The hitmen were armed with nothing but pistols, a few with submachine guns. They were outgunned and clueless about Liam's whereabouts, easy prey.As more fell, panic set in. Ellison's and Ashwin's hands were slick with sweat on their pistols, and they scanned their surroundings with wide, frantic eyes.In under ten minutes, the tide had turned drastically; of the one hundred and fifty assassins that swarmed in, over half lay dead or wounded.Ellison barked orders at his crew, "Pull out! Now! Abort mission, full retreat!"Ashwin, equally rattled, shouted to his dwindling forces, "Fall back, everyone!"It was a massacre, pure and simple. Staying meant certain death, a valiant but pointless end.Alpha was a mix of terror and fury, his eyes sweeping over his fallen comrades. He bellowed, "Find that sniper! Once we do, they're no longer a threat!""Exactly! Locate the sniper, or we're all goners tonight!""Sniper!!"At that moment, Alpha, Ellison, and Ashwin all fixed their stares
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