CHAPTER 3

Jensen was walking without direction with his hands in his pockets. His eyes were following the ground. He didn’t realize that he had entered the park and walked to a hidden lake. On his face emerged a sad smile. His favorite place where he was ran from his problems. How many times when he had gotten in a fight with his parents he had come here to find peace. His parents… what bullshit. He didn’t have parents…His life was one big huge lie.

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-         Maybe I will… - said Jared dismissively, watching the darkness become thicker and thicker.

-         Come on, let’s eat and take care of that wound… - the woman jumped down and he followed a bit slowly. He had completely forgotten about everything.

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                  Jensen sat on the ground leaning his back on an old tree. Watching how the sunlight disappeared in the lake’s water. It was peaceful and silent. It was the only real thing in his life. He closed his eyes.

-         Who am I? – he whispered to no one and only the gentle spring wind could hear his words and touch his face with its invisible hand.

Everything which happened today confused him. He loved the spring and the walks on the beach but now…Now he couldn’t feel the smell of the spring flowers, he couldn’t see the beauty of the lake. All that he could see was the darkness in his empty soul and one big lie…His own life.

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Jared got his arm bandaged, he didn’t need to go into recovery for just that wound anyway. He sat down with the others to have dinner in the start but soon excused himself and went up into his room lying down on the bed with eyes open wide and hands beneath his head. Man, this was a mess…

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      Jensen didn’t want to go to his apartment or even to the house of the people who had been lying to him for the last 30 years. Even if the killers caught him now, he was going to die on the only real place in his life. And what did he have to live for, his life was a lie? For a job he hated? He doesn’t even have anyone who loves him. That bitch his ex was cheating on him…with his best female friend…Normally every single man would be happy to see lesbians but not him. He was OK with homosexuals but he was in love and her cheating crushed him. Well, six months had passed since then, he got over it but now was alone against the world.

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Jared rolled on his side, watching the moonlight glint off the smooth surface of his guns which were hanging beside the bed, close at hand. He closed his eyes trying to get some sleep but already knowing he would fail miserably.

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Jensen didn’t realize when he had fallen asleep next to the tree. All those events from this long day took away all his energy. The news, the killers, the strangers…This was too much for his ordinary life and smashed him like a bug on the wall.

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Jared was finally lulled to sleep by the sounds of the factory below. Even though he was still on edge, here he felt at home and in peace. He just wished Jensen hadn’t thrown their help away so easily.

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Morning came cold and lonely. Jensen opened his eyes and smiled with irony. He stood up slowly and walked through the empty park. Where were the killers now when he had lost his will to do anything? He gave up. He didn’t want to fight, his life was useless.

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Jared went out early, the sun had barely risen. He was feeling frustrated and couldn’t find his place anywhere. He took one of the cars and drove back towards town trying to figure out if anything bad had happened to Jensen already.

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He was so closed up inside of his own empty soul that he didn’t notice the man in front of him. Jensen saw him when he bumped into him with his own body.

-         I’m sorry… - he tried to say when a barrel was pressed against his forehead. – Oh! I guess you are one of the killers…Just go on and do your job…I’m tired of all this shit.

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Jared was just passing the park with the lake when he heard a gun being cocked. He couldn’t be mistaken, gunshots were an enormous part of his life after all. He rushed quietly in that direction and wasn’t surprised to see a killer with a gun to Jensen’s forehead. He jumped into the other guy and knocked him to the ground. They wrestled with each other.

-         Stop it! Just let him do his job! – Jensen shouted to the man who was trying to save him. – You are such a pain in the ass… Falcon, listen to me!

Jensen was trying desperately to stop this mess. Both men around him were hitting each other again and again. It seemed that the killer had some abilities too. Ackles wasn’t sure that the other man could hear him but he had to try it.

-         You don’t need to protect me! I made my choice! And I don’t have for what to live god damn…

-         Oh you have so MUCH to live for! You know why your parents were killed? – Jared was kicked in the ribs and staggered a step but regained his balance. - The bad guys wanted to know where you were. John and Lucy refused to tell them. – His fist connected with the man’s chin with a loud smack. -  They were tortured and killed but didn’t give you up to them. So now you’re just going to lie down and die?! You are supposed to be the strongest of us, so think about that! – Jared ducked, missing a punch and kneed the other one in the stomach, then the face. His opponent crumpled to the ground.  The assassin made a face and spat out blood, pulling out his gun and shooting the man in the head without hesitation.

Jensen froze in place. OK that Falcon was giving him too much info for such a short time. His brain couldn’t assimilate everything the man was saying and now the gunshot. On Jensen’s face spattered drops of blood and brain. He closed his eyes fighting with his stomach not to throw up.

Suddenly an Asian man with two short swords emerged from nowhere. He howled and advanced on Jared. The tall man whirled in the direction of the piercing sound. His eyes widened but he wasn’t fast enough. The kung-fu guy kicked him in the chest viciously and sent him flying into the water. There was a loud splash. Then the killer turned to Jensen and started walking towards him.

