Nightmare

Chapter 6

Leyla's POV

After I had woken up, I decided to get a little snack. But there was one problem, the tower is big and I don't know my way around. But then I remembered that Tony said something about asking J.A.R.V.I.S. .
" Uhm ... J.A.R.V.I.S?" "Yes, Miss Latrova?" "Can you tell me the way to the kitchen?"
" Of course, first you get down the hall to the elevator. Then you choose the living floor button and after you reached the living floor, you just have to walk through the living space to the kitchen, alright?"
" Yeah, thank you. "I said, trying to be nice to the A.I. . " No, problem Miss Latrova ." he said before getting quiet again. I didn't knew an A.I. could be polite, but J.A.R.V.I.S has more manners than some of the kids at the orphanage. I quickly made my way to the kitchen, trying not to wake anyone. In the kitchen I got a glass of water and an apple. After I finished, I made my way back to my room. I tried to sleep again but I just couldn't. So I put on the same clothes as yesterday and made my way to the living room again. I turned on the TV and watched a random movie.

Tony's POV

I stayed up all night working on my new suite. After hours I ran out of coffee and went to get a new one. But as I walked into the living room the TV was turned on and Leyla sat in front of it. Why is she up at three in the morning?
" Shouldn't you be asleep?" She turned around and I could see her surprised face. It looks like she didn't expect anyone to be up that late. " Uhm ... I just had a bad dream and I couldn't fall back asleep." Leyla told me. " And still, sleep is important, young lady." She flinched at the last part. " Please, please don't be mad at me. I, I didn't expect anyone to find out. ... please don't hurt me."
Wait, why would she think I'm gonna hurt her? Has she been abused? I walked up to her and hugged her. " You're not mad at me?" she asked surprised. " Of course not, I mean ,I was up as well even if I should sleep. ... But why would you think I would hurt you?" " Uhm ... I " I noticed she didn't want to talk about it to me. " It's okay if you don't want to tell me. Just know, I will always be there if you would ever need someone to talk to, alright? " I tried to comfort her. " Alright, ... thank you." " For what?" I asked, not knowing what she was talking about. " That you adopted me and that you're there for me even if it's my first
night here. " she explained. " That's no big deal, honey, that is no big deal. "
After our little talk we both decided to watch TV together. But both of us fall asleep.

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* 2 years later*

Young Leyla's POV

Testing day, yeah. Gosh, I hate these days.
This time 25 of us got killed, now we're just 50 girls left. It exactly went like two years ago. Running test, ballet test, gun shooting test, fighting skills test and battle IQ test. Normally we girls wouldn't get the results but Dreykov told me I would be on top of my class. Nobody is as good as I am.

* another 2 years later*

Horrible. Today was one of the worst days of the last few years, testing day. And even if I am on top of my class again, I hate these days like the plague. ( It's another German saying, I hope you understand it.) This time 35 girls of us got killed, more than usual. Now we're only 15 girls left, or like Dreykov would call us, 15 widows are left. I don't understand the name, I mean it just doesn't make any sense. How could we loose our husbands if we weren't even married? Do I have to understand that?
Anyway Dreykov visited me earlier and told me I would be the Night Widow, that would be my name for missions. Wait, is he thinking about giving us a real human as target that we should kill? No, I won't kill innocent people, I'm not a killer, am I? Please no, I don't want all of this anymore. I would rather to be killed myself than kill innocent people. Just no!I am nine years old, I won't be a killer

* 1 day later*

I am a killer. I killed someone. I ... I ... I'm a horrible person.
Today after training Dreykov came to me and wanted me to follow him. We went to a soundproof room and before we entered he said " Leyla, my dear. I had to think about this for a few weeks now. I knew you wouldn't fail, but I didn't knew if you could manage this mentally. I know this will be hard for you and eventually you will hate me now ... I want you to kill someone for me. " " No, Dreykov. Please not, I'm just a child. I'm not ready for it. " But of course he cut me off " I know the first kill is hard. But I also know you will make it. But to make it easier, I will give you some advices. First turn off your emotions, either they'll get in your way. Second just don't think about it, imagine the person would be a target from training. Third never think you're a bad person because you killed someone, everybody is a monster. You don't need to be a killer, just to be a monster.
Alright? ... Let's go." He opened the door and we went in. Inside the room I saw a young women tied up to a wooden chair. She looked very scared but I tried not to show any emotion, I tried to turn them off just like Dreykov told me. A man handed me a gun and I pointed at the woman. " Please,please don't kill me. " she whimpered. I didn't wanted to kill her, but I did it. 'Just do it, pull the trigger' I thought all over again and eventually I did it I heard the loud bang and right after it the woman yelled. Shocked, I dropped the gun to the ground. " Great job, Night Widow " Dreykov said sounding impressed " You didn't even hesitate long." He brought me back to my room. And right now I'm crying, I just can't believe it. Someone died because of me.

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Leyla's POV

I woke up yelling. That was definitely one of the worst days in my life. But the worst part of it is,that the woman wasn't the only one I killed.

A/n
Next chapter is done. I hope everything make sense and you understand the German saying.( It basically means, you hate something very, very much)
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