[ WP ] The world 's deadliest and most accomplished assassin faces their biggest challenge yet - a papercut during a hit .

`` shit'' 
 
 The word was hissed through clenched teeth. Already I could feel the toxin moving up my finger. I tear off my latex gloves to inspect the damage. The tiniest nick on my index finger, barely a scratch, but from this paper, it was deadly. I had laced the paper with enriched Ricin earlier in the day, my target, was known to thumb through his paperwork, and only the barest contact was enough to induce respiratory failure. 
 
 I grab my knife. I have to stop the toxin getting further into my blood stream. I place my hand on the desk. The knife quavers. Am I really going to do this? I have to! 
 
 I place the knife at the base of my finger and push with all of my might. The pain is excruciating as the knife cuts through tissue and bone. I cry out in pain but continue cutting. After what seems an eternity, I look down and see blood spurting from a jagged stump that used to be my finger. I tear at my shirt with my knife. Cutting it into strips, which I quickly use to wrap my hand. I pocket the finger and garb a handful of tissues from the nearby box to try to clean the blood from the desk. 
 
 It is not enough. I race to the employee bathroom, and find some more paper towels and water, and come back and clean as best I can. It is not perfect, but it may suffice. Oh no. A wave of nausea passes over me and the room sways in my vision. I stumble back to the bathroom and vomit into the sink. It is shock I tell myself. I must keep moving. 
 
 I clean the bathroom, and stagger towards the exit. A cough. It is nothing I tell myself and push myself onwards. Another cough, and another. By the time I make it to my car I am overcome by coughing. I cough into my hand and see blood. Is it from my finger, or is the toxin still in my blood stream? the world tilts and I am on the ground looking at my car tyre. The world is getting darker. I ca n't breathe. Perhaps it is best this way? The pain consumes me and I pass out.
