Ambush on Charlotte Chapman

Aria Moon arrives to thwart the attempt on the Chapman sisters' lives

> "*Hey, Charlotte!*"
> ― Aria Moon while protecting Charlotte Chapman from Osvaldo Sharpe
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The **Ambush on Charlotte Chapman** occurred three days after the Skirmish in the Minneapolis Central Library. It marked the first time in a long time that someone tried to actively murder someone on Crown Hotel premises, but it was also the first to be thwarted by Babylon Coalition members.

## Background

In May of 2026, college students Evelyn Poindexter, Kayleigh Hughes, and Kristyn Pagel were kidnapped within a three-day period by the White Union. Most of the kidnappings went unnoticed, except for Kristyn Pagel's, which was witnessed by sisters Charlotte and Antoinette Chapman. The Chapman sisters decided to pursue the kidnappers, tracking them to the underground tunnels beneath Minneapolis. They thought of a plan to rescue the three women and report the kidnapping to the Civilian Public Safety Bureau, but their plan went up in smoke when Babylon Coalition assassins stormed the tunnels themselves in a mission to assassinate the captors.

Taking advantage of the gunfight, the Chapman sisters were able to rescue the girls and, despite a detour at the Minneapolis Central Library and another attempt on their lives, get them to the Crown Hotel, where they were safe.

Once word of the rescue reached the heads of the White Union and the Royal Sharks, the leaders of their respective organizations placed a bounty on the Chapman sisters' heads. The first assassin to try to kill the Chapman sisters, Kristyn and Evelyn, was Bradyn Church, who attempted to corner the girls in the library, but was ultimately thwarted by Serbian assassin Danko Savić and former Greek Army sniper turned Babylon Coalition hitman Thanos Tavoularis, who killed Bradyn following a brutal knife fight/fistfight while the girls made their escape to the Crown Hotel.

After discovering that Charlotte and Antoinette had taken Evelyn and Anna to the Crown Hotel, despite knowing that the Babylon Coalition strictly forbids any killing on its premises, Lucas Ward, a kingpin in the black market and head of the White Union, personally doubled the bounty on the Chapman sisters if anyone from the Inquisition Ascendancy could successfully kill the Chapman sisters, Evelyn or Kristyn on hotel grounds and escape undetected.

## Attack

> "*You really are a pussy!*"
> ― Aria Moon as she fights Osvaldo Sharpe
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Osvaldo Sharpe, who survived his previous encounter with Charlotte, wanted vengeance against the young girl for burning him and jumped at the opportunity to kill Charlotte and her sister in the hotel. Under the cover of darkness, he infiltrated the hotel, broke into Charlotte and Antoinette's hotel suite, and got into position to assassinate the two girls. Unfortunately, his attempt was unexpectedly thwarted when he accidentally knocked over a chair in the hotel suite while getting into position, The noise alerted Aria Moon, who noticed the door to the hotel suite being open and went to investigate, only to pull out her own firearm and fire upon Osvaldo upon seeing him trying to kill the girls. Awakened by the gunfire but unable to see Osvaldo in the dark, Antoinette and Charlotte questioned what Aria was doing in their room with a gun, but their confusion turned to horror upon noticing Osvaldo emerging from his hiding place and throwing a smoke grenade at Aria and the girls.

Antoinette saved Aria from getting smoke in her face by throwing the grenade out into the hallway before it went off, distracting Aria long enough to attack Osvaldo. Aria was able to disarm Osvaldo of his weapon. Now fighting hand to hand, the two of them exchanged savage blows against each other while Antoinette tried to hide Charlotte.

Although Aria was able to hold her own for quite a long time during their fight, Osvaldo was eventually able to overpower Aria and attempted to strangle her to death with a garrote. Risking certain death, Charlotte saved Aria by attacking Osvaldo from behind, attempting to suffocate him with her pillowcase. The fight spilled over into the hotel bathroom, where both Antoinette and Charlotte started tag-teaming Osvaldo to defeat him, revealing themselves to be quite proficient in martial arts in the process. Despite their efforts, Osvaldo managed to overpower Charlotte and Antoinette as well, and at one point he tried to suffocate Antoinette to death with a towel before being subdued and incapacitated by Aria.

## Aftermath

Immediately after killing Osvaldo, the hotel concierge called the Chapman sisters' hotel room to inform them of a noise complaint from the neighbors. Charlotte immediately informed the hotel concierge of what had transpired and the concierge replied by asking if she needed a "dinner reservation."

Confused, Charlotte asked what that could mean, only to learn from Aria that the phrase was a euphemism for needing a cleanup crew to dispose of a dead body. Later that night, while attempting to clear their heads, the Chapman sisters were approached by hotel manager John Gray, who questioned the Chapmans about what had happened. Charlotte and Antoinette were able to tell John Gray everything that happened. Knowing that the rule forbidding bloodshed on Crown Hotel grounds forbade only offensive attacks on people and not killing in self-defense, John thanked the Chapmans for their cooperation and arranged for the two sisters to be moved to a different room while their suite was cleaned up.