1 month ago

Konan squatted in the dark cold alley sweating bullets, holding the only

item that belongs to him tightly in his small hands. His mind on overload,

constanly thinking " This is a bad idea! I can't believe we're really going

through with this" the coarse material of the rope digging into his soft skin.

while it extended to the opposite side of the alley. Hidden underneath

the dirt mud. Connecting to another pair of small hands, behind

a pile of trash."Kirlin! are you sure this will go as planned bro?" he said,

still nervous and unsure if this is the right move to make. "Haha Konan, relax your grip on the rope a little! I can feel you shaking all the way from

this side" replied Kirlin jokingly " calm down, you know the plan! When you

Pull the rope and the mark falls down, turn tail and run fast as you can

Back to the hideout. I'll take care of the rest"

When konan was about to reply

he heard foot steps entering the alley. As nervous and unsure he was, deep

down he knew the reason why this had to be done. Their little sister kaiza was sick and the winter around the corner, she would no doubt die! They were

desperatly in need of coins, not only to feed but also medicine to nurse

Kaiza back to good health. Before the weather exposed it's deadly fangs and

devoured them all. Taking a deep breath he tried to get hold of himself

The mark came deeper into the alley, every step made kirlin's heart beat

faster and faster. Even though he tried to act calm infront of his little brother,

truth is, he was close to shitting himself. He knew, if it didn't go to plan; this score wasn't going to be easy. He had done his homework fairly well when choosing this mark. Following him for a couple of days, in secret of course.

Enough to find out his routine, and that he is a well of travelling merchant,

With some kind of military background. What position he held though, is uncertain

What he does know, is that the mark is a drunkard that cannot control his lust!

Each night he goes to a tavern down the street, then proceeds staggering down

this alley to hook up with a prostitute, couple of streets further down.

Silently, he tightend his grip on the rope, locking his gaze on the man, waiting

for the right time to pull.

Three steps! two steps, the two brother's hearts in their throats,prepared

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to pull the rope any second. "PULL!!" Right at this final moment the drunkard

grinned viciously! Seeing this smile, Kirlin instantly knew something was

horribly wrong, But too late, as the rope was already pulled. The mark side stepped,

twirling his foot quickly around the rope, whilst pulling hard towards himself.

Gobsmacked and without knowing how, kirlin was sent flying towards the mans

direction . With no time to think, he pulled out his half broken dagger, and yelled at the top of his lungs"KONAAN! RUN!!!" Releasing the rope, he mustered as much

strength possible to his torso and tried to twist midair. failing horribly to get the

momentum to slash with enough force, the mark swatted the dagger away effortlessly.

Reaching out to grab kirlin's throat with a steely grip, that vicious grin

Coupled with the many scars criss crossing on his tanned face, made him look

Scary, beyond belief. "Hahaha! Unbelievable" the mark shouted "To think it

would only be two skinny rats!" His voice deep and grisly, ringing in kirlin's ears

"If you tell me who sent you, I gurantee you will not suffer"

Behind kirlin's dangling body, came a shadowed figure, holding on to his little brother.

Getting down on one knee, while holding a struggling konan, the figure spoke

"Captain! We confirmed there are no other targets in the nearby area. We have done

a full sweep, there are no hidden eyes either! Lamia and lynx are on their way

to meet up with the link to escort her back to base as we speak! " After giving his short report, the figure stared at konan

and the dangling kirlin, clearly confused about something " This don't make any sense

captain" he exclaimed in a low voice "I know what you're thinking braxim" replied

the captain, furrowing his eyebrows, clearly not happy with the report and this outcome " If these rats are the decoy sent by the shadow wind squad, then where is the real attacking force?"

Kirlin's eye's were bloodshot at the moment, because of getting choked. Yet his mind was on

5th gear, understanding that this mark clearly fooled him. Letting him tail him

On purpose! Sadly for the two brothers, they are now knee deep in deadly shit, they want no

part of. "Speak, tell me exactly why you are here! Who is your connect? Why are you

two ambushing me precisly today after a whole week!!? Speak now, or i'll snap your neck

and throw you into the pit, for the skalliz to feast on" growled the captain "Ugrh! let.. ugrh..go"

Not able to reply properly, he reminded this idiot captain to let go. "Cough! Cough! Boss!!

this is all a big misunderstanding, cough! we're not decoy and dont work for anyone! we just wanted your coins and gear, that's all!" Kirlin replied quickly, "I don't know who the shadow

whatever thing is! Neither does he. Please boss let him go, this was my idea"