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Frosty and Worm

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Ludi, Jacky D, and Hank

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Wormwood, and Gunther

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Mister Juan
Running for the closest connecting doorway, Ludi grabbed the collar of her jacket with her free left hand, the other one already holding her Colt.

"Don't worry about us. Go to the next station."

Still running, the woman wasn't giving a second to the passengers of the train. They were probably all frozen in fear and shock... and she somehow understood that. Even she was feeling the fear: this could be it. She could be gunned down in this train, and die today. Her mouth felt dry; her spit salty with the taste of bile. Her stomach was turning on itself and all she felt like was to hurl. Reaching the door, she jumped on the side, getting in a low crouch and using the doorway as cover.

*click*

The smartlinked safety seemed to echo like thunder in her ears.

I have no choice. It's them or me. Forgive me Lord.

She crossed herself, prayed for the two officers and leaned back in the train, extending her right arm forward.

In the enclosed space, the shots were deafening.
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Worm and Frosty
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Frosty and Gun
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Jacky runs for the cop3 stepping on the cop on the ground. Then making a running dive for cop3 hands first, tackling him. Mid air Jacky's hands give a quick burst of blue sparks, you might not have notices if you weren't looking directly on Jacky flying at you.
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Ludi, Jacky D, and Hank

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Wormwood and Gunther

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Frosty and Worm
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Mister Juan
Seeing the first officer go down, Ludimla felt her throat tighten. The shots were still ringing in her ears when the man hit the ground. Blood squirted from behind him, one of the bullets burrowing itself in a seat.

Everything seemed to be going in slow motion.

When the second cop knelt down and took aim, the young russian woman saw her whole life go by in a three round burst: her mother, Volgograd under a cover of snow, her 7th birthday party, her first night with Mikahail, Lana's bright eyes. When the burst it, he jaw was still clentched, her arm still extended forward and her breath still holding in the air.

With a clear yell of pain, she doubled back, catching herself on one of the support polls with her free hand. She felt the hot lead tear its way thru the thin protective fiber of her form fitting armor, ripping flesh and muscles on target. The pain was such that her vision blacked out for what seemed like forever.

Is this it?

When she finaly came back to herself, she was still in the train, clutching the support poll. Already, a deep dark red circle was forming itself on her side.

Ludmila wanted to go home.

She didn't want to leave her daughter an orphan. The good thing about being SINless was that the Star would never be able to broadcast her identity. She'd died as a nameless criminal... and maybe Lana would never know. To her, her mother would have simply vanished in thin air, while on a business trip out of town.

I want to go home.

But she was corned; a wounded animal backed with no where to go.

She fought agaisn't the pain to concentrate on what would be one of the critical moment of her life. Leveling her trembling right arm, she aimed straight at the Lone Star officer's head and squeezed one round.
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Frosty and Gun
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Qillin
Jacky to going to roll over with the cop3 in his arms, using him as a human shield.
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Ludi

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Jacky D

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Mister Juan
This time, Ludmila knew she was hit, but couldn't feel it. The pain was numbing her senses, and what little she had left was being overridden by the adrenaline rush.

The whole experience was surreal. It was as if she was out of her body and could see all the events unfold before her eyes.

The first bullet struck her in her left tigh, piercing the protective fabric of her armor. The second and third one, hitting higher in her abdomen and chest, did not rip her flesh apart... but she was almost certain a rib had broken.

The officer hadn't been so lucky. The single heavy caliber bullet Ludi had sent his way punched a whole in his armor.

As the slide of her Manhunter cycled forward for the following shots, it was then that Ludi registered the screams. All around her, people were screaming in panick, trying to take cover under the seats or rushing outside of the train.

In nomine patre.

Something hot was slowly creeping down her leg.

Et Filis,

The burst had thrown her off balance, and she only noticed so when she had to retake her shooting stance.

Spiritus sante,

Grabbing, for the first time, her Colt in both hands, she took careful aim.

Amen.

The Manhunter echoed once.
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Jacky holding the cop with his left arm and the small gun in his right Jacky says

" Your the only one left here cop and my partner is still alive. I'm big and mean and don't care if more of you guys die, so don't make any sudden moves."

during this speak Jacky is trying to maneuver himself into a standing position, keeping the cop he's holding covering his upper body.
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Ludi and Jacky D

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Gunther and Wormwood

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Jacky finally able to get to his feet, suddenly drops the small gun from him right hand, So he could grab ahold of the Cops right shoulder. (the one hes already holding)
Then he slids his left arm, already wrapped around the cops chest, bringing it back grabbing the cops left shoulder.
Mister Juan
Quickly taking cover in the doorway, for a few second, the woman held the virtual reticule in her field of vision on the retreating LoneStar officer. He finger tightnened around the trigger, as her arms contracted to take in the recoil.

He crawled a few feet back.

She held her aim.

He crawled a few more feet.

Her finger started pressing on the trigger.

*click*

The Manhunter's safety clicked back into place.

