Abstract: Devaine slips into the Black Market slums, in hopes of acquiring a pair of special diamonds that are worth a king's ransom. The transaction seems to go well, until Devaine gets paranoid. Bida and Aiza show up just as a shot rings out and all hell breaks loose. More people arrive on the scene, fighting to escape with their lives before the cops show up. (Left a couple of the more amusing OOC banterings in, couldn't help it.)

Rating: *****

Devaine_Hawk slides the Aston Martin in to a open space . He flips the cell phone shut , and closes the car door behind him walking to the trunk and retrieving a medium sized gym bag , before shutting that as well . He arms his security system on the car with a “bwee oop “ and looks around

[Flash_Guardian] The Black Market is not easily seen from outside, tucked away in a pair of back alleys of the slums downtown. It hides among the ruined town buildings, cargo netting draped from roof to roof with dim yellow lights hanging from them, obscuring the starlit sky that lays beyond. Goods, stolen and otherwise, hang from chain-link fences and fire escapes. None of the dealers on the street seem well-to-do, appearing rather gruff and hardened by street life. You have no doubt that every person here is armed with some form of weaponry, and is not afraid to use it if necessary. Most of the goods on the street are common trash. If you want the good stuff, you'll need to look around for the correct building.

Devaine_Hawk walks down the side walk , his eyes scanning the people and buildings , as blue white flashes of bioelectricity cross them . The right hand slides under his jacket , and up under the opposite arm , as left tightens it’s grip on the gym bag’s strap over his shoulder.

[Flash_Guardian] Devaine and his car get all kinds of strange looks as he wanders about the filthly streets. He quite obviously does not belong here, but looking as he does, nobody is going to argue or put up much of a fuss. Most people just keep away from him. The directions on the website lead into the darkened alley described above, a chain-link gate hanging open precariously at its entrance.

Devaine_Hawk turns down the dark alley way , keeping an eye on the passer byres as he kicks the gate father open to make sure he’s not being shadowed . He walks further along . Scanning signs and door ways for the right , place , and looking over his shoulder .

[Flash_Guardian] Any signs that Devaine sees are poorly scrawled on cardboard fragments with ... well, something black, anyway. Devaine happens to look over his shoulder, and catches sight of a handful of people just staring at him, watching Devaine pass silently among them as an outsider.

Devaine_Hawk finds a sign with a crude drawn jewel on it , ands some sort of archaic writing , touching the door with his right hand ,he waits as the sparks in his eyes flash brighter ,

[Flash_Guardian] To the best of Devaine's judgement, the door is not locked ... in fact, the door's handle seems to have been broken off entirely. The door swings inward as his hand touches it, the tall brick building almost entirely unlit in its interior. Only a few tables can be seen, all of which display several heavy and padlocked cases. Nobody else inside.

Devaine_Hawk finishes feeling the place out with his psychic senses , and pushes on the door ,stepping in and surveying the room , right hand still under his jacket . He’d known guys who just disappeared in neighbor hoods like this one , and he wasn’t taking any chances .

Devaine_Hawk slowly works his way toward the tables , eyes moving all around the room as the sparks in them continue to show he was looking with more than just his eyes . He runs a hand over one of the locked cases on the table . Turning to keep a watch on the room , and looking for doors or stairs to another floor .

[Flash_Guardian] Devaine quickly hears a voice to his right, and is surprised he hadn't felt the human presence earlier, standing in the shadows as he was. "Bags at the door, sir," a deep, gruff voice barks. The command is accompanied by the soft click of a handgun. Devaine quickly becomes aware of a few other figures scattered about the dark recesses of the room, out of sight by normal means. A middle aged man, unshaven and scrawny, strides into view among the tables that are lit up at the far side of the room. "Welcome," says the raspy voice of the shopkeeper, grinning deviously, revealing a pair of gold teeth.

[Flash_Guardian] There are no signs of stairs other than what lies in the dark to Devaine's left. The locked cases are secured to the tables by aircraft cables, held shut by padlocks.

Devaine_Hawk grins and shrugs the bag off his shoulder to the ground , his right hand still hidden by his jacket , he flips the safety off the desert eagle in it , “ but if I leave the bag , how would I pay ?” he laughs .

[Flash_Guardian] The shopkeep just cackles, his toothy grin remaining. "Cash, I hope. Now ... what can I do for you?" he asks, as if Devaine was really going to be the one doing him the favor tonight.

[Flash_Guardian] The bag is quickly taken by a black-clad figure that creeps forth from the shadows, sliding over to the far side of the room away from Devaine.

Devaine_Hawk turns to the man speaking , easing the gun down to his side , hiding it from view still under the long jacket from the others ,blocking the movement with his body as the man takes his bag . “two diamonds , un cut , high quality , medium size, how much ?” he ask

[Flash_Guardian] The shopkeep seems to ponder for a moment, smirking and staring up at the ceiling. Devaine notes that the shadowy figure is leaving Dev's bag zipped, sealed, and as is ... just watching over it closely. The shopkeep at last snaps his fingers, striding over to a large, heavy metal safe at the far rear of the room. "You're in luck," he tells Dev. "We just got three of them in yesterday." Leaning low, he seems to fiddle with the safe for a moment.

[Flash_Guardian] This guy seems some strange cross between a pirate and a gnome.

[Devaine_Hawk] “they need to be prism quality , and able to handle a lot of energy focused on and through them , “ he adds . He follows the man over to the safe , senses on high alert as he notes the position of the other beings in the room that he can see , “ I’m going to be putting them through some pretty heavy duty stress , can’t have any flaws “

[Flash_Guardian] The shopkeep hmms in amusement and glee, pulling the safe door open. Inside the safe is ... a hundred pound weight. The gangly man reaches inside, and with great effort pulls the weight out of the safe, setting it on the ground nearby. After that, he leans against the safe, sliding it to one side. His fingernails scrape up the floorboards underneath where the safe was, pulling them up. Beneath the floorboards is another sealed and locked metal case, which the shopkeeper proceeds to pull up out of the hole and set on top of the safe.

