Tears of the Canary

Chapter Nineteen

A man walks into the room and walks over to speak to the man wearing the skull ring. When he gets to his destination, he whispers into the man's ear.
"Well it would seem that we have company, so I will have to cut this visit short."
"You better hope and pray that I don't get loose or Nyssa kills you." Sara warned. The man turned around and had creepy and happy look in his eyes.
"Nyssa? The Nyssa that is known as the Demon's heir?"
"Yes, that's the one."
"I've always wanted to kill me a member of the League of Assassins."
"You kill this one, you'll be running for the rest of your life." Laurel replied.
"That's ok, Laurel, he'll have to do a little better than what he did to you two to kill me." Nyssa stated.
"What happen to no offense?" Sara asked.
"I thought it was Implied."
"Enough! Men attacked." The man with the skull ring commanded. Nyssa drew her knife and tossed it, hitting one of the skull members in the chest, but she didn't waste time by watching where her knife was going and drew her sword after she tossed it.
More skull members came at her and she stabbed and chopped her way through them, trying to get to leader of the skull's. If she could kill him Sara would be safe.
Meanwhile Sara is trying to get to the kitchen knife that is lying on the table and free herself so she can help Nyssa. But it was not an easy task as she to hobble the chair across the room.
When Nyssa got to the leader however, she just knocked him out with one punch before walking over to Laurel and Sara.
"Are you two ok?" Nyssa asked while she unties Sara.
"We're ok." Laurel responds as Nyssa walks over to untie her. Sara stands up and watches, not seeing the man that Nyssa knocked out behind her.
After Nyssa unties Laurel, she stands up and sees the man pull a gun.
"Sara! Look out." Laurel shouted the man pulled the trigger and at last minute Nyssa grabs Sara holds her in the front of her and had her back turn the gunman, taking the bullet to the back. Nyssa began to fall, but not before Sara picked up the kitchen knife and tossed it at the gunman, hitting him in the chest as Sara fell with Nyssa on top of her.
Laurel rushed over to her sister and Nyssa and knelt down beside them.
"Sara? Laurel? Can you hear?" Nyssa asked the two women.
"We can hear you." Both Sara and Laurel acknowledge.
"I'm not gonna make it."
"Don't talk like that."
"I'm glad you think I have a chance, but both know the truth, Sara."
"Fight damn you."
"Laurel, it's hopeless. I'm dying."
They couldn't Accept that, but Nyssa didn't have much and there's something she wanted to tell Laurel and Sara before she died.
"I don't have much time, so listen. I love you both, I would have had the hardest time ever trying to pick one of you. And one more thing, promise me that you two will not hate each other because nothing is more important than family."
"We promise."
Nyssa nods her head and kisses Sara and Laurel on the cheek before she died.
They both cried the rest of the night.