[RIGHT][img]https://i.imgur.com/WdpgtD8.png[/img] [H3][QUOTE][color=FF4500]SUNRISE NAOMI AZIZ[/color][/QUOTE][/H3][/RIGHT] [sup]__________________________________________________________[/sup] Shin did not like a lot of things. He did not like when it was too quiet, and he hated well done steak. He also hated when a female had too much perfume on or old ladies. He also did not like his coworkers nor his managers, but what he hated most were roosters. Shin thought about ending the whole rooster species in one fell swoop as he laid in bed staring at the darkness that was his ceiling. They couldn’t even wake him up at the crack of dawn! He turned to his side and looked at his phone that read 4:47am. Shin groaned as he rolled to his side, if he can just get 10 more minutes, or hell even 5, he would be happy. However, as soon as he closed his eyes… [CENTER][H3][B]Cock-A-Doodle-Doo[/B][/H3][/CENTER] [CENTER][I]Aw…[/I][/CENTER] [I][RIGHT]Genocide was the answer…[/RIGHT][/I] Humans got to the point where they can artificially breed chickens right? They didn’t need roosters, right? Shin released a sigh as he swung his feet off the bed. The bed creaking at every movement of his body. The coldness of the wood floor sent shivers up his body as he stretched, the sound of his spine popping clearly reminded him that he was not a young buck anymore. Well, his body was not a young. At 29 people would still say he had his whole life ahead of him. However, Shin knew one misplaced step would take his ankles in a heartbeat and to be honest that scared him more than anything. By time he was fully awake the whole neighborhood of roosters was chiming in like a choir. Shin grabbed the cigarettes that were on his nightstand along with his phone. His fingers grazed a dog tag necklace that sat by itself. Shin would not lie, he wore that thing for 8 years of his life, and the feeling of not having it jingle around his neck made him feel naked. Those dog tags were more than just number carved in some metal, it was the reason he was out in the boonies, and the reason he knew what the best steak tasted like… Shin grabbed them and placed it around his neck, one more day. Just one more day would not hurt. He will take it off before he went to work just like he always did. Although before all that, he would enjoy his day, and enjoy the time between when the sun came up and before everyone got to work. Shin left the tiny shack he called home and began to walk up the hill. The small farm area that he lived in the past couple months had lost their charm. The silence was almost maddening, the closest mall was almost 100 miles away, and the smell of cow shit in the morning could be deadly. [CENTER]Television lied, the boonies were not fun, it was the opposite. It was almost mind numbly [I][B]dull.[/B][/I][/CENTER] Shin placed a cigarette in his mouth. Maybe he should quit soon, the hill to get to the only bus stop was kicking his ass, and he didn’t enjoy the idea of being in a hospital one day. However, as he reached the top and saw a woman already sitting on the bench. She had long black hair and dark skin riddled with scars that appeared as if lighting struck her skin. Her outfit didn’t scream boonies though, the big golden hoop earrings paired nicely with the choker golden necklace that she wore. The gold seemed to shine brightly on her almost black clothes, the black crop top, paired with the black bomber jacket and black jean shorts. She screamed city girl, nothing practical that would be required to live out here. She seemed to finally notice him, and she gave him a warm smile. Although she waved with her left hand showing off a dog tag necklace that wrapped around her fingers. Shin lit the cigarette as he neared the bench and finally sat down next to her. [color=808000]“Can I finish first?”[/color] He asked as he blew smoke up to the sky and away from her [color=708090]“Sure,”[/color] She said as she crossed her legs and placed her chin on her hand, [color=708090]“I thought I would wait until the sunrise any way. I bet it’s beautiful.”[/color] Shin laughed, sounded just like a city girl,[color=808000] “Seen one you’ve seen them all.”[/color] He saw her frown a bit before leaning back against the bench. The more he looked at her, the younger she seemed, but her dog tag was different from his. It was a beautiful gold, even the chain was gold. She was favored by someone and whoever favored her wanted people to know. Shin cracked a grin as he leaned back with her and watched the sky. [color=808000]“Bet, you want to escape the city?”[/color] He asked, [color=808000]“You think the city is too loud? Want to escape the hustle and bustle?”[/color] [color=708090][center]“Nah…I think it’s a nice place to raise a kid.”[/center][/color] Shin almost choked on his cigarette as he jumped up, [color=808000]“What?! You’re a mom?!”[/color] The woman nodded her head, [color=708090]“He is turning six at the end of the year. I thought moving out here would be good for us, but it’s mostly filled with old people and there no children his age.”[/color] [color=708090][center]“And there the issue of schooling….”[/center][/color] She ran her fingers through her hair and she frowned as she started to give it a serious thought, [color=708090]“The commute would kill me.”[/color] Shin laughed as he watched the sky turn from the dark blue to purple, the sun would appear soon. He tapped her shoulder and offered her a cigarette. [color=708090]“I can’t go home smelling like smoke."[/color] She almost sounded offended [color=808000]“Yeah, but I’m getting lonely smoking by myself.”