[Flash_Guardian] "I don't think you'll find any problems with our goods, sir," he lilts at Dev, fishing for a key in his pocket. He quickly unlocks the box and swings it open, pulling out a lump of something wrapped in cloth and handling it very carefully. He offers it to Devaine. "Did you bring your own eyepiece? If not, you can use mine," he offers with that same toothy grin.

Devaine_Hawk watches the man , trying o catch the combination to the safe as he opens it , the information might come in handy you never know. He grins at the hidden floor trick “good to know I’m not the only paranoid one around “ he laughs , “and you still haven’t named a price “ hr reaches for the cloth and eye piece , unfolding the cloth and studying the contents as he waits on an answer

[Flash_Guardian] "Ah, ah, ah!" the shopkeep chides, wagging a finger as Devaine inspects the gems. "Show the customer the goods first, theennn talk price. To do otherwise would be ... bad business." This diamond's the real deal, and just what Devaine is looking for. "I take it you'll be wanting the most high-quality pair of the three?"

Devaine_Hawk looks away from the merchandise , “depending on the price ,I might take all three , one for a back up “ he answers , handing them back ,along with the eye piece . He motions for the man holding his bag to bring it over , “I have places to be bad demigods to kill , sir so if we can conclude this little transaction , and go our separate ways it would be best “

[Flash_Guardian] The stringy shopkeeper cackles, rubbing his hands together. "50 million," he sings, grinning ear to ear. "Each." He pulls out the other two diamonds, also wrapped in cloth, holding them one each in one hand. "Except for highest quality one. That one will run you 60."

[Flash_Guardian] The bag is quickly slid across the floor, coming to rest at Devaine's feet.

Devaine_Hawk picks the bag up and places it on the safe next to the weight , opening it . It appears to be stuffed to the gills with cash , if they check it’s small inconsecutive and unmarked hundreds and fifties . “there is fifty million in the bag , on the bottom , under the cash is my business card with the codes for my Swiss accounts and off shore holdings , just enough to cover all, three “ he tell them .

[Flash_Guardian] The shopkeeper grins devilishly into the bag, his eyes gleaming in the dark room. He quickly snaps his fingers, beckoning for one of the shadowy figures to approach. "Check it," he orders. The man does as he is told, rifling through the back, checking the numbers and quality of the cash. Reaching the bottom, he finds the business card and hands it to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper takes it, looks it over casually, then mutters to Devaine, making eye contact only briefly. "I'll be right back." He leaves, moving to the stairs hidden in the darkness to Devaine's left, which he can probably make out now that his eyes have adjusted.

[Flash_Guardian] A few moments later, the back checks out, and the short and scruffy man returns from above. "Everything has been arranged. The diamonds are yours," he says with a grin. "I don't suppose you'd mind letting us keep the bag?"

Devaine_Hawk nods as he watches the man go , presumably to verify the codes on the card , he grimaces , it’ll clear him out , but the accounts are there , and it’s worth it ,for what he needs the diamonds for . He reaches slowly to his shirt pocket for his smokes ,letting the guards know he’s not pulling a weapon . What they shouldn’t notice is the small pen sizes object hidden in the pack of cowboy little , which he palms along with a smoke he pulls form the pack. He lights the smoke and shoves the pack and lighter back in his pocket , the object hidden in his palm .

Devaine_Hawk takes a draw off the smoke , and nods as he reaches with his free hand to scoop the gems in a jacket pocket , “be my guest .” he nods to the bag , and turns toward the door . “one last thing ,” he stops and revels the pen sized object hidden in the hand with the cigarette .

[Flash_Guardian] The guards eye him carefully as he pulls the cigarrettes forth ... and Devaine may notice a red dot or two trained on his chest as he does so. Seeing that they're just cigarrettes, the dots vanish after a few seconds.

Devaine_Hawk holds it up for every one to see , “this is a detonator , and in a side compartment on that bag , is one pound of Centex C-4 , “ he tells them “now that I have your attention this is what we’re gonna do “ he pauses to make sure no one tries anything foolish, his thumb resting on the red button on top of the detonator .

Devaine_Hawk turns to face the dealer , and grins , “not that I don’t trust you , by any means , but we do it like this, just to be sure every one makes it home for dinner happy . You or one of your men , the choice is yours , will walk me to my car . When we reach it , I hand over the detonator, and drive away , no hard feelings , and we all go home happy and in one piece “

[Flash_Guardian] The room goes deadly silent after a moment as Devaine speaks. The black-clad man holding the bag suddenly seems very nervous. The shopkeeper stands scared witless, paralyzed with fright. Devaine may or may not have heard something bump against a wall of the shop twice.

Devaine_Hawk focuses on a bumping sound , his eyes flashing with the blue white flashes once again “now let’s not do anything to test each others patience here , “ he warns them , trying to locate and identify the source of the sound with his mind

[Devaine_Hawk whispers to Flash_Guardian] you didn't thinkDev would come in here without an escape plan do you , but he will keep his word and hand over the money and leae the money in the acounts , he's just buying a little insurance against a double cross here

[Flash_Guardian] The shopkeeper starts mimbling in a high-pitched voice incoherently. A deep voice orders, "Higgins. Go with the man." Nothing happens for a while. "NOW!" barks the man. One of the shady figures emerges from the darkness, holding a small but powerful automatic handgun, clearly illegal. He walks up to Devaine and stares at him, still holding his weapon though it is down at his side. The bumping noise seemed to come from a far and darkened corner of the room, near where one of the guards was sitting earlier, now standing.

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Devaine_Hawk] ((But of course, Dev. Things wouldn't be as interesting any other way.))

Devaine_Hawk starts toward the door , “glad to meet you Mr. Higgins , would you mind getting the door?” he motions with his free hand

[Flash_Guardian] Higgins reaches out and calmly, slowly, pulls the door open, revealing the alley markets outside. He holds it open for Devaine, eyes glaring at him, though they bear a trace of apprehension.

