In the Shadow of the famous "Leaopard's Shadow"-part two

Tori let out an amazed breath.
"Oh my fucking god, juan! I don't know how you did this but I can't believe it! Do you know what this could do for me? For my future career?? Of course you do! I mean, how? There are so few who have ever been trained by him! Like, two people. And I get to be the third? Juan!" She slapped him heartily on the back.
"dis, girl, it what you deserv. You worka to hard not toa git sompthin likea dis, " Juan smiled back.
She sat down and looked at the piece of paper again. She read it through four times before she sighed and smiled again.
"I still can't believe this. Juan, you're the best," She said, after a while.
He smiled in a knowing way as he turned the boat.
"We almosa be dere. You ready, rascal?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm ready to kick some ass!" She said, standing.
She pulled of her outer clothes to expose her body suit. She stuffed the t shirt and pants into her backpack and withdrew a face mask and a smaller backpack of equipment. She shoved the bigger pack into the spare compartment on the boat and slipped the mask over her face. She reached down to make sure her shoes were on tightly, the laces secure and then pulled the pack onto her back.
"Easy breasy," she thought.
This, by far, was not the hardest job she was to perform.
She fealt the pack's weight on her back and shouldered it out. Then she came next to Juan and sat down on the edge of the passenger seat.
"Juan, I wanted to-" She began, but he cut her off.
"Hold on, girl!" He said as he swerved drastically to the right. She hadn't seen the reason till she looked over her shoulder to see a boat that had come out of no where. It was starting to accelerate behind them.
"What the hell?" she yelled over the loud sound of the engine. She looked over at Juan to see his face anxious.
"Not now. Whad do dey tink dey are doing?" She heard him mutter.
She looked back again. She couldn't see them clearly and began to take her face mask off.
"No!" Juan said, catching her off guard so that she jumped in her seat a little, "Leave your mask on! We don know what dey want, ok?"
Tori nodded, surprised by the edge on Juan's voice. He was usually a very calm man and this sudden outburst had been unlike him. But her train of thought was jarred as he made a quick turn to the left. He looked back quickly to see that the boat behind them had done the same.
"Damn! Dey are followeeng us!" He said, his gaze concentrating on the water ahead of him.
"Who are they?" She asked, but Juan did not answer.
"Juan! Juan, who are they?" She asked, louder.
"Don aska questions now!" He yelled back.
Stubbornly, she looked ahead and crossed her arms.
The rode the waves for a little while longer until she could no longer bite her tongue.
"Juan, are we still on course? Are we gonna make it there?" She said.
He was silent for a few minutes.
"Now listen closely, Tori, okay?" he said. It was odd for him to address her with her name and immidiately, she knew that he was being serious.
"Okay," she said quietly, sensing something bad was about to happen.
"Here's what we gonna do. See dat bend in de wader up dere? I'ma gonna turn and you gonna hop out into de water and swim under dere until you get to de dock, okay? You not gonna come up till you under de dock, okay? I don want them to know that you was here, okay?" he said, looking straight forward.
"What do you mean? Who are they?" She asked.
"Do you understand the plan?" He yelled at her.
Shocked, she didn't answer for a moment.
"Yes, " she said.
"And no matter wha' you see and hear, you are not to come out froma under dat dock, you understand? Don never come out no matter what, okay?" He said, his tone softer.
"Juan-" She began.
"Promise me, okay?" He said, cutting her off, "Promise."
"Okay, I promise," She said, reluctantly.
"Lil rascal, if anting happen..." he began, his normal, calm voice returning, "Jus know, lil one, you da best I ever worked with and you gonna do great tings."
Tori was suddenly frantic.
"What did he mean by 'if anything happens'?" She thought.
She stared at him.
"Juan, wait, Juan-"
But it was too late. They had made the turn, temporarily our of sight by the other boat.
"Go! Get out!" Juan said, shoving at her as the boat slowly came to a stop. She didn't hesitate and took a big gulp of air before diving into the icy cold water.
Before jumping, she had caught a glimpse of the dock. It was a decent way away and immidiately, she began stretching out her arms and slapping against the surging water around her. She had done this a million times back in training. She remembered the little races that she and the boys had had, unbenounced to the trainers. Short, quick glances between she and a boy to her right and they both knew that it was a race. She would feel the competition surge as the instructor would yell, "Go!" and feel herself slip soundlessly into the water, as they had been taught. Only once had she risen from the water after anyone, and that was when the boy had cheated and taken a push of the wall behind them, as they had been told not to do.
Once again, she fealt the same urges as if she were back in the training water room, faces of determination on the boys around her while her face light with the confidence that she deserved. She pretended that she was back there. Pretended that there were many other swimmers around her. Pretended that it was just training, not the real thing.
Soon, her arm brushed a piece of wood and she fealt the sand rise to her chest. She silently broke the surface and took deep controlled breaths so that she would make no sound. After a second of regaining her breath, she started to move to where the water met the sand and the dock when she heard raised voices from behind.
She quickly turned and searched the waters till she caught a glimpse of Juan's boat, the trailing boat right next to it. She pulled off her mask to see Juan, standing on his boat, his arms in the air. There were two, no three men in the other boat. On was brandishing something that Tori knew must be a gun. Quickly, she moved her hand to a side pocket on her backpack and unzipped a pair of binoculars. She put them up to her eyes and waited for them to focus.
Soon, she could see Juan clearly, his jaw seemed unhinged as he let out a trail of spanish words. Tori moved the lenses to focus on the other men. They were all very dark skinned and Tori assumed that they must be Mexican like Juan. The man with the gun was very tall with dark hair whil the other two were much shorter with lighter brown hair. Juan stopped speaking as the man with the gun motioned for Juan to get into their boat. Tori watched, nervously. She had no idea where they were and she would have to swim back out to the boat and follow them to see if she could help Juan.
But then, she heard two shots fire and looked to see Juan fall limply into the back of their boat. The three men laughed, gunned the engine and went zooming off across the placid water.
"Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!" she thought as she lowered the binoculars.

