assassins in District 1 (open)

[clovegoodshot]

I refuse to let Sul go in first,so I strap my bow to my back and climb down the ladder.I climb for at least half an hour before my feet hit the earth.Sul joins me.We walk through a musty,dim lit tunnel,to a door,where we hear voices inside,but only three.This wont take to long.

[Jasik]

I draw my falchion and look at Juliana intently, passing on a silent message. I hold up my fingers -- 3. I prepare myself to burst through the weak wooden door. 2. I raise my falchion into battle position. 1. Juliana and I kick down the wooden door -- and find ourselves with three arrows flying towards us. I deflect one off the edge of my falchion and dodge another. One thuds into the dirt wall an inch from Juliana's head. "Attack!" I shout, charging the assassins. I slice one's arrow in half as he nocks it into his bow, then down him with the hilt of my sword to his head. I jump back, looking for my next target.

[clovegoodshot]

Sul kills one,leaving two.So I aim my bow at one and kill them,leaving only one,who shoots an arrow at me,but I deflect it with my bow,and it flies back to him,killing him with an arrow in the forehead."Lucky shot",I say.I go to the table in the back of the room that has a note on it.The note only has five words on it."The sewers in District One".I turn to Sul and ask,"do you like sewer rats,well lets hope you do,were going to the sewers".

[Jasik]

I shake my head, a small smile finding its way onto my face. "I hate sewers, but I'll do what I have to," I say. I wait as she grabs some arrows, then we leave the underground room. Climbing all the way up is harder than going down, but finally we reach the sunlight streaming through the trees. I can't help but think of the bodies we left in the hidden room to rot. They'll never be found, never be claimed, and we're responsible. Then I think of what they did to my mother, and all pity washes away. Besides, they've already found their graves, in a way. They're already underground. We hike through the woods until we reach my backyard, and we keep going until we find a manhole in a deserted area. With the aid of a crobar I find in a nearby alley and a lot of effort, I manage to pry the manhole away from the ground. I slide it away and toss the crobar to Juliana. "In case we get into any hand-to-hand combat," I explain. I slip into the hole, supporting myself with my forearms and leaving my feet dangling, then glance up at Juliana. "Here goes nothing," I mutter, then freefall to the walkway of the sewer.

[clovegoodshot]

We go into the sewers armed with crow bars and bows and knives.I jump down and we walk through tunnels and tunnels like a maze before walking into a big metal door in the dirt engraved with an arrow with red featheers,the kind that shot Sul.I open it,only finding one man in there,who looks at us before walking towards us.He smilds at Sul and says,"didn't I already shoot you today"?

[Jasik]

I instinctively draw my falchion and hold it at the ready. I don't attack, though. Not yet. "Why are you killing everyone close to me?" I growl. "Why'd you try to kill me and my mother?"
The man laughs -- a cruel, steely laugh. "Business, child. It's all about business. Your mother's company stole a certain company's business, and made them go bankrupt. The head of the company was not pleased. He hired us, a private group of assassins, to take out your mother. To flush her out, we killed your neighbors and made an attempt on your life. It was more than enough to bring her out. Alas, we failed, and we must still take her life. But now you're causing problems, so you must be eliminated, too."
He swiftly draws a sword and leaps at me, but our blades meet in the air. He's seriously skilled. He maneuvers the blade and gets under my guard, and suddenly I have a sword to my throat. With his free hand, he grabs my wrist and twists it, and my falchion clatters to the floor. "Any last words, scumbag?" the man growls in that deathly soft voice of his. I look over his shoulder at Juliana and mouth the word, "Crobar." I squeeze my eyes shut and hope she knows what she's doing.

((Let's make this fight epic. Not just like "She hit him in the head and he went down" or something like that. Maybe he dodges, or spins around and blocks, or something like that.))

