《Reincarnated Legendary Contract Killer》 Dying A Beautiful Death The room was dark as its lighting only came from a dim lit up lamp on a desk and was dead silent as the only thing you could hear were those in the room that were breathing. There were a total of four people in the room. One was tied to a chair, his hands bounded behind the chair with hand cuffs made out of a special steel inhibiting him from breaking it and legs bounded to the chair as well. He was an unsightly looking person. It could be seen as his hair was disheveled and it looked like he hasn''t taken a shower in forever, he even had bruises on face as it came from the daily torture he endures. The person who was tied into to the chair was the legendary contract killer, Reed Aniston. Reed Aniston was only given the minimum to eat by his captors making him malnourished. But even though he was malnourished, he was still strong enough to kill his captors right in front of him. The people in front of Reed was Taylor Ford and his two bodyguards that rarely leave his sides. Taylor Ford worked the Crimson Syndicate, a terrorist organization that many people fear as the organization had a long history of killing important figures and almost destroying countries. Taylor Ford himself was one of the suppliers for the Crimson Syndicate. He was a malicious person who would destroy anyone who stood in his way and do anything to complete his mission. "Now tell me where the Guardian HQ is, if not I will order my men to skin you alive and watch you scream in pain and then I will cook you a live as you cry in pain asking for death." Taylor threatened Reed as he slowly walked up to the table and stood on the other side of it and adjusted the lamp to shine on Reed''s face. The Guardian was a secret organization that was created solely to counter the Crimson Syndicate and one day eliminate them. As the light shined upon Reed''s face, even though it was dim, it caused Reed''s eyes to squint at the moment the light laid upon his eyes. He then looked up with his unsightly bruised face at Taylor and said "Give me your ear and I''ll tell you." Hearing his response, Taylor couldn''t help but be happy. He has been torturing Reed for weeks and nothing came to avail. He was ordered by his superiors not to use any drastic means that would cause Reed to gain any permanent mental damage or lead to his death. So to not break those orders, Taylor''s only choice was to starve to the point where he only getting enough food to survive and to physically torture at a level where he it wouldn''t kill and mentally scar him. His superiors were getting mad at how long it was taking as well and was nagging him about when they''ll get the information they needed. Taylor feared the consequences of not giving them the needed information so when Reed told him to give him his ear to tell him what he wanted to know, Taylor didn''t think of any consequences of doing so and went up to him and placed his left ear next to Reed''s mouth to whisper. Taylor awaited for the information hes been asking for weeks but what he got was an unbearable sense of pain coming from his ear. "Ahh!" Taylor immediately backed away from Reed, clutching his left ear as blood was gushing out of it with his left hand and stared furiously at Reed with killing intent. Ptui! Reed spat something out on the floor not that far away from Taylor and looked back at Taylor with a dead look in his eyes. On the floor was Taylor''s ear! Reed tricked Taylor to thinking that he was actually going to tell him the location of of the Guardian HQ but instead of Taylor gaining something, he lost his ear instead. To think that Reed who has endured weeks of torturing and hasn''t even broke down yet. To think that he was going to tell the location of the Guardian HQ now was just naive. Plus, he was the legendary assassin feared by many people. He could weeks of torture if not months, to think that he would''ve broken down in a few weeks was a joke. "Kill him! I want him scream in pain as you slowly skin him alive!" Taylor, controlled by his anger commanded his two bodyguards with pure hatred and killing intent in his voice. Even though he was ordered not to kill Reed, but humiliating him in such a way caused him to only think of a way to cleanse his humiliation. And that way to clean away the humiliation was to kill the one who humiliated him. His two bodyguards then walked towards Reed as they brandished their blades with a menacing smile on their face. Reed, who was cuffed to a chair had no reaction as they walked towards him. He thought to himself, " Skinning me alive and cooking me? You think I''ll that''ll scare me? I have endured years of training to prevent myself from knelling to pain. I have endured things worst than being skinned alive and cooked." His thought''s weren''t exaggerated at all as well. As Reed grew up in his assassin organization before he joined the Guardians, he was trained to endure any sort of torture. The last step before completing the mission was to inject one of the worlds most deadliest poison into his body. The pain caused by the poison would kill a normal person instantly, if not kill then it would cause psychological damage to the point that it would make a person retarded. Such poison was what Reed endured long ago and lived to tell the tale. After taking the poison, pain was one of the things he noticed the least or not at all. If Taylor and his superiors new this, they would''ve immediately done worst things to get what they want to know. As the bodyguards stood right before Reed, right about to start on skinning him, a voice stopped them. "What are you guys doing?" The person said with an angry tone as he entered the room. Reed recognized the voice, he looked up to see who the person was. The moment he laid eyes upon the person his eyes grew wide wide in shock as anger soon grew in him. " Dominic, you damn bastard! It was you who fucking betrayed me! We''ve worked together as a cooperation between our companies for years now. So why! Tell me why you betrayed us and is helping the Crimson Syndicate!" Reed cursed Dominic as anger got in control of him. Dominic worked for another organization that fights terrorism. Under the agreement of cooperation, Reed was partnered up to work with Dominic. After years of working together, Reed trusted Dominic, but it could be seen that the trust he had for Dominic was betrayed.