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SCARLET SHADOW
红色阴影

Gāisǐ!

Scarlet Shadow was nearing the edge of the platform when she had taken notice of what the three who had broken through the nearby door were doing. She watched as a bizarre swirling shape of what looked to be water formed up, though from where she hung she wasn’t sure how. A powerful light suddenly struck the thief in the eyes causing her to curse and raise one hand impulsively to cover her eyes. Her other hand gripping furiously onto a small groove that protruded from the wall between two thin pieces of pipe.

The light seemed to grow brighter as Scarlet Shadow could hear the sound of rushing water from the center of the platform. "Stay behind me, let's go!" Scarlet Shadow felt a surge through her stomach and chest as she realized the group of three had the heart. The thief was still too far to simply vault onto the platform without falling and she couldn’t risk trying to charge through a cyclone of water with her super speed. Not to mention the blinding light. 

“I guess I shouldn’t have taken the vents…”

Were the master thief not in such a precarious position she probably would’ve broken into a rage. So close… she seethed in her mind as she dropped her hand from her face, squinting her eyes tightly. There was nothing to be done at this point. She couldn’t even hope to get back through the vents and meet the trio at the intersection, and she certainly doubted she would get back outside the facility fast enough to chase down the group. Venom in her mind Scarlet Shadow began to shimmy back across the wall toward the vent from where she had come, beginning her exfiltration.

SCARLET SHADOW
红色阴影

Scarlet Shadow had been warned about other intruders though she had assumed that the guards would have delayed them, needless was it to be said that she was surprised when she arrived in the grand chamber containing the heart only to be met immediately after with the sound of a nearby door being blasted. The explosion had caught her off balance and left a ringing in her right ear though the master thief hadn’t been completely disoriented. By the time the door had hit the floor Scarlet Shadow had taken to the walls, using the intricate metal structuring to shimmy along and grab hold of as she had cleared away from the vent where she had emerged from. 

The intruders were a group of three individuals none of them recognizable to the thief. Scarlet Shadow watched as they stepped out on the platform, keeping still and compressed against a tubular pipe she was wrapped around. Even if they looked over the chamber she doubted they would see her, and if they did she doubted she would have any problem filching the heart from the grasp. Her super speed alone surely would be able to befuddle them and if not a well thrown flashbang would be enough to disable them. 

The thief was considered her actions when her attention was drawn to a sound above, a loud crackling followed by a louder crumbling. Scarlet Shadow’s eyes widened as she saw the first chunk of ceiling break loose and come hurtling downward, missing her by quite a few feet. The rumbling of the elongated platform below and the collapsing ceiling paired with the shrieking of metal pained her ears. And then she saw it - the heart. It fell down onto the middle of the platform, the thief hearing angry shouts from above even over the destructive noises above and before her. 

Jumping was not an option. She wouldn’t make it and would fall to her death. Going back was also out of the question. She had come this far and was literal meters away from the prize. There’s only one option…
Hanging onto the pipe with one arm Scarlet Shadow slipped two smoke grenades from her belt. She reached around the pipe and used her index finger of the hand she used to hang onto the pipe to pop loose the pins. Shifting around and using all her strength she awkwardly hurled the grenades towards the platform. One landed right next to the heart with a bounce, an immediate blast of smoke expelled outward and enshrouding the center of the platform. The other fell short and spiraled down toward the ooze below. 

Scarlet Shadow grimaced and reached out toward a nearby shaft and lifted herself away from the pipe with a sharp grunt. Her only chance was to move as fast as she could around the wall and drop down onto the platform. If she had to she could throw more grenades as cover as she made her way to the heart. Even so she doubted she would beat the other intruders and was already mentally preparing herself for potentially forfeiting the prize. Everything or nothing. Scarlet Shadow - her only advantage her maneuverability and the short window of time the smoke screen was buying her - scrambled as fast as she could around the length of the wall towards the platform, opposite of the new arrivals.

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