We gathered in the conference room. I sat at the head, Domino sat on my right, Drikel on my left, and the other two just sat. "Alright, so our client has Durus' itinerary for the next few days. For some reason, he wants me to take this kill, so we have to work with that as well." I slid the itinerary down the table, and Frisin picked it up, leafing through it and occasionally chuckling. "Frisin, what's so funny?"

She looked up, her hair still covering her face. "Oh, nothing. Nothing…"

Origilos shook his head. "Whenever she chuckles like that, she's thought of a way to kill someone."

"She's chuckled a lot."

He nodded. "She knows many ways. If she were the one to do this, no problem."

I shrugged. "Gotta work with it. Frisin, what's the best time for me?"

She looked at the itinerary, then back at me. "Two days. He'll be passing through Hearthome, actually." She smiled maliciously. "If you'd like to hear, I might have a plan…"

"Go ahead."

She chuckled. "The convoy drives through the city. The lead car has a malfunction of some sorts. One of the aides asks Durus to step out of his vehicle, and once he's in air, sniper shot to the head."

I nodded. "Simple but effective."

Domino interjected, "She's pretty good with plans."

"Means we have to figure out details…Origilos, hack into his plans and find out the exact route."

He nodded and trotted out. I looked at Frisin. "Aide."

She nodded. "Easy. The tough part might be convincing him to get out of the car."

I nodded and looked at Drikel. "Show me what we got."

He beamed. "Gladly!" He and I got up and left.

A few minutes later, we got to the armory. I nodded approvingly and said, "Sniper rifles?"

He led me over to the back wall, which had a nice array of sniper rifles, with varying strengths and weaknesses. "If this is just a shot from in or on a building onto the nearby street…I suggest this."

He took one and gave it to me. I felt the weight as he said, "That's an SR-25. Decent all around, and ideal for this particular situation."

Origilos walked in and said, "Got the route."

I turned to Drikel. "This is definitely possible. Let me check the route." He nodded as I followed Origilos out.

We got to a computer, and Origilos gestured. "Exact route of the convoy. Enters from the west, exits east."

I examined the map carefully, searching for any particular-hello. I pointed and asked, "What's this?"

He looked at the circular area. "Roundabout."

I nodded slowly. "Get me everything about it, now."

He nodded, and I walked back to the armory, where I nodded to Drikel and said, "Let's do it."

He grinned and nodded. "Good choice. This is a nice, solid rifle."

"Suppressor?"

He pulled out a length of metal and put it on the end of the muzzle. "Should do." He aimed at a target across the room and fired. It hit dead center, and I whistled. "Nice shootin', Tex."

He blew the end of the muzzle. "Just doin' what I do."

I chuckled, and Origilos walked in. "Got the details. The roundabout is completely open, and the nearest building is 100 meters. Perfect for the range of the SR-25, if that's what you're using."

I nodded. "We got everything except one: How do we stop the convoy and make sure he has to get out?"

Drikel snapped his fingers. "Explosive!"

I turned to him. "Car bomb?"

He shook his head. "Land mine."

I shook my head. "No, the client specified silence." I turned to Origilos. "Is he staying in Hearthone overnight?"

He nodded. "Yeah, but hotel won't give you a good shot."

I smirked. "You say that. Get me everything on his hotel. Drikel, go and get Frisin."

They both nodded and walked out, and I looked the SR-25 over. Definitely not a bad model…I heard someone walk in. "Frisin?"

"You said you needed me."

I turned to her. "Maid."

"French?"

I chuckled. "As fun as that would be, no. A maid for the hotel Durus is staying in. Have Origilos show you the uniform."

She nodded and walked out. This was starting to come together…

Domino walked in. "Would you care to step into my office?"

I nodded, and we headed to her office. We walked in, and I shut the door, saying, "This op is coming along well."

"Plan?"

"Hotel."

She nodded. "Hopefully there's a building around there we can use…I'll ask Origilos to check."

"Thanks."

She nodded again, and we sat, waiting for anything new to happen.

A knock. "Enter." Drikel walked in. "What is it?"

"We have a problem."

I stood. "Do tell."

"There's a room in the hotel with no windows, and that's the one booked. In the solid middle of the hotel, so not even material-piercing shots'll work."

"Damn!" I started to pace, then I said to him. "Tell Origilos to also look up the male uniform for anyone working there."

He nodded and walked out, and Domino asked, "You gonna go in with Frisin?"

I shrugged. "Kinda have to. This is one of the only silent options we got, and it's sounding pretty good. You understand."

She nodded. "I don't like it, though. You might get killed."

I smirked. "Occupational hazard. I'm gonna go check handguns." I walked out, leaving Domino to her thoughts.