Death's a Bitch REPLACEMENT

Chapter Six: Stealth

~~ Death's Point Of View ~~

"He's been gone hours" I snapped pacing the kitchen.
"Well I'm assuming they are testing him for everything" Cupid said popping another cherry into his mouth; it was irritating me and I don't know why
"It's only been two weeks, he's learnt fuck all"
"He's learnt heaps in the time you have had him. Plus he can't reap yet so they can't ditch you yet even if they wanted to"
"At least he is safe guarded, doesn't die if he doesn't reap"
"You had the curse from the beginning?" he asked
"Yeah, I learnt fast though. I had to or I would die. The fear of withering away and dying was enough to kick me into overdrive"
"Why not ask the elders to do that to him?"
"Because he's like a diamond in a coal mine to them; He's too valuable to risk"
"That's just stupid, he's going to end up being a weak grim reaper"
"Is that a bad thing though? Like really then he can't kick me from my job"
"Then what happens to him? If he fails I mean?" Cupid said picking up another cherry.
I pondered on the thought? What would happen to him? Being in this job means a lot of sins which is frowned upon up there. Before I could answer Ashton and Camael came through the door. Ashton didn't look happy at all; he pushed past me and went straight to the fridge pulling out a carton of juice and downing it.
"So" Cupid began awkwardly "How did it go?"
"Fucking great" he snapped walking out of the room, we both turned to Camael.
"He did well in combat, perfect in it, everything else was really shit"
"I'll go talk to him" I said making my way out of the door
"That's probably not the best idea" Camael said
I was already gone climbing up the stairs.

Eventually I found him in the gym punching the shit out of the dummy that was poorly fixed.
"I heard your combat was fine"
I knife flew in my direction... well kind of he was way off his target.
"Nice try" I said pulling the knife out of the door and throwing it at him. It grazed past his ear slightly cutting him then burying into the dummy behind him.
"Look" I said "it's been two weeks, it going to take months for you to learn everything. Tell me what you want to learn and we can have a lesson today before tea"
"teach me stealth" he snapped
"You did not miserably fail stealth did you?"
"Fuck up" he snapped again
"alright, alright lets train in stealth" I said "this is how it's going to go, I'm going to sit in the centre of the room and you are going to try and sneak around me until you are close enough to take me out. If I hear you I get to throw a dagger at you"
"Seems easy enough" he said.

I stood in the centre of the room; I had closed off anything that produced light so it was completely dark. I shut my eyes to give him a chance to sneak up on me, as I could see him perfectly with my night vision sight. He began to move around and I threw a knife in his direction
"Pick up your feet, you sound like a fucking elephant"
he took my advice and he picked up his feet, not perfect but then again I could pick up the quietest of noises. Another dagger dung into his flesh, he let out a grunt.
"You are not running a marathon, stop breathing so heavily, actually you don't even need to breathe"
The breathing stopped.
"Good" I said "but you're still shit, your weapons belt; space your knifes wider apart so they don't hit each and create sound"
"Oh fuck this" he snapped "I'm done"
"Stop being a fucking child" I snapped "stand where I was and I'll sneak up on you. Really tune into your senses, listen to everything; the movements in the air, that's what gives you away"
"You're listening to the fucking air?"
"Get in the middle you will understand soon enough"

I stood on the outskirts of the room, quietly moving around slowly getting closer and closer to him. He couldn't pin point me and even if he could his throwing was shit. Eventually I was behind him
"boo" I whispered
He threw a punch in my direction and I caught it.
"Again" he said
we continued to do it over and over again. I was in the middle at times and then he would be. He was getting better; I was no longer running out of daggers. It was my turn to sneak up on him; he was getting angry because he hasn't actually caught me yet.
I was nearly behind him to whisper boo in his ear again when he caught me. We tumbled to the ground his body on top of mine. He was inches from my face with a cheeky grin spread across it.
"Boo" he whispered
We stayed there for what felt like an eternity until I finally I broke the silence
"What happened in heaven?"
"They made me look like an idiot, Camael must have told them what I did well at and the stuff I hadn't learned"
"See why I call them assholes"
Ashton got off my and sat beside me playing with a blade. I stayed where I was lying there listening to him.
"They all give off a vibe, like a 'we are too good for you' vibe"
"Wait till you see what's in their heads" I said
"You can see into their minds?"
"Yeah I use to, now I don't dare to go anywhere in their fucked heads, they can destroy the world I couldn't give a fuck"
"Why don't you read it now?" he asked
"Well you know... the usual, your wings are ripped from your body, you are cursed, stuck with a shit job, part demon; did I mention the shit job?"
"That's why you are like this now? id because of that"
"Yeah, they must have seen me as a threat, when they found out that I could read minds one of them started thinking about the 'Great plan' and if I found out its details, I would tell someone in higher power about it and fuck them over big time, so they ripped my wings completely off, threw me to earth, nearly killed me but when that didn't work they cursed me and told me to live I had to take up this shitty job"
"Wow your life has been shit" he said awkwardly running a hand through his hair
"Strangely enough, I was used to it, being beaten constantly nearly to death, thrown around, just treated like utter shit"
"Yeah..." he said quietly
"Anyway" I said sitting up "enough stealth for today, we will try again in another couple of days, I'm teaching you how to use weapons after tea"
"Why are you smiling" he said unsure
"Don't wear a good top, it will most likely be shredded.

And with that I walked off flicking on the lights as I left so he wouldburn his eyes, he flung a curse at me as I walked off laughing.