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. " You actually thought I worked for that stupid organization? Hahaha, I was never working for them, I have always been working for the Crimson Syndicate. I was placed there to some how capture and interrogate you. Just so we can learn the location of the Guardian HQ." Dominic said as he exposed everything. "So everything was a lie" Reed couldn''t help but be hurt. To be betrayed by someone you trusted and worked with for a long time was something no one can not feel affected by. "Yup, everything indeed was a lie," Dominic looked at the saddened Reed with a smile. "Now tell me, where is the Guardian HQ''s location" Dominic said with a threatening manner. "I''ve been imprisoned here for weeks and after weeks of torture I haven''t even said a single word. You think just asking me with a threatening tone would make me speak? How naive." "Then so be it. Bring her in" After Dominic finished speaking. Two more people entered the room, one was holding a girl and soon tossed her to the ground.. "Amber! Why have you come!?" Reed asked in shock. From what he heard, Amber was overseas on a mission. Dated to come back in a month. "After getting a report that you were missing I immediately headed back in search for you. I''ve searched for two weeks and nothing came to avail. It was then I got an anonymous message with a picture of you bounded to a chair in such a state. I knew it was a trap, I knew, but I couldn''t leave you there rotting. So I traced the message which lead me getting caught here." Amber said. Amber was someone who grew up alongside him while he was at the assassin organization. Together, through enduring the training of hell, they bonded together and saw each other as an irreplaceable person in their life. " Not to get in between you two love birds but I got business to finish. Now, Reed, tell me what I want to know or she dies" Dominic who has been watching Reed and Amber speak to each other interjected and took a knife and placed it near Amber''s neck. Reed was now stuck. He didn''t know if he should tell them or not. If he didn''t then the person he cared about the most will die. That was something he wasn''t willing to see. Especially right in front of eyes. While if he did then everything he worked for would go for naught. When Reed came to an answer, he sighed as if he lost. He was going to tell Dominic what he wanted to know. If Reed were to compare what he cared the most, Amber or the Guardians, then he would rather choose Amber. "The location is at -" As Reed was about to reveal the Guardian HQ''s location, Amber interrupted him. "No don''t tell him!" Smack! "You bitch shut up!" Maddened at Amber who interrupted Reed, stopping him from revealing the location of the Guardian HQ. Out of anger he smacked Amber and yelled. Seeing Amber getting smacked, something inside Reed snapped. Amber was someone he cared a lot and seeing her hurt was the last thing he wanted to see. It could be said that she was his reverse dragon scale. Power rushed through his body, allowing him break through to another level. Feeling the new power inside him, Reed then broke everything that bounded him and immediately pounced on Dominic. "Wha-" Before Dominic could finish a sentence, Reed kicked him causing to fly back and crashing into the wall. After the debris settled a mangled looking human could been seen in the wall. Taylor and everybody else just stared at Reed in surprise. A bodyguard then snapped out of his daze and took out his pistol and was about to shoot at Reed, but right before he could shoot Reed disappeared before his eyes and appeared right in front of him snapping his neck. Reed then took the pistol before the bodyguard''s lifeless body collapsed and shoot Taylor and the rest in the head killing them instantly. "Come on let''s go" Reed said as raised his hand in front of Amber for her to grab on and stood up. She took his hand and stood but she only stood for a second before collapsing. Reed caught her before she fully fell to the ground. "You ok?" Reed asked with a worried a face. "My body, it feels weird. I''m slowly losing control of it." Amber replied with a strained tone and sweating dripping down her forehead. Poison! Amber was poisoned by Dominic before she saw Reed. It didn''t take long for Reed to figure that out either. Seeing that time was of the essence he then took Amber''s left hand and placed in on his left shoulder and started carrying her out the door. The hallway he entered after exiting the room was filled with people with guns. Using his immeasurable speed and strength Reed was able to kill a lot of those people. one, three, eight, eleven. For every shot he took with his pistol, he was able to kill one person. It wasn''t soon that he spent all the ammo and and now had to find another. Reed didn''t know how long has passed and how many he has killed but he was pretty sure it amounted to more than 40 people. As time passed, Reed was getting weaker and weaker. The undernourishment and lack of sleep was finally getting to him. It was then at that moment where a gunman was able to fire a shot that Reed couldn''t dodge. "Watch out" Amber yelled as she used the bit of strength she had and used her body to take the bullet. The bullet pierced her chest and into her heart. It was only a matter of time before she died. "Amber!!" Reed screamed his anger as he watched Amber collapse to the ground. New power risen in him as he then attacked the shooter who shot Amber by snapping his throat. Reed then walked back towards Amber as the gunmen shot bullets into Reed. Reed didn''t feel pain as walked towards Amber''s bleeding body and knelled before her. "I''m sorry. I''m sorry I couldn''t take you out of this place. I''m sorry that I got you killed. I''m sorry." Pain and guilt filled Reed''s body. One of the main reason Reed was alive today was because of Amber. But now, without her, what reason should he stay alive for? "It''s ok, to die beside someone I loved the most is something I have always wished for. It seems that this wish will come true. Even though it isn''t the way I truly wanted, this still works. Reed, I know I''m about to die so please leave, leave and live on please. And in the next life, I wish to meet you again and be together with you again. But in that life I want to get married." Even though Amber was slowly bleeding and inching closer to death, she still spoke with a smile as she used a hand to touch Reed''s cheek. No tears could be seen dripping from her eyes. But even though she spoke with a smile, inside of her was pain and sadness. Seeing the person she loved the most riddled in bullets was crushing her "Yes, I promise. I promise to live and I promise to marry you in the next life. I promise" Reed cried as tears were dripping from his face onto Amber. "Don''t cry please," Reed stopped crying in the request made by Amber. He just stared at her and watched her slowly die. "Thank you," As Amber spoke her last words her hand that was touching Reed''s cheek feel down. Amber was now dead. She lied there with her eyes closed and smile on her face. "Ahhh!" Reed screamed in pain as memories poured into his mind "My name is Amber what yours?" "We need to work together to survive, ok?" "Here eat this, you need food to survive" "You and I will always be together right?" The gunmen stopped shooting long ago as they thought Reed was going to die any moment after speaking to Amber. But they assumed wrong as they watched Reed scream in pain and stood up. Seeing him stand the gunmen started firing again. But for every shot they took, it missed. Reed fueled by anger and sadness started a massacring everyone he could find in the building. How he killed them could only be left to one imagination since the image itself would only scar them. After killing everyone Reed again knelled by Amber''s dead body looking at her. His body was covered in blood and riddled in holes. No would be able to tell who''s blood is who''s if they looked at Reed "I''m sorry Amber, even though I promised to live on, it seems I can''t hold on to the promise. But I will keep my other promise. I will find you in my next life and I will marry you. I promise" Reed promised to Amber as he then collapsed near Amber''s