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A/N: Thanks to the extremely talented DaisyJane for all of her help with this story.
The night was dark and silent as she looked out over the ocean and towards the small island. They had chosen this night because it was a total lunar eclipse and the darkness would serve them well.
As they approached the island she gave the signal and her men lowered their night-vision goggles and disabled the safeties on their silenced automatic rifles. Their boat hit the shore with almost no sound and the group of commandos headed for the designated target. They moved with the silence and skill their master demanded of them. It would be better to die here then to fail him.
She heard several silenced shots as she made her way across the beach past the bodies of the fallen guards. She was saddened by the sight of them. Such noble warriors killed without the chance to face their enemy in battle. It was tragic, but a necessary evil. The master's will must be done, whatever the cost.
Silently and quickly she made her way into the temple, it was an impressive sight. Like all of the structures on the island it was built in the style of ancient Greece, with all the majestic beauty that that entailed. However, unlike the rest of the buildings she had seen, this temple was fully dedicated to a goddess. Its statues were carved in such detail that she nearly expected them to breathe and the candelabras around the inner room were forged from gold with magnificent patterns that would be difficult to reproduce even with modern technology. As beautiful as it was, she was not here to sightsee.
She moved to the altar at the centre of the room and retrieved the majestic gold and ivory ceremonial spear and turned to leave.
"You defile the goddess Athena's temple with your foul presence" the large muscular woman spat as she drew her sword, "I will not let you leave here alive!"
The woman moved with speed and grace and she was only just barely able to dodge her first strike. As the woman's sword slashed quickly towards her again, she raised the spear to block it. The Amazon's eyes went wide and she could tell this warrior was using all her strength to stop her blade from striking the precious spear. Her lips curled in a slight grin; that was all the hesitation she would need. She drove the sharp blade of the spear deep into heart of the Amazon warrior and watched the life drain from her eyes.
As she pulled the spear free, the lifeless Amazon collapsed to the ground. She knelt down and with her left hand, closed the brave warrior's eyes. "You do your people proud and die with honour."
Rising, she moved quickly out the door and signaled her commandos to retreat. No alarms had sounded, but she could see several of her men had been slain by the valiant Amazons. She felt no grief for her men, but a pang in her heart for the noble women denied the right to die blade to blade but instead killed with a cowardly bullet from a distance.
As they returned to the boat and departed the shore, she withdrew a small trigger device from her belt and pushed the button. She could see the corpses of her fallen comrades erupt in flames. They had failed their master and would not be mourned. "Alpha one to nest, mission accomplished."