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// Prologue; How I Got Here 
// Story: The Specter 
// by HonestAJ4President 
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Prologue
How I Got Here

"Do, do, do, dodo, do do do dado" I hummed The Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash and checking my KRISS Vector, Colt M4 and  Colt M1911 while waiting for my target to arrive at site. 
"Here they come." said Bullseye, my sniper for this mission. I usually go in lone wolf but he was ordered. The sound of helicopter rotors became louder and suddenly 3 transport and 5 attack helicopters entered our vision. Bullseye reminded me "Don't move on target building until we have confirmation on target." We took out our binoculars and began to look for our target. "Got 'em middle chopper. Get ready to move." I began to repeat my objectives in my head 'Move on building, eliminate target, take dossier, exfiltrate' 
I prepared the grapple launcher that would get me to the building. After the target went into the building, I fired it and hooked onto the line. A guard went to check out my line and I drew my knife. After detaching from the line, I kicked the guard in the head before tackling him and stabbing him in the neck. I lockpicked the door and entered the building. "Guard on the other side of that door. Prepare to drag." said Bullseye and I prepared to drag the guard. "Hold, 4 more guards just arrived from the room were the target went. No intel on what the room looks like but thermal says that he's still in the room. Don't engage."
I could here the guards talking in the other room "El jefe quiere probar ese espejo al final de la semana. ¿Qué sentido tiene? Es sólo un espejo."(The boss wants to try the mirror at the end of the week. Which point? It's just a mirror.)
"No dejes que se te oiga decir eso, o es su culo y él va a tener que probarlo."(Do not let him hear you say that, or is your ass and he's going to have to try.). I could make out what they're saying.
"I don't see any other way through them. I'm gonna strobe light them." I said
"Fuck it, fine. Prepare to fire." I prepared my Vector, turned my strobe light, turned the corner and opened fire. The guards were surprised by me, blinded by the strobe light and killed by my Vector. The alarm went of and I could hear my target in the room.
My target asked for a gun in Spanish in his Australian accent "Dame tu revólver(Give me your revolver)"
"Sí, señor, pero sólo cuenta con seis rondas(Yes sir, but it only has 6 rounds)" Great, now everyone in there was a gun, the lights are on so the strobe won't work and they know I'm here. I reloaded my Vector and prepared a flashbang. I threw it in, waited for the bang and stepped in. As I did everything went into slow-motion. I can't explain it and neither could let's see here, Manhattan, D.C, Berlin, London, Paris, Tokyo, yeah so neither could 6 groups of scientists in different cities across the world but whenever I go into a situation with no logical way out, everything goes slow-mo and I can see what my mind figuring out what I'm about to do so I can't be shot. Kinda like that one scene in that Sherlock Holmes movie.
4 hostiles, 1 by the door, 3 by the western wall. The guard by the door has a knife and Desert Eagle. He tries to stab me, counter by ducking and hitting him in the stomach with barrel of Vector. Spin him around and grab by neck. Use as human shield. Other guards will fire but target will fire once and run to stand closer to the mirror. Drag into other room and break neck to ensure death. Sling Vector over shoulder and grab Desert Eagle and knife. Check ammo in Desert Eagle. 7 rounds and 1 in the chamber. Another guard will try to surprise me. Pistol whip in the head, grab and throw against wall, stab in neck and stomach with knife. Enter room and fire once and throw knife at final guard. Bullet hits shoulder, knife hits head. Target dives into mirror. Aim and fire
The events played out, but the bullet aimed at my final target misses and the target runs into the mirror and goes through it. Deciding to follow him I went through it too. I ended up in a room made entirely of crystal. I saw the target and fired, but it hit the door as he closed it. I opened the door and was nearly shot by him. I muttered "Four" to keep count of his ammo. I opened the door again and gave chase. I found him being held up by a guard. That was a pony. Taking my chance, I aimed and fired. I miss and hit a vase over his shoulder. The guard gets distracted by gunshot before being shot by my target. I quickly hide behind a wall as he fires at me. "Two" I step out of cover and am nearly shot again as I hear the sounds of his footsteps. "One" All of these shots are drawing attention because I hear doors opening and the many footsteps of what are probably guards. I saw him running down a large hallway before firing at him once yelling "Get back here you bastard!" The shot hits his leg, causing him to trip slightly before recovering and turing back to fire at me in stride. "Zero" I continue running after him and see him trying to climb out a window. "Hey asshole." I said aiming my pistol at him. He quickly stopped and took aim at me. "Looks like we got a good old fashioned mexican stand off. But be careful asshole, you only got 1 shot left. You better hope it doesn't miss. There's a reason I didn't kill you a few seconds ago. I wanted you to see the face of the one that's putting you in the ground." I lied, hoped he hadn't counted and took off my mask. 
We stood there for a few minutes, pistols aimed at each other, though I was the only one that could kill. More ponies arrived, 4 of which had crowns so I presumed royalty. I a quietly whispered "Give me a reason, asshole. Just try and pull the trigger." One identified herself as Princess Celestia but before she could continue I heard it. Click after a stunned silence again click, click, click. My ploy worked as he tried over and over to fire. He looked at me with a look of shock as he opened the cylinder of the revolver and emptied 6 shell casing on the floor. I responded with "Karma's a bitch, ain't it." before 2 loud bangs rang out in the room. 
The flash made the ponies look away and when they looked back I had dropped the now empty Desert Eagle and walked over to where the the target was. In place of where he had been now lied the his corpse, with a hole in his head and chest. I was over his corpse as I closed his eyes and searched his body for the dossier. After finding it, I walked away from his corpse and pulled out my M1911. Unlike what they expected, I ejected the magazine and emptied the the round in the chamber. I did the same for all my weapons. After lying my knife on the ground, I got on my knees and put my hands on my head. That is where I was tackled by several guards and knocked out.