Heist of the Midnight Jewel
By; The Fanfiction Nymph
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Breathless she dropped over the edge of the stairway dropping on to the level below. Catlike she jumped up and continued running red hair flying behind her.
She wasn't the kind of girl to take home to your mother. Danger was the element of the moment for her; it drove her and fed her at times.
She caught her breath at the bottom of the stairs, pausing only to reload her gun. The exit glinted a neon shade as she stumbled though it.
Smug satisfaction as she ran to her car – too soon though as her pursuer managed a shot. Clasping her arm as she threw herself into the vehicle keeping presser on it as she tore out of the lot.
He had got her arm good. She tried to retrace the steps…he must have given up on the stairs and sniped her from a window. "Damn him."
The bleeding thinned and she relaxed. Relaxed enough to have a cigarette at least. The smoke billowed out the open window – escaping into the cool night air.
She peeled into a dimly lit parking lot and flicked the cherry off the end of her cigarette. Parked she pulled out the computer terminal from the passenger seat. Bodyguard.
Several matches replied to her query. She skimmed the short descriptions before coming across Starwind and Hawking's. A thin smile spread across her lips.
"Perfect."
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