Time to Patrol [Open!]

[Ayen]

The following three NPCs will be under my control only for this thread.

Drake White – Gold
Ayanna Kaktas – Silver
Zach Tigerson – Bronze

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Patrols of the Crimson Vulture have increased in Isafaro, if that was even possible to begin with, by order of General Vulture ever since that mysterious tower appeared on the outskirts of the city. Not much was currently being released of the tower, even to his own soldiers but the head of the Research Division and his whole unit was coming in and out of that thing day and night alongside General Vulture himself so the “Crimson Trio” knew whatever it was, it was big.

“Say Zach, how many frightened women do you think we could get out of this towering development thing?”

“Hard to say. Several?”

“Do you ever not think with your penis, Drake?”

“You didn’t seem to mind it all that much last night.”

Drake winked, Ayanna looked ready to smack him and Zach took a few steps back to steer clear of it until the three heard a loud noise up ahead.

“What was that?”

“Sounds like our dear citizens are up to no good again.”

Drake looked over to Ayanna who still had her hand raised to smack him.

“Truce?”

“For now.”

Ayanna lowered her arm and the three reached for their pistols as they followed the sound of the noise to see what it was.

((Dear first replier, feel free to be the cause of the noise.))

[Clash]

Joshua pulled himself onto a rooftop, his fingers loudly driving through the feeble stone. Each gouge he made in the concrete wall was a perfect foothold as he climbed. The Machine Man brought himself up onto the roof and looked around. He felt invigorated after the long haul, and the view, the wind whipping past him, he gave a loud cry.

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

He shouted at the top of his lungs, voice carrying through the whole city. He laughed, his mask pressed against his face, holding his arms out and leaning back. He felt like the king of the world! The only thing left to do now was jump. With a few steps to get started he was already running. The edge drew closer with every passing second, the only sounds were the howling winds around him, heavy footfalls, and his exhilarated breath.

He leaped.

Air around him, nothing under foot, just his form silhouetted against the cityscape...

THUD! His heavy footfalls on the next roof over, and he was off once more, pelting across the roof with heavy steps as he ran, jumped, and landed again and again. Moving from rooftop to rooftop to rooftop grew easier and easier as he laughed as loud as he could, careening through the air and running uninhibited across the roofs.

[Ayen]

“It came from over here.”

The three arrived to the source of the original sound as they climbed up to the rooftop and then saw what they could only assume was a crazy person jumping from rooftop to rooftop.

“What the hell?”

“That guy must be insane! Has he no fear of the Crimson Vulture?”

“Let go beat it in him.”

The three ran across the rooftops and then jumped to the other one, they split up, all three jumping over rooftops in different directions in an attempt to cut off the unknown man.

[Clash]

Joshua kept running, unaware of his hunters, he turned and raced towards a building several stories taller than his perch. His goal was not to reach the top, though, lord no. The wall drew closer and closer as he burst into a sprint, then brought his arms forward and vaulted from the ledge.

A man, sitting in his office and working at his desk, sighed as his productivity slipped and mind wandered. Suddenly his world was changed. His thoughts stopped entirely, thoughts of seducing his secretary or leaving for home early gone as his window shattered in a crescendo of movement and force, a strange man in a black mask flying into his office and suddenly sprinting past him, slamming his door open and almost breaking it off the hinges. Joshua tore through the office, stopping to get himself a drink from the nearby cooler, a woman holding an armful of files staring in shock as the man pulled his mask half-off with his metal-gloved hand and downing several paper cups of crystal clear, filtered water. He turned to her pulled the mask down back over his face, then raised an approving thumb. "hey good lookin'" He stuck out his pinkie finger and held it and his thumb up to the side of his head. "Call me!" And he was off again.

He vaulted like a long-jumper and drove his feet and hands through a window, once again shattering the glass and sending it spraying as he flew to another building wall, driving his metal-clawed gloves into the stone and digging in. Suspended for a second, hanging by his forceful purchase on the wall, then slowly and inexorably rising. Hand over Hand, finger-holes punched into the wall becoming footholds as he climbed. He had lost a good deal of his speed but none of his pace as he moved upwards, approaching the ledge of the building.

