Chapter Three (C): Jake & Thorchan

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The assassin landed on his knees and within a moment leaped to his feet in the same action that Jake got to his feet. With only a few meters between them, Jake readied for a fist fight. Instead the assassin drew back his hand with the blade in an attempt to hurl the blade at Jake. His arm flew forward however the blade flopped on to the deck as the assassin stumbled forward.

For a second Jake didn’t realize what happened till he heard the muffled pop again. Then eight more times as the assassin fell to his knees. The blood from his mouth told Jake that this was over. The assassin fell forward revealing ten red marks in the Kuritian naval uniform of the assassin. The assassin had been shot in the back by none other than his very target.

Jake saw Kimiko siting up from a laying position. She held the assassin’s pistol with both hands. Jake could make the assumption that this might had been the first time she actually fired a pistol. The terror in her eyes told him that this was the first time she had killed someone. The metal click told Jake that Kimiko was too terrified to realized that she had emptied the weapon’s clip in to the back of the assassin. At near point blank, judging by the shot group, it was lucky that Kimiko even killed the assassin. But a swift kick proved that the assassin was clearly dead.

Kimiko only set there lost in the moment and shaking uncontrollably. Despite how it ended, the fact remains the same. If it had not been for Jake, Kimiko would have been killed on this day.