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#FreedomFalls – November 25, 2014
Jason squeezes the trigger of his Revenant, sending a handful of rounds up towards the turian. "Shit... We gotta get you patched up, Renala." he says, still attempting to regain his bearings after the singularity ride. "Let's get you over to the shuttle."
Kim nods and runs over to the two others on the rooftop to crouch behind the crates. "Sounds good. I'm part of the group that's being attacked, so I'll assist."
Renala stops near cover. "The suit's got it covered, I think," she says. "I remembered to fill that up this time."
Vasquez is sitting behind a crate, still failing to unholster her Shuriken. Panic and confusion fills her face as shouting and gunfire rings throughout the room. Her gaze is unfocused.
Damien kneels beside Vasquez and shakes her shoulder, yelling over the gunfire. "Hey! Snap out of it and focus!"
Jason slowly follows along with Renala, backing up beside her as he fires towards the opening in an attempt at providing suppressing fire while she makes her way to cover. "You gotta stop getting shot so much. It's bad for your health."
The asari nods. "Good," she says. "That turian's got us pinned down." She glances over cover, and is awarded with a Vindicator burst to her shields. She has a Katana shotgun on her back, which isn't precise enough at their range. The sniper nods in greeting, but remains quiet.
Vasquez barely seems to notice Damien. "Building and it hurt. Gone." She blinks as a shot flies past them, and starts clawing at the side of her head - at her temple.
Renala gets to cover and sits up against it. "If only singularities didn't love me this much," she groans. "Just give me a minute."
Jason follows Renala to the cover, continuing to fire bursts up towards the ceiling. "Take all the time you need. The militia certainly seems to be. I gotta question how safe this town really is if a single shuttle of mercs can give them this much trouble." he complains.
Damien places his weapon down, and moves to grab her arms. "Vasquez! Focus on the now! We need that-" he says, flicking his head at her gun. "-and you kicking ass and getting some payback!"
One of the militia gunships can be seen slowly flying past overhead in the direction of the militia's base; it looks damaged. There's some gunfire directed at it -- from the turian and asari near the opening --, but the craft's barriers seems to still be working.
Vasquez shoves Damien away forcefully, scrambling to her feet and once again trying to grab her sidearm. She draws it and immediately drops it. She falls soon after.
Kim nods and peeks above the crates to get a bead on the turian. After a few seconds aiming, regardless of whether she gets shot at or not, she fires at him and ducks behind cover directly afterwards.
Jason halts his firing once both he and Renala are safely in cover and glances out across the hangar towards Damien's shouting. "The fuck is-..." he begins, but spots Vasquez on the ground and quickly sprints towards her. "Is she hit!?"
Damien switches with Jason and runs to Renala, sliding on his knees into the cover with her. He presses up against the cover and nods to her. "C'mere often?"
The other sniper follows suit just 1.5 seconds later and their combined fire takes the turian out. "Great, now rinse and repeat," the asari says before stepping ontop the crate and opening her arms. "I'm gonna keep them busy!" Following a biotic shimmer around her, she charges over to the other rooftop and starts running towards the hostile asari.
The turian takes advantage of the pause in fire and steps up to the ledge and opens fire towards Jason.
Damien spots the Turian and pops up, launching an Overload at him and then unleashing disciplined fire upon him.
Kim finishes reloading her mantis and aims over the crate again at the asari. "All you, hun. Do you want to make the first shot or do you want me to?"
Jason tosses his Revenant aside and drops to a knee. He grabs Vasquez under the arms and begins to drag her as close to the crates as he can. A few shots pelt him, but his shields have had time to recharge so they just fizzle and shrug off the rounds. "Talk to me, Linda! What's going on!?"
Vasquez just keeps spasming uncontrollably. Her face twists uncomfortably and a sudden spark flies from her temple before she goes limp, eyes closing.
HumanSniper aims towards the turian. "I can," she says. "Let's take the turian first. Less chance of hitting Mian that way." She waits a second before taking a shot at the turian, although it could have been better.
The overload gets the turian's shields down enough, but his armor does a commendable job at slowing down the sustained fire from Damien. The sniper's fire makes him stagger backwards.
