The Assassin | Dreamcatcher

Chapter 1

Her team member replies almost instantly with their confirmation. 'Take him out Wolf'

"Let's do this." Siyeon tells herself as the cold starts to burrow through her clothes. Shivering, she slings the case off her back and lies it on the ground in front of her.

She opens the case, revealing a rifle split into sections that she rapidly pieces back together. It takes slightly longer than normal due to her chilly fingers.

"The cold doesn't normally get to me like this." She mutters with a frown and loads the rifle with an ammunition clip and pulls the bolt back to draw a bullet into the chamber.

Siyeon lies down on the roof and points the barrel over the edge, down at the back of the target's head.

Through the scope, she can see the target a little closer, focusing in on his head, right where his left eye would be.

Her finger creeps to the trigger, caressing the cold metal before it freezes.

With one contraction of her finger and a huff of breath leaving her body, the rifle recoils with a small kick as the target's body is thrown forward into his desk.

"Done."

Siyeon pulls back to her knees and takes the rifle apart again, placing the pieces back in their correct slot and closes the lid, locking it shut.

Before leaving, she sends a message to her team member that she was done.

Their voice speaks to her through her earphones a few seconds later. "Great job, Wolf."

"Thanks." She acknowledges without emotion." Is the CCTV still out of commission?"

"Er, that's the thing." She laughs nervously. "The bug I put in was discovered automatically and was deleted."

"So it's running again?" She demands with a huff, already eyeing the distance to the ground.

"...Yeah. Do you have your wire?"

"Of course." Siyeon slings the case over her shoulder and secures the hook at the end of the wire on the railing. "I'm coming down now."

"Great. I'll collect you a few blocks down."

Siyeon holds the wire and stands on the edge of the roof, leaning back and letting the wire take her weight. Once she's happy, she drops down and rappels down the side of the building all the way down to the street.

Once her feet touch solid ground, she yanks on the wire and the hook loosens itself from the railing, falling down beside her.

With practised ease, she coils the wire, puts it  in her backpack and walks off down the street.

"Had a good day?" Her team member continues to probe cautiously.

"Fine."

"Was school good?"

"Also fine. Stop asking me inane questions."

"I am intent on socialising, Wolf."

"Whatever." Siyeon rolls her eyes and comes back around to the front of the building. She sees her team member's car parked about two hundred yards away.

"Hey, a patrol has just left the police station with their lights and sirens on, coming towards us, eta ten minutes. I think your target's been found."

"Wow."

"Are you out yet?"

"Coming towards you. Check your mirrors."

"Okay. I'll be waiting."

She straightens her hood and walks off down the street, down towards the small black car.

Her hand reaches out to pull the door handle and she sits down inside next to her team member.

"Why'd you park so far away, Gahyeon?"

"I don't want to get caught again! Remember the last time when I parked outside?"

Siyeon does. It just so happened that there was a police patrol already nearby and when the news that her target was dead was reported soon than expected, the police turned up unexpectedly quickly and unlucky Gahyeon was outside.

"You got arrested and Miss Dami had to rescue you." Siyeon smirks and gets into the car next to her, closing the door.

"Not something I have any wish to repeat, so that's why I always park a few blocks down. And, I have a bone to pick with you."

"What?" She snaps moodily and puts her rifle case across the backseat.

"Why do you never call me by my code name when we're on a mission?" She starts the engine and they drive off.

"Code names aren't necessary by our company's rules, so I don't feel it law that I have to call you 'Bunny'. I don't even ask you to call me 'Wolf'."

"But 'Wolf' is so cool and 'Bunny' is so cute--"

"I hate cute stuff." Siyeon interrupts with a wrinkle of her lip.

Gahyeon huffs and turns her eyes back to the road, her jaw clenched to keep from retorting. "Still upset you're not a Senior Assassin yet?" She finally answers coolly.

"Yes! Would you expect me to suddenly stop being upset?"

"Er...no? Haven't you talked with Miss Dami about it yet?"

"I've made an appointment for tomorrow."

She turns her phone on to look through her messages.

13% battery left. Whoops.

***

"I was just, like, watching videos." Siyeon shrugs casually.

"Oh really?" Yoohyeon smiles. "I highly doubt that, but if you don't want to tell me..." She pouts and Siyeon grins back, the cigarette forgotten.

"Oh, don't do that face to me!" She leans into Yoohyeon again with laughter.

A/N:
Heya, this is the first chapter of "The Assassin"!

I don't know exactly how long this is going to be...but it's a long one.

I hope you find this story enjoyable.

Have a nice day!

Freyafx 💙