Shadow

Chapter 25

I am out on a mission, back in Rord for what almost feels like forever. Nothing has changed much, it is still a city that is controlled by the crime that happens here, still run down and divided by the rich and poor. Glad to know that something from my past has stayed the same. I have seen Nyx lately, even gone over for dinner. It was fine, nice to see her and talk with her again. She seemed pretty happy to see me so that is something to be happy about.

"Leyla, are you there?"

"Sorry, Quickmark. I am going down to the meet point, Shadow out."

It has barely been a year and I am still trying to get used to not being an assassin, trying to get used to my new routine. As I go from rooftop to rooftop I stop when I watch a person get cornered into an alley. I can't let that person get hurt, it isn't my job to take care of them but I will still do something. I quickly drop down and smile when the person turns around to look at me, they may not be able to see it but it won't matter. In a matter of seconds, I get them on the ground, out cold. I leave just as fast as I came and I continue on my way. When I get there Tilly looks at me and I shrug my shoulders.

"Were you able to get it?"

I hold up a flash drive, "did you get what you were supposed to?"

"Yes," she walks over and takes it from me, "let's go."

We are almost to the pickup location when someone jumps in front of us. I smile as I look at them, "well hello there handsome."

He looks at me, even though I can't see the lower half of his face I bet he is smirking, "you seem to have taken something that doesn't belong to you."

"Are you sure it was me?" I look at him.

"It was one of you, otherwise you wouldn't be here."

With that Tilly goes at him first and I stick back a little, learning a pattern to his fighting. One thing that has stuck with me the most is observing people and it helps out greatly. When I have found it I jump in and quickly get him down. Tilly goes ahead of me, that way the items get dropped off before anything else happens. As I stand over the man I look down at him and I feel bad.

"Let me help you with that," I say as I put my katana away and grab something to wrap one of the cuts he has.

"They are right about one thing with you."

"And what is that?"

"You are unpredictable."

"What can I say handsome, I am who I am," when I am done I get up and look at the watch around my wrist before I look back at him, "sorry handsome, gotta go."

Without another word I leave and head to the meet point. When I get there Tilly looks at me with a raised eyebrow, "ready?"

"Yup, let's go home."

We make our way through the night getting to the docks before it gets too late. When we get there the helicopter is just coming. I smile as they get over to us and drop the ladder down, I wait for Tilly to go up before I do. We head back to Danbu. I would stay but somehow I have managed to keep it where people still think I am dead but I haven't really been out where people who know me can see me.

Lucky me I guess you can say, after all, I had cheated death numerous times and it isn't going to be the last time. However, it is tempting to come home one day. See what it would be like to be back. If I didn't like it I could always get The Shadows to help me fake my death again. It might be a bit harder than before but it would work.

We get back to Danbu and I go straight to my home, a new apartment in the safest part of town. I get home and take a nice hot shower before I get myself something to eat. When I am done I sit down and pull out my phone, checking to see if anyone has said anything in the old group chat. They still haven't gotten rid of it and they continue to write to me, still unaware that I am alive and that I read the messages.