THE ASSIGNMENT

PROLOGUE

After the end of COLD WAR the world seemed to be going towards an environment of peace and mutual collaboration. But the problem is that the COLD WAR never ended. Although the world power had shifted from THE KREMLIN to THE PENTAGON, yet the OVAL OFFICE was never at ease. It knew that he power was slowly but painfully shifting back to the east. And the biggest problem was, Russia was involved in it.

And supporting Russia was China and India, the two Asian power horses. It’s interesting to know how India rose to power. At the turn of the millennium India was still a developing country. 30 years on, it is an economic military and space powerhouse. With the second largest army and the air force coming third only to U.S.A and Russia, it is a military superpower.

On the other hand was the U.S.A, the current world leader. With England, France and Pakistan, it had powerful allies. But its greatest mistake was that it had managed to enrage the gulf countries, especially after the Iraq and Iran incidents. It could prove costly. Rather the gulf was already prompted in supporting the east.

OCTOBER 2030

PART 1

A strong well-built man was taking his position atop the KREMLIN. The plan was simple. Take position. Identify and “shoot” targets. Get back to the river. Leave. It couldn’t possibly go wrong. But it was destined to go wrong.

He was a handsome man. Elisabeth always said so. He wanted to go back to her. It would be a life of retirement. Ten million dollars for his last assignment. At 35, he was the most successful HITMAN of his organization. He received a message in his pager: “Targets arriving. 20 minutes. Get ready”

He was looking forward to this. Three high profile targets. He was of course unperturbed by the might of Russian security spetsnaze’s patrolling the area and the snipers covering it. There was no sniper cover on the roof. His only worry was that his targets were the presidents and prime ministers of Russia India and china.

HITMAN did not want to do this job. Not that he was afraid. But he was disturbed.

If this summit went on then the power would invariably shift back to the east. And U.S.A would d anything to get it back. Even a world war. And with gulf support there can only be one winner. From then on there was no stopping communism from spreading. So he was this job to stop a potential war. He was doing it for humanity. His guess was that either the USA or Pakistan had handed out this job to the organization. And he was the best in business

He saw the limousines arriving. But there were four instead of three. He was confused. The fourth one was of the German chancellor.

PART 2

Historians say that the German was the best in the world during WW-2. It is no different today. The German intelligence had intercepted a message, which went like this:

“To HITMAN

Assignment confirmed.

Targets: Heads of nations

Occasion: Russian summit

Place: Kremlin”

Now comes the ELIMINATOR. Code name of course. He was a product of German intelligence. A sniper specialist. A brilliant shooter. A young happy go lucky man. 22 to be precise. And he had more girlfriends than he could remember. But no less efficient than the HITMAN.

He was also taking his position, not on the KREMLIN, but on another building overlooking the KREMLIN.

The German intelligence had suggested that they send a team to neutralize the HITMAN. But the chancellor only knew well enough that the organization was too strong to be deterred by the loss of a single HITMAN. Even if he is the best. The ELIMINATOR was his brainchild. The ELIMINATOR was not worried much. His target was simple and he had already taken his position. His only worry was the range. Could he get it correctly????

After what seemed to be an eternity, one of the snipers fired. But the summit did not stop. On went the summit. The most powerful alliance ever. Russia China Germany India.

No one knew anything. No one even cared. The HITMAN had been ELIMINATED.

The ELIMINATOR had been sleeping with Celina for too long. Time for a change.

A tear rolled down the eyes of Elizabeth. Was it for the HITMAN. Or was it for HUMANITY?????

P.S- this is pure fiction and no resemblance should be made with the real world.