Aiza walks down a dark alley she knew from so many years ago, a large cloak hiding her wings. Her face was the same, and hopefully a few people would remember her here and keep out of her way. She may be an angel, but she has no qualms about killing. Stopping, she turned her head towards a shout, then begins to walk towards the sound.

Devaine_Hawk backs out the door slow , keeping his thumb on the button as he glances over his shoulder to scan the alley . He turns and calls back to the gnome , “been a pleasure doing business , the car is just around the corner , Mr. Higgins, shall we?” he asks stepping out .

Bida sees a cloaked figure walking, and follows behind, staying close enough to hear anything she says, but far behind enough to not be seen. She herself is cloathed in a black dress, long sleeved, and close fitting. She sees the figure stop, and whispers, ''where are you going, sister?''

[Flash_Guardian] The shopkeeper just whimpers, staring back at the bag in utter terror. Higgins follows Devaine closely. The markets are fairly crowded with people, and Devaine will have to go for about three blocks before reaching his car.

Aiza sees a familiar face, Devaine, and stops in plain sight. She knew he did not trust her at all, nor did she rust him. She says nothing

Devaine_Hawk starts down the alley , stopping in his tracks when he sees Aiza , “hello , I was just on my way back to the office to check on Flash and Glyniss, would you like a ride , or do you have your own means to meet me there ?”

[Devaine_Hawk] * he sees Bida too , for rp purposes sense she's there too , I guess , sorry *

[Bida whispers to Flash_Guardian] I'm not supposed to be on my computer right now. I'm supposed to be resting in bed, but I got bored, and I needed something to do besides read. I won't be on as often though.

[Flash_Guardian] The figure behind Devaine, surrounded in black, holds an automatic handgun close to his middle, eyes darting every which way nervously. He especially eyes the pen-sized object in Devaine's hand.

Aiza is slightly startled at his remark, "I don't have a way to get there. I don't know the way." Her eyes are narrowed, and glowing green.

Bida tilts her head at Devaine's voice, and peeks out at him from around the wall. 'did he mention Flash?' she thinks to herself, 'but I cannot let Aiza see me. . .'

Devaine_Hawk turns to Mr. Higgins “when we reach the car , it goes like this , “ he explains walking again , “I open the door , get in , and hand the detonator back out the window, at the same time , you turn away , and hold your hand out for it, I drive away , you walk away , right ?”

[Flash_Guardian] The black figure just nods, eyes still darting this way and that.

Aiza removes her hood, but keeps the cloak wrapped aroung her. She liked this part of town ages ago. When she had been here last, she caused a lot of trouble, and made many enemies.

Devaine_Hawk nods to Aiza , then I guess you come with me or not at all, Bida , why are you hiding back there , he ask as his eyes flash with the blue white sparks of bioelectricity . The women both had powerful auras , there was no way he would miss either , that’s how he knows she’s there.

[Flash_Guardian] At about one block away from Devaine's car, someone near Dev cries out in panic and darts away quickly. Soon other people nearby start following suit, creating a swarm of panic around Devaine. A shot rings out from a third story window behind Devaine and to his right, aimed at his chest. Due to the people around him, it it difficult to dodge.

Bida takes a deep breath, and slowly creeps around the corner, staying as hidden as possible. 'Where was Flash? Why wasn't he with Devaine?' she thought, then, 'Aiza! she's taken again!'

[Flash_Guardian] The black figure quickly dives for cover behind a burn-barrel.

Aiza hears the shot, and leaps into the air, spreading her wings, hopeing that they would block Devaine from the bullet.

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Devaine_Hawk] ((Now you done it. ^_^))

Bida cries out to Aiza, but there is not much she can do in the midst of all these people.

Devaine_Hawk feels a tingle In the back of his mind as he turns toward the shout . “blood my blood.. he gets in a precognitive flash . He turns but not enough as the bullet tears into his righ arm , near his chest , just missing a lung . He drops the detonator, and rushes for cover behind a large dumpster ,clutching the wounded arm .

[Devaine_Hawk whispers to Flash_Guardian] what i do ?

Suzaki walks in to this market as she looks around a little then licks her lips at the sight of blood

[Flash_Guardian] It only takes mere moments before all hell breaks loose. Soon there are other gunshots ringing out nearby, followed by echoes in the surrounding alleyways. The panicking crowd swarms all around and away from the trio in the panic. One such passerby ends up kicking the dropped detonator out of sight. Soon the whole place is a warzone ... even Bida, Aiza, and Devaine are the targets of a few misplaced shots. Screams ring out from every direction, of panic and of war.

Aiza says "dammit!" and drops to the ground as a bullet hits her ankle.

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Bida] You see, at the far end of the market, a black clad figure running out of a building. He is carrying some sort of black duffle bag high above his head, doing his best to wade through the crowd.

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Devaine_Hawk] ((You didn't want this to be easy? Fine. It's not going to be easy.))

Devaine_Hawk crouches low behind the dumpster , his left hand pulling the desert eagle from under his right arm as he tries to focus as he bleeds out . He focuses his mind to find Mr. . Higgins or the window where the shot came from , ands peeks out .

Suzaki looks around "oh for god sake how am i ment to get a meal with all comation going on" she licks her fangs smelling blood she begins to get exsited as her tail swishers a little

Aiza looks on the ground for the kicked detonator, people running into her do not help. She stands, and spreads her wings, knocking several people away from her. Crouching, she begins to shove through the crowd, hoping to find the thing that Deviane dropped

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Aiza] Searching the ground around her, she doesn't find anything ... wait! There it is, kicked underneath one of the merchant tables! It's resting precariously over a sewer grate, threatening to fall through ...

Suzaki stands against a wall eating a banana waching all the action as a bullut hits her leg she feels a momant pain but the she heals right up

Lirael walks in slowly and looks around, her hair blowing in the breeze

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Devaine_Hawk] Devaine manages to follow the bullet's trajectory up to a window some distance away, 3rd story. He doesn't see anything at first ... but he senses an aura. He's behind the wall beside the window ... probably reloading. That was a heavy slug from a sniper rifle.

