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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. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1FF8qz2aT
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.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSATm2f3FE
“Tricia,” Trehan coughed, breaking my attention to him. I hadn't heard him come. “You have another assignment.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaEwm7zIBd
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.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSitk0tnf49
He was too young for this, I kept telling him. Then again, so was I.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJklk62I5X
“They just love me, don’t they?” I scoffed. “Stupid Ashes21 can’t even let me enjoy my break”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBw2tF6kSc
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.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqaoWK8oNO
Sometimes, by killing their Most Loved, and at times, by gifting them their Most Wanted. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq9abjTtI5
“Be careful, Tricia,” he laughed. “They must have a hidden microphone out here somewhere.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EYrKynpJZ
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.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDQVNOCkTc
“So, what is the so-called ‘assignment’?” I asked. “Let me guess, another kill?”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnym27SY0cK
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.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBBmy7dtSy
It’s no wonder that Phoenix left. I wish I could. But I don’t have that kind of influence. Or the ranking. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IkZsNikF6
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.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfDBYwxtTf
“I’m pretty sure that this kill will get you to V,” he snickered. “Have a go.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRypDz3hWWU
He handed me his phone. I rolled my eyes at the Crazy Frog stickers.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVf9ePvriyK
"Trehan, like seriously?"841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMB1UrpA5ZV
He smiled with pride. "It's collector's edition."841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrlDIuKset
I sighed. He's still a high school kid after all.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PlLkhswa0
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.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yWdOb16Uv
Agent Trickster841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiG6vd2cKW
Assignment: Terminate RED Talisman841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdaLlxcPvm
Reward: Promotion To IV841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MIYBxyHiR
Additional Information: The Details Are In The Attachment. Your Effort And Success Will Be Highly Appreciated.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhB5uXf5FbV
Thank You.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEASfpsjIX1
-Articus Caleb841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cBfTZ3DiA
Articus Caleb? Wasn't the head Wilderness? “When did Articus become the Directioner?” I asked.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP86QVZhUUE
“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.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7TnD5gjyk
“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.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKGevJET3X
"No way in hell,” I gasped.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dW4eAN75F
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.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCFf2Wnw6u
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. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyGNMQn9si
I never took note of what he said. I remembered it, but I didn't know what it meant. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZQlubTypH
Well, now I do.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yFA2ELr71
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.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrQ38NB9vW
“They can’t be fucking serious, Tricia.” he gasped. “We’ll talk about it to them. They can’t do this to you.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXtvrCgpXu
Was being IV worth what I was assigned to? Nothing could ever be worth it.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHYPaEL7nZ
“You can’t do this.” he exclaimed. “Tricia, say something.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfizzVh2mhG
I glanced at the screen one more time. A part of me hoping that I had read it wrong. I had seen it wrong. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lYhghgJJx
TALISMAN, it read.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5j5VDTIDhP
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.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa29SAbuH6N
TALISMAN. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgpQ6QDh8V
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.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHVqtNpKbr
"I look like him, don't I?" I mumbled.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfTrGStYkt
"Tricia," Trehan sighed. "You don't have to do this."841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobIrwvgjAt
I shook my head. "I do."841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvJVPq0Nf3
"Tricia," he began, "I-"841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZFH2YtNoO
"I'm good, Trehan," I reassured him. "I'm good."841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddpebThPd9
I'm good. I'd do what was asked of me. I'm an Ashes21 agent now. I had to do this.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnL15PNph9o
Like Phoenix did.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucO8NnuATi
Like I would.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFh4tXDzgy
The annexation had begun.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnW0I52SJKc
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