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Post by Lucian Alexandras Drakus on Oct 17, 2010 18:16:52 GMT -7
without her even saying much at all he had got the answers he had hoped for, all in her aggresion, he knew if he probed the right points he'd get her to talk with actions.
Holstered his gun and smiled "Thankyou for all the information" he stepped away from the edge until he could'nt see her, then with a sudden swivel on his heel pushed off at the pace of an olympic track runner, his foot hit the roofs lip and made him sail like a missile, he landed a few feet away from her keeping in mind she had a blade ready.
His landing had made two slight indents in the roofs stonework where his knee and hand had cusioned his fall, he looked up at her and Cracked his neck "I knew you were'nt gonna tell me, i just wanted to know your reaction, and word of advice, never lower your weapon, even if it seems safe" standing up he dropped his knife to his hand "You see i never underestimate my opponent, no matter what size or gender, it comes with experiance" he hunched his back, his knife hand forward, his free hand on his shotgun and his cold eyes staring at hers "Now, we can simply agree to get along or things could get messy" he was acting out of impulse now, maybe he had just gotten wreckless with the age but he was having fun with this.
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Post by vacuusanimi on Oct 17, 2010 18:30:39 GMT -7
Lena stood up and went to calmly walk away, but when she heard him land not too far from her, her guard was right back up. She stanced low with her gun at the ready.
She reached behind her head and immediately withdrew the blade once more. With a soft smile, she pointed both at him.
"Whenever you're through with giving me advice, you know," she said with a shrug. "You can't talk to me about underestimation. You don't know what you've mixed yourself up in now."
Lena stood up straight and added, "But why should we get along? If we're the same thing, we should be avoiding each other, da? And yet you follow me."
She withdrew the envelope slowly from her belt line and held it up.
"What is it they all you?" she asked, pulling the envelope close to her chest, the cold metal of the gun shocking her.
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Post by Lucian Alexandras Drakus on Oct 17, 2010 18:47:12 GMT -7
Leon was ready to take her on, his Military Knife combat was frsh in his mind, he won a medal for it...however against a sword this might go a little differently....he shook his head "So naive, i will let you in on my plan then if it will help ease your mind".
His stance was unfaltering, no twitches, his breathing centered to calm, his eyes flicked from her eyes to her weapons "I have reson to believe that the target you seek is the same as me......I dont want him dead....yet" he explained, trying to keep as vague as possible.
He edged closer to her "so if i could confirm whats inside that envelope......we might be able to arrange a small mutual agreement, i can have my interregation, and you get your blood-money" he continued to explain, hoping she would believe him, if this target was killed before he had his next lead then the chain would be broken, he'd be back to square one, so he wasnt about to let some stretwise gunner girl Mess up this plan.
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Post by vacuusanimi on Oct 17, 2010 19:14:47 GMT -7
Lena's mood immediately changed when he moved closer to her. She took a step back and sucked in a breath through her teeth.
"Keep your distance," she snapped, tucking the envelope back into her belt line.
She eyed his blade and thought of what attempts he would make to get at her. Good thing she was flexible.
"So, I give you the information, we find him, then you interrogate him, and I kill him," she said. "After that, I will never see you again, da?"
Lena thought back to the bounty amount she would receive upon the death of this particular target. It was quite an amount, but she'd had bigger. Still, the price was large enough that the target had to be involved in some sort of gang or mafia circles.
She looked her opponent up and down, taking in his many features. There was an odd appeal about him, but Lena didn't like the largeness of his entire figure.
"Still want to know your name," she added with a smile.
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Post by Lucian Alexandras Drakus on Oct 18, 2010 1:01:45 GMT -7
Leon kept his Knife raised but slowly took his hand off his shotgun all he time watching Lena "That was the idea yes, we work together briefly, and the i'm gone, never see me again" he said still in a ready attack stance facing her as to show no sign of letting up until she did first.
He had hoped she would let her aggressive guard down, they could shake on it and then this plan would operate painlessly, no hiccups and no distractions.
He needed to know the connections which this guy knew, it was highly possible that one of the targets investors was a high ranking executive in the Organisation that had kidnapped Leon, this could be the breakthrough he needed.
