the assasin

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The Assassin by Marcus White

 

        There are three main things that can kill you instantly. One of them is routine. The second is being nervous and the last thing is not carrying a weapon for self defence. Ironically the target didn’t know this.

He waited in the rusting, aged, decrepit car for the target to come out of the building. The air that surrounded him was full of hatred and anger and the dark seemed to have beaten the light and won the eternal battle. The downpour came as if it was pushed out of its last place to the grounds of the earth. But that didn’t stop him. We waited in the car watching through the scope on his SIG-Sauer SSG 3000 sniper rifle. He watched and watched till his target came out the building.

        The building was a late Victorian style house and had the exact same layout as all the other houses in the street. The house stood out from all the other houses. It had old trees with branches reaching out to the sky scratching the air that surrounded it. At the bottom of the house, fungi infested the space, rising to the top of the building where dampness ruled.

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        He had been given all the details about the targets daily routine and took into account that he might change the deathly routine although he knew the target was ignorant. The gun he held in his hands was bought for him by the same group of people that were supposed to help him.

        From the corner of his eye he saw movement in the distance it was only a cat. Suddenly he sprung to life as his target came out of the old decrepit house. He waited patiently until the target came out into the open street. The street was ...

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