[Ayen]

Drake White stopped and looked at the building where he saw the window was smashed in. The boss was not going to be happy about that one. Drake White gave himself some running room and then lunged to the next building, running past the stunned boss and even though he was in a hurry, Drake still found time to introduce himself to the sexy secretary, extend a kiss to the back of her palm, charm her and then receive her phone number for later before making his way out of the building. The silver haired male would have to finish the job later.

Meanwhile awaiting Joshua near the ledge of the building he was climbing was Zach Tigerson. His eyes narrowing over the strange looking man as now a custom made bronzed tiger striped .357 Magnum was now pointed in Joshua’s direction and Zach was all too willing to fire should he have to.

“If you value your life in any way, shape, or form, then I highly recommend you don’t move.”

[Clash]

"Well, I value my life..."

Joshua looked down, a pretty sharp drop and real way to get himself back to the top. Some guy with a gun right up the ledge, he wasn't close enough to try and fight the guy, he was a sitting duck. "Damn muggers. A person isn't safe even on these rooftops." Think Fast, Josh-o... Think fast! There's gotta be something. He got it! Joshua smiled up to the guy with the gun. For some reason the "James Bond" theme entered his mind, strange since he had never seen those movies.

"I value my life, shame yours isn't worth the change in my pocket!" Joshua braced his legs then shot himself off from the wall. There was a brief moment of movement, his body flying backwards, then he started to drop. Momentum was on his side and with a crash he was back into the building from whence he had emerged. He looked around, one floor below where he had made his run. He turned his mask to the terrified people, their meeting interrupted, Only one phrase came to mind.

"I'm batman!"

Joshua sprinted from the room, now in the cubicle lined halls of the office building, He had evaded one would-be mugger and now he was free once more it seemed.

IT SEEMED...

[Ayen]

Drake made it to the rooftop Joshua was just on with Zach in time to see a stunned Zach looking out to the distance.

“Did you see that man anywhere?”

“Yeah. He went back over there.”

Zach pointed to the building Drake had just lunged from, missing Joshua as he made his escape back into the previous building.

“Son of a bitch!”

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Ayanna Kaktas would appear blocking Joshua’s path in the building as she fired off a single shot towards the chest of the masked man. The .44 Magnum cut through the air as it came to collide into Joshua on his current path. Ayanna’s pistol was similar to that of Zach’s only it was of course a higher caliber and silver in color. The sound of the gunshot was enough to send the surrounding people into a frenzy as they fought each other to get away while others just dropped down to the ground with their hands held over their heads.

[Clash]

Joshua barely had time to react, getting his gloved hand up and feeling the shock of the bullet hitting it. The force was not what he was expecting at all, he couldn't brace in time and felt the shock of his own glove on his face, That bitch and her bullet just made him punch himself in the mouth. The Machine Man stumbled, taking three clumsy steps back. He stared at the woman holding the gun and narrowed his eyes.

Too bad narrowing your eyes does squat when you're wearing a mask.

Joshua suddenly ducked to the left, rushing down another row of cubicles. That gun could prove to be a problem, and these mysterious hoodlums bent on mugging him were determined! He'd have to lose them somehow, First thing that came to mind was out the window again but that was being open to more pot shots while climbing. He could at least hide out in the building, and it'd be easier to lose them...

He hoped.

[Ayen]

“Tough bastard.”

Ayanna didn’t meet many people outside her trio of friends that could withstand her weapon in such a way. Ayanna fired off another shot with the .44 Magnum as the man ducked to the left and headed off but naturally she missed and hit an innocent bystander. Ayanna didn’t even react to shooting someone who did nothing in this situation as she proceeded to chase Joshua until Drake and Zach arrived on the scene.

“Ayanna, did you see him?”

“See him? I shot him. I had him. Then you showed up and bought him more time!”

“Well excUse me, Princess!”

“Enough you two! We don’t have time for this. Let split up and search the building for him.”

The three agreed and then parted ways again in the search for the masked man.

[Clash]

Things were looking bad, Joshua had ducked into a cubicle, his metal gloves tightly around the mouth and shoulder of the terrified office worker he was hiding with. If the guy gave so much as a squeek he'd be found out. He watched the white-haired man walking by the cubicle door, he and the office worker were pressed as far back as they could be, and Joshua was using the civilian as a shield. He felt his muscles tighten, sweat running down that gold skin of his under the mask.

His heart was pounding like a kettle drum, but he and his captive kept silent.

