The Assassin

Chapter Six

"No! Stop! Please don't hurt him!" The girl went in front of the boy and extended out her hand, with a teddy bear on her right hand.

Lucifer was shocked when the girl tried defending him even though she hasn't even met him.

"Oh look, the newbie came to the rescue. How sweet." The leader laughed then suddenly pushed the girl down to the ground.

She stood back up again and acted like a shield to Lucifer.

"You wanna do this the hard way? Fine, let's do this the hard way. Beat her up boys." One of the guy grabbed the girl's hands and pulled her towards him so that he can punch her stomach.

The girl grunted in pain as she tasted the ironed-blood in her mouth. Lucifer couldn't understand why a stranger would risk her life just to save him. He didn't know what to do, never in his life met someone who would try and defend him.

His parents would always abuse him and beat him up to death, his school mates would always bully him, he doesn't know what's his purpose of living but he still chose to live because he wanted someone to at least care for him.

Now that it's happening in front of his eyes, he was unsure of what to do. Sure he has Shane and Phinks but all they have done was caused trouble. No one knows what he's been through yet this little girl is willing to get hurt just to save him.

"Now that they're having fun, why don't we have fun?" The leader said as he approached Lucifer.

"Leave... him... punish me instead..." The girl managed to say despite all the kicks and punched she had received.

Lucifer watch as she tried reaching out for the guy to try and stop him and that's when he decided that it was time to help her. The leader grabbed Lucifer by his shoulder and with a blink of an eye, Lucifer twisted his arms and broke it.

The leader shouted in agony as he held onto his broken arm. The other two charged towards him and tried punching him in the face but he easily dodged them and kicked one of them by the stomach and the other on the face, making them unable to move.

He then walked towards the girl who was trying to sit up but then fell back down the ground and lost her consciousness. 

"Stupid…" He commented and was about to leave, but stopped.

Some part of him wanted to leave the girl behind but the other half of him wanted to help the girl. He was confused at what he was feeling at that moment because it was all new to him. 

When he looked at the girl again, this time he made the decision to help her. It was a risk that he was going to take, he wanted to find out what the feeling was even though he's afraid that it might be the one he's been looking for.

He gave the girl a piggyback ride. While they were walking, the girl somehow regained her consciousness but she was too weak to do anything.

"Tha… thank y--you for saving me…" She managed to say.

"Rest." Lucifer demanded so the girl went back to sleep.

After he knew that she was asleep, he gazes at her hands that's almost near to where his chest was. It looked like a fragile hands to him that could easily snapped like a twig. When he got to his room, he gently placed the girl on his bed and cleaned her wounds. He called one adult so she can change the girl's clothes and treat the wounds that was under her shirt.

"What happened to her?" The lady asked.

"She got beaten up by three boys." Lucifer replied.

"I see, would you like me to look after her?" The lady offered.

"No, I'll take care of her." Lucifer stated.

"Okay, let me know if you still need anything." The lady said then left.

Lucifer went back to his bedroom and observed the girl. For the past few days he's been watching her from far away and now he was closer to her. He walked towards her and removed the strands of hair that was on her face.

He then wondered, why did he saved her? He could have*Insert Shane's questions*

His thoughts were interrupted when he heard movements from the girl. He watches as the girl struggled to sit up, grunting in pain with each movement she makes. The girl looked around the room and met eye contact with Lucifer.

"Oh my gosh are you alright? Did they hurt you?" She asked and Lucifer was a bit surprised. 

"You're the one who got beaten up, why are you worried about me?" Lucifer questioned and the girl gave him a genuine smile.

"Pain doesn't last forever, it goes away once you're healed." The girl replied and Lucifer was dumbfounded. "Besides, helping a friend is much more important than suffering in pain right? In that way, you know that you did something to help someone rather than crying in the corner and not doing anything at all."

"Friends? You see me as a friend? You don't even know me yet." Lucifer stated and the girl giggled.

"My mother told me once that every person should be treated the same way because we all live in the same world, breathe the same air, eat the same food and love those who are close to you. The only problem is we live in a judgmental world so there's unfairness. That's why you should always try and be kind to anyone because you don't know what they've been through. Kindness is the best gift you could ever give to anyone." Lucifer was somehow touched by what the girl said.

He never see the world the way she sees it and he is learning something new from her.

"If you had a mother, why are you here in the orphanage?" Lucifer asked once more and a sadness was shown on the girl's face.

"She left me and my father, she couldn't take what my father was doing to her anymore. My father would always abuse her for money because all he ever cares about is money. My mom would work so hard day and night so she could have something to feed me while my father would spend all the money for alcohol. My mom was a strong woman and put up with my dad but one day she couldn't take it anymore so she left for another guy. Ever since that day, my father would beat me up endlessly until he was satisfied, telling me that I was a mistake. One day the police found out and arrested my father so that's why I'm here." The girl explained.