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Large military trucks, painted dark blue roll in town. The people in the night all panic, taking cover. They had no idea what was going on. Their little town never had events like this just pop up.
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Annabelle opens the door for her late arriving father. He sees his little girl and a smile just paints itself on his face. He walks to his daughter and hugs her tightly as he drops his bags on the floor.
“I’ve missed you Belle.” Benjamin says to Annabelle. “I’ve missed you too daddy. I hope you don’t have any more business trips planned. It’s been lonely without you.” She says to him as she continues to hug her father.
“No, I don’t have any business plans for some time. You have me all to yourself. How was your week?” he asks her finally letting go. “My week was good. It was very good.” She says to him. “I’m glad. The boy you invited didn’t stay did he?” Ben asks his daughter. “No! I told you I was only going to have him over a while.” She says.
“Okay. Nothing inappropriate happened did it?” he asks her. “Daddy!” “I have to ask. Did it?” “No daddy. He was a perfect gentlemen. In fact, he came to visit me all this week, just to make sure I was alright. He thinks that I shouldn’t be here all alone.” She tells him. “Well he isn’t wrong. I don’t really like you to stay alone in this house. People know.” He says. “These people wouldn’t harm a fly. Besides… I can handle myself.” She says looking at a wall.
“Right. So you showed him your mother’s diary I’m guessing?” “Yes. I did.” “Why? I feel like you really trust this guy… maybe even… like him?” Ben says raising an eyebrow. “Dad no… I mean… no… I just want someone’s help. He can do it. I know he can.” She tells him.
“I know you want to avenge your mother. I would love nothing more. But your mother made her choices, behind my back. She put both of us in danger. But then again, she was with them long before she ever met me. So… you can look at it however you want. But she did make her own bed with them. She knew what they were capable of.” Ben warns his daughter.
“You know what I’m capable of.” Annabelle says walking to his bags. “Yes I do. I know you’re still hurting. You were twelve, right beside her when the assassin came. I know that what you saw broke you.” Ben says to his daughter. “And it didn’t break you?” Annabelle spins around throwing her words at her father. “Of course it has. But I have to make sure I pick your pieces and mine.”
“Dad. I just don’t want this to happen again. I’m sorry if you don’t like it. If Joseph doesn’t join me, I’ll do it all on my own if I have to.” She says. “I can’t stop you. You’re your mother’s daughter. I can only warn you that you will risk everything. Drop the matter. His day will come when it needs to.” Ben says to his daughter in finality, “Besides, I think this Joseph character wouldn’t let you do anything stupid. Seems that there’s something between…”
“Hey there cutie…” a voice said. Benjamin looks up and Marcia was hanging from the ceiling. She falls on Benjamin and wraps her arms around his neck. She pulls her body down, taking Benjamin with her. She then kicks him off. She rolls backwards and stands up. Benjamin slams into a table against the wall.
Annabelle runs to the wall. Marcia throws out her poisoned tipped needles at Annabelle. Annabelle misses them just barely. She slams her fist into the wall and it opens for her. She reaches in grabbing a shotgun. She takes her aim at Marcia who throws her hands up in fake surprise.
“I am not afraid to use this. Momma taught me how to use this a long time ago.” Annabelle warns her Marcia. “Trust me… you wouldn’t get the chance to fire the gun if you wanted.” Marcia said with a smile on her face.
The door bursts open. Splinters fly through the air cutting at Annabelle’s arm. Benjamin, recovering from his fall, sees Paul walking in pulling his gloves down to tighten them. Benjamin growls under his breath, gets up, runs at Paul, and tries to take him down on the ground. Paul swings his knuckles across Benjamin’s face, sending him into the chandelier above.
“DAD!” Annabelle screams in terror. Marcia looks from Annabelle to Paul. She had never seen Paul do something like that before. It looked too easy. She then looks at Benjamin, who lied on the floor unconscious from the single hit.
