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Elika treaded the desert sands. The moon shined brightly across the arid landscape. She always liked the nighttime; the air was brisk, the breeze was faint and all was quiet. It was quite tranquil, in her opinion…a good atmosphere to organize your thoughts. She’d had no sleep, was running low on water, and her affiliate was expecting her to bring in some new ‘imports’ soon. Caravans were becoming sneakier with their treks; they began traveling during the night. This made sense to her, as it wasn’t blistering hot, and most pirates roamed the wastes during the day. However, the tradeoffs to this were fatigue and how the moon (most of the time) vaguely kept the land illuminated. Regardless, it didn’t bother her. Wait… She heard something - the mechanical purr of a diesel engine. Perfect she thought. Elika dashed up the sand dune, her feet jutting into the sand. At the top she saw a halftrack with a large crane, bearing cargo; four armed guards (one at each corner) were walking with it as it chugged across the wastes. From the sound of it, the engine wasn’t doing very good. Elika considered the situation for a bit, and concluded this was a good target. She took her crossbow slung over her shoulder, loaded it, and laid down beside a nearby rock, propping herself up against it.

Looking down the scope, she steadied her crosshairs on one of them at the back. His lips were moving - he must be in mid conversation. Leading her target, she patiently waited from him to finish talking. There was a long pause in his speech…Thump - The guard dropped. Noone seemed to notice, so she quickly slid in another bolt and cocked her crossbow again. The other guard at the back of the vehicle looked over and exclaimed something loudly. Go-time. Thump – This one did a 180 before falling, the bolt firmly lodged deep in his chest. The vehicle stopped and one of the guards ran behind it for cover, the other got close to it and get and searching for the assailant. His rifle was an old model, probably full auto. She quickly reloaded again and fixed her sites on the last guard she could see. He was franticly looking at the high ground, trying to get a fix on the raider. The moment he found out where she was. Thump – As he fell, his rifle fired off a few rounds, one of which hit the rock Elika was propped up to. Jesus! She thought to herself …one left…He’s still behind the halftrack. She kept a good fix on the vehicle for any indication of the remaining guard. There were subtle movements coming from inside the cab. [COLOR="DarkOrchid"]Must be the driver.
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She waited what seemed like a good five minutes before heading down to the behemoth-of-a-vehicle. It sure seemed a lot bigger up close than it did before. Elika walked around the front of the jalopy, her crossbow pointing slowly around the corner. Suddenly, there was a blinding light, and a load motorized roar. She instinctively raised her hand in front of her eye. The driver starting this thing… The shifting gears made a loud screech. [i]He’s trying to run me over! [/i] Without even thinking, Elika pointed and fired her crossbow at the windshield. There was a short, curdled scream, followed by a limp, heavy thump. Sighing after that panic, she turned the corner to find the last guard. He was slumped up against the vehicle, eyes closed and keeping a controlled breathing rate. His rifle was held close to him and was pointed upwards. Lets see where this goes…

“Hey,” She said, nodding “Are you going to move, or what?”