Ashlynn's Pov-

Even though I was answering most of the questions Alfie was asking me, I wasn't paying much attention to it.

The silence in the car was too awkward and he was trying to make conversation. And I appreciated that.

But at the moment, something else had caught my eye and it was building a kind of anxiety in my stomach.

It gave me a bad feeling and me being the paranoid shit I am, couldn't get my mind and eyes off of it.

There were about five cars following us, all of different kinds. To anyone, it'd just look like a bunch of cars speeding down a busy street. But I noticed these cars had been behind us ever since we left the hospital and that could not have been be a coincidence.

It was around ten thirty at night, meaning it was dark out and there weren't many vehicles on the road.

I took my eyes off the rear view mirror for a second, literally just a SECOND, and heard a faint 'tick' sound at the moment, and a faint beeping sound following soon after.

The sound was so low, that as long as you weren't paying your undivided attention to your surroundings, you wouldn't been able to hear it.

Realization hit me and my eyes widened. Bomb.

"Get out" I hurriedly exclaimed.

"What?" Alfie questioned, his eyebrows knitting together in confusion.

"Get out of the car. Right NOW." I almost yelled, now panicking because I had no idea about how much time was left for the bomb to go off.

And I did not want to die today. Especially not in a car that blew up. That'd not be a cool way to go.

I quickly unbuckled my seatbelt and Alfie copied my actions. We both jumped out of the still moving car and rolled towards the sidewalk. The moment we got out, the car we were just sitting in went up in flames, sending me crashing towards the road because of the pressure.

I coughed and got up, but felt a sharp pain shoot up in my right side, where I had landed on. I ignored it and ran towards where Alfie was laying on the ground, making sure he wasn't injured severely.

He groaned and got up from the floor while clutching his side as well. I did a once over and found no severe physical damage on him.

Soon after, all the people from the cars started firing there guns at us while the others got out to attack us with knives and hand to hand.

Damn does the universe really hate me this much? It seriously can't gimme a break now. Can it? Sometimes, I really wonder what I did to piss off the world so much. Like come on, cut me some slack, will you? I have a major concussion for fuck's sake!

Well, might as well take out my frustration with the universe on these bitches.

I pull out two guns from my jacket's inner pockets and hand them over to Alfie, telling him to shoot whoever necessary.

For me, I pull out the gun that I keep hidden strapped on my calf and a dagger from my sleeve. Yes I keep a dagger there. And some knives. Don't judge.

The both of us fire back at them while taking cover behind the walls of the buildings when needed, but we're easily outnumbered.

There were about four people in each car and I could see more cars pulling up to circle us. To their advantage, all of them were protected by the body and the bulletproof windows of their cars which was acting like a shield.

The window of one of the cars opened to shoot at me, but I quickly aimed and shot first. The bullet pierced right through the driver's skull, causing the car to lose control and go crashing into a building along with all the people inside the vehicle.

One woman lunged at me with her knife but I caught her arm and twisted it behind her back. She let out a cry of pain and fell to the ground. She tried to kick my knee for me to fall back but I snapped her neck before she could do so.

A few more people tried to attack but I either stabbed them or shot them before they could even touch me.

I noticed all of them were wearing similar clothes, which I recognized as the Spanish Mafia uniforms.

Bunch of idiotic amateurs.

A guy tried to sneak up on me and without even turning around, I flicked the knife in my hands and threw it backwards, which went flying and pierced right through the chest of the man.

I don't mean to brag but like sometimes I really wonder if people are just that dumb or am I just that good. *sighs dramatically*

I looked around and saw that Alfie was having a hard time fighting the people off, so I went over to lend him a hand and save his ass. I shot all of them right between the eyes before they could even get a chance to register what was happening.

Mostly, I like to stab my victims in the chest, because it doesn't kill them immediately and they realize that they're defeated and can't help themselves before dying. Call me a sociopath or whatever, but it gives me a sort of inner peace knowing that they got what they deserved by my hands and they got to suffer.

But right now, I just wanted this to get over with and go to SLEEP. Like seriously, I haven't rested in DAYS, and whatever people might say about me being the best assassin and stuff, I'm still a human. My body needs SLEEP to function. And like I mentioned before, I have a fucking concussion along with who knows how many damaged ribs.

Just when I think it's all over, fire shots ring out in the air and I duck behind a wall immediately, while pulling a stunned Alfie with me.

I see a girl, about my height, walking towards us with two guns in her hands and shooting at us. She was wearing the kind of mask which a robber wears which covered her whole face. Her long blonde hair were tied up in a tight ponytail and her piercing silver eyes bored into mine.

She was holding a gun in her each hand, and shooting without a stop. Stupid move. This'll make her run out of bullets faster and I could attack her and take her down.

I fired my gun back at her, but she ducked all of the shots. I quickly ran out of ammo as I didn't bring a lot of it with me and had already used up what I had.

Well I mean can you really blame me? I thought we were going back and it'd be a normal 20 minutes drive without me having to shoot people.

Well, like they say. Things never go as planned.

I threw my gun away as it was literal garbage at this point and pulled out my other dagger from my boot.

Guess we're gonna do this the fun way.

Once the girl runs out of her bullets and stops firing to reload the gun, I lunge at her with both of my daggers securely in my hands.

