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All we receive is disappointment. I get extremely anxious about our condition and start speaking as an pessimist, "Receptionist says he left just as soon as he dropped me. Guard says he did not see anyone coming out. No car. No track marks and now we know that we can be faked by our own partner. This is maddening me." William grabs me turns to him and shouts ," Breathe, you will just create a mess by being so negative." I shake of his grip and shriek," You nuts. We don't have any proof there is any other person faking your identity. The receptionist says," I am about to repeat the same points when he interrupts me by scolding me, "Shut it. You are not supposed to panic in such a condition. You are one who is supposed to remain calm, composed and smile for my refreshment."

I start regaining my composure and say," What about we investigate the whole area?" He gives it a secondary thought and says," We can give it a try." He takes out his phone and starts typing ridiculously fast. He smiles and shows me a location. Not too far to get a hold of it. We jump inside the car. He starts driving while am still fastening my seat belt. I remember he got shot and blurt out loudly," You were shot. What after that?" He gives me a carefree smile. " Of course bullet proof jacket. I admitted her, the sniper is too much talented. He shot perfectly but the heart of this fake lady is also fake. She is an exceptional case. She has her heart on the left instead of right. So saved, else the hit man could have got rid of her without wasting another bullet." I am relieved after hearing that.

The car speeds up quickly. We see a car stopped at some distance. We get down from the car. Load our guns. He signals me to take the right. I nod and start heading towards slowly. The car makes a screeching sound and I start shooting at it. I have learned only one thing even the slightest of sound and cook the target. No response comes and we decide to open the gate for any kind of clue. As soon as we open the gate we realize it is bombed. We exchange glances and jump away from the car. As soon as we hit the ground we roll in opposite directions and a loud booming sound echoes the silent street. It was planned. We stand up, brush off the dust from our clothes and put back our guns.

I am unloading my gun when William shoves me to a side." He is somewhere here. Be alert." Listening to his remark I quickly load my gun again.' Precaution is better than cure.' At least I think so. We start walking in the opposite directions. I can hear a pair of familiar footsteps. One mine and the other William's stepping far away. In the tone I suddenly realize other footstep. I stop in my tracks. All I understand at spot is shoot. I turn around but find no one behind me. I see a shadow in front of a wall. I start walking towards it. My heart is beating like a drum. The drumming just gets faster as I reach the wall. When I reach I see no one there. I am a bit relieved at it. Apparently the shadow was of a Halloween pumpkin. I rest my back against the wall and smile on my stupid heartbeat.

No sooner does the thought of safety cross my mind that it comes to a halt. Instead I start to get uneasy.' Is William safe? I cannot hear any voice. This is not a good indication. Stop thinking crap and find it for yourself. Quick girl. Come on. You can do this. Brave as always.' Before coming out of the halt I observe something which tells me to stop. I realize a shadow approaching in my direction. I get ready to attack it and at the very next moment I aim my gun at the target. I breathe a sigh of relief as I see whose shadow it is. He says," Calm down. It is me." I answer him," Yes. I can see."

"Did you find anything?" He inquires of me." No. Nothing. I felt as if someone was by my back many a times but decide to check this once." I tell him. "Not a chance he could have fled that fast." He says with resolve. " Looks like he really did. There is not a single clue any of your duplicate exists." I say killing his resolve. He seems somehow determined to find that man. I look away at my side on the ground and something clicks in my head. I speak up as quick as I realize it," What could it be that the sniper, murderer, your duplicate will want? He is right here and we are his target. The bomb blast and," Before I can even complete my sentence the loud sound of another blast stops me from speaking. William looks at it and unconsciously says it out loud," Exactly where I was standing."

He looks like he will run into the direction of his previous position. I grab him by his arm to stop him and yell in anger," Have you lost your senses something. Going into the direction will be a reflex and that is what anyone in my position would do. Understand there will be another blast to kill me as well. No one would ever even find out that we died in such a barren land. Try to get away from there." He speaks satisfied," Exactly, This is what you will do. What do you think the mastermind must have not found about you?" He continues convincingly," You don't know many things right now we can talk about it afterwards but right now just come." He holds my hand which was stopping him ad pulls me along with.

My mind is getting hazy ' What on this earth is happening around me? One thing is clear it is just not some ordinary murder it is far much more than I imagined. It is the most dangerous and confusing case of life. There are many ties with the black markets, high ranking government officials, mafia and someone who has ties with all sorts of sources. Someone who knows we can solve it. Someone who knows he is in danger. We don't need to find the reason behind this midnight murder but the mastermind behind it all.' My thoughts are disturbed by another blast.

"Guess you were wrong." He says with content." You are the one to talk about." I reply. Apparently The blast was neither at a place I suspected nor at a place he suspected. I suppose not to utter anything till we get out of the blast zone. It was awfully smart of the mastermind to blast us at a place where even are bodies will not be found. One loud noise and the case is closed. I am yet not sure what he actually traced but it went correct. We book a cab and go back to our place.

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