Epilogue

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Chapter 15 - The Decision

Sounds of footsteps reach my ears as I shake myself out of my reverie. The moonlight seeps in between the two houses. I watch as my prey walks up to her house. “Hold it,” I announce, coming out from my hiding spot. She turns, and I see the same blue and green eyes as mine staring back at me. “Kathrine.” “Katrina.” “At last. We can confront each other.” “Indeed.” “In that case, ready yourself!” “Wait! I suggest we go onto the roof first.” “Why?” “So we don't hit any innocent people. And so neither one can just run and hide.” “You always were a softie. Fine. As you wish.” We climb up onto the roof and stand back to back. Both of us count to three, taking a step at each count. On three, we spin around, but rather than shooting, I focus everything on dodging her attack. Now the two of us stand face to face, guns pointing at each other's hearts. “Why don't you shoot, Kathrine?” I stay silent. I recall the words that Blake spoke the night before. “I suppose I would want revenge.... But that doesn't make it right.” I don't have to kill her. I can just let the police handle her. It doesn't have to be my problem anymore. How long have I thought this way? How long have I been chained down by my own hatred? If I back down now, will I be forgiven for killing my father? I can't even remember killing my father. I can only remember the emotion I had at the time. At that time... was it fear or hatred I was feeling? Was I shooting in self-defense? Or was I shooting to kill? Am I a murderer? I begin to lower my gun. Do I really want to kill my only family in cold blood? Will lowering my gun, give me freedom? “Pathetic,” Katrina says. I see the glimmer of hatred in her eye, I hear the shot of the gun in her hand, I feel the pain course through my chest and I think to myself that now, at last, is the end. “Sister. Forgive me.”

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Chapter 14 - The Truth

“Walter, why did I always go by my middle name, instead of my first name?” “Because you wanted to be different from your sister.” “My sister, huh?” I gripped the bar that I was practicing gymnastics on tight and swung myself up, balancing perfectly on my hands. “I remembered. I remembered something about her.” “Did you? What did you remember?” “I remembered that she killed someone.” “Who did she kill?” “I can't-” “Kathrine. Remember. Who did she kill?” There was a flash of light and a bright little boy's face appeared. Next moment I was on the ground, pains running all throughout my body.

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Chapter 13 - Ally Kat Unmasked

350 push-ups, shooting practice, knife-throwing practice, the obstacle course, fencing, archery, speed, martial arts, building my body up for poisons, and experimenting with explosives and other weapons. This is what filled every single day in my life with Walter. Not to mention that I also had to study and recite, not only regular school things, but also all the different ways to kill someone, how to hurt someone without killing them and how to avoid getting killed or hurt. Each day I was given a situation and I was to figure out how to get out of it without killing anyone as well as with killing someone. The things I excelled in the most were the martial arts and speed. I was highly motivated by speed because I knew my opponent was very fast. Who's my opponent, you ask? Let's just say, she's someone who haunts my dreams.

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Chapter 12 - A Visitor

I must have been insane to trust Walter as much as I did. He had me, who had never flown or even seen someone fly before, do the first flight test in the airship by myself. I can still hear his words in my ears. “It's supposed to be able to be flown by even a two year old, as long as you know the password. If you crash and die, I'll know I did it all wrong.” Ah, what fond memories I have of him. I did the test flight perfectly fine however, and driving the thing was like second nature. I asked him what the difference was between this one and the others at the organization. He said the others had propellers that could easily be demolished. Whereas this one had none and flew even smoother. I remember he was so proud of it.

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Chapter 11 - The Spell-caster

“I've got a surprise for you, Ally. Close your eyes,” Walter said. I did so and he led me through the house to the back. “Alright, now open them.” When I did, I saw the most gorgeous airship of them all. “Isn't she a beaut?” I couldn't even speak. I simply walked up to it and ran my hands over it's smooth finish. “The best part is that it's fully automated as well as fully manual. Just flip this hidden switch here to change from one to the other.” “Uh, Walter?” “Yes, Ally?” “Shouldn't the switch be on the inside?” “....”

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Chapter 10 - A Flying Mishap

I gazed at the young man before me. “And just who are you, little girl?” I smiled. I hated it when people called me a little girl. “Ally Kat. I suggest you remember it. You might get yourself in trouble someday and want to call me.” “You're a cheeky little thing, aren't you? What are you doing here?” “Stealing information. Why don't you take a look at it?” “I think I will at that.” The man took the hard-drive I offered him and led me down the hall to another office. He turned on a computer in there and slipped the hard-drive in. The more he glanced through the file, the more horror-stricken he became. “You... just what were you planning on doing with this information? Who are you really?” “I told you, I'm Ally Kat. I'm hoping to take down the organization with this information. Would you care to help?” “How?” “I need someone on the inside. Someone who can slip me information about certain people and criminals. Can you do that for me?” The man just gazed at me for a little while, then said, “I will do everything I can.”

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