Nicholas stared at the neon sign above him, its lightning blue letters spelled out ?Seventh heaven?, and somehow he doubted the club would be anywhere near heavenly. The whole neighbourhood filled him with a feeling of disgust; it was dark, dank and dirty. He stepped up to the bouncers and let them pat him down for weapons, when they were satisfied he walked past them and pushed open the heavy front doors. Almost immediately he was bombarded with loud music and light effects, purple and red lasers danced across the dance floor and strobe lights flashed behind the DJ. Hundreds of people filled the dance floor, glow sticks darting within the crowd. Nicholas ignored them and headed to the other side of the dance floor, occasionally some woman would try to get him to dance with him but he shrugged them off, business before pleasure. Finally he made his way out of the crowd and entered the bathroom; he walked to the end of the row of cubicles and walked inside. The toilet reeked of thrown up alcohol and god knew what else, Nicholas reached behind the bowl, his lip curling at the smell, and started feeling. Finally his hand hit against a small rectangular box, he yanked it out. He took the tape of its back and opened it, inside was a flick knife, the hilt was made of carbon fibre and the blade was black metal. Nicholas smiled at it; it was light, deadly and elegant. He tucked it up his sleeve and left the bathroom.
Nicholas looked above the dance floor, there was a bar and seating area for the more elite guests, he knew his target was there somewhere. He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a photograph, the parahuman certainly was a looker, she also looked fairly wealthy judging by her taste in clothing, she certainly had style. Nicholas didn?t know why she was wanted dead; he didn?t really care in all honesty. Nicholas once again entered the dancing masses and made his way to the stairs leading to the executive lounge. He slipped a small envelope into one of the bouncer?s jackets and smiled at him as he passed, he was an old friend. Nicholas took a seat at the bar and ordered a drink; he took a sip and turned round in his seat. His target was sitting with a few other women in a booth in the corner, all of them parahumans. He sat and considered his options. After a few minutes he was ready. He sent a bottle of champagne over to their table and smiled as she looked over. He waited and sure enough she called him over, so predictable he thought to himself. He took a seat opposite her and introduced himself. Nicholas poured everyone at the table a glass of champagne and took a drink, a slight smirk on his face.
The group exchanged small talk for half an hour before Nicholas put the last part of his plan into action, he invited the target to dance and she accept, as he knew she would. He took her arm in his and walked down the stairs, he patted the bouncer he had given the envelope to on the shoulder as he passed. He moved deep into the crowd with her and they began to dance, the song was slow, as it went on Nicholas got closer to her. As the music grew louder he struck. She must have thought he was going to kiss her as she closed her eyes, he put his hand on her back and quickly thrust the knife into the back of her neck, he forced it, inch by inch, deeper into her spine. He quickly put his arm around her again and took her out of the crowd, pretending she was drunk. He placed her on a chair at the fringe of the dance floor and left. He walked down the road and smiled smugly; he descended a flight of stairs to a subway platform and sat down, waiting for his train.