Page 54 - AAEPC Kaleidoscope Magazine Vol.4

Operation: Peekaboo!”
Abiral and Taranbir then set raised the decoy towards the window. There was a moment of silence. Abiral was starting to get impatient and started to mumble, “Man, I told you this wouldn’t wor-”
Abiral was cut off by the sound of metal going through Johannes’ helmet and the blood bags explod- ing right above him and Taranbir. The sniper’s bullet knocked the decoy out ofTaranbir and Abiral’s grip.
“Speak of the devil,” Taranbir murmured as he looked at the knocked-out decoy, which was now separated back to a shovel and a helmet with a bullet hole. Abiral was now panicking and checking if he was hit... He wasn’t. Johannes looked at his shot helmet for a split second then back at the Discord call.
“Fire! God dammit!”, Johannes exclaimed at the Discord call.
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“Alright Guys commerce Operation: Peekaboo!” Mark set his phone on the bench facing both him
and Manpreet. He grabbed the M4 while Manpreet grabbed his binoculars with both of his hands and looked through an opening within their cover.
Manpreet suddenly brought down the binoculars, looked at the sky and let out an intrigued “Huh”.
“Wonder what’s so interesting Manu?” Mark looked at him and asked.
“It’s a pretty sunny afternoon, that’s gonna make my job a whole lot easier.” said Manpreet with a smug face.
Mark rolled his eyes and positioned himself to take the shot. Just as Mark had taken his position, there was the sound of gunfire, which was the same sound they had heard earlier when Johannes was shot, but this time, it was louder as Mark and Manpreet went closer to the sniper.
“Fire!” Johannes exclaimed on the Discord call.
“Manu, where’s the target?!” Mark then shouted at Manpreet.
“Over there! See the refracted light! Shoot it!” Manu blasted back.
Mark then positioned the gun to where the shining light was and he saw the sniper. The sniper was well- camouflaged, especially in the urban environment surrounding the school, but the sniper made a fatal mistake by not making its lens non-retractable towards the sun. Mark then put his finger on the trigger and pulled at once.
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A hail of bullets came rushing out of the M4 and directly to the sniper, at the same time Mark was
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