“Hunter or The Hunted”
Chapter 2


The group looks at Christine startled by her teacup hitting the floor as Brandon exclaims, “Ice are you alright?”

Christine looks at the screen of the TV as she then starts to laugh she say, “What are the odds of us meeting them like we did today?”

Brandon looks at Christine as Stacey says in a questioning tone, “We met them today?!”

Christine walks over to the TV as she points at it the four guys on this screen she says, “At least one, two or all of us have meet theses guys in the last two days.”

“I do not remember any of them.” Susie says.

“Then you were not paying attention.” Stacey says, “I remember the one in the lower left corner from the tea shop today.”

“And the one in the upper left was the one I met in the streets today. I asked him the time, plus he was at the tea shop with this friend.” Christine says.

“Wait a minute the one in the lower right is the one that was at the office today messing with the flowers.” Susie exclaims.

“That’s right…” Christine says she looks at Jen as she asks, “Remember me telling you I came across a young boy standing at the end of the alleyway last night after the mission?”

“Yeah…” Jen looks at the screen as she says, “I take it the one in the upper right is him, he looks a lot like the guy you explained to me.”

Christine nods as she looks at Brandon asking, “Where can we find them?”

Brandon starts shaking his head as he says, “No Ice you stay away from them they are not to be approached by any of you is that understood.”

Brandon looks around the room at the girls as Christine chimes in she was plainly up set, “What do you mean we cannot approach them?”

“You know the rules Ice assassin teams are not to be in contact with one another.” Brandon tells her.

“That is the rules that apply to ESAT and they are not part of that.” Christine says angered.

“They are an assassin team just as you are and the rules stand for each side. If I find out you have contacted Weiss in anyway…”

Brandon was saying as Christine cut him off exclaiming in anger, “You’ll what Brandon… Fire me… Scotty would love you for that, me and him have never seen eye to eye on anything.”

Christine pauses as she grabs her jacket from the hook she turns looking back at Brandon as she was about to say something as she hears,

“You know Ice if you would stop and think about it you would know why that rule is in affect for the assassins.” Scotty says as his image comes up on the TV screen.

Christine turns looking at the TV as she says, “We have been chasing Sacred Hearts now for 4 years me and Stacey have been after them for 6. If Weiss can help us with some new information or even in the missions… I am all for it… the more help the better.” Christine was still angered and the group could see it in her eyes.

“Weiss is off limits to Dragonfly and you had better steer clear of them.” Scotty tells Christine now angered as well.

“What ever Scotty, but I will warn you now. Weiss has so far that I know of been sent on one of the same missions as us. If they interfere and botch one of our missions I will not hastate to kill any of them that get in my way… since this is the game you want to play with us.”

Christine goes to turn around as Jen calls out to her, “CC where are you going we do not know the mission yet.”

“Ice…” Scotty says.

Christine reaches for the door as she says, “I am going for a walk fill me in on the mission later.”

“Ice I am warning you to stay away from Weiss.” Scotty orders her.

“What ever Scotty I will do what I have to do to bring Sacred Hearts down and you know that. If you feel I need to be punished for doing my job…” Christine pauses opening the door then says, “Please do so then… So I can finally do this my way.” Christine walks out slamming it behind her.

“And she calls me a hot head?!” Susie questioned.

The group looks at Susie as Brandon says, “I want you all to stay away from Weiss they are not to be any part of your lives while you are here on assignment.”

The girls nod as Stacey says, “But you know Christine is right Brandon. If Weiss can help us out on this…”

Scotty interrupted Stacey as he says, “Scorpio Weiss knows less then you all do. We are only feeding them as much information as we need to, to keep them happy while we are here.”

Stacey shakes her head as she says, “That is just wrong Scotty if they get sent out on a mission and get killed that is our fault for not giving them the information they needed.”

“Do not worry Scorpio nothing is going to happen to Weiss, because Dragonfly has it covered.” Scotty tells her.

Stacey shakes her head not liking what she was hearing she sits back in her chair crossing her arms over her chest as Scotty and Brandon go over the night’s mission they have.


Meanwhile back at the flower shop Omi was in his own little world as he cleaned the glass on the flower cases.

“What’s up Omi you are acting like your thousands of miles away from here?” Ken says.

Omi comes from his thoughts as he says, “Umm… Well I think I may have seen that girl Yohji, Aya and you were talking about earlier today.”

“Really and where did you see her Omi?” Ken asks him.

Aya and Yohji look in their direction as Omi says, “Last night before the mission… She was walking out of the alleyway I was getting ready to go down to get in the building.”

