River's Time to Thrive

Chapter 5

"Let's go to bed, we will find out sooner or later." Alice said.

~ one month later ~

"I feel great today, I can finally go out...and beat someone's ass!" Storm yelled. "Really? You just got over that, and now your going after him again?" "...Yes, yes I am." "Stormmm..." "What?" I gently shoved Storm and walked away. "Hey, What was that for?" I didn't respond and kept walking.

Storm grabbed by arm which made me turn around. "Hey! Stop grabbing my arm all the time!" I shook off his grasp and continued to walk away. I went to my room, grabbed a satchel. (Yes, the ropes and grappling hook are inside of the satchel.) I went to my closet and grabbed my sword.

I sheathed my sword, and I bent down and pulled out a small drawer under my closet and grabbed two daggers. I sheathed the daggers and pushed the small drawer back and closed the closet's doors. I then went out the window.

I carefully climbed down the wall making sure I wouldn't slip.

(Storm's POV)

"Where did that damn girl get to now?" I ran around the building looking for River. Just then I ran right into John, instantly making him fall. "Shit! G-get away from me!" "Chill, I'm not gonna beat your wimpy ass." I turned away from John and went running around looking for River again.

(River's POV)

I went out into the city looking at old shops and stores. I went down an alley way and heard voices. "Please! Let me go!" I heard a young girl say. I ran down the alley and saw a young girl being held by a man that looked like he was in his early 20's.

"Hey, you there! Let that poor girl alone!" I yelled at the man. The man looked at me and looked me up and down. He dropped the girl and went walking causally towards me. He grabbed my waist and pulled me close. "Let go of me you bastard!" "Your more my age dear, your too good to let go of." With that said I popped my arm back and my elbow hit his jaw.

He instantly dropped me and held his jaw. "A feisty one. I love feisty women." "You sick bastard." I unsheathed one of my daggers and charged at the man. I whipped my dagger across his face which made him stubble backwards.

I narrowed my eyes, watching the man with cat-like eyes. The man wiped his cheek and charged at me. He threw a punch at me but I dodged it. I pulled out my other dagger quickly slicing his upper thigh. The man fell to the ground yelping in pain. I smirked, pulled out a piece of paper and a pencil and wrote a small little note on the paper. I dipped my daggers in a near by puddle to get the blood off. I sheathed my daggers.

I knocked out the man and stuck the paper under the man's arm. The girl looked at me with wide eyes. "D-don't hurt me!" She yelled. "It's ok. I won't hurt you. Are you alright?" The girl nodded. I looked around and pointed towards another alley way.

"Can you go and stay right there behind that garbage bin? I will be right back, I'm going to get the police." The girl nodded again and went to the garbage bin. I went out the alley way and pulled my hood over my face.

I grabbed a large rock and threw it at the nearest policemen. The policemen turned around and I waved an arm to get his attention. I turned around quickly and ran towards the girl. I picked up the girl and ran away from the alley. "Did that man do anything to you?" I asked the girl. "N-no, you came just in time. He was just about to." "That's good then. Do you know where your parents are?"

I ran at least 25 blocks from the alley and stopped. I put down the girl. "I...don't have any parents." The girl said with a sad look on her face. "Do you want to go to the orphanage?" "No! I want to stay with you!" The girl ran and hugged me tightly.

'I need to ask master if she's allowed to stay.' "Ok, but first, what is your name?" "My name is Hope." "Hope? That's a lovely name. How old are you Hope?" Hope stood there, thinking for a moment and then said, "I'm 14. I'm turning 15 in October." I chuckled. "That's amazing because my birthday is also in October."

Hope smiled and hugged me again. I took out my phone and went to call Storm. "I'm calling a friend so be quiet for a minute." Hope nodded. "Yo, Storm, there's a girl I'm with. Her name is Hope and she has nowhere to stay. She's 13. Could you ask the master if she could stay with us?"

"Yeah, sure hang on." Storm said over the phone. "He said he wants to meet the girl first, and if he approves of the girl then she must be trained to be like us." Storm said.

"Alright, Thanks." I hung up the phone and turned to the girl. "Um...h-how do you handle with blood?" "Huh? What do you mean by how do I handle with blood?"

"Like when I beat up that man, I cut some pretty deep gashes into him. Did the blood bother you? Seeing the tendons and blood?" "No it really didn't." "That's good then."

"Why is that a good thing?" "...You will find out later." I picked up the girl and put her on my back carrying her piggy back style. "We're going to my place, and my job involves with...lots of blood." "Are you a doctor?"

"Nothing close to a doctor, Hope." "Then...what are you?" "Hope...I won't blame you if you try to get away, but I'm an assa- you know what? I will tell you when we get to my place."

"Ok? What does your home look like?" "Well, it's an old country log cabin near the woods at East Hill." "Oh, I've heard of that house, isn't it like where murderers live?"

"Um...we're not murderers, we're Assassins. Sorta the same thing." "Oh..." "Your not scared of me right?" "Yeah you seem nice. Just because you kill I'm sure you have your reasons."

"But one thing, w-will you kill me? O-or have to kill me?" "Oh god, no. Your right, I do have my reasons to kill or hurt people, but there is no reason to harm you Hope."

"Hey what's your name? I don't think you told me." "Oh I'm River. I have a friend and his name involves water." "What's his name?" Hope leaned over and looked down on my forehead. "His name is Storm, he tried to beat up a guy's ass because he was teasing him."

"What was the dude teasing Storm about?" "Me almost...killing...him." I walked a bit slower that I mentioned it.
"You almost killed...your friend?" ~sigh~

"Yes, I almost killed him, we were practicing in the courtyard but my dagger cut into him too deep. I cut him in the stomach. I didn't mean to hurt him that badly, but...I did. Accidents happen right? He knows I didn't mean to hurt him that badly." 

I could feel Hope wrap her arms around me more tightly. "A-are you hugging me?" "Yeah? Does it bother you?" "No, I'm just...I've never really been hugged." "Oh." Hope hugged me even tighter. "If you don't let go soon, you will kill me." I said jokingly. Hope loosened her hug on me but still hugged me.

"Well, here we are Hope."

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*GASP* River has brought a friend with her? Will the master approve young Hope and make her become an assassin and be River's assistant? Or will she get rejected and have to live on the streets once more. Find out in the next chapter! Byeeee ~

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