IC: Bleeding Edge Options

[kevyn668]

Sue sees the girl raise her hand. It's as good as a death sentence. He walks over to Blitz's body, retrieves the Deputy and the Thunderbolt, and walks back.

With a nod to Nick, Sue cocks the hammer on the Deputy, levels it at the girl and pulls the trigger.

As the lifeless body slumps to the ground, "That was for Blitz."

Sue wipes the blood and brains from his face on his sleeve and uses the Thunderbolt and the still smoking revolver to cover the remaining two punks. "Y'all play nice and you migh' make it out o'this."

[Fresno Bob]

Nick nods at Sue after he shoots.

"Good job."

He turns his head in the direction of the street and calls out.

"MICKEY! REPTILE! IT'S SECURE UP HERE! BRING SOME ROPE, OR CUFFS, OR ANYTHING!"

Nick turns his head back to Blitz's corpse.

"Poor bastard. All he ever wanted was to protect the gang.", he says, pulling off his armored jacket. He lays it over Blitz's head, the large sewn on gang logo patch facing up. He takes the Smartgun and his Warhawk, and points both at one of the gangers.

"So who's your supplier?"

[Large Mike]

The one in all the magical-looking crap is still rolling around on the ground like a stoned dog, staring at random crap and scratching his nads.

The other one, however, is doing a little less well. The stain in his pants from seeing his friend brutally and unmercifully murdered is starting to stink of ammonia, and tears and snot are smeared on his face. "C-c-c-cutters," he barely manages to stutter through sobs.

[Grey]

Ricks climbs up on the box and calls up, "Yo Nick! Help a nigga out man! I can't get my short ass up there."

[Fresno Bob]

"Oh that fucking narrows it down, you cunt! If I rounded up every jackass calling himself Cutter, I'd have a list miles long! Be more specific!", he barks, backhanding the kid.

"Sue, help Ricks up."

[last_of_the_grea...]

Heeding Reptile's warning, Mickey goes from cover to cover (after regaining some wind) and heads up to the roof. He doesn't have any rope or cuffs, but that wasn't nessesary. Once up on the roof and seeing the guys had everything in hand...then he recognized the remains of Blitz. He scanned the prisoners with a stoney gaze. He looks at Nick and Sue, noting the obviously executed girl with red hair with white streaks in it.

"I see we know who killed Blitz. I have applicants gathering up the injured, they can carry any who can't walk. Now, I assume interrogations have begun?" He strides over to the ganger most in control and lifts him off the ground (unless it's a troll), looking into the guy's eyes with his own hardened, menacing and half vacant stare. He doesn't say anything, just stares hard.

[kevyn668]

Sue hears the punk stamer out the word and freezes. "Fuck. Nick--Bossman, he don' mean his name's Cutter. He means the Cutters," he shakes head. "Things are 'bout to get real interestin' round these parts."

Sue reaches down and easily hauls the dwarf up on the roof. "I thought you Mage-types could fly."

[Fresno Bob]

"Cutters? Who the hell are they?"

[kevyn668]

Sue looks over his shoulder, "Yer kiddin', right?" He walks over to Nick and shrugs, "Got a smoke?"

[Fresno Bob]

"No, I'm not. I guess I spend too much time inside. They a gang?", Nick says, fishing out his pack. He takes two out and then tosses the pack to Sue. He lights the cigarettes, then hands one to the kid who wet himself.

"Here kid. Calm you down. Tell us a bit."

[kevyn668]

Sue nods a thanks to Nick and takes a deep drag. "Let the kid tell it. I'll fill in the blanks if'n needs be."

[last_of_the_grea...]

Mickey, still holding the ganger up, replies, "Cutters are a big gang. They like to play with sharp blades. Lots of nasty sharp implants, too. I guess maybe they sell bodies?" He considers this, thinking things were just not going to let up enough to get established. Damn that Renraku! So persistant!

[Fresno Bob]

"Knives? Why the hell would they play wih knives if they can get tech like that?", Nick asks, nodding to the rocket launcher on the roof.

"They got a lot of members? Doesn't seem like a gang of morons brandishing knives would last long.", he says. He drags on his cigarette.

"So...Mickey. How're things back home?"

