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[Timmy]

A man from the shadows

The shadow from the horisont have been covering one of most beautiful islands on Kyushu with a dark shadow. With every moment it have been becoming darker and darker as the less light from two suns were reaching this part of the planet. Night was closing, but Timothy wasn't moving away from his place. Since he appeared on the planet before the time he decided to wander around, what brought him on this small hill with clean view on the sky. Lying here, on the grass, he was looking up in the sky, observing the starts that started to appear. And it was worth of looking at. The unusual for him, light sky in a night time. He remembered his sister mentioning her habit of looking on the stars. That made him smile lightly underneath his mask, but in a second he frowned as his thoughts reminded him about the family that betrayed him. And the more he thought about it, the more this mission seemed ironical to him. Being involved in other families affairs... Twise... But after all, it was the way he choose to follow. There was no other way.

The PDA made a short ring. Timothy lasily pulled it out of the pocked on his coat, taking a look on the message. It was time to move on position as his targets were away. With a thoughtful grunt he got up from the ground and headed to one separated house in the vilage nearby. Before he reached it, he turned to the road that have been linking that house with other houses and slowly went down to them. By this time it became completely dark and the shadow from his hood covered the mask completely, turning him into a faceless stranger.

While relieving himself from the doubts he noticed two people comming his way. A young couple that was obviously heading to the house behind. With a night vision devise inside his mask Timothy managed to recognise his targets. Both were talking and laughing what made Tim feel some emptiness on his heart. But that lasted for an instant, as that feeling replaced with aversion to it. Without changing his tempo he kept walking towards the couple. A man seem to notice him and his expression immediately became rather careful. Timothy's heart beating have fasten, as the time to act was approaching. And from that very moment the success or failure of his mission will be seen. With another step the two men caught up with each other that mad droped a side look at Timothy, but because of the darkness it was impossible to see anything with such quick gaze. Timothy noticed that, and made another step forward...

In an instant he turned, attempting to hit a male with his fist, but the one obviously have been expecting this already and dodged it well, immediately trying to counter it. Not being given any pause to think Timothy just jumped back, pulling out his pistol and aiming it in the leg of a man. Everything happen so quickly that a lady just managed to let a quiet scream.

"Run, Ayame." a man said, but in this moment Timothy triggered his gun. The sound from the shot turned into an echo and slowly have disappeared in a distance. A man fell on the ground. The one he called Ayame have rushed to him with a cry "O'Nii-san!"

She sat right next to him, trying to close his wound, but Timothy didn't give them a time.

"You two are going with me. No objections, no questions, or I will take that woman and just kill you." he said calmly, hiding his gun somewhere under his coat and nodding on a girl added "Help him to get up and go off the road. Now."

It took half a minute for the two to realise their hopeless situation. Helping her brother to get up a scared girl was avoiding looking on Timothy, while her brother was looking at him with clear hate mixed with the pain and despair...

Some people gathered on a sound of shooting, but all they found was some blood, leading off the road. Some immediately went by a trace, some went back in their houses to call a police, but Timothy was far from the place to bother. As he reached more safe zone he pulled out his PDA. After a short pause someone picked a call and Timothy said dryly:

"The job is done. But I had to damage him a bit."

The voice, scrambled by communicator, replied "Girl is not harmed I hope?"

"No." the reply followed in a same tone.

"Good. I am sending a ship to pick you." the voice said and ended a call.

Timothy hid the PDA back in the pocket and turned to his prisoners. They did not say anything, the joy they had before have disappeared from their faces. Both were barely walking and a man seemed to be more tired because of blood loss then Timothy expected. Making a wry smile under his mask he said:

"Put him down." and as the girl helped her brother to sit Timothy approached her and gave her a scarf, adding "Stop the further bleeding."

She obeyed quietly, carefully wraping the scarf around the wounded place, while a man worriedly and guiltly have been looking back at her. Timothy quietly examined them both for a while. Reading such emotions on their faces made him feel uneasy, but in the end he managed to convince himself that it is nothing but illusion both were making for each other. Turning away from these two he went a bit to the side, hearing out into darkness for any sounds, be that a chase or the ship they were waiting for...