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"Shit-!"

He's not as fast as her, but he does at least seem to be able to keep away from the Blood Keys now that they've been forced to ditch their bikes. He's got a gun in hand, but he's not about to risk shooting over his shoulder - there might be others on their side behind him, and the action of turning is just going to slow him down right now. For such a low chance of hitting, it's just not worth it.

Yet, anyway. He's glaring at Blaire up ahead, mentally screaming at her to find an escape.

Blaine seems to have the same thought, because she suddenly stops at screams at the others: "Keep running!" while pulling out her own gun. She'll fire a few shots in the hopes to slow them down and then catch up with the others - it's a risk, but not one too high. She knows her own speed well enough to judge rather clearly how fast she can get them let come before she needs to run again. Maybe she can buy a few seconds for the rest so they have a better chance for finding a place of advantage where they can turn around and fight... it will be tricky, there are more Blood Keys than what she hoped for, but at least there are few enough that they stand a realistic chance. If everyone can actually fight as well as they claimed.

Edited 2014-01-13 13:08 (UTC)

Akito doesn't need telling twice. He continues to run, his sprint fueled by adrenaline. He can hear the shots somewhere behind, but for the most part his focus is on a silent prayer that wherever this road may lead, it is a way out.

As opposed to, say, a dead end.

You mean like the dead end that they have ended up in when Blaine catches up with them, silently cursing the fact that the bullets, in fact, did nothing to slow the Blood Keys down?

...she might curse out loud now. And then point at an entrance. "There!" It's the only way that they won't have to turn around in such a disadvantageous position, and surely a building has more than one door. Right? ...more than one accessible door, too. Right?

"Are you trying to get us cornered?!"

He clearly has his misgivings, but with nowhere else to go he follows her directions anyway, running into the building. He throws a quick glance around, but...

"Wait-- Shit, I'm not seeing another door here!"

He actually backtracks for a short moment, almost hoping there could be a way they could slip past the Blood Keys. It certainly seems more likely than this.

Akito is right. Not that the building has always been without another door, but the earthquake seems to have moved some major pieces of the furniture and some of the ceiling has come down and if there was another door, even if there is one, it is not accesible to them

A quick glance around makes it clear that this place might be okay for a shoot-out, but that is not the set of abilities that they have at hand. Shit. She points at the stairs.

"Up." It's, frankly, the last thing that she wants to do - being above ground in a normal building is something that she got used to with time, but going up in a building that seems possibly instable... She forces back the panic and instead runs towards the stairs. If she forces the thought away, she should be able to not panic as long as she's not actually forced to look down or get close to the brink of whatever.

"You're fucking kidding me-!"

Despite his words, he'll make a dash for the stairs. The panic's definitely got him at this point, but it gives him the adrenaline needed to keep running as fast as he possibly can, which is exactly what he needs right now if he wants to survive this night.

For now at least, he tries not to think too much about what will be waiting for them once they reach the end of the stairs.

She'd reply with that she wishes that she was joking, but that would just be wasting breath. She needs that breath for running. And saying actually useful things.

"Anyone a great shot?" Because then that person will be assigned with shooting (or otherwise distance-taking-out) at every person that comes around the corner in the hopes that they won't come further once they stop. Everyone else will have to primarily deals with those that the first person could not take out...

"Maybe if I wasn't running, but--"

Like hell he's going to stop here. They need to find at least something they can use as cover first.

"You'll get to try when we reach-" no, not the top, she can't say it, she will get dizzy and then - she can't afford to think that they are headed for the rooftop of a multistory house. No chance in hell.

"the end of the stairs. Everyone else, you'll take on those that get past Akito!"

He was pacing himself. As fit as he was and as much as he enjoyed fighting, he knew that if he tried to out-run everyone, he would waste all his energy and then be useless to the group as a whole. But getting cornered, the whole gorup running ragged and the lives of everyone resting on the head of a kid? Well that Shou just couldn't have when he had some pretty crazy skills himself.

"Just get up the stairs," he said, turning in mid-step. It was a weird feeling and it would slow him down more, but he moved backwards even as he raised his gun and fired. He almost heard that voice chiding him for wasting a bullet, but he had to be sure of the range before his next shot.

"I can cover for a little bit."

"Careful!" Is what he shouts anyway, but he'll keep running himself. It's not so much the heights that bother him about all of this as it is the sheer fact that once they reach the top, they'll be trapped. But what other option do they have here?

Part of him wants to slow down now that they've got someone covering their backs, but he knows that once he does, he'll lose what energy he's got driving him ahead right now. His teeth gritted, he continues to make the climb, up, up, until they hit the roof.

"We'll see you upstairs!"

A short while later, they are maybe one or two stories away from the roof, and the group is still holding together - partly thanks to Sho's fire cover. She'll have to remember that he was able to do tha-

and Blaine stumbles, the weight on her body suddenly distributed slightly differently, and more importantly, herself suddenly being wider. Metal catches against a corner, and she curses, pushing herself from the wall and stumbling for a moment, her eyes going wide when she looks down and sees the attire that she is suddenly wearing. Of all the moments to echo clothes and gear...

It only takes a moment and she is running again, though. She'll have to deal with this later, right now it just cannot get a higher priority than "how the fuck do I run with this" - at least it are clothes designed for combat, that means that they at least technically allow for running.

It was weird how he knew his surroundings better when he wasn't concentrating on them. It was also weird how he longed for a secondary gun, that he felt fie switching from hand to hand as his clip ran out and he had to replace one in the middle of firing. His reaction times were speeding up and while he still refused to kill, he was getting better at hitting narrow targets. A bit of a shoulder exposed? He would hit it. Someone sticking their hand out? He hit it too. Shou was really beginning to wonder about his other.

