'Hello everyone!' Roared Kujana, then bowed, 'Do you want to be entertained?'
'Yes!' Shouted the crowd.
'How about spilling out some blood?' Asked Kujana.
'Hell yes!' Yelled the crowd excitedly.
'Kujana! Kujana!' the chanting picked up again.
Kujana Prangando started break dancing as the crowd cheered his name. He then raised his hands up, demanding silence, 'Shall I begin?'
'Yes!' The crowd got even more crazy. Kujana drew out his two swords and rushed at Shanazer with high velocity, leaving dust behind him. When he was about twenty yards from reaching Shanazer, he leaped up in the sky and twisted three times in the air as he thrust his two swords aimed at cutting off Shanazer's head.
'Wow!' Cheered the spectators.
Shanazer ducked the two swords and Kujana landed on his two feet. Next, he switched weapons as he threw four small knifes at one go. Shanazer dodged the first one but was stabbed by the second, third and fourth in the chest, stomach and arm. 'Huh!' Howled Shanazer.
'Great!' The spectators were thrilled. The Health bar was already at thirty-five percent.
Kujana threw six more knives which stabbed Shanazer at different locations. More blood spilled out like a fountain.
'Yes!' Celebrated Kujana like he scored a goal in soccer. He swiftly moved forward, slashing Shanazer everywhere with his two swords. Create a blood scene. The crowd went crazy, and were electrified. Shanazer knelt down, becoming powerless every second that passed by.
'Cut her head! Cut her head!' The crowd shouted in unison.
'Any final words?' Asked Kujana.
'I will return for a rematch.' Whispered Shanazer as she was running out of breath.
'You will need a thousand years to be able to beat me.'
He crossed the two swords on Shanazer's neck, and cut off her head.
Shanazer was back in her body and brain. 'Wow! That was intense,' Exclaimed Shanazer in amazement. 'It felt so real.'
Before Shanazer could figure out what to do next, there came a knock at the door. She knew who it was, she rushed to the door, unlocked it and Olivia let herself in. Shanazer was quite startled and unsettled. She was not good at keeping secrets except one. Therefore, she tried to disguise her earlier incident. So she spoke first, in a moderate tone, 'Hello Olivia!' Smiling mischievously. Olivia examined Shanazer intently. Her gut told her there was something wrong with Shanazer's attitude. To start with, she opened the door for her. Secondly, she greeted her first. It was usually the opposite. Olivia talked a lot between the two. She replied with a curious frowning face, 'Hello! Something smells fishy here?' Olivia gazed at Shanazer intensely, curiosity visibly painted on her face. The statement from Olivia caused Shanazer to start fidgeting. Immediately she got up, and began to roam within the room. She performed this act in order to conceal her fidgeting. Shanazer looked back at Olivia in the eyes serenely. 'What do you mean?' contended Shanazer, and Olivia sparked a mischievous grin. 'I know you, Shanazer, I am certain, you are hiding something from me?' Countered Olivia.
Shanazer knew she would not win this game. She relentlessly gave up at the same time, while devising her escape route. 'OK! You are right, you got me. Absolutely there is something I don't want you to know. Can you guess what that could be?' Olivia jumped up from the bed, 'I knew it!' Olivia exclaimed, and continued, 'My gut told me that you were covering up something. I think I have grown to know you well, Shanazer. Hold on!' Olivia held her chin, portraying that she was thinking about it seriously, 'You got married girl!' Olivia burst out with laughter uncontrollably. With a deep sigh, Shanazer faked her smile, an eager face still focused on Olivia, who later brought out what was on her mind, 'I am sorry girl, it was a joke. Let me think.' At this moment Shanazer became stable, she had plotted out the answer to her troublesome puzzle. After all, her life was full of interesting things. Olivia, scratching her hair a number of times, dived deep into her search engine, her face suddenly brightened up, it seemed she had found the thing Shanazer was camouflaging. Without further delay, she expressed her inner thoughts, 'You got accepted at OxyamCorp?' Olivia guessed, looking at Shanazer for confirmation. Her eyes sparkled. You could see them shining, the beautiful smile unfolded naturally without effort, Shanazer nodded her head.
Olivia put on an inquiring face, paused and asked, her eyes searching for confirmation, 'are you serious sis?' Shanazer gazed at Olivia with convincing glittering eyes, nodding for the second time. That's all Olivia needed. 'Wow! Congratulations, you did it, sister! I am super excited for you.' Olivia got up and gave Shanazer a big warm hug. Both friends expressed deep, inexplicable emotions, smiling faces summarized it all. Shanazer broke the spell, 'Enough sis, you might suffocate me with your strong hug.' A graceful laugh followed hysterically. Olivia let go of Shanazer. 'It's all coming up together for you. I wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart.' She jumped up and down, danced to release all the energy which had accumulated from within her. If there was music, Shanazer wondered what kind of dance category she would name it. She kept laughing all the way through at the drama unfolding, chills of positive emotions all over her body, this moment she will remember for a long time. A sense of mutual respect, love, overwhelmed her, 'Thank you, sis, for everything, thank you for being there in my most wasteful state. I owe you one. I guess I made the right choice coming to this city after all.' Olivia stopped her dancing act, moved closer to Shanazer, her eyes fixed on her, 'What are you saying?' Posed Olivia, 'We are sisters aren't we?'
