Dark Raven: An Assassins Tale

Even In Death (Our Love Goes On)

The day has come. We will kill the King. Our mission will finally be completed and we can go home. We walk up the streets of the Roman city. A gray sky and dark clouds lay ahead. A long rumble of thunder sounds from the sky as we walk towards the large palace. Jay motions for us to follow him behind a large pillar.

"Alright. Here's the plan." He starts. We lean in closet as he describes the plan. He draws our directions and despond in the dust on the ground. "Megastar, you go left. There should be a shaft under the ground that leads up to above the meeting room. Shy Fawn, take go the same direction as Megastar, but try to break through a window. I'll climb onto the roof and try to push a loose marble block and get into one of the shafts. Raven, follow." He says as he brushes his foot over our plans he motions for us to slit into our separate areas. I follow behind him swiftly. He grabs a rope from his waist and flings it over the wall. He latches it to a block on the roof and he hands me one end of the rope. He veins to climb up as I follow behind. He lifts himself over the top and extends his hand to grab mine. I grab his hand and he pulls me up over the roof.

"Thanks." I say flipping my hair over my eye, slinging my satchel over my shoulder.

"Alright. Try to find a loose block. Motion for me when you find it." He says walking off and tapping his foot over some quarts slabs. I walk around a while over some slabs of the white stone. I step on one of the stones and slides down an inch or so.

"Jay!" I call trying I be as silent as possible. He walks over and loos at the stone my foot is placed on. He shoves my leg aside and carefully slides his knife into his crack in the rock. The block slides upwards enough for him to grab it. He slowly drags the stone out of the frame.

"Yes....!" He says placing the slab aside and sending a top down into the shaft. He jump through the small hole I the roof and land lightly on my black boots. Jay's Wing jumps down after me and motions me.

"C'mon the meeting rooms this way." He says as we stalk forwards. A small window at the end of the shaft meets with a larger shaft where Megastar and Shy Fawn wait for us.

"Oh, finally, you're here!" Megastar sighs annoyed. Shy Fawn shoves Megastar with her elbow and he smirks.

"Well, let's go. This is our moment." I say. They all nod and we prey out the small window into the meeting room. We see the room of nobles, dukes, and mistresses. Jay cuts a small hole into the window.

"Alright, Raven, you jump first. Aim for the kings throat and give him the first blow. Then, we'll come in and help with the rest.

"Okay, go..." Jay says. I look out at the crowd of people. I grab my daggers and prepare to jump. I run at the window ad blast right through sending shards of glass shattering down on the red carpeting below. The crowds below scream and gasp at the light if my dark figure falling freely down to the ground. I aim my knife at the Kings throat when I feel a pain in my back. I drop one my my knives and crash to the ground rolling down the first few steps. I hear a loud crack that echoes through the room of screaming royals soon to learn it was the sickening noise of my ribs crushing under the impact. I see a man holding a knife over my chest. I try to kick him off but he stabs the knife through my chest. Over and over he stabs the knife puncturing my lungs and cutting open my chest cavity. Blood begins to trickle from my mouth as I begin losing consciousness as my mind starts to go into shock. My vision blurs as I see the outline of Jay, Megastar and Shy Fawn burst through the window. He runs over. I hear him screaming my name, but it all comes out as a muffled echoing. I hear the sharp call of Megastar as he calls Jay to leave and help fight. I look over at Shy Fawn who's fighting with a guard. All is well unto l see him grab her worst and twist it back. She screams in pain as the sword goes through her head. Her dead body stops to the ground forming in a pool of blood below her. Megastar is in a crowd of men side by side with Jay. A man grabs Megastar's light body off the ground and throws him down. The guard grasps the knife him his hands and stabs it through his chest, ripping it down his stomach. He screams, blood bubbling in his throat as the man takes the knife and punctured it through his neck, killing him instantly. Jay grits his teeth and fights alone with the men. A man behind him grasps his bow and dress it back, shorting an arrow through his back. The arrow pierces through his back, but he continues fighting for his life. Another guard cuts the side of his neck open and blood pours freely like molten lava. Te loos sports out as he whips around to face the man who shot him. He runs at him trough his pain and stabs him in the chest. He falls to the ground dead. Jays' Wing throws his knife at the guard behind him.

"J..Jay..." I whisper choking on my own blood. He looks over at me before he throws his last weapon, piercing it through a guards skull. A man runs up and stabs Jay in the stomach. He creams and falls to the ground in a pool of crimson blood. I feel a rough sack being pulled over my head as the world goes silent and my eyes close for eternity.

I feel myself being carried down a staircase. I hear the creaking of a late metal door in front of me. The man throws me to the stone ground. I hear three more thumps on the stone floor and the bag is lifted off my head. Te door closes and I lay there for many minutes. I open my eyes slightly, my eyes blurred in the eerie darkness. Te smell of death wafts through the air.

"Hello..." I murmur silently, my voice cracked and hoarse. My voice echoes through the prison cells. I sit up slowly. I bleed heavily from my stab wounds. I crawl across the floor over to Shy Fawn and Megastar. "Guys.... Are you.. Alright?" I mutter.

Silence....

"No... Come back! P-please..!" I choke. I hear a moan behind my as I see the body of Jay shift behind me.

"Jay?" I say. He looks over at me and smiles. Blood trickles from his mouth as he chokes.

"Heh... Hey." He says. "I-I guess that didn't work out as planned, huh?" He breathes. I nod and move closer to him.

"So. I guess all we wait for now is death, right?" He chuckles slightly. I smirk.

"Yeah..." I say reaching into my pocket for a knife. I couldn't bare to see him in pain any longer. "Hey, can you reach over and grab me that knife?" I ask. He nods slowly and struggles to look for the "knife"."

"I don't see a knife..." He says. He looks back up at me as I shove the knife into his heart. He looks at me his eyes slowly closing as his body relaxes.

"Thank you..." He murmurs as he lays his body down. I listen for a few more seconds till his breathing stops. I lay on my back holding the bloody knife over my chest.

"Now's my time." I say closing my eyes. I hold the knife over my neck ad slowly sink it Ito my throat. "Now I die... Now we can all have peace. No more war, no more death. Now.... Together, we can rest..."