He then heard the question 'what is your name' he Lowered his knife slightly "you can call me 'SPECTRE'", he was used to people wanting a name, gives them somthing to attach to, makes them feel at ease, and the experiment had given him a Codename to hide his identity, why not use it...
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Post by vacuusanimi on Oct 18, 2010 7:17:46 GMT -7
Lena perked an eyebrow at his responses. He seemed so gruff and rough. But she knew he wasn't all grouchy.
"Spectre," she repeated softly, eyes glancing upwards to the barely starry sky.
Then, she flipped the .45 into the holster and slid her blade back into its sheath with ease. She held her arms out at her side to show that she was starting to see things his way, however vaguely.
"Well, I'm always being told I need to learn to play well with others," she said as she took a step toward him.
"But, now it's your turn," she added, nodding toward his blade. "Otherwise, I will start running..."
She stopped only a foot or so away before she spoke again.
"And then you will have no information."
Lena placed her hands on her hips, but not on her gun. At this point, the situation seemed to have balanced out enough. Still, if one thing seemed wrong, she would pull the plug on the whole thing and kill both of them.
Still, she slipped that particular thought into the back of her mind and smiled directly at him.
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Post by Lucian Alexandras Drakus on Oct 18, 2010 7:37:22 GMT -7
Leon nodded to her and slipped his knife back into its sheath slowly, the button went back down and his arms went back to by his sides, his stance was relaxed now, showing no sign of aggresion he took a step closer keeping his hands away from weapons as not to alarm her "I wouldnt want you running away, no, so here we are, should we shake on this arrangement".
If this worked it would go so much smoother with another member helping him out, it would mean he could focus on a lot less things knowing he had back-up he returned the smile and held out his hand to shake "I guess we should double check our information then".......
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Post by vacuusanimi on Oct 18, 2010 14:19:39 GMT -7
Lena reluctantly shook his hand since he almost covered her's entirely.
"Let's go some place a little less out in the open," she said as she pulled her hand back. "Plus, I'm a little hungry. You?"
She walked past him and looked across the city, easily spotting the location of her hideout for this city. Crappy apartments that had no landlord.
The image of the dim lights, the smell of trash in the hallways, the sound of screaming that came from behind closed doors, the cracked and curling linoleum. An extremely ugly place.
"It's not much, but no one will look there," she continued as she turned to face him. "Sound good?"
She walked up to him and added, "I will keep up my end of the agreement. I won't kill him...yet."
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Post by Lucian Alexandras Drakus on Oct 18, 2010 16:15:35 GMT -7
Leon noticed how large he was compared to her when his hand covered hers as they shook, he smiled slightly and then turned to her as she walked off, he was used to slumming it, as long as he had a secure area to plan and a roof over his head, he looked over Lena's Shoulder as to where she was surveying, all the houses looked the same to him which was good, means there harder to pinpoint "Sounds like a good area, we should set off" he nodded to the roofs ahead.
He took a glance around the area then turned back to her "As long as you hold your end of the bargain i'm happy" he said bluntly, he walked over to the edge and turned back to Lena "I guess you should lead the way then.......Partner" he said slowly, supposing he may aswell commit to the formalities of teamwork and address her as a 'friend'.
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Post by vacuusanimi on Oct 18, 2010 19:57:24 GMT -7
Lena nodded lightly and then laughed. He suggested to take the rooftops, which was the route she would have taken anyway. But her route required a lot of acrobatic ability and strength. Still, something told her he'd be able to keep up just fine.
"Well, we'll be taking a really high route to get there. The front door, it doesn't exactly work," she said with a smirk before she ran for the roof ledge and leapt across the gap.
She tucked and rolled over the gravel, only to be back up on her feet and running full sprint toward the next building. Lena jumped up and grabbed the pipe, held onto it as gravity tested her strength, then started climbing upward.
It didn't matter what city she lived in, it only took one day for her to figure out the rooftop routes around the place. Lena hoisted herself onto the roof and then sat, waiting for him to follow.
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Post by Lucian Alexandras Drakus on Oct 19, 2010 0:36:16 GMT -7
Leon let her get as far as the pipe and then set off, he ran to the edge and lept, cresting over the next ledge and sliding on the gravel as he landed, once he traced Lena's path he was up and made his leap aswell, his hand gripped the pipe with a light thud against the wall, he looked up and begun his ascent hand over hand scrambling.
