Worlds Apart

Wind

Among the mafia,assassins had ranks. and Wind, aka Nyx was one of the untouchables. She also happened to be the youngest among them. She had spent years cultivating the very skills that helped her become one of the best today. She could also be considered the richest in the whole country but she lived like a miser. According to her,it was her way of contributing to society,a reasoning that no one could change. She sighed and wondered when the target was gonna show up,"Any minute now" she heard.

Suddenly,a figure appeared,he was a rather young man, different from the people she had killed before."Now",such a pity he couldn't escape death. She was about to pull the trigger when she noticed something move beside him. On a closer inspection,she realized that he had a kid that looked like tiny him beside him and to make matters worse,he was the same kid she had seen with that Oldie. This was bad,she hesitated for a moment trying to decide what to do." Wind,what are you waiting for? He would leave the killing window soon". Not replying,she took a deep breath,trying to decide what to do. She finally pulled the trigger and the man fell. Soon,chaos broke out as bodyguards surrounded the man. She packed up her things and fled the scene.

She knelt,with head down and arms to the back. The man before her gave her a condescending look,he tapped the cigar against the ash tray."Do you mind explaining what happened today?" Word spread quickly in the underworld. Before she could get to base,her boss had received word that she almost failed the mission."There was a kid".

The room became silent before she heard a cackle."You're saying you almost busted a job worth billions because there was a kid? I didn't raise you to be a failure,you got lucky,this must not repeat itself". He signalled to his guards and they helped her stand up."Fail me once again and I will feed you to my beauty." The tiger made a low sound as if it couldn't wait. She made a mental note to be the one to kill that tiger." I'll be leaving the country tomorrow, that doesn't mean you can slack off,out". Wind walked out,her ego bruised. This was the first time and he couldn't let it slide. As the saying about enemies on a narrow road went,she came across her arch nemesis, Swift. She had a look of delight in her eyes as she seemed to be enjoying her failure." She has finally fallen off her high horse". The girls around her cackled. Wind looked away and was about to walk away when Swift grabbed her and whispered,"this is just the beginning of your downfall,watch your back". She pushed her away and all but fled the scene. She was never the one to back out if a fight but she had more pressing matters to attend to.

The events of the last three hours kept playing in her head .She had never been affected like this before but that wasn't the problem now,the problem was that she didn't kill him. She had merely let the bullet graze him. If this was found out,she would be done for,she was never the one to make bad decisions. She slapped her forehead,hard. She had to finish what she started and she had to do it fast before word would get out. She hated when things became complicated. She should have just killed him,this wasn't the first time she was killing a parent in the presence of their child.

She heard whispers around her but she cared less.How exactly was she supposed to find him and kill him,she didn't even know his name. She had to make use of the time she had after that grumpy man leaves the country and she had to do it without help from the guild because if word got out,she'd be in trouble,she wasn't afraid if trouble,she just didn't want to see Swift become an untouchable. She had vowed to never let her get there.

She dragged herself home and flopped on the bed,trying to not think. Meanwhile,at a certain hospital, everyone was running around,Xavier sat calmly,wait for his dramatic father to come out. The whole family had gathered, except his grandfather,no on was allowed to tell him. He looked at all of them pretending to be worried. Well his father deserved it,after all,he was a jerk. Finally,the doctor came out,he had a solemn expression as he looked at the family that gathered close to the doctor." We tried our best but I'm sorry...." Before the doctor could even complete his statement, someone started wailing." Oh no, we're all doomed,who will take care of the company now?" Xavier narrowed his eyes and looked at his aunt that was very terrible at acting. He was less interested in her. Instead,he wanted to know how that evil woman reacted to the news of his father dying..... Wait,his father couldn't have died,he knew because he was there. As if reading his mind,the doctor said,"he's not dead but he has fallen into a vegetative state. She stood aside, tall and elegant,clad in white suit. She shook her balled her fists. He couldn't fall sick now,there was still a lot they had to achieve,she was so close to attaining her goal.

She looked in the direction of the kid and found him smirking. She hated this kid a lot and she would have gotten rid of him a long time ago but that nosy old man wouldn't mind his business. She knew someone in the family had planned the attack and she would find them and punish them for interfering with her goal. This bunch of good-for-nothing,greedy bastards that were only concerned with themselves,she wondered if they lacked foresight. If Nathan died,their whole family would crumble,did they not see that?

Not like she cared about them in particular but we couldn't be the madam of a fallen empire,that wasn't what she wanted. She wanted to become the madam of the Kings empire,not a ghost of it. She walked to the far end of the hallway and made a call."I need you to do something for me".