the nest of the assassins

after two hours they arrive in an old house that seems to be about to fall into pieces. inside of the house it was completely different. there are some old furniture well kept. there are some classic decorations like heads of beasts on some walls. pictures of war and one or two figures of decoration.

further on the hallways leading to the second floor it seems more simple with empty cinnamon color walls. there are some documents with information about the King Bradley Manley. there are some documents on the floor about the stronger members of the kingdom. it seems like a secret base of an organized group.

Max followed Logan to the hallway of the second floor without saying a single word, they enter in a room and Max was surprised to see some interesting people.

they were five people standing in front of him, two females and three man. Logan points at them and he starts to say their names.

"the blonde one is Emma Jefferson, the oldest guy in the group is Ramiro Gutierrez he is forty seven years old if you want to know, then the quiet guy with a grumpy face is our youngest member Raku Kobayashi that boy is barely seventeen years old, here in the middle we have Robert Larsson he is not much of a talker he is annoyingly quiet, and finally we have Ji-hye Moon. now guys this handsome devil here is our newest member please say hello to Maxwell, no need to be shy come on guys he is an important piece for this operation, because unlike most of you for not saying all of you he had actually kill. oh and also Robert he is also thirty four years old ."

they tried to talk with him, but they felt some sort of fear after knowing that the only second actual murderer in the group was Max the new guy. he was so tired to even care if they liked him or not, he was only there to kill some one in order to get his freedom in this strange paradise.

Max decided that he was going to be the first one to talk so he yield and once everyone was looking at him he started talking.

"well hello there I supposed that you are all like me, and you sign the contract to escape faith or to run from that hellhole. well now I will said this only once, like you all heard I am the one with blood on his hands, so I supposed that makes me the leader of this assassination squad....."

said Max looking directly at the eyes of the others.

".....I want to know if you are ready for this because, if you are not, you are fuck. you will die before the year ends, so don't worry I will help you. no actually, I will teach you to kill. now I want to hear from everyone in here, who can explain to me what are you good at? and how this assassination can be done?"

said Maxwell trying to prove that there is a difference in between him and them.

Emma was the first one to talk, she said that she was a thief and to avoid jail she sign the contract.

then Raku talked he only said that he was dying in his world and he spent most of his days reading books and learning so he doesn't have any quality outside from his brain.

then it was Robert's turn and he said that he was a man with a huge debt and some people were about to kill him and that is why he sign the contract he also said that he is a good mathematician.

then Ramiro said something about been a policeman who lost his job for a case that went wrong and finally Jihye didn't want to talk about herself not jet at least.

Max knew that he didn't had much of a team to do the job right and without any casualties but he was worry that they might not be strong enough to survived this world.

they went to eat to a place that was closed to the house and Logan disappeared in the air leaving everything to Max and he knew that he didn't had much time to have a plan and he asked to the others if they had any information about this king.

"well our tiny friend Raku in here he created a camera which doesn't exist in this world jet and he took a few pictures from the king, here you can see them."

said Ramiro while pointing at Raku.

Max takes the pictures and he looks at the face of the man that he has to kill. he smiled to see that this group actually had a future and then he asked to them if they had more information.

Ramiro told him everything they had found in the last two months in which they had been tailing the king and investigating around people whom hate the king. Max was truly happy to see that they are not as useless nor stupid as they seem to be.

Max told them that he needed some time to think about the plan and he left. Ramiro noticed that Max wasn't feeling well so he followed him to a valley.

"are you really an atrocious killer as Mr. Cromwell imply? because I don't think so."

says Ramiro while looking at the valley in front of him.

"would you believe me, if I told you that I used to be a slender jerk with money, lots of money. I had a great job and the most gorgeous girlfriend that I could ever ask for, and then I was betrayed and I ended in prison. forced to kill in order to survived that hell."

said Max with a forced smile. Ramiro didn't know what to said so he just look at the sky for a moment.