“WHAT!!” Yohji exclaims as Ken’s eyes widen.

“WHY DID YOU NOT TELL US THIS LAST NIGH OMI?!” Aya exclaims in anger.

Omi shrugs his shoulders as he says, “I am not sure… She did not seem a threat to me and she was acting like I was not a threat to her so I let her go.”

Aya walks over to Omi as he says, “Didn’t you think it was strange that an attractive young woman was walking from a dark alley?”

“Well yes I did but she had a Katana and a Wakazashi strapped to her hip. I did not think anyone was going to mess with her.” Omi says.

Ken chuckles as he says, “Even you huh Omi?”

Aya quickly looks at Ken as he says, “That is not funny Ken.”

Ken raises his hand to the back of his head at Aya’s tone as he says, “Umm sorry Aya.”

“Are you sure this is the same girl Omi?” Yohji asks him.

“Well no not really, but when I heard someone coming up the alley I ducked behind a dumpster so not to been seen and when I got a good look at her…” Omi pauses as he looks at Aya, “Her eyes were… Well they looked like the eyes of the devil himself and so blue. I will never forget her eyes as long as I live they sent a chill down my spin when she looked at me.”

“SHE SAW YOU?!” Aya exclaimed.

“Well yeah… and she did not come after me so I just let her pass.” Omi says.

Aya steps away from Omi as he turns looking across the flower shop as he says, “If she is one of the American assassins that they have over here, she and her team must have just finished their mission when we got there.”

“If that is true… they are not a group to mess with. I saw their work and I cannot believe how clean it was. They are truly meticulous when it comes to their missions.” Ken says.

Aya nods as he looks at Omi saying, “We need to find out who these people are and how many there are… OMI?”

Omi looks at Aya as Aya turns around saying, “Do you think you can get any information on this assassin group from America?”

Omi looks at Aya unsure as he says, “I can try but no promises Aya… I mean I have to hack into a US top security computer main frame.”

Aya looks at Omi smiling as he says, “I have faith in you Omi.”

Omi draws his hand to the back of his head as he chuckles then gives Aya an odd look saying, “I am glad someone does on this one.”

They chuckle at Omi as Aya says, “Alright then we will finish up here and be down in a few minutes, go get started and see what you can find on them.”

Omi nods as he leaves the shop going to the back door to go downstairs to start his research on the America assassin team.


Not to long after Omi sat down at his computer the others joined him as they stood around watching him try to hack into a top secret file he had found on American Assassin.

“So what are you four up to?”

The boys turn to see Manx standing behind them on the steps as Aya chimes in saying, “That American assassin team was at our mission last night and we want to know more about them.”

Manx chuckles as she says, “Yes they were… they got there way before you all did and finished the job when you got there.”

“Why Manx… why did you send us when you knew they were going to be there?” Ken asks her.

“There could have been in real trouble if we would have run into them while we were there.” Yohji says.

“Umm…” Manx says to their comments.

“And what is that suppose to mean?” Aya barked.

“What does it matter if you ran into them or not, both teams are aware that the other exists? So why would there have been problems?”

Manx questions, the boys watch Manx walk over to them as she leans over the top of Omi she starts typing on his key board as a top secret file named ESAT pops up on his screen. Manx opens the file going to a new file called Dragonfly she stands erect as she says, “There you go Omi the four lovely young ladies you are looking for.”

Omi looks up and over his shoulder at Manx as he smiles he goes back to the file and opens it. Omi looks through the file as they all stand there in silence while he looks. After a few minutes they hear.

“WOW… these four are not to be messed with.” Omi says.

“Read it to us Omi.” Yohji says.

Omi nods as he starts, “Ok we will start with Susan Conway Birthday: July 20, Age: 19, Height: 5’9”, Blood type: AB, Codename: Gemini, Weapon’s of choice: Tomfia, Sai and Kama. Before Dragonfly Susan was an out cast of the community no one wanted to be her friend they didn't trust her thinking there was something devious with her. Susan had a hard time fitting in anywhere, when one day Scotty of the ESAT origination found her half dead in the streets, taking her in and cleaning her up he gave her a new life as she knows today. Here is her picture here.” Omi scrolls to her picture in the file.

“She was one that was at the tea shop earlier today. So I can safely say the other two and our lovely little blonde is one of them as well.” Aya says crossing his arms over his chest resting against the wall next to the computer.

