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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. 754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqlTDWcvCb
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.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbSdLX97iV
“Tricia,” Trehan coughed, breaking my attention to him. I hadn't heard him come. “You have another assignment.”754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKLRlvQ8wZ
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.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HMRRYXXsR
He was too young for this, I kept telling him. Then again, so was I.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqgSDLcc26
“They just love me, don’t they?” I scoffed. “Stupid Ashes21 can’t even let me enjoy my break”754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pIA9ty9mq
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.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJ9U6MZprl
Sometimes, by killing their Most Loved, and at times, by gifting them their Most Wanted. 754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFRAeKTOrm
“Be careful, Tricia,” he laughed. “They must have a hidden microphone out here somewhere.”754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHozuZIhDw
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.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2f61LosqC
“So, what is the so-called ‘assignment’?” I asked. “Let me guess, another kill?”754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTc2ad0PwV
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.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd85Gv9s2Cj
It’s no wonder that Phoenix left. I wish I could. But I don’t have that kind of influence. Or the ranking. 754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpEQe2L1An
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.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloNzFQVGYv
“I’m pretty sure that this kill will get you to V,” he snickered. “Have a go.”754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ap6R9MMEn
He handed me his phone. I rolled my eyes at the Crazy Frog stickers.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChHDSnAUOR
"Trehan, like seriously?"754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBApGoWPdvx
He smiled with pride. "It's collector's edition."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGo15tfh34I
I sighed. He's still a high school kid after all.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgIZNmJZDw
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.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6LZuCk9wY
Agent Trickster754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawKpofTp3v
Assignment: Terminate RED Talisman754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVjCwiJqg5
Reward: Promotion To IV754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeCyhKxi8X
Additional Information: The Details Are In The Attachment. Your Effort And Success Will Be Highly Appreciated.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgg85YDGfSl
Thank You.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCWvnwcD0a
-Articus Caleb754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Qz9N1Ymc9
Articus Caleb? Wasn't the head Wilderness? “When did Articus become the Directioner?” I asked.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3V8z7imInI
“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.”754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqqrakr9zK
“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.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPG611Zb5OJ
"No way in hell,” I gasped.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMW1m83Vyj
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.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEApxPdlH3E
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. 754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ748jPq7NIs
I never took note of what he said. I remembered it, but I didn't know what it meant. 754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7umrWALbm
Well, now I do.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHBhCEHC1T
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.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7PhnYRUeX
“They can’t be fucking serious, Tricia.” he gasped. “We’ll talk about it to them. They can’t do this to you.”754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAItznh5QYp
Was being IV worth what I was assigned to? Nothing could ever be worth it.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuG4PVgOli
“You can’t do this.” he exclaimed. “Tricia, say something.”754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWj0CR6Zf0
I glanced at the screen one more time. A part of me hoping that I had read it wrong. I had seen it wrong. 754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6o8gpN49b
TALISMAN, it read.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yTm6qFXX5
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.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXVgopgsiF
TALISMAN. 754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLU2naazxo
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.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbkIpdKtPI
"I look like him, don't I?" I mumbled.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwobrNpUiE
"Tricia," Trehan sighed. "You don't have to do this."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbaJRHfarp
I shook my head. "I do."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHfwrjP5Xh
"Tricia," he began, "I-"754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQVoKqkXhK
"I'm good, Trehan," I reassured him. "I'm good."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nGvBruBFi
I'm good. I'd do what was asked of me. I'm an Ashes21 agent now. I had to do this.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3MJVPRsHt
Like Phoenix did.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyxUoaa84f
Like I would.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEe4ShTZpPg
The annexation had begun.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvV0blaL8DT
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