Born For The Trigger: Inheriting Shadows

~CHAPTER 5~

~Lessons in Betrayal~

Out of frustration Sam finally spoke and hoped that if this person got the conversation he was after he would leave sooner.

"Where were you born?" Connor was a very energetic and lively person for an 18-year-old but almost immediately his face drained of all its colour and filled with an emotion Sam could only describe as sadness.

"My parents died four years ago so when I turned eighteen, I moved out of my aunt's house and started living on my own." The once happy and somewhat childish Connor had disappeared and was replaced by the gloomy one who sat before him now.

Sam couldn't be sure but it seemed like it hurt Connor to remember the past, but what did he care for if he was going to do worse in a matter of a few days because what Sam had planned for him was going to pain him so much more that it pained him to talk about his past.

Once again Sam had started to daydream about all the ways in which he could kill Connor but was quickly taken out of his trance by someone aggressively tapping him on his shoulder. He reached for his Beretta but quickly stopped when he saw who it was, it was Connor. He had been doing that a lot lately, getting lost in his thoughts and completely zoning out from reality.

The cafeteria was filled with slight chatter here and there but nothing major, that was until someone called out his name, Bolton. Sam was confused and kind of shocked because he thought that the person was calling him but he realized that he was talking to Connor and not him. It still struck a nerve every time someone called Connor by his last name which was coincidentally Sam's last name too. He assumed that the person calling him was one of his best friends considering the fact of how loud it was and the smile that made its way onto Connor's face.

"Long time Connor." The person spoke.

"Yes, it has. I thought you forgot about me." This time it was Connor who spoke and had a huge smile plastered on his face.

Sam started to wonder how it was possible for people to be so happy. 'Friends will not always be there but family is', just then Sam was taken back to that memory. That memory that allowed him to return back to a past where everything was perfect.

"Friends will not always be there but family always is." Sam could sense fear in his voice. He could also sense what he thought to be sadness and despair, the three things that when put together could kill a living being.

"Dad, why do you sound so scared?" Sam spoke, hoping to get an answer.

"Sam. Connor..."

Just then the bell rang bringing him back to reality. It was like the world was protecting him from his past. It was like it knew that if he went too deep, he would reach a point of no return where he could never resurface. He wished that for once the world would take his side and just let him remember it all instead of in little snippets so he could get it over with but at the same time he was glad because he was scared that if he remembered, it would bring up emotions that would eat him alive.

Sam had now concluded that the boy in the flashback was his brother and his name was 'Connor'. He thought that the memory was probably one of him and his brother, but why now? He only started to get these flashbacks when he met Connor. He didn't let himself think that the Connor he knew, the same one he was meant to assassinate, was his brother, the same brother that died many, many years ago. He was thinking of confronting Connor to ask him some questions to get the truth out of him but realized two things; one, that he couldn't do that and jeopardize the mission and two, he could ask someone else, someone who would surely give him the answers he was looking for. He could ask Michael.