Shadow and Crimson

Shadow's Wrath

When I found out Crimson was pregnant I decided to end my career as an Assassin. I had put all my equipment and things in a chest and buried it in the Shadow Realm.

I decide I still liked working during the nights as I had sort of become nocturnal. So I became a private security officer. I worked on and off at different places and for different people. I was security for celebrities and events.

For five years I made this my career. The triplets were five, I was twenty three, and Crimson was twenty one. She had dropped her life as an assassin as well, and decided to be a stay at home mom and homeschool the kids.

Our life was great, except for the fact that we kept moving, but this isn't relevant right now.

Crimson decided to bring the kids to one of the events I was working at. It was a family event and I'd gotten permission from my boss to hang around with my family, so long as I was also doing my job.

As I walked with my family, I began to notice that there were fewer guards than usual for an event like this. Crimson told me not to worry and that they were probably just more spread out. I nodded and said yes like a good husband, but I kept track of how many guards I was seeing.

It got to the point where I could only see one guard for the entire area. This was odd, as just an hour ago there were three, an hour before that there had been eight.

All of a sudden a gunshot sounded and people screamed. In rushed men armed with assault rifles screaming for everyone to get down. I pushed my family to the floor and ducked as well biding my time to strike.

It never came. I heard someone step behind Crimson and I and heard them cock their gun. I turned a little and saw the pistol from the last guard aimed at Crimsons head.

"Make one move, and her brains go all over your children"

I saw only red.

*****

In an instant I had his arm locked in mine as I shoved his gun under his chin and had my own gun pressed against his chest.

I pulled the trigger three times.

He fell away from me and I held his gun in my hand.

I turned slowly towards the men with the rifles.

"Get on the ground or we shoot the ki....."

Before he could finish I was in the guy's face with a gun to his head. I pulled the trigger and took his rifle.

The other men aimed theirs at me but they were too slow. Before they could fire a bullet had found it's home in their skulls.

I heard a scream and turned. Another man had Crimson by the hair and held a knife. "Stop, or I kill her."

To prove his point he stabbed her in the stomach. She screamed and I dropped the rifle. "Good man. Now, get on your knees."

I complied, again biding my time to strike, this time it came.

*****

As I was mortal i had no real powers other than going to and from the Shadow Realm, but I could also keep items stored there and take them out at will.

I reached behind me and into the Shadow Realm. I grabbed a dagger I had stored. "What are you doing? Let me see your ha.....", he didn't get to finish as my dagger appeared in his chest. I launched myself at him grabbing the knife he used on Crimson and stabbed it through his leg. He screamed from the pain. I dragged him into the bathroom and proceeded to torment and kill him slowly for hurting my family.

I knew Crimson was okay, she could heal.

I came out of the bathroom covered in blood with my baton bent and unable to be used in the future. Crimson looked at me and knew what I'd done. I hugged my family and took them home. It was time to move, and it was time to tell them why.