The Fraternity

BOOM! BOOM! BANG! BANG! I'm running as fast as I can down the long dark hallway of the apartment building. My heart is beating so fast that it makes the beating of a humming bird's wings look slow. My samurai sword is tucked in between me and my jacket and I'm ready to unsheathe it but the timing's not right. I can hear the reaper coming after me and I have only one way of killing him, and that is by surprise.

A reaper knows how to fight all too well and the only way to kill one is by surprise. See, reapers are the devil's assassins (they pretty much are demons who look like humans). Whenever the devil wants someone dead we are there to stop it. It doesn't matter who the devil wants dead. For example, past presidents have been in danger, innocent bystanders, etc... Except there are those times when the fraternity doesn't get there fast enough and well you get it. But me, nope I'm one of the best protectors in the fraternity (Protectors, are angels or humans and they well protect. The fraternity is an underground organization of angels and humans that assigns protectors the innocent people to protect...I'll explain better later). Not to be too cocky. I mean if you're really good at something shouldn't you take pride in it. I think you should.

Now, I'm running in a full out sprint and I see the hallway sprout into two smaller hallways. I don't know which way to go...left or right. Damn decision-making. I make a snappy decision, and take the left.
I hear the reaper's running slow down. This is not right he should be running after me. After all I'm the stunt double for his target and he thinks I'm the girl. I stop, and turn around, and I slowly jog back to the main hallway. Damn it he's not there. A shot of fear flashed through me, but not because of the reaper, but because of the fraternity, and what they will do to me if I don't find him.
"Hey Rose what's up in there? It normally doesn't take this long for you to kill the reaper." I hear Jake's voice laced with worry through the comms unit.

I couldn't answer his question, I just couldn't. So pressed him with a questions of my own, "Is the girl there? Is the rest of the team there? Is everyone ok?"
His voice was rough and panicky through the comms unit, and at that moment I knew he knew what happened. Only Jake knew me so well to know what happened. "Everyone's fine and the girl is still here."
"Jake don't worry I'll find him. You know I will, remember Jeb taught me what to do in these situations." My voice was a little desperate but mostly full of confidence to get him to understand.
"I know you'll find him just be fast and careful the girl is getting restless and you know we can't tell her anything."

I was about to answer back until huge strong arms wrapped around me, and started to crush my ribcage. I screamed out in pure pain while the reaper started to moan with pleasure at my misery. I can't let this happen. I can't let Jake and everyone down.
I gather up all of my strength and pushed through the hot flashes of pain surging through my ribcage, and reach for my pocket knife in my leather combat boot. Just as I do, I hear a sickening snap, and new wave of white-hot pain stabs through me and I scream so loud that it should have shattered the windows. Then my ribcage went numb.

That's when I drew the line. No one can hurt innocent people, and most of all me, and get away with it. Pure rage washed through me at thought of how many people he killed, and of course the fact that I was going to be out of work 'cause of my ribcage. I stabbed the reaper in his gut. He let go of me in surprise, and that was the opening I needed. I unsheathed my samurai sword and cut cleanly through his neck. I watched the Light fade from his eyes, and turn into recognition, recognition that I was protector and not the girl. With that, his head slid of his body, and fell to the ground and a heap of disgusting black goop rushing out of his body like a stream.

I was breathing hard and heavily. My body started to sag and I leaned into the wall for support. The pain in ribs is starting to come back. I need to call Jake before some poor civilian finds his body.
"Jake, it's done. Come and get me." I whisper into the comms unit tiredly.
"Ok I'm coming to get you, just hang tight" Jakes voice was filled with relief.
I stare to get into a coughing fit, and coughed hard into my hands. I felt like I was going cough up my lungs and my intestines. I look down at my hands and they're coated thick with blood.
I started to shake, and then everything went black...