Jason quickly shifts the woman in his arms and fidgets from the spark. "Linda! Talk to me!" he shouts, beginning to sound quite frantic, "The fuck is going on!? Your bits are getting all electricy! How do I fix it!?"
The headshot seals the deal and the turian falls forward limp. The earlier thrown human gets to his feet again, approaching the hatch and open fire on Damien with his Tempest SMG. The reason he ignores the asari is that she reaches and tackles the hostile asari to the ground. She tries to get a biotically charged punch in but a throw has her flying off the hostile and they both tries to get to their feet.
Vasquez is unresponsive. Jason might notice the implant at her temple has a crack in it. Blood is running down her head from the area.
Damien flinches from the fire, his tech armour absorbing the round. "Oh you did not just-", he pops up and launches an Overload at the man, dropping his avenger and pulling out his Carnifex qnd aiming for an headshot.
Renala looks over cover as the pain starts to go away. "Shit, is the chief okay?" she says. "We need to finish this up fast." She looks up and fires off another throw towards the human as she doesn't have her gun.
The overload takes out the shields and the headshot connects before Renala's throw sends the probably dead man flying out of view.
Jason reaches up and touches her temple. He begins to look panicked. "Shit... Shit... Fuck!" he shouts. "Okay... Okay. This is alright. You're gonna be fine." he says, more so to himself than to Vasquez. He glances over in Renala's general direction. "Uhh... Yeah....." he says, shaking his head, "No. I mean-... I don't know. We have to get her help. Now!"
Damien turns to Jason and curses under his breath. "Blow out of here in the shuttle? I can stay behind and take some fire."
Jasper shouts from the shuttle. "If we're gonna get out of here in this thing, we're gonna need that door open. I'm good but I ain't that good." (Jason_Wolfe)
There doesn't seem be any other hostiles moving around on the roof other than the asari. Currently, she sent a rather powerful throw towards Mian (the asari accompanying the millitia sniper) and approaches her (in a walking pace) with the Carnifex drawn, hoping to finish her off while she's down.
Kim finishes reloading her sniper rifle again and after noticing the situation in its entirety, she aims somewhat haphazardly in a hurry and fires.
Jason leans Vasquez against the crate and stands up. "I don't care what you have to do, get that fucking door open!" he shouts, pointing at the shuttle bay door. "Blow it off the wall if you have to, I don't care!"
Renala gets up to her feet and looks up. "Depends on how the hatch is hinged," she says, looking it over carefully.
The human sniper follows suit, but she misses the target. The asari's shields are done for and she staggers a bit at the impact before putting up a barrier to conpensate. The opportunity isn't missed by Mian, however, and a biotic throw have her thrown towards the hatch and she tries to get back up on her feet -- making her visible to the people in the bay. Main is already on her way towards her, shotgun in hand.
Renala sighs. "I just can't see any weak points that I could warp," she says, "Can't we get her out front and call the militia for pickup? Or Halisi?"
Jason adjusts his comms to an open channel in an attempt at hailing the militia while cussing under his breath. "Freedom Falls Militia... This is Jason Wolfe of Redrock Agency. We have injured in the spaceport and our hangar door is currently unresponsive so we're unable to extract them ourselves. We need assistance on site immediately."
Damien walks over to Vasquez, pulling off his helm and pushing a stray lock of sweat drenched hair from his face. "Has this happened before, J?"
(Comms) Our shuttle is currently busy, but we'll get it airborne once we got the injured out. Estimate: 3 minutes. Main entrance.
Two shots from a shotgun can be heard from just above the hatch door before a hastily conjured biotic throw sends Mian stumbling backwards. "Snipers," she speaks over the militia comms. "Get her."
Jason shakes his head at Damien. "No." he says plainly, glancing over at Vasquez, "Looks like her thingamahbob-..." he sighs and reaches up to his forehead, struggling to think clearly, "....Her implant was struck. I-... Have no idea what that means. We have to get her to the hospital." He leans down and grabs his Revenant, holstering it on his back before sliding an arm behind Vasquez'
knees and one cradling her back. He lifts her up and starts towards the door. "Come on, Renala. We need you on that shuttle, too." he continues, sounding somewhat defeated, "Kim said they've got one left. They should be able to handle it without our help. We're done here."
