Chapter 3

Shanra

With full of caution, I approached the door slowly. My senses were active at this moment just in case this person who entered my yard will bring danger to me. I didn't feel scared to know that danger is coming to me. When my family died my fears of dying also go with them. I'm just worried that I  will die without giving justice to my family's tragic ends.

If my breath is the key to coming inside my house, my palm is the key to coming out. So when I tap my palm in the scanner the door automatically opens. And even before I could come out of the door, a man hiding beside my door suddenly attacked me with his knife. But I was already alert so I successfully escaped from his attack. But if I hadn't escaped quickly, I would have been stabbed in my chest with his knife.

At the same time as I successfully avoided my body to his attack, I quickly holds the back of his hand and twisted his arm tightly to force him to let go of the knife that he was holding in his hand. And then I strongly banged his head against the back of my door. Even though he had not yet recovered from the pain he had received, I followed my attack with a strong kick to his stomach. He flew and landed on my small pots with planted mantras. I quickly approached him and rode at his back then grabbed his hair and gave him a strong punch to his face many times. And then I picked up the knife that he let go earlier and aimed it at his neck.

"Who asked you to kill me?" I coldly asked him in a dangerous tone.

The man grinned even though the blood was pouring from his mouth and nose. "Just kill me if you want because you won't get anything from me."

"What a loyal dog," I said without emotion then I suddenly stabbed his right hand with a knife. He screams because of so much pain. "Won't you tell me or do you want me to stab your other hand with this knife as well?"

   

"You're not a woman! You are a heartless devil!" he shouted at me while pain is visible on his face. Then he suddenly laughed although he was hurt. "You're pathetic. You don't know that your enemy is just beside you."

I become more merciless because of what I heard. I have no mercy for those people who have a bad intention against me. So I mercilessly stabbed his hand again but this time I targeted his left hand. The man screams at the top of his lungs from the torture he felt as he coughed blood.

"You b ** ch!" the man shouted at me angrily. If he is not my enemy then I will give him a thumbs up because no matter what I did to him he still not willing to tell me who is the mastermind behind him. But since he is not willing to speak so I have no choice but to torture him.

I didn't care if he already looks pathetic. People like him should not be pitied. Because of people like him so I become an orphaned and seem to be a moving dead. Aren't you also like the people you hate, Shanra? In every person that you kill, some children lost their father. I shook my head when suddenly a small voice popped out and whisper to my ears. No. I'm different from them. I don't kill innocent people. The only people that I kill are those people who can be considered a plague in society.

"Because you don't want to tell me the person behind you so you better sleep first. I will torture you again later," I said then took my needle hidden in the side of my waist and pricked him in his nape. I just counted three seconds before the man lay down on the cold floor unconsciously.

The needle that I used on him was only for sleeping. I am not done asking him so he can't die yet.

I stand up from sitting on the man's back when I am sure that he is already unconscious. Suddenly, my landline rang in the living room so I left the man lying on the floor and without haste, I walked into my house to answer the phone. He is unconscious so he can't escape from me.

"Hello, Shanra? How are you?" the person on the other line immediately asked me even though I still didn't say 'hello' to him.

"Are you checking if I'm still alive?" I quickly answered the man. The man I'm talking to is Henry. one of the BAS assassins and the person that envies me the most. He is the top one of those people who felt annoyed by my presence.

"Woah! I'm just asking if you're okay. I heard that there is a new mission that will be given from above and since you just finished your mission you may not be able to accept another mission," he explained. I could hear the annoyance at the tone of his voice.

"Is that so? I thought you called me to make sure if the assassin who sneaked into my yard successfully killed me," I said sneering even though he can't see me. I don't believe that he was not the one who sent the man who tried to kill me just now.

"Oh, well, how is the person who tries to kill you?" a question on the other line.

"He's half-dead and is lying on the floor outside my house right now. The person who was sent by someone to kill me is weak. He fell asleep easily. I wasn't even sweated a little bit," the tone of my voice is arrogant and bragging on purpose to annoy him. I wanted to know how he would react to what I said.

