Across the city, in the dim underground parking lot, silhouettes danced against bright fluorescent lights. The sharp scent of gunpowder mixed with the faint scent of blood as Maria mowed down the enemies, her combat knife sliding through each of their necks.
The deafening noise of car alarms and gunfire filled up underground parking.
Her target, the bar-coded man, hid behind the armed men, quite a distance away from her, "What are you?!"
She slid under one of the men's legs and quickly threw her knife against the back of his head, then quickly rolled over the concrete and hid behind a pillar while a barrage of bullets fired towards her.
Her breathing turned sharp and ragged as she clutched her lower abdomen. Blood covered her palms, "Shhhhhit. That stings."
She ducked as bullets started to tear through the pillar she hid behind, "Hopefully Felix is doing better right now."
Maria pulled out another knife from her thigh and leapt out the other side of the pillar, racing towards her bar-coded target.
"FUCK!" The bar-coded man quickly retreated while the group of armed men kept firing at her.
The bullet wound throbbed, but her lips curled into a grin. The thrill of the hunt ran through her veins as her prey was getting away.
"Get back here and give me that key!" She yelled, several bullets grazing at her skin.
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