I let out another sigh, it was the third one yet.279Please respect copyright.PENANAHAxdbVgsBH
I guess being a sniper is not easy after all.279Please respect copyright.PENANAwzwhf7BvI2
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANABGICjsZRwI
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANA2jLtcy9Ka4
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAYumYgeC4sR
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAbqYH9JbjSz
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANA6q7Q0Bpt0z
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAREock1Lsxy
"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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAH1L9EeTgxc
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAl9uiJTKK8i
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANABRcOYYMj3F
"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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAt4HZay3fM8
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAlWQlvLxbG1
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANApt30z6VUbW
It was quiet again.279Please respect copyright.PENANA052ob6Eh1k
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAYlDJZiwN5H
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANA7BChIkKdyZ
I bought my hand up and pinched my nose bridge,279Please respect copyright.PENANAPoAcKHUgd3
why is the so-called information taking so long? 279Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6Jaa4xbne
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAJEDrDDETJb
So much for today's 'top-secret' target...279Please respect copyright.PENANAyo4QmPxRJh
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAdXY6pZnqRM
I stopped dead in my tracks,279Please respect copyright.PENANAKfoeGvdMvo
I don't remember putting something in my pockets...279Please respect copyright.PENANAiCGzicWPlw
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAyiPO5c4KMs
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAPHdncJCcwv
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAD9GMu4Ii73
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAIQ14gFwM1t
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAv3hy41eAEC
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANArEJqH8Ck60
Following the horde, I reached behind the nearby public library. I crouched down against the wall as the noise around me faded.279Please respect copyright.PENANAHwq6KGiCRk
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.279Please respect copyright.PENANAaZs2EioCMc
"I shot a man again..." I mumbled, now tears glistening my eyes.279Please respect copyright.PENANAHGF34B7N4N
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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