Sophia Anderson
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A convoy of armored, blacked-out SUV’s raced towards Shadow Manor as evening approached. The engines roared until they all simultaneously slammed on the brakes coming to a screeching halt at the gates of the manor property. Six SUV’s surrounded a central SUV. A man stepped out of the central SUV and angrily barked, “Stay put! This won’t be long.” The man drew his sword and kicked in the gates to the property making way towards the front door. Guards promptly raised their weapons in preparation…-
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The bank manager looked on from his seated position in the chair as Xenia proceeded to kneel and pull numerous pieces of heavy-duty tools from the duffel bag including large bore drills, dremels, a jackhammer, and diamond-plated saws. He stuttered as he tried to inform her, “Miss- Miss Night. These tools although powerful will likely result in-“ “I said After unloading her equipment, she faced the inner vault door and began to inspect it. The vault door was a unique proprietary technology. It was…
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The rain had slowed to a mist once again; however, the dark clouds overhead remained. Lightning streaked through the sky, and the rumble of thunder shook the plaza. The three Holy Knights began to spread out encircling Xenia as they gripped their heavy broadswords with both hands tightly. Xenia laughed as they assumed a serious demeanor and offensive position, “It’s someone’s funeral. Of that we can be certain.” The leader of the Holy Knights ignored her commentary and thrust his sword forward…
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Xenia walked back over to the bank manager who sat scared-stiff at his desk, “You’re up, Mr. Manager.” The manager stared at her wide-eyed and then pointed to himself, “M-Me?” “Walk with me.” Xenia turned the corner, and the manager followed her until she stopped directly in front of the vault door, “I need you to open the vault’s outer door for me.” The manager looked at the door and paused before breaking bad news to Xenia, “Ma’am.” Xenia looked at him expectantly, and he…
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The bodyguard gave a soft chuckle at Xenia, “Your arrogance humors me. You won’t be the first and you certainly won’t be the last of arrogant opponents that I take down.” The rain picked up further outside with the lightning becoming more frequent and the thunder growing louder and closer with each successive lightning strike. Xenia wiped the smile from her face and took a fighting stance, “You’re just trash dancing in my shadow. You would tremble before me if I weren’t merely here to toy…
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Xenia stood before the men on their knees smiling at them. The rain had gone from a slight mist to a steady rain with occasional streaks of lightning followed by distant thunder. “We don’t have much time to play before I need to attend to the SWAT team’s arrival. How would you all like-“ “Please! Let us go! We can give you money! Lots of it! All of us are extremely wealthy!” A man in his mid-fifties at the end of the row yelled out interrupting Xenia. She glared at him with a scowl that…
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A slight mist was in the air as dark clouds blocked most of the sunlight in downtown of the capital city of the Holy Light Empire. Two security guards armed with holstered pistols stood atop the stairs leading up and into the flagship bank of Vand Bank. “So, do you think our bank robber will show? The other security guard smirked, “This has to be a drill, right? Ten security guards at a bank that usually has just two?” “Even if it isn’t a drill, who would brazenly rob a bank after seeing…
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Nero entered into a miscellaneous room within Bella Domina to find three long tables filled to the absolute brim with weapons and weapon accessories of all kinds. He walked the aisles in between the tables noting various armaments. “Machine guns, extended clips, flash bangs, tear gas, grenades, knives, pistols…” Nero reached the end of one table and began to walk along another one quietly whispering item names as he noted them, “Rocket launcher, sniper rifle, mini gun, drone guns…” He came…
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“Sir. As you can see from the report, we have had positive GDP growth for 10 consecutive quarters now.” St. Michael took a sip from his coffee and flipped the page to look over the report noting that the two quarters for which Xenia had ruled the empire, growth was far and above expectations. He nodded, “Very good. Very good.” His aide continued, “And if you flip the page, you can see the population report showing that our borders have never been more controlled. We have a healthy influx and…
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Xenia hung up her phone and crossed her arms as she stood at the rim of a cliffside which fully surrounded a mountain lake below. She had a smug smile on her face as the man racing her, Olympian Jaime Kurth, finally arrived completely out of breath. He stammered towards her with a hurried breath, “How? How did you make it up here He put his hands on his knees and hunched over taking deep breaths. She walked up to him and pat him on the back, “Jaime, I thought you were a gold medalist Olympian in…
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