AWWW YEAH!! THE SHOWDOWN!!! Action a-plenty in this chapter!!
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Soon, the motorcycle was parked at the gates of Esmeraude's mansion. Mina and Kevin got off, and
Mina unslung her chain from her waist. With a whoosh and clang, the flexible chain had wrapped around
the limb of a nearby tree. Quickly, Mina climbed up the chain to the top of the wall, and then gestured
for Kevin to do the same. Then, she unwound the chain from the tree limb, re-slung it around her waist
and leapt off the wall to the ground. Kevin followed suit.
"This evening during dinner I was able to slip the contents of my ring into two plates. Those assassins
should have gone to bed early, feeling sluggish, and they will simply just not wake up the next morning.
That leaves eight assassins and Esmeraude." Mina whispered to Kevin.
At that moment, they saw up ahead two rowdy, muscular men, assassins named Rubellite and Agate,
making rounds. Kevin was about to fire at them, when Mina shook her head. "No, too loud. Guns are for
later." She whispered, before unslinging her longbow from her back. She took a sharp, straight arrow
from her quiver, and aimed at Rubellite. Even at 50 feet away and in the darkness, her aim was superb,
and the arrow struck the assassin between the shoulder blades. Rubellite fell dead to the ground, and
Agate whirled around to see where the arrow that had felled his companion had come from, only to get
a similar arrow in his throat.
"Nine down, six to go." Kevin whispered to Mina. She nodded, and gave his hand a squeeze. "Let's go
and do it, then."
~ ~ ~
Mina had shot another assassin before the mansion's occupants were alerted to their presence, and
four of the the remaining five assassins came out, guns drawn. Kevin started shooting, and soon, three
lay dead on the ground, riddled with bullet holes. Mina, as she vaulted out of harm's way, noticed the
fifth assassin trying to sneak behind Kevin, to shoot him in the back. In a flash of gold, she whipped the
gun out of the assassin's hand with her chain, then, the chain wrapped around the assassin's neck like
a thin, deadly metallic snake. With a quick. hard jerk, the thug's windpipe had been severed, and he fell
to the ground, dead from strangulation.
In the meantime, Kevin had dispatched the last assassin, and together, they marched up to the door of
the house. Predictably, it was locked. Kevin raised his gun, but once again, Mina stopped him. "The lock
is bullet-proof. Stand back." Kevin looked at her, bemused, as she removed her quiver of arrows from
her back. Mina inspected the arrows one by one until she found the one she was looking for. One that
was extremely thin, with an exceedingly narrow, sharp arrowhead. She nocked her bow, and fired.
With a twang and a thwack, the arrow hit its mark, and Kevin gaped at the precision. The arrow had
lodged itself exactly into the keyhole of the lock. Now, Mina twisted the doorknob, and it opened. She
gave Kevin a sweet little smile. "My way of picking locks. The arrow trips the mechanism inside the lock,
the way a key would. No one expects this sort of thing, since most people just go for banging the thing
or trying to kick it in or whatever. So they have safeguards against that sort of thing. But not Agent
Venus' lock-picking." She said with a wink. Then, the two stepped into the house.
~ ~ ~
Esmeraude was waiting for the invaders in her ballroom. But when the two came in, her jaw dropped in
shock. "Angela Minton?!?"
Mina narrowed her eyes and smiled thinly, baring her teeth almost like a predatory cat. "Surprised, are
you? How does it feel now, bitch? How do you like knowing that YOU've played right into somebody's
hands, fallen smack into a trap? Oh, by the way, Esmeraude, the name of the one who is responsible
for your downfall isn't Angela Minton. It's Agent Venus."
Esmeraude whipped out two guns, one in each hand, at the exact same time as Kevin did. Glaring with
cold hatred at each other, they faced off. Mina smirked, "Are you sure you want to have a gun war with
HIM?! You know, if you tried regular combat with both of us at once, you've have a better chance of
NOT getting killed very gruesomely. I might even allow you to die looking pretty."
Esmeraude ignored Mina, and started firing. Kevin, anticipating the move, immediately rolled out of the
way, and the bullets ricocheted off the wall towards Mina. However, Mina had wrapped her chain around
a chandelier, and swung into the air, evading the bullets and also getting into position, then kicking one
of the guns out of Esmeraude's hands. In a flash, she had swung into the air again, then leapt from her
chain, somersaulting through the air and landing next to Kunzite. Esmeraude immediately focused her
gun at Mina, who flipped into the air once more, as Kevin opened fire. Esmeraude, bullet holes in her
chest, stomach, shoulder and legs, collapsed to the ground in a bloody heap.
