Assassin

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He replaced the receiver. How he had remained calm during the call escaped him. He was far from calm, probably as far as anyone could be. He threw the phone against the slightly curving wall and watched with satisfaction as it exploded into thousands of useless components.

“Beaumont, get in here!” he screamed into the intercom.

By the word ‘get’, Beaumont had already entered the room.

“They failed! The deal’s gone through! Can you believe it? A group of damn kids!”

“Shall I deal with them?” offered Beaumont.

“No. Let me think a minute… this is merely a set back, that’s all. We just need to tweak Phase 2 slightly…yes… that’s it, that’s all we need to do. Do you know something Beaumont, I think they’ve actually done us a favour. This could be even more fun than I imagined.” He was calming down and beginning to think more rationally.

“What do you want me to do?”

“Are all our people in place?”

“Yes, we have one or two loose ends to tie up but they won’t take long.”

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