dead body and died a beautiful death. ---------------------------- It''s been awhile since i uploaded on RRL. Ive dropped everything btw and will be now focusing on this Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please comment on things you dont like and things you like and donate some PS so it would give me an incentive and show me is people are actually reading this . Future chapters will not be as long as this sorry for those that want long chapters. future chapters will be around 1500-2000 words. But there might be some chapters such as this that i''ll write. So thank you again for reading! (If there are any mistakes please tell me since I do miss mistakes now and then) Birth of Reed Aniston Nova City, Nova City Hospital In the Nova City Hospital there stood a group of people waiting outside the room in a brightly lit hallway. One of the members of the group was a middle age man. He was pacing back and forth worried out his mind. The reason the group of people were at the hospital waiting beside a door in the first place was because the man''s wife was pregnant and is about to give birth to his son. Even though with today''s technology, women dying at birth was rare and few, there was still a chance of death. The man was Reece Aniston, he was the head of the Aniston Family who were one of the four great families of Nova City and the strongest of the four families. They owned the Magnus Corporation, which was a multi-millionaire company that sells weapons to their nation''s army. "Can you please stop pacing back like a mad man." An old man begged Reece to stop. The old man was Grant Aniston, he was Reece''s father and the person who first established the Magnus Corporation. Reece stopped pacing back and forth then turned to Grant and said with a slight frown on his face "Dad, I just can''t stop worrying. My wife is about to have our first child, how can I not be worried. What would happen if the operation went wrong? What if my wife can''t endure the pain? what woul-" "Oh stop your worrying" an old woman interrupted Reece while he was in the middle of talking. The old woman was Ann Aniston, she was Reece''s mom and the wife of Grant Aniston. Seeing the Reece stopped talking she started talking again as she walked up Reece and took held his hand to calm him down. "Stop worrying, it''ll only make you feel more anxious. Plus you don''t have to worry at all, Feena is a strong girl, giving birth to your guys new born baby will be a cinch for her. You should know that to since you are married to after all. So believe her alright and be patient." "Yeah your right, thanks mom, I feel a lot better now" Reece replied back to Ann as he now felt a little calmer and hugged his mom. "It''s no problem son, it''s what moms are for." Ann said as she answered back Reece''s hug with her own. After hugging his mom, Reece then stood still and awaited for the news of his child''s birth. He waited what felt an eternity and just when he was about to lose his calm he heard a baby''s cry coming from inside. Moments after hearing the baby''s cry, a nurse then opened the room and welcomed those that were outside inside the room. There in the room the group of people stood before a bed with beautiful looking woman wearing a patient''s gown carrying a child on it. ''Huh were am I?'' Reed thought to himself as he saw a woman holding him close to her body. Reed was confused and tried to speak but the only thing he heard himself say were cries of a baby. That was when everything made sense to him. ''Right I died'' When Reed thought of what happened not to long ago he couldn''t but feel depressed but then he felt a little better as he came to think of another thing ''Wait, if I reincarnated to this world wouldn''t that mean Amber did as well? She should''ve reincarnated like me, the only thing I have to do is find her." Thinking that Amber reincarnated along side with him, Reed couldn''t but feel happy inside and smile widely. His facial features didn''t escape the notice of the crowd that was in front of. "Aww, look, he''s smiling. He looks so adorable" Feena who was holding onto Red couldn''t help but cry out and smile as she looked at her child Reed lovingly.Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. "Here, let me hold him" Reece said to his wife, Feena as he walked toward her holding out his hands so that he can hold on to Reed. Ann carefully gave Reed to Reece so that he can hold him. carrying Reece like Ann did, Reece looked at Reed with love in his eyes. Seeing the loving gaze coming from Reece, Reed couldn''t help but feel warm. This was the first time he has ever felt the feeling of love coming from his parents since he was abandoned by other parents in his other life. ''In this life, I have parents that will cherish me, something I have never experienced in my last life. Such feelings like this aren''t bad at all. I can see why those that had parent cherished them so much. I hope Amber found parents that love her like me. She deserves it more than me'' Reed thought as he looked back at his father''s loving gaze. "Honey, what will you name him?" Feena asked Reece. Upon hearing Ann asking Reece to name their son, Reece held Reed as he silently thought to himself as to what he should name his new born child as. After a minute of thinking to himself, Reece was finally thought of a name to give to his new born child. "His name will be Reed Aniston, son of I Reece Aniston and Feena Aniston." --- As time passed, Reed grew at an monstrous pace. at the age of 2 he was able to walk, at the age of 3 he finally able to talk normally and now at the age of 5 he was able to cultivate the Aniston''s cultivation technique allowing him to breakthrough to Bronze 2. In this world the cultivation started from: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Master, then ended at Grand master as its highest. In each level there were 5 sub-grade levels being 1 at the start being the weakest to 5 being the strongest. Reed wasn''t actually training in the Aniston''s cultivation technique but was cultivating a far more superior he has gained in past life. It was called the God of Murder Cultivation Manual. The person who trains in this technique cultivates faster and is stronger then person that is at his level and could possible fight someone a rank higher than them In his past life, Reed didn''t cultivate in the technique as he was using the organizations cultivation technique he grew up at before he found it off someone he killed. If he did try to change his cultivation technique, it would''ve led him to death. Luckily he perfectly remembered everything in the manual and by using the Aniston''s Cultivation Technique as a front, he was able to cultivate using the God of Murder Manual and break through at such a young age. If people of the martial world heard that a 5 year old kid broke through to Bronze 2, they would only think of one word. Monster! The news about him breaking through at such a young age was hidden but everything else about Reed was heard by everyone in Nova City. The people were awed and couldn''t believe the news they heard about the Aniston Family''s new heir. Many said that the future of the Aniston Family was truly bright now that such a monster appeared in their family. But there were some people that felt threatened. Those people