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The world looked better at night. When there is silence, peace and sleeping souls. It always had been better like this. As long as I can remember, it had been my daily routine; looking around at the cold winter night, watching the people flock back to their homes and enjoying the view of everything below from the roof top. It made me feel as if things were more minute from here, like things hardly mattered. 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatUN25KOlK
The wind was blowing with all it's might tonight, ruffling my hair as it wooshes past me. I tried fixing it, but the wind was more stubborn that I was and I let it rest.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXRSb6Mne5
“Tricia,” Trehan coughed, breaking my attention to him. I hadn't heard him come. “You have another assignment.”834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRBSiL1ocn
Trehan was a thin lean boy of seventeen, with blonde hair and harsh grey eyes covered under his convex glasses. He looked like one of those boys that got bullied in high school. Well, he did get bullied. But that was only because he let them. Don’t judge him by his appearance; you'd be in for a surprise. Trehan Werner, a.k.a. Altair, the world’s deadliest sniper. And also the world’s youngest.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnkTaXgCIE
He was too young for this, I kept telling him. Then again, so was I.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLSXfJJBFM
“They just love me, don’t they?” I scoffed. “Stupid Ashes21 can’t even let me enjoy my break”834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yvFYpZW2p
Trehan and I work for Ashes21. It’s the world’s largest and most active criminal organization in the world, under the radar. If you’re wondering why the Ashes21 don’t get caught, the answer is simple. We work both ways. The Heads of the countries worldwide bestow favors on us, and well, we repay them.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvChK1oUaZH
Sometimes, by killing their Most Loved, and at times, by gifting them their Most Wanted. 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSdPcODb1O
“Be careful, Tricia,” he laughed. “They must have a hidden microphone out here somewhere.”834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDobAgdHmpr
That wouldn’t be a first for the Ashes21. Last year it installed a dozen surveillance cameras at Phoenix’s secret hideout. They wanted him back on the job, but well, he was bored with the Ashes21 and didn’t pay heed to them. The coolest assassin I ever met. Even though, our encounter was for ten seconds. But, that’s a lot. Others die within five seconds flat.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqdQbhIJuK
“So, what is the so-called ‘assignment’?” I asked. “Let me guess, another kill?”834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtFmSj8pzz
I jumped down from the rooftop, two floors down and landed right in front of Trehan. I was tired of killing people. It was boring. People didn’t value their lives. At least not in the way that they're supposed to.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPwTOQLf1Y
It’s no wonder that Phoenix left. I wish I could. But I don’t have that kind of influence. Or the ranking. 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWgmA6SfXo
I'm ranked XIII. There are twelve Whisperers ahead of me. And only the first three of every division get to quit or have a say in the matters of their division. And becoming either for the three, calls for utmost discipline and 'fealty', as they call it. I was loyal and disciplined, but they thought what they wanted to think. In other words: I wouldn't get to leave anytime soon.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIMDvNNkhF
“I’m pretty sure that this kill will get you to V,” he snickered. “Have a go.”834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvHSffJF7E
He handed me his phone. I rolled my eyes at the Crazy Frog stickers.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA5TTjdtKu
"Trehan, like seriously?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZo8yJYiEx0
He smiled with pride. "It's collector's edition."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7Hx9hcIWU
I sighed. He's still a high school kid after all.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBXoRvlwmc
The message was addressed to Agent Trickster. I got that name in the first year of the Academy and it stuck. I hated that name, but it was too late to change now.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2dk4drEq8
Agent Trickster834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi94IoQRM0U
Assignment: Terminate RED Talisman834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTykal7Uk7
Reward: Promotion To IV834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrp6FkYgvs
Additional Information: The Details Are In The Attachment. Your Effort And Success Will Be Highly Appreciated.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmELaLtqq0
Thank You.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjvIBGLbyu
-Articus Caleb834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcnzRTesF1
Articus Caleb? Wasn't the head Wilderness? “When did Articus become the Directioner?” I asked.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslVaB39JkE
“When Phoenix had to kill his blood aunt, under Wilderness' command” Trehan said nonchalantly, “he requested, more like, threatened Wilderness to step down, in the Council meeting. And Max Muller agreed, which was strange, but anyway, Wilderness left. Rumor says that Wilderness is out for Phoenix’s blood. But there are some counter-theories to that.”834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTVcI5LqG6
“Phoenix did what!?” I exclaimed. Phoenix was an orphan and only had his aunt as his support. To kill his aunt would be like killing his very soul. Shrugging it off, I checked the attachments.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeCUkcyrKq
"No way in hell,” I gasped.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsUPkmgGKm
I tried to ignore Trehan’s questions about what's wrong, but I was too well trained to ignore any sound. But I couldn't bring myself to answer.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2ioPV2Zzq
I remember Phoenix walking down the hallway, the signature black Ashes21 crucifix dangling from his hand, his eyes stern and focused. He didn't know me, I was as invisible as any Whisperer can get, but he had walked straight to me, hugged me and had whispered, "The annexation has begun, Trickster." That was the last time anyone saw him in the headquarters. 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYuz4JOhCz
I never took note of what he said. I remembered it, but I didn't know what it meant. 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVUo5xoqDL
Well, now I do.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQG5NiUn2Ei
Trehan took my daze as an opportunity to grab my phone and let out a gasp the moment he read what I had just read.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlJKo90pzI
“They can’t be fucking serious, Tricia.” he gasped. “We’ll talk about it to them. They can’t do this to you.”834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYAQAfIbsm
Was being IV worth what I was assigned to? Nothing could ever be worth it.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuSVgVDFIB
“You can’t do this.” he exclaimed. “Tricia, say something.”834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuWdzZ1Bbj
I glanced at the screen one more time. A part of me hoping that I had read it wrong. I had seen it wrong. 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRLQ3INjd1
TALISMAN, it read.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6d8fGCdtG
And the face on the screen looked so old. Wrinkles where there hadn't been few years back. The eyes as dead as I had last seen them. The frown stagnant on his lips. I remember the face being younger than that. He had grown old, since the last time I saw him. Four years was a long time, I realized.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Rqk3S5513
TALISMAN. 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzpb7kgWa8
I should have known he would be targeted sooner or later. I looked at the picture once again, and it still remained clutched in my hand.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNG8lYdjPFB
"I look like him, don't I?" I mumbled.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Qi7S825zt
"Tricia," Trehan sighed. "You don't have to do this."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyrftA71Af
I shook my head. "I do."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdZLgGY1uC
"Tricia," he began, "I-"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1gtHIG1uO
"I'm good, Trehan," I reassured him. "I'm good."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDjbAXU0eU
I'm good. I'd do what was asked of me. I'm an Ashes21 agent now. I had to do this.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDU9HXyOO79
Like Phoenix did.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KOXFlrGW3
Like I would.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9114qbQFnP
The annexation had begun.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEadssjtNAn
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