Letting out a heavy sigh of pain, Ludmila limped to the officer she had already downed. Approaching him with caution, she turned him over and started rummaging tru his pockets, looking for his badge.
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Jacky D

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Ludi

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Wormwwod and Gunther

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Mister Juan
Ludmila tried, as much as she could, not to look at the man's face. It wasn't the first time she killed someone... but she had never been too thrilled of gunning down police officers and security guards. Her list of bodybags was mainly consisting of gangmembers, mobsters, triads and yakuza members. She always felt like she was simply taking out the garbage. But this time around, she was the bad guy.

Her abdomen was burning. She knew she wasn't going to die in the next minutes: belly wounds were terribly painful, but she wouldn't die from it until a good few hours. Which, she hoped, was enough to get some medical attention. She grabbed everything there was in the dead cop's pocket, took his Ares Predator and sticked it in her back, under her belt.

Keeping in low crouch, under the window, she quickly made her way to the end of the train, and jumped out. As she ran, which was more like a quick limping, she kept an eye out for emergency conduits or hatch to the street level.
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Frosty

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Wormwood

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Ludi

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Mister Juan
As Ludmila approached the door, she felt her legs weaken under her. Tripping forward, the russian was barely able to catch herself before hitting the dirt. Her left arm, outstretch, was using the wall of the tunnel to keep her upright. Her vision kept blurring in and out, and she felt like throwing up. Breathing was getting harder by the minutes. She closed her eyes, trying to ignore the pain away. When she opened them back up, everything around her seemed clearer. Without realizing it, she had switched to low light vision.

Should have tought of that before.

The adrenaline was starting to wear out, and Ludi could already feel her body tremble in place.

Breath in. Breath out. Breath in. Breath out.

If she was to see this whole run to the end, she'd first have to get herself, alive, to a doc. Slowly, she pulled the Manhunter from her waist, the cocking of the hammer echoing like thunder in the dark and empty tunnel. With her free hand, she creaked the door opened. The Star would soon be on her tracks... she had to get out to the surface.

Jacky.... I hope you're alright....

She went it.
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Trying not to wake his slumbering lover, Wormwood makes his way around the apartment picking up his clothes.

It's been a while since I stayed in a place this nice. Guess she does well for herself at the Needle. Not surprising with the way she looks and the Money that frequents that place, he thinks as he's getting dressed.

Not wanting to simply leave her with the impression of a one-night stand, Wormwood prepares her a glass of ice cold water, artisticly folding a napkin around it to collect the condensation. He then sets it on the nightstand at her bedside, with a note giving her his current cell number. Hopefully, we can enjoin another night's pleasure once this job is over.

He lightly kisses her on the cheek, before quietly departing.

Arriving at his hotel, he takes a quick shower before he getting down to business. First he checks over his suit to make sure there aren't any stains. Nope. Just one of the benefits of proper dining etiquette. However, he did notice several wrinkles. So he made a quick pass at ironing them out. Just as a precaution, he also sprayed it with a sanitizing spray to make sure there wasn't any lingering odor.

Next he pulled out his Ares Protector and one of his micro-recorders. Opening the briefcase and pulling out the smg contained within, he took a closer look at just how the trigger in the briefcase's handle worked. Picking up the micro-recorder and looking at it more closely, he thinks Hmm....yeah. This should work. Just take these wires and connect it to them to the case here, here, and....here.

He gets up and gets his toolkit from the shelf in the closet. Returning to the desk he had set the case and micro-recorder on he quickly and easily connected the micro-recorder to be activated by the handle-trigger. It just took a few pieces of wire from his toolkit.

Testing it to make sure it works, he thinks Mon dieu...that was even easier than I thought it would be.

Everything set for the evening, he busied himself around the hotel and the neighborhood surrounding it until it was time to go. He again donned his Armante suit, concealing his pistol in its holster beneath the jacket. He picked up his briefcase and headed out well in advanced of the time the Johnson would arrive. Need to make sure I get that particular table.
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Ludi

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Mister Juan
Ludmila knew that it was only a matter of time before the Lonestar backup started on her trail. She had seriously injured two of their officers, and killed a third one: they'd be out to get her. At the speed she was moving, they'd have time to post blue boys at the next station... and it was probable they were already closing in on her from both sides of the tunnel. Going back to the station she had been would simply be suicide.

"This is going to be one long day...", she said out loud to herself. Holstering back her weapon in her belt, she reached for the first rung.
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Ludi

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Mister Juan
For a few seconds, all Ludmila wanted to do was stop right there and sleep. She felt horribly tired. All the adrenaline of the fight had gone out, leaving her fatigued and drained to the core. The four bullets, some of which were probably still in her, did quite help. The place was filthy, and with open wounds like hers, going in the water would assure they'd get infected. She looked back where she had came from, considering going back and finding an alternate route.... but that was out of the question. The passage she had used was way too large for any heavily armed pursuer, and the Star would probably take their time in securing the whole place.

I could hide here for a while... rest...

But she knew that her state would only aggravate; she had to keep on moving. She had heard stories about the ork underground, and she was starting to believe the faded signs might be taking her there. But she had also heard stories of underground ghoul communities, feeding on those unfortunate enough to get on their part of the sewers. And stories about devil rats... and rampaging spirits... thrill seeking gangs... vampires....