were the members of the three great houses. ------- Somewhere in a building at Nova City there sat three people around a table in a lit up room. The three people in the room were Fred Lorway, Valentine Grey, and Joshua Vice. They were all heads of their respective house. "Did you hear the news about that brat who is the heir to the Aniston Family? I honestly can''t believe it. For such a monster to appear in their family, I wonder what the head did in his past life that would give him such luck" The person who spoke was Fred Lorway head of the Great Lorway Family. "Yeah we know about it, we need to work together and kill him. Once he fully grows, we''ll won''t be able to touch him and it''s most likely he''ll destroy our three great families. Allowing the Aniston Family to monopolize all of Nova City." Valentine who waited for Fred to finish speaking then spoke out with a grim look. "Yes I can foresee that as well. But right now we can''t touch him. He always protected by an elite guard assigned by the Aniston Head. Not a single men of ours will be able to touch him. We need to wait awhile before we can kill him." Joshua said as he shook his head side to side. "Even though we can''t kill him now, it doesn''t mean that we can start planning now. Plus we have plenty of time before that brat''s wings are spread." Valentine said as looked at the other two heads with a smile. "Your right, we have plenty of time to deal with him." Fred laughed. He then picked up his wine glass and picked it up holding it in the air and said "To the fall of Aniston and to the rise of us." The two other heads did the same as they picked up their wine glass and repeated the same word before drinking it. "To the fall of Aniston and to the rise of us" Aily Fields 2 years have passed now and Reed Aniston was now 7 years old. During the past 2 years, Reed hasn''t been doing nothing. He has been cultivating everyday since he started and now after to years he has finally reached to the peak of Bronze 1. It has been talking Aniston longer and longer to breakthrough but since he was using a superior level cultivation manual he has been getting stronger at a faster pace than the normal person. The youngest person besides Reed to reach the peak of Bronze one was 11 years old and he was considered a genius. But if he''s a genius then what would that make Reed then? If people were to know that a 7 year old reached the peak of bronze, they would think that Reed was a child of god. On the streets of Nova City, Reed was walking around to get look of what the outside looked like. As he was stuck in his house for the past 7 years cultivating and learning from a teacher hired by his family. Reed was getting bored of it and wanted to have a change to scenery. After begging his family for days non-stop, they finally broke down and agreed but only if he had some people protecting him. The bodyguards assigned by the family were all groomed by the house ever since they were kids. They were loyal to the death to the Aniston Family and would always follow their orders. With those bodyguards protecting Reed, his family didn''t have to worry about him. So right now Reed was walking the busy streets looking around and absorbing everything he saw into his brain. As time passed walking through the city, Reed was bound to get hungry. Reed then turned back to one of his bodyguards and asked. " Where''s the nearest place eat? I''m rather hungry right now" The bodyguard respectfully replied. "Young master, if we keep on walking down this road there''ll be a restaurant that you can eat at." "Ok then, let keep walking and stop by there," Reed nodded and then kept on walking. As they walked down the streets towards the restaurant Reed saw a of homeless girl, she stood holding a cardboard in her hands with the words "Please help me" trying to get people attention. Sadly no one helped her even though she been standing for more than a few chapters. Even though Nova City was prosperous it didn''t mean that everyone was living a happy life in a warm home. It was a pity life didn''t work that way. As someone who grew up as an orphan and went through hell and lived, Reed couldn''t help but pity the girl. The girl was wore uncleaned clothing that looked like it hasn''t been washed for days, and looked really malnourished. He stopped before the girl, gaining her attention and asked "Why is a kid such as yourself outside all alone? Where is your mom and dad" Hearing the question asked by Reed, the girl couldn''t help but tear up and cried while she replied "My parents don''t love me anymore, they kicked me out of the house and said that I should fend for myself. I begged for for a long time, pounding on their door crying and they still never let me back in." Hearing the girls story, Reed couldn''t help but pity the girl more than he already did. He was abandoned in his past life as well, but he didn''t have any memories of them so he never felt saddened by it. But this girl grew up with her family only to be tossed aside to the outside world telling her to fend for herself. This will definitely leave a mental scar if she doesn''t recover from it soon. Even the guards couldn''t help but pity the girl. They couldn''t help but think what would happen to them if their parents did the same thing the girl''s parents did to her. Would they still be alive today? They couldn''t help but cherish their parent even more. Reed took her hand and pulled her in to embrace her. Ignoring her smell, Reed starts caressing her head and talks to her in a soothing tone. "Stop crying, don''t worry, you won''t be alone anymore. Follow me and I''ll take care of you. I promise that you''ll live a happy life if you do."Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. After a minute or two of crying the girl finally stopped crying and stepped away from Reed to look into his eyes. "Do you promise that? If you do then pinky promise" The little girl lifted her left pinky finger for Reed. Reed couldn''t but smile at such a childish act but said nothing about it. He then took his right pinkie finger and intertwined with hers. "I pinky promise" The girl then hugged Reed and started crying again. She has been suffering for a week of no warmth and as a child no less. To her it felt like years, she barely survived the code and had nothing to eat except for the scraps she would fine now and then. Now that she had someone to lean on and take care of her, all of the pain and tears she has been holding now busted out like a damn. Reed answered back and hugged her back and waited until she stopped crying. The guards watching this couldn''t help but feel warmth in their heart and respect their young master even more. They thought that he would grow up into a typical haughty and selfish young master that are born in the great families. Knowing that they were wrong, they couldn''t but feel proud to be working for the heir of the Aniston Family. After another ten minutes of crying the girl finally stopped. This time Reed stepped away and look at the girl and asked her. "What''s your name and how old are you" "My name is Aily Fields, I''m six years old but in a month I turn seven years old." Aily replied back with her eyes still read due to all the crying. "Well Aily, my name is Reed. And I''m pretty sure that your hungry and I am as well, so