Death's Dealer

28. Assassin. The Fox.

[spencerparker-blog]

“Is that what you tell yourself in the morning?” he retorted, taking quick glances to see if he could spot her hiding place. Hearing a shot go off, his eyes shut for a moment, not remembering her being this brutal before he went back to trying to spot her. Then Natalie made the mistake of peeking out and he caught her before she even had a chance to see him. “Yes,” he answered simply as he proceeded to shoot in her general direction.

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Natalie rolled her eyes at his answer, never remembering when Spencer was so desperate to play something like this so stupidly. Before she could say anything more, she quickly stepped back into the wall when he shot at her general direction. Calmly walking towards the table on the left, she pulled out a flash grenade meant to stun him. Killing him with a grenade would be too easy and she wanted the satisfaction of looking him dead in the eye as she pulled the trigger on him. Walking back to the wall, her back pressed against it, she then stuck her hand out and threw it at his direction. Hearing it go off, Natalie quickly ran towards him, grabbing his gun and tossing it to the side when he was distracted before throwing a punch at him. “Your desperation is going to get you killed.”

[spencerparker-blog]

Spencer watched the man fall to the floor and just as he suspected, it wasn’t Anton. Then suddenly, he saw a body sliding from one wall to the other and he knew exactly who it was. There weren’t many people who could get by him, but Natalie was the one who could. Smirking to himself when he heard her voice, he cocked his gun, preparing himself. “Babe, I could never. You don’t want to go another round with me, Nat.”

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Smirking when she heard his gun cock, Natalie lifted her back from the wall and shot the fake, getting tired of his moaning. “Oh honey, you couldn’t keep up with me if you tried,” she teased and pulled her fun out of her back pocket.  Taking a small step, Natalie then peeked out to see if she could find where Spencer was located. “I can’t believe you fell for this trap. Are you that desperate?”

[spencerparker-blog]

As well as he knew Natalie, Spencer was aware that she knew him just as well and he had to take that into consideration when it came to what his game plan would be. He had to do everything that she wouldn’t expect. Slowly making his way through the house, he suddenly heard a loud gun shot and it made him quickly hold his gun up in case someone had spotted him. There was no one in sight, so he figured it had come from another place, which only made him more curious. He continued his walk until he spotted a door. Quickly making his way to the side of it, he stood against the wall and look a quick glance inside to see someone sitting on the couch. Spencer wasn’t stupid. He knew that chances were, that wasn’t Anton. They either took Anton away after figuring out Spencer was there or Anton was never there to begin with. Either way, it didn’t matter. Cocking his gun, Spencer aimed towards the man sitting on the couch and knew what he had to do to let them know he was serious. Aiming his gun, Spencer shot at the man’s shoulder.

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Waiting in anticipation, Natalie’s finger hovered over the trigger, waiting for Spencer to show up. When she heard movement, Natalie stood straighter and waited for him. Hearing a gunshot and then the man groaning in pain, she narrowed her eyes. Very soon Spencer was going to realize that this wasn’t Anton. Watching the decoy fall to the ground and squirm in pain, Natalie groaned and grabbed the shotgun that was to the side. Placing her gun behind her, Natalie cocked the shotgun. Running, and sliding on the floor, Natalie then aimed at where Spencer was hiding before she slid to the other wall. “Nice to see you haven’t lost your touch,” Natalie said, her back pressed against the wall.

[spencerparker-blog]

Spencer figured out that Anton would be in a penthouse and he knew it was suspiciously easy, but he didn’t care. One bodyguard or one hundred, he could take them. This whole thing had Natalie and trap written all over it. Ever since he found out she was hired to go after him, he not only looked for signs of an assassin, he looked for signs of things she’d do. After all, he did know her best. Even if he failed in catching Anton, Spencer was confident enough to think he wouldn’t get caught or killed. So, there were no risks for him. Once at the penthouse, Spencer snuck up on the two guards in the front, quietly taking them both out at the same time by slamming their heads together before they even had a chance to react to his presence. Adjusting his jacket, he quickly made his way inside, gun out as he looked around for anymore bodyguards.

