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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. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4ZdAgrZ0j
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ChsqZvZoz
“Tricia,” Trehan coughed, breaking my attention to him. I hadn't heard him come. “You have another assignment.”773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDBcyUXa3C
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUC9D1vv1G
He was too young for this, I kept telling him. Then again, so was I.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBWHIWRFEN
“They just love me, don’t they?” I scoffed. “Stupid Ashes21 can’t even let me enjoy my break”773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUopcreAN0
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1SnWoH7qY
Sometimes, by killing their Most Loved, and at times, by gifting them their Most Wanted. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBR2LzslAE
“Be careful, Tricia,” he laughed. “They must have a hidden microphone out here somewhere.”773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmuKiVTOVy
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGX6eYYZBU
“So, what is the so-called ‘assignment’?” I asked. “Let me guess, another kill?”773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaL6bfsdL9p
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI276uDdRng
It’s no wonder that Phoenix left. I wish I could. But I don’t have that kind of influence. Or the ranking. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkP9yH15ft6
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTipF2B2Gm
“I’m pretty sure that this kill will get you to V,” he snickered. “Have a go.”773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSCRfIHlEd
He handed me his phone. I rolled my eyes at the Crazy Frog stickers.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPJzBJAoeY
"Trehan, like seriously?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiD5x9bO65a
He smiled with pride. "It's collector's edition."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZxQyBdu81
I sighed. He's still a high school kid after all.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYitXn9jny2
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXai6QoL4Ni
Agent Trickster773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09GpysSyOA
Assignment: Terminate RED Talisman773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHe5AgBylx
Reward: Promotion To IV773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LkyExZwcz
Additional Information: The Details Are In The Attachment. Your Effort And Success Will Be Highly Appreciated.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5bNn7ImTc
Thank You.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLX8Aqr6vRp
-Articus Caleb773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe601EnLF6m
Articus Caleb? Wasn't the head Wilderness? “When did Articus become the Directioner?” I asked.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LBPwzCiz9
“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.”773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWTNohKA3g
“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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfECOP1H6Hz
"No way in hell,” I gasped.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2h3bQueqZf
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6phLeIQKb
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. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagTjhU34u3
I never took note of what he said. I remembered it, but I didn't know what it meant. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfuhtLYItF
Well, now I do.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBl5YddEor
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl17S9z9kI
“They can’t be fucking serious, Tricia.” he gasped. “We’ll talk about it to them. They can’t do this to you.”773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnqZd8uDgB
Was being IV worth what I was assigned to? Nothing could ever be worth it.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3yIkxnxLK
“You can’t do this.” he exclaimed. “Tricia, say something.”773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavaaTYuxZC
I glanced at the screen one more time. A part of me hoping that I had read it wrong. I had seen it wrong. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0tuThCHA4
TALISMAN, it read.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mlSouwoRw
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2egnga2jN
TALISMAN. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5gVYIjm8d
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡama43BpZpu
"I look like him, don't I?" I mumbled.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFxjF14ZvQ
"Tricia," Trehan sighed. "You don't have to do this."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeuX5JuB4k
I shook my head. "I do."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6c6BVjH2Cg
"Tricia," he began, "I-"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmMR307mRL
"I'm good, Trehan," I reassured him. "I'm good."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6rgLOMpo7
I'm good. I'd do what was asked of me. I'm an Ashes21 agent now. I had to do this.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡya2Qz1OPSW
Like Phoenix did.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2se8IQRDQ
Like I would.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8EjHfOzWE
The annexation had begun.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzts2tZfNZV
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