Passage 1: A new day

"No boy, you'll take any mission I say. Even if it involves slaughtering children."

Johas smiled a wicked smile.

"It's all for the greater good."

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I fear the answers I seek, but to not know them, terrifies me even more.

Ronan walked out the door.

"the greater good... ...maybe in your mind..." he said under his breath.

he walked toward his horse.

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the gods favor my posts...

After Ronan walked out, Johas decided that he shouldn't leave him alone.

"Garn, here now."

Before him appeared a ghostly figure of a man.

"Happy to see you understood to stay nearby, but I've got a mission for you."

Garn lost his ability to speak long ago. He was at one time, the top Crusader, though most thought him killed by blue not.

<If only they knew the truth.>

Long ago, Garn came to Johas asking for immortality so his love could survive a disease she had. Johas gave it to her, but she became a emotionless half spirit. Garn was mad, but Johas promised to make so they could be together if he pledged eternal loyalty to the Church. Garn did, and was made into the same thing. Now he was even more dangerous, his metal throwing spikes could now go through walls while he stayed invisible, and still kill his opponent. Not to mention that his blessing that he is never without a weapon means that they will just return to him. He was the perfect assassin.

"I want you to follow Ronan, stay out of site, and the second you fear that he'll betray us, kill him. Understood."

Garn nooded, turned invisible, and went after his target.

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I fear the answers I seek, but to not know them, terrifies me even more.

Zeek was busy in his office writing a leave of absence. The note simpy stated that he was going to go on a retreat for about a month or two to his old hometown in Verona, Italy. He signed the message and asked one of his pages to deliver it for him. He then spent the next few minutes gathering up what supplies he might need. Eventually, he found himself looking at the bible he always kept on his desk his hand hovered ober it for a second before he got up and left the room.

He walked down the deserted halls. it was about 4:50 in the mornig right now. He eventually cam to the end of the passage and enetered intot the sermon room he had talked with Blue Note in the night before. He took a quick glance around before sitting on the alter and waitin for his guest.

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Run for your life
Cower in fear
No matter where you go
I will find you

Blue Note was waiting for the night time before going to the church, he'd just be caught if it was day time. So in the mean time, he started to cook himself some pancakes...

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Garn saw his target. He was twirling a spike in his fingers. He could taste the kill, the only thing that was real to him anymore.

After losing all of everything that makes a human a human, he could only feel when he killed. He'd watch the victim last gasps and movements, and vicariously feel death himself. It made him feel more human, and that was the best feeling in the world to him.

He watched his target carefully, hoping that he would screw up and betray the Church.

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It was night now, so Blue Note left for the church.

When he got there, the good father was already waiting.

"Got your bible with you father?"

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I fear the answers I seek, but to not know them, terrifies me even more.

Zeek was slightly startled, but he had after all been expecting Blue Note this time. In a a bit of a hushed voice he spoke. "I thought about it for a second and decided against brining it."

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Run for your life
Cower in fear
No matter where you go
I will find you

"You should father, religion is a good thing to have during hard times."

Blue Note moved closer to Zeek.

"I'm a catholic myself, just don't tell anyone."

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I fear the answers I seek, but to not know them, terrifies me even more.

Now Zeek was really taken back. "What……what!?" He stutterd "The leader of the rebels, a Catholic!?"

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Run for your life
Cower in fear
No matter where you go
I will find you

"I told you, I have no problem with the church, only the crusades. And I also read the Quran."

Blue Note walked up to the window.

"I'll wait for you to return, and please. Bring the good book with you father."

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I fear the answers I seek, but to not know them, terrifies me even more.

Zeek turned around and quickly sprinted towards his quarters. He just hoped he didn't run into ayone important or anyone he knew.

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Run for your life
Cower in fear
No matter where you go
I will find you