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Creative Writing: The Assassination

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"Alex," Fox says quietly. "Please." "Who's Alex?" Fox freezes. It sounds like an honest question. It sounds like he really doesn't know. But Deathmask is Alex. He's sure of it now. Too late, he realizes that he shouldn't have let his attention slip. A gunshot sounds. Fox flinches, expecting to feel the impact of a bullet at any moment, but it doesn't come. Cautiously, he opens his eyes. Wolf is standing in front of an open door, gun in hand. And Deathmask is gripping his upper arm, his own gun on the ground. Incredibly quickly, the assassin slings his rifle over his shoulder and vaults the concrete at the edge of the roof. Fox rushes over and looks over the side, half expecting to see Deathmask dead on the ground. However, the assassin seems to be climbing down the—rather sheer—wall. Fox hadn't known Alex could do that. Is it really Alex? …show more content…

We should get back down to ground level." "You're right." They head to the door, and Fox wonders just how he's going to explain. Back in the main level of the factory, Wolf and Fox find Hawk lying on the ground, pale and unresponsive, his bulletproof vest next to him and the edges of a red stain showing around a wad of gauze. A soldier that Fox assumes is N-Unit's medic kneels next to him, along with Snake and Coyote. The three medics are talking frantically among themselves. The rest of N-Unit hovers nervously nearby; the rest of H-Unit is nowhere to be seen. Dust particles dance through the beams of sunlight from the holes where windows used to be, giving the whole scene a strangely dreamy air. Fox can't believe he's focusing on dust particles. He supposes it's better than focusing on Hawk, or on what just happened on the roof. Eagle, leaning against a support beam, looks up as they come closer. "Did you get him?" he asks hopefully. Fox shakes his head. "No. He...well, he climbed down the side of the building," he tells Eagle, somewhat reluctantly. It's pretty much his own fault that Deathmask or Alex or whoever got

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