John stood for a moment at the gate of Stonewood High's main campus, admiring the beautiful architecture. He was no expert, but each one of these buildings surely cost millions to design, let alone build.

Stonewood High was one of the most prestigious high schools in the world. With its sprawling, beautiful campus, overqualified teachers, extensive and well-funded extracurriculars and generous scholarship program, both gifted students and the children of the rich and powerful around the world flocked to it like bats.

The keyword here being ""was"". Stonewood ""was"" one of the best schools in the world, but a few failed investments, loss of a major donor and an administrator who disappeared along with most of the school's cash have brought the mighty institution to the brink of bankruptcy. The board suddenly found themselves in a sticky situation: the contractually-bound funding of the hundreds of clubs, groups and sports teams, as well as the guaranteed college full-rides for gifted students suddenly became an extravagant expense that the school could no longer afford, yet could not legally back out of.

Enter John. A professional assassin and hitman, John was hired by the board to eliminate some of the most costly students. With terrorist leaders, prominent businessmen and political leaders in his portfolio, killing high schoolers was hardly going to be a challenge. Naturally, he was not cheap to hire; the only reason the school could afford him was because they were not paying in cash, but rather the promise of free reign with his methods and, if he wished, the bodies.

John smiled as he entered the school grounds, scrolling through his phone to find details on his first victim. This was going to be fun.