Success or Death

Chapter 1

Timing was everything.

If we didn't keep to specific time, our death would be upon us.

I'm sure the other 2/3 of my team were prepared for the worst, accepting the fact death might occur. Me?

I quite liked living. I liked submerging myself into books on a cozy night, fighting the confines of comforting sleep. I liked hearing the early songs of the birds whenever I awoke, or the hustle and bustle of the capital on the rare trips I visit. I loved the bitter but soothing coffee I always made sure to drink in the morning.

I quite enjoyed living and it's simplest, joyous activities it has to offer. So I wasn't particularly interested in dying.

Although, for my cause, it was something I had to expect. And as we rode silently down the winding back roads to the capital, I felt the need to prepare for death.

Our mission almost promised us death, but if we timed it correctly ,and if we had a bit of good luck of course, we might get away with the grandest of schemes.

Our major scheme was indeed probably one of the stupidest thing thought of.

Some people rob banks, start riots, even kill people. Us? We steal the princess, of course. And then we kill the Queen.  I'd like to imagine it's simpler, which in theory it is. Part one of our plan was atleast simple:

1. Sneak into Castle
2. Take princess
3. Go about our merry way

Although in hindsight nothing is just that easy, taking one of the most powerful people in modern day times in certainly not.

See after the third world war, billions upon billions lost a lot, including money. Now only the elite are left to rule, such as Lillian Luthor. Her family had decidedly taken over what used to be North America and used to rule those with care. This is until the King died of a heart attack. Lillian, after her husband died, solely started to rule as Queen. She weeded out those openly opposed her, sentencing them to either death or prison for treason. She had been killing off the poor in hopes of letting only the rich survive.

This is where we come in. I am apart of a trained assembly of agents who work together to stop her. Our plans are to steal the princess, and then lure Lillian into a trap to assainate her. See? Easy.

Thankfully Lex, the oldest son, had been banished long ago for speaking out against his mother. So that elimates the chances of him interfering. So once Lillian's out of power then my group comes in and takes control.

See? Piece of cake.

If the cake had been in the middle of the ocean.

With sharks swimming all around it.

Although it was too late for second guessing, I had to do this. I needed to do this.

I shifted my gaze to the front seat where my sister was sitting. She has her eyes softly trained on the girl next to her, Maggie, our third partner. I snorted to myself, recalling how often I witnessed the serious, bruting Alex Danvers send heart eyes to her crush.

It was almost a laughable situation really, we might have a chance of dying tonight and Alex , instead of worrying, is paying attention to her crush. Maggie, although, was completely unaware of the other girls gaze as her knuckles tightened around the wheel. Her eyes unmoving while staring straight ahead on the dark road in front of us.

I decided to break the tension.

"Can we play a game," I spoke while looking out the window. I seen Alex give me an disbelieving look.

"Kara there's a possible chance we might all die on the dangerous mission of our century, and you want to play a game?" She said.

I nodded which gave way to the following groans from my teammate.