Adventures of the Amazon Army
DAGGER GETS CAUGHT
Chapter one
The figure was standing some eight yards away, in a very dark corner of the old, run down factory hall. For someone with normal eyes, it would have been invisible, but not for Dagger. With her hawk vision she clearly saw a dark grey body outlining itself against a pitch black background. She raised her bow, three arrows poised at the figure, and calmly demanded: "Step forward or be put down. Your choice."
No movement, but the other responded in a strange way: "Twelve years..."
It was an old voice, soft, high and a bit hoarse, with a slight accent. Dagger felt a chill running down her spine, and she trembled. "Last chance! Come over here now!" "Eight years..."
All of a sudden her arrows were released, vastly off target. She had not meant to shoot: she simply hadn't been able to hold them anymore. "Six years..." Her bow started to feel like lead, and she had to let it go. At the same time, her thighs started to shudder like mad, and she could feel her knees buckle. She tried to break her fall, but could hardly raise her arms. "Four years..." Dagger hit the floor hard. Catching her breath, she tried to look up.

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