The exhale of breath created a cloud in the cold morning air. Birds chirped happily and blissfully unaware of the disaster that had just happened. Smoke and tension filled the air. "Y/n you're awfully quiet, you okay?" The sniper shifted slightly her watchful eye gazing upon the battlefield. This wouldn't be an easy fight and that scared her.

"Just peachy Eli." She heard him laugh just a little. Elias was probably holding the rest in so he didn't reveal his position. He wouldn't want to actually die from laughter.

"Alright stay safe." Elias had a certain tone in his voice when he smiled. Y/n loved that smile to death and hope to see more of it. Her steps were silent, eyes ever watchful, and ears straining for any sound. The top level was her job while the main strike force would be chipping away at the forces around the hostage. Her breathing was light in attempt to lower her heart rate. It had become a habit after training with Jack. He was cheating with that sensor.

Though out of no where a shot rang out the air crackling. The bullet sliced through the skin of Y/n's cheek the wound blistering. "Sniper on my level! Moving in for the kill." The battle was long and brutal. She had landed one body shot which had crippled the enemies performance. And yet she had the kill shot lined up but couldn't take it. Her choice sealed her fate.

A bullet cut through her scope embedding itself in her dominant eye. She tumbled down a flight of stairs from the impact landing on the marble floors of the bank. The silence that came after was smothering. Everything was horribly blurry or completely black. Her ears almost seemed to not work at all. Perhaps the pressure from the blood had clogged them. Though through the floor she felt the vibrations of someone approaching.

It was probably that sniper coming to finish the job. Yet the loud thunk made her think other wise. Her hearing was still in bad shape but small sounds could be picked up nonetheless. The person turned her over holding her delicately. This was one nice terrorist. "Y/n stay with me!" Y/n knew that voice. Elias must have heard her and came to check it out. Even so she could only see a sliver of his handsome face. The only thing that kept her from thinking that this was just her mind playing tricks on her was the feeling of his hand running through her hair, pulling apart the strands that were coated with blood.

"Eli." Y/n's voice came out strained as her body gave up slowly turning numb from the toes up. "I love you." Her vision had cleared up in her other eye allowing her to see Elias better. Then the pain faded. Her horrible headache vanished along with a stable heart rate. With her final breath she smiled at him using the last bit of her strength to kiss him gently. "Ah so this is how it feels." If only Elias hadn't been late.