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Hearing through her comm that they had spotted Spencer, Natalie pulled out her gun and cocked it before walking towards the monitors. Watching him in the main lobby, she narrowed her eyes at him before walking towards the counter. Hiding her knives in various places for when she needed them, Natalie turned to the TV where Anton was still playing with his game. Sighing in frustration, she shot the TV, earning her a glare and a series of curses from Anton. “He’s here,” was all she said before she turned to Anton’s bodyguards. “Take me through the other elevator and bring Anton’s imposter here. He’ll be here soon,” she commanded. Watching as the bait sat on the couch, his back turned away from the door where she knew Spencer would enter, Natalie hid herself behind a wall, her gun ready.

[natalieblakefox-blog]

A couple days had passed since Natalie’s run in with Spencer and since then, she had been working with Tarasov to catch him. She had been more determined than ever and devised a plan to lure Spencer out in the open. She knew that she was playing dirty but she didn’t care anymore. At this point, she just wanted him dead and gone. She wanted to finish the job and move on with her life. Using Anton as bait, Natalie had him set up in a penthouse that she knew Spencer could easily find. What he didn’t know was that there were trained snipers in the buildings surrounding the area. It was heavily fortified with men, but Natalie knew that Spencer wouldn’t have a problem getting through and killing them all. Leaning against the doorframe, she narrowed her eyes when she heard Anton yelling as he played his game. It annoyed her she had to babysit a grown man who really didn’t even realize that his life was in danger and one of the best assassins in the world was after him. “Shut up,” she commanded him. “Can you see him?” she asked her earpiece. “Negative.”

[spencerparker-blog]

Letting out a small puff of breath when Natalie managed to knock him off his feet literally, his back landed harshly against the floor and it wasn’t long until she was straddling him. Just as he was about to head butt her to get out of underneath her, he heard footsteps walking towards them. “Children,” he heard a familiar deep voice say. Quickly squirming away from under Natalie’s grasp, Spencer fixed his hair and adjusted his clothes, knowing that their position was rather well, suggestive. “Bruce. How’d you know we were in here?”

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Quickly jumping off of Spencer when she heard a familiar voice, Natalie turned to where the voice was and saw Gia. Smiling at her, she walked over to her discarded clothes and quickly put her shirt on. “I figured my dear Natalie would take you here,” Gia spoke up with a warm smile. Natalie was immediately by Gia’s side. “Are we heading off now?” she wondered, to which Gia just nodded at her question. Turning to Spencer, she waved at him shyly and spoke. “It was nice meeting you Spencer.” Putting on her jacket, she gave him another quick smile.

[spencerparker-blog]

When Natalie moved to remove her shirt, leaving her in her sports bra, Spencer acted like a typical boy and stared a little bit longer than what he should have. Clearing his throat and wiping the sweat off of his forehead with the back of his forearm, he chuckled a bit. “Me? Give up? I never give up,” he said before getting in position. Swiftly, Spencer got closer and threw a punch towards the side of her face before kneeing her in the stomach. “Are you ready to give up?”

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Blushing at the way that he was looking at her, for Natalie, this was the first time she had seen someone react to the way she looked. Most of the people she sparred with didn’t really give two shits about the way she looked. Looking down at her feet for a moment, Natalie grinned at what he said. Managing to evade his punch, Natalie gasped when his knee made contact with her stomach. Losing her breath for a moment, she narrowed her eyes before she then swiped his feet. Once he was on his back, she straddled him and threw a punch at his side before she pinned his hands above his head and smirked. “No way in hell am I ever giving up.”

[spencerparker-blog]

Spencer made sure to hold a firm grasp on Natalie’s leg, keeping his eyes on her to anticipate what her next move could be. Unfortunately for him, he didn’t anticipate fast enough. Natalie kicked him at his side, causing him to lose the grip he had on her leg and stumbled back. Letting out this small impressed laugh, he shook his head and looked at her. “I’m fantastic, actually. If I’m being honest, I feel better now than I did when I entered this place.”

