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CHAPTER FOUR

Chapter Four

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𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒 fire. The inevitable light blinded the girl's green eyes, which turned red due to the smoke. It was consuming, and it drew her in. She coughed as she rolled off the bed and fell to the floor. "Ina," she heard. Looking up to see a figure, their details hidden behind the smoke, Ina passed onto the ground.

        The eighteen (18) year-old leaped from one building to another and groaned as pain shot through her ankle. "Darn boots," the female complained. Young Ina stood and continued walking despite the pain. She looked over the building down at an older man, hiding something under his arm. "Python," a voice in her ear spoke. "Come in, Python."

        The teenager pressed a finger to her ear. "This is her. I have eyes on our suspect." The woman speaking through her earpiece sighed in relief. "Wonderful. You know what to do." Smiling, Ina leaped from the roof and landed a few feet behind the male.

        Hearing someone whisper in pain, the thief turned and raised his brows at the sight. The female dressed in black streetwear and a black bandana around her eyes smiled and placed her hands on her hips. "Care to hand it over?" She held her gloved hand out to the man, but he furrowed his brows and stepped back.

        "Doan recon I do, miss," the male says in a strong New Yorker accent. Ina sighed and blinked slowly. "Listen, pal. This is my first day outside of training, and I'd appreciate it if you went hard on me." The male smirked and tilted his head in a threatening manner. "Did I say I was plannin' on playin' it easy, or what?"

        Ina jumped into action and kicked the man in the chest. He groaned as he began to sit up and rubbed his back. "Go easy on me, lady. Yuh with me? Fawhty years in de business is painful enough. Ya' dig?" Ina rolls her eyes and steps toward him. "I'm already tired just by hearing you speak."

        The adult looked up at her eyes as she kneed his face. He fell and held his face tightly in his hands. Ina rolled him onto his back and pulled the ruby from his coat. "You're pretty easy for a forty year experienced male. Don't you think?" The sound of police sirens made the female stand up. Taking advantage of her distraction, the man kicks her legs from under her and pins her to the ground.

        Ina grunted as her head hit the concrete. "Was dat hard enough, sweetheart, or what?" Groaning in annoyance, the female lunged for the man who stood over her trying to grab the gem in her hands. She straddled his waist and began punching his throat. Coughing and gagging, the man choked out words the agent ignored. Having enough, the man kicked the girl toward a wall and stood up with his hands around his neck in pain.