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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. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJx8w0W9c4
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mj8xS5aW8
“Tricia,” Trehan coughed, breaking my attention to him. I hadn't heard him come. “You have another assignment.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGUduORYRk
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeV4jyZ6ehy
He was too young for this, I kept telling him. Then again, so was I.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSnQA00sdv
“They just love me, don’t they?” I scoffed. “Stupid Ashes21 can’t even let me enjoy my break”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoadUIvNAg
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOTbMXaHaQ
Sometimes, by killing their Most Loved, and at times, by gifting them their Most Wanted. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LnbAecDwk
“Be careful, Tricia,” he laughed. “They must have a hidden microphone out here somewhere.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTPf5KLYdl
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfV5noCYbby
“So, what is the so-called ‘assignment’?” I asked. “Let me guess, another kill?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQBqXYuuXf
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Tpj6mEKu5
It’s no wonder that Phoenix left. I wish I could. But I don’t have that kind of influence. Or the ranking. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMqCcXORgr
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQiwULTRkY
“I’m pretty sure that this kill will get you to V,” he snickered. “Have a go.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfwXFQbe2B
He handed me his phone. I rolled my eyes at the Crazy Frog stickers.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGP0Xk8toA
"Trehan, like seriously?"855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9trW3QUgo
He smiled with pride. "It's collector's edition."855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLawxhyG4Sg
I sighed. He's still a high school kid after all.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNr63bQDc2t
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPh7y1JjnkS
Agent Trickster855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD99RQvtA1q
Assignment: Terminate RED Talisman855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yHXyMzOri
Reward: Promotion To IV855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptF3ALPHQ2
Additional Information: The Details Are In The Attachment. Your Effort And Success Will Be Highly Appreciated.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5j0tMVDIU
Thank You.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8rAa6qJ08
-Articus Caleb855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjodPQiqwe5
Articus Caleb? Wasn't the head Wilderness? “When did Articus become the Directioner?” I asked.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFgy5woeEd
“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.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0CKVtj9bO
“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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yL2uyzQfk
"No way in hell,” I gasped.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymts8IZEVh
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbFUSESLAU
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. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgxK5ipI7Y
I never took note of what he said. I remembered it, but I didn't know what it meant. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNjKRRpRF2
Well, now I do.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42cni9b3Ur
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHz1b9PtbFf
“They can’t be fucking serious, Tricia.” he gasped. “We’ll talk about it to them. They can’t do this to you.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2dDWHlTv8
Was being IV worth what I was assigned to? Nothing could ever be worth it.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbsxGFHi0R
“You can’t do this.” he exclaimed. “Tricia, say something.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBToyhC0ta
I glanced at the screen one more time. A part of me hoping that I had read it wrong. I had seen it wrong. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzI4erx7fF
TALISMAN, it read.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIf0wZ1LBK7
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmjSuxio2Y
TALISMAN. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzftlu27DM
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KcSzYF1P7
"I look like him, don't I?" I mumbled.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsHtgBb2sh
"Tricia," Trehan sighed. "You don't have to do this."855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZpwu6Vz7q
I shook my head. "I do."855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRXHXsiJtE
"Tricia," he began, "I-"855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDEp4qL83r
"I'm good, Trehan," I reassured him. "I'm good."855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtVqjDUTqf
I'm good. I'd do what was asked of me. I'm an Ashes21 agent now. I had to do this.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TVq2FhYad
Like Phoenix did.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBLPwG1zbw
Like I would.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nBrPSk88T
The annexation had begun.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpUy5aTFOF
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and then Add to home screen.