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Chapter 43 - Disguise

Leia, disguised in the dark, enters the city looking for her; however, now she has a goal in mind. Her goal is to control the entire state like little obedient dogs.

Leia starts to think of ways to complete her goals while walking past some bounty hunters at her entrance to the city. Leia can only give a small chuckle knowing that they have just passed on a jackpot.

Leia starts to explore the city; even though it is nighttime, the city is still vibrant, having many stores open with many people walking around. There are guards at every turn, but Leia acts normal to not call attention to her.

The bright yellow lights of the city directed her to a motel to stay. The outside of the motel is very simple, only with the lights of the entrance opened and a normal-looking exterior. She enters the motel to see a receptionist sleeping. The walls are colored a dull green; behind the receptionist, there is a board of keys.

Leia sees the couches and stairs, checking to see if anyone is there trying to hunt for her. Noticing nothing, Leia walks up to the receptionist and rings a bell to wake him up.

Ding

Seeing no reaction, Leia decides to smash the bell.

Boom

The sudden sound of the bell being crushed wakes up the receptionist with a scared look, his hands covering his head, all while Leia is confused, looking at the receptionist's reaction.

"One room, please." Leia slams the gold she stole from the bounty hunter.

"What type of room would you like?" The receptionist asks with some nervousness. 

"I want a room that is in the middle of price and room." Leia, once in a while, looks behind her shoulders to see if anyone is there.

"Yeah, I have two rooms. Would you like to see a tour?" The receptionist stands up from his chair and grabs two keys.

"No, it's fine. I am very tired; give me one. Also, how much will it cost?"

"There are two stars for both rooms." The receptionist puts one of the keys on his board.

"Here, just grab what's necessary." Leia extends the gold pouch she took.

The receptionist looks at the pouch and grabs four golden coins. Leia doesn't know how much a star costs but feels as if she is being scammed. Leia grabs the keys and her pouch. She goes on the left side of the room to the stairs. Her room is room twenty, which is located on the third floor. 

Leia starts climbing the stairs where she sees the number range of ten to fifteen. Leia walks up the curved stairs; the wooden planks have signs of distress, and the walls all have the same color. 

She reached the third floor, the stairs marking the numbers fifteen to twenty. Leia starts walking to the last room on the floor. The rooms look distant from each other; Leia sees her room number and opens the door.

Leia sees a spacious room; the walls are cream-colored, and the bed is in the left corner of the room. Leia goes to the bathroom to check for any hidden cameras. The bathroom has an imitation quartz design on every surface. 

There are no cameras, leading Leia to check the main room to see for cameras. There are no cameras in the room. Leia takes off her hoodie. Her hair is messy, and she has a hot shower to sleep. Leia notices that she doesn't have clean clothes that are not stained with blood, and not wanting to sleep with dirty clothes, she sleeps with nothing.

Leia wakes up, goes to the bathroom, grabs her dirty clothes, puts them back, and brushes her teeth. Luna's main advice is to keep a clean and attractive appearance to siphon power more efficiently from people under her control.

Leia releases a small hit of her nice odor to mask the smell of the blood in her clothing. Leia is planning to control and kill some of the bounty hunters to have money and power. Leia goes out of her room and down the set of stairs.

She passes the receptionist and leaves the motel. Leia sees the entire city in daylight. She knows that it will be weird for someone in the middle of summer to walk with a hood; however, her unique looks will call for too much attention to her.

Leia walks to a clothing store and sees her face plastered on the walls with a bounty of ten thousand stars. Leia reads the description that they give and a picture of her while in jail. The poster talks about her looks, her beautiful face, and her characteristic hair and eyes. The poster also says that anyone hooded might be her advising people to be worried.

Leia knows that they know her too much, with no other option. Leia walks to the clothing store to try and find a wig that she can use to disguise herself for a while before she makes her move. 

Leia finds a black-colored wig; its length is just long enough to perfectly disguise her hair from any slip-ups. Leia also finds some clothing that won't make her stand out. She finds some makeup to make herself less beautiful.

Leia goes up to pay; the woman is paying close attention to Leia. Leia knows that it is suspicious what she is buying but tries to remain anonymous.

"Sorry, new policy: you first have to show your face for me to sell you this wig. There is a criminal on the loose, and they told us that she will probably do this. I am sorry it is an inconvenience." The woman, appearing to be in her sixties, tries to peek beneath Leia's hood. 

Leia is at a standstill; not knowing what to do, she knows that she has been caught. She hates that someone is predicting her exact moves. Leia nervously acts as if she is going to take her hood off.

Swoosh

Leia releases a large amount of her odor and takes off her hood. The woman instantly falls under her control. Leia puts on the wig and runs off, taking the effect of the odor and realizing her control.

Leia is now able to show her face and not be feared. All she needs to do is to apply her makeup and eliminate her recognizable traits.

Leia sees a poster falling upon her. She grabs the poster, seeing how she was planning to look. Leia then realizes that the people outside are no longer there. She has been caught. Leia starts running back to her motel.

Leia has fallen into the trap of the enemy; her only trump card is that hopefully, they don't know her powers, or else she will be caught. Leia stumbles upon a gang of bounty hunters just a building away from her motel. They are reading the poster and then looking up to see the person they are looking for.

Guys, we found her. Whoever captures her first can do whatever they want with her, then let's throw her to the cops.