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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. 775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3riI5dfGg
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.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4o71KuzXkR
“Tricia,” Trehan coughed, breaking my attention to him. I hadn't heard him come. “You have another assignment.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTgvFgy0Ci
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.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVqciwWzWi
He was too young for this, I kept telling him. Then again, so was I.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dhYwHGgV7
“They just love me, don’t they?” I scoffed. “Stupid Ashes21 can’t even let me enjoy my break”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZIkpMBmUi
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.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHpJg80rbQ
Sometimes, by killing their Most Loved, and at times, by gifting them their Most Wanted. 775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbXfEAntig
“Be careful, Tricia,” he laughed. “They must have a hidden microphone out here somewhere.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYm0azvYHhG
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.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrect1eEXh
“So, what is the so-called ‘assignment’?” I asked. “Let me guess, another kill?”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvF3rCkhSxx
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.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pikIEUBis
It’s no wonder that Phoenix left. I wish I could. But I don’t have that kind of influence. Or the ranking. 775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4xnvG8JLa
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.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrzcBuAmNN
“I’m pretty sure that this kill will get you to V,” he snickered. “Have a go.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaoG0nhB8l
He handed me his phone. I rolled my eyes at the Crazy Frog stickers.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYvzVMZI5P
"Trehan, like seriously?"775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL89z3FNDTK
He smiled with pride. "It's collector's edition."775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7kdXdDqzT
I sighed. He's still a high school kid after all.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9OGqfZj3I
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.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqovtWK6Sd
Agent Trickster775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77uTly2biK
Assignment: Terminate RED Talisman775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6OSYahYnV
Reward: Promotion To IV775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuobyziSX1
Additional Information: The Details Are In The Attachment. Your Effort And Success Will Be Highly Appreciated.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SpbkIVy3z
Thank You.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRlrsP1EZT
-Articus Caleb775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEQa9QQL0M
Articus Caleb? Wasn't the head Wilderness? “When did Articus become the Directioner?” I asked.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdWzvE5Hr0
“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.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HjJxbdV1U
“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.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmEFE4wQgK
"No way in hell,” I gasped.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WanMtVc4G
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.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjzjVXjEbK
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. 775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsaQDO0yZn
I never took note of what he said. I remembered it, but I didn't know what it meant. 775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLm0kELyRYu
Well, now I do.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBu5GPSufS
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.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgBW1DxGV2
“They can’t be fucking serious, Tricia.” he gasped. “We’ll talk about it to them. They can’t do this to you.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyCVogpL8a
Was being IV worth what I was assigned to? Nothing could ever be worth it.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfTrrNE2DO
“You can’t do this.” he exclaimed. “Tricia, say something.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYiG2wp8JV
I glanced at the screen one more time. A part of me hoping that I had read it wrong. I had seen it wrong. 775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeThNnvmwFN
TALISMAN, it read.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhT3ztEf6es
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.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWcz4x8JUU
TALISMAN. 775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNYY5f1Yys
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.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD25TZoQz0I
"I look like him, don't I?" I mumbled.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ65qu4CitA
"Tricia," Trehan sighed. "You don't have to do this."775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYl12bsunWT
I shook my head. "I do."775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98ygk48f5f
"Tricia," he began, "I-"775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwmDgaeaOh
"I'm good, Trehan," I reassured him. "I'm good."775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiscwpzKuCL
I'm good. I'd do what was asked of me. I'm an Ashes21 agent now. I had to do this.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtXXyqBpLY
Like Phoenix did.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BM71CAqUW
Like I would.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMISsJVd8Is
The annexation had begun.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuukHilJ85
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