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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. 840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYwrwY39nw
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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudKvvEN6J8
“Tricia,” Trehan coughed, breaking my attention to him. I hadn't heard him come. “You have another assignment.”840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZv6UUuEeGh
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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZJnGgqw7k
He was too young for this, I kept telling him. Then again, so was I.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QgDHSbu3K
“They just love me, don’t they?” I scoffed. “Stupid Ashes21 can’t even let me enjoy my break”840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifmmDOQGW6
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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ielDzXTCN
Sometimes, by killing their Most Loved, and at times, by gifting them their Most Wanted. 840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVT7o4YNm3
“Be careful, Tricia,” he laughed. “They must have a hidden microphone out here somewhere.”840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJcwQJJ8IV
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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRifk4lKar
“So, what is the so-called ‘assignment’?” I asked. “Let me guess, another kill?”840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgKCdNgoJZ
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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLH6dlgUYQ
It’s no wonder that Phoenix left. I wish I could. But I don’t have that kind of influence. Or the ranking. 840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp655WqzYWT
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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSrWNc3Cpn
“I’m pretty sure that this kill will get you to V,” he snickered. “Have a go.”840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWu66pcyTBp
He handed me his phone. I rolled my eyes at the Crazy Frog stickers.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ksgi3DuDp
"Trehan, like seriously?"840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDebfCnRAoE
He smiled with pride. "It's collector's edition."840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuD0PUMcV0
I sighed. He's still a high school kid after all.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2gV7FbR9r
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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5CpWb5ML9
Agent Trickster840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFCFDbD2MU
Assignment: Terminate RED Talisman840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbpDcSgUte
Reward: Promotion To IV840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIfYwpDZec
Additional Information: The Details Are In The Attachment. Your Effort And Success Will Be Highly Appreciated.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsnR7QbDvg
Thank You.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2d3aQJOav
-Articus Caleb840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYREWMaYupz
Articus Caleb? Wasn't the head Wilderness? “When did Articus become the Directioner?” I asked.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnFLcAnZmg
“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.”840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFCHN0SfEu
“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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8WKgkNx4g
"No way in hell,” I gasped.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRl7vsOl0gp
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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMN4Hs8S1gO
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. 840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPEUp3hhuv
I never took note of what he said. I remembered it, but I didn't know what it meant. 840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDhLnbNzRK
Well, now I do.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCunyZD4pdT
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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAe5e6rCTc
“They can’t be fucking serious, Tricia.” he gasped. “We’ll talk about it to them. They can’t do this to you.”840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7u21xdJqSx
Was being IV worth what I was assigned to? Nothing could ever be worth it.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBz4ERUEdyo
“You can’t do this.” he exclaimed. “Tricia, say something.”840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLHadelx7O
I glanced at the screen one more time. A part of me hoping that I had read it wrong. I had seen it wrong. 840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0tRQ2HALn
TALISMAN, it read.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vsjdTN3nA
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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EyG6TMe4q
TALISMAN. 840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqeYO878Jv
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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiXyPkmpI1
"I look like him, don't I?" I mumbled.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVj8EDMoaY
"Tricia," Trehan sighed. "You don't have to do this."840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUqlLL0Otw
I shook my head. "I do."840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88MgRMDNA6
"Tricia," he began, "I-"840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bNNPggkqn
"I'm good, Trehan," I reassured him. "I'm good."840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Xc6YHO9bM
I'm good. I'd do what was asked of me. I'm an Ashes21 agent now. I had to do this.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LLEW8kmGq
Like Phoenix did.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCAZb4Ffgm
Like I would.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywqGIJFEw5
The annexation had begun.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVV1T8Fp4T
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