Chapter One:

I Smiled

I smiled.

Perusing over my finished work, I couldn’t help but feel the usual flush of pride, of satisfaction.

I smiled.

Another job done. Another life ended.

I smiled.

I wondered briefly if the other members of my team had as much success in their efforts as I.

I smiled.

Of course the members of the world’s foremost Team would have no obstacles in completing their assignments. We were, after all, the best. The best of our kind.

I smiled.

I seemed to be doing a lot of that these days. Ever since I joined the Team.

Ever since I began completing my assignments. Ending countless lives. Finishing their stories.

I paused. I had forgotten to leave my signature.

I turned toward the scene of the crime and slowly let my fingers dance across the surface.

Randomly Sexy.

No, no, something about that didn’t seem… write. I erased it.

This has been the fifteenth completed assignment by Randomly Sexy, member of the Fwitoefw.

Fwitoefw. Slightly painful to the eyes, which is ironic considering what we do.

Nonetheless, I had no regrets about joining the Team. The Fiction Writer’s International Team of Extraordinary Fiction Writers.

I smiled.

I pressed ctrl+s and shut the laptop.

I left the scene of my latest completed assignment, my latest ended character, my latest ended story, and sped off into the night, back to home base.

I smiled.