Six Feet Under

Chapter Two: Cut in half?

I knocked on the oaken door. It gave off a hollow sound that echoed throughout the entire hallway. Everything was silent. You could hear your own heartbeat. It was disorienting and I could feel a pressure weighing on my shoulders. The silence was broken by a low voice. That came from the office. It said: "Well sir, I tried not to kill him during the last mission but he got in the way of the target so he got hit by my arrow." I then knocked again only to hear a small but heavy voice answer: "Come in." I opened the door only to see two men in suits all in black. One of them had two weapons on him. A bow and a quiver on his back and what looked like to be a bastard sword on his waist. He was quite tall.He was exactly 6,2. However, I could not see his eyes because of his shades. The other man was sitting on a big leather chair. He had what seemed to be a katana. He was not that small however he was the smallest in the room. Me being the tallest one. 

The one sitting was surely the boss. That man looked at me and spoke three words: "Who are you?" I did not know why but his stare was enough to scare me shitless. "My name Is A-Jack Vinson?" His glare was cold. He was not measuring me. He was thinking of the many ways to get rid of me. He then spoke the next words. "My name is Jonathan. You can call me Jo. So you are our new recruit."  I blurted with a timid voice: "Yes sir that's me up and ready for work."

He looked at me again but this time he also looked at the other man. Jonathan smiled while saying. "Well looks like I found your first assignment A-Jack."

"And if he dies I will cut your pay in half." Said the boss while slamming the door. I and the Odd guy got out of the office. Both of us were surprised. I had to work with that man. I could feel his eyes on me. His stare could have easily taken down an entire army. He spoke right after hitting me on the head: "The name is Carter Whrights .Let's hope you won't die as easily as the other extra." He then started to laugh maniacally and headed for what looked like the armory.