Omi closes that file going to the next one he starts reading it to them, “Stacey Bridges Birthday: February 5, Age: 23, Height: 5’5”, Blood type: O, Codename: Scorpio, Weapon’s of choice: Whip, Throwing knives and stars, hand to hand combat and explosives. Living a life as a single mother Stacey found the world changing right beneath her own nose. With crime and killing climbing to an all time high she knew she could not sit around and let it affect her loved ones, so to protect them she left to join Dragonfly to help and try to clean up the mess our world was in. With her skills from previous military training she knew she could be of big help to them.”

“Wow look out for that one she is not only a mother she knows how to make a bomb.” Ken says.

Omi chuckles as he says, “You know how moms are I bet she can get pretty mean when she wants.”

Omi scrolls to her picture as Yohji says, “OH YEAH now that is a Mama I can get into.”

“YOHJI… That was just wrong.” Omi says closing her file going to the next one.

“Jennifer Augustine Birthday: January 11, Age: 17, Height: 5’3”, Blood type: B, Codename: Thumper, Weapon’s of choice: Nunchukas, Bo Staff and Kendo Sticks. With her computer skills, Jennifer is in charge of gathering information and planning Dragonflies missions. Her life before Dragonfly, the underground crime-fighting organization was a life she wishes not to remember as her and her little brother James where kidnapped by Sacred Hearts at a young age. She some how was able to become free of them and in her search for freedom was unable to find her brother. She vowed she would come back and get him knowing deep in her heart he is still alive to this day after 6 years of being apart from him.”

“That’s sad… I feel for the poor girl.” Ken says.

“It has to be hard.” Omi says scrolling to her picture.

“Aww now she is a cutie Omi you and she would make a cute couple.” Yohji says.

“Will you knock it off Yohji?” Omi exclaims.

“He can’t help it Omi you know how Yohji is.” Ken says.

“Go to the last one Omi.” Aya orders as he looks at him from the place he was standing against the wall.

Omi closes Jen’s file as he opens Christine’s he says, “I was afraid to look at her picture when I went over her file, but…”

“Go to her picture first Omi I want to know if she is the one or not.” Aya tells him.

Omi scrolls the page as Christine’s picture appears in front of them. Aya shakes his head as he says, “That’s her alright she is younger in that picture, but her eyes give her away. That is definitely the girl I saw today.” Aya says.

The others nod as Ken says, “Read her file Omi.”

Omi scrolls back to her history as he starts to read, “Christine Conner Birthday: September 23, Age: 20, Height: 5’7”, Blood type: A, Codename: Ice, Weapon of choice: Reverse blade Katana.”

Aya’s eyes widen as he pulls away from the wall, Omi continues to read,

“Wakazashi and Kozuka blades, poisoned Needles and master of the Martial Arts, Christine is a hard case, losing her childhood love at the young age of 15 she vowed to protect the people she loved friends and family alike even if it meant her own death. She is cold and distant even from her closest friends no one ever knew what she was thinking which in turn made her very dangerous. Her cold death stare is what earned her the codename Ice. With her calm and level head the others lookup to her for guidance, but she refuses to step up as their leader.” Omi looks up at Aya as he is right over Omi.

“What is it Aya?” Omi asks him.

“Christine uses a Reverse blade Katana.” Aya exclaims.

“Yes she does because she does not kill her enemies with her blade.” Manx says.

“Then how dose she kill them?” Ken says.

“Her needles…” Omi says.

The group looks at Omi as he says, “She uses poisoned needles it says right here.” Omi pointed in the file where it told them that.

“These ladies are like Black Widows. They will have you dead before you know what happened. Stay away from them at all cost especially Ice. She will not tolerate having outsiders messing around in their missions.” Manx tells them.

“And how do you expect us to do this if you keep sending us on the same missions they are on?” Aya asks angered.

“I do not care how you do it Aya… Just DO IT!” Manx tells him.

“You mean to tell me we cannot even talk to them about this Sacred Hearts organization we all are after?” Yohji asks.

“No what ever information we have they have so do not confront them on anything.” Manx says.

“This is Bull shit!” Aya exclaims.

Manx and the others look over at Aya as he has become more angered.

“I am telling you Aya to stay away from Dragonfly.” Manx tells him.

Aya narrows his eyes at her as he says, “We could be taking care of these guys we do not need this group of females running around over her doing our job.”

“They are here because they know this organization better then we do they have been following them now for over 4 years, Ice and Scorpio even longer.” Manx tells him.

“I do not care what you say Manx if I come across Christine or any of the others on the streets or on a mission I will get what I need from them on this Sacred Hearts. It only helps us in the missions and like you said they know them better then we do. I think I can safely say they know more then they are telling you.” Aya says still mad.

“Aya you know the rules of Kritiker… you will obey them or suffer the punishment I promise you that.” Manx exclaims.

