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Runaway Train
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Target 1: Robert Read, Diplomat, Atharim, Traveling to/from China
[dossier attached]  [itinerary attached]

Target 2: Song Fan, Beijing China [dossier attached]



Nox had too much time on his hands.  And not enough research to kill his time.  His mind kept wandering to the promises he made.  One such lapse reminded Nox to pick up something for the girls as he was leaving on the ferry.  They may not enjoy the trinket, but what girl didn't like snowglobes.  Aurora never did, but she like knives and crossbow bolts so there was that.

Nox shook Big Ben and watched the snow fall around the clock tower.  It was cute.  Not cool.  But cute.  He'd have to remember to pick them up something from other stops if he could. 

Another lapse had Nox staring at his wallet screen.  He'd never gotten Hayden's number, it was Raffe's he stared at.  He'd made the promise to a stranger -- so what if he didn't keep it.  Soon was relative.

Nox sighed and hit the text messages.  The last one he'd sent to Raffe was about closing up when he hooked up with Oriena and set a new life direction even if he hadn't known it at the time.  Those moments spearheaded a new thought -- a new way to live.  And Nox was just now starting to embrace it all.

Nox still didn't know what to say to Raffe.  And the words that he sent were stupid.

  How's Lily? 

Nox didn't expect an answer.  He didn't really know what to say.  But he reached out.  It was more than he'd done when he left -- though the note had been for him and him alone.  Nox couldn't have said good-bye to his face. 

Shortly there after a reply buzzed Nox's wallet and in return Raffe had sent a picture of Lily sitting amongst his other plants on the window sill.  She looked at home nestled among the other greenery.  Almost like it was meant to be.  It drew Nox's mood down.

The first night on the train was restless.  Nightmares, and research kept him awake.  The guy was Atharim -- false prophet spewing words, but Nox didn't really care.  He just had to figure out how to take him out without derailing a train.

Somewhere in the dead of night Nox felt a man channeling.  He didn't feel anything, he didn't see anything but somewhere on the train another man was channeling. 

While he'd been with Hayden he hadn't had time to put any of his theories to the test.  He'd been too busy getting his body worked over by the other man to think beyond his dick.  Now he was alone -- the nightmares took his body again.  He realized it wasn't just Raffe, it was contentment.  He fucking needed a warm body to feel safe.  He'd always had Aurora to curl up with when shit got bad.  That didn't work now that his twin was dead.  And no one there to love him.

Depression sank hard in his heart.  Even the recent memories of a warm body ravaging his body wasn't enough to keep his nights warm.  He had to find something else.

The first stop on the train Nox ironically found that pink bunny sitting in the window of a shop and he picked it up.  It didn't last long once he got back to his seat on the train.  He tore into it and found the pouch in the head and started sorting out the leaves inside.  He had to figure out what each one was.

Another of the long list of projects he had before he hit China where his next mark waited.  He still had to handle the current one.  But how do you kill a man on a train when you don't want to get caught.  Easy enough he wasn't a god so he couldn't see the trick Nox would employ he just had to make sure there were no witnesses.
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Runaway Train - by Nox - 02-07-2024, 10:24 AM
RE: Runaway Train - by Nox - 02-08-2024, 10:26 AM
RE: Runaway Train - by Nox - 02-09-2024, 10:27 AM
RE: Runaway Train - by Nox - 02-10-2024, 02:44 PM
RE: Runaway Train - by Nox - 02-11-2024, 08:17 PM
RE: Runaway Train - by Nox - 02-12-2024, 10:58 AM

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