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Her Name Is Death 3.5: A Short Story

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Her Name Is Death 3.5 “You know why this whole assignment sucks?” Maria asked her partner as she turned the black car down the suburban road. “No, but I'm sure you'll tell me,” her partner, Christine, responded in a flat tone as she flipped through the file they had been given. Maria sent the younger woman a smirk. “Well a kid like you wouldn't get it, but this whole thing sucks because we're being set up to fail.” “How do you figure?” “Well think about it, Piggot sends us out at the crack of dawn to drive over to this Herbert guy's house to try and get him to accept PRT protection. Now I don't know about you but given we just told the whole world that his daughter is a crazy cape killer I don't see him being positively inclined to …show more content…

“Don't you start,” she snarled glaring. Christine put her hands up in surrender. “Alright, I'm sorry. Rough morning. I get it.” “Yeah, I don't need your attitude on top of all this shit. I-” She cut herself off as she barely avoided rear ending a parked van. “The hell? Whose the dipshit who parked in the middle of the road?” Christine looked out the side window, and her jaw dropped. “Holy...” Parked along the curb were dozen of news vans, mostly from local stations, but she spotted a few from the national networks. All along the curb were dozens of reports, cameramen, and other assorted personnel. All of them crowding around one house. A very particular house. “Ah fuck. I knew this would be a circus,” Maria groused. “Alright kid it's show time. Let's run off some vultures.” With that she slipped on a pair of sunglasses and slid out of the car. Christine followed her quickly trudging through the grass. As they approached several of the news crews turned to face the newcomers. Maria was quick to make herself the center of attention. Putting her hands on her hips to make sure her blazer was kept open, she cocked her hips to make sure all eyes were drawn to her prominently displayed PRT badge, as well as her side arm. She cleared her throat and began to bark

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