My eyes went wide. My breath grew short. I cried. Literally.
When I saw that sword...It didn't plunge into my dad's neck. No...My dad, moved away so the sword was stabbed into the marble instead. Then, he shoved Kimi so she fell, and he grabbed the sword. In one quick movement, my dad pierced Kimi's stomach with the sword...And Kimi was injured instead.
I fell to my knees, letting the tears fall. It couldn't be...My dad just killed my best friend!
I screamed and pounded on the marble floor. "No...No way..." I whispered. I looked up, seeing that it wasn't just a dream or some random vision. Kimi was laying there, bleeding on the floor. I cried some more and crawled over to her. I lifted Kimi into my arms, ignoring the blood that was staining my clothes.
I heard a whole bunch of footsteps running toward us, but I didn't care. Kimi was dying in my arms. Kimi was...Dying.
"Payton..." Kimi said weakly.
I cried even more. I sobbed. The tears fell onto Kimi's cheek, but she didn't care. Instead, Kimi held my face in her hand, trying to comfort me. "I'm sorry!" I exclaimed. "I'm sorry I couldn't have saved you!"
"Payton!"
I heard Shiela's voice. In an instant, Star and Shiela were at my side. Star grabbed Kimi's other hand while Shiela was on her knees, hovering over Kimi with sadness across her face. The four of us sat there for a while, before finally, Star and Shiela began crying.
I ignored the voices behind us. I could hear Ryo's angry voice, yelling at my dad. I could hear grunts and moans as they fought. I heard some new voices as well, which I guess added to the fight. That all didn't matter to me, however. In all honesty, I didn't care. I was more concerned for Kimi.
"Come on just stay alive for a little while longer!" Star pleaded.
Kimi chuckled and shook her head. "Guys...It's all right." She coughed up some blood. "I tried to kill Payton's Father. I deserve to die."
Shiela cursed. "Dammit! No! Who cares? We finally found you and then you go and die on us? No! I won't accept it!"
Kimi gave her a warm smile, and her eyes darted around so she was looking at all of us. "Look guys. I seriously love you all. But obviously, I won't make it. So..." She stopped. Right there in mid-sentence, her eyes suddenly stopped blinking and she stared off into space. The hand on my cheek went limp. Before it hit the ground, I caught it and screamed out, "No!"
Of course, I cried even more. Star closed Kimi's eyes and Shiela just squeezed Kimi's cold hand. We were there for a very long time...Or, at least it felt that way. We all sobbed and mourned for Kimi, until finally a hand was on my shoulder.
I slowly turned my head, and I saw Ryo standing there. He warmly smiled at me, trying to ignore the dead body in my arms. "Guess who else is here." Ryo said.
I blinked. Who else? What was he talking about? "You three were so busy crying that you never saw the other two people who decided to show up." Jax approached Star and helped her to her feet.
I sniffed as Ryo grabbed my hand and made me stand up. I gently placed Kimi's head on the floor. I guess she would have to wait for a while. When I turned around, I couldn't believe my own eyes...Two male adults, looked exactly like Star and Shiela. You can't be serious...Were they...My best friends missing fathers?!
"Shiela..." The one who looked like Shiela said. He had the same hair and eye color as her, but his hair was slowly turning gray. He had wrinkles all over his face and was wearing all black. Well, black was the assassin color.
"Wait...Dad?" Shiela asked in surprise. Finn went to help her stand up, but Shiela did it on her own. "I thought you were dead!"
Shiela's dad patted his chest and seemed confused. "Well...I guess I'm not." He said with a laugh.
Shiela wasn't sure what to do. She kind of stood there, her eyes distant. It wasn't until Shiela's dad opened up his arms did Shiela move. She wiped some tears away before finally running over to him and giving him a hug.
I smiled, watching their happy reunion. However, another new voice caught my attention. "Starletta..."
Star was standing already, but she was crying even more now. Star didn't hesitate to run to her dad and jump into his arms. They both laughed for a while until they were just caught up in the moment. I smiled even more now. I was happy that those two got reunited with their fathers! But there was still one problem.
"Dad..." I growled, looking toward my own Father. My dad, the one who killed Kimi, had his back turned toward me. I was about to go up there and show him a piece of my mind, but Ryo grabbed my shoulder and gave me a look that said, you-better-calm-down-or-else. I let out a breath and relaxed, and then Ryo finally let me go.
"Careful." Shad warned. I jumped. When did he come here? He wasn't warning me anyway. He was standing beside my dad and looking at him. "Be gentle." Shad told my dad.
My Father slowly turned around. I gasped in surprise. There were tears falling from his face! I didn't know assassins cried!
"I'm...Sorry, Payton." My dad told me as he took a step forward. "I'm terribly sorry. I didn't know killing Kimi would cause a problem. I did it out of instinct."
I shook my head, ignoring his apology. "Where did Shiela and Star's dad's come from?" I asked him.
Dad looked hurt, but he sighed and explained it to me anyway. "They are the other Leaders of this assassin group. When they were told that their daughters were here, they just...Quit, to be with their daughters." He nodded toward the two pairs, who were talking to each other quietly. Star was introducing Jax to her dad, while Shiela was talking to Finn and her own father. I watched them as Dad continued, "And I'm willing to do the same."
I gasped and my head whipped over so I was looking at him. Dad smiled at me and opened out his arms. "Payton...My beautiful daughter...Will you forgive me? Forgive everything I had ever done? I would like to come back with you and your Mother...I will do anything to be a family again."
My eyes started to water once again. All this crying is going to dry me out! Well, as you can probably tell, I did agree. I ran to my dad with open arms and ran into him, tackling him into a hug.
Yeah, he left me. Yeah, he killed plenty of people. Yeah, he tried to kill me. Yeah, he did kill my best friend. But you know what? I don't care! Well, I do care a little, but still...He's my dad. You never know what you have until it's gone. And all I want right now, is to be together again.
This is my story. And I'm going to do what I want...Which is to have a happy ending.
The End :)