Where in this assassin once again has serious doubts about his target

[weiss_tank]

[Home Action!]

[Ken had gotten the mail, as per his usual routine. The letter from the town was unusual however. It couldn't be something from home, that only came after the town had a hissy fit.  So, he opened it up after a moments of hesitation and couldn't believe it. How could the town have that much power?

Still....the guys....Miakis...they were all at stake, and after all this wasn't any different from what he did at home. Of course, that line of thought stopped as soon as he saw the name of his target.

Japan.

The country he had used his second chance at life to protect time after time, from mad scientist to corrupt politicians, to evil cabals of psychically powered people bent on world destruction.  Could he really kill the personification of his country?]


[John Doe Park]

[He hadn't stopped to talk long with the people at home about the letter, in fact, he'd run out to the park as soon as he could. He needed to think, he needed to run around and not think, which ever worked to make him feel better. So there he was, running laps about the park, wonder what the hell to do next.]

Comments

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

There are some people that are gonna be followin' those orders...you're gonna have to keep on your toes.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[She sighs.]

I'm used to that anyway.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, your home ain't all kittens and roses is it. [he gives her a sympathetic smile.]

Somehow I think you'll be ok.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

That and we tend to run into bounty hunters a lot.

[She smiles though.]

Thanks. I hope so.

[Sob...she's dead at the end of the day.]

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

Bounty hunters? Why would someone like you get involved with those guys.

[Ken doesn't really like bounty hunters. Not that his own job at home isn't similar but they're competition and a danger you know.]

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

[Frustrated huff.]

My job.

A certain idiot I know happens to have a sixty billion double dollar bounty on his head. I'm supposed to keep the damage around him to a minimum.

It doesn't help when bounty hunters keep showing up.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

Sounds like some of the charges should be laid on the bounty hunters.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

You'd think wouldn't you.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[Ken laughed a bit and shrugged.]

I'm sure you'll work it out.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

Yeah. The hard part is keeping track of him. He's usually good at not getting killed.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

One of those types huh? Why's he got a bounty that big on 'im?

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

[Meryl's smile suddenly drops.]

.....That's right. You wouldn't know.

[She stares at her hands for a moment.]

Everyone knows about him in my world so I forget sometimes.

...He's known as the humanoid typhoon. Mankind's first walking natural disaster. They say he's responsible for destroying the entire city of Augusta.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

What? REALLY!? What the hell did he use? Pure glycerine?!

And why the hell would he blow up an entire city?!

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

....That's just the thing.

No one knows. Why or how.

And...I don't...



No one died. Just...the entire town was destroyed.

I really don't know....he's....

[She trails off, remembering those dark blue eyes she'd seen in the dark.]

He's not someone that ...would willingly do something like that.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[Ken rubbed the back of his neck, unsure as to what to say now, so he just said the first thing that came to mind.]

Man that's fucked.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

.....he refuses to kill anyone.

[She looks at her hands.]

It's insane. He's tracked by people who want him dead. He was attacked by an entire town ...and he refuses to kill anyone. In fact he seems to put himself in danger trying to save people....

[She sighs and shakes her head.]

I'll never understand him.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

He refuses to kill even after all that? Wow...[Ken is rather impressed. He's been hunted and been wanted dead, and he killed them all.]

You gotta admire a guy like that.

1/2

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

[And for a moment she smiles. Fondly.]

I do actually.

2/2

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

[Then she seems to realize what she's doing and rather hastily tries to change her expression.]

Of course that just makes more work for us, with all the damages that happpen around him...

[Ignore her red cheeks. They mean NOTHING.]

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[Oh Ken saw them Meryl]

Awww so you like him huh?

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

W-what! I never said that!

[Ken you are evil. No she doesn't like him. WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT. It's not like she can't even use the last name the town gave her without stammering over it...]

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[Aww but Meryl, you do flustered so well.]

Yer' turnin' red.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

...No I'm not!

[Will deny everything forever.]

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[Now he's just teasing her]

You are so!

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

[Meryl is wonderfully easy to tease.]

You're crazy! I'm not doing anything of the sort!