Happy Hour

[Kragen]

"My husband? What do you want with my husband?"

Bullets and glass began to fly in the room and Rose, not thinking, put the sheets over her head as she screamed. Fortunately for her none of the bullets made it in her direction because sheets weren't going to do a damn thing against bullets. Rose pulled the sheets down from her head and looked over to Cazador. She'd have to question him about her husband later. For now she was more worried about staying alive.

"There should be a trap door, or a back exit somewhere that we can use to get out of here. The people who own this tavern aren't your run of the mill tavern owners or even pimps. Riley. That's his name. A weapons specialist allegedly so good he can make any weapon you can think of. I'm sure there's a way out."

Rose got up from her bed but stayed down just in case the Vulture's troops outside decided to send something else through the window. Pulling off her jacket from the coat hanger and putting it back on as she looked back over to Cazador.

"I don't supposed you have a spare gun on you I can use?"

[Cazador]

"I was going to kidn..."

Before he could even answer her question, she was under the sheets screaming from the incoming swarm of bullets. It was probably better that way. If she knew he was following her to kidnap her husband she might of turned violent on him. It's not that he couldn't handle someone her size, but he preferred not to have to strike a lady. Cazador brushed off some of the glass that was on him while listening to what the colonel's wife had to say. The trap door was good news, but the word weapon specialist caught his ear. Maybe he'd have weapons here in the tavern. Cazador shook his head at her question.

"This revolver is the only weapon I have on me, but its set to only shoot by my hands. Maybe our weapon specialists has some he can share."

Cazador walked towards the exit of the room signaling for the woman to follow behind him. It was time to have some words with the gun broker on getting their hands on some hardware. Without looking towards her, he asked for her name.

"I didn't catch your name."

[Kragen]

((ToriJ plays Riley FYI))

"That's right."

And Rose intended to keep it that way. She would have been more comfortable with a weapon of her own but she'd have to do barehanded for now as she stayed behind Cazador, and stayed down in case anymore bullets came flying through the air. Never can be too careful in this town.

[Cazador]

OOC: We can msg him to jump in or assume he's not home and just take his stuff. Also I'm making it so this thread happens before Cazador killed 201.

"Fair enough."

As they walked down the stairs and back to the first floor, the sounds of pleasure had been replaced with panic. Prostitutes were screaming and crying while some customers were pacing back and forth sweating up a storm. They were all convinced that they would never have their freedom back once Vulture took them in to custody. Cazador looked around trying to find anyone that stood out from the crowd inside as he didn't know what Riley looked like. He wasn't going to have much time to look with an assault team preparing to breach the tavern.

"Are any of these guys Riley? If he's not here we should just find his office and see if he's got any firepower for the taking."

[Ayen]

"Are any of these guys Riley? If he's not here we should just find his office and see if he's got any firepower for the taking."

“That's going to cost you extra.”

Before Rose could answer Caz his answer would come in the form of a dark skinned, tall skinny individual in a brown trench coat and hat. Reaching a hand into his pocket and holding out a foreign black high-tech device and clicking the top red button. The shields of the Vulture squad outside were jammed before he pressed the below blue button activating the gun turrets set up outside. They came out of the ground and pointed their barrels at the soldiers. Unloading with bullets strong enough to rip right through their armor and kill them in an instant forcing the patrols back if they wanted to live.

“Riley at your service.”

[Kragen]

Rose pointed in the direction the dark-skinned man came in.

"That's Riley."

True to his reputation in just two clicks he already had the Vulture patrol outside on the defensive. Just how the hell did he make all of these weapons anyways? Well now wasn't the time to ask a magician to reveal his secrets. Rose needed something from his bag of tricks.

"Do we have any weapons we can borrow from you?"

[Cazador]

Cazador peeked out the window to catch a glimpse of the violent display. The man defiantly had some impressive hardware. That on its own was only an introduction. Cazador looked interested in seeing what other toys of destruction Riley had on him. If his gadgets could disable shields and turn troops into pizza with a simple click of a button, then one could only imagine what else he had. Cazador took his eyes of the action outside and redirected his attention back to Riley. He was kind of hoping that the man was joking about the cost. Cazador never really burned through his money often, but all he had on him was 201 credits. Hopefully that would be enough to pay for any weapon services.

"I see why you're called a weapon specialist, but I hope you're kidding about the price tags. This isn't exactly the kind of time to be trying to make a sale."

All Cazador really needed was a way to get back to his apartment. That power armor of his would rip through Vulture's forces and any incoming reinforcements.

[Ayen]

"That's Riley."

“The one and only.”

"Do we have any weapons we can borrow from you?"

“Perhaps.”

"I see why you're called a weapon specialist, but I hope you're kidding about the price tags. This isn't exactly the kind of time to be trying to make a sale."

“Sale? Riley ain't making no sale. Riley gives you some fancy gadgets to wreck some Vulture shit and you both owe Riley a favor he can cash in any time. Agreed?”

Their conversation was interrupted by the sound of an energy rifle being fired off outside taking out the gun turrets Riley had summoned to deal with the first group of Vulture's patrols that came for Caz and Rose.