“You monster! Look what you’ve done to my father.” Annabelle said still holding the shotgun tightly in her hands. She points it his way. Paul raises his eyebrow interested in what she would do. He watches her finger rub the trigger… but she never even put any pressure on it. So he looks at Marcia with a disappointed look.
Marcia throws her poisoned needles into Annabelle’s back. Annabelle falls to the ground into an instant sleep. Paul motions his men to pick the small woman up.
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Natalia rolled around in her bed. She felt a disturbance. So she opened her eyes. She heard whispers in the air. Then her eyes widened. She grabbed her bunny and ran out of her room. She opened Joseph’s door suddenly.
As soon as his eyes opened, he was up out of the bed with a knife in his hand. He pins his sister to the wall placing the knife right on her throat, still dazed. He blinked a few times before his eyes cleared up. He saw his sister looking at him annoyed.
“You weren’t even scared?” he asked surprised. “Everyone knows you’re not going to kill. Let me down you freak.” She tells him. “Don’t come bursting into my room like that. Would if one day I don’t hold back? You don’t do that to me.” “Annabelle…” she says in one word.
He grabs his gear and runs out of the door. Natalia looks to her room seeing her blades mounted to the wall. She points Fluffy Bottoms at the wall. The swords fly her way in a rush of speed. She grabs them out of the air then straps them onto her person. She follows her brother out to his car and he kicks a wheel.
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Paul exits the home with Marcia behind him. He stops right at the truck and pulls a needle from one of his pouches. He injects himself with a vomit colored liquid.
Marcia, watching him, approaches him closer. “What is that you injected into yourself?” she asks him worried. “Mutagen. It’s not permanent… not yet… but I intend to make it permanent. I know how.” He says with faint smile. He grabs her and kisses her. He pulls her away from his face. “Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing love. It’ll all work out in the end.”
Joseph’s TSX screeches to a stop. He sees them loading Annabelle into the back of a truck. Joseph gets out of the car grinding his teeth. He pulls his staff from its holder and spins it to its full length.
“Wrong day to come in town O’Connor!” Joseph screams out. Paul sighs. He looks at Marcia. “You know what, since we’re in town, we might as well do what I promised. You go get the older ones. I handle these kids myself.” Paul tells her. Marcia nods. She runs towards the plantation mansion. She jumps in the air and fades.
Joseph stops coming towards Paul. He had shock on his face. He had seen the ancient move once. There were cracks in space that one could exploit if they had the eye for it. Only the best of best knew how do see them. He knew what was happening then. He turns back to Natalia.
“Princess! Get home now! Our parents are in danger. I’ll O’Connor.” Joseph says. Natalia nods to her brother then jumps in his car. She pulls off leaving smoke everywhere. Joseph runs at O’Connor.
He jumps in the air then brings his staff down. He hits Paul’s palm and air blows everywhere. Paul pushes Joseph off like paper. Joseph leaps to his feet. He starts throwing quick jabs into Paul, rolling all around him.
Paul yawns from the rather pathetic attacks. The mutagen allowed him to feel nothing. Paul finally grabs Joseph in one of his attacks then throws him into the side of one the armored trucks. Paul places his forearm under Joseph’s neck and pushes harder and harder.
“You couldn’t beat me if you tried son! I’m older, faster, wise, and just plain better than you Arlington. You didn’t have a chance. Now you die.” Paul said showing his teeth top Joseph. Joseph wags his head.
Paul tilts his head in confusion. “You can’t get away from me.” Paul said. Joseph slams his head into Paul’s. Paul screams and stumbles back holding his head. Joseph lands on his feet and rubs his head. No one wins in a headbutt… he thought to himself.
“You little cretin!” Paul yelled. He charges at Joseph. Joseph jumps in the air, then lands his feet into Paul’s back. Paul is pushed into the side of the truck with his head. Paul gets angrier and rises from the ground.
By now, Joseph had split his staff into clubs. He knew that his fists wouldn’t hurt him. He had to hit him even harder. Paul tries to attack Joseph. Joseph blocks Paul’s attacks with his clubs skillfully, then slams his clubs into Paul’s weak spots as hard as he can.