Mina retrieved her chain from the chandelier, and gave Esmeraude's carcass a very cold look. "Trust me,
you cold-hearted, evil, malicious little bitch, this was a far less painful death than you deserved."
~ ~ ~
"So, I guess this assignment is done." At 4:00 AM in the morning that day, after the two had returned
to the temporary headquarters with the good news for the other girls, and Kevin had sent Luna and Art
a concise report of what had happened, Kevin and Mina had gone to her apartment. The other three
agents, and Art, had gone home, and the hotel room had been given to the four girls for the night.
"Yeah, we're finished with it." Mina couldn't stifle a yawn. She, currently, sat in a plush easy chair, her
fair golden head resting against the armrest. The ends of her long hair brushed the floor. She closed her
eyes.
Kevin looked at her, and smiled to himself. She looked adorable when she was sleeping. Even more so
than she usually looked. "Mina, you might want to sleep on your back, you'll get a horrible crick in the
neck tomorrow." He said lightly, gently giving her shoulder a shake.
Mina mumbled something like, "Don't wanna walk to the room." Kevin shook his head, amused.
"I guess there's only one thing I can do about that." He said, as he snaked one arm around the small of
her back and another under her knees. Lifting her up, he walked to her room, and then, gently set her
down on her bed. He tucked up the covers around her, and kissed her forehead, before turning to go.
"Stay." Mina said softly. Kevin froze. She laughed a little at that.
"Don't get any ideas, I'm too tired out tonight for THAT sort of thing, some other time. But stay. Sleep."
Kevin turned around slowly to face her again. "Are you sure? Why do you want me to do that?"
Mina's voice answered him drowsily; she was once again slipping into dreamland. "Because I love you."
She muttered softly.
Kevin smiled, as he removed his shoes. "Good enough." He said, as he crawled in next to her and took
her sleeping form gently into his protective arms, before letting sleep claim him as well.
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REVIEW!!
* * *
Soon, the motorcycle was parked at the gates of Esmeraude's mansion. Mina and Kevin got off, and
Mina unslung her chain from her waist. With a whoosh and clang, the flexible chain had wrapped around
the limb of a nearby tree. Quickly, Mina climbed up the chain to the top of the wall, and then gestured
for Kevin to do the same. Then, she unwound the chain from the tree limb, re-slung it around her waist
and leapt off the wall to the ground. Kevin followed suit.
"This evening during dinner I was able to slip the contents of my ring into two plates. Those assassins
should have gone to bed early, feeling sluggish, and they will simply just not wake up the next morning.
That leaves eight assassins and Esmeraude." Mina whispered to Kevin.
At that moment, they saw up ahead two rowdy, muscular men, assassins named Rubellite and Agate,
making rounds. Kevin was about to fire at them, when Mina shook her head. "No, too loud. Guns are for
later." She whispered, before unslinging her longbow from her back. She took a sharp, straight arrow
from her quiver, and aimed at Rubellite. Even at 50 feet away and in the darkness, her aim was superb,
and the arrow struck the assassin between the shoulder blades. Rubellite fell dead to the ground, and
Agate whirled around to see where the arrow that had felled his companion had come from, only to get
a similar arrow in his throat.
"Nine down, six to go." Kevin whispered to Mina. She nodded, and gave his hand a squeeze. "Let's go
and do it, then."
~ ~ ~
Mina had shot another assassin before the mansion's occupants were alerted to their presence, and
four of the the remaining five assassins came out, guns drawn. Kevin started shooting, and soon, three
lay dead on the ground, riddled with bullet holes. Mina, as she vaulted out of harm's way, noticed the
fifth assassin trying to sneak behind Kevin, to shoot him in the back. In a flash of gold, she whipped the
gun out of the assassin's hand with her chain, then, the chain wrapped around the assassin's neck like
a thin, deadly metallic snake. With a quick. hard jerk, the thug's windpipe had been severed, and he fell
to the ground, dead from strangulation.
