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Cadence stood atop the city wall, it was quite a fight that the kids put up, with a little more practice they may actually be entertaining to her.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n With a shrill whistle, Cadence vanished from Koob.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n –<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n 200 miles away in the capital, surrounding the palace were a thousand warriors, behind them, sat on a throne illuminated by the torches around was the president, Polot.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n He looked down at his bracelet, five of its beads glowing. He was making progress, but there were delays now, all because of her.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n His assassins spent, his samurai dead, he awaited the return of his most dangerous servant.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n With a high pitched whistle, the dancing beauty appeared before the throne.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Did you have fun?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The little trio are promising me a lot, I’m going to give them some time so I’m sure they can deliver.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153your games are tiresome, I expect you to collect the glows. Did you deal with Mavis?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I set her loose on the children.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It seems your fellow students and you have much in common.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153oh?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Your all seem to have gone mad, but I think its a pre-disposition all banded warriors might have.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153even the great president?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153there’s no way I can be certain I’m not mad, in all likelihood I already am, I’m working with you after all.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hah, you let me have my fun and assume at the end of it when I’m done you’ll be able to beat me and take my points, and I assume the same of you. I think we are both just confident, madness isn’t something I think about these days.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Cadence looked around \u00e2\u20ac\u0153speaking of which, where’s slicey? I thought he was your ace in the hole for dealing with me.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I’m afraid he is dead now.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153oh really? I like the sound of that. Who did him in?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153as it happens, it was one of your fellow students.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153now I know you’re kidding, I saw Mavis die and I killed Ignis myself.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153you are forgetting someone.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n Cadence fell was taken aback \u00e2\u20ac\u0153that’s impossible, I saw-\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153are you absolutely sure it was her body? Because I have a shapeshifter calling herself doll who has relieved me of some of my finest warriors.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There’s no way, if she was alive she would have come to me! she would have-\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I want you to kill her.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153what? But she’s my-\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sister? Who left you for years without a word to think she was dead? Went off and led a life without you? Left your friend Mavis when she was needed most?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Polot tilted his head, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153…I want you to kill her. If you don’t, I suspect she will kill you first. And probably when your back is turned.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n Cadence stared at the floor in silence, this was too much.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cadence stood atop the city wall, it was quite a fight that the kids put up, with a little more practice they may actually be entertaining to her. 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