Darkness.
Again?
That's the first thing that greets my vision, next is the chilling cold sensation I feel, both from me being apparently naked and the steel table I'm laying on.
I try moving my arms to remove the tarp like material covering my body." Argh, what the hell is even this situation. Sure I tried to ask him for a last favor, but he didn't have to send me off here like this."
It wasn't hard to figure out what was my situation exactly, I was in a Morgue of some kind. How did I find that out you might ask?
It was easy really, the place was semi filled with steel like beds in rows. Each had a covered dead body I assume. I've been to a place like this before.
Step. Step. Step
My thoughts were interrupted by the sounds of footsteps and chatter coming close to the entrance door to where I am.
" Shit, what the fuck do I do now?" I asked in hushed voice, I didn't know if whoever's coming here is a bad person, or even the one who supposedly killed the body I'm in right now.
[ Din ]
I was again distracted from my thoughts by the sound of a chime going off in my head.
[ The Template: Mixed Assassins Template is Activated ]
[ If you wish to unlock the first Template Rank # 10 (Arthur Bishop) think •Unlock• ]
I didn't even need to think or contemplate anything, as soon as I read the message, I thought the word Unlock. My situation doesn't allow for any leisure Time.
' Unlock.' the second I said that a flood of information rushed into my head. It didn't hurt, on the contrary, it just felt quite euphoric. like a drug or something.
All this happened in the matter of seconds. My unfocused eyes gained back their luster and more. The way I looked at the world from before felt like I was blind, now I can see with clarity. 4k got nothing on me.
' focus man, I'll deal with my current problem first, I'll think about the rest as I go.' I tried to hear and estimate who is currently coming to this room.
' From the sound of footsteps, I'd say it's 2 people. And from thier voices, a guy and a woman.' I focused back to my environment and what I found out gave me a really bad vibe.
From my left side there was what looked like a kitchen counter, with cabinets, sink faucets for water. But what was on the counter was what gave me an idea to the situation I was in.
It was a set of butchering knives and tools.
Yes butchering, and looks like I'm the cattle here.
' Why am I so casual about all of this?, guess that template didn't just give me skills and information. it's helping with my mentality too, I like it.'
' Now to deal with this problem. first, I don't think I have the time to get up and pick a weapon, and so far the Shop system is a no show. So I'll create an opportunity when one of them are focusing on facing away from me.' once I finished my mini plan, I covered myself back with the tarp. Exactly as it was before.
Click.
After the door was opened, in came the guy first followed by the woman, both carrying mini freezers.
" I'm telling you we shouldn't have involved the kid Matt, we... could've just let him go." Said the woman to the man, sounding quite sad and conflicted.
" Sigh, we already talked about this with David and the others Tina, we had no other choice. If we had let him go, he would have ratted us out. By then it won't just be him, it would be your little sister who-" Matt didn't even get to finish his sentence when he felt a sharp slap to the side of his face.
Slap!!
" What the hell is wrong with you-" Said Matt mid-shout, but he stopped when he looked back at Tina. She was shaking and with tears starting to form in her eyes.
" Don't you ever bring my sister into this." She said, not even looking at him.
There was a brief silence before Tina turned the other way and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
Slaaam!!
Matt looked at the door for some time before going to the kitchen counter to prepare the tools for what came next.
He was lost in his thoughts for some time untill.
Bam!!
He punched the counter in anger. " Fuck!!, Who the hell does she think she is. Does she think I like doing this shit?, argh."
' Wow, that was pretty dramatic and informative too, so I'm in Colorado. Specifically in a resort in Lakeside. So the cannibals huh.' Thought Felix, one of two things he remembers from this body, is it's name and age which is 13 and half.
' well, this is a great opportunity as any. While he's self reflecting and that chick is out. Here I go, maximum effort.' I removed the tarp covering me with care so not to make any sound.
'It helps that I'm naked so my steps won't make any sound.' I slowly reached him and quickly assessed my situation again.
He's taller than me by almost 34cm, he had a handgun stripped to his right side hip. Glock 19 to be specific. I didn't want to reach for his gun, it'll only create more sound and there could be more of them.
I looked at the counter from his right side and I found a tool that resembled a screwdriver, a long pointy sharp ice pick like tool. Right then and there, an attack strategy formed in my head.
It was an easy and a solid strategy to follow through. Distraction, misdirection and finally execution.
I didn't feel nervous or scared at all, it's a new but welcome prospect.
' Here we go.' I stretched my left hand to his left side, just out his peripheral vision and snapped my fingers.
Snap.
His body's first instinct is to look at what made that sound, and it did.That's my cue.
With lighting reflexes I reached for the ice pick tool and grasped it hard, I grabbed his shoulder with my left hand so to anchor his body and keep it from moving.
And with pinpoint accuracy I shoved the ice pick in a swift movement, aiming for a soft spot between his jaw and under his ear, leading directly to the brain.
Shing!
" Sorry, but you brought this upon yourself." The moment I pulled back the ice pick his body froze and dropped backwards.
I cushioned his fall by catching him so he wouldn't make too much of a noise.
His body started to seize a bit, while I'm there staring at him.
" Sigh, I thought I would feel sick or bad. But i feel nothing, it's probably for the best. But hot damn, my first day in this world and I had to kill somebody this quick. This truly isn't a game huh." I said with a confused set of thoughts.
Step. Step.
