Silently, the intruder entered the temple unseen. He went up two flights of stairs to the room where he knew his target lay. He turned the knob slowly, and luckily for him the door was unlocked. Too easy, he thought. He’s practically inviting me in. He entered the room and closed the door behind him. The room was dark; illuminated only by the dying light of a single candle which was nearly burnt out. It took his eyes a moment to adjust to the lack of light. Then he crept to the bed slowly, making sure to not wake up the figure sleeping in it. For all his caution, however, he failed to see the pen lying on the floor in front of him. He stepped on it and stumbled, nearly falling on the floor, regaining his balance at the last moment. The damage was done, however. His stumble had resulted in two noisy footsteps.
***
s3c0ndh4nd, meanwhile, had been sleeping soundly in his bed. Suddenly he heard a noise very close to him, and woke with a start.
"Who’s there?" He asked instinctively.
"An old friend." The intruder replied.
"That voice…" Said s3c0ndh4nd, "Could it be?"
The figure remained silent.
"W-why have you come?" asked s3c0ndh4nd, suddenly fearful.
"Not for a cup of tea, I assure you." The intruder revealed the dagger which he had been concealing beneath his cloak.
"No… Why?" Said s3c0ndh4nd, becoming ghostly pale at the sight of the blade.
"Why, you ask me?" The assassin chuckled. "I thought we were friends, and we were, weren’t we? Such good friends. But then you had to betray me. You turned against me. You put shame to my name and made a mockery of me. Me! Your friend! Well now its my turn! Any last words?"
"Could things have been any different?" s3c0ndh4nd asked weakly.
"Possibly. Its a shame that you’ll never know."
And with that, the assassin plunged his dagger into s3c0ndh4nd’s chest repeatedly, cutting his internal organs to ribbons. s3c0ndh4nd began screaming loudly, and so the assassin slit his throat quickly to get the job finished with. s3c0ndh4nd began sputtering, but soon stopped, and was silent. The assassin quickly fled the scene, and the world slowly faded to black…
***
Gasping for breath, s3c0ndh4nd awoke with a start. He surveyed his surroundings and blinked his eyes.
It was all just a dream…