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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzcH9IfyOj
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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpa3iu8qAzD
“Tricia,” Trehan coughed, breaking my attention to him. I hadn't heard him come. “You have another assignment.”1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVhTAnyDVp
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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplArwWKhcS
He was too young for this, I kept telling him. Then again, so was I.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEJXykoDMP
“They just love me, don’t they?” I scoffed. “Stupid Ashes21 can’t even let me enjoy my break”1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvfPkxtiQu
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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUgCviD1JN
Sometimes, by killing their Most Loved, and at times, by gifting them their Most Wanted. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm26KYUY6EQ
“Be careful, Tricia,” he laughed. “They must have a hidden microphone out here somewhere.”1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8Q8FGjfAy
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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡML3KCy82km
“So, what is the so-called ‘assignment’?” I asked. “Let me guess, another kill?”1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtG4XsNOtL
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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuHl2dRoqw
It’s no wonder that Phoenix left. I wish I could. But I don’t have that kind of influence. Or the ranking. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOy3mTT3Ti
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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKY430qZvS
“I’m pretty sure that this kill will get you to V,” he snickered. “Have a go.”1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xVa3UGhRC
He handed me his phone. I rolled my eyes at the Crazy Frog stickers.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYjjpryhyy
"Trehan, like seriously?"1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShGC19IeZN
He smiled with pride. "It's collector's edition."1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgqthBgkSl
I sighed. He's still a high school kid after all.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqQ4XKOdji
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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7H0culdr5q
Agent Trickster1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EbFx4biXO
Assignment: Terminate RED Talisman1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJXefbDpTe
Reward: Promotion To IV1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9Um4n3TvA
Additional Information: The Details Are In The Attachment. Your Effort And Success Will Be Highly Appreciated.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfYtmiZ8NE
Thank You.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bgI7SFhkK
-Articus Caleb1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TQHlAMgxO
Articus Caleb? Wasn't the head Wilderness? “When did Articus become the Directioner?” I asked.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVrldGnrUS
“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.”1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBk9FrUuqbk
“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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVvWT0RHmP
"No way in hell,” I gasped.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAbeXkG1Q2
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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsq0y27By4E
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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNYvR37kDi
I never took note of what he said. I remembered it, but I didn't know what it meant. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAgCkxe6uq
Well, now I do.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88SrvbKoi4
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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQd8GcgpIx
“They can’t be fucking serious, Tricia.” he gasped. “We’ll talk about it to them. They can’t do this to you.”1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsr3AJvXPHq
Was being IV worth what I was assigned to? Nothing could ever be worth it.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82YC5N9G8S
“You can’t do this.” he exclaimed. “Tricia, say something.”1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FsHUOFY6G
I glanced at the screen one more time. A part of me hoping that I had read it wrong. I had seen it wrong. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QeVZ8DK5Y
TALISMAN, it read.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfiqzuufo6
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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2Ku4UA1Tk
TALISMAN. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTWPShVGnB
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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESlToAF2x6
"I look like him, don't I?" I mumbled.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmXGLlyjOD
"Tricia," Trehan sighed. "You don't have to do this."1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgYbL6JIfn
I shook my head. "I do."1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTROWgC1ynF
"Tricia," he began, "I-"1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfzVXdCGMU
"I'm good, Trehan," I reassured him. "I'm good."1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx07gPpkjIv
I'm good. I'd do what was asked of me. I'm an Ashes21 agent now. I had to do this.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HH8rxMlPX
Like Phoenix did.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX25aFwhi2W
Like I would.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLJGvDZQCm
The annexation had begun.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4ldQgHQCu
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and then Add to home screen.