TheDarkestShinobi: Three chapters in one day, and its only 1 in the morning lol They're short though. Enjoy! Review!
Chapter start
She replaced the red ribbon in the book and set it down on the table, the words she read haunting her in an eerie way she couldn't describe. It all comes back to us in the end. Something so ominous never bothered her before. It was just nerves she told herself, but that was something odd and new as well. She looked over to her hostage who raised an eyebrow cockily,
"It's not too late, you can let me go and forget this." She ignored him and he shook his head "No need to get involved with a company that's going to have you killed."
She left the room closing the door behind her and paying him no mind but the words in the book still struck her ominously.
"What's up?" she asked as she rested a hand on the back of his chair and the other on his desk looking at his screen
"Your ID." He held the lanyard up towards her face and she took it standing straight. She made a sound of approval and he clicked a few more keys before moving the mouse over to the compile and link button.
Click.
Christie watched the screen turn blank before a list popped up. She nodded as she watched him add her name to it before turning and walking away. He pretended to be distracted for a few seconds until her heels faded away, and then he added another name.
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"I'm suggesting we get extra security for the Daimyo meeting." He said, using the palm of his hand to push up his glasses. The others shook their heads.
"The Daimyo will take offense to it!"
"We have extra security, or did you not forget writing that check?"
The first sighed before grabbing his papers and looking back to them. They bought security, but that woman was sneaky and he wouldn't but anything past her, he wanted to be extra careful. A rat can crawl under the smallest spaces. Who is to say he would even get the job done, were they sure he could?
"I forget nothing." He stated before looking back up to the others eyes. "but this may be a life threatening situation. The Daimyo will be even less impressed if some assassin comes in and starts shooting."
"She could never get past our security." A second said, voice confident. It caused the first to shake his head.
"If I had a nickel…"
"That's enough I think," A new voice said. She tilted her head slightly as if in thought "We have no reason to believe she is a continuing threat, right? No one has gone missing, or reported anything, we have an excellent security staff and any new security requires explanation or suspicion." She paused waiting for any disagreements. "Therefore I propose that we continue as planned, anyone who wishes for a bodyguard may get one but the Daimyo will not, under any circumstance feel they are a threat or perceive one. Am I understood?"
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"It's a mistake, taking him." He said suddenly watching her slip into her shoes. She looked like she could be humored.
"How so?" She could.
"He could rat you out there. I have you on the list already so you don't need one."
"True." She pulled on the hem of her dress. "but it's more of a preventative measure. Don't blow up the house while I'm gone." He smiled.
"I won't, I promise." He wouldn't even be here.