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Chapter 15 - What Hides in the Alleys

Still within Klish Celina walks into an alley as the sounds of music continue to fill the air. "Why'd I have to do this? On my own no less," she continues to talk under her breath. "This is the first and smallest one Celina we'll handle the others together you do this on your own," Celina scoffs. "Well I was enjoying myself so couldn't this have waited."

A man and a woman quickly run into a building as they see Celina. Celina pays no mind to them continuing to walk. "Ah ah ah what have we here?" a voice with seemingly no origin speaks out to Celina. "Who are you? Why have you come down this alley? Don't you see the markings all across the walls?"

"Yeah I see them and I'm here for a damn reason," Celina stands looking around trying to find the origin of the voice. 

"Oh how interesting. What might that reason be?" the voice changes sounding different.

"I simply have a deal to make with someone and they said walk down the alley with the markings," Celina makes up a lie on the spot.

"You dumbass like these pests will believe such a lie," a new voice speaks one she hasn't heard before yet this one seems to be speaking from within her. "Wipe that look off your face and go back to bluffing to these rats."

"Hmm I suppose I did have a deal with someone but you were supposed to arrive tomorrow I thought why are you here now?" the voice speaks again however now Celina feels as if there is something close to her watching.

"Trip was shorter than I thought, besides ain't it better I'm here early?" Celina continues her lie as she sees a door with the marking that has been all down the alley on it. "Can I enter? That alright with you?"

The air stays silent for a moment before Celina no longer feels watched suddenly feeling as if there is all the space she'd want surrounding her. "Yes, yes come in and we will make our deal."

"You've been caught Celina, be quick before they evacuate," the other voice speaks from within her again.

The door opens in front of her and Celina walks in. "Thank you I have what you want with me," as Celina enters the door shuts behind her

"Listen to me closely Celina," as Celina walks up a flight of stairs the voice from within her speaks more. Slowly the voice begins to grow familiar to Celina. "This is the workings of an eye demon. I don't know who here has the deal," with those words it clicks but before Celina can say anything Celina sees a group gathered weapons at the ready. One quickly throws a javelin at Celina that graces her shoulder. "Duck."

"Hey I'm here to make a deal," swiftly Celina avoids an attack aimed at her head.

"They aren't making a deal Celina, they saw through your lies you dumbass," the voice becomes demanding as Celina continues to evade each strike. "Left."

Celina grabs her sword jumping backwards as a sword swings from the darkness leaving a slight cut on her arm. Quickly Celina slashes into the darkness seconds later a body falls forwards landing in front of her. "The hell you guys doing in here huh?" Celina stands her blade at the ready as the remaining fighters look at her their weapons pointed at her.

"Hidden door behind the wardrobe on the right," the voice from within Celina speaks again and Celina glances at the wardrobe, noticing that it is slightly off center.

"We are preparing to free this country from the queen," one of the fighters shouts. Seconds later the others curse at him under their breath.

Before Celina can speak two of them charge her one jabbing her spear at Celina the other swinging a sword at her. Celina easily deflects the sword and dodges the spear thrust grabbing it as she dodges. Celina rips the spear from the fighter, quickly turning it around and impaling the fighter's head as she dodges the others sword swing delivering a clean cut to his throat. Celina looks at the rest of them as the fighters limb bodies slowly tumble to the ground. Before the others can speak Celina quickly rushes them down delivering a swift wide cut cutting three down with one strike. As the remaining two realize what's happening Celina stabs one clean through the heart. Swiftly she removes her sword from the corpse letting the fighter's body fall to the floor. As the last fighter nervously holds his sword shaking violently Celina delivers a clean painless cut to his neck. As the fighter's body hits the floor Celina wipes her sword of blood then sheathes it walking over to the wardrobe. She moves it revealing a dark flight of stairs going downwards torches lighting the way.

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