[Sarah]

(Kind of a short story that I got inspiration to write while listening to a song. Both Characters used are only for the story and don't relate to any of my own outside plots.)

Rain pounded the asphalt, a deserted road became muddy and slick with the wet. It was typical autumn weather but the storm was quieter than usual.  The thunder seemed to rumble absently above, like it had other things on its mind. Even the rain fell like it had nothing better to do. In someplace so empty one would think the sounds would be amplified, but something muddled them and they became noise in the background.

[Sarah]

“You can’t leave me.” a choked plea broke the almost silence. Two forms became apparent on the sidewalk. Their black raincoats shielding their clothes from the rain, but their hair looked like they had stepped out of the shower and the rain drizzled down their face, hiding the tears of one of the women. She looked frantic and scared. Her ‘friend’ offered nothing but a cold glance. Not able to keep the pleading gaze.

[Sarah]

“Tia please” Again the woman choked out words but they were lost on the other woman. She hardly seemed to notice them. The crying woman tried to grab the others hand but it was swiftly ripped away. The crying woman collapsed, a small splash followed her landing. Hands over her face, her body curling into a defenseless ball. She didn’t know what she could do to keep the other woman with her.

[Sarah]

“What you’re doing is dangerous.” The words cut through the air now. The sound was crystal clear and showed no signs of the chocking that had happened before. The woman was resorting to anger, giving in to her frustration and helplessness. Still the other woman did not react. Acting as if she was the only one on the street, but she didn’t move away from the crying woman. Maybe she was holding back tears as well.

[Sarah]

“Ella I know the risks of my job.” Tia’s words sliced more harshly than Ella’s. There was silence for minutes. Until Tia started to fidget and impatiently she started moving away. This did not help the situation, it only infuriated Ella further. Lashing out Ella caught the woman’s lag and drug her down onto the ground.

[Sarah]

“What the fuck Ella!” Tia hissed her clothes now soaking wet. Ella was crying again, but managed to get up. Hatred burned in her eyes and for a few moments Tia expected to get knocked out. Instead Ella huffed loudly and glared across the street trying to calm herself down. It would not look very good if she beat her partner to a pulp. However much she may deserve it.

[Sarah]

“How dare you think you could leave me like this, were partners we do things together.” Ella screeched her tears mixing with the rain the fell down her face. Tia looked broken for a second. She pushed herself to her feet and stood in front of Ella, unsure what to do. “It’s gotten too personal.” Tia mumbled her eyes glued to the ground.

[Sarah]

The grey sky seemed to darken and while the sky should have been pale blue the storm had infiltrated what could have been a good day. It was still morning though it felt like dusk was upon them. The thunder roared louder overhead but no lightning could be seen this deep into the city. Only a few cars had passed by and none of them noticed the two women standing outside a rundown apartment building. Who would? Most assumed they were two arguing hooligans. In this city that’s who everyone was and people learned to stick to their own business.

[Sarah]

“Too personal? I remember you admitting to me the same thing I admitted to you.” Ella retorted, sounding hurt, more hurt than before. Ella felt betrayed and had no reasonable way to get out of the situation. She wanted so desperately to hit Tia in the face so hard she didn’t remember the past year. She knew that wouldn’t happen and she knew Tia wouldn’t hurt her either. They’d spent a year becoming best friends and when they both wanted to be more than that Tia turned away and abandoned Ella.

[Sarah]

Ella couldn’t even remember the last time she had opened up to someone. She doubted that before Tia she’d ever really told anyone about herself. She had trust issues, and abandonment issues, and knew that people no matter who they were, they were only out for themselves. Tia had been looking for someone to make her happy, and now that she’d gotten close to Ella she needed to move on to someone else. Ella thought that about her friend and didn’t even feel bad about it. Later she would but right now she was not in the right state of mind.

[Sarah]

Ella and Tia where partnered by their organization, an odd place to meet, and an even odder job to be paired to. Professionally they were assassins, drug dealers, paid arms. However unlike most organized crime they actually worked for an office. As their cover story they were journalists, not a very good cover story and it changed often. Right now they found themselves in a lot of trouble from a lot of people.

[Sarah]

Firstly with the office - relations were not allowed without consent from the boss, and though they had never done anything together. Apparently it got so obvious the boss couldn’t ignore it anymore. He was rather old school and hadn’t prepared for homosexuality. He split the males from the females but other than that he trusted his workers to follow his rules. His main issue being offspring, any produced by his workers became soldiers fighting his cause, not that Ella and Tia could have children together anyway. He had to make an example of them.

[Sarah]

Secondly with another assassin order a small but elite one - Ella had decapitated one of their own after he had threatened Tia’s life. Since then they had been avoiding hits from the rest of the crew. Which was a great chain of luck together Tia and Ella were literally the best of the best but alone they might as well have been newborn kittens. By moving frequently and leaving virtually no trail they had managed to barely outrun the order. This would not last long if the two were going to split up.

[Sarah]

More vengeful people and organizations followed but they were less of a threat and most could be taken out with a word. Tia and Ella weren’t stupid, they had compiled a list, and with every name on the list they had information that could bring them down. Every name excluding the higher ups in the organization they worked for, and excluding the elite assassin order that was out to get them. Not so re-assuring to have Intel on every person besides those who could harm the two most. they were not incapable of taking care of themselves.

[Sarah]

Ella had heavy duty training in hand to hand combat, she could take five men at once and have them screaming for their mothers. Tia was dangerous with a sword; she never left her target in one piece. Neither believed in ‘modern’ technology - No guns, no crossbow, and only very rarely did they use explosives. It was good to have a backup plan, especially a backup escape plan. With an expertly placed flash grenade they could get away from practically any fight. Though they preferred to stick to swords and in Ella’s case scythes.