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Feeling herself start to sweat, Natalie grinned before she removed her shirt so that she was just in a sports bra. Tossing her shirt to the side, she let out a small laugh when he admitted to feeling better now than before. “You’re welcome for that,” she said with a grin. “Ready to give up though?” she asked lifting her hands up and balling them into fists.

[spencerparker-blog]

Of course she did a back flip. Show off. With a light laugh, he took a few steps back before giving a shrug. “I’m an impressive guy,” he joked before he held his stance, readying himself for whatever Natalie would do next. When she aimed to kick his side, Spencer was quick to grab her leg and twist it, making sure to hold a firm enough grasp on her leg. “You okay?”

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Cracking a smile at his joke, Natalie winced a little when he grabbed her leg and twisted it. Narrowing her eyes at him, Natalie then jumped and quickly used her other leg and kicked him on his other side. Preparing herself to fall, she used her hands to catch herself as she managed to break free from his grasp, using the leg he was previously holding to kick him again before rolling to the side and standing up. “Are you okay?” she asked in a teasing manner.

[spencerparker-blog]

“He’s taught me a lot,” he answered, raising an eyebrow at Natalie as he slowly began to circle around her. This really was a lot more fun than what he had anticipated - even more fun than it was when he sparred with Bruce and that was saying something. Watching her closely, he threw a fake punch to her face before he went low and kicked her feet from under her, making her fall to the ground “Things like that.”

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Watching him carefully as he started to circle her, Natalie kept her eyes trained on him. Gia taught her better than to ever keep her eyes away from the opponent. When he through a punch at her, she quickly moved to the side, but then when he kicked her feet from under her, Natalie’s eyes widened. Before she could fall to the ground though, Natalie quickly caught herself and did a black flip, landing away from him. “Not bad. I’m impressed,” she said to him with a smile as she ran towards him. Once she was close to him, Natalie decided to throw a kick to his side.

[spencerparker-blog]

Unsurprisingly, Natalie managed to get herself out from underneath him. Now with his face caught between her thighs, he grabbed onto her legs as he tried to come up with a way to get out of this one. Taking in a breath, he quickly jolted his body so that they’d both flip over, causing Natalie to loosen up on the hold she had on him and Spencer took the opportunity to escape. He stood up with a smirk on his face, a hand running through his now messy locks. “Incredibly sure. What else you got?”

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Laughing when he managed to get out of her grasp, Natalie rolled backwards and stood up. Keeping her distance, she jumped between her feet, her hands up in fists. “I dunno, what has Bruce taught you?” she asked, taking a deep breath as she wiped the sweat from her brow. “You ready to give up?”

[spencerparker-blog]

When he was slammed onto the ground, Spencer let out a small breath before he laughed as she straddled him. Cocking his head to the side a little, he used his upper body strength to reverse their positions, Spencer now on top of Natalie while he held his forearm against her throat. “Sure about that?”

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Groaning a little when he used his strength so that he was now on top her, she sighed a little at the impact of her back hitting the mat. Natalie tried to struggle against him, but his forearm against her throat made it difficult. Thinking quickly, Natalie then moved her body to the side, wrapping her leg around his neck, trying to move his arm from her throat. Using her other leg, Natalie trapped his face between her thighs and grinned, hoping it would choke him out. “Are you sure about it?”

[spencerparker-blog]

Natalie took the first move, aiming to throw a punch to his jaw to which Spencer blocked with his arms going up. Chuckling a little, he shuffled to the left before he took an aim to the side of her face. “Don’t go easy on me now.”

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Smirking when he managed to block her fist, she quickly moved to the side when he shuffled and aimed for the side of her face. Grabbing his arm when he reached for her. Placing her back to him, she used all her strength and tossed him over her shoulder. Natalie watched as he slammed to the ground and she straddled him. “Don’t worry, I won’t,” she said with a smirk.

[spencerparker-blog]

Hearing Natalie list off the set of rules, Spencer couldn’t help but let out this small laugh. Not that the rules were funny, but it just amused him - especially with how casual she said them. It was like she did this all the time. “Are you a pro at this sparring thing or what?” he asked before rolling his eyes - more out of playful competitiveness than annoyance. “We’ll see about that.”