lets go eat" Reed then took her hand and started walking to the restaurant without waiting for her reply. The restaurant they went to was called Flower Garden. Upon entering the restaurant they were welcomed by a waitress. One of the bodyguards took charge and asked for a private room. The Flower Garden was a place of the rich and so when the waitress saw Reed wearing expensive clothing and protected by bodyguards she knew he was a important person. But when she saw Aily in poor clothing and looked dirty she couldn''t help but look at Reed who was holding her hand. But being an experienced waitress she ignored it and did what she was tasked to do and led Reed''s group to a private room. As Reed was following the waitress to the private room he felt some people staring at him. He sensed killing intent from those people and couldn''t help but smirk a little as he thought to himself "I didn''t think that I was going to kill people so early and at such a young age as well. It seems that the other great families feel threatened and want to kill me before I grow up." "What are you smiling about" Aily asked, seeing that Reed smirked out of nowhere and for no reason. "Oh, it''s because I was thinking of the good food we''re about to eat. And as a celebration for joining me, you get to eat as much as you want." Aily shook her head left and right "No I can''t do that to you Reed. What if you get into trouble" "If I don''t see you eat until your sick of food today I will not allow you to follow me anymore." Reed threatened Aily. "No I''ll eat" "Good" Reed rubbed Aily head and smiled. Even though Aily was threatened by Reed, he did it so for her and she understood it. She felt warm in her heart and smiled. Once the entered the private room, Aily and Reed sat down on the chairs around the table while the bodyguards stood beside the door in case some intruder came in to attack Reed. Seeing the bodyguards not sitting down as well, he asked them to sit but they refused. He asked a few more time and they still refused. It was till the point where he threatened the bodyguards that he would tell his father that they did a terrible and should be fired was when they finally submitted and sat down with them. In reality the guards were pretty hungry like Reed but their job as bodyguards prevented them from joining them. Plus the the difference in status stopped them as well. Reed knew this as well, that was why he threatened them. Plus Reed knew that there was no one that would want to intrude into the room except for the waiter or waitress when they deliver food. That was why he invited them to sit down with him. Even if someone did want to intrude they would have to be insane. All of his bodyguards were Silver rank with one being the captain of all the bodyguards being a Gold Rank. The intruder would be immediately subdued. After getting the food they ordered, everyone ate happily as they conversed among each other. They all ate at a normal pace except for Aily who was eating like a demon, finishing a bowl of food in seconds then refilling it again to the brim for her to devour. Reed couldn''t help but feel scared of her choking to death so he told her to slow down and gave her water to digest. Seeing that Aily listened to him and was now drinking water to digest Reed thought " I know I told you to eat till your sick of food, but I never told you eat so fast to point you that you would choke." Even thought he thought what he thought, Reed knew that the real reason Aily was eating so much and fast wasn''t because of his threat. It was because she hasn''t had anything to good to eat in a long time. After ensuring that Aily was eating at a slower pace Reed resumed back to eating the food on his own plate. After 30 minutes of eating, Reed finally finished. He then cleaned up his face with a napkin and looked at the door across from him with killing intent emanating from inside him. ''It''s time to squash some bugs'' Squashing Bugs On the streets outside of Flower Garden, a group of people were hiding in the crowds watching the door of Flower Garden. After waiting for about thirty minutes, the person who they were looking for came out. They were all wearing casual clothing so they could blend in with the crowd and not get get spotted by anyone. "There he is," Someone pointed out to a boy who was wearing rich clothing alongside a group of bodyguards and a girl. Those people were assassins from the three great houses. They were assigned to kill Reed before he grew up into a major threat. The mission itself was simple, they just had to kill Reed without getting caught. Sadly they were already noticed by Reed. The leader of the group was Kyle Fisher. He was a Gold 5 while his four other subordinates were either silver 3,2, and 1. "Come on, lets go follow them," Kyle commanded. They stayed behind a decent distance where they wouldn''t get caught while at the same time they would still be able to keep an eye on the target. "Seems like there really are assassins following me" Reed thought to himself as he walked down the crowded streets. Reed knew from the start that they were assassins since he was able to notice their killing intent, albeit small, it was enough for him to notice. He didn''t feel much of a threat coming from the assassins so Reed was rather calm. He already assumed that he was a the target of an assassination plot but now he was sure of it seeing that he was followed. There was no point in panicking about a few bugs. All Reed had to do is squash the bugs as efficient as possible. "Let''s go a detour" Reed announced to his bodyguards. No one said anything and just followed. After a few minuted of walking, a alley way between two buildings could be seen in the distance. Reed saw this alley while he was exploring the city. It was only an alley so he didn''t think much of it, but due to the appearance of the assassins. Reed thought of this alley he passed ways back and is now using it to trap the enemy. Reed then called upon the captain of his bodyguard, Mark who is a gold 5 and told him about the followers and what he planned to do in the alley way. Knowing that this had to do with the safety of the young master, Mark didn''t question a single thing and since he couldn''t think of any sort of plan and since Reed''s plan was solid. Mark nodded and started whispering to the other bodyguards about Reed''s plan. They all nodded in understanding and awaited for everything to commence. "Where are they going?" one of the assassins questioned seeing that Reed''s group was going into the alley way. "They''re going through an alley way, it''s possible that they are using the alley way as their shortcut. Sadly it won''t be the sort of shortcut they were hoping for. Let''s go" Kyle said as he waved his hand to his subordinates and followed right behind Reed''s group. When they entered the alley way, the expected to see the backs of Reed''s group. But what they saw was an empty alley way. "Where did they go?" Kyle thought to himself. They couldn''t have disappeared right? As the assassins were standing confused and looking around for traces of Reed''s groups a few shadows got behind them. Noticing the presence appear from behind them the assassins turned immediately and couldn''t believe their eyes on what laid before them. The shadows that appeared before them were exactly Reed''s group. In the alley way there was another alley connecting it. It was hidden fairly well so Reed,Aily and bodyguards used it to disappear and get behind the assassins to ambush them.Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! "How did you get behind us?" Kyle said with a frown. He now knew that they were noticed long ago since if weren''t noticed they would''ve kept on walking on the streets and not into an alley way. Kyle can only blame his arrogance thinking that he was never noticed. "There''s no point in telling a dead person. Kill them" Reed commanded his bodyguards. Even though the assassins outnumbered the bodyguards by one, they were at an disadvantage due to the ambush. Before they could even react, Reed''s bodyguards had already taken their sidearm out and shot at them. Even though they were all silver or gold grade, it doesn''t mean they have the ability to dodge bullets These guys were trained professional who has experienced war. They all had experience in killing so none of them hesitated to shoot. The first shot of each bodyguard killed one person each. Each bullet pierced an assassins head killing them instantly. They all then turned to Kyle. As they were about to shoot Kyle who was the leader, Reed told them to stop. "You know the drill don''t you? Surrender and live or don''t surrender and die." Reed said to the Kyle who was now standing next to four dead bodies lying on the ground. On a normal day, if Kyle was threatened by a child, he would''ve killed him on the spot. But he couldn''t do so in this situation as 4 men with guns were all aiming right at him. Kyle wanted to run, but he knew that the moment he took a step he would instantly get shot by the bodyguards and die. "Kill me." Kyle replied in a stern voice. Kyle wasn''t scared of death since he already knew that there was always a chance of dying in missions like the one he''s partaking. Even though it was slim, it was still a chance. Hearing Kyle''s reply, Reed couldn''t help but scoff and said "Sadly I won''t be killing you since I need more information about those who want to kill me." Finishing his sentence Reed then took a gun from the guard to his left''s hand and aimed at Kyle''s left knee cap and shot. The bullet from the gun Reed shot didn''t miss and pierced through Kyle''s kneecaps. "Ahh!" Kyle screamed in pain and knelled on the floor. Reed shooting Kyle''s left knee cap disabled him from running. Now Kyle had no chance of escaping even if he tried to. The bodyguard Reed took the gun from was surprised in how fast Reed took the gun away from but said nothing about as Reed gave his gun back. "Capture him, and take him back to the house and interrogate him." Reed commanded Mark. Mark nodded and took out his phone to make some calls. Reed knew that the gunshots would make a commotion and police should be on their way Two figures then came out of the hidden alley way. It was Aily and one of Reed''s bodyguards assigned to protect her. Aily was shivering and scared ever since she heard the gunshots that came from Reed''s bodyguards gun and himself. Reed came up to her and hugged her so that he could calm her down. He started to stroke her head and said "It''s ok, It''s ok." After repeating it''s ok for awhile, Aily finally calmed down and stopped shivering. "Are you ok?" Reed took a step back to take a look at Aily''s face and said. Aily said nothing but instead nodded. Reed could see that even though Aily calmed down, she was still in shock deep down and needed to be distracted. She was six years old, even though she didn''t personally see the bloody scene she still knew what happened. Knowing that people died near her, she was scared. Reed hugged her again and said "I''ll always protect you ok. When your with me, you don''t have to worry about anything else ." Aily didn''t say anything and just embraced Reed back. Later a group of cars from the Aniston came by and picked up Reed and Aily in one car while Kyle was taken to another car. Someone from the Aniston Family will deal with the police so Reed didn''t have anything to worry about. Plus he knew that the police wouldn''t give the Anistons a hard time either way. Since the Aniston''s is one of the powerful and influential families in Nova City. After awhile of waiting in the car, Reed finally made it home. The driver of the vehicle opened up the door for Reed. Reed came out of the car first then Aily came out with Reeds help. Aily needed his help since she closed her eyes ever since Reed told her that he''ll be showing her a surprise. Being a naive six year old, Aily listened and did as she was told. "You can open your eye now" Reed said to Aily. Aily then opened her eyes and couldn''t help but be shocked at what was in front of her. She saw a huge white estate before her with a running fountain in front of the entrance not far away. The large land of grass and beautiful flowers covered almost everywhere she could see around the estate. (for a better image of a white estate https://maharaja.co.uk/beaumont-estate-windsor-2/) "This is my home, no this is our home now." A New Family Member "Welcome back young master" The moment Reed entered his home he was greeted by Vance Halder, who was the head butler of the Aniston Family He was the one who took care of Reed the most since his parent were busy with business and so Reed sees Vance as another family member. "Hello Uncle Vance" Reed greeted back to Vance. Reed then stepped aside to the right to show Vance, Aily who was hiding behind him looking down at the floor. Being in a new environment completely different from what she lived in, Aily was a little shy. She didn''t know what people expected of her. "Say hi to uncle Vance Aily" Reeds said to Aily. It took a moment before Aily lifted her head up and said "H-, Hi Uncle Vance. My name is Aily Fields, nice to meet you" She stuttered a few times before she was able to complete her sentence. Vance was a surprised seeing Reed bringing a girl to his home already. But then seeing the dirty looking Aily who was wearing clothes that seem to not have been washed in awhile he couldn''t but help be curious of what happened to Aily. "Nice to meet you Aily," he greeted back to Aily then turned to Reed with a look of expecting an explanation. Reed seeing the look knew what Vance wanted and explained to him. After hearing the explaination about Aily''s terrible past and being an abandoned child Vance couldn''t help but look at Aily with warmth and pity her. He also understood why Reed brought her back home now. It was because Reed didn''t want Aily to suffer anymore living alone. No child deserves to live a life of pain and distraught so early in life. They should be living with a happy family and sleeping under a warm blanket. "Uncle Vance can you get some people to buy some new clothes for Aily and get her cleaned up as well." Reed asked Vance. Vance replied with a smile and nodded "Of course young master, it''s a simple task I''ll accomplish immediately. Now come Aily, follow me so we can get you cleaned up and turn you in a princess." Seeing that Vance was asking Aily to go along with him, she hesitated for a bit before agreeing due to Reed encouraging her and telling her that it was ok. Reed then watched Vance with Aily behind him walking towards the bathing area of the house. After an hour has passed, Aily was all cleaned up and was wearing a a white shirt with a blue skirt. Now seeing Aily without all the dirt and blemishes covering her face, it could be seen that Aily was going to grow up as a beautiful girl. When Aily saw her appearance by by using a mirror given by Vance to look at herself, even she couldn''t believe her own appearance. Her parents were poor and so she wasn''t given the luxury to show her maximum appeal. But now that she does have the luxury, she now looks like a doll. When Reed saw Aily again in the diner room, even he had to blink a few times to be sure that the person was Aily. The change was that big. Before she was all cleaned up, her hair was messed up and all over the place while her clothes were almost like rags. Now here she is in front him with hair straightened and tied up making a ponytail and all refined. Even Vance, when he saw Aily after she was cleaned and dressed, he was completely surprised.Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. Seeing Reeds'' surprised look on his face, Aily couldn''t help but flush and look at the floor." How do I look?" Aily asked Reed with a shy quiet voice. It took a few seconds before Reed was able to snap out of his daze and replied. "You look really pretty." Hearing his response, Aily smiled. Reed didn''t see the smile since Aily was looking at the ground but if he did, he would''ve been dazed again. Vance left to prepare dinner for the arrival of Reed''s parents to come home. During the wait Reed showed Aily around the house. He first showed her the first floor and then the second floor of the house. After finishing every nook and cranny of the house Reed then brought Aily back downstairs where he saw his mom and dad coming in from the front door wearing formal work clothing. As Reece and Feena were about to greet Reed they then saw Aily who was right next to him. "Who is she? And what is she to Reed?" they both thought. They couldn''t help to think to the extreme. Reece thought "Is my son growing so fast that he''s already thinking about starting a family? Am I going to have grandchildren so soon?" While Feena thought "Oh my god, did he already have sex with her? Is my son really growing that fast? I know people say that your children will grow in the blink of an eye but this is just too fast" To make it even worst, Reed then said "Mom, dad, this here is Aily she''ll be living here as family" "Family!" Reece shouted. "I thought you were going to be a good child and just look around the city but it''s clearly that you didn''t. You brought a girl home and said that she was going to be family. What did you do to her? don''t tell me you forced yourself on her?!? Reece then turned to Aily "I''m so sorry for what my son did to you. To lose something so important at such a young age should be traumatizing. Don''t worry I''ll discipline my son and teach him how to treat other people especially girls" Reed was speechless. "Wait what did you say!? I forced myself on her?! Am I such a beast? No I''m not!" Reed thought to himself. To clarify Reece''s confusion, Reed was going to tell him why Aily was here but before he could say anything he was interrupted. "I''ll give you a punishment right here!" Recce lifted his hand about to slap Reed but was soon stopped by Aily who jumped in the middle of them yelled out. "No stop it, Reed didn''t do anything wrong. I was abandoned by my family and so Reed told me that he''ll take me in and be my family. He saved me, he didn''t do anything wrong." Reece was stunned after hearing what Aily said, he then dropped his hand and asked Aily "He didn''t do anything? He didn''t do you any harm? He saved you? "Yes he saved me, I was abandoned by my family and had to live on the streets for a long time. If I didn''t meet Reed I would still be out there in the cold." When Aily yelled out that Reed saved her, Reece didn''t hear her fully as he was filled with anger but now hearing her a second time he calmed down. He dropped his risen hand and turned to Reed and apologized. "Sorry Reed, I assumed to much and was about to punish you for something you shouldn''t been punished for." "It''s ok dad, It''s all fine now that you understand the situation," Reed replied back to Reece. "Aw you poor child, don''t worry I''ll take good care of you. With you joining our family, you won''t have to deal with anymore hardships. I''ll become your new mom ok." Hearing that Aily was an abandoned child Feena couldn''t help but tear up and hugged Aily and said to her. "We''ll be your new parents and be sure to love you more than your parents ever loved you. Now, can you call me mom?" Hearing Feena ask Aily to call her mom surprised her by a lot. She didn''t expect to hear someone she just met and was asked to call her mom. But hearing the caring tone coming for Feena''s voice really warmed Aily a lot. She didn''t know what to say, she wanted to call her mom but she couldn''t help but recall her past with her other parents. All the fun times she had with them, she couldn''t help but think about it and started crying. But in the end she was abandoned by them. But even though she was abandoned by everyday when she was on the streets she wished that her parents would take her back. Seeing Aily cry, Reed then walked towards Aily and took his hand and placed it on her shoulder. Sensing a hand on her shoulder Aily turned her head and saw Reed''s smiling face. Seeing Reed''s smiling face Aily then calmed down and turned back to Feena and said "Mom." Then she turned to Reece "Dad." Hearing Aily call Feena mom, Feena looked at Aily with love and said. "Welcome to the family Aily" Great Family Banquet Invitation "This is my new family now" Aily thought to herself. The moment Aily decided to call her Feena and Reece her mom and dad. She made a decision to forget about her other family. She didn''t want to remember the trauma of being abandoned. And so she accepted her new family with a smile and pushed her old family to the furthest corner of her mind. Today''s dinner at the Anistons''s house was louder than it has ever been before. During the whole entire time the family was eating. Feena who already saw Aily as a daughter was spoiling her so much already, even more so than compared to Reed who was her actual son. But no one said anything since they all know Feena wanted a daughter. Now that she does no one wanted to come in between her and Aily bonding together. It could also be seen that Aily was getting closer to Feena and Reece as well. The first time she called Reece and Feena, mom and dad. She was still hesitant and stuttered every time she said it. But as she kept on calling them mom and dad more and more. She was able to call them as that without any hesitation. It could be seen that Aily was really trying to forget her other family and to accept her new one. After dinner Feena immediately took Aily to god knows somewhere and Reed went to his dads office where he was looking over the report the bodyguards who were with Reed when he was exploring the city. While he was reading the report, he heard a knock coming from his door. "Come in," Reece said. The door then opened and a silhouette of a child came in the room. The person was Reed. He came to talk to his father about what happened today, but seeing the stack of papers he figured his dad