Shou would go up a few steps, check behind him, turn and shoot a couple times when he spotted potential targets and went up a few more stairs. The Keys were getting doo at trying to move in close, but Shou was getting better, his instincts - wait wait, they think your back is towards them, now hit 'em - growing from this kind of practice.

Then they were at the top and he covered the entrance, his wrists smarting from the repeated firing but yet there was a wild glee in his expression as he fired at the head that just tried to pop out of the door. He missed - of course - but it was still fun.

"Where to now?"

"Staying here." Blaine is patting over the strappings and weird apparatus that is tied to her now, not loosening anything just because she doubts that she'd be able to take it off quickly enough and better be properly dressed in annoying gear that she cannot use than be half-dressed with parts whipping around. Her body seems to be surprisingly natural with how to move in it, so she doesn't worry about it getting in the way too much. "Sho, you fire at everyone coming out of the door. Everyone else stand near it and attack them as soon as they get on the roof - I think we aren't outnumbered anymore." She throws a quick glance around. "Unless someone has a better idea." She might hate people floundering about, but she also has no experience with being a leader and normally only has to think for one, maximum two people in a fight. She's not above leaving those orders to someone who is used to coordinating groups in fights - as long as no discussions about it erupt.

"Right!"

There's nowhere left to run, which meant it was finally time to fight back. He actually heads towards the back, but once positioned he's more than ready to start firing as necessary. He's never shot at people before, but...

If he aims for the legs, that should be alright, shouldn't it...?

"You're telling me you've never done this before?"

He snapped that over his shoulder, changing out his clip for a full one without even looking. Layers of skills, layers of abilities. He could almost feel the Keys as they stop at the exit before trying to swarm it. Shou aimed for the legs or the arms, going for painful but not fatal targets, feeling slightly wrong about letting them live.

That was something he would deal with later. They had other things to focus on. Rolling his eyes, he decided to try some strategy here.

"People with long range weapons, try to give some cross fire. One to the left, one to the right! Rest of you, grab some pipes that're laying around and hope they don't break through the barrage! If you got any fancy powers, better gear them up cuz we'll need them!"

She won't dignify that with a response - she would hardly have asked if she'd done this before.

He's the one who seems to have been some kind of shady mob boss deal in his former life. She's just a shady lone wolf/occasional contractor/short-time follower in this life. That makes a difference.

Instead, she'll go along with his command, shooting, at the very least, is something that she can do. And while Angela's death did shake her, she didn't lie when she said that she'd do it again - she shoots to kill.

Because that is what they are here for, and besides, she doubts that their enemy has much else in mind. Objectification; that is the key. Don't think of them who die (or that you steal from, or that you deliver drugs to, or...) as the same human beings as yourself - it will impair your ability to survive. Don't think of them as individuals. ...And, she has to say, the sunglasses and modifications make both of that easier than it would be otherwise.

Akito, on the other hand, is struggling with this far more than the others. His shots are notably missing more often than not. The best he seems able to do is graze them; not even enough to disable them.

"Shit!"

Even if they're currently trying to kill him, they're still people, and he can't bring himself to shoot properly.

"Get your act together!" Blaine doesn't stop to look at him, but his issues are hard to miss. "They are targets!" She knows that they are people, too, that they probably have families and such, but that has no place here.

"If you can't hit 'em with bullets, then you should stop wasting them!"

They were going to break through. Shou knew this just as much as he knew that his own supply of bullets was thinning out. Having someone not willing to even hit the Keys made this plan fall apart rapidly. He could tell that as soon as they figure it out, the Keys will attack towards the weakest link: Akito.

As soon as he thought that, the Keys brust out and headed right for the kid.

"Fuck! They're swarming. Akito, get your ass outta way!"

Shit, shit, shit, shit. The situation makes something mentally click, and he finally does get the guy in the leg, but by then it's too late. With no other option, he makes a break for it, but...

Where exactly is he going to go while trapped on a roof of all places?

Having a momentary break before the first guy comes for her, Blaine aims and fires a few bullets at the Key who is headed for Akito. It doesn't make the man turn away from his aim, but he does have to slow down and concentrate on the bullets to dodge, and one of them gets him in the arm.

It should give Akito enough time to turn the tables, or at least gather himself - this is the only chance that she will give him to do that. She's not going to sacrifice him without a second thought because he IS their healer and has worth as that, but to protect someone whose reluctance will get them killed is not something she'll do either.

But it also means that her fire isn't on the door anymore, and another Key uses that chance to break through. Not cursing - that would be a waste of breath - she swaps the gun that just ran out of bullets for her other one. She can't fire with two at once, but it still seemed to be a good idea to have the option to not need to reload - and it turns out a good idea now.

SHIT, though. They can't stop them from coming through at this rate. And that means a direct confrontation.

He was going to need another gun. They were out-numbered still, they didn't have the right people for this and Shou felt like he was unbalanced firing with just one gun at a time. He swore, his Japanese pure yakuza as he called every since person on the roof by whatever names he could think of and some that just came to him at that moment. He emptied his latest clip at the Keys before shoving it back in his belt and moved in.

A piece of something was spotted on his way; he kicked it up, caught it without breaking his stride and then used it like a bat on the closest Key to drag their attention towards him.

"Get back, get outta the way! Regroup and hit'em!"

He does manage to gather his wits even as he continues to evade, but damn it, shooting people is tough. Still, it's been made abundantly clear that if he doesn't, they'll get him first, and somehow that gives him the motivation to finally get his aim back on track.

Two bullets into the nearest guy - both his legs, so hopefully that will give him some trouble. Of course, now he has to reload...

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