[Flash_Guardian] The crowded alley continues to be filled with panic and gunshots, people running this way and that ... a few start to run out of the alley, screaming for their lives as the black market continues to erupt into a turf war.

Devaine_Hawk trains the barrel of his pistol on the wall of a building across the way , just to the left and squeezes off two quick rounds before slumping back down behind the dumpster .

Lirael gasps, hearing the noises, and runs to the alley, her mind stirring up spells that could be used

Aiza sees the detonator, balenced on a sewer grate. Standing and spreading her white wings wide, she growled, and shoved her way to it.

Bida sees a man in the distance with a duffle bag, trying to get away from the crowd. She crouches, then leaps, her huge wings spreading open. She flew swiftly towards the man with the bag, and lifted it, and him, easily into the air. She carried him to a fire escape, and set him down, landing in fromt of him.

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Bida] Another figure snatches up the black duffle bag. "Hey!" cries the original bag's owner, trying to give chase, but unable due to the rushing crowd. It appears to be a fifteen year old boy in possession of the bag now, running and darting through the crowd towards Devaine, Bida, and Aiza.

[Bida] setting the man down, she sees that he no longer had the bag. She leapt off the fire-escape, and scanned the crowd for it.

[Flash_Guardian] The first of Devaine's bullets ricochets off the wall, putting a dangerous crack in its side. The second goes clean through, striking the person on the wall's other side, dropping him.

Aiza carefully picks up the detonator, and looks around for Devaine. She sees Bida in the air, and her eyes glow an even brighter green.

Bida sees a young boy with the bag, and swoops towards him, hoping to grab him before Devaine shoots him.

[Flash_Guardian] The man on the fire escape curses at Bida, pulling his gun and moving through a door into the building.

Jin-Saotome whistles as he walks through the 'market' of thugs and sellers, pushing a shopping cart full of odd parts and equipment. He inspects some depleted uranium rounds being offered from one of the vendors and moves on to the next stalls... which are the backs of open vans or mini-booths set up there. "A little of this.. a couple of these... hey, how much is that carbonadium tricase there? Fourty? I'll give ya thirty-five."

Devaine_Hawk focuses his mind , trying to do something for him self to slow the bleeding slow my heart so it pumps less blood , shut off pain centers so I don’t pass out or go in to shock. “ he thinks ,clinching his teeth. He pops up to fire at the gunmen in the alley covering Aiza as she goes for the detonator, dropping a thug who had the drop on her with two quick shots to the chest . “push the damn button !” he yells at her .

Bida calls back to the man, "F*** You too!" and scoops up the boy and bag. She needs to try and find a fairly safe place to land.

[Flash_Guardian] Bida misses, instead grabbing the shoulder of a fleeing member of the crowd, an older woman. There are advantages to being 15 and short. He quickly runs past Devaine, turning around the corner from his dumpster and heading for a pair of storm cellar doors near the end.

Aiza looks at the detonator, then back to Devaine. She does as she is told, her eyes now glowing red

Bida sees that she has again missed her target, and sets the woman in the safest place she can find, and apologizes, a lot.

Jin-Saotome acks as there's gunfire and commotion only a few feet away, then a flying lady and people dodging explosives! Can't a guy shop for off-the-market parts without almost getting killed!?! Apparently not, and Jin lays up against the side of the nearest wall. Bunch of thugs and gangs having a shootout it seems.

Aiza calls to Bida, and points to the boy running.

Jin-Saotome waits for something to explode before moving into the fray...

[Flash_Guardian] A second after Aiza presses the button, an explosion rings out from the alleyway that the 15 year old boy just ran down, shaking the building that Devaine is next to and the ground nearby. ((Just how much C-4 was that, Devaine?))

[Devaine_Hawk] ((1 lsb))

Bida puts her arms up in front of her as she is blown back from the blast, "S***!" She lands near Devaine, then notices that he is bleeding

[Flash_Guardian] ((A whole pound. Wow. Aiza and Devaine, I believe you're in the danger zone of that explosion. Bida, you're probably somewhere safe, as are you, Jin. There will be plenty of rubble flying. Figure out your own injuries.))

Jin-Saotome pushes his cart full of merchandise into the nearest alleyway and scribbles a little sign that says, [No Stereo in Cart], hanging it on the side so nobody messes with it. He eyes around and grabs the dumpster next to him, pushing it while remaining behind it as cover. Yep, moving cover! Rocks and debris from the blast bounce off the dumpster as he moves it in front of Devaine and Bida apparently.

Aiza leaps up and starts towards Bida, then is hit by hot flying debris. She falls again, and tries to run out of the way through everyone. She is now cut in a few spots on her side and back, but rather than silver angel blood, she bleeds black.

Devaine_Hawk slumps behind the dumpster again , clutching his right arm where he’s shot . Eve with his mind doing all it can loss of blood is slowly dragging him down. He feels the world explode as the C_4 goes off and black out a the dumpster he’s behind flips over on him , covering him with thrash, but saving him from the blast.

[Flash_Guardian] Just for detail's sake: The building explodes, sending flying hunks of brick in all directions. The building begins to topple dangerously in Aiza and Devaine's direction, only to be intercepted by a rolling dumpster, the impact of the third story roof crushing it like a tin can.

Bida grabs Devaine's arm(permission granting,) and tries to pull him to cover

Bida wrinkles her nose at being covered with trash, but looks at Devaine, "hey, are you ok?" She couldn't let anything happen to one of Flash's friends.

Jin-Saotome looks up at the building as it comes down towards him, the shadow looming overhead. "Not again...."

Devaine_Hawk is pinned unconsious under his own now over turned dumpster

Aiza yells at the man looking at the falling building piece, "MOVE!" She pushes herself towards him, in hopes to shove him out of the way, her eyes now a ferocious red.

Jin-Saotome 'll get shoved if Aiza is really trying, too preoccupied with looking up at the incoming building to dash out of the way. Fortunatly Aiza's fast and sends him flying, along with her!