[clovegoodshot]

In a matter of seconds,the man is holding Sul by the throat with a sword.The freakish man asks Sul if he would like any last words,and Sul looks at me and says,"Crowbar".I bring the crowbar over my shoulder and throw it at the man.It hits him in the forehead and he lets go of Sul.I shoot an arrow at him,but he dodges,and throws a knife full force at me that I didn't even know he had on him.I dodge the knife but when he spins to dodge Suls' attack,I see under his coat there are rows and rows of knives.I send an arrow at him while he is fighting swords with Sul and he turns around expecting it,but not fast enough.The arrow sticks in his arm,but sadly,not his throwing or sword arm.But it does give us an advantage.Sul lunges at him,but he swipes at Sul with his free arm and send a large gash on Suls' face.While Sul falls to the ground,the man speaks again."You children are such damn pests",he says,before stabbing at Suls back.Sul slides,and gets away unharmed,but I'm not so lucky.The man turns and throws his knife at me.I don't think fast enough and the knife penetrates my leg."AHH",I let out a groan of pain.Now I'm pissed.I shoot an arrow right at him,and it stops in his right calf,causing him to double over.Sul stabs at him,but the man was pretending,and stabs at Sul.The blade doesn't cut Sul,but it knocks him back into the desk hard,very hard,and he blacks out.I'm on my own,this fight might not go the way I planned.I shoot an arrow at him,but before I can,he throws a knife.They collide in mid-air and the knife and arrow go flying seperate directions.I only have three arrows left,so I throw a knife.It misses by a centimeter practically,and he retaliates with a blow to the stomach,then forehead.I'm knocked into the wall.Sul gets up and lunges at the man with his falchion,which he has recovered.It slices down the mans back,but the man holds me against the wall still,and says to Sul,"If you don't drop the weapon now,I will kill your little girlfriend here,you got that?",he says,then he looks at me."Any last words,and in a weird irony,I say the word,"CROWBAR",as loud as I can scream,and seconds later,the metallic bar comes flying and hits the man hard,causing him to drop me.Sul and I run down the tunnels of the sewer,with the man following us.The man is fast,very fast,but we got a head start.

[Jasik]

We take off down the tunnel with the assassin in hot pursuit. I worry about Juliana's remaining arrows, rattling around loosely in her quiver. We duck through side tunnels, turn corners, and leap over the river of filth that runs between the walkways, but still the man keeps up. It seems like he's slowly gaining on us. I hear a something whistle through the air, and I duck my head at the last moment. A knife flies over my head and collides with a wall with a loud CLANG! We're running out of options. As we turn another corner, I scoop up the knife and pass it to Juliana. She'll need more weapons now that she lost the crobar and is running out of arrows. After what seems like forever, we hit a dead end. I whip around, prepared to fight off this crazed assassin, and freeze when I see the sword tip, glinting in the faint light of the seweres, hovering less than an inch from my throat. My eyes travel along the sword to the man holding it. He has a wicked smile firmly fixed on his face. He whispers, "Time to die, Sully."
I don't know how he knows my name, much less the nickname my mother affectionately calls me, but I know that if Juliana doesn't do something, I am going to die. I know that if I make any movements, he'll kill me in an instant.
"Drop your blade," he whispers, that insane, murderous grin firmly affixed to his chisled features. Slowly, reluctantly, I uncurl my fingers from the falchion's handle. It clatters to the floor.
"Juliana," I say quietly, "do it." I'm not completely sure what "it" is, but as long as she does something I don't care what it is. I keep my eyes wide open, firmly fixed on the sword in front of me. It doesn't waver, doesn't shake at all, which seems odd to me. The assassin holds it perfectly steady, perfectly still, completely unmoving. It must have something to do with his years of killing people. And from the looks of it, I'm going to be his next target if Juliana doesn't do something immediately.

((Don't kill him, just knock him out or something. This plot is too interesting to give up so soon xD))

[clovegoodshot]

