Phoenix Project

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Berlin, April 30, 1945

Nicoli opened his eyes wide. It took him a few seconds to realize where he was. He blinked repeatedly, trying to wipe away the recurring nightmare, but the memories of the past four years remained fresh. He regained his composure as he scanned the expanse of burning and destroyed buildings around him, and calculated that in those few precious minutes of sleep, nothing had changed in his kill zone.

Years of combat had made Nicoli into one of the best sharpshooters in Stalin’s elite Red Army sniper squad. He remained motionless, even while in sleep. Melding in with the destroyed architecture, his clothing part of the insane scenery.

A worn and discolored cape made him invisible to the untrained eye. It was a perfect accessory for a sniper, and the reason it was on Nicoli’s back was because of its previous owner’s, a German sniper, inability to remain still. He had won that shootout, and many more after. Now he just waited, like he always did, for a target to come across his line of sight.

Nicoli was in a precarious but well-thought-out sniper position, perched up high on one of the few standing buildings in the Berlin area near the infamous Reichstag Building. The building below him was partially destroyed and Nicoli knew that he ran the risk of it collapsing under him at any moment. Still, he remained.

He was an expert at choosing his targets, which had given him 14 kills from his current position. The secret to his high body count was to make sure that the enemy was alone; if not, whoever was with the victim would figure out from where the shot had originated and call in support to take the sniper out.

Berlin…he thought. Soon the Red Army will triumph and end this war.

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