Do You Know Why?

Project-X

Disclaimer: this story may contain mature content.

I was waiting in an alleyway. I have a job now, and my job is as a hired mercenary. (I got fake/glass eyes). Today I was meeting my client in this alley. I was up against the wall and basically invisible. It was one of the few skills that I have learned through my assassinations. Then a voice broke my concentration. "Where are you?" He said in a uncertain voice. I waited until he walked past me, then I went out of my cover. I took out my dagger, one of my very few weapons. I only had a hidden blade and a dagger. The guy suddenly shivered as a cold piece of metal was against his throat, and I said in his ear quietly "you are late!" "S-sorry, I got lost on the way here!" He said weakly and frightened. I released the knife from his throat. "So what is my job?" I asked him. "Well there is a facility, and I think they are running human experiments." "And who would you want dead?" "The men running the place." "And what are my restrictions?" "The test subjects." "What do you want me to do with them?" "Bring them to me." "You know, there is one cache to hiring me." "And what would that be?" "Anyone can hire me to kill you." "If they have the proper amount of money though." "Which brings me to my next question, how much are you willing to pay?" "50k." "Make it 70k." "55k" "60k and I will make their deaths painful." "Fine, you have a deal. The facility is 5 blocks north of here." Once I heard that I ran off. Like most places I've been to there were guards to get rid of intruders. I ran through the shadows to stay hidden. I tossed a rock behind a bush to lure him there. "Did you hear that?" Asked one of the guards to the other. "Go check it out." He seemed like the main guard, giving orders out to the others. "Okay." He started to move towards the bush, and that is just what I needed. He peered behind the bush and I made my move. The dagger was my weapon of choice, I covered his mouth and jabbed the dagger into the back of his neck. He started to struggle so I moved the dagger to the left. His body fell limp and I removed the dagger. I removed his clothing and weapons. After a brief moment to get dressed I looked exactly like one of the guards. Also added to my weaponry was a suppressed assault rifle along with a suppressed pistol. I walked back to the main guard and he asked "so what was it?" I was pretty good at voice manipulation so I replied "just a squirrel, nothing to worry about." "Okay, our shift is almost over so we should head in." "Okay, right behind you." I followed the guy inside the building. "Since this is your first day on the job just stick by me." "Okay, so what are we doing now?" "Now we report to the bossman." I followed the man through the facility, past hallways where I could hear screaming. "Here's his office." Said the man. "I haven't asked you yet but what's your name?" "My names Lawrence, and how about you?" "The names Vince." "Vince... Vince, I feel like I've heard that name before." "Well lets hand in this report." "Ya, sure lets." He knocked five times on the door and a voice said "enter." It was a feminine voice with quite a bit of power behind it. As we were walking in I saw the owner of the voice. She was a girl about my age (18) long blonde hair and ruby red eyes. "Where is the boss?" "My father is attending some business, so until he returns I am in command." "Fine." Said Lawrence. "And who might this be?" She said pointing at me. "He is..." but Lawrence was cut off. "I wasn't asking you." She said "now may I know the name of the one I am addressing?" "My name is Vince ma'am." "That is a nice name Vince." "Thank you but may I know yours?" I asked her. "My name is Alexia." "Well we'll leave now." Said Lawrence. "Yes I have more paperwork to get done." We started to walk out of the room when Alexia spoke up "Vince can you stay here?" Sure..." but Lawrence butted in, saying "but ma'am I still have to show him around." "Lawrence you go, I'll show Vince around." "If you say so." And Lawrence left. "Vince come closer and take a seat." I walked up to the desk and sat down in one of the seats. "What do you want me for ma'am?" I asked. "First off call me Alexia, secondly I don't see your name on the list. So who are you really?" "The name I told you is my real name, but I am not an actually worker here." "Then why are you here?" "I'm a hired assassin, today I was suppose to kill your father, but it seems that he isn't here." "He's on a business trip." She said flatly. "If I may ask, what are the experiments that you are doing here?" "I can't exactly tell you but I can show you." "To make sure you aren't leading me into a trap, can I have some people come with me?" "How do I know that you won't try to kill me?" "I am an assassin of my own origin. I've lost basically everything, but I made an oath not to do any unnecessary killing. And from what I know you haven't done anything to deserve to die." After a bit of thinking she said "okay, I believe you. But where are the people you want to come with us?" "They are right here." And I said in a soft tone "Ravenclaw, Morrow, and Raven please show yourselves." The three of them stepped out of the shadow in the corner of the room. They said in unison "you summoned master?" "Yes I did." "What service do you need now?" They replied still in sync. "Today I need an escort." "Which one of us do you desire to escort you?" "All three of you and please stop talking all at once." They nodded and I looked at Alexia. She had a shocked expression on her face. "Ravenclaw please explain what she needs to know." After a brief explanation Alexia knew that Ravenclaw, Morrow, and Raven were within a contract with me, also that I was within a contract with Satan himself. "Wait let me get this straight." She started "you three are demonic, and Vince is basically unkillable." And Raven replied "yep that's pretty much it." "Wait, couldn't I make a contract with a demon?" This time I spoke up "technically yes, but you have to give them something in return." "Like what?" "Well for me I gave up all forms of emotion besides anger an a slight bit of joy." "That's all?" "Well no, since I was so young they also tricked me into giving them part of my soul." "Okay, but that brings me to a quick question." "Let's walk and talk." So we started to walk. "How long have you been in the contract with them?" "Well it's been a while but I made it on a special day, and I think it will be 15 years next month." We walked to one of the chambers and I saw a man attached to a machine. "What my dad does here is make super solders." There was silence as we walked away, until she broke it. "Well here we are." We were at the exit. "Thanks." As I was opening the door to leave she asked "why will it be 15?" "Well next month is going to be me birthday." "What day is it?" "The thirteenth." And at that I left. Every guard on the yard kept me at gun point. I walked through the gate but left something behind. It dropped to the ground with a metallic click. They all gathered around the object. The nearest one picked up the device. There was a faint ticking sound emanating from it. "What is it?" Asked one of the guards asked. I was half way down the block when there was a very loud explosion. "That's what it is was." I said to my self with a smirk on my face.

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I'm running low on ideas so if you guys wouldn't mind could you comments for the next chapter, that would be greatly appreciated an equally helpful.