In the Shadow of the famous "Leaopard's Shadow"

Tori clenched her fists again. She glanced at the clock:

11:52

If they didn't go to sleep soon, she would be too late.
"Jesus! Tom is gonna kill me if I don't get this job finished tonight! How late are they planning on staying up!" she thought into her pillow. Voices drifted from downstairs.
"Oh great. Now their fighting," she thought again, rolling her eyes.
She fealt uncomfortable, lying on the bed in complete darkness fully dressed. The slick, smooth body suit under her "Hell, Look Out" T-shirt and jeans was very flexible and good for excess movement but not what you'd call "sleepwear". And neither did she intend to sleep. She had a schedule tonight, if only her parents would go to bed and leave her to it.
With the slam of a door, she surmised that her mother must have left the house again.
"Shit! Dad is going to be so angry and will be pacing all night! Damn it! I have to finish this thing or I'm in deep. Better just risk it..." she thought as she slid off the bed and silently gripped her backpack.
Unlatching the window, she formed her pillows underneath her covers to appear as if she was sleeping. When she pulled open the window, a gust of autumn air came rushing at her. She smoothed back her long, black hair into a tight and secure ponytail. She would not have time in the future to deal with loose strands and she needed it out of her way.
Carefully, she edged out the window to the ledge and slid the window mostly shut leaving just enough open that she could get back in.
"Don't you dare look down!" She thought as she took a quick glance that way.
"Damn!"
She was on the third floor of the house and would not be able to jump. The ground loomed closer and further as though it were going in and out of vision for her. She closed her eyes and shook her head. She would not concentrate on falling. Like many times before, she leaned over the ledge, steadying herself, and grasped the edge of the tree branch. It held, as usual. From there, it was easy. She was very flexible, strong, and nimble. Soon, she was smoothly falling to the ground where she landed silently. She looked around briefly and then took off on a quick run headed east.
"If Juan left without me then it's his own damn fault that I don't finish this thing," she muttered moodily.
The city streets were full of roudy people. However, she was seen by no one. She had a way with slipping around so that she melted into her surroundings. Years of training had giving her this as well as a wide range of abilities that she used for her job. She smiled.
"What would they say if my parents found out about the second life of their sixteen year old daughter!"
Soon she had reached the bay and she sighed with relief as she saw the little boat still docked.
"Where haff you bin? I bin waitin since 'leven a clock!" Juan hissed as she came running down the boarding dock to the craft.
"Just shut up and do what you're best at, old man,"she said smiling.
For a minute he held a stern look on his face. But then, a similar smile spread across his face.
"Get in da boat, you lil rascal," he said, adressing her with his favorite term of endearment. Tori had known Juan since she had first started her job. Training is extremely hard, especially for girls, and Juan had always been nice to her, helping her where he could. He had been in the business for a long time and now in his older years, he took much smaller roles in the jobs.
Tori hopped in.
"Righ' ofer der you'll find orders frum Tom. 'E's got sum new angles tha' he wants you to persue. 'Righ' up your alley,' I says to 'im, 'anythin that's tougher than tough is for Tori!'" Said Juan, grinning and pointing to a table with a fat envelope.
"Great! What have you got me into NOW?" Tori sighed. Juan was always pushing her to do better. She knew it was somewhere inside of her, she just didn't know how to get it out.
She sat down on the small cushioned sofa in the back of the boat and picked up the envelope as the engines roared. After a second or so, her jaw fell open.
"Juan...how did you...?" She was completely lost for words.
"Do you like it, lil rascal? Is dis good tings?" He said, grinning ear to ear.
"Juan...Jesus, Juan! How the hell did you get him to agree?" She said, her hands trembling with excitement.
"Now dat depends on you tonigh'. What you gotta do is dis. You gotta do de job real good. Stealthy like. 'E be watchin. If 'e likes what 'e sees, you to train wi' him. You got dis?" Juan said on a more serious note.
"Yes. How the hell will he be watching though?" She asked.
"De Leopard's Shadow? 'E be always watchin, girl."

