Rose from the Ashes

Ch - 3

                      There are times when a well placed pawn is more powerful than a king

" We have reached sweetie" Amirah's mom announced shaking her as an attempt to wake her up.

"Mom just two more minutes plwzz plwzz" Amirah sleepily whined not wanting to wake up.

"Amairah Anne Shaw WAKE UP RIGHT NOW!" Her mom angrily scolded. Hearing her full name she stood up with a jerk ,banging her head with the roof rail of the car making her squeak in pain.

" Come and help me unpack these boxes" Her mother ordered pointing towards the boxes kept in the porch blocking the only entrance of the house. She noticed that both her siblings have already started working. It was only her who was lazily waking up late in the morning.

She started working and by the time everything was unpacked it was evening and she was hungry as hell. The food they had was already finished in lunch and the kitchen appliances were not properly open yet, she decided to buy something from the nearby supermarket.

Paying for some instant noodles, she was about to leave the store when she saw something really unexpected.

Deadly claw

The girl who helped her when her father's rivals tried to harass her. But what was she doing here..?

The first thought came to her mind was buying groceries... Obviously but something seemed off guard as she was constantly checking her surroundings as if she was trying to hide something or didn't wanna get noticed OR was doing something ILLEGAL...

She shuddered the last thought which came into her mind thinking of it was senseless and decided to thank her after all she saved her life, so she followed her but she was running as if... She was hiding something.....

But this is not your business Amirah just thank her and then done

But something seemed of guard.

Why would anyone be so cautious of anything? Until they want to hide something. Curiosity took the best of her and instead of calling her name she decided to follow her. She wanted to know what was she hiding and also a question popped up in her mind 'why we're the men so petrified?'

She made sure no one suspected her especially Deadly Claw... She kept wondering what could possibly be her real name.

She stopped in front of a place which looked some sort of fighting club or something, she couldn't particularly guess what the building was.... She wouldn't be surprised if it would be a club for underground fighters or filled with dangerous people.

She knew they would surely ask her any pass, membership card or something so now the problem was how will she get in. As she was thinking ways to get into the building, she noticed that the Deadly Claw was going behind the club bar ...? But why....?

Many questions arouse in her head and died as she followed her. Deadly claw once again turned to an empty dark alley which barely had light, she turned once again making sure she had no one's attention she entered a passcode and a door opened she tried to get in the door by was late.... It was closed.

"Oh noo!!!!... I'm late now what'll I doooooo now!!!" She exclaimed with worry lacing her voice. It was her last chance to get revenge now it would be lost. She kept staring at the lock when she noticed slight fingerprints visible on the keys she pressed.

Her face immediately lighted up with a smile finding a way in her face but faded away as she realised that she had to know the order too!

Stomping her feet, she was about to walk away when an old toolbox kept behind a car came to her notice.

She knew what she had to now!

She quickly opened the box searching for the hex key to open the the lock. As soon as she found it she entered some codes trying to hack the security system infiltrating the password which took her barely a minute.

She swiftly entered the room and hid behind the cabinet trying to figure out where was deadly claw?

Turning her head around she saw that she was wearing a mask which hid a large part of her face leaving only an ounce of her chin and jawline. It was almost impossible for anyone to recognise her but luckily Amairah noticed the lazuli sapphire ring in the middle finger of her left hand. It was the same ring which she wore last time when she saved her.

When Amairah entered another building, she was awestruck by the crowd cheering their throats off for her ,there were more than thousands of people for her. She heard many people shouting ' when will you show the gorgeous face behind this mask' and ' what's your real name?'

Deadly claw ignored her and went to the rink where her opponent was ready to fight her.

The opponent was a very muscular man, double size of deadly claw. She was just like a small rat in front of him but there was no trace of fear in Deadly claw's eyes instead her eyes were shining with confidence.

As the refree rung the bell the man started showring his powerful punches towards her but she was easily dodging them as if they were just like a feather. And when she knew he lost some of his energy she vigorously started punching and kicking him with different tactics and within a minute he was knocked down and the refree raised her hand announcing she was the winner.

After collecting the money which she won from the match, she went to a corner away from the crowd and started to remove her headgear and boxing gloves. When she was about to remove her mask she again checked if somebody was there which made Amairah sure that she wasn't cought yet. Amairah promptly took her phone and recorded her video of removing her mask which clearly showed her face, making sure that deadly claw didn't notice her recording. She kept following her until they reached the same building whose lock was hacked by Amairah. Seeing the open lock she gasped and turned around, meeting the very confidently standing Amairah with her hands crossed in chest and the sight of her face hidden behind her long black wavy hairs.

Turning towards her Amairah spoke" Quite famous round here huh? Deadly claw" Amairah herself was surprised how confidently she spoke to the person who can kill her at very second but she decided to be brave atleast for once in her life.

"What to you want? " Deadly claw snapped at her glaring as if she was stopping herself to kill her. Her glare sent shivers down her spine but she tried her best to sound taunting rather than sounding petrified

" Came direct to the point nice.I want you to teach me fight just like you " Amairah simply answered.

"And why would I do that? " She asked raising one of her eyebrows.

" Because I know your true identity Cassandra Knight" The last two words made all the colors drain from her face, her eyes widened for a second but then her face became cold again and asked with a raised brow "Are you menacing me?"

" I guess" Amairah calmly replied.

"And what will I get"

Amairah brought her face near her and spoke impassively"Your secret will be under covers"

"But what if I don't then " She questioned in a challenging tone but little did she knew Amairah had already won the game...

"Well then I will show this video to the world" She held her phone in front of her showing her the video she recorded. As soon as the video finished deadly claw, that it, Cassandra snatched the phone from her hand and deleted the video with a sly smile.

" No probs. I knew you were going to do so. That's why I already had it's copies and in my one click this video will be all over the internet. So what's your choice " She explained with a sly smile.

" Like you left a choice for me but first answer some of my questions"

"Sure go ahead"

" How did you follow me and I didn't even acknowledged it ? How did you get my name? How did you get the password ?"She evinced towards the lock which Amairah deliberately left open for her to notice.

" Ahh!! So many questions which to answer first? I think we should have this conversation at somewhere a bit exclusive. Should we? "She said while massaging her temples as if it was a headache.

" Okay come with me " She said agreeing before heading towards the supermarket from where she bought some food. While they were walking she notified her parents if she would be late to home. When they reached the back of the mall, she realised that she forgot her drinks in the store only, she rushed towards the entrance and asked the lady in the counter and thankfully she had kept her snacks. Sighing in relief when she came back she couldn't see Cassandra anywhere. Thinking that she left Amairah started to go back towards her home when she heard a horn behind her. She turned to see who it was and surprisingly it was Cassandra gesticulating towards her rakish bike.

She was quite happy with her actions because it was the first time when she stood up for herself.

The ride was silent and she was quite discombobulated about where they were heading to....

When the bike stopped she was surprised as she saw where they were...

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