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Natalie just shrugged and giggled when he asked her if she was a pro at sparring. “I’ve sparred enough here,” was all she said before she started to get ready. “Yes we will.” Natalie winked at him before she ran towards him, throwing him a punch to his jaw.

[spencerparker-blog]

Fun, Spencer thought over the word curiously. He had never thought that fighting was necessarily fun. Whenever he fought someone before it wasn’t for any fun reasons. Sure, sparring with Bruce was fun for Spencer, but what if this was different? It wasn’t because Natalie was a girl - it was because she wasn’t Bruce and Bruce was what he was used to. A small part of him also kind of wanted to impress the girl and he didn’t even know why. Maybe it was to give Bruce’s legacy a good name or maybe it was just to make himself look impressive among his new “peers”. Nodding his head, he also removed his jacket and shoes and anything else that could get in the way before following Natalie to the mat. “Fun. Right. Let’s do this then.”

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Fighting was something Natalie enjoyed quite a lot. It was a release for her. Of course, Gia always made sure that whenever she was fighting her fellow peers it never got too bad or Natalie never went too far. Gia always taught her that discipline was best. It truly measures your ability as a fighter. “No grievous injuries, no broken bones, no cheap shots and two taps on the mat means the other has given up, okay?” she said, stating the rules she been told before. Natalie started to stretch her limbs, making sure that they were loose as possible. Spencer was trained by Bruce and Natalie heard enough about Bruce from Gia to know that Spencer wasn’t one she should underestimate. “You ready? I’ll try not to embarrass you too much,” she teased and winked at him.

[spencerparker-blog]

“And how much is enough money exactly?” he asked curiously, hands shoved inside his pockets. Natalie seemed to have put a lot into this - Spencer, on the other hand, has not. Ultimately, he was just glad to be out of the orphanage and into an actual home. That’s all he cared about. He didn’t really think of the long terms of being in this business. Looking towards the doors she had mentioned, his eyes widened a bit when they were opened and he looked inside. It was definitely something else. At her question, he raised his eyebrows before chuckling. “Okay, sure. The only person I’ve ever sparred with is Bruce, so it’s about time I do it with someone else.”

[natalieblakefox-blog]

Natalie just shrugged at Spencer’s shoulder. “I’m not sure exactly,” she admitted and continued to walk. Natalie was aware of the money that Gia would pull in after a job, and she was enamoured by the glitz and glamour of the life Gia had. It was everything she had dreamed of. Placing her hands behind her back, Natalie just smiled innocently at Spencer. Occasionally, whenever Gia would leave her at The Continental, she would spar with some of the assassins and some barely even provided a challenge for her. They tended to underestimate her, thinking she wouldn’t be good enough due to her age and gender. “It’ll be fun,” was all she said before taking off her shoes and walking to the mat. Taking off her jacket as well, she threw it to the floor.

[spencerparker-blog]

When Natalie stopped, so did Spencer. He was confused as to why they were stopping, but he didn’t ask. It wasn’t like he needed to anyway. Natalie spook and he understood what was going on. Listening to her intently, he looked away to avoid a flash of sympathy to flash through his eyes at what she was saying - although he could relate. Perhaps this wasn’t the life he had originally envisioned when he wished for a better life than what he had, but it sure as hell beat the alternative. She was right - at least money wouldn’t be an issue anymore. ”Being rich does make life easier,” he agreed before rubbing the back of his neck. “So, uh, is the gym close?”

[natalieblakefox-blog]

“And maybe one day, if a bullet doesn’t kill me and I’ve made enough money, I could leave. Before this, there was no escape for me,” she admitted with a small smile. Natalie knew the only kind of life she was destined to have if Gia hadn’t stepped in and taken an interest in her. It would be the same as her mom, and maybe if she got knocked up, her children would lead the same life. It was supposed to be a never ending cycle. She the nodded her head at his question. “It’s just through these doors,” she said, quickly pushing the doors open to be greeted by a few people sparing. Natalie then smirked at an idea. “Hey, do you wanna spar with me?”