In the meantime, Kevin had dispatched the last assassin, and together, they marched up to the door of
the house. Predictably, it was locked. Kevin raised his gun, but once again, Mina stopped him. "The lock
is bullet-proof. Stand back." Kevin looked at her, bemused, as she removed her quiver of arrows from
her back. Mina inspected the arrows one by one until she found the one she was looking for. One that
was extremely thin, with an exceedingly narrow, sharp arrowhead. She nocked her bow, and fired.
With a twang and a thwack, the arrow hit its mark, and Kevin gaped at the precision. The arrow had
lodged itself exactly into the keyhole of the lock. Now, Mina twisted the doorknob, and it opened. She
gave Kevin a sweet little smile. "My way of picking locks. The arrow trips the mechanism inside the lock,
the way a key would. No one expects this sort of thing, since most people just go for banging the thing
or trying to kick it in or whatever. So they have safeguards against that sort of thing. But not Agent
Venus' lock-picking." She said with a wink. Then, the two stepped into the house.
~ ~ ~
Esmeraude was waiting for the invaders in her ballroom. But when the two came in, her jaw dropped in
shock. "Angela Minton?!?"
Mina narrowed her eyes and smiled thinly, baring her teeth almost like a predatory cat. "Surprised, are
you? How does it feel now, bitch? How do you like knowing that YOU've played right into somebody's
hands, fallen smack into a trap? Oh, by the way, Esmeraude, the name of the one who is responsible
for your downfall isn't Angela Minton. It's Agent Venus."
Esmeraude whipped out two guns, one in each hand, at the exact same time as Kevin did. Glaring with
cold hatred at each other, they faced off. Mina smirked, "Are you sure you want to have a gun war with
HIM?! You know, if you tried regular combat with both of us at once, you've have a better chance of
NOT getting killed very gruesomely. I might even allow you to die looking pretty."
Esmeraude ignored Mina, and started firing. Kevin, anticipating the move, immediately rolled out of the
way, and the bullets ricocheted off the wall towards Mina. However, Mina had wrapped her chain around
a chandelier, and swung into the air, evading the bullets and also getting into position, then kicking one
of the guns out of Esmeraude's hands. In a flash, she had swung into the air again, then leapt from her
chain, somersaulting through the air and landing next to Kunzite. Esmeraude immediately focused her
gun at Mina, who flipped into the air once more, as Kevin opened fire. Esmeraude, bullet holes in her
chest, stomach, shoulder and legs, collapsed to the ground in a bloody heap.
Mina retrieved her chain from the chandelier, and gave Esmeraude's carcass a very cold look. "Trust me,
you cold-hearted, evil, malicious little bitch, this was a far less painful death than you deserved."
~ ~ ~
"So, I guess this assignment is done." At 4:00 AM in the morning that day, after the two had returned
to the temporary headquarters with the good news for the other girls, and Kevin had sent Luna and Art
a concise report of what had happened, Kevin and Mina had gone to her apartment. The other three
agents, and Art, had gone home, and the hotel room had been given to the four girls for the night.
"Yeah, we're finished with it." Mina couldn't stifle a yawn. She, currently, sat in a plush easy chair, her
fair golden head resting against the armrest. The ends of her long hair brushed the floor. She closed her
eyes.
Kevin looked at her, and smiled to himself. She looked adorable when she was sleeping. Even more so
than she usually looked. "Mina, you might want to sleep on your back, you'll get a horrible crick in the
neck tomorrow." He said lightly, gently giving her shoulder a shake.
Mina mumbled something like, "Don't wanna walk to the room." Kevin shook his head, amused.
"I guess there's only one thing I can do about that." He said, as he snaked one arm around the small of
her back and another under her knees. Lifting her up, he walked to her room, and then, gently set her
down on her bed. He tucked up the covers around her, and kissed her forehead, before turning to go.
"Stay." Mina said softly. Kevin froze. She laughed a little at that.
"Don't get any ideas, I'm too tired out tonight for THAT sort of thing, some other time. But stay. Sleep."
Kevin turned around slowly to face her again. "Are you sure? Why do you want me to do that?"
Mina's voice answered him drowsily; she was once again slipping into dreamland. "Because I love you."
She muttered softly.
Kevin smiled, as he removed his shoes. "Good enough." He said, as he crawled in next to her and took
her sleeping form gently into his protective arms, before letting sleep claim him as well.
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