already knew what happened. Reece then came up to Reed and patted him his right shoulder and said "It''s good that your ok. If I knew something like this would''ve happened, I wouldn''t have agreed to have you explore the city with a small group of bodyguards. Reed look at Reece''s eyes and saw warmth in it but he could see in hidden parts of his eye was a flame of anger. "It''s already happened and I''m fine aren''t I. Plus if you didn''t allow me to go out, I wouldn''t have brought back Aily then would I." Reed replied back. Hearing Reed response, Reece couldn''t help but think that his was really odd compared to the other child he had seen. Kids around Reeds age would be looking for things he could enjoy in life and not care about otherworldly affairs and wouldn''t be as smart as adults. But his son Reed acted nothing like a kid but a refined adult. "Just how unfathomable is my kid, and how much do I really know about him?" Reece couldn''t help but thought. "That is true, if you didn''t go out today, you wouldn''t have met Aily and gave mom someone to actually take care of. She couldn''t be much of a mom since you rarely had any problems and have been getting anxious if she''s been doing a good job as a mother at all. But now since Aily is here with such a terrible experience, your mom can now smother her with all her motherly love that she''s been holding up," Reece laughed as he replied. What Reece said was true, Reed mentally is already the age of an adult. He didn''t have a mind of a child, so he knew how things worked in the world and never asked for much as a normal child would. His parents tried to spoil him by asking if he wanted anything but Reed couldn''t of anything he wanted except for new clothing. So Reed''s mom was feeling like she wasn''t doing much for her child but now due to Aily''s appearance she now had someone she could actually spoil and be a normal mom with. Reed then cut to the chase and asked Reece "Dad about the assassins that attacked me this afternoon, do have any info about them? From my guess the only people that would want me dead would be the other three great families."If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Reece couldn''t help but open his eyes in shock. His son was spot on with his guess. In the report, the interrogator was able to confirm that the assassins were from the other three great families and that they were indeed targeting Reed. In the report, it said that the reason they wanted to kill Reed was because of his monstrous potential. Reece nodded and said in reply "Yes, it was indeed the other three great families. But I can''t do anything. If I were to start a war against the other three great families and we''re to win it. We would have huge casualties. And even if I were to attack one of them, the other two families would immediately join the fight and help the other family." "Since they know that if one of them is eliminated, it''ll be easier for us to eliminate the rest of them and conquer Nova City. So if you''re hoping for us to retaliate now, it''ll be impossible." Of course Reed knew this. He knew everything of what Reece said. If he didn''t then the only thing that would define Reed is the word stupid. "I''m not asking for such a thing dad. I just wanna know what we''ll be doing in the future? The other three great families already see me as a threat. I''m pretty sure that they know that we know that it was them. They''ll expect me in the future to attack back once I grow up in revenge. And that is true, I will destroy them in the future because of their attempt on killing me." "Yeah I''m pretty sure anyone would look for revenge if someone wanted to kill them. Even I wouldn''t be an exception. But I''m pretty sure that since the three great family failed in the assassination attempt, they won''t be pulling off any plots and stay low for awhile. So I''m pretty sure you''ll be fine for a while for now." "Yes, with that given time I''ll become even stronger. So strong that they won''t be able to even touch me." "I can''t wait to see that day come Reed." "I can''t wait for that day as well." Reed and Reece then started talking about the family affairs and as they were talking, a sound of knocking was heard coming from the door. "Come in" Reece said "Vance then came in. "I''m sorry for the interruption but I have something to give you master," Vance said as he then gave a letter to Reece. Reece took the letter from Vance and opened up the letter. He started reading the letter. It was an letter of invitation to a banquet being hosted by the Vice Family. "It seems that the Vice family is hosting a banquet tomorrow night and is inviting us to it. They want to elude themselves by being friendly hoping that we don''t suspect them. If I didn''t get the information of the cooperation of the three houses working to assassinate me son it would''ve worked but since I do have the information, this attempt to elude themselves is futile. " Reece said with a smirk and disdain. "So are we going to to the banquet? Reed asked Reece. "Of course we are, if we don''t go then the Vice Family will know that we already suspect them. So we should go to keep that from happening." Reece then kept talking as he placed the letter on his desk and said to Reece "It''s getting late so you should go to sleep and prepare yourself for tomorrow nights banquet." "Yes dad, good night," Reed replied back. "Good night Reed," Reece said back with a smile. Leaving his dads office he then went towards his room and opened the door to enter it. Reeds room wasn''t as luxurious as a normal rich kids room. It was a big room but the only thing in it were furniture a normal room would have. Reed changed into his sleep clothe and turned off the light to the room then went to his bed to sleep. It usually didn''t go to sleep but just as he was about to go to sleep he heard his room door opened up. Reed lifted his head up from his pillow and looked towards his room. The person he saw was Aily wearing pajamas. "What''s the matter Aily? Reed asked Aily. He was confused on why she came into the room at this time. "I couldn''t sleep alone and I didn''t want to ask mom, so I went to your room to see if I could sleep with you." Aily replied back in a shy voice. Hearing what she asked, Reed couldn''t help but jump in shock. Even though Reed was a child physically he was older mentally and so thinking of sleeping with a six year old girl really scared him. He tried to think of every way to prevent her from sleeping him but the only thing he said was "But I''m guy and you a girl. Girls like you shouldn''t sleep with other guys."" It was a terrible excuse but it was the only thing he could think of. "But you said that we were family, and that you would always be by my side. You pinky promised too. Don''t tell me you''re going to break our pinky promise." Alice said as she started to cry "Oh shit she pulled out that card" Reed thought. Fine fine, you can sleep with me, so please stop crying" Reed begged Aily Aily stopped crying and then walked to get on Reed''s bed and placed her head on a pillow to the right of him. Seeing Aily putting her head on the pillow facing the other direction Reed started to calm down and placed his head down back on his pillow. "Hey Reed." Aily called out. "Yes Aily?" Reed asked. "Thank you for everything"