♤The Minds of Money and Power♤

♤Adrenaline♤

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the room went quiet.. not even a squeak to be heard, the person on the other side of the door was not heard from, lucy takes a moment to take in her surroundings before letting her guard down ever so slightly

just seconds before the door bursts open with a loud bang, lucy was quick to shoot a few shots, hitting the arm of one of the three masked men, the other got shot to the head causing him to bleed out and the third dodging the bullet completely, she shot a few more rounds but still missed the last target, the man that had gotten shot in the arm, dropped his weapon and tackled her to the ground, he managed to get a few hits in before she scrambled her way out of his grip, the other man shot a bullet, hitting her in the leg but accidentally catching the injured man in the abdomen in a cross fire, she got up as quickly as possible and pounced at the man standing with the gun only to get shot at once more, the bullet grazed across her arm leaving a friction wound while she still tackled him

she was unarmed and unsure how much longer she could've concealed him, as he pushed her off of him and got up back to his feet, he was almost immediately shot dead to the ground, kamala standing behind her with a rifle in hand moments before the backup team ran into the building and were shook by the damage already done, lucy groaned in agony but before kamala could get to her, the backup swat had already picked her up and rushed her to their hideout to get her medical supplies

the rest of the swat picked up the bodies and uncovered their faces, none of the men were familiar but were still taken into their hands to be further researched into despite being unalived

after almost a day of treatment, lucy had returned to the apartment that kamala had stayed, she knocked on the door but to no response

"hey Mrs.Harris, if you're in there, it's lucy"

a moment of silence went by before the door creaked open slightly, she could see kamala peering at her from the door before fully opening it

"Oh, Espinoza.. welcome back.."

"thank you, is everything okay?

"..yes yes, uhm"

kamala held the door open but still stood behind it as if it were shield

"It's uh, its nice to see you've recovered"

"Ah yes, nothing too serious"

"Yeah, I'm glad, so are you ready to be back on the job already?"

"I don't see why not, unless.. you have any objections?"

"No not at all, so are you going to be out here all night?"

lucy noticed the immediate change in her deamenor, almost as if she was desperately trying to take a judgement off of lucy's next words but she didn't pay much mind to it yet but was still curious

"Yes? As I always am, do you not want me to?"

"No no, that's okay.. so when will you leave?"

lucy glares at her for a slight moment, she noticed something off about her but she didn't want to mention it, for a moment she tries to get a glance in the apartment but to no avail

"are you.. okay?" lucy asked still slightly concerned by the change in her behavior

she paused for a moment but was clearly nudged "Yes, of course, why wouldn't I be?"

that did it for lucy "alright then, I actually forgot my- friend- I forgot to speak to him back at the other.. building, I'll be back in about an hour,  okay?"

she could almost see kamala's frustration as she spoke but didn't pay any mind

"Okay, take care, lucy" she spoke before the door closed

lucy? something was definitely wrong, ever since she had employed for that job kamala had not once uttered her name in an unprofessional manner, it seemed almost personal

lucy stepped back for a moment and ran into the door, ramming her shoulder onto the door as it bursted open, there she saw it

a tall pale man, holding onto a piece of rope that secured kamala onto a wooden chair, she rushed towards him but got slammed to the ground, her wounds hadn't fully healed causing even more agony to inhabit her body, despite her cry for pain she got back up and pushed him back against the edge of the table, the wood carving into his side, as he cried out lucy took the opportunity to find a weapon of some sort, she grabbed a kitchen knife and slashed it across his face, it wasn't enough to kill him but only cause endless affliction towards him, she shoved him to the ground while he groaned in pain

backup soon arrived and escorted him out, lucy took the knife and tore the ropes that tied down kamala before she jumped into lucy's arms, the rest of the swat were surprised by her actions as was lucy but she didn't say much of it

a moment after, the rest of the squad left the apartment and kamala had finally calmed down as she whispers, her voice was soft but raspy

"thank you.. again, lucy"

there it was again, lucy, it was on another level even for someone like kamala, it wasn't like her to address her employees in a personal manner but due to the tension in the room, lucy let it slide as nothing

"It's just my job, Mrs.Harris"

lucy instantly regretted her words when kamala's deamenor changed back to her neutral bossy one when hearing her name mentioned in a formal manner

"right.. it is, take care of yourself, Espinoza.."

with that, she dismissed lucy with nothing but her silence, as lucy stepped out of the apartment, she braced against the wall outside of the room and brought back her facade of an expression while she stood on guard, her body was present in action but her mind was fighting it's own war.

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A/n: 😺