[last_of_the_grea...]

He drops the ganger that he was holding. "These riff raff will be taken to H.Q. for questioning. As for things there, I have cleared the two bottom floors and the top floor is under siege. Noone goes up there. It's a death trap of room to room fighting which you're not trained for yet. We'll startve them out.Any that choose to leave will be given a survival kit. Any that don't will starve. I like to call it the carrot and the stick method of diplomacy."

[kevyn668]

We have an unsecured HQ...?

Sue raises an eyebrow and cocks his head towards the mage, "What d'ya wanna do with Rover?" Takes a deep drag and waits.

[after he gets an answer]

"Do we got anybody that can strip that wreck out there?"

[last_of_the_grea...]

"I am unconcerned with that wreck for now. We are far too exposed out here and we need to be back at our new H.Q. Gather the wounded, the prisoners and the dead in that order. We return to H.Q. If any prisoner gives any trouble at all, kill it."

[kevyn668]

Sue shurgs and goes to look for a bag to put over the mage's head. He calls over his shoulder, "hey, MagicMan! Do us a favor and feep an eye that there spell slinger until I find a blindfold."

"Nick, you got him?" Sue jerks a thumb towards the guy on the ground.

[Fresno Bob]

"Yeah, sure.", Nick says. He points his Warhawk at him and says.

"C'mon. Up. We're going."

[Grey]

Ricks nods as their mage rolls around on the group and continues acting like he's on drugs.

"Don't worry, I've got him covered for now."

Ricks has a bit of a wicked gleem in his eye.

[last_of_the_grea...]

Mickey gathers everybody who's coming (after looting the enemy dead and prisoners, of course), getting any who can walk to carry those who can't as well as carry the dead. It was time to go home. "Well, it looks like you guys sot through a pretty vicious ambush. Blitz is a great loss to us, butthings could have been a lot worse. Let's go home, Edgers." He leads the way, SMG in hand and looking like he's ready to use it.

It was a long, long walk, but he made sure his colours were clearly visible.

[kevyn668]

Sue turns to Nick, "We should figure a way to haul Blitz back. Maybe the MagicMan could whip up a spirit, 'cause I know I can't handle it."

Sue sucks the last bit out of his cigarette and flicks it away. He looks at the punk, "Bet when you woke up today you din' think it end up like this....you know it was nothin' personal 'bout your lady friend, right? It had t'be done. You'd o'done the same." Sue shakes his head as if trying to clear his mind. "Well, what're ya waiting for? Lets get going. Its gonna be a long walk back."

Then it dawns on him, "Nick, you wanna ride your bike back?"

[gobogen]

Reptile slowly gets up on his two feet and he can stand straight, but it requires a whole lot of effort. Pointing at one of the new recruits, one that look strong: "Hey, you, come and help me for the walk back, I'm badly wounded. Ricks, when you feel like it, please take a look at what I've got, maybe you can do something about it." Right now, it seems that Reptile is planning on holding his trusted rifle in one hand on the way back. You never know when another ambush is gonna pop up.

While Reptile remembers about it through his own pain, he looks around to see what left of Kake's body and the truck.

[Grey]

Once a bag is found to cover the mages head, Ricks has the spirit materialize and carry Blitz home with the group. As he gets downstairs and sees how messed up Reptile is, he takes a look at him and nods, "I'll see what I can do."

Ricks reaches out his hands and touches Reptile as a soft healing grow surrounds them.

[Fresno Bob]

Nick looks at Sue.

"Man! My Bike! I forgot all about it. I hope its ok. I put a lot of work into customizing it.", he says, dropping the last bit of his cigarette and stomping it out.

"Yeah, we could ride that. As for Blitz. Try and find a board to lay him on. Then you could have a bunch of guys carry him. I think Kake's body is going to be thrashed, seeing as how it was in the explosion.", Nick pulls his jacket off of Blitz's remains, and slides it on, not worrying about the blood on the back.

"I bet theres some sheets we could cover him with back at their doss.", he says, nodding at the kid.

[gobogen]

"Wo, thanks Ricks, feels much better already, I'll be able to walk home without help thanks to you. My back still hurts though, but I'll be fine .. eventually."