I let out another sigh, it was the third one yet.439Please respect copyright.PENANA2hwvfrwvKc
I guess being a sniper is not easy after all.439Please respect copyright.PENANAdx1LBzjtBF
You heard me, a sniper, that too a well known one from the black market. It was not by choice though. I am an orphan, never knew who my parents were, and grew up in an orphanage.439Please respect copyright.PENANAl71YQkLjnN
One day, probably when I was seven years old, I was adopted by an underground organization. Since that day my life has been everything but normal, I held a gun when I was just ten, could shoot perfectly by the age of 16, and even killed my first target when I was 18. It was an old lady if I remember it right.439Please respect copyright.PENANA1wtTbCe3xs
I stood there at the corner of the station, amidst all the daily chatter of the town. It was as nosy as ever, and the baby that just walked in didn't help at all.439Please respect copyright.PENANAIHPnboTrJj
I tilted my hat down to shadow my face from view. The minister had hired me this time. Some dirty work he must have had to make me come to such a place.439Please respect copyright.PENANANU8m79I9r6
I was told to wait there for further instructions, that is in other words, to know who I was supposed to kill. I impatiently tapped my foot on the marble floor, producing a pattern of clicks that I could barely hear above the racket in the room.439Please respect copyright.PENANAiMGwwcogT3
Just then, I felt a presence approach me. The man leaned against the wall beside me and left what sounded like a deep sigh. I could tell he was short and a bit plump by the shadow that formed in front of me.439Please respect copyright.PENANATNh1WeyRoM
"Oh! Didn't see you there..." he mumbled. "Good evening young man. What bought you here on such a busy day? I don't believe you're from around, here are you?" the man beside me spoke. I turned to face him and lifted my hat a bit, "I am not sir, and as for why I came here, duty calls." I replied with a smile. "What work do you do?" he asked after a pause.439Please respect copyright.PENANAQA9B7nPVLQ
I gave him a questioning look which he seemed to notice right after that, "Just curious since you know, you look quite handsome. Are you an actor?" he said defensively. "I shoot for a living," I replied truthfully, as I shifted a bit on my legs to gaze out the window.439Please respect copyright.PENANA2YcZhB5SNP
I was defiantly going to miss this place, the trees, the beautiful sunrise. One could never get tired of this. "You work as a photographer? Well now, that's pleasant." He muttered. I let out an amused chuckle, "Whatever sails your boat." I muttered.439Please respect copyright.PENANAgF2H1lHi1k
"And what work do you do sir?" I asked curiously. He looked up at me with his empty black eyes, "I am the minister's assistant, here on a top-secret mission." Whispered proudly.439Please respect copyright.PENANAV5yV4E6k58
I replied with a wide smile. This was too much of a coincidence, was he here to give me the information? It sure doesn't seem like it.439Please respect copyright.PENANA5fXmOhOOGp
Just to be sure I waited for a bit longer before I asked him about my job. He kept humming a tune that sounded like a children's rhyme. "It's my daughter's favorite. She would never even dream of sleeping until I sang this to her." He said.439Please respect copyright.PENANA5aVzCOj4n7
It was quiet again.439Please respect copyright.PENANAxAl1lbldEt
The ruckus that filled the hall didn't make it any less awkward for both of us. "Well, umm... what do you take pictures of?" the man asked. "People," I replied shortly.439Please respect copyright.PENANAavgBocJ1qf
I honestly did not want to speak with the man anymore. He seemed to be dreamy and carefree, but for some reason, I kept feeling that this was fake, that the smile and the relaxed attitude were all fake.439Please respect copyright.PENANAioYX7ShBTk
I bought my hand up and pinched my nose bridge,439Please respect copyright.PENANA6siWXH2I62
why is the so-called information taking so long? 439Please respect copyright.PENANAcJB4r4vISq
Just then a man bumped into me, making my back hit the wall. "Watch it," I warned the red-head that fell on me.
He muttered a small sorry and scurried off into the crowd.439Please respect copyright.PENANADAwBdWPpjR
So much for today's 'top-secret' target...439Please respect copyright.PENANAklc7iDzpQl
I stuffed my hands back into my coat pockets and decided to depart the place before I felt something brush against my hand in my left pocket.439Please respect copyright.PENANAbIt7kn93vx
I stopped dead in my tracks,439Please respect copyright.PENANAFdph1a8ReK
I don't remember putting something in my pockets...439Please respect copyright.PENANAusx0KwKIlI
Carefully fishing the piece of matter out of my pocket and into the light, I found a photo. In the picture stood a man smile, scarce white hair, black eyes, sunken face. Behind the photo, bold black writing read, 'KILL HIM!'.
"Do I know you? That is me in you're hand son." The man beside me spoke.439Please respect copyright.PENANAjXkbWZn1b7
He bent a bit more to get a clear view of the picture.
I sighed quietly; I hate this part.
I put on a psychotic smile and reached for my gun behind me with my free hand.
I grasped BRSEA model 388, a beauty that was gifted by my last client.
I aimed it at his forehead, just between his brows.439Please respect copyright.PENANAESHgdRTNoe
His eyes widened as he began to back up a bit, he slowly raised his hands into my view.
"W-what are you doing?" he asked. I dove into his fearful glassy eyes that silently pleaded for mercy.439Please respect copyright.PENANAsj2Vj4Bdc8
Taking a deep breath, "Turns out, you're my duty..." I said, after which a few moments later a gunshot rang through the walls of the station.439Please respect copyright.PENANAugYVEyxrb9
Soon the station was filled with screams and people from every corner rushed toward the exits. "I am sorry..." I whispered as I picked the bullet from beside the man's lifeless body.439Please respect copyright.PENANAcGwbCuklE6
I took off my hat and stuffed both the bullet and the hat into my coat pocket as I rushed out of the station, blending in with the crowd.439Please respect copyright.PENANA1HRwUq9Qoc
Following the horde, I reached behind the nearby public library. I crouched down against the wall as the noise around me faded.439Please respect copyright.PENANAsg13LamNWR
I sat there gasping for air, memories flooded my mind as I drowned in darkness. "I am sorry... I did it again..." I whispered to myself.439Please respect copyright.PENANAX29IB88HFO
"I shot a man again..." I mumbled, now tears glistening my eyes.439Please respect copyright.PENANATmiXL1xdlv
I looked up at the now deep blue sky, the stars now shone, lighting up the sky like tiny lanterns. "I a-am so, so sorry... Mia... I- I took... another soul...."
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