Assassin: Initial

Chapter 3

"I-i can't believe it..." she gasped causing me to smirk a little. "You didn't think you got ride of me just yet did you?" I chuckled with a slight grin.

"Roxie!" Dave exclaimed running towards me. "Dave! No no! Don't!" I exclaimed as he can towards me and jumped at me.

I had to fight every instinct not to jump out of the way to make sure to catch Dave as he went and jump tackled me. 

"You kept your promise." He exclaimed. "Promise?" Tara asked. "Yes Dave had me promise him sometime ago that I would be here to celebrate christmas with him. I'm not really sure why but I agreed to it." I sighed. 

"Well Roxie come on I have a lot of questioned for you!" Dave exclaimed causing me to smile a little. "No! She's not allowed in the house." Tara huffed. I could feel the tension I knew this was going to be the likely outcome. 

"Why mom?!" Dave questioned. "She's a killer! I don't trust her any farther than I can throw her. I would call the cops if we didn't need her help." Tara growled at me probably trying to make me feel bad of something.

"Mom!" Dave exclaimed. "No! She lied to us... probably everything she's told us was a lie! So she's not allowed in the house! I wanter her as far away from us as possible." she hissed crossing her arms. 

"Tara your being a little unreasonable." Vincent told her. "Vincent I'm putting my foot down!" she huffed. "Mom-!" I cut Dave off. 

"Dave it's fine. I knew this was probably going to happen. It makes sense she wasn't to keep her home and family safe. I understand it... I've killed people... and have lied to you. I lost her trust she's just wants to keep you safe. Besides even if I can't stay in the house it doesn't mean I won't keep you safe. I still have a job to do... so you'll be fine." I sighed pushing him inside and the door was slammed in my face.

"You alright Roxs?" Roy asked. "Yeah." I strained out feeling really dizzy, light head all of a sudden, I was also have trouble catch in my breath.

My vision quickly became blurry. "We'll keep watch tonight Roxie. You should get some rest you look real tired." Alex told me. "I told you! I'm fin-" I was cut off by a random coughing fit and a shooting pain that ran through my body. 

I covered my mouth with my hand and when it seemed to have settled down. My friends asked if I was alright they sounded very consider for me. As they asked me that I looked down at my hand. 

Blood... I muttered before being hit by another shock of pain and coughing fit. It sent me to my hands and knees as I coughed at the ground likely spitting up blood. When the cough fit ended I was heavily panting desperately trying to catch my breath. 

"Oh god!" Alex exclaimed. "B-blood!" Roy stammered. "I am... fine... it's... nothing." I panted. 

"You're coughing up blood! You're not fine!" Roy hissed as I felt a shearing pain course through me worse that the last two times as I forced myself up.

"It's nothing... I can... still stand. Ugh!" I groaned as I felt to the ground by vision becoming very burly. "Roxie!" they exclaimed as I fell.

"We need to get --- to th- ----- --'ll know what -- --. I'-- stay here --u ta-- her -- see ---." Alex exclaimed cutting out as I was drifting in and out on consciousness. "But --- she ---'- wa--." Roy questioned cutting out as well. "Carry -er." Alex answered this time only slightly cut up but I'm sure of what she said, their voice becoming harder and hard to hear.

I felt myself getting picked up from the ground. "No... I don't... like being... carried." I panted.

"I --ve -- choi--." Roy answered though it sound very distance and cut up.

Ugh! I groaned as I felt pain shoot through my body. I was fighting back to no succumb to the darkness but it was pretty much a losing battle. Then more pain shot through me - Urk...