Day 13

2.

Our ranks have been increasing. We are almost ready for our big offensive. You need to make sure you are ready soon. You progress has been great, but there is still a long road ahead. Make sure you are ready. There may come a time when you have to raise arms against your enemies, your friends, your family. If they do not uphold our principals they are our enemies. They must be terminated. Civil war is coming. Global war is coming.

There are only two sides. Black and white. With us or against us. We are going to be the new power of the world. No countries. No borders. Everything will be unified under our rule. You will help us with that. You’ve been trained by the finest. You are the finest our generation has to offer. When you go into the field remember this.

Don’t forget the fallen who have come before you. Those who made it possible to make it to where we are. Those who set the ground work. Our ancestors, recent and past. Our founding fathers. Our visionaries. Our martyrs. Our blood.

Now go. You have your assignment. Achieve it. There will be no failure on your part. You may never return, but you will live on forever regardless of the outcome. You are immortal. You are invincible. You will succeed. You have to.

3.

You are trained on your target. One squeeze of the trigger and the objective will be accomplished. One silenced round. One stealthy kill. Once you do this you can never go back.

You ready yourself for the shot. You adjust for windage and elevation. You take a deep breath. You hold it and pray that your shot will be true. You exhale and release your fire on the target. His brain splatters against the marble floor and an antique painting.

The secret service scrambles as you pack up your piece. You quickly exit the building and walk briskly to the car. You start her up and drive away. No sirens yet. No lights. You are clear. Another job well done.

You will be rewarded with more work. You’ve become one of the revered. One of the chosen. A true Rider.

You’ve seen every target before. You know who they all are and you could care less. They are the members of a corrupt government. They are the enemy. There is still so much work to do to cleanse the system. Many people to regulate. Even more to dispatch. Hopefully the message will be heard loud and clear.

Funny thing about the White House. It is heavily guarded for a few blocks, but once you get a mile out or so, there is nothing to worry about. The hardest part is waiting for that perfect shot. Through a window, on the balcony, walking the dog. And they will just chase their tails until they are so tangled they won’t even know the general direction it came from. If they haven’t found you in the first 30 minutes, you are in the clear. No ballistics data to match to a firearm. No fingerprints to compare. No leads to follow. Nothing but a ghost. You are the ghost. You are invisible.

You question the logic on occasion since you are smart, but always realize that it is for the greater good. The people are evil and need to be dealt with accordingly. Things will not seem quite so clear in the future, but until an all-out war it is pretty easy to keep your priorities straight. Do what your told and you’ll be just fine. Just remember this is the right path.

You have done well so far, but very soon your skills will be pushed to their limits. You will encounter things that nobody has ever walked away from. You will survive though. You are the chosen. You have the ability to outlive this. You will return here when everything is done and get a pat on the back for a job well done. We thank you for your service so far, and wish you the best of luck in the awaiting trials, but we know you don’t rely on luck. You are destined to succeed.

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1.

The riders have been an increasing irritation to the stability of the US. They have managed to execute more than half of congress, the president, vice president, the joint chiefs, and even the first daughters dog. There seems to be very little motivation except for the disestablishment of the government. They seem to want the country to be thrown into chaos.

They have not officially taken responsibility for any of the assassinations, nor is there sufficient evidence to prosecute them. They are also entirely transparent. Nobody can locate any real leads to their whereabouts as a group, nor to individual members. Nobody can even prove that they exist, so for now they seem like a folk tale. A simple, but malicious urban legend.

Some believe that the Riders represent the end of the world. That they are the hand of god. That they are here to clean all things non holy. Others believe that they are the devils children. That they take only the devout souls, but until they can be found nobody can really say anything more than they’ve heard. There are rumors that they are ready to mount a major offensive though. One of massive proportions that would catch all in it’s scope. There would be no observers, only combatants.

Who knows how true any of this really is, but it will be interesting to find out. Everyone hopes it is nothing to worry about, but most have a morbid fascination. It seems most actually hope that they are real. That they will either right the world, or destroy it. Many don’t even care which just so long as something changes. Things are two confusing and having just two sides to pick from would make life that much simpler. The real question… Is this really going to be the end?