01That day was somehow weird.My body was heavy ever since I opened my eyes. It was like something was pressuring my shoulder. Maybe a cold is coming. Mason Taylor didnât think anything weird.Actually it is weird if my body was light. Itâs already been two months since we started our mission. So, for two whole months, I donât want anything big I just wanted to sleep in a place with a roof.âIâm seriously gonna quit after this job.âOne of the team members named Clark said something similar what Mason was thinking. Mason laughed. For three years, that guy said exact same thing every time they were on a mission, but heâs still doing this job.âIâm serious. I even wrote down my letter of resignation to send it right after this job. Do you want to read it?âThis stupid bastard was saying how he wanted to become a writer, so he wrote this really well like poetry. And Mason said âWhy do you have to write letter of resignation well?â and frowned.âI told you my dream was to become a writer. Didnât you have that kind of a dream, Team leader? Any dreams?ââOf course I do. Who do you think I am.ââTeam leader has a dream?âA guy who is so dry? This bastard said it rudely, and Mason nodded and said,âAh. This instant, I want to take a hot bath, drink warm milk, and sleep till Iâm not tired on a dry bed.âIt couldnât get any better. Just to imagine that scene made him feel really heavy and tired.ââŚ..ah seriouslyâŚâWhy are you like this Team leader? âThat bastard said it like heâs sick of it, and Mason checked his watch and said, âWhy are you like this? In front of the enemyâs territory.â They look relaxed, but they are in live or die mission. When they get ready, they will intrude the enemyâs hideout in the bunker and either kill the target or get killed.âWhat do you mean?âAshley who was applying mascara behind them asked and Clark asked, âSis, donât you think our Team leader is very dry?â to get some agreement.âHe said his dream is to take a hot bath and sleep on a dry bed.ââThat sounds goodâŚ.âFred who handed lipstick to Ashley murmured it like he was daydreaming, and Ashely smacked Clarkâs head.âDonât you think you are too clinging? What kind of mercenary will read this kind of poem?ââWhat about poems? Iâm really going to quit this. This dry job. People in here think itâs embarrassing to read books. And their brains are filled with musclesâŚââWho are you saying this muscle to? Do you think how disgusting it looks a guy who looks like a gorilla carrying around poetry book and cries over it?âHe got smacked again. Mason laughed looking at him crying holding his poetry book and teased him, âDid you even pay off your credit card debt?ââThis team is so relaxed. âAre you guys ready?âAaron who was guarding outside asked looking inside. Three months ago, he got dispatched to Masonâs team, and after they decided the plan, he looked very nervous. He looked like if anyone touches him, right away he will say, âactually this mission is to kill weapon merchant AltaâŚ..âHe disagreed strongly when they said they will enter the enemyâs territory disguised as prostitutes. He agreed that this is the only way to kill the target who never came out of the bunker for like two months with only 12 team members. But he still didnât like this plan.âDo you want to stay here?âWhen Mason asked, Aaronâs pride got hurt and said, âI donât need itâ and frowned. Mason saw Ashely looking at Aaron secretly. Ashely felt Masonâs stare and smiled awkwardly.âHm.âItâs none of my concern, but he is not a good man. Just like common mercenary, he is a common trash. But she probably knows that too.Mason was checking his weapon. He put Taurus PT 22 on his ankle because it has a small frame, so itâs easy to hide. He checked his watch.âIf weâre too late, theyâll suspect us. We should get going.âMason looked at two actual prostitutes and guards. They were shivering next to guards who were tied up and fainted. Both of them were blonde with pale skin. Heâs hiding like a mole and has specific preference. Well, that made his job easier.Mason smiled at them, so they donât get scared too much.âAbout⌠30 minutes later. I think you guys can go home.âAltaâs penis will die like its owner soon. Because he has a scary face, they started to cry. He left them behind and took their Jeep with Ashely.Mason fixed his ghutra behind his ears, and Aaron just looked at him with displeased face. He looked like he was saying you need to hide your face what are you doing?âI have an American face so whatâs the point covering?âââŚ..Do you take this as a joke?âHe replied sharply. Clark tapped him and said, âHey, whatâs wrong?â to stop him, but Aaronâs face didnât get any better.