Bida says, "shit. forgive me Devaine, but I've got to do this." She puts her hands on the wounds, one on his arm, one on the side of his chest, and concentrates to try and heal him

Devaine_Hawk lays there unresponsive to Bida , one hand still clutching his gun , the other strangely gripping something in his pocket . To look at him it’s obvious he went for what very is in the pocket to protect it right before he blacked out , and with his injured right arm at that , it must be important .

Jin-Saotome tumbles around as he catches sight of his shopping cart being destroyed by the collapsing building... and all his black-market parts inside as well! "Sonofa.... oof!"

Aiza goes tumbling with the guy as she shouts at him, "Idiot!" She holds onto him (all with permission, of course) and spreads her wings, flying as fast as she can.

[Flash_Guardian] The building crashes to the ground just on the tail of Aiza and Jin. Devaine and Bida's dumpster gets hit one more time, the impact giving the dumpster a shove, moving it a few feet. More gunshots pepper the area around all of you from various rifles and semi-automatic weapons ... But now a new wave of retaliation fire rings out overhead, aimed at the attackers beyond, quickly repelling the assault. Someone's not happy that their house just got levelled ...

Jin-Saotome 's not gonna put up a fight, heh.

[Devaine_Hawk] ((Dev is out cold so I trust everyone to not take advantage of the poor guys body, but dealwith him how you see neccasairy

Jin-Saotome 's got dibs on Hawk's pinky toe!! j/k

Bida is wrenched with the shoving of the dumpster. She reaches into Devaine's pocket and wrenches out whatever he is holding. She hides it in her clothing {and we're not saying where, so don't ask}, and tries to sit him up, "Why don't you heal, dammit!" she continues to try to heal him, at least to get him concious again

Aiza pulls the guy under a piece of the fallen wall and says, "Stupid! do you want to get crushed!"

[Bida] ((no pinky toe for you. lol))

Bida shakes her head and clears her mind and concentrates on healing Devaine, blocking out all destractions.

Jin-Saotome holds onto Aiza for dear life until she pulls him under the cover and then lets go, only to realize she's...an angel? "Holy... I knew I had a guardian angel! What the hell is going on here?!"

Devaine_Hawk blinks, and the first thing he does as his eyes open , the blue white bioelectricity raging in them is tighten his grip on whatever is in his jacket pocket the best he can, he groans “no …need for Lucy and Flash” not fully conscious yet.

Glyniss_McMasters head comes up puzzled look crossing her features as she still seems quite away from stopping as she peers into the distance at the mushroom rising dust and smoke suddnely appearing in the air..." Shoo' wha' ter hells goin' on ter"

Aiza snarls, "I'm not your. . . never mind." She is slightly pleased at being called a Guardian angel, and her eyes return to their normal brown. She looks confused for a moment, then she returns to her vicious look, "I don't know what is going on."

[Flash_Guardian] After the destruction of that building, the crowd seems to have thinned slightly.

Bida says, "Calm down Devaine, we need to get out from under the dumpster, but not yet. There are bullets flying everywhere"

Aiza draws her sword and kneels beside the guy, "What is your name?"

[Flash_Guardian] Those who have slightly keener hearing can hear something on the fringe of your senses ... sounds like approaching sirens ... and is that a helicopter?

Jin-Saotome peers up over the cover to catch a glimpse of their attackers shooting their immidiate direction, ducking back down quickly as bullets speckle the wall! Jin takes another quick peek, this time gauging distance, range, and a myrid of other physical things. He nods to Aiza and says, "The name's Jin, Jin Saotome. I take it I'm just in the wrong place at the wrong time... and... hey that sword looks awfuly sharp..."

Aiza says, "It is sharp. Sharp enough to kill anyone who tries to get under here with a gun."

Bida looks at the floor of the dumpster, above her head, and asks Devaine, "What's that sound?"

DearLondon happened along after Glyniss, lacking his usual jacket this evening. Blue eyes with white pupils fix on the woman and he smiles a little. "Hey there.... What are you doing in this area?" He asked to start some small talk.

Devaine_Hawk groans ands starts to push Bida away as he makes his way toward a opening between the wall and the dumpster , “if they want a war I’ll give them one , “he growls. His eyes are on fire with blue white flashes of bioelectricity as he crawls off from under the dumpster with a gun each hand and starts to target unfriendly gun men with deadly accuracy and efficiency ,. . Uhoh, folks some one woke up Project Gemini.

Jin-Saotome holds up a finger and says, "Hold that thought." He turns around and looks behind him, speaking out loud as if to someone in the background. "Blodia, give me a twenty round burst to the range of 05.9 south and 44.5 east. And don't deactivate the casings." Jin motions for Aiza to 'get down' even further with his hand and says to her directly, "Ok, so they like to play with matches. We'll let them play with the bonfire, eh?"

[Flash_Guardian] A body flies down from one of the rooftops overhead, screaming all the way down and landing just outside Jin's and Aiza's hiding place, silent on impact. At the sound of the approaching sirens, the gunfire slowly begins to die down. Now all that is heard is people rushing everywhere, screaming and shouting.

Ranalia approaches London, holding his coat in her arms. "London, why did you leave so suddenly?"

Glyniss_McMasters blinks at London guessing she must have lost her ogre look...hand going to her stetson as she lifts it slaping it quickly back down.." Howdy...I' alookin' fer som' folk' of min'..an' ifna I mis' me gues' I probab' afin' 'em" the last nodding to the smoke and dust arising in the distance

[Flash_Guardian] Another gunner, taken down by Devaine, falls out of a 3rd story window well within sight of Glyniss and London.

DearLondon glanced at Ranalia and frowns with another sigh. "Go back, Rana. This place isn't safe for you." He stated and then turned his back on her to Glyniss. His eyes darted about at all the noise untill the body fell somewhere nearby. "Oh shi-!!" He starts and shuts himself up. "I hope you aren't here to get involved with that." He states and looks to Glyniss with concern.

Aiza blinks, but doesn't flinch at the body landing, not 15 feet in front of her.

