Category : Books-Fiction

Sub Category : Fantasy

“you bastard. You left me to die” yelled spyder.
She was pissed since her recent mission to eliminate a target tanked. Her partner for it fucked up and bolted. Leaving her there to take the fall for his mistake. She was lucky enough to finish it before it all went south.
“come down sweetheart. You made it out alright” replied sparrow waving his arms in the air
“don't fucking call me sweetheart. Asshole” glared spyder. “wait til the master gets back. He is going to hear about this.”
spyder turned to walk away but was stopped by sparrow. He held onto her arm.
“you are not going to say shit to the master. We are assassins we go into this knowing we might die so don't go whining when things go south bitch” said sparrow
“hey you guys know the rules there is to be no fighting in the abbey” yelled Margaret. “even though the master isn't here wraith is”
“nobody cares about some bedtime story the master tells us to keep us from fighting here” scoffed sparrow
Margaret just shook her head. The master always talked about an assassin who is like a ghost nobody ever sees. Wraith is supposed to be deadly and he keeps watch of the abbey when the master is away. The story keeps most people in line and Margaret can handle a few hard heads. But if wraith appears death is soon to follow. Spyder fought against the grip of sparrow but he was stronger than her.
"You are still an initiate. You can't think you can win against me" said sparrow.
Spyder had only joined a month or so ago. Sparrow agreed to help train her but all he ever did was make her do all the work and demand half the pay.
She stomped on his foot but sparrow just backhanded her sending her to the floor. Margaret jumped over the counter and ran to her. “are you ok darling”
Spyder nodded while rubbing her cheek. She stood up and spit the blood into sparrows face. Sparrow pulled a blade jumped at her. Margaret stepped in between them. Everyone heard metal hitting metal and sparrow his in pain. His blade was on the ground and he was holding his hand.
Like the voice of a dead man echoed through the abbey “just cause you cant see something. It doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Take one more step sparrow and I will act”
the room grew quit as the voice disappeared. Everybody looked around to try and find where the voice came from. But nobody could find him. Sparrow hesitated but shook it off. “Must be someone the master paid to play dress up to scare us.”
Margaret stepped up to sparrow and jabbed her finger into his chest. “he is not a bedtime story but he could be a nightmare if you don't heed his warning”
Sparrow just looked at her and laughed. “the master really has you guys whipped doesn't he.”
He took one step and then Wraith appeared out of nowhere standing between Margaret and Spyder. Every instinct of Spyder told her to get away from him. Wraith stood about 6ft tall covered in black except his eyes glowed an icy blue. “you have been warned little birdy”
Sparrow reached for his hidden blade but it wasn't there. He then noticed all his blades were missing. Wraith just stood there like a statue just staring him down. Margaret turned to Wraith and hugged him. This killed some of the eerie mood in the room. Wraith patted her back. Sparrow took this as a joke and reached for Margaret. It was like Margaret went straight through Wraith cause Sparrows hand never touched her. Wraith grabbed it and bent it making him knee to the ground.
“You have already dug your grave. Are you wanting to condemn your soul too” Wraith said
“im sorry please dont hurt me” pleaded Sparrow. The fear in his eyes was evident
The room was silent as they witnessed Wraith for the first time. The master's stories did not do him justice. Every assassin knew from just looking at him that this man was far beyond them. Wraith let go of Sparrows hand but in that moment 6 blades fell to the floor in front of Sparrow. It was all of his blades.
“you did not have a chance against me from the start little birdy.” said wraith as he disappeared. “your fate is now in the master's hands”
Sparrow stayed kneeing on the floor frozen. You could hear whispers around the room and people pointing at Sparrow. 
"I wonder if wraith would train me" said a female assassin. 
Spyder finally was able to move. She looked at Margaret for answers. Margaret just smiled and walked back to the bar.
“why did you hug him. Didnt you feel his killing intent” said Spyder
Margaret just poured a drink and set it at the seat next to Spyder. Someone must of ordered a drink and is coming to get it. But within a blink of an eye wraith was there like he was already sitting there. Spyder jumped but her wrist was grabbed by Margaret.
“he is a big softy unless you are his target or cause a fuss in the abbey. He wont do anything to you. Is that right?” said Margaret to Wraith.
He just raised his hand in confirmation. “i was the one who saved you on your mission after sparrow messed up.”
"What do you mean you saved me" demanded Spyder
Spyder noticed wraith never removed his mask but his drink would become empty. Margaret would just fill it back up like it was normal.
"I was on my way back from a mission and I came across you trying to escape" replied wraith.
His voice did give Spyder the creeps. But his eyes were captivating since they glowed. She reached out to touch him. But she jumped when he spoke again.
"If you touch me then I'll touch you and you might now like where" 
She retracted her hand and just looked at him. It was like he only moved when she blinked. She looked confused.
"I thought the master said people cant intervene in anothers mission" she asked
"That rule only applies to you lower ranks. I'm given free reign on what I get into." He replied
Margaret just smiled at them. She had a look of amusment on her face. And it made Spyder question her sanity. Spyder looked around the room and saw nobody was looking their way. But wraith was sitting right next to her. Before she could ask Margaret chimed in.
"He doesn't give off a presence so unless he let's you see him he is invisible. If he wasn't people would of already swarmed." Said Margaret