Kiki heard the motorbike power up and screech off, so she was confident that Mekus Money would be safe. She now had to focus on herself and getting out alive. She opened her utility bag and tools kit and began planting weapons at strategic areas of the house, as a precaution.
She was barely back in the room when she heard a mild creak. She turned around and saw the gun first. She immediately pulled out hers, with accurate reflex, then she was standing face to face with another assassin, code-named Sniper.
Kiki lowered her gun, and said, "What are you doing here? I could have shot you."
"I could have shot you too," Sniper replied, not lowering her gun. "Where is he?"
"I think he got away."
"How did you know he was here?"
"I followed him. You?"
"A call came in. What are you still doing here then?"
Kiki didn't respond.
Sniper wore a suspicious look, then fired, but Kiki flung herself out of the way to the floor, firing several shots in return. She heard the door slam shut, followed by absolute silence. Not even footsteps. She looked up carefully, and Sniper was gone.
Kiki was confused because Sniper never missed a shot. Although they were both trained assassins, then again, it was a clear shot, so she shouldn't have missed. Kiki looked behind and noticed that Sniper had intentionally fired at the window. It was a test.
She went to the door and tried it. Locked. She then realised that the shooting wasn't a test, but a distraction. Sniper could have already communicated with the Mirror People through her utility wristwatch to report her findings, and a 'kill' would be placed on Kiki.
Kiki put her ear to the door, trying to listen out for any form of movement, though she knew it would be almost impossible to detect a trained assassin like herself. She then heard a click, followed by a gun pressing the back of her head and hers being snatched from her hand.
She turned her head, and Sniper was there. Kiki sighed. The old trick of distracting a target and hiding in the same room until they let their guard down.
"And they said you're one of the best," Sniper remarked, and laughed. "Now, you get to die by my hand."
"If that's my fate, then so be it."
"On your knees."
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