Wins and Lossess

[tomcat]

No sooner had his orders left his mouth, when blaster fire flared past Cho towards his two remaining men and he heard the awful sounds of lives ending. Kara took the brute, Euhlar, just below the neck in an astonishing shot, causing the man to spin and land heavily on the ground, dead.

Meanwhile, the droid, Sam, moved into a clear position once more and his fire found the other man. He also fell heavily, landing upon Cho's legs and causing the ruffian to panic. Cho could not maneuver to fire, and began to realize that he might die here on the god forsaken Orland Street. No 5,000 credits were worth that.

Leaving his weapon to lie on the pile of refuse, Cho raised himself as far as he could with the dead man's weight on him, and held his hands up in surrender. Caden sighted down his weapon and felt his finger begin to squeeze the trigger...



[OOC:] Shawn, essentially I left off of round 4 with your attack pending, since Cho is surrendering. Let me know here if Caden fires anyway. Thanks! 

[sdrotar]

"I'm not a patient man," Caden said with an icy glare at the downed thug. "I want to know exactly who hired you and where they can be found."

Caden heard the mechanical "whirr-click" sound of Sam's weapon locking on beside him, and raised one eyebrow at Cho.

"Now."

[watanabe2k]

Kara flipped her blaster back to the stun setting and started to lift it towards the sky so as not to let any of those around her think that she might fire on them next.  She looked at the thug she had dropped, not the first one like him that she had to kill, it was all part of the line of business for her in working outlaw tech.  Still not saying award she looked around to make sure there wasn't any other thugs they had missed.

[tomcat]

"Well than you're just gonna hafta blow me away, right here, cuz I ain't a squealer!" The thug, now surrounded and defenseless, stared back defiantly at Caden. "Besides, it seems the quarry that we are both after, just ran away... and how long you think 'til someone else finds her."

Cho smiled.



[OOC:] Hey Shawn, just so you know, although Sam was built on a B2 series chasis, he was put together from multiple scrap parts... so there is little to resemble what he once was, including the built-in arm blaster. I only tell you this for any future dialogue, and also so that you know that Sam can be disarmed - and thus deny any benefits that might come from a built-in weapon.

[sdrotar]

The thug had called Caden's bluff. He was no murderer.
Sirens began to ring further down the street, and it wouldn't be long until the authorities arrived on the scene.
He kicked the wounded man's blaster far out of reach and looked toward the direction of the oncoming sirens.

"Then I hope you enjoy prison," Caden said. "A lot to talk about in there."

He turned to Sam and he took a step down the alley in which Neja had fled. "She's the objective," he said. "This one's not worth the trouble."

Caden nodded to the mysterious woman who had helped them. "Thanks," he said, looking her up and down. She seemed to be a repair specialist... albeit a crack-shooting one. "More than meets the eye here," he thought.

"We've gotta run," he said, lifting Kex to his feet. "If you don't want to be answering any unpleasant questions," he said while looking towards the ever-closer sounds of police sirens, "you're free to come with us."

[Cut]

Having been shot, but still able to function, Kex pulls himself together (catching my second wind if possible), he hefts his weapon and moves after his companions, trying to follow the girl.

[tomcat]

[OOC:] I am waiting for Nick to reply before moving this thread along. I want to get dialogie between the PC's to bring them together.

[watanabe2k]

OOC: Sorry about the delay...

IC:

Kara looked at the one who had thanked her and nodded her head.  She flipped the switch on her pistol to power it down and slipped it back into a concealed holster inside of her jacket.

"I'm Kara," she said looking around.  "Do we need to be running, from my experience shooting in the street usually brings law enforcement rather quickly."

[sdrotar]

"I'm Kara," she said looking around.  "Do we need to be running, from my experience shooting in the street usually brings law enforcement rather quickly."

"Usually?"

Caden now knew that this wasn't the woman's - Kara's - first street fight. Nevertheless, for some reason, she came down on their side and helped to tip the battle in their direction. He looked forward to learning more about her... later.

They picked up their pace, looking for Neja as they did so, but Caden held out little hope that he'd get a second chance to make a first impression.

[donimator]

Sam shuts downs his recording with one last scan of the aftermath. He quickly tries to recall any mapping he viewed of the area to try and determine if there is any point of splitting up to cover possible escape routes. If the options are too numerous or the likelihood of regaining contact is low, Sam will let everyone know if a search for Neja is likely to bear fruit or not.

[tomcat]

Sirens could be heard in the far off distance, as the group began to run down the alley after Caden. He did not want to let Neja escape their grasp - at least until they found out what the woman might know, if anything.

Sam's anlysis of the area and situation left him with a low possibility of finding the woman and with a too many routes for coverage. Still, the droid ran behind Caden and followed him out of the alley and onto the street.

Even here, the effects of their gunfire had given people pause and they milled about in groups. As the heroes exited the alley, some of the folk gathered drew back in fear, some turned to run. Caden looked left and then right and a thin man, standing across the street who had witnessed Neja's passing, absent-mindedly pointed in the direction she had gone. He dropped his hand as quickly as he had done it, as if ashamed, not knowing what he may have caused the young woman.

Caden looked to see a small cantina/casino with gaudy flashing lights.

Behind them, Cho gave a smirk at his good fortune, walked over and retrieved his blaster, then quickly jumped into his speeder. Leaving his dead companions, the thug hit the accelerator and made a hasty retreat from the area. As he did, his mind started to re-think how he might still make good on the 5,000 creds. And now, he wouldn't be sharing it with anyone!

"Where would she go?" he thought to himself as his speeder mixed in with Salis D'aar traffic.

[sdrotar]

Caden's eyes caught those of the man who pointed them to the casino, discreetly dipping his head in gratitude.
As they approached it, he gathered himself and straightened his clothes, and trying to ignore the pain of the hit he had taken, strode into the club as if he owned it.

[watanabe2k]

Kara smirked at the usually comment, and then looked around as she heard the sirens, anxious.  It probably wouldn't be good if she was caught in stolen clothes from one of the local repair companies, especially if they were going to be questioned, she would certainly be targeted.  Kara started to look for a place she could hide... and then looked at the rest of the group.

"If the law sees me like this, they will take me in."

[donimator]

Sam looks at Kara, computing her dimensions and size...

"Swtich with me," Sam says, pulling off his duster. The worn leather jacket was three-quarter length on him, but should still fit Kara without her tripping on it. "You'll blend in better with this and your uniform might give me cover to access any security cameras they have."

Sam stowed his blaster in his compartment and quickly shrugged off the coat and offered it to Kara on an outstretched arm.

[watanabe2k]

Kara pulled off the blue and red jacket with a company logo that she had traded for on the black market a week ago and handed it over to Sam.

"Thanks," she said with a nod, and then added.  "Here, this will help you look the part." And handed over a few tools that could be place in some of the specially designed pockets on the jacket.