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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. 866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvWywgqxaX
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.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZZDn2zEAZ
“Tricia,” Trehan coughed, breaking my attention to him. I hadn't heard him come. “You have another assignment.”866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZvvzV3PiH
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.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9gr626VJf
He was too young for this, I kept telling him. Then again, so was I.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1r9TAaddKz
“They just love me, don’t they?” I scoffed. “Stupid Ashes21 can’t even let me enjoy my break”866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dfG1x5mwg
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.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgTuzxEFZK
Sometimes, by killing their Most Loved, and at times, by gifting them their Most Wanted. 866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIsU69aJuF
“Be careful, Tricia,” he laughed. “They must have a hidden microphone out here somewhere.”866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5C23oecMX
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.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijaMMtDm7j
“So, what is the so-called ‘assignment’?” I asked. “Let me guess, another kill?”866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxBBSDjCP0
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.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbi4sJ9DX1
It’s no wonder that Phoenix left. I wish I could. But I don’t have that kind of influence. Or the ranking. 866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGrQvulBTq
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.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWZGqkPTvS
“I’m pretty sure that this kill will get you to V,” he snickered. “Have a go.”866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHh0pcUp0b
He handed me his phone. I rolled my eyes at the Crazy Frog stickers.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzAbNBrhgP
"Trehan, like seriously?"866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdQ8KJOvSV
He smiled with pride. "It's collector's edition."866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMF6fkN6oTt
I sighed. He's still a high school kid after all.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLSw6NlXlD
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.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe80zevVUW1
Agent Trickster866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uSIdX9Bg0
Assignment: Terminate RED Talisman866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GKUJF4WsP
Reward: Promotion To IV866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvIjX1vxlf
Additional Information: The Details Are In The Attachment. Your Effort And Success Will Be Highly Appreciated.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrE5t2oJqP4
Thank You.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYW7JkO8xXj
-Articus Caleb866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVh0cMYP3t
Articus Caleb? Wasn't the head Wilderness? “When did Articus become the Directioner?” I asked.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDexkFs6eI
“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.”866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkGrYT9gKb
“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.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDb1L8Zked5
"No way in hell,” I gasped.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hrdZORPDl
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.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9rv4tPZmQ
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. 866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA45QtJzDOd
I never took note of what he said. I remembered it, but I didn't know what it meant. 866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu46kfbhqHx
Well, now I do.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2pcowu9dx
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.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4UwFG4GCk
“They can’t be fucking serious, Tricia.” he gasped. “We’ll talk about it to them. They can’t do this to you.”866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQWBo3Seu6
Was being IV worth what I was assigned to? Nothing could ever be worth it.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPA64tFyR5
“You can’t do this.” he exclaimed. “Tricia, say something.”866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCFssfgxoJ
I glanced at the screen one more time. A part of me hoping that I had read it wrong. I had seen it wrong. 866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrFYU9DHX7
TALISMAN, it read.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkvc1MB5pK
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.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvf2E1CpXb
TALISMAN. 866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6j4SKGn9i
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.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwZbm1Qa9d
"I look like him, don't I?" I mumbled.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXven1nWhV
"Tricia," Trehan sighed. "You don't have to do this."866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0T08t3dnO
I shook my head. "I do."866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUAItZXOzG
"Tricia," he began, "I-"866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelxRrTFufM
"I'm good, Trehan," I reassured him. "I'm good."866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiMcnAzqtj
I'm good. I'd do what was asked of me. I'm an Ashes21 agent now. I had to do this.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa398pjVdqn
Like Phoenix did.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQN2WUeejj
Like I would.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlK6elONQtv
The annexation had begun.866Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqehaWGswSG
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