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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. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6DxgrEtuF
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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdRB8fxavx
“Tricia,” Trehan coughed, breaking my attention to him. I hadn't heard him come. “You have another assignment.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLagSwnKHeu
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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oRFRFC0mr
He was too young for this, I kept telling him. Then again, so was I.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfB4C7u6K0
“They just love me, don’t they?” I scoffed. “Stupid Ashes21 can’t even let me enjoy my break”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuChMdmFqNB
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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRY82YwQcG4
Sometimes, by killing their Most Loved, and at times, by gifting them their Most Wanted. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRam2l8BJo
“Be careful, Tricia,” he laughed. “They must have a hidden microphone out here somewhere.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaRGBx6kG4
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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijgHCcv0BY
“So, what is the so-called ‘assignment’?” I asked. “Let me guess, another kill?”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLk3jpjgFL
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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqeGG7nrzx
It’s no wonder that Phoenix left. I wish I could. But I don’t have that kind of influence. Or the ranking. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULl7R4EXPP
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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEU4Uip8q58
“I’m pretty sure that this kill will get you to V,” he snickered. “Have a go.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GfHljwNbj
He handed me his phone. I rolled my eyes at the Crazy Frog stickers.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWY8UQdrbRG
"Trehan, like seriously?"838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOoF5j1jUn
He smiled with pride. "It's collector's edition."838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2QxeYGI4V
I sighed. He's still a high school kid after all.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQhLTm8qLb
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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNX3tvLn8X
Agent Trickster838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWpvCin7fL
Assignment: Terminate RED Talisman838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgT3lWhRD3K
Reward: Promotion To IV838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxofphwyX7
Additional Information: The Details Are In The Attachment. Your Effort And Success Will Be Highly Appreciated.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ138qhhaccM
Thank You.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspYYMMONCz
-Articus Caleb838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdYybkckko
Articus Caleb? Wasn't the head Wilderness? “When did Articus become the Directioner?” I asked.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNYHDordkx
“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.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCM5woyl6F
“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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bAVEuuQTs
"No way in hell,” I gasped.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3u0utoGAZB
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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMFkjrueaV
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. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdWujZTVtJ
I never took note of what he said. I remembered it, but I didn't know what it meant. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUeAZPJyB8
Well, now I do.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnXuiuVkqF
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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNo49MYZbaw
“They can’t be fucking serious, Tricia.” he gasped. “We’ll talk about it to them. They can’t do this to you.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7dpR9kOOt
Was being IV worth what I was assigned to? Nothing could ever be worth it.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbH6e29J7G
“You can’t do this.” he exclaimed. “Tricia, say something.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwG0o1ei0w
I glanced at the screen one more time. A part of me hoping that I had read it wrong. I had seen it wrong. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66f9Gw2kLg
TALISMAN, it read.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKQW5yr2pY
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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYXJQUL3gL
TALISMAN. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rYc91WtUz
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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lo1qnswPZ
"I look like him, don't I?" I mumbled.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiv3pVEZFLc
"Tricia," Trehan sighed. "You don't have to do this."838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQuQZyOF7d
I shook my head. "I do."838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXNyLTyNg1
"Tricia," he began, "I-"838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BXRwOhIuH
"I'm good, Trehan," I reassured him. "I'm good."838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfp6yueg9X
I'm good. I'd do what was asked of me. I'm an Ashes21 agent now. I had to do this.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdgv5e1bwz
Like Phoenix did.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPr8hafwNn4
Like I would.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7higZMGnxZ
The annexation had begun.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqPXsbfYa4
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