Take It To The Grave | Danisnotonfire Fanfic #wattys2015

20. Your target is

My heart sinks, like a stone in a pool of water. It's me verses Phil.

"He's my best friend. You can't make us do this."

Phil nods; we don't look at each other though.

"Well I'm afraid then we have some re-thinking to do."

'Yes Miss' Phil and I both say simultaneously.

"Okay. Now, go and get ready and I'll meet you both back here, and give you the result."

Phil and I both set off to the weapon room.

"So Dan." Phil says. "I didn't know you were an assassin." He laughs awkwardly.

"I could say the same about you." I reply, trying to make the atmosphere less awkward.

"Funny huh?"

"I guess so. How come you never mentioned it?" I ask.

"How come you didn't?" Phil retorts.

"Never came up." I shrug. "It seems like everyone's an assassin this day, huh."

Phil looks at me oddly. "Who else did you have to kill then?"

"Hannah Riley." I say without thinking.

Phil's eyes widen. "What?"

"Long story."

"We have time. And by the way, what happened to her?"

"Do you really want to know?"

Phil nods vigorously. "Of course I do Dan."

"Right, um, okay." I say, rubbing my forehead; wondering where to start. "Basically, I was assigned a girl called Hannah Riley to kill and I met her. But she was also assigned to kill me, if that makes sense, she works for the PoM."

"The same organisation I work for?"

"Yeah." I say quickly, not wanting to get side-tracked. "We met, and I fell for her and everything, you know - you saw us two together. I was given a deadline in which I had to kill her by, and The Boss said that if I didn't kill her; then they'd get an innocent replacement." Not such an innocent replacement now I think to myself. "So, I did it. I killed her."

Phil's mouth dropped open in shock. "You killed your girlfriend?"

"I didn't want to kill someone who hadn't done anything wrong!" I snap back. "Anyway, I went back to my HQ and told The Boss that I had done it and then she informed me that it wasn't the Hannah Riley I was meant to kill. I had the wrong girl all along."

"Okay, so let me get this straight. You were assigned a girl called Hannah Riley and a girl called Hannah Riley was assigned to you? But it wasn't the Hannah Riley you were assigned to? So there's two Hannah Riley's? Well, one now. And you killed the wrong Hannah Riley?"

"Basically, yes."

"Jesus." Phil mutters.

The conversation dries up and we arrive at the weapon room. We enter separately so we don't see what the other choses. By the time I've picked mine, Phil's left so I have to make the long journey back alone.

"Nice of you to join us Daniel" The Boss says snidely as I re-enter her office.

"Oh, yeah, um, sorry." I mutter, cheeks flushing.

"Anyway, we have re-thought our decision."

My hands grow clammy and I lock eyes with Phil from across the room. Although his face is a portrait of serenity, his leg is twitching. A sure sign he's nervous.

"One of you must kill the other in the next 24 hours."