Death Plan

~ PROLOGUE ~

'No! Listen to me! I don't have much time! We have been betrayed! Hello? Damn! Hello? Can you hear -'

A sudden loud gunshot disturbed the stillness of the night.

The man had been preoccupied with talking on the cell phone and had failed to notice that he was not alone. His assailant had been lurking in the darkness looking for the right moment to attack.

A single bullet ripped through his black vest, entering his muscular torso. The rats that were sleeping peacefully behind the boarded walls scurried aimlessly around the room, disturbed by the deafening sound of the fired bullet.

Staggering backwards slightly, he collapsed on the floor, blood gushing out of his wound.

His assailant moved out of the shadows to face him.

The man saw his assailant clearly. There was a delay of few seconds before he actually felt the pain. He was caught by surprise at the same time.

'Why?' he mouthed clutching his chest to curb the pain.

'It's a part of my job' she replied calmly.

A memory flashed through his mind... When he had asked her on the very first day they had met...

'What do you do?' he had asked.

'I kill people!' she had joked.

The reply had been very prompt.

'It was not a joke' the man realised in horror.

But unfortunately it was too late now. He felt strange as to how aware he was as he lay there dying.

There was no remorse in her beautiful eyes. Absolutely no emotion of any sort was reflected on her face.

He wanted to die looking into those eyes.

His breathing became ragged and the man thought he saw a tiny tear in her eye for a few seconds before death had taken its toll on him.