Hi again. Wow! Two updates in one day!

Disclaimer: Not mine. All I own is the plot of this story, the five OC's that will appear and volumes 3 and 5 of the Manga.

Thanks again to my reviewers: Anicka (x2) and loyalsoul

Anicka: Glad to know you like my story. I hope you get better soon. Have you tried Panadiene? It works wonders. Anyway, I could've made you wait longer, but because I'm so kind and generous coughnotcough I've decided to post this for you to put your mind at ease. Well, maybe not at ease but... yeah...


Chapter 3

Attack!

After the cold steam cleared, Riza saw no tied up, bleeding woman as she had been led to believe. Instead, standing right in the doorway, she saw a man wielding a large butcher's knife.

She gasped in shock and terror and the files she had been holding fell to the ground and scattered.

Before she could react, the man swung the butcher's knife down hard. It connected with her left shoulder.

Blood spattered out of the wound caused by the sharp knife and dripped out onto her skin and uniform, some even dripping to the ground in large droplets.

Her blood also dripped off of the knife.

"Ah!" she cried out in pain.

The man's insane smile grew ever wider at this.

While he was mesmerised by her blood, Riza grabbed her pistol out of its holster under her jacket with her right arm with practised ease.

Before she could fire, the man swung the knife around and sliced the gun clean in half.

Her normally stoic face clearly showed her shock as she watched one of her favourite guns be destroyed.

The half not being held by her flew off and hit the ground. It was soon joined by the other half after Riza threw the now useless gun to the side.

Quickly, she reached behind her with her good arm and drew out her other pistol. She aimed it at the man's head, but he smacked it out of her hand before she could shoot.

The gun flew out of sight and landed somewhere else in the courtyard.

Riza looked up at the man and he suddenly had a meat mallet instead of the knife. She instantly knew what he planned to do with it and turned to run away.

Before she could even get two steps, a sharp pain erupted on the back of her skull and everything went black.

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The man watched with morbid fascination as the young woman's body collapsed to the ground, her short blond hair and blue uniform in disarray.

He watched as her shoulder continued to bleed, creating a crimson puddle on the ground and sheet of paper below it.

He laughed insanely. He half-hoped no one had seen his attack and he half-hoped someone had…

He would have his revenge.


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