to the floor.

'Are you okay?' Josh asked Lynda

Lynda nodded. Josh then handed her the bag he was carrying, she opened it and took out her armour.

'What is this?' Lynda asked

To answer Josh reached into his second pocket and brought out another letter. He then gave it to Lynda and stood back while she read it. After she had read it she put the letter in her trouser pockets.

'I'll be right back' she said 'I just need to change'

Josh nodded and Lynda went into the room next door. While he waited Josh hacked into the police database and searched up known locations of Cory Mackintosh, Josh quickly found that he was back at his old home right down the street from the Netherton's old house. Josh heard footsteps approaching and turned around. When he did he was stunned. Lynda was standing there in her armour and he thought she looked stunning. As she put on her helmet Josh was shocked to see it looked exactly like his own.

'So what abilities do you have?' Josh asked

'The Phantom kind' Lynda replied

'Eh?' Josh said

The two assassins walked away from the orphanage to Josh's car. Josh slid into the driver seat and Lynda jumped into the passenger seat. On the way Rebecca called.

'Hey mum' Josh said

'Josh' Rebecca said 'you'd better get here quickly'

Josh frowned, his mum sounded very worried.

'Okay what's up?' he asked

The answer came from a burst of noise Josh heard from Rebecca's side of the call.

'Assassins!' it said 'this is General Terminally of the united army, came out peacefully and you won't be harmed'

Suddenly Josh himself felt fear. He had heard of the United Army, it had soldiers from all over the world and their leader General Terminally was Rose's father.

'Jesus Christ' Josh whispered 'what do you need us to do?'

'What I need you to do is get back here and be ready for a change' Rebecca replied

'What change?' Josh asked

'A military one'