My Masked Assassin

Chapter Twenty Seven: A Spark.

"Bag him up Sally..." I say as I throw the lowlife on the floor at her feet.

Sally was chewing on a stick as she looked down at him with mild irritation, then without looking up at me asked, "What's his crime?"

"This jackass was selling the nudes of little kids to an underground pedophile ring."

"How." she asked, still not looking up from him.

"He hacked into the electrical grid and tapped into family home surveillance cameras," I basically spat out. "Sick bastard has compromising shots of every kid under 8 in this district. Probably planned to blackmail parents with it after he was done selling 'em."

I see Sally repress the urge to shiver, it was either disgust or pure rage.

"Proof?" she next asked in a choked up voice, her restraint and self control being tested.

"Two computers, a tablet and several hard drives he tried to burn to the ground when I found him..."

"Everything's still in tack?"

"Always."

"Good."

She spat out her chewing stick and grabbed the guy at her feet by the collar.

"How come he ain't bloodied up?"

"I saved that honour for you, dear captain chief."

Sally grins maliciously down at her soon-to-be victim. "Perfect..." She sneers.

And with that I turn around and walk away as I hear the bloodcurdling screams erupt and fade behind me.

One couldn't blame the police chief for her actions, having been sold off to elderly men in her youth, she had a particularly nasty reaction to pedophiles and anyone associated with them.

I walked out of the warehouse located at the end of town and ducked down under the pouring rain.

I looked around me, trying to find a decent path to walk through before I connected to a main road to hail a cab.

I would've ask Sally for a ride home but the situation we were in was too sensitive for that.

I was currently neck deep in an undercover plan to bust a child sex trafficking ring, and the bastard I caught today was one of our connection to them.

My feet splashed against the wet pavement as I tried, and failed, to find shelter and proceeded to get soaking wet.

On the plus side, I hope this meant I woke up with a cold the next day cause out of all the illnesses I could get, at least THAT was one I could enjoy myself while having...

Just the idea on cuddling under blankets and drinking hot sugar water disguised as tea was one of the few pleasures I had let to look forward to in life.

"ACHOO!" I suddenly sneezed.

"Uuuurgh!" The thought of being warm and in bed did NOT help my currently freezing self.

I turn and almost slip and fall down a corner which was inclined alittle too sharply towards the ground.

But luckily for me I see a very narrow alleyway lead to the main road.

I squeezed myself in and began to shimmy down the path to get to the other side.

It wasn't so much a path but more so a slight gap between two buildings that my stubborn wet ass was too lazy to go around.

I could barely even turn my head to look back where I came from as light claustrophobia started to set it because it felt like the building was closing further and further together.