Code Name: Cinderella

Dark, Sci Fi flash fiction based off of Cinderella. For more info, see http://sknhammerstonebooks.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/fairy-tales-with-a-twist-part-1/

I was hired to kill a man who went by the name Charming. We lived in a world where if you didn’t kill, you would be killed. Charming was from our neighboring planet of Ithmore where he was a prince in need of a princess. My disguise was perfect. Too perfect.

My partner was waiting to help me escape once I had killed the prince. If I was not there by midnight; he would be forced to leave Ithmore and I would be stranded.

I ran down the stairs to the docking bay, Charming quickly gaining on me. He believed me to be a princess and he was smitten.

I had only minutes before my partner would leave. The glass rose that held my com-link fell from my belt, breaking in two pieces at Charming’s feet. He stopped to pick it up and I knew that my cover was blown.