The dead end proves not to be our friend when the man captures Sul and puts a sword to his throat.Sul looks at me and says "do it".What is that supposed to mean?ugh!!!I try to think in every possible way what I could do to get us safe again,when suddenly something hits my foot.A sewer rat climbs on my foot,and without hesitation,I grab it and chuck it at the man.The rat attaches to his face and claws it,hard.Sul grabs me and pulls me down three different tunnels,twirling,and spinning through the underground maze.The man is almost a whole tunnel behind us when I pull Sul into a pipe that will hold both of us.With my remaining one arrow,I load my bow,and wait,because I know we can't run forever.The man runs by us at first,but then doubles back because he noticed a loaded bow pointing at him.I shoot the arrow,and it sticks in his knee.causing him to fall to the ground.We run past him,not wanting to stay around to kill him,and sprint down two more tunnels before we come to where the sewer goes off in a waterfall of filth,and waste."Eeeeeew",I say,knowing what I will have to do next.Sul grabs my hand and we jump off the waterfall into the horendous water,where we swim to "shore",and keep running,when suddenly,we are stopped,by the man who has navigated his way around the tunnels back into us.I lunge my bow at him,hitting him in the head,knocking him to the ground,but he gets up and throws another one of his 100,000 knives,ugh,h will never run out,I think to myself.The knife flies past Suls shoulder,into my calf.I fall to the ground,and while Sul is distracted,the man throws yet another knife,sticking in Suls back.He pulls it out,and I can see he is bleeding,but he will be okay,the knife barely penetrated his skin,he will just bleed a little,it's no where near as bad as my wound.I throw a knife on the ground and it sticks in the mans foot.Though my leg is screaming,I run,We climb out of the sewers,into the streets of District 1,and run into a near by shopping mall.We go into the changing rooms,and examine ourselves in the mirror.I steal a white button up and cute pink top to go over it and a black skirt and some shoes from the store,and tear the tags off.Sul takes a black hoodie,and some jeans and some shoes.We run into the glasses store and sneak out four pairs of colored contacts,and put them in our eyes.We then walk to the hair and nail store in the mall and try on wigs,which this time we actualy just buy this time with a 50 dollar bill I found on the floor.We walk out of the mall with new clothes,hair,and physical appearance.Sul is now a red head with green eyes,and I am a blonde with blue.I hold his hand,and we pretend to be a happy little couple in the street,just holding hands and walking.We get to a warehouse where we go in and plan on what to do next.We plan to go back into the sewers,this time better armed,and try to kill the man,but first,we must get weapons.

[Jasik]

As we walk hand in hand through the streets of District One, I can see people throwing us distasteful looks. I have a feeling that we still smell from our marvelous sewer adventure. We find a warehouse and slip inside unnoticed, then head behind some crates in the corner. I immediately check Juliana's leg. It's not all that bad, thank God. Just a little bloody. I wipe it away with a clean rag I find nearby and then wrap the rag around the wound. It'll do for now. Then we check our weapons. I have my falchion and a knife, which is plenty for me. Juliana's got an empty quiver and a couple of knives. "We need to get you more weaponry than just that," I mutter, almost to myself. I spot a pipe nearby. I pick it up. It's about three feet long and not too heavy, yet it'll probably do a good deal of damage. I toss it to Juliana. "You seem to use a lot of things that aren't supposed to be weapons as weapons," I say, laughing a little. But then we're serious again, knowing that somewhere, the assassin is looking for us. "Do you need more arrows?" I ask. "You seem to be really comfortable with a bow. But it'll be hard to use in close quarters, and it'll take a while to get ahold of more arrows." In an afterthought, I pass her my knife, too. "I don't really need it when I have my falchion," I say. "You'll be better off with it."

[clovegoodshot]

He hands me his knife and a pole.I stand up and accept the weapons.we walk to the sewer drain ready to enter.just then we jump back into the sewer.

[Jasik]

We're extremely cautious as we move through the sewers. We keep looking back over our shoulders and peeking around corners before continuing. We move with out weapons drawn, waiting for an attack. I have a bad feeling that we're being watched. As we move through the labyrinth of sewers, I begin to hear far-off noises that seem to get closer and closer -- scratching, thumping that sounds suspiciously like footsteps. At one point I even think I hear a muffled yell somewhere in the distance. Juliana and I turn a corner, then another, then head into a side tunnel, then backtrack, head down a different tunnel. We try to keep our path as random and unpredictable as possible in case we're being followed. We enter a large, circular, and oddly bare room -- straight into the arms of a dozen armed assassins. We raise our weapons and try to fight, but we're quickly disarmed. Strong hands grip my arms as another assassin frisks me, coming up with my concealed knife. I can see the same thing happening to Juliana. We're both struggling with as much strength as we can muster, but these people are just too strong. When they've confiscated our weapons and bound our wrists with cords, one of the assassins steps forward. He seems dressed less plainly than the others, which makes me think he's the leader. I look at his face and realize he's the head assassin we fought earlier. We came here to kill him, but we've just fallen into his trap.
He flashes a cruel smile at us. "Welcome back, dear friends. How has your day been?" I shout a string of obscenities at him, but he just laughs. Then his laugh turns into a snarl. "I've been poked and cut by some very annoying little brats. But they're going to get what's coming for them."
I brace myself, but he doesn't attack. Instead, he says, "I'm going to hold you little pests captive. Send a ransom note, and bingo! Your mother will come tome, begging for her death. I'll kill her then, and afterwards I'll give you two particularly painful, drawn-out deaths." He laughs again, and his minions join in this time as they guide us through the sewers.

