Enderverse - The Tempestuous Assassin

Chapter 1

I was born in a city neighboring Aria overloaded with crimes called Blackfall. If you wished to survive in this horrid place, you'd have to kill and steal from everyone. All the supplies in this city were stolen objects from other villages, towns or cities nearby, namely Aria. This caused Aria and other places to fall in a serious economical crisis. In the Cathedral Conference, the officials have declared to demolish Blackfall, which they did when I was at the age of seven.

My dad used to always teach me how to swing and throw a knife, he used to say I was a natural at this. But one day, when I was at the age of five; he was alone in an alleyway on the way to home and then suddenly, a gang consisting of 8 thugs surrounded him during the evening:

"'Ey punk, gimme all them goodies ya got"

Dad took out everything he had because they all had a sort of weapon on them, so he was basically helpless.

"There you go, now leave me alone."

The gang leader smirks and asks:

"I thought I saw ya hangin' 'round with a beauty the other day. We'd like ya to hand her over."

Dad was overflowing with anger inside of him.

"Stay away from her, you sadistic little shit."

"Oh, we gon' take real good care of her... and the child too."

Dad got exasperated and snapped.

He snagged back his knife that he just gave to the gang leader and cut his throat in 2 seconds.

The gang members were in awe, but they quickly recovered and started attacking from all directions.

"Y-you're gonna pay for this!"

After about 5 minutes of bloodshed, all the gang members were dead. But dad was lying on the ground, seriously wounded. After 3 hours, I was worried about where dad could've been, but I was in a dilemma; do I stay with my mom or go search for dad? My mom was already pregnant with my little sister, and she apparently had some kind of disease.

Eventually, I grew too impatient, so I went to search for dad. After half an hour of searching, I finally found him, lying dead on the ground. I was so frightened by that sight that the emotion was inexplicably strong. I tried my hardest not to scream out loud because it would only lure other bad guys in here. I had no strength to carry him at that age, so I was forced to leave his body there. Having recovered from that sight, I picked up the knife that he always used and the small photo of mom from his pockets.

Subsequently, I returned home. My mom was still sleeping. On the way home, the only thought that was on my mind was how I would explain dad's death to mom. I didn't know what to do, I just sat in a corner with my head down and lamenting silently enough not to wake her up.

I woke up slightly before dawn hearing my mom uttering a yelp. I quickly went to see her. She was vomiting inside a bucket and I noticed a bit of blood in it.

"Mom! Are you okay?"

She coughs and tells me:

"I'm just fine, don't worry about me."

"Okay..."

"By the way Sicarius, have you seen dad?"