âThis kind of crappy planâŚ. Itâs only you who has a cheap life, why do we have to get treated same as you?âHe tried to make him mad, but Mason just ignored it.âIf you are that scared, I told you to stay.ââItâs not like that. Fuck, donât we at least have to rehearse!ââAh, I told you, if you donât make that kind of face, weâll be fine.âMason knowing that saying this will make him worse but said it with his hand waving at him. He said, âYou are the one who should read the poetry bookâ to insult his delicacy. His face got really red and his eyes were burning like flame, but Mason was just getting the sandy breeze and looking at approaching bunker entrance.Usually Mason says theyâll be fine, and heâll take care of everything to make them feel comfortable, but today he didnât feel that great. His shoulders were getting heavier, and now it feels like a big rock is on his shoulder.Do I have some grudged ghosts? Iâm sure I have a lot of them. And Iâm going to have another one soon.There was Altaâs bunker entrance very close. Mason stopped Aaron from talking and jumped out of the Jeep and called out the guards in front of the gate.âHey! Hey!?âMason shouted and the guards were pointing their guns at them. âWho are you?!â They shouted at them. Bingo. Itâs good enough that they didnât shoot right away.Mason hid his happiness and approached them. They looked surprised that this unarmed American is approaching them.âI brought women that you guys told me to, but I have some problemâŚ.âMason was wiping his sweat off from his forehead and spoke with his poor Arabic. The guards were curious and approached him with their guns pointing at him.Ashely pretended to faint just like she was told to, and Mason was carrying her on his shoulder and spoke desperately.âThis bitch took some drugs. Ah fuck, do you have some water??ââHey, what are you?ââAh, do you have water?!âMason shouted like a crazy man. Because of his force, the guards all startled and so did Aaron.âDo you how much this bitch cost⌠Water, whereâs water??âHe said it like he was going to cry, and one guard came and checked on her and another one gave water. Mason purposely dropped the water and shouted at them âAh, fuck⌠are you kidding me?!!âA guard who was checking Ashely thought it was weird that she looked fine, but soon Mason slapped her face and screamed at her âBitch! Wake up!â and the guard backed away. They startled because of his loud voice.âDo you have a doctor inside??ââWhat??ââDo you guys have a doctor?! Are you guys gonna take responsibility if she dies?!!âWhen Mason shouted at them, they were just staring at him like âwhat the hell is wrong it him.â He had this really red face like he was going to die. He was crying âFuck, she was so expensive⌠if she dies, Iâm going to be bankrupt!ââDonât you guys have a doctor? Iâll pay.âHe was begging to save her, and the guards were confused and talked to each other. Mason urged them, and one of them talked on the radio.âWhatâs going on??âThe bunker opened and a guy who looks like a doctor came out. Mason saw him and followed him carrying Ashely to him saying âThanks, thanks!â Everyone looked confused, but no one was able to stop Mason from following the doctor. Aaron quickly followed him, and Mason was urging the doctor for a bed.They didnât know what was going on, but Mason was smiling behind the doctor.Gosh, thanks for getting fooled. Mason looked at Aaron, and he was murmuring, âWhat the⌠this kind ofâŚâ He looked very displeased. He thought that âthis kind of planâ wasnât going to work at all, and it worked without any mistake. He was little annoyed because of that. If you think back, this was a crazy plan. People would definitely say they are crazy for doing this. It was too reckless.Mason asked the doctor, âWhere is Alta??ââHey. Ah, is this the woman that he called??âThe doctor pointed at a room without thinking, and Mason smiled wiping his sweat. After they took a turn, he saw there wasnât any CCTV. He hit the doctorâs neck. The doctor couldnât even scream and fainted, and Aaron put him in the empty room.âWake up Ashely.âItâs so heavy. Mason complained to Ashely, and she got annoyed and said, âIâm not that heavyâ and got off.âLetâs finish this fast and go home. I feel heavy.âMason said while he was tapping his shoulder, and Ashely was looking at him like âdonât be childishâ stare.âWhat is it a cold?ââI donât know.ââ-Why do you get annoyed at me.âShe was glaring at him, and Mason was rubbing his cheek with beard and looked around. In front of coward Altaâs room, there were four men guarding the door.ââŚ.Tsk.