The Assassin & The Schuyler~Marliza

Chapter 7

Peggy's P.O.V

I cried into Angie's shoulder. I couldn't help but feel like this was my fault. It was probably Maria that had taken Eliza and now here we were! Its my fault because I trusted Maria so quickly! I'm an idiot! Now because of me we might never see Eliza every again! 

"Its alright Peggy. Its not your fault!" Angelica said and I gripped her tighter. "Its fine. We all make mistakes....we will see Eliza again I promise." 

I just cried harder.

Maria's P.O.V

Late night and its thundering outside. I was originally gonna go with Alexander to assassinate some government official or whatever but since there's a thunderstorm he ain't budging. He has a huge fear of thunderstorm for reasons he would rather not get into. 

I tap Eliza on the shoulder. "Eliza, can you come with me?" 

She nodded and followed me to Mr.Washington's office. We came in and sat down. "So Mr.Washington, since we can't trust Alex to go out in a thunderstorm , could I bring Eliza with me?" I asked. "I don't have a problem with it. You should also bring Philip. Y'know, get him some experience with Eliza." He responded. 

"Um..sir...how much are we being paid?" Eliza asked. "$800,000 just to kill John Adams."  He responded. "The fat mother fucker?" Alex asked. Surprisingly he had snapped out of his panic attack for a split second. Right after he said that the panic attack returned.

"Yes, the fat mother fucker." Mr.Washington said, rolling his eyes. "Make me proud you guys."

-

Eliza seemed nervous about what she was going to be doing. The Adams guy was smoking. "Everything will be alright Eliza. You'll get used to it. Anyways, Philip go distract Adams." I said. "Okay!" Philip said and he ran over to Adams.

"Um..excuse me sir? I lost my parents earlier when the sun was still out. Now the sun has set and I still don't know where they are." Pip said. Adams seemed to take sympathy. "Okay Eliza, your going to shoot Adams." I told her. "Wait- but I...what if I shoot Philip? I don't wanna hurt him!" She said, panicky sounding. 

"Don't worry about it. Just shoot already. Its now or never, Schuyler."  I said. Her hands were shaking but I put my hands on hers and pulled the trigger for her. The bullet went straight through his brain killing him instantly. She dropped the gun. "Oh my god...I just killed someone." She said, breathless and panicking. Philip came over and hugged Eliza.

"You did fine Lizzie!" He exclaimed. 

-

The unknown man gave us the $800,000 dollars. We ended up burning the body. Nobody needs to know. "My god I can't believe I did that!" Eliza exclaimed to Herc. "Like Maria told you, you'll get used to it." Herc said, in a failed attempt to comfort her.

God...I feel so bad. I've robbed poor Eliza of her future by forcing her into assassinating people. Mr.Washington had us share a room. I like her as more then a friend. But I don't even deserve to call her a friend. Eliza was talking to Alexander and they really seemed to hit it off. 

Of course they did. They knew each other as kids but weirdly they didn't recognize each other. I walked over to Mr.Washington. "Sir, can I just get out of here for a little bit?" I asked. Mr.Washington nodded. It was around 3 in the morning. I was just gonna be walking through the woods.

Strolling through the woods I sat down on a bench. Suddenly I heard some footsteps. My instincts told me to pull out my gun so I of course followed it. But soon Eliza came around the corner. "Hey Maria. Can I just be with you for a little bit?" She asked. "Why? Don't you hate me?" I blurted out.

"I'm still deciding." She responded. "I just don't feel safe around a bunch of drunk gays so I chose to hang out with the sober lesbian."

"That's nice." I say. That sounded so rude. Oh well. Suddenly she opened her mouth and started venting. Why was she venting to me? I don't get it.

She vented until sunrise. Neither of us had even noticed she was talking so long. "Oh i'm sorry Maria!" She said and got up and began walking back to the place. I got up and followed her. She smiled at me and asked me how I was. Wow. She was being kind to me.

The person who kidnapped her. "Oh..i'm fine. How about you?" I responded. "Now that you have let me vent I feel better. But also sleep deprived." She responds.

"You'll get used to staying up all night." 

-

We got back to the place and Martha ran up to us. "Girls, where were you?" She asked frantically. "Woods. We were sitting on a bench and Eliza just kinda talked the entire time." I respond. "Okay girls, just don't worry me like that again." 

"Wow. Martha seems way to nice to be an assassin." Eliza commented. I laughed. "Don't let that persona fool you. She was the second best assassin in the entire company." I said. "Really? Who was the first?" She asked.

"George Washington himself. He became the boss after the one he was working for died." I respond. "Oh...I see." She says.

She takes my hand and we walk inside. I can already feel my face going red.