Shanazer ran out words, then inclined. 'There definitely no need for that, when do you start?' Queried Olivia. Shanazer experienced warm comradely love after listening to Olivia. 'The twenty-eighth of May.' Fling back Shanazer.
'Five days from now?' Cross-examined Olivia, Shanazer positioned her eyes straight at Olivia, a genuine smile flashed out as she opened her mouth, 'That's right.' Olivia looked up to the roof, stretched her neck by twisting it in the sideways two times, 'I am rooting for you, sister. I can smell the coins on your vcard. I suppose that's fair well to poverty.' Shanazer, too, stretched her back vigorously. Then, a gentle, loving atmosphere occupied the room, 'Yes, sister, I suppose its goodbye.' Commented Shanazer, they both exhausted all their energy. Olivia got up; intuitively, Shanazer knew what was going to come after. The two had been close friends for nearly a year, they understood each other very well, 'I have to go. See you later.' Shanazer replicated Olivia's vibe, 'Alright, good day, and please do greet your brother for me.' Olivia giggled with less effort in her pitch, 'Sure.' She slipped away from the house and Shanazer was left all alone once again.
Later that evening, Shanazer sat next to Olivia inside the wall-fence of Sensation Blue Hotel when Mrs Blake came out of the hotel entrance. She walked majestically toward Olivia and Shanazer, her body was exuding the horror of wealth. Impulsively, Shanazer and Olivia got up to meet her. An elegant, charming, mature, tender voice resounded, 'Hello! What is your name?' Straight away Shanazer noticed that this question was directed at her, for the gaze of Mrs Blake was fixed on her. She swallowed her saliva, to clear the throat, 'Shanazer, Athens.' Mrs Blake went direct to the point, 'I have a fault with the lodges CCTV system. Could you sort out that problem? It's more money for you, right?' Shanazer didn't dare to linger, she was filled with excitement, 'Yes, mum.' Mrs Blake called out Emily Granger, who came running. In less than a minute, Emily Granger stood before Mrs Blake, looking at her with inquiring eyes. Mrs Blake gave a direct instruction to Emily Granger, 'Show Shanazer the control room for the CCTV system. She is an IT specialist and Electronics engineer.' Explained Mrs Blake.
'Yes mum, follow me, Miss Shanazer.' As Emily Granger didn't know if that was the right way to address Shanazer as she led the way, Shanazer walked right behind Miss Emily Granger to room fourteen. Miss Emily Granger thoroughly explained how this problem had lasted for the past five days. Shanazer listened attentively. The moment Miss Emily Granger was done explaining, Shanazer began assessing where the fault could be. She started troubleshooting the Network Video Recorder, abbreviated as NVR system, which is a specialized hardware and software solution used in IP video surveillance systems. Primarily, the NVR is intended for obtaining video streams from IP cameras via IP networks for the purpose of their storage and subsequent playback. Then she went to check out the power supply, pressing a neon tester into the socket to check if there was electrical current. It gave no sign. She took her multi meter, turned it on, adjusted the knob to set it on the AC voltage reading, slotted the red lead in a socket, and did the same for the black lead. There was no reading.
While performing all this task, Shanazer couldn't help it but observe every detail of the hotel server room. It was well furnished. On the west side of the wall hangs a painting by Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitarist. Shana gazed at the painting admirably several times. Art was one of her passions, appreciating is vital when seeing a masterpiece. She does paint at times, Mrs Blake has a good taste for finer things. Quite interesting and intriguing. I am getting to like her even more. The thought ran through her mind.
Miss Emily Granger kept a watchful eye on what Shanazer was doing. When a most spontaneous, smooth, yet enchanting voice came from outside, 'Miss Granger?' Miss Emily Granger was in her thirties with a graceful appearance. The voice hit Shanazer's heart, it penetrated her entire body up to her soul. It gave her goosebumps. It was the sweetest voice ever in Shanazer's world. Instantly it created a pattern, and now it was on replay in her mind. 'I am right here, in the server room.' The Sensation Blue Hotel had a combination of numbers and letters. That shows you how big the hotel was. In a short while, the door was covered, a shadow came through the room, thereafter a sweet smell weft the entire room. It sent chills all over Shanazer's body. She tilted her head in order to see who it was. To her surprise, a most infectious dark, slim, blown handsome figure stood at the door. Right away her blood started boiling, her heart thumping fast, she could feel his infernal fire consuming her, plundering all her lustful desires, purging all the filthy and unworthy inside her. Definitely, his presence had electrocuted her. She became a statue, motionless, everything stood still, her heartbeat beating fast and fast. She couldn't breathe, nor think at that moment.
The handsome, spontaneous figure gazed at Shanazer in the eyes. Shanazer also glanced back into his eyes. Their eyes locked, both searching for something in another's eyes.
As Shanazer dived deep into his blue sparkling eyes, deep inside him, she saw the richness, not that of money, or wealth, but of his inner beauty. That's the thing she desired most in him. Similarly, the handsome figure looked intensely into the shining bright blown eyes, he saw the authentic poorness, not of lacking wealth but of her pure heart and soul. This he did not have, and he desired above all things. Miss Emily Granger disintegrated the incantation when she humbly vocalized, 'Mr Xander, how may I be of assistance to you?' Instantly, Xander was woken from whatever spell was cast on him by this outstanding beautiful innocent girl, he coughed lightly, with a shy grin to cover up the awkward moment, 'Hello, how are you?' Said the handsome figure.