Outdated

The sun bore down on the city, the summer heat enough to cause mirages in the lower points in the area. Despite the weather, people turned out in droves to attend an outdoors concert, hosted by a charity that few-if any- of them had heard of. They had no idea what they were 'supporting' but were perfectly willing to throw their money away for some entertainment off of their--

"Oi! Lein! You still wasting time with that journal?"

"Of course. I like to remember these moments; the anticipation, the fear, the panic... its the only time I feel anything about these people, " he motioned at the crowds below, huddled together in a mass of droning life, vaguely entranced by the blaring music.

"I thought you quit after the last one was found. Don't you remember the murder trial? Goddamn, man! There was enough evidence for them to convict you for at least ten people's deaths! You almost exposed the entire organization!"

"Pffft... Societal values are a waste on their own. Doubly so when people try to apply them to me. Besides, I got the acquittal."

"Wasn't that the same loophole that got OJ off?"

"Who? Simpson? That's so old... Sucks for his wife, though... She's become a punchline."

"Well... what if he didn't do it?"

"You know as well as I do that he did."

"But in his book, its--"

"In his book, he tells us how he did it. We would have had the details back in the nineties if he was convicted. Do you see the mayor, yet? This is getting tedious..."

"Only you could get bored killing peop--" Auric cursed as a large blast exploded in the middle of the park, sending what was left of the crowd into a terrified, frenzy panic, as well as causing a light rain of charred dirt and body parts which continued to fall for several minutes, reaching even so far as the two assassins on a nearby rooftop. A noxious smell accompanied the panic, signifying the immolation caused by whatever weapon set off the blast.

"Weh!? What the--," Lein gagged over his words, his nostrils suddenly filled with the noxious stench which the blast created. He looked disgustedly at the rain of flesh and dirt that fell upon them, covering their dark grey flak clothing. He went to rub some of the filth off of his classes, only to realize that it had gotten on his hands.

He drew his pistol from its holster, scanning the area of the park through the sight, looking for someone he could shoot as a 'likely suspect'. At the same time, his partner gazed through the scope of a rifle, his search covering the rooftops and windows of the buildings, leading his eyes to the roof of an apartment complex almost directly across the park from them.

The man across the square was staring down at the park, confident in his position behind the barrel of what looked to Auric to be a cannon. Most of the figure's  frame was obstructed by the weapon, but a brown trench-coat could be seen to either side of him.

"DAMMIT! He's got a bigger gun than me!" Auric shouted, striking the wall that he balanced the rifle upon.

"What? Who? Where?!"

"The apartments at two o'clock, looking down at the stage. Its practically a cannon!"

"My... that certainly does look flashy... Must fire some sort of laser..."

"SHIT!"

"WHAT IS IT THIS TIME?!"
"He spotted u--"As the words passed through Auric's lips, the building beneath them collapsed into a charred pile of cement, metal and glass. The offices fell prey to the same type of blast that devastated the charity concert, leaving the smell of ozone in the air behind it.

As the building collapsed underneath the assassin duo,  the man behind the cannon stood up, pulling the weapon from the edge of the roof, and setting it down. He looked across the square at the destruction he just caused and sneered.

"Wow... those guys sure were outdated... heh... hehheh... hehhehheh..."