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Past Life
I was shaking. The air was warm and humid. The sound of exotic birds
echoed through the forest. A thick, and dense fog surrounded everything. My
Finger was barely touching the trigger of my rifle. My clothes were covered in a
thin layer of mud. My scoped was adjusted to it’s highest setting. My target was
unaware of the laser sight on his head. I tense up and hold my breath and
tense up. My index finger pulls down on the finger. The bullet leaves the
chamber. Boom
My name is Jonathan Mundy. I was born in the year 2023. My parents,
Elizabeth and Norman, and my older sister Anne were all assassins. At the time
hitmen and assassins became more commonplace when the black market
became the stock market. They began to act like common merchants selling
Their wares. The police did nothing because they were on our collective payroll.
Murder was our family business. At home we were functional as a family
but at work we were highly competitive. If someone put a hit on my father, my
mother would kill him. They taught me the art of assassination. Until I was 18
and make a name for myself.
No successful hitman uses their real name. The first step was to come
up with a nickname. I became “Enigma” because I was a master of stealth. My
first mission was to intimidate a man who owed money to the mob. I didn’t
hurt him just freaked him out a bit . I rose through the ranks and became one of
the top hired guns available. I was an expert and sniping and stealth. Later on
I stopped using bullets based weapons and used more energy based weapons
like railguns and laser pistols. I also stopped using traditional disguises and
used a holographic mask that would project another face onto mine.
I was carefree. I was on the top of my game, and was becoming
extremely wealthy. Until the incident. I was about to take out a high profile target,
And was on top of a skyscraper with my railgun holding down the trigger about
to release that beam of concentrated energy, but I soon realized someone had
sabotaged my weapon. When I released the trigger the gun exploded And blew
of my right hand. I quickly ditched my stealth gear, weapons, and mask and
ran into the street. I was then taken to the hospital and luckily no one had
seen my face before, including my clients.
While in the hospital I reflected on what I had done and realized how
many lives I had ruined and decided to quit. I couldn’t even continue if I
wanted to because after Sam Maxwell became the police commissioner he
hunted down all of us. My friend, Ceaser, told me how Maxwell was coming
after me next. From then on I only want to live a quiet life and lived in fear
from then on.
The year was 2050. I came home from my new office job and had some
work I had to bring home. I feed my pet rat, Danny, read an issue of X-Men
and sat down at my holographic computer to work. I got a call from an
anonymous number. I picked it up and heard a robotic voice on the other end.
“Hello” I droned. “Hello John, or should I say ‘Enigma’.” the voice said. I frowned
and started quivering. “What do you want” I stuttered. “Look, I know you’re
happy in your average, barely paying job but I got a mission for you” the voiced
proposed. “ I don’t live that life anymore, you can find someone else” I
answered. “I want you to kill the city’s kingpin, Karl Stevenson. He leads the
city’s crime and is involved in drug distribution to everyone including children.
Killing him will clean up the city and will pay you handsomely.” He continued.
“Killing others isn’t how solve problems you psycho.” I exclaimed. I’ll let you be the
judge of that. I’ll call you back next week.” he replied.
I thought about it for a week and when he called back I told him I would
reluctantly do it. A day later a drone dropped some packages at my door and it
was my gear. I researched all the employees and guards Stevenson had. I
considered stopping and not doing it but I was in over my head.
I eliminated all security and when I got to Karl’s office I put my knife to
his throat and he uttered “If you’re going to kill me do it now and do it quickly” .
I dropped the knife, picked up my phone, and called the police to have us both
taken away to prison where I now spend the rest of my quiet life.
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