âThatâs like a jail not a hideout. Actually there werenât that many number of guards in Altaâs bunker. But if the door was locked from inside, unless you bring a cannon, there was no way to open the gate. And this place was famous for lots of unknown pathways. Right when they open the gate with a cannon, he will definitely run away.This is the only thing we can do in this kind of situationâŚ.Mason smiled and said hello.âI brought the woâŚâHe was trying to say it brightly, but he paused and his expression got solid. It was for a second, but he felt some chill behind his back.â-What??âThey approached to Mason because he stopped, and Ashely tapped his shoulder. Mason showed servile smile and said,âI brought the woman. They were eating outside, so they just told us to go in.âHe saw Ashely was sweating cold sweat, and Mason smiled more comfortably.He paused for a second, but after passing through the first guard, the second one is nothing since they will just think that we are already verified. These guys didnât care about them and said, âWhat are they eating at this hour?âThe door opened. Mason put Ashely first and went inside. Mason quickly checked inside the room. Alta was doing some paper work on his bed. Mason told Aaron to locked the door, and Alta looked at them.Very skinny and pale face. Alta who looks like a mouse asked, âAh, woman? I called them for two. Why is there only one?ââ!âAshely quickly ran to him and punched his mouth. He couldnât even scream and collapsed on his bed. She punched his bloody mouth again. He was trying to escape, and Mason grabbed his hair and blocked his mouth and said, âIâll kill you if you scream.ââWha, whatâŚâMason showed his dirty smile. Purposely he undue the gun safety gear slowly and aimed at him. He was massaging is shoulder while Ashely was tying his wrist and blocking his mouth. Alta was glaring at Mason, Mason smiled back. This kind of smile really helped during this situation.âYou. You know where weâre from right?âHis eyes were shaking. That means he knows. Right, if he didnât know, he wouldnât hide in a place like this.âYou have some gut to steal a blueprint from Zii.âMason smiled and asked him, and he was shivering and shaking his head. What do you mean noâŚ.Two months ago, a mercenary company Zii where Mason work was guarding Alta and weapon company BSâs deal. Is was a simple task, they just had to get money from BS and handed to Alta and get the blueprint from Alta and handed to BS. But Zii 14 team leader Becky, who had a job to move the blueprint, ran away with it.Stupid Becky. Americaâs biggest mercenary company Zii did get some back stabbing before but never missed any traitor. Of course, Becky got caught in four days and before all of her arms and legs got cut off, she told who was behind this. If she told them earlier, she couldâve at least save one handâŚ..Anyway the name that she told was expectedly Alta.Zii sent Masonâs team only with 12 people to get the blueprint back. And even though there wasnât any direct order, they said, âYou can kill Alta if necessary.â this means to kill him.Alta was shivering and made weird noises with his blocked mouth. Mason got in front of his face and asked,âThe blueprint. Where is it?âAltaâs eye lids were vibrating. I donât think it will take a long time before him to spit it out. He was the owner of a big weapon merchandise, and he was very calculative. Heâs the person who would stay in this kind of a place to save his precious life. It was stupid of him to betray Zii, but he wasnât stupid enough to think whether Mason was actually going to torture him.He was crying, and he pointed to a wall.ââŚâŚâMason looked at a place where he pointed and smiled.âYou know⌠if you scream right? That door wonât even open anyway.âThis coward will never use a door that will be easily opened from outside. Mason removed a handkerchief from his mouth. He was rolling his eyes.âBe..beâŚbehind the frameâŚâMason nodded to Ashely, and she removed the frame from the wall. There was a small safe door.âItâs inside thereâŚâAlta said it with a shivering voice, and Mason looked at him and the safe back and forth. Ashely desperately asked, âPasswords?â and he said, â463788âŚ.â As soon as Ashely hummed and tried to open the door, Mason saw Altaâs eyes were sparkling. Right away he hit his head with his gun.âAshely! Donât touch that.ââ-What?âWhy, whatâs wrong? She asked with surprise, and Mason grabbed Altaâs head from the floor.âWha, what..ââStand up. You open it.âAfter Mason said that, he saw Alta swallowing his dry throat. Ashely took her hands off right away.âWhat the⌠bluffing?ââPretty sure⌠A guy like him will never put his 10 million dollar in a place like there.