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| - London 8:20am Jack walked out of Waterloo station into the pouring rain. He stood to one side as he fished into his pocket and pulled out a large cigar. He looked around at the commuters heading to work and then pulled out a lighter. As he put the cigar in his mouth he went over his MI6 bosses briefing in his head, "Do not risk this operation by doing one of your fancy tricks. He needs to be brought in alive for questioning. The details he has about his organisation is vital. You are my best agent. Don't let me down." As he lit it he remembered that he had a date tonight. "Damn." he thought to himself. "I may have to cancel. But if this takes a long as I think it will, I will get there in time." As the cigar tip finally ignited, he closed the lighter and replaced it into his pocket. As he placed the cigar in his mouth, the taste of the strong tobacco hit his tongue. He remembered having a cigar taste like it back in Cuba on a similar assignment to this one. That time, his friend and colleague Lee Black, had been killed when a demolition job on the boat he was targeting went wrong and cost him his life. Jack knew that he could still see it in front of his eyes every time he fell asleep. But he realised, was the past. He had to get moving. He started to walk down the main road with people heading to work. He peeled off down a back alley that led to the targets safehouse. He took the cigar out of his mouth and extinguished it on the wall next to him. He then turned away and placed the half smoked cigar in his pocket and approached the targets safehouse. As he approached, a man jumped out behind him carrying a knife. The attacker lunged at Jack but he was struck by Jack's right hand which knocked the knife out of his hand. As the attacker fell, Jack pulled out a 9mm SIG-Sauer P-229 pistol from his jacket and fired the whole 12 round magazine into him. Screams from the main street echoed down the alleyway. Jack quickly and calmly reloaded, then walked towards the now dead man and began to quickly search through his pockets. Searching in the man's left pocket he soon found several documents relating to the "Cobra Organisation". He suddenly realised that he had killed the person he needed to question. Concern went through his mind. Then he realised, "no we have these documents, we may not have needed to bring him in." At that, he turned to the box sitting on the nearby doorstep of the mans house. Inside the box was a bottle of Whiskey. He opened the bottle and took a long swig from it. He then threw the bottle to one side which smashed. Jack then looked to his right looking for witnesses and hearing approaching sirens, walked back down the alleyway. The knife lay on the ground forgotten.
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