Soon he could take no more of the hits from Joseph. He was hit in the back of the leg, right where the knee is with all of Joseph’s might. He went down like a sack of old potatoes. Joseph stands over him with a smile on his face.
“I win.” Joseph says. “I have an army.” Paul says laughing, “Kill him.” The army of agents start running at Joseph. Joseph begins the battle of his life, swinging his clubs into each person who dared tried to match him.
Paul, in the mess of things, crawls away to the truck Annabelle was in. He gets in and pulls off while Joseph is distracted. He was beginning to realize that Joseph was better than he was… and younger. He had the makings of Chang Fo in him…
No doubt the father made the boy master the father… Only Chang Fo would have done that. And I never beat the master… It won’t be long before he finishes those poor men. But I have my prize, and she will tell me where I can get my real prize. Paul thought to himself as he looked in the mirrors.
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Beverley dropped to the ground holding her knife. She had needles coming out of her throat. The poison would kill in her a couple of minute’s maybe less. There was no time to save her.
Daniel rolls out of the path of Marcia’s deadly needle attacks. She however dared not get close to Daniel. He looks at his dying wife and shed’s a tear. Marcia then knew her chance was there. She threw ten needles at him.
Daniel grabs a book blocking them. But he did not have a calm clear mind. One got through… right in his heart. He look down with surprise then back up to Marcia looking at him with no emotion in her face nor her eyes. He droops forward then falls face first… dead.
“Arlington’s… dead…” Marcia says to herself. The opens. Marcia stares at Natalia standing there with horror on her face as she looks at her dead father. Natalia look up at the culprit. Vehement anger boiled in her heart and into her eyes. Marcia knew that she could win… she had no clear mind with anger driving her.
Her needles flew at Natalia, nearly invisible to the naked eye. But they were cut away in the speed of Natalia. She… she was trained by her mother to be faster than everyone else. By the time they even thought of slicing… they were sliced. A clear mind was not always needed… just a reactive one.
“You… you… killed my parents… and now… now I’m going to kill you.” Natalia said with a tear falling from her left eye. She tightens her grip around both her blades walking towards Marcia now backing up.
Marcia reaches into her boots and pulls two long knives out. She runs at Natalia with the weapons in her hands. She swings at Natalia, who blocks, but Marcia continues to slide causing sparks to fly everywhere.
Marcia, swings her leg into Natalia’s side. Natalia falls towards the wall. Marcia comes with a back attack and Natalia’s arm swings backwards blocking the attack. She spins the knife out of Marcia’s hand. She then kicks it. The knife pierces into Marcia’s arm.
Marcia crunches on her teeth holding the pain in. Natalia jumps at Marcia spinning like a mini tornado to cut her down as a mower would grasses. Marcia frowns at Natalia.
“Another day…” Marcia says in slow-motion as she steps into a fracture in space. Natalia lands on the ground misses her by mere inches. Natalia gets up grinding her teeth in anger and pain.
She finally drops her weapons and places her knees on the cold hard floor. She begins crying, feeling the pain of her parents death come upon her in its fullness.
It was 20 minutes later before she saw Joseph through the open door. He was battered. He dragged himself to his home. It was as if he knew he and his sister was too late from the look on his face.
He just walks into the home and takes Natalia in his arms. She begins to cry even worse as she dug her face into his shoulder. They just sat on the floor… sitting there with both their parents lying dead near them.
“Natalia… I’m going to get them. It’s time we made a difference. I promise to protect you princess. I promise.” Joseph said staring straight ahead with glassy eyes. Tears were on the brink of falling from his sorrowful ridges at the end of his eyes. But he couldn’t bring himself to cry. He didn’t have time to mourn… not yet. He needed to know what his next move was going to be. So he just held his sister close thinking what he was going to do, why they wanted Annabelle Lightman…779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCQLL1UsT0