When she sees me, she quickly throws her gun away as to not waste any time and gets ready for hand to hand.

I attack her neck but she catches my arm and twists it behind my back, but I still manage to make a minor cut on her throat.

She then goes on to kick me in the ribs but I turn over and kick her in the shoulder blade instead. She grunts but doesn't dwell on it for too long.

This time, I try to stab her in the chest but she backflips, making one of the daggers in my hand fall over.

I have gotta say, she's good and she isn't here to play. Finally some competition.

I elbow her in the ribs but she doesn't lose her balance and holds me in a chokehold. She takes the dagger from my hand and I let her. I wanted to see where this was going.

She pressed the dagger against my neck and whispered "shouldn't have killed my boss's partner."

"Who now?" I asked confused, but without showing any kind of reaction to the fact that she was holding a dagger to my throat and could end my life at any given moment.

"Oh you know, the guy who made you tremble in your sleep and kill yourself" she said slowly. Even though I couldn't see her face and didn't know who she was, I could still hear the smirk in her voice.

These words made my blood boil. I wasn't gonna play around anymore. I was pissed.

I smashed the back of my head on her face making her grip loosen up. Then I flipped her over my shoulder while doing a back flip and landed with her on the ground and my foot pressed against her neck in one swift motion.

Yes, I could've done that all this time but I actually wanted to see what she got.

From the corner of my eye, I could see a guy trying to sneak up on me, but I acted as if I didn't see him and turned my eyes back on the girl lying on the ground in front of me, struggling to breathe because of my tight hold.

She was trying to pull my foot off, but couldn't use any energy because most of her air supply was blocked.

The guy who sneaking up on me tried to stab me forcefully, but I got out of the way, causing him to lose his balance. I slipped my foot under his legs causing him to fall over.

He tried to grab my injured ankle to bring me down with him, but I snatched it away and regained my balance.

Even though it didn't affect me, it still caused me to lose my grip on the girl's neck and turn over.

Stupid motherfucker.

I gave the man a harsh glare before stabbing him with his knife.

I turned back around, but only to find no one there. There was no sign of the girl on the ground, or anywhere near me.

"She went that way" Alfie pointed towards the left slowly, standing there frozen from the shock of everything that happened in the last 20 minutes.

I looked towards where he was pointing but didn't see anyone on the long road ahead of me. Damn she must be a fast runner.

Normally, I would have ran towards the direction to find the bitch and teach her a lesson or two, but right now I didn't feel like doing any of that.

The adrenaline was wearing off and I could feel all the pain in my head and ribs coming back. Heck even my ankle hurt.

So much for bed rest. *rolls eyes*

I felt like I was gonna pass out any time now but I blinked a few times, trying to remain awake and figure something out.

"Woah, you okay?" Alfie asked, rushing towards my side after finally breaking out of his little trance. Must have noticed my dizzy state.

"Mhm. Yeah totally. Just need to sit for a second" I replied, still trying to get the black spots out of my vision.

He nodded and grabbed my arm gently, helping me to the bench in the nearby park.

I wanted to object, but didn't have any energy or strength to.

Besides if I say 'Just because I haven't slept for like 4 days and have injured every part of my body, along with having a major concussion and fighting off god knows how many people, doesn't mean I can't walk'.

Yeah, no, that won't exactly make a good argument.

I sat down on the bench and took deep breaths, trying to make myself feel a bit better. Alfie sat down besides me, not saying anything. But for the first time, it wasn't an awkward silence.

But then again, I wouldn't know if it was. My mind was too broken to comprehend anything.

I leaned back on the bench and thought about the girls words. 'The guy who made me tremble in my sleep and kill myself'.

Was she talking about William? He's the only person she could have been referring to. And I just killed him. So yeah, must have been him.

William was working with the Spanish all this time? Yeah, that's news to me too.

I sighed and took my head in my hands while rubbing my temples to try and ease the annoying ass throbbing headache I had. I didn't wanna think about anything right now and just wanted to have a long warm shower and then sleep for an eternity.

"You need to rest" Alfie said as a matter of fact, while giving me a concerned but stern look.

"Yeah, no shit sherlock" I rolled my eyes, but it only caused more pain in my head.

Damnit.

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Heyyyyy!!!!!!

Soooo, I know I'm not the best at writing action scenes, so pardon me for that.

Also, I was wondering who's your favorite character so far??

I know I STILL haven't shown the family's reaction, but I promise to do that in the next chapter.

And also, I'm not sure when I'd be able to publish the next chapter as I've got a basketball competition coming up and stuff sooooo yeahhhhh wish me luck for that!

I'd also like to mention that I know I make some slight mistakes here and there, but please don't point out the minor things!

I really appreciate the constructive criticism but y'all don't have to be rude about it!

I'm just a kid who's trying to do something with her lazy ass. And like I've mentioned this a million times before, this is my first book ever so ofcoure there are gonna be a lot of mistakes.

One last thing, when I started writing this book, I wanted the story line to be completely focused on Ash's family and friends and not a love interest.

But recently I read 'It ends with us' by Colleen Hoover and I'm having second thoughts about this decision. Lol.

So, what do y'all want? I'm all open for ideas and suggestions.

Thankyou for reading and have a great day!

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~Angel.