[ IP ] La killa

`` You.'' 
 
 He laid a hand on his chest, smiling, `` Me.'' 
 
 She flicked her blades to the side smoothly. A splatter of red decorated the walls on either side of her. She stepped over a body, glaring at him. 
 
 `` Why are you here?'' 
 
 The smell of burned flesh followed him. The corridor behind him was warped and melted as if an intense heat had been applied to the metal panels. His coat was annoyingly pristine as ever. 
 
 He tilted his head. `` Well my dear, it seems that I am here for the same reason that you are.'' 
 
 Her eyes narrowed. Red lightning sparked from her sockets as she clenched the grips of her electrified blades. `` The Codex belongs to me!'' 
 
 He snorted, `` Does it? And what would a brute like you do with such a repository of knowledge? Do you even understand what it means to those foolish humans who hired you?'' 
 
 She settled into a combative stance. 
 
 He sighed. `` I see.'' 
 
 A flicker of blue fire bloomed in his gloved hand, lengthening into a spooling whip that hissed against the floor. His eyes darted up to meet hers' and for a long moment they were perfectly still. 
 
 Something screeched in the corridor to their side. 
 
 His whip flashed at the same moment as an arc of electricity crackled from between her daggers. 
 
 The rotting, humanoid creature leapt at them from where it crawled along the ceiling only to be sliced and electrified all at once. 
 
 There were more screeches from the darkness. They exchanged a look. 
 
 `` I think we may have a little problem.'' 
 
 She snorted. `` You did n't notice the plague victims on the way in?'' She grinned as his brow twitched. 
 
 `` I did n't expect them to proliferate so fast.'' he said. `` It seems there are those who wish to prevent the recovery of the Codex at all cost.'' 
 
 She rolled her eyes. `` Talk some more, pretty boy. I'm going to deal with this little problem. Then I'm going to claim the Codex! You can cower around here all you want.'' 
 
 His eyes narrowed. He smiled tightly, `` I'm going to render assistance. Then I'm going to claim the Codex from you.'' 
 
 `` I'd like to see you try.'' 
 
 She lunged into the corridor as the first distorted face grimaced in the light of her blade. He darted after her, whip singing in the dark.