[clovegoodshot]

We are surrounded.THe man taunts us for a while.THw suddenly,one of the assasins comes forward and rips off his shirt.I see a jacket full of bombs.Suicide Bomber.HE talks,"no one in here should kill anymore people!so I sacrifice myself to save the lives of others from you freaks.".the man steps forward,and hits the explode key.the timer reads 10 minutes.numerous assasins throw knives at him,killing him,but the bomb keeps ticking.the one holding me let's me go and runs,screaming.I retrieve my knife,and easily kill one by slitting his throat,the second by throwing it.None of the others care they are running or trying to stop the clock.Sul and I run for the exit.We twist through tunnels,bend through pipes,knowing we only have minutes,seconds until the explosion,unless they disarmed it.We finally get out of the sewers and run.Literally less than three seconds after we are both out,the explosion begins.THe streets explode,and cars,woth people in them fly into the air,crashing horribly.SUl and I are blasted I ppinto the air.WE go so high up that we land on a rooftop.WE see the man,the head assasin,walking through the streets,woth barely a scratch on him.HOW DID HE DO THAT???SUl and I duck,and follow the man on the rooftops.

[Jasik]

We follow the head assassin through the alleys and streets via rooftops, waiting for our chance. Occasionally we see one of the other assassins walking around, uncoordinated and confused. Sirens wail and people run around, screaming in fear at the explosions going on beneath them, but the head assassin walks through the chaos without a hint of concern. I hope he thinks we're dead. Then he stiffens. We stop, watching him, when suddenly he spins around, whipping out a gun. He immediately takes aim for us, but I tackle Juliana out of the way at the last second. More gunshots follow, each one accompanied by more terrified screams from the civilians. One of the bullets whizzes an inch by my head, followed by more shots. We can't stay up on this one rooftop for long. At an adjoining building, I can see a fire escape. "Juliana, split up!" I shout, then take a running leap from the edge of the roof. I fall through the air, bullets screaming past me, and I manage to grab onto the edge of the fire escape, my legs dangling twenty feet above the ground. A bullet hits the metal right next to my hand, and I let go of one hand in alarm. I'm hanging by one hand, twenty feet above concrete, with a psychotic assassin shooting at me with deadly accuracy. I climb onto the fire escape, but a bullet finds its mark. Pain explodes in my right calf, and I stumble in shock, then fall over the tiny railing. I'm free falling to the concrete, facing certain death. Even if the fall doesn't kill me, the assassin will. The gap between me and the concrete shrinks. Fifteen feet. Ten feet. I squeeze my eyes shut, waiting for the impact.
It never happens. A split second before I hit the ground, something latches onto the back of my shirt, then tugs, pulling me away from the cement. I land back on a rooftop next to a police officer. There's some odd device attached to my shirt. It's similar to a grappling hook, but retractable, like a hookshot. I don't give it much thought, because suddenly the officer yanks out a gun and begins unloading rounds at an adversary below. I lie flat and peek over the edge of the roof. A crowd of assassins have assembled around their leader, having a shootout with a squad of police officers. I duck back into cover, hoping Juliana's safe.

[clovegoodshot]

I start panicking big time when the police and assasins have a shoot out,not knowing if Sul is okay.then I hear his scream.I run towards the sound and find it about 5 buildings down.I scream,"Sul,Sul!" But no one replies.I find him under a big vent,hidden very well.but I'm not hidden,and the assasins shoot.they miss repeatedly,but one doesn't.the bullet finds its mark in my back,so I know its not serious but iy will hurt pretty bad.I black out from the pain,and when I wake up,Suk and I are in a holding cell with two assasins guarding it.they fall asleep at around 3 in the morning and that's when I try to escape.I. bang on every brick I can and the center brick on the left wall goes in when I hit it.the wall transforms,shakes,and opens up to a tunnel.the guards awaken and Sul and I run down the tunnel,praying for safety.