There Can Be Only One!

A figure dressed in black clothing was waiting on a rooftop, as footsteps could be heard in the distance.

"Yeah that's it fucker," said the figure on the rooftop. "Just come down the alley!" On the ground a man carrying a briefcase turned into the alley, a paranoid look on his face. The man walked to the centre of the alley, and stopped to catch his breath.

"Ha," said the man with the briefcase "I can't believe I got away with it!" He began patting the briefcase, not hearing the rope come down, and the figure climbing down it. The figure walked up behind the man and pulled out an object. The dim light shining on it, showed it to be a

combat knife. The last thing the man saw, was the blade being sliced across his throat. As the man fell to the ground in a puddle of his own blood, the figure picked up the briefcase and opened it.

"Looks like it's all here!" said the figure, as she took the briefcase and disappeared into the darkness.

***

"Just A Friend" by Biz Markie could be heard coming from the speakers of the Hummer as it entered Nagon. As the group drove through the city streets, they saw various campaign posters and billboards.

"Ah, just our fucking luck!" said James "We came in the middle of a damn election!"

"What's the big deal?" asked Laura

"Well," said James "We're gonna get stuck having to vote for someone now!"

"That's not going to be a problem James" said Gordon

"Why not?" asked James

"We're basically nomads, so it's not as if we're actually registered to vote!" said Gordon

"Oh yeah," said James "I forgot!"

"Alright, alright" said Jabo "enough political talk for now. Let's find a hotel first, then we can discuss the political aspects of Animal Farm and The fucking Wizard Of Oz!" The group kept driving until they found a hotel. As they were getting their rooms, Jabo picked up the newspaper.

it read:

MAN FOUND DEAD IN ALLEY - Early this morning police found the body of Edward Castle. His body was found in an alley with his throat slit, police are baffled. They are currently questioning the company he worked for, after reports that Castle may have embezzled millions from the

company.

"Jesus Christ!" said Jabo

***

"HELLO!" yelled out a man, as he walked through a cemetery holding a briefcase. "Are you here?"

"Over here" came a female voice standing by a crypt. The man walked over to the woman holding the briefcase close to him.

"I hear you're an expert assassin!" said the man

"That's been said," said the woman "what's your point?"

"Well I want to hire you for a job!" said the man "I heard about the job you did to that embezzler!"

"How the fuck did you know that?" demanded the woman

"The man that hired you for that job is a friend of mine, he told me about you!"

"Well," said the woman "as you know the standard fee for an assassination is twenty thousand."

"Well that's good," said the man "I need you to eliminate William Jackson!"

"The presidential candidate?!" said the woman

"The very same!" said the man

"I don't know if I can! With the security he probably has, I'm not gonna do it for twenty thousand!" said the woman.

"Well," said the man as he set down the briefcase and opened it "what about for ten million?" The womans eyes opened wide, as she saw the money.

"I..I think I can take your job!" said the woman

"Good," said the man as he handed her the briefcase. "Oh by the way, my name is Wesley." Wesley then brought his hand up to shake the womans hand.

"My name is Desiree, you can call me Des!" said the woman. "So why do you want him dead anyways?"

"Well," said Wesley "walk with me and I'll tell you."

***

The next day, the group decided to take a walk through the city. After a few hours of walking, they found that the streets were becoming crowded. As they looked up ahead, they saw people were crowding around a stage, which had a podium in the middle of it.

"What the hell's going on?" asked James

"Don't know," said Jabo "let's find out." Laura walked up to a woman, and tapped her on the shoulder. James, Gordon, and Jabo watched as Laura spoke with the woman.

"What are they saying?" asked James

"I don't know!" said Gordon

"I thought you said that you could read lips." said James

"I lied!" said Gordon. They watched as Laura finished talking to the woman, and they parted ways.

"So?" said Jabo

"Some presidential hopeful named William Jackson is doing one of his campaign speeches, these people apparently look forward to this guys speech."

"William Jackson?!" said James "What kind of stupid sounding name is that?" A group of people then turned around and looked at James "What?!" said James.

"C'mon," said Jabo "let's check this guy out." While the group walked up to the crowd to listen to William Jackson, a figure was up on the roof of a building with a sniper rifle.

"Nice job," said Des as she set up her sniper rifle. "I'm ten million dollars richer, and all I gotta do is take one head shot!"