Aya glares at Manx as he storms to the stairs heading up them she hears Aya say, “Do not make promises you know you won’t keep Manx.”

Aya disappears from their site as Omi jumps up from his seat he says, “You know Aya is right ESAT is not going to give you everything on this organization it is not in their best interest to do that and sending Weiss blind into a mission is only going to get us killed.”

Omi runs to the stairs going after Aya as Manx calls out to him, “OMI?!” Omi does not stop but keeps heading to where he thinks Aya might be.


Meanwhile outside the flower shop Christine walks around the corner as she is walking along grumbling under her breath, something inside her tells her to stop walking. When she does she looks around her she looks across the street seeing only a few parked cars. She then turns looking back down the street as she turns she sees the flower shop in front of her. Christine stops looking at the little shop in front of her when she remembers the card Yohji gave her earlier at the office she reaches into her jacket pocket and pulls out the card looking at it.

“This is it… This is the flower shop Yohji works at.” Christine says aloud.

Just then Omi comes running from out of the alleyway, Christine’s eyes widen as she says softly, “It is that boy from last night.”

Omi sees Christine standing there as he gets spooked he thinks to himself, “That’s her… Does she know… What should I do…”

Omi stands there as he hears Christine say, “Hello there…”

She smiles at him as Omi starts to relax some, but still keeps his guard up he says, “Hello… I am sorry if you are here for flowers we closed at 8.”

Christine smiles at him as she starts to walk toward him Omi starts to become nervous again as she stops right in front of him.

“Well yes and no I was given this card by one of the guys that works here and I was out for a walk and thought I would come see if I could find the place.” Christine tells him knowing it was a lie and she just happened upon it.

Just then she was grabbed from behind and turned to face the person behind her. Christine froze in her place as her eyes fell upon the red head she met today as he says, “Stop lying and tell us why you are really here Christine?!”

Christine smiles and in a cool calm tone says, “Well you know my name… Ran.”

Aya gasps for air as he goes to grab Christine he says, “Well now that we know one another you can give me the information I am looking for then.”

Aya grabs Christine’s arm and pulls her to his car he opens the door and tries to force her to get in.

Christine jerks away from him as she steps away from his car she says, “Now why would you think I am going to give you what you want when you ask like that?” Christine asks him.

Aya grabs her again jerking her toward him he pulls her toward the car as Christine forces the heel of her hands into his chest sending Aya back a few steps. Aya clutches his chest from her hit as he comes back for a counter attack. Christine was standing by his car as Aya drew closer Christine steps aside and kicked him in the chest sending him down to his knees.

Christine steps away from him as she hears Omi say, “Stop it you two we are on the same side here!!”

Christine looks over at Omi as she says, “Tell him that he attacked me first.”

Aya jumps up from the ground quickly as Christine saw him moving from the corner of her eye she stands there not moving as she grabbed Aya spinning him around placing his back to her chest with his arm between them. Aya goes to grab her with his free hand, Christine knocks it away. She twist Aya’s arm up his back farther as Aya goes to his knees yelling in agony, Christine pushes him farther to the ground until his face in laying on the sidewalk.

She gets above Aya and whispers, “Give up?”

Aya growls as he says in an angered tone, “NEVER!” He lifts his hand grabbing Christine by her jacket flipping her over him.

Christine flips over him as she does a hand spring to her feet Aya stands there looking at her as he says, “You’re good I will give you that.”

Christine smirks as she says, “Sorry I cannot say the same for you Ran. I was expecting better.”

Aya became angered more at her words as he walks to his car. Christine and Omi watched him as he opened his door and pulled out his Katana removing it from the sheath.

“Now let’s see what you have to say after I get done with you.” Aya says.

Omi turns running back to the others as Christine chuckles sliding her hands into her pockets she says, “Now Ran is that really fair. I do not have my Katana on me and for another thing we are in the public’s eye do you really think doing this here is the best thing?”

Aya lifts his Katana above his head as he charges Christine he yells, “DO I LOOK LIKE I CARE?!”

Just then the others run out on the sidewalk as Aya is charging Christine. They see her standing there as Ken exclaims to the others, “Is she crazy Aya will kill her she is unarmed… MOVE!!” He screams at Christine.

A smile comes across her face as Aya brings his Katana down on top of her she pulls her hands from her pockets and catches Aya’s blade between her hands holding it above their heads bring Aya and her face to face. She smiles as Aya growls at her she looks Aya in the eyes as he hears her sigh he then feels a hard hit to his chest as he goes tumbling across the sidewalk.



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