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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. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4Q2k3NTbe
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.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxarcJLtdR
“Tricia,” Trehan coughed, breaking my attention to him. I hadn't heard him come. “You have another assignment.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wybJD15Uu
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.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡev3BvUtyy6
He was too young for this, I kept telling him. Then again, so was I.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmjoh5IYO8
“They just love me, don’t they?” I scoffed. “Stupid Ashes21 can’t even let me enjoy my break”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0ohJrqv3q
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.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZAa88gIJC
Sometimes, by killing their Most Loved, and at times, by gifting them their Most Wanted. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbZ5Zx9Sq5
“Be careful, Tricia,” he laughed. “They must have a hidden microphone out here somewhere.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCpOyyYdq8
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.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0miQHOvgy
“So, what is the so-called ‘assignment’?” I asked. “Let me guess, another kill?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaN3UlMBYsY
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.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9H4FbhaR1q
It’s no wonder that Phoenix left. I wish I could. But I don’t have that kind of influence. Or the ranking. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37cx1KYHmR
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.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wDGnKlp11
“I’m pretty sure that this kill will get you to V,” he snickered. “Have a go.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5c9UnS3JJ
He handed me his phone. I rolled my eyes at the Crazy Frog stickers.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7feqpE1lju
"Trehan, like seriously?"837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiKK5UlKi8
He smiled with pride. "It's collector's edition."837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6JTGrY6XX
I sighed. He's still a high school kid after all.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVvpiTyGC9
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.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPgptUwIMz
Agent Trickster837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUMm6eV1re
Assignment: Terminate RED Talisman837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hIGZNjXLe
Reward: Promotion To IV837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rwTvmRhoF
Additional Information: The Details Are In The Attachment. Your Effort And Success Will Be Highly Appreciated.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSG5sBUD45
Thank You.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYn6A6K3OJ4
-Articus Caleb837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkICGREtHn
Articus Caleb? Wasn't the head Wilderness? “When did Articus become the Directioner?” I asked.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCWL7lCom7
“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.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVtxwnyQqI
“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.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GKw3gU7Dk
"No way in hell,” I gasped.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCK7R38aui
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.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAOCs31jPE
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. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsxxR7M3TS
I never took note of what he said. I remembered it, but I didn't know what it meant. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80FisJhlJL
Well, now I do.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66lpn42y6j
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.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpSoBWtpuB
“They can’t be fucking serious, Tricia.” he gasped. “We’ll talk about it to them. They can’t do this to you.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OGaVhJvDQ
Was being IV worth what I was assigned to? Nothing could ever be worth it.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBzfHRFSIp
“You can’t do this.” he exclaimed. “Tricia, say something.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOEOfGGK9h
I glanced at the screen one more time. A part of me hoping that I had read it wrong. I had seen it wrong. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2OIDpL45u
TALISMAN, it read.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvMcFw3jch
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.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeo0Dt5v2oL
TALISMAN. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3BG46HFdK
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.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCPzlMZrVZ
"I look like him, don't I?" I mumbled.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7D8Km7W2Ic
"Tricia," Trehan sighed. "You don't have to do this."837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTkU75qeqZ
I shook my head. "I do."837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzNNo3jIvm
"Tricia," he began, "I-"837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPRuRzDhH7
"I'm good, Trehan," I reassured him. "I'm good."837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06OU2hzAO9
I'm good. I'd do what was asked of me. I'm an Ashes21 agent now. I had to do this.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaaIdK1OLL
Like Phoenix did.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNypI9Mypy
Like I would.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ureiokGAO
The annexation had begun.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNodQXBP9W
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