HumanSniper fires off a shot, hitting the asari's center of mass, but it looks like she's still trying to get up.
Damien scoops up his Avenger, holstering it. "Do we get hazard pay?" he asks as he moves after Jason.
reloads before speaking into the communicator. "You guys alright down there? Any more hostiles down there?"
Renala starts moving towards the door, limping a bit and wincing with every step. "I'm coming," she says.
Jason frowns, "No you don't get fucking hazard pay. You want hazard pay?" he asks, not sounding particularly in the mood to discuss such things given the present circumstances, "Fine. You can have hazard pay. Given that this entire fucking job is a hazard, I suppose that means I can just stop paying you until the next time you're shot at." He continues to march towards the door, giving
a glance towards Mendez. "Stay behind with Jasper and get shit in order here. I'll get in touch with you when I know Linda is gonna be okay."
The last shot does the job, but just to be on the safe side, Mian sends a biotic throw at her. The limp asari is sent through the opening and lands on the bay floor. If the sniper's shot didn't kill her, that must have.
Mendez gives Jason a nod and goes to respond to Kim. "We're clear down here, Polner. We've got some injuries that need taken care of. Wolfe and the others are meeting the militia for extract-..." he pauses, watching the asari sail through the air and splat against the ground before continuing without a change of expression, "May want to link up with them." (Jason_Wolfe)
Jason continues through the door, shaking his head. "It's fine..." he says, "Just-... Not right now, Monroe."
Mian jogs towards the edge of the roof near the main entrance and jumps down, using biotics to slow her fall when she nears the ground.
Damien steps over to Renala, putting her arm around his shoulder and supporting her weight. "Hit bad?"
Renala nods. "Yeah, medi-gel's got it covered for now, but it still hurts to walk," she says. "I hate singularities..."
Kim stands and puts her mantis onto her back before glancing at the other sniper. "Well. I'm glad that worked out. I'm going to go back and see what the damage is."
Mendez grabs Jelvan by the arm and jerks him out from behind the crate. "Sit your ass in the shuttle and don't move." he instructs. (Jason_Wolfe)
Jelvan makes his way over to the shuttle, looking a little nervous as the attack is over. He takes a seat near the entrance, keeping quiet.
Jason continues carrying Vasquez through the spaceport and out through the door by the front exit. He glances around for any sign of the shuttle.
Mendez scoops up Vasquez' weapon and carries it over to the shuttle. He hops inside and sets it on one of the seats before taking a seat himself and leaning his head back with a sigh. "All this over you." he says pointedly, "So... What now? Are your people just gonna keep sending more waves at us until we've wiped out your entire company?" (Jason_Wolfe)
Renala shrugs slightly. "I think I'll be fine," she says. "It won't be long until I can get it looked at."
The shuttle can be seen taking off from the direction of the Hospital, and it's faced towards the spaceport.
Jelvan looks towards the floor. "Don't know for sure," he says. "Can guess, though. Next attack, probably not announced. No demands. More people too, probably."
Mian leans against the wall not too far off the entrance. "What the hell was that about?" she asks without preamble. She's a dark-blue asari with faint red markings, and stands 5'5"/165cm in armor.
Mendez nods to himself. "What's stopping us from just killing you then? You're obviously no use to us alive." (Jason_Wolfe)
Jason watches the shuttle, not bothering to face Mian as he responds, "Does it matter? It's over. They brought violence to Freedom Falls and we stopped them. Job well done, right?" he says, somewhat sarcastically.
Mian folds her arms. "Looks more like they brought it to you," she says. "Eh, not complaining. I was itching for some action anyway. I was just curious about what started it."
Jelvan considers it for a second. "Suppose nothing does," he says. "Unless your employer plan to honor agreement to let me go back."
Renala looks off towards the hospital. "If they're crazy enough to attack a place like this," she says, "I won't doubt they're not going to leave this be."
