There was the sound of screeching metal, and the doors lurched open a bit. Clara saw two hands reach in on both sides of the elevator doors. The guard grunted with the effort and pried the doors open a shoulder’s width.

The ninja steadied herself, ready for action. A vampire ducked his head in, peering down the elevator shaft. The last thing he saw was the sight of a slim woman in a black body stocking, rocketing upward from the door’s ledge in a flash, sword in hand.

Clara decapitated the vampire with a swift gesture using her other sword.