[/color] Shin smiled as shook the box towards her face, the woman frowned as she finally took a cigarette. [color=808000]“Going to deny a dying man final request?”[/color] She placed the cig in her mouth before leaning into him. Shin touched his with hers and lit it. He pulled away and took off his dog tag and gave it to her. [color=808000]“What are you planning to do with the money?”[/color] He asked, [color=808000]“You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want.”[/color] She sighed, the smoke escaping her lips,[color=708090] “I got a huge loan I need to pay off, and the best way is to pay it off is do some jobs here and there.”[/color] Shin shook his head, [color=808000]“Slave to the man?[/color] [color=708090][center]“Slave to the man…”[/center][/color] Shin got up from the bench and the woman only simply leaned. He watched as the sun peaked over the horizon and a thought crossed his mind. He could make a dash for it or go out fighting, blood and gut flying everywhere, and only the strongest surviving. The way he was taught to go out, the way a true man went out… [color=708090]“If you ran, how far do you think you would be able to go?”[/color] She asked as she knocked off the ashes off her cigarette, it was like she read his mind, [color=708090]“If you killed me, how long do you think they would wait until they sent another one after you? I’ll give you a hint with my owner, probably 10 minutes…”[/color] Shin grimaced at the idea before he allowed the tension release from his shoulders, [color=808000]“Ugh, then let get this over with, rather help a mom than some grimy fuck.”[/color] [color=708090]“Don’t want to wait till the sunrise?”[/color] She asked and he shook his head, [color=708090]“I heard people feel sympathetic when they know it’s their last.”[/color] Shin shook his head again, almost violently this time. [color=808000]“I saw 100s of them, if not thousands, and seeing my last won’t change anything.”[/color] He stretched, the sound of his popping joints would be the thing he missed the most, but to be free of his aging body seemed like a miracle. [color=808000]“Got no good memories, not leaving anyone behind, and if I stay what good would that do me? It’s not like the sun is going save me, right?”[/color] The woman looked at the sky and back at him, “Nah, doubt it…” [color=808000]“I always wanted a family, you know?” [/color] Of course, she didn’t know, but she looked at him as if she did, as if she understood him and it made him feel something, [color=808000]“I wanted a wife and kid. I’d be a better dad than my shit one, and I’d work on a farm like these. That is why I moved out here, because I thought if I got a place out here, I could start working on myself, but look at me.”[/color] He opened his arms, [color=808000]“Been fuckin 2 years and I still haven’t achieved shit, still fuckin out here jerkin it out here alone, the only thing that changed is now I gotta worry about my roof leaking water on my dick! Fuck me, I’m a joke.”[/color] [color=808000][center]“No amount of sunlight is going to change that. I wasn’t shit then and I ain’t shit now. So, lets get it over with it, maybe I’ll be different in my next life.”[/center][/color] The woman frowned as she flicked the cigarette someone in grass and placed her hands in her jacket, [color=708090]“Alright then, let’s go…”[/color] Shin smiled, at least he had a nice one… [hr] [color=708090]“I miss you too.”[/color] The woman held out the man’s dog tag and watched as the blood from the mangled corpse levitated in the air. Almost like a magnet it guided the blood into the dog tag. The corpse lost it color fast. The body contorted and shriveled up until it almost didn’t resemble anything but bones. The dog tag turned a bright sliver to an almost abyssal like black. The proof that not only the job is done, but the target was dead. She adjusted the cellphone on her shoulder as the last remnants of blood was drained from the corpse. [color=E0FFFF]“Mommy, you’ll be home soon?” [/color]The voice on the other line asked, and the woman smiled as she placed the dog tag in the back of her pocket. [color=708090]“Of course, sweetie.”[/color] She smiled as did one last final check of her body, no blood got on her right? [color=708090]“Job ended faster than I expected, I’ll be home soon.”[/color] The child on the other line yelled happily and she winced in pain, he really had to learn how to talk on the phone. She found the trail that lead back to the street and looked around. Well at least she had time to get out of here before everyone started to do their morning routine, and if anything, the animals will do the rest of her job. If they did not, it wasn’t like the body was recognizable, and even if it was. Who would identify him? He had no friends, no lovers, and lived entirely on his own. Even his neighbors didn’t even know him. Naomi frowned, she disliked a lot of things in life, but one thing she really hated were men like him. He was on the run for 2 years and he only moved out here six months ago. He was the one that decided to sit on his ass for 2 years, it was him that fooled around like he did, and it was him that made the dumbass decision to alert everyone to his position. He could have lived his completely up to him, but he decided to be boring… [right][i]All the way up to his death.[/i][/right] [color=708090]“Alright Izo, Mommy gotta go.”[/color] She said, [color=708090]“I love you, see you soon!”[/color] She kissed her phone before hanging up. [right]Naomi looked over her shoulder and rolled her eyes, [color=708090]“You right, you [i]weren’t[/i] shit.”[/color][/right]