Everyone watched as William Jackson walked up to the podium, and prepared to start his speech. When he started talking, Jabo found he had a crick in his neck. He turned his head to the side, and saw a shine coming from a building across the street. Jabo then started walking through the crowds, towards the shine.

"Where are you going Jabo?" asked Laura

"Just checking something out," said Jabo "don't worry about it, just go back to listening to Castle."

"Alright Jabo," said Laura "but I think you're up to something." Jabo flashed a smile at Laura, as he continued on.

As Jabo made it onto the roof, he saw a figure kneeling down with a sniper rifle on a tripod.

"Hold it motherfucker!" said Jabo as he pulled out a handgun. The sniper seemed to ignore him, as she kept her finger on the trigger. Jabo watched as the sniper slowly pulled the trigger. Jabo took a shot at the snipers hand, causing the shot to miss Jackson. On the ground, security

surrounded Jackson as people in the streets began running in panic. On the rooftop, the sniper stood up a look of anger in her face.

"You fuck!" said Des "Do you have any fucking idea what you've done?"

"I was about to ask you the same question!" said Jabo "Except...wait a minute!...Des?" Des picked up her sniper rifle, and smashed Jabo across the face with it. As Jabo fell to the ground, Des ran off. After a few minutes, Jabo managed to get up, he looked down to see Des running out of sight.

"So," said Jabo as he wiped the blood from his mouth "back in my life again, eh?"

"Did he say where he was going?" asked Gordon

"No," said Laura "he just said he was checking something out."

After the mess with the fired shot and the crowd running in panic, the group decided to try to find Jabo.

"There he is!" said James as he pointed at Jabo walking out of an alley, his walking a little unstable. As the group ran up to Jabo, they noticed the bruising on his face.

"What happened here?" asked Laura, as she pointed at the mark left by the sniper rifle.

"Just something I got from....an old friend." said Jabo. As the group walked back to the hotel, Jabo looked back where he saw a figure hiding in the shadows, the figure then ran off.

"WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED?" demanded William

"We don't know, sir!" said a weak looking man in a suit "But the important matter is that you're safe!"

"And what if I wasn't?" asked William "What if the shot had hit me, huh? Do you mind fucking telling me what I pay the bodyguards for? Shouldn't they have prevented something like this from even happening?"

"They did what they could sir!" said the man

"Not fucking good enough!" said William "Now, get the fuck out of my face, I want to be alone!"

"But..." said the man. William opened the top drawer of his desk and pulled out a handgun.

"I said leave!" said William.

"Yes sir!" gulped the man as he quickly left William Jacksons office. After the man left, William stood up and walked over to the window.

"I can't wait till I'm elected," said William "then this will all be gone!" An evil sneer came across his face, as he smashed his hand through the window. He walked over to his desk, and pushed on the intercom. "Could you send someone up to fix this window?"

"Right away, sir!" came the voice from the intercom

"Thank you!" said William

***

"What happened?" came the voice of Wesley from the phone.

"Some asshole fucked up my shot!" said Des "Did you tell anyone about me? Because he knew who I was."

"I told noone" said Wesley "maybe it's someone you know. That's not the topic right now. Now you lost this opportunity, the important thing is you kill him before he wins the presidency."

"Don't worry I won't." said Des "First I have to get my hand fixed up, the asshole shot me!"

"Well get that healed, and for all our sakes make sure you're successful!" said Wesley

"Don't worry I won't fail again!" said Des "Goodbye" she then hung up the phone.

"Where the hell is he?" Laura asked herself, as she went into Gordons hotel room where she saw Gordon and James.

"Hey Laura," said James as he pulled out a joint "take a seat, I was just about to spark up, want some?"

"Thanks James," said Laura "I'll pass."

"So what's on your mind?" asked Gordon

"I'm looking for Jabo," said Laura "you guys seen him?"

"Yeah he went out a while ago," said Gordon "said he needed to check something out."

"Did he say where he was going?" asked Laura

"Nope!" said Gordon

"Oh!" said Laura

"I wonder why she was here!" Jabo asked himself "And why was she trying to kill Jackson?" As Jabo walked into an alley, a figure came up behind him and pulled back his head. Jabo looked out of the corner of his eye to see a combat knife to his neck. "Well hello there!" said Jabo

"Shut the fuck up!" said Des, as she held the knife at Jabos throat. "I want some questions answered! One, who the fuck are you? And what are you doing here?"

