He who sows winds will reap whirlwinds-hopefully final instalment-finally-*drum rolls*

Robertson walked in. "uh-oh" muttered Kevin. He gave her a look that said 'here comes trouble'. To his surprise, she had a weird expression on her face that he could not clearly see cos of the dim light. She nearly screamed. Robertson walked towards her, a weird smile on his face and he kissed her. Kevin was shocked. "Oh my gosh Robbie! I havent seen you since then.........since the schism." "Alright. What's going on? Is this some kind of a joke?" asked Kevin, "who's he? and what on earth is the schism?" "You might as well know......." she rolled her eyes; "this........is Robbie a.k.a Robertson a.k.a One eyed pitcher. Dont ask me why. We used to be in the same gang. The same set of assassins and then the doctor came. He aldready had a set of people behind him. He wanted to change the rules. We put up a fight. Many of us died 'cos the doc's inventions were no match for us. But people like me and Robbie are still alive more worried about our survival know than the assassinations or even the rest of us. It's each woman........or man for herself." She finished breathless. "Ok. let's get outta here. More chit-chat later" said Robbie. He had finished untying her. She hugged him. Kevin never knew that she could be soo mushy. "Now can some one untie me?" he literally yelled. As soon as he did that, he realised his mistake. The others were staring at the door way. "Good entrance huh?" said the doctor; "very dramatic I thought" He looked at her. "No?" he didnt wait for an answer; "Well........whether you think it was dramatic or not wont matter in a few minutes. Dont u think so.........Robertson?"
"no i do not! Let them go............its me you want" said Robbie. "Oh nO! u are mistaken. You are completely useless to me now! What I want is............Kevin.........you should have guessed THAT by now" "ME? Why?" asked Kevin. "She didnt tell you thaat part did she? You are what we call the 'Mediator'. As long as you are alive you can IF u want to ie, put an end to this war that the outside world is unaware of. Naturally, I dont want u alive but instead of killing you i might as well kill these two since they ARE the last few alive. So do u want to pick or shall I?". Kevin was speechless. "Dont answer Kevin. Look away" she said; "he's fooling you" "And why should u believe HER! she lied to you" was the doctor. "No Kev..........listen! Do as I say. Jus-" There was a bang. SHe was shot, again. But this time it wasnt a gun. It was something far more powerful. It hit her smack in the middle. She fell down with a THUD. " YOu thought a moment too long said the doctor". She was alive. He knew it..........She couldnt be dead! No way! She was the closest he had to a friend. HE saw her move slightly. She tried to get up. She nearly made it up but then BANG! another shot. She crumpled. "NO STOP!Why do you torture people this way? I'm not going to let this happen" said Kevin. Robertson walked slowly towards the doctor. "the jigs up!" he said; "might as well give up". "NO NO WAY!" cried Kevin. She could still be alive. Another bang. BLACKNESS..........................
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He woke up. Stood up. He could walk. Talk. Hear. Smell. He was fine. 'Cept him chest hurt like crazy. She was there too. She seemed to walk with more difficulty. "How are you?" she said and then winced. "Where are we?" he asked. "Safe." she replied; "And thats all that matters."
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Alternative Ending
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She woke up. That assassination at least was successful. Could have been done much more easily. But that was the doctor for you always playing games. That was one thing they had in common.

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