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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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nwnnJ1SC8
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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIM6s0ZAVN1
“Tricia,” Trehan coughed, breaking my attention to him. I hadn't heard him come. “You have another assignment.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpqE7LmDsW
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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyl4MzULgAx
He was too young for this, I kept telling him. Then again, so was I.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5jrBZqgDf
“They just love me, don’t they?” I scoffed. “Stupid Ashes21 can’t even let me enjoy my break”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeZ0XzJGe4
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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7wTHjWBnj
Sometimes, by killing their Most Loved, and at times, by gifting them their Most Wanted. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BXiexUgI6
“Be careful, Tricia,” he laughed. “They must have a hidden microphone out here somewhere.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5bB9QXOiE
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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJgcxaGA2V
“So, what is the so-called ‘assignment’?” I asked. “Let me guess, another kill?”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikT45pOn2R
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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCGF9zXbii
It’s no wonder that Phoenix left. I wish I could. But I don’t have that kind of influence. Or the ranking. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFtnfiXUp8
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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKrYmAWSBO
“I’m pretty sure that this kill will get you to V,” he snickered. “Have a go.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrxmm3odpM
He handed me his phone. I rolled my eyes at the Crazy Frog stickers.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpQhQTaxrg
"Trehan, like seriously?"753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLMQZAPi7V
He smiled with pride. "It's collector's edition."753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vjwwaeiDQ
I sighed. He's still a high school kid after all.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRazjNhBNZU
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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMb4NgKeqRo
Agent Trickster753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCnp22xVXJ
Assignment: Terminate RED Talisman753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXywX6jvbPl
Reward: Promotion To IV753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRe05Y3Lsr
Additional Information: The Details Are In The Attachment. Your Effort And Success Will Be Highly Appreciated.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGVjhJcGCA
Thank You.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3dxwsnSIy
-Articus Caleb753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsevwI8ewIW
Articus Caleb? Wasn't the head Wilderness? “When did Articus become the Directioner?” I asked.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWFFiA0GXu
“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.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoMqLb55GY
“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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVL1bNT9M9D
"No way in hell,” I gasped.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpnQdwF4tA
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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVbkI3opLl
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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJgTqs1952
I never took note of what he said. I remembered it, but I didn't know what it meant. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMHsdaIpJp
Well, now I do.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXonuoT44O
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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBJVXiSX1A
“They can’t be fucking serious, Tricia.” he gasped. “We’ll talk about it to them. They can’t do this to you.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Esa7u3pDs
Was being IV worth what I was assigned to? Nothing could ever be worth it.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HUUlhjXCP
“You can’t do this.” he exclaimed. “Tricia, say something.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwOQVgzVIW
I glanced at the screen one more time. A part of me hoping that I had read it wrong. I had seen it wrong. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhceseFagm
TALISMAN, it read.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAfNaIGJUA
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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgXOWXhyoz
TALISMAN. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxUf5GsIfv
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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe85D9M7dPd
"I look like him, don't I?" I mumbled.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpwliElkHT
"Tricia," Trehan sighed. "You don't have to do this."753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxstHAjYANW
I shook my head. "I do."753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMv2sIZxxFs
"Tricia," he began, "I-"753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPaVjXq7LT
"I'm good, Trehan," I reassured him. "I'm good."753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdIqlD3Ksd
I'm good. I'd do what was asked of me. I'm an Ashes21 agent now. I had to do this.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3e2UkrxeI
Like Phoenix did.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBSU4R8f3K
Like I would.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysuFTgK1x5
The annexation had begun.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHAeJX5B3t
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