Assassins

Assassins, arm yourselves. You have less than five hours.

-The Arbiter

Scanning her email, Sabrina reopened her target assignment.

Target: Aaron "G-T" Wu

Bounty: $300

Physical Description:

Ht: 5'5

WI: 140 lb

Sex: M

D.O.B.: 20 February 1983

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Experience: four years of assassins

Hm, better watch out for this one, the rookie thought to herself, glancing at the photo given to her. He had a cocky grin, big guns and a badass black leather jacket. I wouldn't mind that jacket.

24 May 2007, 15:00

Ring. Ring.

::Ryan::

Safe

"Hello?"

"Hey, so I just got out of class, and I think someone was looking for you."

"Really? Why?"

"Well he was wearing a trenchcoat and sunglasses, and he came into the room, looked around, and left. And you didn't show up to class today."

"Interesting. What did he look like?"

"Tall, with blonde hair."

"Craig?"

"I don't know."

"I think I know who you're talking about. I hope I'm not his target, I've seen all his weapons. He's pretty well armed. He even has holsters to hold his guns under his jacket."

"Well I'm not sure, but good luck."

"Thanks."

Click.

16:45

It was time for Sabrina to go to work. She knew she would be safe at the office, but she worried about what might happen to her on the way, so she wanted to wear a disguise. She rushed to put on sunglasses and a sweatshirt with a hood, hoping it would suffice, then quickly stuffed her guns in her bag and left her apartment. After a quick inspection of the apartment complex, Sabrina felt it was safe to go to her car, so she made a run for it. She felt confident she would be safe in her car, but after the ten minute drive she reached the parking lot near her work office. She knew she would have to be extra cautious here, since this was the area her assassin was most likely to find her. It was a flat, wide-open area with not even any trees to hide behind. It was dangerous.

Before getting out of her car, Sabrina took her smallest gun out of her bag and hid it in her pocket.

At least I'll have some sort of protection, just in case, she thought.

A swift glance around the parking lot gave Sabrina some confidence. There was no one in sight. She scanned the area one more time then bolted for her office.

Hopefully the door will open and I will be safe

With her hood and sunglasses on, Sabrina felt she would be fairly unrecognizable, although she did look rather suspicious. After all, it was spring time and the temperature had been close to 80 degrees all day.

Running as fast as she could while hiding her guns, Sabrina tried to stay on the lookout: behind her, in front of her, next to her, near the trees aligning the bike path, but she was in the clear.

Taking two steps at a time, Sabrina raced down the stairs to the building. She saw her co-workers already inside, gathering together for their daily news meeting. Luckily, there were no potential assassins lurking in the courtyard, and Sabrina was able to punch in the code and walk into the safety of the office. After all, who would dare shoot her inside a newspaper office? No one wants to make headline news that badly.

"Sorry I'm late," Sabrina called out to her boss, Kaitlin.

"I see you made it through the day," Kaitlin said.

"Yeah, turns out I got lucky. I missed a class and I heard Craig showed up. I think he's after me, but I'm not sure"

"Wow. Yeah maybe you are lucky. Alright people, news meeting!"

An hour later, Sabrina sat down at her desk to work. She noticed something different about the office. Everyone was eyeing each other suspiciously, and people were taking care not to gain too much attention when leaving the office.

To be continued...