[ WP ] An assassin receives an unusual contract : a man on death row already slated for execution .

`` Yes, a helicopter. They just hovered over the prison's yard, dropped a rope ladder down, and flew away with him. The guards were too shocked to do anything''. 
 
 Some escape artist, I thought. 
 
 `` He pretty much just walked out of Beaumont federal prison, according to the cameras - to this day no one knows the exact details.'' 
 
 Or maybe it was the general incompetence of the law enforcement. How else can you let someone simply walk out of a prison? 
 
 `` Then Alcatraz. Dressed up as one of the soldiers, and sneaked out with them onto a boat when they were leaving. Bad luck had it, they were n't headed for Angel Island this time.'' 
 
 `` Wait, how come I never heard of that?'' 
 
 `` Too scared to admit it, so it was hushed up. Supposedly, he escaped during transport.'' 
 
 No kidding. 
 
 `` So, here is the deal. We want the justice to be served. And we do n't trust the feds to do it right.'' 
 
 ~~| -- -- -|~~ 
 
 The sounds of the party below reached all the way to the roof. No one will hear anything unusual. The west side of the complex was brightly lit in the distance. There were rumours of drugs and dispatches being sent to inmates by crossbow arrows, from this very roof. And yet, no one seem to care enough to secure it. 
 
 I counted the windows, cell B37 should be the fifth from the left, two floors up. There was only a dim light in it. Inconvenient. 
 
 Minutes passed as I looked down the scope into the little window, waiting. Something moved inside, a shape of a head. Steady now. Inhale... I almost pulled the trigger when the light went on, revealing a guard's cap on the head. A few seconds later the distant wail reached the roof. 
 
 I quickly packed the rifle as more and more light went on, fanning into every direction. Looks like this will be an interesting job after all.
