The airport was typical. Long queues, rude attendants, the usual tension about baggage being lost, the smell of impatience and annoyance, and someone trying to kill her.<br/><br/>The figure, dressed in a long coat and beanie pulled down low, flung some kind of weapon at her head. All she could see was the flash of steel as it flew past her nose and sank into someone's shoulder with a sickening thud, and then the attacker darted away, disappearing into the nearby bathrooms. People screamed and fled in all directions.