Fluke

It took a second for Leo to comprehend what Sogrith was saying.

"So fucking quick already!?" replied Leo.

"Now, don't stress too much. They aren't looking for an anomaly, but for a cultist. They don't know you are an SCP yet. You have the element of surprise somewhat." said Sogrith.

"I should just shapeshift into a different form and run then." responded Leo.

However, Sogrith was quick to shut down that idea.

"They will just interrogate the villagers and then start chasing you again, you don't want to be on an infinite duck hunt, do you?"

"Well, no. But what else can I do?"

"It is very simple, you kill them."

Leo knew it was the most likely answer but still didn't like it.

"Any other ways?" asked Leo.

"Probably, but I don't think you have enough time to think about it. I recommend you to take out the sniper now."

"I'm still injured though." responded Leo.

"Leo, let me tell you that this certainly won't be the last time you will be fighting injured, I recommend you get used to it."

Leo was annoyed by that statement but in the end agreed with Sogrith on his approach, Leo couldn't think of anything better.

"Alright Leo, that was all for now. You will be waking up in a short while." responded Sogrith.

"Oh Sogrith, just so you know I haven't forgiven you the slightest for allowing me to pass out from my injuries in the f-"

Leo didn't get to finish his sentence as he was suddenly jolted awake.

"Motherfucker..." thought Leo.

He got upright in bed and noticed that he felt almost no pain due to the painkiller.

He also found a bowl of cold soup next to him, he figured that Yasha brought it to him.

Leo had to look around the room for a while before finding his cloak.

He sneaked downstairs and noticed that Yasha and Poppy were nowhere to be seen.

Leo suddenly got hit with a wave of nostalgia where he remembered that back when he was younger he used to sneak downstairs in order to raid the pantry.

Leo had some sort of plan in taking down the sniper but it wasn't foolproof.

He sneaked towards the kitchen before taking a knife and hiding it in his cloak.

Leo quickly left the inn and noticed how small the town actually was.

However, he didn't linger for long and started heading to the forest.

Leo already made an accurate guess of where the sniper was observing the town from by comparing different vantage points with each other.

As Leo approached the forest his heart started beating fast as he realized how much of a fluke his plan truly was.

However, he committed and entered the forest.

It was starting to turn night so Leo's visibility was already low as he walked around the part where he suspected the sniper to be, but found no one.

"Guess I was wrong." thought Leo as he prepared to leave the forest.

However, as he was about to leave the forest he heard some rustling behind.

Leo turned around just to be met with the stock of a gun to the face.

Leo fell down to the ground and quickly felt a knee in his back, pinning him to the ground.

"Didn't think it would be this easy." said Leo's assailant.

Leo let out a moan of pain as his entire face tingled.

"Thanks, you just earned me an easy promotion," said Leo's assailant as he cuffed Leo's hands.

The sniper sat down on Leo's back making sure he couldn't go anywhere as he unchambered his rifle.

"Won't be needing this anymore." said the sniper with a smile on his face.

However, he felt something was off as Leo didn't put up any resistance at all.

For a second he thought that he had knocked out Leo, but that thought was quickly gone when he looked towards Leo.

Coincidentally, Leo was also the last thing he saw.

Leo shapeshifted both his arms into blades, escaping the cuffs and impaling the sniper through his stomach, raising him in the air before throwing him down on the ground, killing him.