The Furtive Flight of Hugo and Estella

"I don't like this."

"But it's what we agreed to, Estella."

"You're right, it is. But I don't like this. It's too easy. He should have shown up by now. He should be here by now."

Hugo Santos rolled his eyes and sighed. "He isn't just going to walk right in the front door, you know. And he won't be alone, either. He'll have a bunch of thugs with him, as well as his people watching the doors and windows."

"It doesn't matter if he has the entire Guild of Thieves with him," she argued. "We could handle them all without breaking a sweat."

"Maybe so," he conceded, "but that's not why they went missing."

"They're dead! I know they are! And it's all because we didn't kill Domino when we had the chance!"

She was pacing around their small home in the outskirts of Lisbon now, her mind lost in rage. Hugo felt another sigh coming on but held it back. She had been like this ever since their last run-in with Domino and his guild - which had ended with them being chased across half of Portugal by the enraged thieves' guild before finally making it into Fala Portuguesa and finding safety at a friend of Hugo's who ran a tavern on one of the outer islands that dotted the bay between Portugal and Spain. They were safe now, as far as they knew; they had not heard any news from Lisbon to indicate otherwise, so there was no reason for them to think Domino would show up here yet - but that did not stop Estella from thinking about nothing else but how she could get revenge on Domino for killing her family. Hugo understood her rage - he had lost his own family years ago, after all - but he thought she was just wasting her time hoping for something that would never happen. Estella herself was no slouch when it came to combat; she was an excellent marksman with any sort of ranged weapon, including a crossbow she kept hidden beneath her bed, and she was more than capable enough to take out even the toughest targets with little trouble once they were within range. But Domino was no ordinary target; he had survived this long because he was smart enough not to let anyone get within range in the first place. He did not even rely solely on marksmen either; every single one of his assassins carried a knife or two, as well as a small bottle filled with some kind of poison or other concoction that could put down even the mightiest warrior in seconds flat if they got close enough to toss it at them. As good as Estella was when it came to combat out in the open, there was no way she would be able to ambush someone who could easily evade her attacks by simply staying back and waiting for her to run out of ammo or throw poison at her until she succumbed to its effects herself. A few times already Estella had tried to take down one of Domino's guards from afar only to see them dodge her shots by ducking behind cover or by simply walking away from her once she started firing at them; there were very few places where someone would have enough room to shoot back at someone standing behind cover themselves, so even if they managed to catch their enemies off guard there were very few ways they could make their mark pay for messing with them without getting cut down themselves in return before they could land their own attack on their enemies first. That frustrated Estella even more; Hugo knew she hated killing people personally (which is why she preferred ranged combat), but unfortunately both of them knew that if they wanted to succeed at taking down Domino they would need more than just a crossbow and some throwing knives - and if they wanted more firepower then they would need allies as well who were also willing to kill in order to get what they wanted done done right. Luckily for them, their friends back in Lisbon - men who had been forced into hiring out services for Domino over the years only to see him betray them once their contracts were up - proved willing enough allies once Hugo explained the situation; fortunately for everyone involved everyone involved seemed relieved once he told them there was no longer any need for contract work anymore and that soon there would be plenty left over for everyone involved once everything was said and done: Once Domino was dead, his entire operation would be theirs for the taking - albeit probably mostly empty buildings given how most everything worth stealing from these days ended up taken by whoever took him out first so those left behind might still have some use along those lines while they could still get away with doing so without anyone noticing or minding too much otherwise since nobody really cared about whatever went missing now except maybe themselves if anything ever did went missing at all anyway given how most people were pretty used nowadays anyway... The way Hugo saw things, however, this goal wasn't worth dying for unless absolutely necessary - especially not when dying meant giving up such a large share of whatever loot remained behind when it was over anyways - so while he might have liked some extra money and gear himself he figured it made more sense just letting somebody else do all the fighting while whoever survived got all the rewards afterwards instead of everyone risking everything trying to get everything all at once only to end up dead afterwards when things didn't go according to plan anyways... But Estella differed from him in this regard too; she still wanted Dominio dead by any means necessary no matter what anyone else had said or thought about it because she believed killing everyone associated with him would mean avenging her family's death sooner rather than later... Which is why she always insisted on being ready for battle at any moment whenever Domino arrived whenever this day came around each year during their stay here: Every year during this time most members of Dominio's gang fled Lisbon fearing retribution from those whose loved ones had fallen victim to their guild over the years after getting released from prison during this time each year because word spread somehow that Domino himself tended to arrive during these days himself while most others fled Lisbon knowing full well that those closest to him tended to get attacked whenever these days arrived each year anyways - but while some may have gotten lucky by getting away safely wherever they went after leaving town whenever these days arrived other members ended up disappearing entirely never being heard from again despite how long ago people last saw them alive somewhere around Lisbon whenever these days arrived each year... Which is why Hugo always tried explaining Estella that talking about whether or not Dominio actually showed up whenever these days arrived each year meant nothing because neither one of them knew where exactly Dominio traveled or where else he might be hiding out aside from during these days each year: Some claimed he went back home across Spain where nobody dared attacking him anymore because too many people ended up disappearing whenever they did try something against him while others claimed he went back overseas into Italy where his family originally hailed from before moving over into Portugal ages ago before eventually settling down together in Lisbon centuries later... 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