But then again... she had also heard stories about Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. Bracing herself on the ledge of the tunnel she had crawled in, she tried judging the deept of the water.

Only one way to tell

She eased herself down in the water, so she could make it to the other bank. The current didn't seem all that strong, but going upstream simply seemed to difficult. Already tired, she didn't feel like struggling agaisn't the current. All she wanted to do was to get out of the place... and so, instead of going deeper into the abyss, she opted for following the current downstream.

I hope this doesn't go to a filtration station... now that would just make it a great day.
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Ludi

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Mister Juan
"God damnit Hank... it's good to hear your voice."

She looked around her, trying to pinpoint her location.

"I... I don't know what happened to Jacky. I fought my way out and made it to the tunnels. I'm somewhere... on a beach.... I'm a bit south of the port."

A sensation of relief came over her. She was still alive. Hurt, but alive.

"I took a couple of rounds... I'm not sure how long I can hold out. I need a pickup..."

She described her location to Hank as best as she could and crawled back in the tunnel a bit, hiding herself from the outside world. If the cops hadn't found her in two whole hours, they probably had no clue where she was. Resting her back agaisnt the wall of the sewer tunnel, she sat on the ground. Looking at the sea, she relaxed.

It wasn't over. Not yet. But she had gotten out in one piece. Without noticing it, she started crying.
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Ludi and Hank

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Mister Juan
Stretching her arm upwards, Ludmila got up with Hank's help. She was so tired she had trouble walking and standing straight up... but her wounds were now bandaged and were a lot more tolerable. She started fishing around the pockets of her soaking wet jacket and came up with a crumpled... and also soaking wet, pack of cigarette. Lighting them was simply futile.

She cursed loudly in the small tunnel, her voice echoing for seconds. She could feel Hank giggling in the shadow.

"You wouldn't have a smoke... would you..."

Jumping down on the beach, she started following Hank to wherever he had parked his van.

"Yea, some sun would probably do me good... But there is simply now way in hell I'm getting kicked out of town by a fragging fagetty suit who thinks he's a big shot. We still have a meet with him in a few days. And yes, I'm still thinking of going. There is still a possibility that Stone isn't involved in all of this..."

She reached in one of her baggy pocket and extracted a badge.

"Here, we'll need to swap the name and picture with yours. "

She also handed him the Lonestar issue Ares Predator.

"And here. To complete the diguise"

Ludmila winked at him.

"I think I might just have an idea."
Mister Juan
Ludmila, who was now sitting in Hank's van, took her cell phone out. Charles had given her Stone's number, a week ago. It was time she talked directly to the man.

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Ludi and Hank

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Mister Juan
"Listen to me very carefully Rick. The next few minutes will determine wether you go on living your life, or wether you get burried."

As Stone asked his question again, Ludmila took the harshest of tone.

"You know who this is. The mission is totaly fragged. Your protégé is dead, and your associate is probably behind bars. I've lost two of my people. Now, what the frag is going on. You explain the situation to me and convince me that you didn't burn us. If I doubt you, I'll fragging kill you myself. Clear?"
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Ludi and Hank

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Mister Juan
She had obviously caught Stone off guard and wanted to keep him like that. Giving him a break would give him time to organize and that was simply too dangerous for her.

"NO! Frag that. I want explanations. I want them now or else we are all going down for this."
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Ludi and Hank

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Mister Juan
"What? Are you trying to make me believe that Whittington planned all this? The man's a kwak! You got him out of jail yourself, you self rightous prick! This whole operation is a mess because of you reluctance to get yourself involved in any manners. The only moment we dealt with you partner was at the meeting, which you orchestrated. One of my associate tried contacting you and I was told you turned on him. Could you explain this?"

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Ludi and Hank

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Mister Juan
"Money hungry thugs? Because of this major frag up, we have half the city's cop on our asses. Charles didn't pay us squat. We even have yet to see a single dime! When we got to Kote's, she was cold dead and the cops were already there: it was a fragging setup. We searched the whole place and didn't find anything relating to Cain. You want to explain that?"
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Ludi and Hank

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Mister Juan
"And could you explain how come the cops already had the description of everyone involved... that everyone was fingered except you? Even the big "master mind" was picked up by the cops."
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Ludi and Hank

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Mister Juan
"I got her computer harddrive with me : nothings on it. All we found out was that she was signed on both payrolls: yours and Charles. She had a meeting with him planned two days following her death and had met with him before hand. Could you tell me WHY THE FRAG WOULD HE KILL HER! She was just about to sign on with him! There was no letter in the house. Nothing electronic. Nothing paper."

She took a deep breath.

"We know who killed Kote. I'm coming to your house. You sit tight and wait for me. Just know that some key people will get some key information if anything happens to me. If you try to turn on me, or if anything happens to me, I'm dragging you down along."
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Ludi and Hank

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Wormwood

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Gun

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Shadow
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Act III : When the Neon Lights Fade...

My little China Girl
You shouldn't mess with me
I'll ruin everything you are
I'll give you television
I'll give you eyes of blue
I'll give you a man who wants to rule the world


- David Bowie and Iggy Pop, China Girl

Ludi and Hank

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Wormwood and Gunther

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