"Come on Alex, let's go," my sister called.

I followed her eagerly, my little seven year old legs were struggling to match her thirteen year old stride. She was my best friend, my solid rock. She trained with me and helped me get better. She was so happy all the time, I thought she loved everything.

I ran up behind her as she was sitting on the edge of the bridge. I poked her and she pulled me up to sit on the railing beside her. She wasn't smiling, she almost looked sad. I went to try to make her feel better but even then she wasn't smiling.

"This isn't what I want Lexxy," she spoke softly.

"What do you mean Lil," I asked just as soft.

"I don't want to fight, I don't believe this is right. I want to run away."

"Lily, you can't. I need you, what am I supposed to do when you leave. Mom and Dad aren't home often and you take care of me. I need you. Don't go away, you'll leave and never come back."

"I know Alex, I just want to be happy. I don't want to leave you but I won't take you with me, it's too dangerous."

"Then stay, here with me and Mom and Dad."

"I can't Alex."

"Just promise me you won't do anything stupid."

"I promise."

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I was sitting in a briefing room listening to what my first mission was going to be. I still remember that conversation I had with Lily from three years ago. She was sixteen now and a lot less happy. Her hazel eyes had lost the shine they used to have. Her blonde hair seemed darker, almost sadder as if it understood her emotion. She had gone out yesterday and never came back, I couldn't help but worry. She was okay, right?

"Alexander, your mission for today is to capture and kill a runaway agent," my father told me.

"For my first mission," I questioned.

"We need to see how dedicated you are to this. We can say forget and eliminate you too."

"I'll do it."

He sat at the table across from me. He mentioned that in the dark of the night the agent had escaped and was currently running, a rebel to this place. She had valuable information, valuable secrets. She was a runaway, a goner.

I took my mask off the table, pulling it over my face. I climbed into a helicopter which would bring me to her relative location, we all had trackers put in us as infants. I stood up, strapping a parachute to my back. Who was I going to find, who was I going to kill? As I looked over the edge of the helicopter I noticed the pilot giving me a thumbs up.

I leaped from the plane, falling with incredible speed already. I opened the parachute to slow my fall some. Once I saw the ground get close I took a knife from my shoe and cut the strings which allowed me to fall from the sky. I rolled to soften my fall and took out my tracker. A dot gleamed, letting me know she was ahead.

I walked in the direction and saw a campfire carefully hidden. There's where I saw the girl, wrapped up by the fire, desperate to keep warm. There was no way she was aware of my presence, I'd been completely silent. I dropped to the ground behind a tree, wanting to hear if she was saying anything.

"Come out Alex, I know you're there," the girl said.

"Lily," I questioned, standing up.

"I knew they would send you, just do it."

She stood in front of me with torn up clothing and tangled hair. She looked like a shell of the thirteen year old she had been only three years ago. Three years is a long time though, so much had happened. Was I, at ten, ready to take a life? The life of my sister? My best friend?

I took out the pistol from the holster, raising it to the surrendering girl. Tears were falling from my eyes as I cocked the gun. I had been training for this but was I really prepared? I fired the weapon and watched her fall to the ground. I was now an agent but, was that really enough for me?

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I shot awake, tears falling from my eyes. I couldn't be crying, I didn't cry, crying showed weakness and I wasn't weak. I was an emotionless machine. I sat up and saw what looked like Lily sitting on the edge of the makeshift bed. She still looked sixteen but a lot more happy then she had been. She was beautiful, her hazel eyes, though dead, were full of life. Her long blonde hair was straightened like it always was and cascaded down her back.

"I promise," I heard her whisper.

She was completely gone, had that been a dream as well? Why had they sent me? There was so many questions I now wanted the answer to. This had been nine years ago, why did it still hurt like it was yesterday.

I felt tears fall down my cheeks and there was no stopping it now. I was sobbing, my breath shortening. Jack woke up and carefully hugged me, bringing me closer to him. He'd never really seen me show any emotion. I wrapped my arms around his torso and cried like I'd never cried before.

She had broken her promise. She was so depressed, so lost, so broken that she wanted to be by herself. She was never going to go back to society once she left, anyone could tell that. Had she really been a threat to security or to them? My parents knew we would never tell anyone.

"Lex, what is it, you never cry," Jack asked.

"Just a really bad dream," I muttered.

"What about?"

"My sister."

"You have a sister?"

"Had. She was an agent and ran away. I was sent after her with one order. I have never forgiven myself."

"You can't blame yourself."

"There's no one else to blame, I have a tracker in my arm Jack, they're after us already. We're sitting ducks no matter what we do. I lead my other best friend to his death now, what am I so horrible."

I saw Jack shimmy down the tree with ease. His lanky body made quick work of the descend. I heard him rummaging around in a bag before I felt the tree shake again, signalling that he was climbing back up. He sat in front of me with bandages and a knife.

"I said I trust you, now you need to trust me. Where is it," he asked.

I pointed to it's location in my bicep. I stretched it out and tried to keep it as relaxed as possible. I felt the knife dig into my arm, it hurt but it wasn't unbearable. He pulled the tracker out with a gloved hand and made quick work of bandaging my arm back up. He threw the electronic into the current and it quickly moved away. I was free.

"Promise me you won't do anything stupid Alex," he whispered to me.

"I promise."

Notes

So, I got back in town like an hour ago and I have been dying to write an update for this. I know it's sad but it gives more of an insight on the mysterious narrator. It was a fun trip but it was really sad to leave because all the kids we visited just kept telling us they were going to miss us a lot. It was really emotional but it's good to be home at the same time.

Leave a comment and rate if you enjoy :)

- Jess