"Funny," said Jabo "I was about to ask you that first question." Jabo then threw all his weight back, knocking his assailant into the wall. Jabo then threw the her over his shoulder, knocking her into the other wall. Des stood up, ran at Jabo and gave him a side swipe, knocking him to the ground. While on the ground, Jabo used his legs to trip her. He pulled out a handgun, and aimed it at the her. "Now," said Jabo as he pulled out a lighter, "let's just see who you are." He brought the lighter close to the assailants face, revealing it to be Des. "Des?!" said

Jabo.

"Yeah," said Des "and who the fuck are you?"

"Don't you recognize me?" asked Jabo

"No," said Des "should I?"

"Look closer!" said Jabo. After some hesitation, Des took a close look at Jabos face.

"Oh my god!" said Des "Jabo?!"

"Yeah Des," said Jabo "it's me!"

"Oh my god!" said Des as she threw her arms around Jabo and hugged him. "What are you doing here?"

"We were driving and just decided to stop over in this place." said Jabo

"We?" said Des, a look of confusion on her face.

"Yeah," said Jabo "me and my...teammates I guess you would call them."

"I see," said Des "and what do you guys do?"

"Well mostly we just drive around to various places." said Jabo "Somehow, we inadvertently get involved in the situations going on in the place!"

"I see." said Des

"So why are you here?" asked Jabo. As Jabo and Des walked through the city, Des told Jabo about how she got into the job of a freelance assassin. All this time, Jabo stared at her. Des then went into the details on why she was in Nagon. She went on to tell Jabo that she was hired by Wesley to kill William Jackson. She told him, that Wesley had evidence that if Jackson wins the presidency, due to his insanity, he will use the nuclear warheads to destroy the world. As Des finished telling Jabo this, she looked over at him to find him staring at her.

"Okay Jabo," said Des "I didn't wanna ask, but why have you been staring at me?"

"Well," said Jabo "seeing you again, it reminds me of the feelings I had for you."

"And?" said Des

"Well," said Jabo as he leaned in closer "I realized that those feelings are still there!" Des watched as Jabo came right up to her, and their lips met. Time appeared to stop, as Jabo and Des's lips stayed locked for a few minutes. Des then pulled herself away and looked at Jabo.

"We...uh...let's go meet the rest of your teammates!" said Des.

"Uh...okay!" said Jabo as he led Des back to the hotel.

"Here he comes!" said James, as he looked out the window of Gordons hotel room.

"Any indication on where he was?" asked Laura

"Nope," said James "but he's got some chick with him."

"What?!" said Laura, as she ran up to the window and looked outside. "Who the hell is that?"

"Probably the old friend he mentioned," said Gordon "he'll probably bring her up here!"

"You think so?" asked Laura

"I know Jabo well enough," said Gordon "he'll bring her up here." As Gordon, Laura, and James peeked out Gordons hotel room door, they saw Jabo go into his hotel room with the woman.

"The fuck!" said Laura angrily "I'm going to talk to him!" As she stormed off towards Jabos room, James looked over at Gordon.

"Never figured her to be the jealous type." said James

"Tell me about it!" said Gordon. Meanwhile Laura had made her way to Jabos door, she kicked it open to find Jabo and Des sitting on the bed talking.

"Oh hey Laura," said Jabo "what's up?"

"Oh..it's.." said Laura, her face turning red "nothing!"

"Well," said Jabo "while you're here, get James and Gordon, I need to speak to you all."

"Okay Jabo" said Laura, giving Des a dirty look before she left.

A few minutes later, Laura had assembled the whole group in Jabos room.

"Now," said Jabo "here's what we got going down, so listen up!" Jabo looked over at James, who was making gestures with his eyes, and face at Des. Jabo pulled out a handgun, and aimed it at James. "James! Are you paying attention?"

"Yeah Jabo!" gulped James

"Alright," said Jabo "looks like we're gonna be saving the world. From what Des tells me, the politician we saw today is a crazy fuck! He has plans to win the presidency, and with that power launch some nuclear warheads, basically fucking us all over. What we need to do is get into this guys compound, and eliminate him!"

"I can't ask you to do this." said Des "This is my job, I'll take care of it."

"No Des, we can't chance it!" said Jabo "I'm sure he has security, and they couldn't all be taken out by one!"