" Hmm, these steps. I can tell it's that woman. Guess my informant just came to deliver." I picked up the gun and checked the magazine and the chamber, fully loaded.
I went to the side of the door and turned of the lights, waiting for the one named Tina to get in.
A couple of seconds of waiting go by, and she reached the door, opening it.
That was a big mistake and she will pay for it.
" Hey, Matt I wanna apolog... Hmm why are the lights off?, did he already finish." Before she could reach for the light switch, she felt a force to back of her knee.
It wasn't a powerful kick or anything, just precise movement that rendered her balance obsolete .
I covered her mouth with my left hand and with my right I pointed the gun barrel to the back of her head in one breath. I lowered my voice so she wouldn't think of doing something stupid because just cause I would sound like a kid, and said.
" Don't make any sudden movement or my finger will slip, pull the trigger and turn your head into a flower. no speaking either, when I ask you a question you nod your head or shake it. Understood?" I felt slightly bad for doing this. but who gives a fuck, they are cannibals.
She started to shake and whimper.' Good, fear will keep her from doing something stupid.' I thought.
" I said understood ?" She nods her head this time.
I removed my hand from her mouth but kept the gun stuck at the back of her head so I can turn the lights on.
Once that was done i took the gun from the side of her hip, low caliber revolver 6- shooter. Loaded.
In the meanwhile, Tina got her courage back slightly when the lights turned on, for it to go back down once she felt that the stranger took away her gun.
Her vision drifted to the floor area in front of the counter and found the body of Matt. Laying there, blood dripping from his head.
This made all the blood in her face to drain. " No!!, Matt~"
Before she could say more the gun at the back of head got shoved further a bit." Uh-uh-uhha.. what did I say before, no talking. Are you that desperate to turn into a beautiful flower?"
" Let's begin. first, are we in Colorado lakeside resort?". She nodded to that.
" Second, your leader is David right?". She nodded, good she's not trying to hide anything.
" Next, I'm going to ask you something about numbers. So you you can answer with that. But before that, is there anyone waiting on you to deliver something or to go somewhere?" She tried to nod but changed it to a shake, but clearly she was hiding something.
I raised her own revolver and cocked back the trigger hammer." Care to answer that again?" She nodded, shaking so much you'd think she might collapse any minute.
' So I gotta be quick with this, and get out of here.' I thought to myself.
" How many people are in this building, don't count yourself and that guy over there?, and how many are guarding it?" I gave her two numbers so she wouldn't try to fabricate any lie.
" Th-three inside... A-and six outside." She didn't lie, I could tell that from her behavior and posture.
' Good, that's a number I can manage right now.' now for the final question.
" What date is it today?, I want the year, the month and the day if possible." She froze for a second, probably confused about why I asked that, but she answered nonetheless.
" 2031 /August / 21 ~" she couldn't even get the chance to finish saying the last number before the revolver got slammed to the back of her head, knocking her out.
I had to work fast, I found butchering twine in a cabinet so I securely tied her hands, knees, legs and put her own sock inside her mouth and tied it too for security. Because you never know.
" This will do for know." I said while getting out from the room cautiously, I was wearing a green shirt and a jacket and blue jeans, all that girl's. because the guy's clothes wouldn't have fit me, sue me I don't give a fuck.
***
[ Pov ]: 3rd person
In a place that looked like a storage room there was a girl that was sorting through some clothes.
Seemingly organizing them into different categories in different boxes.
" Argh, I hate this shit. Why hasn't Tina finished already it's almost her shift here?" She'd been doing this job of sorting through the belongings of the victims of thier cannibalistic endeavors since 5 am in the morning, and it's almost lunch time.
Knock. knock. knock.
" Hmm, who's knocking?. Just come in." She didn't turn away from her sorting, clearly focused on finishing so she could rest in the evening.
Knock. Knock. knock.
More knocking." If you think that's funny well it's not, the door is unlocked so just get in." She was too tired to deal with this shit.
Knock. Knock.
" Oh come on, who the hell is this?" She immediately stopped what she was doing and stormed to the door to confront whoever is playing this bad joke.
" Didn't you fucking hear m-" she didn't get to finish her sentence before a fast and stong blow planted itself on her chin right after she opened the door.
The force was so abrupt and fast she had no way of knowing it's coming.
Felix held the girls body from falling and making a sound." Sweet dreams." He couldn't help himself and say such a cringy one liner.
" So that makes it all three of them... Oh, what do we have here?. So that's where they keep the clothes and belongings of their victims." Before he reached this room, he did a full sweep of the facility.
He found out that it's a separate (2 floor-building) from the main houses located in the resort, a convenient situation for him.
The other two guys were in a break room smoking and talking, so he took them down one by one with some assassination tactics he got from his new template.
He reached a window on the first floor located on the back of the building. intending to go out from it, the best vantage point he had.
No guards in the area, and it lead to a straight line to the woods.
He was rocking a fresh new look, an all black outfit with a cap and a backpack filled with all the essentials he could find in the building with blue converse shoes.
" I guess this is my true start in this world, hope they like my surprise. let's make it count, Hup!!" And with that he dropped down with a low thud, not something that could be heard.
Swoosh. Bam.
The second he had his bearings from the drop, he made a run for the woods ahead.
Disappearing completely after a while.
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Word count: 2379 words.
Thank you for reading.
To be continued.