Jason continues watching the shuttle and adjusts Vasquez in his arms. "Business." he says, not offering any more.
Kim steps towards the group standing outside the spaceport. She glances around before walking towards the shuttle where everyone seems to be currently.
Jasper nods at Kim. He's still holding his Avenger tightly. "Well, that was enough excitement for one day, I'd say." (Jason_Wolfe)
The shuttle touches down and the door opens. Two fully armored humans get out first, looking around the area with weapons ready. Then, once they're declared it clear, they holster their weapon. "How many injured?" one of them asks. "Anyone inside?" A few stretchers are laid out inside the shuttle. There are just 3 seats in the passenger compartment.
Jason shakes his head and climbs onboard. "Two injured." he says, nodding towards Renala as he moves to lay Vasquez on to one of the stretchers, "She's having a problem with her implant. I don't know if it was struck or-... Or malfunctioning... I don't know." he says anxiously, "Just do something."
Kim walks up to the shuttle that dropped down and glances around at the others. She takes a deep breath and sighs when she sees Vasquez' state.
I don't think I've ever seen someone take this much punishment over a long period of time and live this long before...
Mendez continues leaning his head back against the shuttle wall. "Agreement? What sort of agreement? What was your end of the agreement? Have you done anything to help our cause?" (Jason_Wolfe)
An asari doctor enables her omni-tool to quickly send off a message. "I sent word to have her looked at immediately once we're there," she says. "How long has this been going on?" She puts on medical gloves and examines the implant's location, seeing if there is anything she can shut off or remove right now that would improve the chances.
One of the humans gestures for Kim to get inside. "We'll stay behind to search the area," he says. "Get the shuttle moving."
Jelvan frowns. "Told you all I knew. Would be making up stories if I told more," he says. "Brother is paranoid. Need-to-know about everything."
Jason sighs loudly and takes a step back to give the doctor more room to work. "I don't know. A few minutes. Not long."
Jasper remains standing, gripping his Avenger. "Sounds ta' me like your brother is a bit of a dick. Coulda ended all this today." (Jason_Wolfe)
Damien moves Ranala into the shuttle, carefully guiding her down to sit. He nods at her, a concerned expression etching his face. "You'll be alright?"
The doctor shakes her head. "There's nothing I can do right now," she says, but stays by Vasquez' side. The shuttle door closes a mere second later and the shuttle ascends and sets course for the hospital.
Jason frowns. "What do you mean there's nothing you can do right now? Look at her! Can't you-... Give her medication or something?"
Damien turns and looks at Jason. "We're only a few minutes out from the hospital. She'll be fine, just stay calm, alright?"
We'll get them back for this, J. They will pay. But we need to be ready more prepared and we all need to be at one hundred percent.
Fuck it. It's not even worth it. If we just hand over the salarian this can all be done with. We'll figure out a way to pay for the damage, but this needs to end.
The asari keeps inspecting the implant. "Not without the proper equipment," she says. "We'll be there soon."
Jason slumps onto one of the stretchers and tosses his hands in the air. "I don't know! But what are we 'giving in' to anyway!? We completed our contract. We kicked in their door and nabbed the guys brother. The more I think about this whole situation the harder time I have figuring out who the 'bad guys' are here. I mean, fuck, I'm pissed he blew half our office up, too! But what did
Damien sighs, nodding slightly. "Look, I personally think we should keep this up. If this pays up, we will benefit immensely. But, we'll follow your decision."
Renala frowns. "They asked to get him back before blowing our base up, too," she says. "We could have avoided this mess."
And do you think they wouldn't have anyway? What was stopping them from blowing us up even if we did hand him over?
Maybe you're right. But it was us who poked the hornet's nest. And I get it, that's what we do. That's what this entire business is. A whole mess of hornet nests and we're all just-... Uhh.... Hmmm.......... A bunch of really big fingers! Poking away! You know, at the nests!
Jason almost smirks at his "clever" analogy. "But this time it blew up in our face. And it's not paying out. It might be time we abandon ship and look to recoup our losses elsewhere."
