[Sodium_noir] Coming Home

[Hope Zagorski]

Hope Zagorski 
Mortal 
Neon City 

The sight of a man sitting on the edge of her neatly made bed calmly reading a book from the shelf behind her bed took a few seconds to register. Dressed in a simple black suit and wearing black leather gloves, the well groomed intruder hardly bothered to look up at all as she entered the room, but simply waved a small berreta in his free hand as if the thing embarrassed him but he considered it necessary. Much like a white carnation on some insane blind date. 

When the presence of the man sitting on her bed, reading her well worn copy of Profiling the Criminal Mind finally registers on her consciousness, modesty is the farthest thing from Hope's mind, even though she was clad only in a blue satin bra and matching panties.  The Rat Squad?  Here?  But Berettas weren't Gotham police issue, which meant...an intruder. 

Adrenaline flows, and Hope feels herself coming back to life, spurred on by the chemicals pumping through her veins, preparing her for a fight or flight response.  Though she had faith in God, she had little faith that the dark blue rosary she was wearing would protect her from a bullet.  So flight it was.  

Hope closes the door.  She didn't have much time.  She runs to the living room.  To her desk, where she kept her spare pistol, the Glock her brothers had given her when she graduated from the academy.  She goes to the desk and opens the middle left hand drawer where she kept it. 

It wasn't there. 

Hope catches sight of the cordless phone sitting on her desk.  The phone.  She could call for help. She dials 9-1-1 and puts the phone to her ear.  Silence.  It wasn't even ringing.  She picks up the base and realizes that the line had been unclipped from the phone. Damn.   

The lights were still turned off.  Maybe, just maybe, she could get the drop on him.  She presses herself against the wall, clutching the dark blue rosary she still wore around her neck, and very quietly whispering an Our Father.  

[It was the best of Tags, it was the worst of Tags]


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