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Bulls-Eye adjusted the sights and the scope on his rifle. Pinpoint smiled and slung his own rifle over his shoulder and headed off into the brush.

Low Light continued to move south towards the town on his map. He figured that if he kept up the pace he was currently on, he would reach the town by nightfall. With any luck, he thought, the people in the town will know something about his two targets.

"You're out of your element Cooper," said his father as he walked beside Low Light. "You work best at night. And you should have dropped in under the cover of night. What were you thinking parachuting in during the bright sunshine of the day?"

"And waste the night with travel?" asked Low Light.

"No, son," said his father. "The hunt for these two has already begun, and you should have done it at night, when you are supposed to be at your best. Didn't I teach you anything growing up?"

"You taught me more than I wanted to know," said the sniper bitterly. "And a lot of what you taught me I'm not sure was worth learning."

Low Light's father vanished from view and Low Light continued his trek towards the village alone.

Bulls-Eye peered through his scope at the night sniper. Pinpoint took a close look through his binoculars and frowned. Low Light was being too obvious. "I can take him right out, now," said Bulls-Eye quietly.

"No," said Pinpoint. "Wait. Something's not right."

"They're watching you, Cooper," said Low Light's father. "They're up on that ridge to your left, a thousand yards out. They can drop you at any time. They have the light and the wind."

"I know, Dad," said Low Light. "That's what I'm counting on."

"This is a trap," said Pinpoint. "Disengage for now. We can get him later."

"But I can take him now!" said Bulls-Eye losing his temper.

"Quiet, fool!" ordered Pinpoint barely containing his voice. "You'll give away our position!"

Low Light smiled and kept walking, his plan had worked.

"Very interesting, Cooper," said his father.

"Thank you, Dad," said Low Light. "I thought you'd like it when you found out what I was doing."

To be continued…