***

The Hummer stopped in front of Jacksons compound, out of the Hummer jumped everyone.

"Alright," said Jabo "James, Gordon, I want you guys to clear a path! See those guys?" James and Gordon looked at the guys by the door that Jabo was pointing at. "I want you to take them out, and anyone else that might come. Laura, Des and I are taking the job inside, got it?"

"Got it!" said Gordon as he lit a Molotov cocktail, and threw it at the door, causing some of the guys to catch on fire.

"Well," said Jabo loading up an M16 "that's another way!" As Gordon fired at oncoming guys with his shotgun, and James shooting guys with his handguns, Jabo, Laura and Des made their way into the compound. They entered the doors to see a guard standing there.

"What are you doing here?" asked the guard

"This!" said Jabo firing shots from the M16 into the guards chest, causing him to convulse, as he fell into a puddle of his own blood. As Jabo looked at the Job he had done, a man came up behind him with a knife. Acting quickly, Laura pulled out her handguns and fired a couple rounds into the guys chest.

"Thanks Laura!" said Jabo.

All of a sudden, Des quickly pulled out a handgun and fired in the distance. Des, Laura and Jabo heard a guy groan and fall to the ground.

"How the fuck did you know that?" asked Jabo

"Being an assassin," said Des "you gotta have very good hearing." As they continued on, they killed many more people until they reached Jacksons office doors. As they looked, they saw two guys guarding the doors. Before Jabo could say anything, Des snuck up behind one of the guards, pulled out her combat knife, and slit his throat. The guard made a gurgling noise as he fell to the ground clasping his throat. The other guard quickly pulled out a gun and fired. The bullet grazed her shoulder, as she fired from her gun, hitting the guy in the neck. Jabo quickly ran over and helped Des up, checking to see if she was okay. As he looked out of the corner of his eye, he saw a pissed off look on Lauras face. They kicked open the doors to find William Jacksons desk, with the chair turned the other way. As the chair turned around, they saw that Jackson was holding a rifle.

"Who the fuck are you?" demanded Jackson, as he aimed the rifle at Jabo who was holding his M16.

"Name's not important," said Jabo "the main thing here, is it's your time to die!"

"Don't think so," said Jackson as he stood up, his rifle still aimed at Jabo. "I believe you are the one who is going to die!" As Jackson prepared to pull the trigger, Des threw her combat knife at Jackson. Stabbing him in the hand, causing him to drop the rifle.

"You fucking bitch!" said Jackson, as he quickly pulled out a handgun and fired.

"NOOO!" yelled Jabo as he jumped in front of Des, the shot hitting him in the chest.

"JABO!" said Des, as she ran over and knelt down beside him.

"Des..." said Jabo weakly "I want you to take my Samurai sword...When the time is right...you'll know what to do!" Jabo looked over at Laura and nodded. Receiving the signal, Laura began intimidating Jackson getting his attention focused on her. Using this opportunity, Des took Jabos Samurai Sword and stabbed it through Jacksons chest. As Jackson fell forward into a pool of his blood, Des pulled the sword out, walked over to Jabo, helped him up, and they all left the compound.

***

As Laura, James and Gordon waited in the Hummer, Jabo spoke to Des.

"Why don't you come with us?" asked Jabo

"I can't," said Des "it's just not me!"

"But Des," said Jabo "I..I love you!"

"I know Jabo," said Des "but...it's just not gonna work. I know how you felt in the past about me, but that's where it should stay...Besides, I think there's someone who's love for you probably surpasses what you have for me!" As Des held up her hand and pointed, Jabo followed the finger to see that it was pointed at Laura.

"Ya know," said Jabo "you're probably right! Thanks!"

Jabo and Des then wrapped their arms around each other as they hugged, and exchanged kisses on the cheek. "Maybe, we'll see ya around!" said Jabo.

"Maybe," said Des as she started to walk away "maybe!"

As Jabo walked back to the Hummer, he kept looking behind him at the shape of Des until she disappeared. As Jabo got into the Hummer, he was met with a very angry looking Laura.

"And what the fuck was that all about?" demanded Laura "I swear sometimes I don't know..." Laura was interrupted by Jabos lips locking with hers. After a few minutes, Jabo removed his lips and started up the Hummer.

"Oh!" said Laura, as the group drove out of Nagon, ready for their next adventure.

THE END