[h2]Saber - Arturia Pendragon[/h2]

Thieves. Thieves had been raiding the store, holding every single person in the building as their hostage in order to do so. They'd even assaulted the employee who had been behind the counter, leaving her unconscious. This could not stand. It would not stand!

But that wasn't it. That wasn't their only crime.

As they had attempted to escape, they threw down vials that had called forth shades. Shades of Heroic Spirits... To use even the shadow of a heroic spirit for nothing more then thievery, as a simple tool so they could attempt to get away with their crime...!

"Using the shadows of Servants to aid in petty thievery..." Arturia couldn't help but feel anger at the simple idea of it. But there was no time to question how it had occurred, how the thieves had obtained something that allowed them to instantly call forth Shadow Servants. The people in the shop were in danger, the Shadows bearing down on them, their weapons raised...!

"You have no free will to name yourselves, nor the mind to speak of honor. And so, I shall strike you down before your actions dishonoryour legacy!"

And in that instant, her Master dove through the window behind her, calling to her! Normally, she would have asserted that she would never stoop to such depths as to commit any kind of theft, but at the moment there were more important matters at hand!

"Stay back, Master! These are the Shadows of Servants!"

With that, Arturia launched herself forward! She cleared one of the hostages and brought her concealed sword down in the same motion, slamming it onto the spear wielded by one of the shadows with force that would have fragmented solid rock and split steel! The impact struck the shadow and sent it rocketing backwards, slamming into a shattered display container and bending the metal frame inwards as it did. Before the knight-girl could follow up on her first blow, however, the second of shadows twisted its body in an unnatural fashion, raising a thick curved sword as it did!

The Saber-class Servant rotated her body, hands guiding her hidden blade upwards to deflect the Shadow's blow immediately. No matter what their ties were to true heroic spirits, these shades were nothing more then shadows, and so...!

The edge of her sword bit into the darkness and cut downwards, severing the shade in half! In spite of the shadowy makeup of its body, crimson blood spewed from its severed form, splattering across the carpet as it fell in two pieces.

But in moments, it had dissipated into nothingness...

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