Okay. Say we do look elsewhere. Where do we meet? Gear up? Plan our ops? At the bar? Who the hell will take us seriously, let alone ask us to complete a contract?
Damien flops into a free seat, an exasperated look on his face. "Even the militia is more equipped than us."
Jason gives a shrug. "We've already got other jobs in the pipeline. Where we gear up doesn't matter. Most of our shit is in that hangar, anyway. We can gear up there for all I care. The bigger question is what do we do if we keep pursuing this and only pile up more losses? Where do you think the credits are coming from to pay for Renala's bill?" he asks, nodding towards Renala, "For
Linda's? What happens when someone else takes a stray round during our next encounter? Rellis has deep pockets. What happened today was a big hit for us. Probably another stack of medical bills we can't afford. I'm sure it strained our relationship with the militia. We'll probably be paying for some repairs to the spaceport... You know what it was for Rellis? Probably just another
Tuesday.... Or-... Or Wednesday...." he says with a shrug, admitting he doesn't actually know what day it is.
glances over at Renala and shakes his head. "You mind shooting a message over to them? Hopefully it was nothing..." he sighs.
Damien sits silently for a few moments, before hesitantly speaking. "What if- no, you're right. Forget I said anything."
Renala enables her omni-tool and starts typing a short message. "Makes me wonder what the group we hit on his payroll had done."
Jason sighs at Renala's comment and nods before addressing Damien. "No point in biting your tongue, if you've got something to say, say it."
The shuttle touches down, being a little careful about it, and the doors open. Immediately, a millitiaman and a medical person gets into the shuttle at the asari's gesture and starts moving Vasquez' strecher out and towards the hospital.
Damien leans forwards, resting his elbows on his knees. "I- I could ask a few buddies of mine-" looks at the now open door, standing up before he finishes speaking. "- to come in and help?"
Jason raises an eyebrow. "Buddies?" he asks before shaking his head as he realizes Damien's implications, "No. Absolutely not. The last thing I need is to owe the Suns a favor. Me and the Suns have way too much history. We'll figure this out on our own."
Jason pats Kim's hand and offers her a short smile before watching the medical personnel escort Vasquez away.
You won't owe the Suns a favor. When I mean buddies, I mean four or five actual buddies, who just so happen to be Suns.
"Whatever you end up doing, keep our reputation in mind. Either decision can completely ruin us, either now if we don't give in, or later if we do. Think on it after you've had some time to calm down from the situation. We can always find a way to make the finances work if we can keep getting work."
Renala stands up with Damien's help. "Thanks," she says. "Maybe we can go all in on that expedition. Phoenix Massing isn't the nicest cluster, they probably need all the guns they can get."
Jason stares at Kim for a few moments before nodding. "You're right... Now probably isn't the best time to make any decisions." he sighs. He glances over at Damien and then rests his attention on Kim, "I'm gonna stay and make sure Linda is taken care of. You two are free to head home if you want. I don't think there's much more you could do right now. Keep your schedules open, though.
I think we should all sit down and pound out a plan on how to proceed." he says as he stands from the stretcher and makes his way off the shuttle.
Kim nods and gives Jason a light salute and a wink from behind his back as she turns to head away from the shuttle in a different direction.
Damien powers down his tech armour, giving Renala a small smile before turning away and heading back to Respite to try and drink himself stupid.
Renala enables her omni-tool after it sounds a notification, and reads the message over. "Looks like they hit Respite too, trying to steal data," she says. "Some of the guests and the barkeep were injured."
Jason takes over for Damien, assisting Renala towards the hospital entrance. "The bark-.... V!? Is she alright!?" he asks.
Damien stops just before he moves out of hearing. He turns back and looks at Renala. "Is-" Jason took the words right out of his mouth.
Damien swears under his breath, turning away towards Respite. "I'm going to get shit-faced," he declares.
Jason calls out towards Damien as he continues towards the hospital door, "Be careful! No way of knowing what Rellis may try next!"
Damien turns back, a surprisingly dangerous look to his face. "He tries anything, I will kill him and any of his lackeys." He takes off towards Respite, gripping his helm.