Ranalia sets his coat on a nearby table and leaves quietly, obviously bothered that she was unable to say thank you to one of the men who saved her life.

Devaine_Hawk empties both clips and ducks back behind the dumpster for cover as he reloads , “thanks for the healing , now let me get us out of here so we can get back to Flash and the office .”he tells Bida . He rejoins the fire fight and proves that Uncle San trained him all to well . He leads his shot s, grinning as gunmen run right into the rounds they thought they where dodging , and empties both clips again before ducking back.

Jin-Saotome plugs his ears as a horrendous screeching sound suddenly pierces the air, long orange lines streaking overhead through the streets and striking the area containing the 'enemy fire'. It looks like fierworks now as the blasts from the Blodia's main Vulcan cannon rip through the cement, vehicles, hoodlums, and anything else unfortunate enough to be out there in the kill-zone. However only fifteen explosions rip through the streets.

Bida 's hand goes to her necklace, an amethyst pendant shared with Flash, then to her bosom as she stays close behind and low, her wings pulled close.

Glyniss_McMasters almost instintively takes a limping step back as she sees the body fall....glancing quickly at the female Ranlia....."I sugges' yer go se' ter yer lad' frien' fer yer ge' hur'....." her attention thus switching to scan the area quickly...she wasnt even certain her friends where even here.....let alone who where the good guys

Aiza 's wings rustle against her armor as she watches the goings on outside of their make-shift shelter. She looks around for Bida and Devaine, her face hard and uncaring.

[Jin-Saotome whispers to Flash_Guardian] Jin parked the Blodia about four blocks away and it's firing in on the spot with the majority of the people taking aim at Jin and Aiza. Lots of broken windows along the way too.

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Glyniss_McMasters] Glyniss would recognize Devaine's car parked just outside.

Natsuhoshi wanders in and peeks around.

Aiza asks Jin-Saotome, "What the hell were you doing here anyway? What could this place have that you want?"

[Flash_Guardian] Another building or two collapses from the Blodia's vulcan cannon, and the remaining gunshots all go silent. Not many people out and about either ... mostly everyone's already either dead or gone.

Jin-Saotome points way down the street and says to Aiza, "I have to get the hell out of here, was there anyone else with you? We can't stay here!"

Devaine_Hawk comes back out of cove, guns blazing as he finds new targets . He dodges shots and shrapnel alike , as he takes an eerily calm approach to sending several of the NOPC gunmen to their makers. The blue white flashes in his eyes so strong they explode from the corner of the sockets now . He shoves the empty guns back in the double shoulder rig and continues to walk toward where Aiza and Jin are . One unlucky thug tries to rush him and gets a quick savat kick from a chrome tipped cowboy boot for his trouble

Aiza says, "My sister, and a friend of. . . of her lover's. I'm not leaving yet. Not until I find her."

Natsuhoshi watches buildings fall and scratches her head. She looks at DearLondon and taps him on the shoulder. "Does that normally happen here or did I show up on a good day?"

DearLondon took his coat and put it on quickly, ignoring Ranalia so she would go to safety. The noise and destruction was just becoming worse and as frightening as it was, London would instinctivly reach to wrap an arm around Glyniss' waist and pull her around a corner to stand in front of her. His only means of protecting were sadly to be a shield since the peaceful man had no weapon. "Maybe we should get out of here... " He said but wondered if she'd even be willing to leave.

Jin-Saotome counts on his fingers and says, "Well first I needed a carbonadium tricase to repair the main heatsinks, then I realized my thermal coils needed replacing, and you can't just waltz down to Ace Hardware and pick up goverment issue parts. Of course I always get the 50-cal ammo from this guy named 'Frankie', and..."

[Flash_Guardian] The sirens are coming ever closer ... probably only a matter of minutes ...

Bida draws her sword, and looks around. She sees Aiza and a man under a chunk of the building. She looked around and then motioned towards them to join her.

Natsuhoshi quickly runs out before more bad stuff happens

Jin-Saotome shakes his head and says, "Shopping. Yeah, what's here name? Where was she?" Jin stands up and surveys the scene with a rather annoyed look on his face, coughing a bit from the smoke and smell of burning materials in the air.

Aiza rolls her eyes and says, "nevermind. . . I know what all is, was, offered here, and how to bargain with the dealers." She sees Bida, and looks around, trying to determine if it was safe enough to leave the shelter, "That's her," she points to the other angel with a sword, "her name is Bida."

[Jin-Saotome whispers to Flash_Guardian] Ahh hell, it'll draw their attentions pretty well. They'll corden it off and call in the Military to find out what the hell a giant machine is doing parked in the 'bad' sector of town, heh.

Bida looks around, feeling the warmth from her amethyst. "Flash?" She cannot see him, but can feel his worry. . . not worry, panic, and confusion. She looks at Devaine, "Hey! Where is Flash?!"

Glyniss_McMasters blinks as she's grabed and pulled back behind a building by London....unsure why everyone seems always to want to protect her..."Han' on....tha' Dev aou' ter somewher' Is sa' hi ca'.."limping around him....as she peers round the corner...eyes narrowing as she ascertains the situation and how best to deal with it...she afterall had no shooting irons on her

Devaine_Hawk stands in the middle of the now deadly silent alley , and turns his head to the sound of sirens. “we need to get to my car and get the hell out of here before we have to deal with the police “he says to the one close enough to hear . They might notice a cold edge to his voice , it’s not the quite whispery Texas draw he usably speak in , and the eyes are almost nonstop flashes of bioelectricity now . He turns and wakes in the direction of his car a few blocks over , sending a I dare you to try look to any one on the street that acts like they might try to stop the party.

Aiza walks to her sister, and looks around as well, where was avatar boy anyway?

Jin-Saotome doesn't wait for the all-clear sign and dashes across the street towards Bida. He yells to Aiza, "Then c'mon! I can hear sirens now, and the last thing I want to do is explain why I discharged the Blodia's weapons within the city limits without permission again!"

Bida follows Devaine, "fine, but where is Flash?"

Aiza follows behind Bida and Devaine.

