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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Chapter 9 - A New Suspect

I hurried to my destination. There were more guards than usual, but that made no difference to me. I slipped past them unnoticed, same as the shadows of any alley cat. I ran through the building. There was no need to avoid security cameras, as the power was out. Soon, I came to the room where they kept the computers. I needed to get more information on the head. I easily hacked through the pass-codes and downloaded the file I wanted onto a hard-drive. I spun around in the chair and came face to face with a man with curly blonde hair and a boyish face. He had a knowing smile on. “Going somewhere?”

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Chapter 8 - A Bird in a Kat's Trap

A light breeze blew against my face. The cool air felt refreshing on that hot, sticky night. But that heat was very convenient for me. There had been a blackout. No electricity could be accessed in any building. My target that night was the organization itself. This was about a year after I became Ally Kat. I rarely ever had a chance to get into the organization. They always kept it tight shut. Besides, the head of theirs was a genius who knew how to keep even me out. Their one mistake was that they relied on electricity too much. Tonight was going to be a cinch getting in and out of there.

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Chapter 7 - Meeting Ally Kat

I believe it was at this point that Walter decided that I needed a codename. I couldn't use my real name, nor could I use the name of my disguise, which is what everyone else knew me as. I needed to make another name for myself that everyone would fear, as my codename would be associated with criminals. I overheard some people talking about how much they hated cats. I had always thought they were just cute and cuddly. But then as I watched one run down an ally, I realized they were more than that. Their cuteness was just a cover. When they went out at night, that was who they really were. They were hunters. And so was I. Who am I? I am Ally Kat.

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Chapter 6 - A Traitor Among Us

We entered Walter's secret hideout. The place was underground, beneath his actual apartment. The whole thing was rigged with sensors and pass-codes. But not only that, he also set many booby-traps in case the electronics failed him. Here we opened the bag I had gotten. It was filled with papers from the organization. They were extremely valuable, and told of all of the organization's inner workings, including what only the upper branch knew. I was the only one who had been able to get in there and out again without someone finding me. This was why Walter hadn't gotten them before. Only I could help Walter bring down the organization.

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Chapter 5 - Jack's Fact

The people chased me through the streets, but I turned, slipped my gun out of it's holster, and shot them all down. I made sure not to kill them. Only wound them. More people were chasing me in cars. I jumped up onto a brick wall and from there to the roof of a house. I ran across the tops of the houses in this way, making sure not to miss my footing. The people from the organization didn't let up. So I slipped down into an alley and let them pass me, then I ran to the street on the other side and hurried through the woods where I was greeted by Walter. I handed him the bag and he escorted me to his car where I changed out of my regular clothes and into my disguise.

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Chapter 4 - The Mistake

I quickly scrambled up the side of the wall, and balanced on top, clutching the small bag in my hands. I had to do this fast if I wasn't to let anybody see me. That was two weeks after I came to, if I remember correctly. Walter had asked me to do this. I hadn't known the reason at the time, but now, I know why. That's why I'm here now as well. I had trained for two weeks to test my abilities. When Walter found I still had everything intact other than my memories, he assigned a mission to me. That mission? To take down the organization.

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Chapter 3 - Too Much, Pepper

I gazed at the man before me. He held me firmly by the shoulders. “Katherine,” he said. “You... know my name?” I asked. “You don't remember?” “Who are you?” “So, you don't remember.” “I know I knew you. I know I can trust you. But I don't know why. I know I know what happened. I know I do things and sense things because of what happened. But I do not know the actual events that happened. I know... I killed someone. This blood... it's not all mine.” “Yes. You killed a man. Katherine. Do you trust me enough to live with me and do as I tell you?” “I will trust you. But that will not keep me from acting by my own judgement when the time comes.”

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Chapter 2 - Ally Kat

The day it all began. I can't possibly forget it. But I can't possibly reach it either. That day. What happened that day? What's the earliest memory I have? Ah. The day I came here. That's when I finally came out of my insanity. That day I awoke to myself with blood on my hands and face. I carried a gun in my hand. I looked around. I was standing in front of a bar. I almost went in, but a hand grabbed me from behind. Startled, I looked up. That man. I knew him. But I can't possibly say why. Who was he?

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Chapter 1 - Blake's Best Friend

I perched on top of the roof, looking down among the people, searching for my prey. The moon stood full before me as I lept down into the alley below. Taking out my favorite revolver, I crouched behind a trashcan, waiting eagerly for my prey. Perhaps the time had finally come for me to take action. After all these years. Or was it just days? When had it all begun?

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