<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Batter on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/tags/batter/</link><description>Recent content in Batter on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/batter/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Ruby's Demise: Happy Birthday</title><link>/stories/2016/06/10/rubys-demise-happy-birthday/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2016/06/10/rubys-demise-happy-birthday/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;The headlights shined on the darkened walls of the complex as a black BMW sedan drove up. It quickly drove around to the back loading bay. A woman stepped out of the car. She was in her late thirties. Her face a combination of strength and beauty. She was wearing a long black coat and leather gloves, the same shade as her curly hair. She quickly looked around. This industrial part of town usually emptied out after 5 o&amp;rsquo;clock but just to be safe she chose the dead of night to arrive. Seeing that she was alone she walked around to the back of the car and opened the trunk. She stared down at her cargo. A fit, red-headed girl in her early twenties, nude, blindfolded, her legs in irons and her hands cuffed behind her back. Her head darted around as she strained to hear her surroundings. This was Ruby&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>