I heard a loud laugh from the other line. "You seem okay, Shanra. And I think you can accept another mission too," Henry said after laughing. He did not comment on what I had said. I seem to be mistaken to think that the man on the phone was the one who sent the man who tried to kill me. But maybe he was just pretending that he didn't care at all.

"I can do any mission—Damn!" I was startled to hear the loud sound of a motorcycle outside the gate of my house. I dropped the phone and ran out of my house.

I angrily kicked into the air when I saw that the unconscious male assassin was no longer on the floor. The rider probably saved him while I am talking to Henry on the phone. And I guessed, Henry purposely called me to distract my attention so his men would have a chance to rescue the man that I have caught.

Once again, I kick into the air in great annoyance. Why didn't I think that he might have backed up outside my house and just waiting to rescue him?

I stared at my gate. No wonder they easily rescue the man I captured because they use a laser to cuts the metal of my gate so they could get inside easily. I shake my head. How will I know now who is the man that ordered him to kill me?

I let out a deep sigh before deciding to go back inside my house. But before I could even reach the door, a motorcycle suddenly stopped in front of my gate. My eyes widened when I saw the rider pointing a gun at me. Oh no! Not this one!

Together with a series of gunshots, I rolled to the pole of my garage and hide. I really don't like being shot by a gun. It only makes me remember the tragedy that my family suffered at the hands of armed people. It's the reason why I don't like to use guns to kill. I don't like blood. I hate seeing it. Using my needles to kill is the best way for me not to see even a single drop of blood from the person I killed.

"You didn't hit her, idiot!" I heard the angry voice of the driver of that motorcycle. He is talking with the man at his back who shots me.

"It's not my fault that she is too quick to hide," the man talks back angrily with the driver.

I took advantage that those men are in an argument. I pulled two sleeping needles and threw them at the men just like I'm throwing a dart. I smiled when I saw that the man who shots me fell asleep quickly when he got hit by my needles.

"Damn! You are such a loser and a burden to me," the driver angrily talks to his companion although the man is already sleeping at his back. He pulled his gun and then aim at me. He didn't hit me because I quickly hides again.

When the man saw that he didn't hit me with his gun he quickly drives his motorcycle away. I hurriedly come out from hiding and then chase him with my needles. The man suddenly crashes when he hits by my needles on his back.

"Bingo! You thought you could get away from me? In your dreams!" I smiled and then comes out from my gate. I will make sure that those two men will tell me who is the mastermind behind their actions.

But before I could reach the two men lying on the road another motorcycle suddenly appeared. I run back inside the gate when he pointed a gun at me and shoots me.

"Damn!" I swear when I heard gunshots again after he shots me. When I come out again from my gate I saw the two men who are lying on the road with gunshots on their heads. The man who just escaped made sure that these two men will not be going to speak after I captured and torture them. I angrily kick a stone in front of me. Great! Now, I don't have a lead anymore. I am in the dark while my enemies are in the lights and only looking at me.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. After that, I went back inside my house. I need to call my godfather before the police could come here and investigate what happened.

When I get back into the living room I notices that my landline was hanging. I remembered that I just cut off my conversation with Henry without saying goodbye. When I lifted the phone Henry was gone. I just shrugged my shoulder and then dial the number of my godfather Eddie's house. He is my father's friend and my benefactor. He saved my life back then that's why I'm still alive now.

"Hello, Godfather? Can you please let your people take care of the dead body of the assassin who attacked me earlier? They are lying on the road outside my house," I speak and told him my problem before he could greet me.

"Okay. I will send my men quickly. Don't go out in case the police would come first before my men, okay?" my godfather commanded me. He didn't ask me why I asked for his help. I think he already guessed what happened.

After I talked with him I went back to my room and lie down in my bed as if nothing happened. Who are the people behind the assassination of me? The man who attacked me inside my yard suddenly entered my mind. He said that my enemy is just beside me? Who is it? Who is my enemy hiding in the dark and only beside me?