Waking up in Xena's arms was an even better experience than Venus could imagine. The taller girl was still asleep with her eyes shut and her mouth open slightly and Venus watched her silently.

She recounted the events of the day before, so much had happened. She couldn't stop thinking about the way Xena had kissed her, it was with care, so much emotion. Venus had never ever in her life been kissed like that. Kissing Xena was like having her first kiss all over again, it was as if she was walking into a new, unknown territory.

Venus wanted to stay there forever, just watching the older girl sleep. She wanted to stay in her arms forever.

"Are you done checking me out?"

Venus almost jumped out of her skin when Xena spoke suddenly, she felt the back of her neck begin to heat up once she realized Xena had been awake this whole time.

Xena's eyes fluttered open and a small smirk grew on the older girls face. "I'm sorry, did I scare you?" She reached down and took Venus' hand from under the covers, bringing them up to her lips as she kissed them softly

"A little." Venus murmured, unable to take her eyes off Xena's hands on her lips.

Just then, another shock filled Venus when her phone suddenly rang. The sound cut through the silence that had settled in the room and Venus now broke away from Xena, leaning over the bed trying to locate her cellphone somewhere on the floor.

Her heart was beating fast, she knew exactly what this meant. There was only one person that contacted Venus on her phone, and that was The Boss. Furthermore, there was only one time he ever did that, in the situation of an emergency. A panic seeped into Venus and she racked her brain trying to figure out what it was that The Boss wanted. She knew how much he hated using phones, as they could easily be tracked. He only ever used it unless he absolutely had to do so.

"Your boss is calling you?" Xena asked, catching sight of the contact name on Venus' phone.

Venus cleared her throat as she got to her feet, "I have to take this."

Xena nodded, and Venus disappeared into the bathroom, locking the door behind her. She walked to the furthest end of the bathroom before she picked up the call.

"V." The Boss' voice said, coming through the line the moment the call had connected. "I need you to get here, ASAP."

He hung up.

Venus' heart rate had not calmed down in the slightest as she scanned her brain, trying to make some sort of understanding out of her sudden summoning.

At that moment, there was a soft knock on the door.

"Hey, is everything okay?"

Venus swallowed hard as she unlocked the bathroom door, forcing a smile unto her face. Xena was standing there, her bedhead falling around her face and a look of concern in her eyes. "Is everything okay? Why was your boss calling you?"

"An emergency at work." Venus curtly replied as she brushed past the taller girl. She began looking around the room, trying to locate her shoes. "I have to go."

She could feel Xena watching her silently as she pulled on her shoes.

"Oh." Xena finally said. She sounded disappointed.

Venus didn't say anything, although she did feel her heart fall. She didn't want to have to leave Xena either. She was having so much fun, but there was absolutely no way she could go against The Boss' orders.

"Um, I can drive you to work." Xena suggested.

Alarm bells suddenly went off in Venus' mind. "No, I'd be fine, really."

Xena looked uncertain. "Are you sure?"

Venus nodded, forcing another smile unto her face. She turned then and walked out of the room, heading straight for the front door.

"Wait." Xena suddenly called out, causing Venus to stop in her tracks.

Slowly the older girl reached down, placing her hand beneath Venus' chin she planted a soft kiss on her lips. The calm that washed over Venus in that moment was instant. All of a sudden, her other worries all seemed secondary.

By the time Venus left the apartment, her worries had returned tenfold.

The Boss' mansion was quite a distance from the area in which Venus lived, and she needed to get there fast. She knew that only meant one thing, she'd have to take the underground train.

The New York City subway was all of Venus' nightmares packed in one: too many people in the same place, loud noises and rats. But Venus knew she didn't have much choice at the moment as she made her way there.

By the time Venus had gotten unto the train, she had since stopped worrying about the creatures of the New York City subway. Rather, she began to ponder on why The Boss could be calling her. Did it have anything to do with her last job? Had Venus failed to kill everybody? Had someone talked?

Her anxieties were at an all-time high. She swallowed hard as she rubbed her hands together.

The train pulled to a halt and Venus came out at her stop, heading straight in the direction of The Boss' mansion. Her panic only seemed to increase the closer she got and by the time she arrived at the mansion she was a mess. As usual, Venus didn't show this on the outside but kept her cool.

Venus entered the mansion and was heading straight for The Boss' main room when she came across Bruce. He had just come out of The Boss main room and his eyes instantly narrowed once he caught sight of Venus. His arm had now fully healed, which meant that Venus was most likely going to be seeing more of him.

"What are you doing here?" Bruce basically growled at her, it was clear to Venus that Bruce seemed to hold her responsible for his injury. Venus wasn't too bothered by this, she already knew that Bruce was an airhead that couldn't make out right from left.

"I don't know Bruce, what do you think I'm doing at The Boss' mansion?" Venus asked sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

She watched Bruce's face go red in embarrassment, but Venus couldn't help herself. Sarcasm was her body's natural response to stupid.

Bruce grunted to himself but walked past her. This was a relief to Venus, who wasn't in the mood to deal with him just then. She had bigger things to worry about.

Venus now took a deep breath as she made her way into The Boss' main room. He was situated in his normal chair, dressed in his velvet robes with heavy-looking jewelry all over him.

"V." The Boss said, straightening up the moment he noticed her.

Venus felt a strange shiver go down her spine. "Boss."

"I have a job for you."

The Boss was instantly straight to the point. She realized that whatever it was that this job was; it was a pretty important one and one that The Boss figured that she needed to take care of as soon as possible.

But this was not the only thing. The thought of having to do another job filled Venus with so much dread. In the past, she would have been ecstatic even to get a new job. She saw it as a way by which she continued to prove herself. But Venus had proven herself, she had established herself. But there was nothing to it. Now the only thing that she felt at the mention of a new job was dread, immerse, intense dread.

The Boss continued talking: "I've heard that the FBI still continues to pursue us pretty seriously. I thought they'd have given up by now, I thought they'd have realized that I'm untouchable. But apparently, that isn't the case."

Venus didn't say anything. She knew The Boss hated this very fact in the highest; she knew he felt utterly disrespected. If he could, he'd order a hit on the FBI, but Venus knew that was one area that even he couldn't venture.

"I need to make sure to cover all my bases, that's why I called you here." He looked at Venus intently, seeming to be considering something in his head.

Once again Venus felt a cold feeling run over her.

"V, I need you to take out a particular doctor."

He paused then.

The Boss usually supplemented a reason as to why he wanted his targets taken out, but this time he didn't.

Venus knew better than to ask for one. That was not how things worked. The Boss gave the orders and the Assassin's carried them out. She didn't want to kill; she didn't want to have to kill anyone again, most especially a Doctor, somebody that saved people's lives, but she knew better than to object.

After all, it was either the Doctor's life or hers.

"Consider it done." Venus replied instead.