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Thanks for the encouragement, but I'm not going to post it. It's not a cool story or a personal experience (thank heaven) but a piece of writing that scares me and that I hope none of you ever have happen to you.
I'll write another story but I'm not going to post it. I just can't bear to put it on here...


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What do you think?

I just wrote a really long post. I'd read Rochwen's latest post (awesome and very steamy hot with good kisses!) and fealt inspired to write. I got back here and started thinking about something to play on the page. My hands just sort of started moving and before I knew it, I had created a really harsh, sad, depressing, disgusting, agrivating, scary short story. But even though it was all these things, it was painful reality and I want to continue with the story. The only thing is, it's really shocking and scary and I don't know whether or not I should post it here. I am almost too afraid to post it because it is happening and it's scary and some people's lives are scarred from it. But it just seemed to flow out of my hands. Lately I've been thinking a lot about this topic and how much it makes me angry that people would. But let me know if you think I should post it because I don't want to scare of freak you guys out, okay?
p.s. No, this doesn't have anything to do with Rochwen's post. Rochwen's post was truly fun to read. This is out of no where.

I'm back, babes!

Hey girls!!!
I'm back!!!!!!!!!! I missed you guys so much and I wanted to post here that that thing was fun (wink wink)!!! I'm glad a lot of you read tie post and yes, a little less hostility but you know, some of us are going through a lot of stuff right now that the littleist pin-prick of annoyance or anything could set off a hostile reaction. What am I saying? ALL of us are! haha, Anyway. Maybe not all of us but I certaintly do understand and are patient with those of us who are. Thank you Carritts and Gray Bean for sending me your schedule and I do hope that you other members will be able to send me some stuff to so we can get together and arrange some stuff.
By the way, SK is back. Welcome back SK. Where have you been? We've been missing you!
I can't wait to see you all for our meeting which I will arange as soon as I get all the information (as long as everyone's still cool with that) and I look forward to hearing from you!

I missed you guys!
Oh, and "Hi Ruthie!" I appriciate your comment on my blog!
Yes, Carritts, that last post is an ongoing story but if you think that this is the second, you have missed one. This is the third! Keep updated, girl!!

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