[center][h1][color=silver] Alexis [/color][/h1][/center]


Run. Run. Run , now or die. Damnit!...these were Alexis's thoughts as she was running as fast as she could with her team-mates. There were shooting from allover. [i] Boom [/i] and her CO fell on the ground, dead, a blood pool forming on the ground from the hole in his head. 

"[color=blue] GET DOWN ! [/color]" yelled George, Alexis's best friend as he threw himself on her to cover her with his body from the bullet rain. It wasn't enough. 

And then...she woke up, screaming. Alexis was sweating profoundly as she woke up and looked at the clock : [i] 4:10 AM [/i]. She shook her head and gone to the bathroom to wash her face. She was having these nightmares for a few years now, every night. Seeing her friends die was not something she had to see only once, she had to relive it every night. The medics gave her pills to calm her but they didn't work, even the psychiatrist she visited told her these nightmares will probably continue until she lets go. Of course...she couldn't do that. [i] How can someone let go of the deaths of her friends ? [/i] was the question Alexis always answered.
Usually Alexis wouldn't sleep at night because most of the times she couldn't but when she took pills to make her fall asleep, she always woke up screaming. 
As Alexis was washing her face with ice-cold water she looked in the mirror and saw her knife scar. A reminder of everything the doctor wishes her to let go. She traced the scar with her finger and then yelled "[color=silver] Fuck you ! WHY ? WHY ?! [/color]" as she punched the mirror, smashing it and leaving a small trail of blood on her fist. 
Alexis quickly cleaned the broken mirror's piece from the floor and washed the blood of her hand. She shook her head then and went to the kitchen and poured herself a glass of Jack Daniels, drank it in one fast move of her wrist and then poured another one. 

She quickly got dressed after she ate something from the fridge and went out to the one place that could make her calm. The shooting range. Even if it was 6 AM by now, a number of shooting enthusiasts already gathered and were practicing. She parked the car and went inside the shop. She nodded at the shooting range owner and he quickly produced a sniper rifle and a few bullets for Alexis. 
Alexis was a regular here and the best sharpshooter the owner had the pleasure to sell to. Some people recognized her instantly and knew her bad attitude and would step out of her way. Today shouldn't have been different but a new guy was in the shop today. As Alexis moved towards the shooting range, the guy unaware of who she was, didn't step out of her way and Alexis bumped him in the shoulder not stopping.

"[color=red] Hey ! Watch it ! [/color]" yelled the big guy. 
He turned to his pals and asked :
"[color=red] What's her problem ? [/color] " with a tone that said that she didn't have a problem yet, she'll soon have.
 The others simply stated that she was the best sharpshooter they ever saw. The big guy grinned and yelled at Alexis :

"[color=red] That right ? You are a big shot, here, eh ? I bet 100 $ that you cannot hit the 50 meters target with only eye open. [/color]" 

Alexis turned and glared at him as he was talking. She approached him and said :

"[color=silver] Make that 500 $ and I'll hit the 100 meters target with my eyes closed. [/color]" with a tone that implied the she knew the guy would back down. 

The guy laughed and said "[color=red] You got it. If you can hit the thing with your eyes closed, I'll give you 500 $. [/color]" 

Other people gathered around them as Alexis approached the firing location. She took a deep breath and nodded as the owner took out a hood and put it over her head so that she couldn't see anything. 
Normally, that kind of shot would be impossible with her eyes closed but Alexis knew the shooting range. She came here almost everyday for the past 2 years. She knew every nook and cranny of it. She was pointed in the right direction by the owner and focused. Remembering almost every detail of the shooting range and then she squeezed the trigger and the bullet went wide. 
The big guy laughed hard as soon as he saw that the bullet didn't hit it's intended mark but then the other people that gathered around them started to look at the 200 meter target in awe. She hit it. Not in the middle but close to it. 
The big guy was left speechless. Alexis took off the hood and stared at the big guy with a hand towards him.

"[color=silver] Money. [/color]" 

The big guy shook his head and yelled :
 "[color=red] You cheated ! It's impossible for you to hit the 200 meters target with your eyes close ! Cheater ! I ain't giving you shit. [/color]".

Alexis shook her hand and kicked the big guy in the balls soon after he finished his little "cheater speech". The guy went down on his knees and then Alexis put her knee in his face. The guy went unconscious soon after. She bent down and took a 500$ bill from his wallet and then threw the wallet on the ground. No one said anything about it, not even the friends the big guy came with. They simply took their friend away and left the shooting range. 
Everything returned to normal after the incident and she spent another 2 hours at the range. Impressing, each and every shooter at the range with her skill.

After some time, she went back to the city and lost herself in the streets of the city. She had to prepare for her mission but for now, she needed to clear her head and 'thus she went towards the only place that is big enough so that she's left alone and be outside her apartment. The park. 


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