The Assassin

Chapter 3: The Assassin

The knife felt cold on my throat. I saw a gloved hand holding the knife. A female hand. My assassin was wearing the typical office worker's wear with the exception of the gloves and the theatre mask. "How shall you die?" She mused. "Swift and painlessly, or slow and painfully?" She said. If I lost my self control at that moment, I would've pissed in my pants. Fortunately, I didn't. I was assessing the situation. So far, there is almost no escaping a knife to the throat. I was thinking, but this was a tough situation. The assassin pressed the knife on my throat. "I'm very impatient." she said. Then, the phone rang. And for a moment, the assassin turned her attention to the phone. I took the opportunity to grab the knife from her hand and toss it to the other side of the room. I got up and was about to run out of the house when the assassin dashed in front of me and put a gun to my chest. "Not nice." She said. I moved toward the end of the room. The assassin fired a few shots at me. Three shots hit me in the shoulder and two shots hit me in the left hand. I dashed toward the door again but the assassin blocked my path and delivered a kick to the stomach. I staggered back. I moved toward the drawer and pulled out a 357 Magnum. I pointed it at the assassin. "Don't move or I'll shoot!" I threatened. The assassin raised her hands. "Do you have the guts to shoot that gun?" She asked. I clicked the gun hammer. She took off the mask. And to be honest, She's actually beautiful. She had long, dark hair and sky blue eyes. In the moonlight coming through the window, her hair seemed to shine. I almost lowered my gun. She slowly walked toward me. "You wouldn't shoot a 19 year old girl, would you?" She said. I almost dropped the gun. "Well guess what? I'm 19 and I've held guns before. So try me." I said, trying to gain control of the situation. She came closer. "You've held guns, but have you ended a life with one?" She said. The answer: No. "Yes." I said. She was coming closer. She was practically 5 feet away from me. She looked at me with seductive eyes. "You're a bad liar." She said. She stopped. She leaned over and whispered in my ear, "Is the gun loaded?". I had the gun to her chest. I pulled the trigger. Unfortunately, I didn't load the gun. Then, I felt a knife pierce my chest. I looked down and saw the assassin holding the knife that had pierced my chest. She puled out the blade. "Do Svidanya, Jacob Gray." She said. Then, things went black.

Elderwick Town Hospital, Elderwick Town, America
Emergency Room
0300 hours.
I was in a half conscious state in the hospital. I remembered being pushed on a hospital bed through the hallways. There was the smell of antiseptic and sanitizers. Everything else was a blur of colours. There were some muffled noises. Someone was talking to me. The nurse. She was saying something, but all I heard was muffled sounds. Blah, blah, blah. I felt tired and felt like I needed some sleep, but the nurse tried to keep me awake. We entered a different room. There were other doctors, nurses and surgeons in the room. A mask went over my face and then, all went black.