“Clock's a ticking.”

[Kragen]

"You can't be serious."

Why was she asking that question? Of course he was. This was always the case for guys like these. They always wanted something or another in return. Though in her case that something could potentially be sexual in nature. Rose wouldn't put it pass any of them here. She was about to decline but hearing the energy blast outside gave her little to no choice if she wanted to live beyond today.

"All right, fine. I agree. Now give me something I can use."

[Cazador]

Cazador didn't mind returning a favor for a favor. It's not like they had much of a choice. Cazador couldn't fight off a whole army with just a handgun. He was good, but he wasn't invincible. Has skilled as he was in combat, he was still a mortal man with limits. With the sound of Riley's turret's being taken out by enemy fire, Cazador nodded in agreement along with Rose. He hoped that agreeing to his terms wouldn't come back to bite him later, but Cazador was a man of his word. He wouldn't just back out of a deal like this. Especially if the deal would get him out of this spot alive.

"All right Riley. You have yourself a deal. Now show us the hardware so we can get through those bastards."

[Ayen]

"You can't be serious."

“Riley's plenty serious, hon.”

"All right, fine. I agree. Now give me something I can use."

"All right Riley. You have yourself a deal. Now show us the hardware so we can get through those bastards."

“Now you two are speaking Riley's language.”

Riley took out another remote control and clicked it, four droids rolling down across the roof and landing in front of the tavern made up of ablative armor that protected them from the energy weapons as they unloaded upon the soldiers and then kinetic barriers to protect from the bullets. Keeping them at bay for a while as Riley took them to a back room and clicked on another remove causing a wall to rotate and reveal a handful of different kind of weapons for battle. First Riley took out a large dual barrel rifle and handed it over to Caz.

“You look big and tough enough. For you the dual barreled 500 energy pulse rifle. Switches between 500BGMs and particle beams.”

After handing the rifle to Caz he turned back around and pulled out a small, light, barely can fit in your hand pistol and gave it to Rose.

“And for you, my sweet. The 2.0 Flash Bang. Fires 2mm Kolibri rounds so fast that the Crimson Devil Ranko herself would be hard pressed to dodge those in time before it left a bunch of holes in her skull. The superior rate of fire and accuracy compared to other hand-held weapons greatly makes up for the low firepower. You'll be able to count the number of times you missed on one hand.”

[Kragen]

Rose looked over the tiny weapon as Riley explained what it could do then looked at him in disbelief as she held up the weapon like it was some toy. And as small as it was Rose wouldn't be surprised at all if it was a toy.

"I feel like I'm going to break this thing."

[Cazador]

The weapon was a superb piece of metal. There was no doubt that the weapon would pack an even bigger punch than his own rifle he had back in his apartment. Two barrels for the added fire power would spell an overkill for Vulture. Cazador was eager to test out the weapon against their foes outside. He had fired many kinds of weapons in his life, but this one was giving him a sense of excitement. While Riley was busy handing Rose her little gun, Cazador walked back to the front looked out the window to see what he could shoot through. The droids were ripping through the ground troops, but many had taken cover behind one of the armored transport vehicles. Cazador shouted to everyone in the building to prepare themselves for a shock wave of carnage.

"Fire in the hole!"

Cazador aimed at the armored transport vehicle. The particle beam came shooting out quickly. After a few seconds, the vehicle exploded setting many of their enemies on fire. They ran around desperately trying to get the flames off of them. It certainly packed a giant punch. The recoil on his shoulder was enormous. If he had to compare it anything, it would be like a train ramming into his shoulder. The pain was well worth the price. Cazador walked back into the weapons room with Riley and Rose. He had a small smirk of satisfaction on his face.

"I like it."

Cazador then looked at the small weapon Rose had received. Compared to his, it looked like a child's toy. Cazador gave an amused chuckle as he rested the giant monster sized gun on his shoulder.

"Mine's bigger."

[Ayen]

"I feel like I'm going to break this thing."

“Trust Riley. You won't.”

"Fire in the hole!"

Riley smiled as he heard the explosion to follow by the duel barreled gun sounding off outside before the man came back to the pair.

"I like it."

“Of course you do. Riley never had an unsatisfied customer yet. Now if you're ready to get...”

Riley bent over and undid a couple of nails in the floor board with a power tool, lifting it up and unveiling a secret tunnel underneath the two could go through.

“This will lead you to the sewers. You can find a way back up to the surface from there. Beware of crocs.”

[Kragen]

Rose looked towards Cazador irritably.

"Yes... I suppose it is..."

Rose observed Riley remove a part of the floorboard and then listened as he explained where it led into. The sewers. Of course. It couldn't be a nice underground tunnel or even an alleyway. It had to be the sewers.

"Thanks."

There was no purpose in complaining. She was the colonel's wife after all. She should be used to unpleasant things by now. That was the path of a soldier, a warrior. Rose dropped down through the floor and then walked forward, making sure Cazador was still behind her before proceeding into the passage that led into the sewers.

"I'm going to need a long, hot bath after this..."