Joshua counted in his head, feeling each second creep by like an eternity as he waited for his foe to pass. He'd need to be careful, if that broad's handgun was any indication to the firepower they were packing he couldn't afford a single slip-up against these guys. It seemed there were just three, though, but he'd only SEEN three. The one on the roof, the bleach-job in the hall, and the chick. Discretion will be the better part of valor here, though muggings in an office building lacked both.

[Ayen]

Ayanna and Zach both kept a cool head as they searched whilst Drake began to get frustrated at the situation. He was never one for the provable game of hide and go seek. The leader of the Trio was more for a straightforward gunfight than running around a building in search for a masked man.

“This is pissing me off. Get your ass out here you fucking coward!”

Drake knocked over a computer, it smashed against the ground and only cause more fright to the innocent bystanders as Drake drew the golden .50 Action Express Desert Eagle, just like the other two guns it also had tiger stripes across the design.

“When I find you I’m filling you with led, you hear me!? If you thought Ayanna’s gun was bad try this one on for size; fifty caliber action express!”

Drake pointed it forward and then spun around, still searching for wherever the man was hiding.

“You won’t be running away when I hit you with this I assure you.”

[Clash]

Joshua moved from the man, letting go of his shoulder but keeping the hand on his mouth. He brought one armored finger up to his lips and mimed a wordless "SHUSH" to the hostage. He peeked into the halls, looked both ways, then let go and slipped out. No one was moving down these halls but the employees were all around him, lying on the ground.

damn it... He whispered.

this was not good, And the way the braggart certainly was proud of his piece, then again it sounded like he'd get more than his own knuckles in the jaw if that guy got a round off. Coward? Cowards fought with the odds against their favor, Cowards gave up when the game turned against them. Joshua wasn't giving up, he was "Reassessing the situation from different ground"!

"Oof!"

Joshua stumbled, he'd accidentally stumbled on a girl lying in the hall, and she loudly gave away his position. Joshua quickly stepped over her and broke back into a run. He knew they'd find him now, and their high caliber advantages had limited ammo but it only took one of those shots getting past his gauntlets to end this little game. Shit's getting real.

WINDOWS! That was the key, If Joshua could get out a window he could drop down a floor, or he could get into the next building over, onto the next building over, he ran for the wall and prayed.

[Ayen]

Zach spun around on the balls of his feet as he looked over to where he heard the woman scream.

“Over there!”

Zach led Ayanna in the charge over to Joshua’s position as Drake White raised the Desert Eagle towards the back of the runaway. The only warning that a massive bullet was coming his way would be from the roars of the golden Desert Eagle echoing through the office walls so great that even Zach and Ayanna came to a complete stop.

[Clash]

The gunfire was inevitable. Joshua couldn't see bullets, they were really really fast. He COULD do something stupid, though. As he heard the incoming fire he dove and rolled, tucking his head and winding up back on his feet. By rolling he hoped to minimize the target he presented to these muggers. The window was drawing closer, closer. A bullet whizzed by Joshua's ear, he felt the adrenaline flood his body as the realization that a few centimeters in another direction and that bullet would've ended him.

Joshua threw himself through the window again, hearing the glass shatter, his hand hooking the side of the window frame, his fingers digging into the wall. Stuck next to the window, clinging to the wall like a great black spider, Joshua watched the glass hitting the pavement below. He panted, his mind clearing as he plotted, getting ready for his counterattack.

[Ayen]

Drake couldn’t believe his eyes. The man was able to avoid certain doom from the power of the .50 Caliber Action Express and manage his escape out of the building. Great disbelief filled his eyes as never before has Drake missed a target when he aimed the golden Desert Eagle at them. Zach continued towards the window Joshua had jumped out of while Ayanna ran over to Drake White.

“Snap out of it, Drake! Hey!”

Ayanna slapped him so hard Drake felt the taste come out of his mouth.

“I said snap out of it or are you so arrogant missing one lousy target is going to send you into a coma?”

The sound of Zach’s .357 Caliber pistol could be heard going off as now Zach attempted to shoot Joshua down from the building wall he was clinging to.

“I could use a little help over here!”

Ayanna looked back over to Drake who was still in a state of shock it seemed and let out an irritated growl before going back to join up with Zach. Drake could stand there for the rest of his life and rot away for all she cared.