"I had a wife and two kids. one of the kids wasn't mine, but from a guy with whom she had an affair. and in a strange case I realized that half of the police department was corrupt, trying to do the right thing they kicked me out and she left after I lost my job. when I was about to give up in the world I signed the contract for a start over somewhere else, somewhere nice."

said Ramiro with a smile but emptiness on his gaze.

they both look at each other, acknowledging the fact that they had seen the worst side of the human kind. they smiled at the same time knowing that they are staring over in a place where the past can't find them. once it was nightfall they went back to the old creepy house with the other guys.

inside of the creepy house; the girls shared a room. the four guys also shared a room. Logan Cromwell didn't returned for the rest of the night.

"I am not sure about all this killing thing."

said Robert Larsson feeling anxious and fearful.

"yea, killing is never easy. hey you little man, are you sure you can handle that kind of gore?"

Ramiro asked looking at Raku who was silent.

"eh, I don't care."

said Raku looking at some documents that he is reading.

"what about you Mr. bloody hands?"

asked Robert Larsson looking with fear towards Max.

"after the first kill, after the first one you will be fine. it all depends of your first time. then it becomes easier."

said Max with a hollow glance.

for the following days they were getting ready to assassinate the king Bradley Manley, the tyrant who was the ruler of the Martyrium kingdom which was mostly in civil wars.

there is going to be a festival in four days and that day the king is going to show his face in front of his people, he is going to be with many guards. his second child, Alice Manley is also going to be there. when Logan heard about this he saw the opportunity to also kill the greatest threat to his plans.

days before the assassination they were almost ready. Ramiro felt nervous as he asks Max if they could talk for a moment and they went out of the house. they walked together to the valley.

"don't you see this strange. I mean yeah I understand killing a tyrant king, but his daughter, she is just sixteen she is still being a child. I had been thinking why us, and not professionals? if this whole thing is a trap or a political conspiracy to take down the political leaders and take over the nation."

said Ramiro trying to make sense of the situation.

"and is that important? I don't see why the reason matters so much to you. just follow the orders."

said Max with an emotionless face.

"I may be capable of killing, but I am not a monster. and I am not okay with killing an innocent kid nor with manipulating others for political reasons."

Max wants to understand the reason why he feels the same about all of this, but all he can say is that their job is to follow orders, not to question them. they look at the stars and the moon, while they try to keep calm, but is almost impossible for them to be calm about the things that are going to happen tomorrow.

is harder when they have to kill someone whom they don't even know, they don't know if that person is actually a monster or a saint to others. it doesn't matter what is he, he is a king, that must mean a lot of damage will be done to the kingdom.

"I know this is hard for you, it is also hard for me. but this is our job and the best thing for us to do is to follow orders if we don't want to risk our lives, I mean we have come so far already why the need to risk it all."

said Max with a friendly smile.

"I know that this is a payment for all the suffering, but the price that we have to pay for this paradise seems to be too high. and to be honest my morals won't allow me to be happy in that road."

said Ramiro unsure about everything that was happening. they went back to the old house.

.....

meanwhile Logan Cromwell is in a palace of another kingdom in front of an noble man.

"well my good friend lord Fawcett, the pawns are ready to take out the king. and yes, I know it is a bit risky if they fail, but also there is a possibility that they may cut off his head and without him in the game. it will be easier to attack and take over their kingdom."

said Logan with a creepy smile.

the noble man seems to be a bit unsatisfied with the way Logan is leading this operation.

"you know the game better than anyone, jet your way of playing it is chaotic and unorganized, but well you had always done well. so I will let you continue with this, but if you commit a mistake. it will be your responsibility to clean it and if they find any proof leading towards you, we won't be responsible for your safety."

said the nobleman whom dislikes Logan and he doesn't know why but he just can't trust in him.

Logan laughs loudly and with a creepy smirk.

"no need to worry my lord, I trust in the new assassins that I bring from the other world. and believe me they will be of a great value, If you allow me I must leave now. my good lord Fawcett, no need to worry."

"one last thing why do you want the girl dead?"

Logan takes a clock out of his pockets, he looks at it for a while.

"isn't it obvious just for fun."

then he disappears in the air leaving the nobleman alone.

"what a creep, so he actually wants to take over the throne of his uncle. I see, I must be careful to not do a move jet, or it can be over. also his brother would be trouble."

someone is standing behind him on the shadows with a smirk.

"oh, yeah I almost forgot that you were also here."

said the nobleman feeling fear.