Aiza turns to Jin, "Are you coming with us? or what?" She turns back, and follows Bida.

DearLondon sticks close to her, glancing about nervously and cautiously. He was a gentlemen, always out to protect the ladies. "Dev? I don't know the guy... This seems... out of my league. I'm no war monger... Just a student." He stepped back and looked over her. "I'm gonna go, but I guess you're staying?" He asks and pouts slightly.

Jin-Saotome looks back and forth, back and forth. "Ahhhh.... crap." He takes off following Aiza, nodding and says, "Yeah, for the time being!"

Aiza 's wings move as she walks, her armor making clickong sounds.

Devaine_Hawk leads them all to the car and opens the doors with his remote, on his key ring , “He’s at the office , “he tells Bida in the cold voice . He turns to who ever is close , “I can answer questions there , get in “

Aiza ((clinking)) ((finishes)) " fine, but don't get in the way. " She sheaths her sword

[Flash_Guardian] Fortunately, the presence of the Blodia nearby seems to be holding off the police helicopter, which is keeping a safe distance from it.

Jin-Saotome runs backwards, watching their 'tail' as he keeps pace with the others. He turns around and says, "I must of come on 'Farmers Market Day' or something... That sort of gun-battle never happens when I go shopping on Wednesdays..."

Bida climbs into the front seat of the car, a thousand questions in her mind, but none on her lips.

Jin-Saotome pops the trunk of the car and dives in, shutting it partially so he can peek out the back.

Aiza gets into the back seat of the car and asks Devaine, "Can he come?" she points her thumb at Jin.

Glyniss_McMasters blinks at London....a brow rising at his pouts....last time she saw him acting coyly was with some male.....nodding " Leas' til I kno' my folk' ar' oka'..." glancing over to where a car was parked a massive grin appearing as she recognises Dev among them..." Loo'it.....ther' Dev no'....look' fluste' bu' afin'"

Bida keeps her hands clenched at her chest, seeming to be protecting something.

Jin-Saotome waves to Devaine, and he should recognize him from the Pub, and earlier pestering Mr. Hawk at his office.

Devaine_Hawk waits till everyone who is coming is in the car and turns the engine over . The stereo plays a Sinatra Cd of all thins , considering the guy in the driver seat , and He glances at his four passenger s “buckle up “.

Jin-Saotome hides in the trunk doing the best he can to keep out of sight. "I just know I'm gonna get a ticket for this... I double parked it too, dammit! Only a few minutes, just a few parts... this is what I get for going to town."

Aiza smiles at Bida, her face softening for a moment, then returning to it's hard expression as the smile fades.

[Flash_Guardian] Devaine can see the red and blue lights flashing across the buildings nearby ...

DearLondon held his hands close, palms up and gathering strange illuminescent threads that were drawn from his chest into his palms where the threads tangled into a knot and became a solid gem the size of a marble and of a soft turqoise color. His eyes trailed to the car and people. "Are you going with them?...."He asked and lowerd his gaze to her. "If you are, let me give you something."

Aiza buckles up, wondering why the hell Jin chose the trunk over the seat.

Jin-Saotome 's Mecha is four blocks away and currntly drawing the majority of the attention of the officials. Jin concentrates and says aloud, "Head back to the Forest, use the cleansweep purge if they follow. Do not engage, only disable."

Bida pulls the seat-belt on, then puts her hands back on her chest. She looked very worried, as she did not know what was wrong where Flash was.

Devaine_Hawk squeals the tires as he accelerates out of the parking spot , setting them all back in their seats . He slams the breaks on as they pull up to the curve to let glynis in , “in or out we got to go now .” he states flatly.

[Glyniss_McMasters] "Goin' wher' the' ar' aheadin' anyway'..." head turning now to look at him....studying him a little somehow he was different from when she had seen him before...." Wha' yer talkin' abou' ?"

Aiza narrows her eyes at being jerked around, but says nothing. She looked at Bida in the front seat, then to the empty seat beside her.

Jin-Saotome bumps his head on the inside of the trunk, "Ow! Sonofa..."

DearLondon without much consent would place his hand to the mid of Glyniss' chest and the small marble sized gem would literally push itself into her clothing and skin to reside deep in her chest cavity. "Just be careful. Wanna see you back at the bar." With that he'd turn like a coward and run his ass off to safety.

Bida turns to Devaine, and says in a panicked tone, "We've got to hurry! I think Flash is in trouble! I just saw him, and he looked like he was searching desperately for something!"

Jin-Saotome 's Blodia does exactly as commanded earlier, its main drive whirring to life. The cleansweep system activates and sends out an EMP pulse about a 1/2 block radius, shutting down the police cars and radios.... along with the helicoptor overhead which it deftly catches in its large metal palm. The Blodia sets the helicoptor down atop a police car and thunders down the main highway out of town.

Aiza chuckles and calls to Jin, "shoulda sat in the seat."

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Jin-Saotome] ((Well, I must say ... that's gotta be one of the more interesting ways to join a group. ^_^))

[Jin-Saotome whispers to Flash_Guardian] Hah! Really? I aim for the odd-n-unusual!

Aiza looks out the windows, "You saw Avatar-boy? Where?"

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Jin-Saotome] ((Like the pine-tree air freshener in the cockpit. That just killed me the other night. ^_^))

Glyniss_McMasters isnt certain about the feeling of a gem being pushed into her....watching him disappear running off as screeching burning tyres pull up behind her spinning around recognising the car more then the driver...yanking the door open as she tumbles into the seat non too carefully slamming the door quickly behind her

Jin-Saotome yells from inside the trunk, "Next time, yeah yeah... Did anyone see any reporters out there? Anyone with cameras?"

[Jin-Saotome whispers to Flash_Guardian] LOL!!

Devaine_Hawk waits until she wedges her self in the back seat and takes off again , speeding down the narrow streets and swerving between other vehicles . He jumps the divider and races into oncoming traffic, darting in and out , squeezing the car between two oncoming police cars and a fire truck so close they could see the bugs splattered on the sides of the other vehicles .

