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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. 734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYDPtyruCf
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.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bkhSIkw5k
“Tricia,” Trehan coughed, breaking my attention to him. I hadn't heard him come. “You have another assignment.”734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6DjaGg53y
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.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4MAPJihZr
He was too young for this, I kept telling him. Then again, so was I.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HoHMGHkt5
“They just love me, don’t they?” I scoffed. “Stupid Ashes21 can’t even let me enjoy my break”734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyf9ygfGJ8B
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.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvbsKkidlW
Sometimes, by killing their Most Loved, and at times, by gifting them their Most Wanted. 734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAFOVs41xX
“Be careful, Tricia,” he laughed. “They must have a hidden microphone out here somewhere.”734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWKhMvnYwF
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.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufPnDghVE8
“So, what is the so-called ‘assignment’?” I asked. “Let me guess, another kill?”734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0pOybsD7I
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.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHIKm2VSeH
It’s no wonder that Phoenix left. I wish I could. But I don’t have that kind of influence. Or the ranking. 734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3G3ewMuaCh
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.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bpKEQLPPH
“I’m pretty sure that this kill will get you to V,” he snickered. “Have a go.”734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3whDZDJMeV
He handed me his phone. I rolled my eyes at the Crazy Frog stickers.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62w2G5G6qo
"Trehan, like seriously?"734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUiLXtUClN
He smiled with pride. "It's collector's edition."734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9TmQhRqq9
I sighed. He's still a high school kid after all.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PeDo3BvH9
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.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUS7Y2w0Fru
Agent Trickster734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsfDi0G5As
Assignment: Terminate RED Talisman734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVczvA8dtN
Reward: Promotion To IV734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRaDiqX7qL
Additional Information: The Details Are In The Attachment. Your Effort And Success Will Be Highly Appreciated.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8DZXeG4nt
Thank You.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RP3k0lOmD
-Articus Caleb734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9i5u7Jj6Z5
Articus Caleb? Wasn't the head Wilderness? “When did Articus become the Directioner?” I asked.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvWBld9sj2
“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.”734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKtKyzLaXR
“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.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUFMFfAwP4
"No way in hell,” I gasped.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucKC0FTwQF
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.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jnNC8oeuY
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. 734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPTwo7JU3n
I never took note of what he said. I remembered it, but I didn't know what it meant. 734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI68psgVjao
Well, now I do.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhJiy7F7qt
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.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEfhtAGGM0
“They can’t be fucking serious, Tricia.” he gasped. “We’ll talk about it to them. They can’t do this to you.”734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yToJWcdFG
Was being IV worth what I was assigned to? Nothing could ever be worth it.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVefRooRTvU
“You can’t do this.” he exclaimed. “Tricia, say something.”734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIknwjpVwX1
I glanced at the screen one more time. A part of me hoping that I had read it wrong. I had seen it wrong. 734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVqvJhQwyz
TALISMAN, it read.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgcPaAcg7W
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.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGe4hQR6wX
TALISMAN. 734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhFz7gCnku
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.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1bp35gugB
"I look like him, don't I?" I mumbled.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZabJkYaqyF
"Tricia," Trehan sighed. "You don't have to do this."734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCILtZMarg
I shook my head. "I do."734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAif3e1J4TE
"Tricia," he began, "I-"734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWDUJiN1VS
"I'm good, Trehan," I reassured him. "I'm good."734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFg1FFLkUo
I'm good. I'd do what was asked of me. I'm an Ashes21 agent now. I had to do this.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeC8EgxCMes
Like Phoenix did.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lJwkIFyJf
Like I would.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZ3kGSN2nK
The annexation had begun.734Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF7Yp1FXIM
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