Now Jensen realized that his thoughts about his own death were just because he was confused, he actually wanted to live and to find his own path. He didn’t realize how time almost stopped moving around him. Everything was in slow motion, even the moves of the killer. He jumped or at least he thought that he did because the next thing he saw was the back of the other man. How the hell did he switch positions?!

-         What the… - mumbled Jensen.

The water in the lake flew upward in a wave, droplets raining through the air. Jared showed himself, soaked to the bone and looking very pissed off.

-         Now you’re in trouble, you Chinese piece of shit. – He sputtered water out of his mouth, his wet hair was long and was falling into his eyes. He pulled out both his guns and opened fire at his opponent. The other started waving the swords in the air, blocking the path of every bullet. Jared cocked his head to the side, his gaze darkening to a deep chocolate brown. He put one pistol away and a small knife emerged in his hand. While his opponent was busy, he threw it and the blade pierced the man’s throat. He uttered a gurgling sound and dropped to the ground dead.

-         WOW! – It was the only thing which Jensen could make that was close to sound at this moment. That man actually blocked every single bullet. How the hell that was possible. Wrong! THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE!

-         Nothing’s impossible. – Jared splashed out of the water, his clothes dripping, so were his guns. He put them away. He shook his head like a dog and sighed heavily. – So much for the hair… So I take you’ve changed your mind because you kind of jumped over the blade bastard?

-         I…I didn’t want to…It just happened… - Jensen mumbled under his breath – How did this happen?!?! What am I? Who am I?

-         You are Jensen Ackles. What you are is entirely up to you. – Jared shrugged his shoulders. – So you coming with me or what? I have a house a few miles up the coast.

-         Well…I guess…I’ll come…But can we go to my apartment for some clothes or anything…It seems that I’m stuck with you…You won’t give up as I can see.

-         Yeah. I have the reputation of being stubborn and stupid… - said Jared and started walking back towards the car, his shoes making squishing noises.

-         Hey chicken… - Jens smiled a little, his first smile since yesterday. – From where does that “Falcon” thing come from and do you have a real name?

-         I have a tattoo that looks like wings. I had it made when I first came here. And I can jump very well. The others joked that I could fly. At some point I was Falcon… My name’s Jared. – Jared had no idea why he was telling him this, but it slipped out on its own.

-         Nice name. – Jensen mumbled. – So why are you doing this…I mean after I left your base I guess I was no longer your job…Why did you come back to save me?

-         I was like you, you know. I had no one and then they dragged me here. I ran away and then I realized I could become so much more. And as I said, you are supposed to be the strongest of all the assassins because both your parents have the special blood.

-         I can’t be this Jared. – Jensen voice was deep and a little bit hollow. – I’ve never hurt anyone…never…And I can’t take a human life…

-         So you won’t avenge your parents’ lives? – Falcon looked at him surprised. – Well, it’s your choice but I can at least teach you how to defend yourself. These guys can be a pain in the ass as you can see...

-         I didn’t know my parents…I don’t know what they fought for…And they…they are killers? That’s makes me sad…The people who raised me taught me not to hurt other people. I don’t know…Maybe if I knew something more about my real parents…

-         We are not killers. We eliminate those who put innocents in danger – terrorists, drug dealers, weapons traders… And we are at war. We fight those like us who have gone rogue and are spinning out of control. Sometimes the lines blend between the bad and evil for them.

-         OK…you are killing weapons traders…so where the hell are your weapons coming from? And how do you move so fast? How did I jump over that man? This is impossible, humans can’t do this!

-         It is connected with our blood flow. We are human. But we can accelerate out heartbeat to 400 in parts of the second. Then it is as if everything slows down... But instead we are moving very fast. It is biology… - Jared winced and rubbed his chest where he was sure a black bruise would form.

-         I sucked at biology in school… - Jensen smiled again. - So what about your personal life? Do killers have girlfriends?

-         From time to time and nothing long-term. We lead dangerous lives, regular people die too easily. But I’m bisexual, so there’s a lot of fish in the sea. – Jared laughed a little and slipped behind the wheel.

-         You are what?! – Jensen chocked and didn’t try to enter in the car, just stayed outside unsure that he should get any kind of ride with that freak.

-         Don’t worry, I’m not going to jump your ass. – Jared held up his hands.

-         Hope so… - Jensen mumbled before sitting in the car and pulling away as far as he could from Jared.

-         Whatever… - Jared’s face clouded over a bit, now he was some kind of a freak for him. That was very ungrateful. He couldn’t understand why Jensen’s behavior wounded him, oh well… The car started towards the town again.

-         I… - Jens moved uncomfortable in the seat. – Look I have to apologize to you about this…Uhm…I’ve never met someone before who you know…that sex thing…It’s not that I’m not grateful about you saving me a bunch of times but…Well… - He started to sweat a little and nervously licked his lips. – How should he say it…

-         Forget it. It’s not like I’m not used to people looking at me like this… - said Jared dismissively. – Doesn’t matter. – suck it up, Padalecki, it’s not like he would want to get to know you. He’ll leave eventually, like everyone else. He put on his shades and looked straight ahead at the road. 

Chapter 4 coming soon...