Bida shakes her head, "I don't know, in a laboratory somewhere."

Aiza asks, "lab? what lab?"

Jin-Saotome 's now glad he's not in the back seat or he'd be yelling to Hawk to watch how he's driving and covering his eyes! Good heavens, he didn't drive this recklessly in the Cyberbots Playstation game, and you get to destroy buildings in that one! Arrrrgh!

Bida holds herself in the seat as well as she can as she asks Devaine, "What is Lucy?"

Devaine_Hawk reaches over and turns on the GPS , plotting the way around the EMP area and to his office . He handles the car like Mario Andretii at race day , pushing the engine for all it’s worth , and never slowing or touching the breaks as they speed through the city, hitting speeds of 100+ in no time . He dodges traffic , pedestrians ands all manner of obstacles as they speed toward his office .

Aiza shakes her head, but knows she can barely fly this fast. She just hopes her sheath doesn't hit anyone.

DearLondon is gone. What a wimp.

Devaine_Hawk switches on a police scanner and adjusts his route to avoid the closing net on the area , taking narrow back alleys and cutting the wrong way up one way streets . “Lucy is my newest weapon, and why I was here , why?’ he ask.

Jin-Saotome pushes the middle part of the back seat down and pushes his head through the trunk access. He gets poked with Aiza's sheath and bats it out of the way, looking up at her. "Watch that thing... Ok, so where are we going?"

[Flash_Guardian] Over the police scanner: *... All squadrons, we have fast mover on Highway 19, an Austin Martin V 12 Vanquish ...*

Jin-Saotome hums, "On the road again... riding in the trunk of a car again... only the jack and the tire iron to call my friends... on the road again..."

Aiza looks at Jin, and shrugs. She puts her sheath across her lap, and says, "be glad it's not the sword."

Bida asks, "Is lucy what was in your pocket?"

Glyniss_McMasters tries righting herself enough to get comfortable somewhat in the back seat...sideglancing to the female sitting beside her when resonably so...the clicking and creaking of metal on metal sounding each time she moves....once comfortable she takes this time to look around at the others here...." Who' yer friend' Dev?" nodding to the females " Howdy Ladie'"

Aiza nods, "Hello, you must be Glyniss."

Jin-Saotome should really be keeping track of the Blodia's frequency scanners for police reports... but alas, that would be metagaming, heh. Instead he wiggles half-way out into the back seat and inspects Aiza and (Glyniss?) on his other side. "Well, least I'm in a good spot. Hello ladies... what's with the wings?"

[Flash_Guardian] The police just can't keep up with Devaine's reckless driving, especially due to the driver's precognitive abilities. Thankfully, it sounds like the cops never got his plates. He quickly loses them, and the police scanner goes somewhat quieter.

Jin-Saotome directs that to Aiza and Bida, now that he knows who's sitting where.

Devaine_Hawk sees tow squad cars shutting the street ahead off and spins the car in 180 racing bin the other direction , never touching the breaks , just down shifting and manipulating the clutch “no she’s in my lab, the parts I need to finish her are in my pocket . “he answers coldly , picking up speed he calmly reaches to pull a smoke and light it , only one hand on the wheel while he does , then rolls the windows down for the others benefit.

Aiza answers Jin's question, although she thought it was a little obvious, "We're angels."

Jin-Saotome 's ears perk up at the words 'lab' and 'parts'.

Glyniss_McMasters nods to Aiza.....and finds herself being squeezed right up to the door of the car as a figure emerges from....blinks....emm boot..." Gee' wher' yer com' fro'"

Bida takes the things from their hiding place, and looks at them, "Their not in your pocket anymore." She looks at him, "I have them here."

Jin-Saotome blinks and says, "Woo... well I've met demons before so I suppose the other end of the spectrum would show up eventually. Angels..."

Bida asks, "Is lucy a drone?"

Jin-Saotome points to the trunk and says, "The trunk. Tho this opening in the back seat is kinda cramped..."

Aiza moves over as much as she can to let Jin into the seat properly, "We were demons, myself most recently. Long story, I'll explain later."

Devaine_Hawk points the car down the street to his office and seems to take aim on a shut door on a parking garage , speeding right toward it , the others might notice as he quickly pushes a button on his key ring with the hand the smoke is in .”no, she’s a rifle ,Lydia is a drone, why ?” he ask glancing to the three large diamonds in her hand.

[Bida] me says, "because I saw Flash, looking for something in a panic. In a lab, near a drone."

[Devaine_Hawk] The mechanical door starts to rise slowly, and barely clears the top of the car as they shoot under it into an under ground parking area , he slides the car into the spot closest to the elevator , and kills the engine , clicking the door opener again to shut the door behind the car.

Bida asks, "What good are these on a rifle?" she lifts the diamonds a little higher.

Jin-Saotome scooches out, poking his head in between Hawk and Bida as he gets his legs free. "Ah, scuse' me." He says, nodding to the two before sitting between the two ladies in the back seat and making himself somewhat comfortable. he turns to Aiza and says, "Thanks, um... wait I don't believe I got your name, just your sister's there."

Aiza says "Aiza. Looks like we're here, wherever 'here' is."

Glyniss_McMasters nods to Jin...glancing over the seat to the front of the car why the hell did things heat up and hit first gear when Dev takes control...brows rising at seeing the supposed doors suddenly open...she'd be glad when this ride is over

Jin-Saotome nods to Aiza and climbs out of the car. He adjusts his bright white flightsuit and untucks the large white scarf wrapped around his neck from his jacket. "Well I must thank you for saving me back there, quick thinking."

Jin-Saotome yah's, he folded down that little section of the back seat that gives you trunk-access. All cars should have em, hell, Hawk probably uses it to reach the beers or high-calibur weapons in the trunk.

Aiza says "You're welcome." She was kinda happy, and a slight smile was on her face. She got to save someone, kill a few others, and got called a guardian angel.

Jin-Saotome rides up in the elevator with the group, his scarf wrapped around his nose and mouth for the trip.