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Live Another Day

It’s been a long day
 
I just sit in my booth
 
Drink in hand
 
Waiting
 
 
Emily is just warming up
 
Already men are drooling all over themselves at the sight of her
 
But it’s not Emily I’m here for
 
 
Wolfe
 
The city’s very own underground king
 
Nothing goes on here without Wolfe knowing about it or having something to do with it
 
 
A man tumbles down the stairs
 
Beaten
 
Bloody
 
 
Rat
 
So named for his skill in ratting out his 'friends’ to the cops
 
Wolfe must’ve found out Rat’s plan to shut Wolfe’s entire operation
 
Too bad for Rat
 
 
He’s begging now
 
On his knees groveling like it’ll help
 
Stupid man
 
 
I see boots
 
Stained red
 
Ripped jeans and a flannel shirt
 
 
His face is hidden by darkness
 
I see the half smoked cigarette in hand
 
Just one more step and I’ll see my targets face
 
 
Just one more step
 
And I’ll see my payday
 
One simple step
 
 
Quiet
 
The seldom seen face comes into view
 
Everything goes silent
 
 
My sources warned me
 
Said I would be surprised
 
I had no idea
 
 
Tough as nails they said
 
Scared all to heck
 
And a heart branded into his neck
 
 
I see the brand
 
I see the scars
 
But I see no man
 
 
Her ebony skin is like shadow against her snow-white hair
 
Strands of said hair fall in her face
 
 
Her eyes
 
Her piercing eyes
 
Glow with violet in the light
 
 
No emotion in those violet eyes as she allows the man to go with the promise of a painful death if he goes to the cops
 
 
I hear the roar
 
The roar of an engine
 
And with a nod
 
The bar is cleaned out
 
 
I hide in the shadows
 
Wolfe doesn’t notice
 
She just cleans a nearby table
 
Waiting
 
 
Four men
 
Four guns
 
Four victims
 
 
One grabs Wolfe from behind
 
She doesn’t even blink
 
He presses a gun to her head
 
Her breath never falters
 
 
He laughs in her ear
 
He makes a move for her breast
 
She growls
 
 
She moves like lightning
 
Dodging every shot
 
Every punch
 
Every attack
 
 
It’s over quickly
 
Three bodies lay around
 
Barely bloody
 
She doesn’t make a mess with them
 
It’s the fourth that still breaths
 
 
His arm pinned to the ground
 
A knife through his palm
 
He doesn’t know what’s coming
 
 
She takes her time
 
Not like with the others
 
They were quick
 
But this one
 
He touched her
 
And she doesn’t like being touched
 
 
When she’s done
 
He lays there in a bloody puddle
 
Her violet eyes gleam at the sight
 
 
She’s cold
 
Calculating
 
Nothing in her veins but ice
 
 
I make sure I’m quiet as I sneak up behind her
 
Gun in hand
 
Pain
 
 
I’m struck with pain
 
All through my jaw
 
I fall to the ground
 
 
I look up
 
She towers above me
 
Violet eyes pierce through my very soul
 
 
She tilts her head
 
Deciding weather to kill me
 
Or let me live
 
 
She stands up straight
 
Steps over me
 
Walks out the door
 
 
I get to live another day

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