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 [u][b] Los Paraisos : the Grande Diamond[/u][/b]

The higher she climbed the less people there were, the patrons and employees having fled while security rushed down the stairs to join in the brawl happening on the first floor. By the time she had reached the seventh floor the halls were all but deserted. A bit [i]too[/i] deserted. Where were Dylan and Lucien? They couldn’t still be touring the dungeons.

Still, just to be sure she slowly opened the nearest door, only to be bombarded by loud angry shouting from a red-faced moustache lord who had apparently been handcuffed to one of the many strange looking contraptions that filled the room. No sign of the guilders though, and Aria merely closed the heavy doors behind her ignoring the shouts of the man behind her. Somebody would get him out when this was all over- in fact, it was probably safer in there right now compared to anywhere else. She paused at what she hoped was a blind spot for the cameras (These cameras were really getting annoying. It was probably only by pure luck that she had gotten this far without anybody noticing.) to think over her next plan of action. 

What now? She had been planning to have Dylan and Lucien go with her to rescue Marcus and Selan on the top floor. It would certainly not be wise to go alone, but the thought of leaving Marcus and Selan in the hands of their enemies brought a bad taste to her mouth. Not to mention it couldn’t be long until the establishment realized they could use the two as hostages to make them retreat or even surrender.

Loud crashes sounded from below and she turned in time to see security guards thrown from the second floor banisters to the first floor, crushing a small pavilion like structure beneath them. She couldn’t help but give a dry laugh as she turned to continue up the staircase.

“[i]It’s raining men, hallelujah…[/i]”