Strength was not a problem, the acrobatics might however slow him down, she shouldnt expect any backflips off him but ask him to scale a building with no cables or grapple, he's be up there in minutes, he looked up making sure he didnt get to close to Lena, he didnt want too much weight on the same part of the pipe.
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Post by vacuusanimi on Oct 19, 2010 9:09:53 GMT -7
Lena smiled and stood up, taking off immediately toward the crane. She jumped from the building and grabbed onto the outside of the machine, quickly climbing up to the arm some fifty feet above her. When she was on the arm, she took a couple cautious steps, biting her lip when the wind picked up and rocked the arm.
"Now for the hard part," she muttered to herself.
Then, Lena started sprinting across the arm, keeping an eye on the buildings across the street. There was only one she'd be able to land on without hurting herself entirely. When the moment came, she launched herself as far forward as possible, swinging her arms to keep from rolling forward.
She felt her feet touch the ground and then immediately tucked into a roll. The severity of the fall was immediately neutralized when she distributed her dynamics elsewhere.
Lena stood up and looked back at the crane. It seemed further from here, but maybe that was because she dropped about ten or twenty feet from the arm and had to clear a ten to twenty foot gap.
"Your turn!" she shouted before she laughed.
Lena walked over to the building's roof access door and leaned on it, waiting for him to come thudding behind her.
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Post by Lucian Alexandras Drakus on Oct 19, 2010 14:44:35 GMT -7
Leon stood and watched in awe of her feat, for such a fragile thing she was quite brave, he was impressed but decided to do one better, taking his cue he headed for the crane aswell, following the same path he found himself scaling the metal monster, looking down to the dizzying drop below, he stood on the arm with the wind whistling past him, judging the distance it was'nt that far across but the drop was the danger...or was it "Here goes Nothing" he shouted back.
His foot kicked off his run, the metal shook as his heavy frame bounded over the small walkway, he came to the end with a decent speed then pushed off the very tip of the crane arm, his body went into a dive, he moved his arms over head then throwing his weight over he front flipped in mid-air, the floor came up to meet him as he positioned himself then landed with a 'thump', both knees bent with his hands supported on his thighs, his back was arched and he was looking down at the two small craters he had made, just where his feet had smashed the concrete, he wasnt in pain, he was smiling.
He straightened up and cracked his back and neck, the shock of that would of broke a normal man, but he was accelerated, advanced, almost inhuman, the Experiments the organisation had done to him were ones to create an elite soldier....They had....Leon as much as he hated what had happened, couldnt deny that the abilities were, somewhat useful...."Childsplay" he said smiling as he walked from the indents he left, he looked towards the door "This it then".
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Post by vacuusanimi on Oct 20, 2010 10:36:20 GMT -7
Lena watched his but his her amazement. She knew that she would be feeling the brunt of all this tomorrow, if not sooner. But he seemed to just take it as it came, without a care about it.
"Yes, it is. I don't usually expect company, so you'll have to excuse my mess," she said as she forced the door open with a metallic screech. "But take care not to add to it."
Lena led the way into the stairwell, glancing behind her to make sure he followed. The faulty bar bulbs above her flickered inconsistently, making themselves annoying strobe lights. She could smell the unused electricity floating in the air.
The stairs wouldn't take long since she had taken a room close to the roof. It made escaping easier.
When they made it to her room, she simply kicked the door open.
"Welcome to my humble abode," she said as she removed her her gun holster. "Take a seat, wherever you can."
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Post by Lucian Alexandras Drakus on Oct 20, 2010 17:38:41 GMT -7
Leon followed her and walked down the dingy stairwell trailing Lena to the first room they came to from the roof access, with a swift kick she flung open the door to her cluttered hidaway, he glanced around the room as he stepped in and nodded to her "Compared to my last place, this may aswell be the Ritz".
He removed his coat and sat down on a couch, moving some stuff to the side he sank slightly, must've been the wear on the furniture, or it was his size.....he sat forward and waited for Lena to sit so they could get to business.
His eyes trailed round the room and then back to Lena "So, shall we talk then".
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