âJust by looking at his reaction, probably there is a bomb instead of the paper. If the bomb goes off, he will probably roll under one of those bomb protected table.âDo you want to open it with your hand, or actually take it out?âMason smiled and asked. Alta was rolling his eyes and asked,âAre..are you gonna kill me?ââI donât know. Upper people said âeliminate if you need.ââBecause what Mason said, his face was pale due to anxiety. He seemed to know âeliminate if you needâ is same thing as âkill him.ââLe..letâs make a deal.ââA deal?ââUnderneath my bed there is the safe that has the blueprint of the missile and the bank account key from Swiss bank that has my whole fortune. Iâll give you everything so spare me.âMason signaled Ashely, and she removed the mattress. She frowned because there was nothing there, but he said to open the bed. Underneath the bed there was a small gap, and she put her finger in it and removed the cover. An adult body size hexagonal shape safe came out.âItâs about 50 million dollar.âThere was a sound of Ashely and Aaron swallowing after this guy said about the money, but Mason frowned. When he looked at Aaron, Aaron was looking at Ashely.Fifty million dollar. Thatâs a lot of money. Alta probably felt Ashely and Aaronâs agitation, so he looked at them carefully.âIf, if you spare me, Iâll tell you the safe number.ââHow do we know if you are telling the truth?âThat was Aaron who asked, and he approached him.ââŚâŚâMason was about to warn them not to think anything stupid, but he closed his mouth. Probably because of his heavy shoulders, he didnât want to bother them. Anyway they canât even do anything else with the money.âDo⌠you thing Iâll cheat with my life?âI know my life is precious. He said it, but Mason laughed. A guy who knows his life is precious betray Zii and BS.Mason actually didnât have to know if he was telling them the truth and didnât have to make the deal with him.âIâŚIâll tell you the password if weâre out.ââNever mind.âMason shrugged and loaded the gun. His face got really pale and Mason was thinking, âMy shoulder is too heavyâ and stared at him without any expression.âIâll just hand that to Zii just like that. The upper smart people will get the password.âGiving them the whole safe is to annoy the superior who sent only 12 people to do this difficult mission. As a person who took care of many safes before, that safe looked very fucking difficult to open up.âWa,wait, itâs 50 million dollar. Wait, Iâll tell you the passwords! They need my iris and fingerprint scanned!ââStill, no.ââ12, 36.5, 37âŚâAlta desperately crawled and poured out the password, and Mason frowned putting his finger on the trigger. If I hear everything, I need to report it to the superior, and I donât want that. If I tell them the password the director, Berretta, will smile as always and give him these fucked up kind of job again later.âWait, Team leader!âBehind him he heard Aaron calling for him, but Mason didnât hesitate to pull the trigger. He saw Alta shivering and breathing his last breathe and saw he was saying the last number but pretend not to see it.â!!âA gun with the silencer shoot a bullet through Altaâs chest. His coughed out blood and kneeled. He was heavily breathing and frowned and Mason wasâŚ.ââŚ.Wha, what are you doing! Aaron!âAshely screamed.ââŚ..âMason felt warm sticky blood dropping down middle of his forehead. He didnât have time to understand what was going on. The heavy air that was pressuring his shoulder since the morning pressed his whole body like a compressor.Mason blinked and Ashely was calling, âTea, team leader⌠Team leaderâŚâ but he couldnât answer.He didnât even realize something hot was dripping down from his forehead and to the ground, and he fell on the cold floor. He was trying to breathe for a second, but blood came out from his nose and mouth and wet the floor. His whole body was shivering and convulsing. It happened so fast.The light in his eyes was getting small really fast and blurred. A cold feeling started from his forehead spread quickly through his body. He began to lose his sense started from his fingertips.âWhat the hell are you doing?âAshely shouted like she was screaming, and Mason saw Aaron was approaching him with his dimmed eyes. He grabbed Alta, who was either already dead or dying, head and pointed a gun to Ashely and said something. He seemed like he was offering something, but Mason couldnât hear it anymore.ââŚâŚ..âBecause he already had his last breath.A dark energy that was pressing on Masonâs shoulder since the morning suddenly swallow him right away.Inside of deathâs stomach was cold and dark.\n