The Night Angel: Chapter 5

"FEAR....."

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For the first time since Madam E talked about this mass assassination assignment, I'm totally scared. Scared to the very core and I know that Chelsea and the rest notice it, no matter how much I try to hide it.

Not just me though, everyone looked scared after seeing the soldiers that Madam E brought in. Now the question running through my head since this afternoon is... How on Earth does she expect us to kill those hungry looking giants?.

These men looked like they could instantly snap off a child's head without blinking an eye. They looked menacing, strong and their size wasn't helping my nerves.

Considering the fact that we have never even really fought outsiders besides ourselves, I have to say that Madam E went a little bit too far this time around.

"Where on earth did she get men that big?" Josie murmured hours later after dinner.

We were all lying silently on our bed, and at her question I sat up with a very loud sigh.

"Well nobody has an idea Jo" Stacie snapped from her bed. "But I bet she has been grooming them for years though"

"Yo, this is just fucked up. How does she expect us to kill these men?... We will all get killed, I tell you this. She's sending us all to our death"

Nobody said a word to that again. I should have been the one encouraging them, if I wasn't scared shitless myself.

"We will be fine," Henry muttered. I turned to stare at him and caught him looking at me from his side of the room.

"How Henry?.. " Josie demanded and flung up her arms in exasperation. "How on earth do we pull out of this alive? We might as well start saying our last prayers."

"We had....have a plan. We will stick to it. The appearance of these soldiers shouldn't change anything " Henry said calmly. How on earth is he calm in a situation like this?

But I guess someone has to be calm for the rest of us.

"Never underestimate your enemy Henry" Chelsea said for the first time.

"We won't make that mistake of course. But we should not underestimate our strength either. We've been practicing for days, having sleepless nights. Are we to throw all that away because the soldiers look bigger than we expect them to?. Never go into a battlefield underestimating your strength. They are bigger than us....I know that. I saw that with my two eyes. We are smaller, yeah. But hey...but that might appear like our weakness but what did Madam E always say about weaknesses?"...

"Learn to use them as a surprise" Josie replied

"Learn to use them as a weapon," Stacie added.

"Exactly. Our weakness can also be our strength if we utilize it well. We might be smaller...but we are not weak." Henry got up from his bed and approached Josie.

"We have something they don't have. We have each other. We are a bond, a unity, a family. And that unity has always been and will always be our biggest strength Jo, don't ever forget that."

Josie nodded and gave him a little smile.

"Henry is right. We still stick to our plan, and we fight to survive without backing down for a single moment."

Chelsea added.

"Daggers?"

I looked up sharply and saw them all staring at me expectantly from their respective positions, waiting...for what exactly?

For me to chip in and cheer them up? For me to encourage them and tell them that yeah...we are gonna win?

How can I when I don't even believe that at the moment?

When I don't even know....

"It's late" I muttered and laid back down, turning to the wall, away from their stares. "We need to get some rest"

"Katherine....."

"Not now Chelsea please. I'm tired." I whispered, shutting my eyes.

Henry was wrong. Everything is not gonna be alright. I could feel it deep down, something will go terribly wrong.

Moments of silence followed then someone switched off the cell light, leaving the room in total darkness.

I felt a lil relief that they didn't try to push me.

I blinked hard, trying to prevent the tears brimming in my eyes from falling. When was the last time I she's a tear?

I never did. I'm daggers... One of the deadly trio.

I'm among the strongest team, I'm the fighter, and I'm the one who always strives to survive

But right now the fight is totally gone. That fight to come out alive is nowhere in me.

Deep down I know that the size of the soldiers has little to do with it.

But the realization of what we have to face. We have to watch the people we grew up with bleed and die, without a choice because we are fighting to survive.

Even if the five of us survive at the end, what about the rest?...

Don't they deserve to live themselves? Don't they deserve to leave this hole and get a life?.

The tear slid down my cheek and I didn't try to stop it.

We are still so young. I'm just eighteen years old. We don't deserve this in any way.

Many times I've tried to imagine what life would have been like out there.

Did I have a family? Siblings and parents that love me...

I have no idea what life would have been like....but I sure as hell know that it would not involve learning how to shoot a gun at the age of sixteen, or being forced to go to a deadly battlefield at eighteen.

What on earth did I do in my previous life to deserve this carriage ride that they call life?.

In a few days I might as well be dead...and if I'm not, I'll have to live the rest of my life knowing that I could have saved someone...but I had to watch em die because I had to save my head.

"Baby...."

I stiffened and wiped my wet cheek when I felt the bed dip behind me, and an arm circling my waist seconds later.

I sighed and rested my back on Henry's chest, then a few seconds later when he didn't say a word I turned around to face him.

Even though I could hardly see his face in the darkness, I could almost imagine what his expression was like.

"Hey ...." He whispered, trailing a finger down my face. "Are you okay?"

I shook my head because...this is Henry. I could not lie to him for anything.

"I know" he whispered with a sigh "Don't worry daggers ..we will be fine. I promise you that. I just don't want you giving up before the fight"

"Did you see those soldiers Henry?" I asked in a hushed whisper and his hand came down to my waist.

"I know baby... But this isn't you.

You are a fighter, a survivor. It's okay to get scared honey, I perfectly Understand that. But have your moment then get that pretty head if yours back in the game"

"My head is fine just where it is, thank you sir " I replied, though the tension was slowly leaving me..the worries.

Henry chuckled and pulled me closer.

"You never accept defeat Katherine. You are the one with the strongest will amongst us all. A will to survive, a will to fight. Where's that will that I love and admire so much?" Henry murmured, gripping my waist tightly and I giggled despite myself.

"That will jumped into the sea once she saw the soldiers"

"Well bring her back smartass" Be replied.

"She drowned. Sad..I know"

Henry chuckled again and kissed my forehead

"It will be fine luv. I'll die before I let anything happen to you" he said and I believed every word.

"No one has to die Henry"

"Well snap out of it and fight for yourself. Because I won't give up on protecting you even if you do."

He said, grabbing my chin.

Before I could give a smart reply he was already kissing me.

I swallowed my words and replied with a low moan of consent.

"I love you Katherine" Henry said ending the kiss "When all this is over, we will explore the outside world together, I promise you."

He said and kissed me again, and in a few seconds I couldn't think of anything. Not the fact that we had companies, not the upcoming battle.. nothing.

I just let myself drown in the fire the feeling ignited in me as his tongue entangled with mine in an erotic dance.

Just this moment. Let me have this moment, and we can think of everything else tomorrow.