The Government district

[FG Admin]

Clara and Riley led the way to the security room so that the two sisters could review the footage. Riley stood in the corner with his arms crossed and watched from afar, while Clara took a seat and operated the controls, leaving a seat free for one of the Hyogo sisters to sit next to her.

"Here is the footage of when Rodrigo Taveras and the three guards died." Clara explained as she pulled the footage up on several computer screens that showed all the different camera angle footage throughout the building in small little windows.

Time stamp:

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM showed people in the office walking around and packing up to leave. All the previous footage was normal daily activities and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

9:30 PM: All of the lights in the building had been either turned off or dimmed down low as the work day came to an official end. Tavaras was still in his office working, he was bent over his desk writing on a piece of paper. He lifted his glasses and rubbed at his eyes as if he was tired, but continued to work.

9:40 PM: The lights and cameras flickered and the power went out. A backup generator took a few seconds, but the emergency power came back on and the dimmed power lights and cameras came back on. Tavaras looked annoyed, but continued to write.

9:45 PM: Tavaras seemed to realize the power wasn't coming back on and stood up from his desk. He put all of his work in his briefcase, picked it up to go with him, put his coat and hat on and left his office.

9:46 PM: He began walking down the hall towards the elevator when a small thin fast moving dark object suddenly flew through the window and struck Tavaras in the side; he stumbled and hit the wall. A second object flew through the window and struck Tavaras through the neck. He slumped to the ground and collapsed, leaving a trail of blood on the wall. A third object flew through the window and hit the top of the wall, this one had a black cable connected to it. A dark figure appeared new the window and could be seen near the glass, it forced the window open and climbed inside.

9:47 PM: The humanoid figure was dressed in all black, however they also had a long bright yellow trench coat on that was a huge contrast to the rest of their outfit, with the hood pulled up to cover part of their head. The figure also seemed to have on a gold helmet of some kind, and two large cylinders hidden under their coat on both of the killer's hips. The killer then turned towards the camera and shot it out with an arrow.

- At the same time this was happening, another security camera feed showed two guards talking and patrolling down another hallway. One seemed to have heard the noise, stopped what he was doing and turned around to run down the hallway, it took a few seconds, but the second guard followed him.

9: 48 PM: The same camera showed the first guard turn the corner and stop as if he was startled. The guard reached for his belt but was shot in the head with an arrow before he could finish. He collapsed backwards and hit the back wall. The second guard ran forward, and as soon as he reached the corner, the killer jumped into view, hopping off the wall and kicking the second guard in the face. The killer proceeded to punch the guard repeatedly, then twisted and broke his neck using his hands. At this time, the killer did not seem to have the briefcase, and the bow seemed to have been collapsed and placed on the killer's back. The Killer stood up and walked back the way he came.

"That is the only camera footage we have of inside the building. We have outside camera footage, but the cameras are all aimed down towards ground level. None of our cameras aim up towards the roof. I'll show the last footage we have of the situation." Clara explained.

9: 50 PM: There was a guard walking around outside, holding a cup of coffee. He suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky. It looked like he yelled something out, but the camera feed had no audio. He dropped his coffee and reached for his gun and fired off a single shot. The Killer than came into view, falling from the sky. The Killer hit the ground and rolled, pulled the bow free as it unfolded and snapped into place, and shot an arrow through the guard's upper chest. The entire thing happened in just a few seconds.

The guard fell backwards, twitched and gagged a few times, then laid still. The killer turned around and looked up at the roof of the neighboring Namtouch Automations building for a few seconds, then took off running south towards the street.-

"That's all we've got. If you want to review specific scenes, maybe I could try to pull something else up to help you out..." Clara suggested as she turned to face the Hyogo sisters.

[Bernard]

Clara and Riley led the way to the security room so that the two sisters could review the footage. Riley stood in the corner with his arms crossed and watched from afar, while Clara took a seat and operated the control. Kameko took the seat next to her while Keiko watched over their shoulders.

"Here is the footage of when Rodrigo Taveras and the three guards died." Clara explained as she pulled the footage up on several computer screens that showed all the different camera angle footage throughout the building in small little windows.
The Detective’s looked on as the footage played. All seemed ordinary until the cameras blacked out for a few seconds before coming back online a few seconds later revealing Tavaras still stationed at his desk bathed in the low yellow glow of the emergency lighting. It was soon after he met his fate at the hands of his killer and a dark figure appeared next to the window.

”Could we expand that shot?” Kameko asked. ” We may catch a break and get a glimpse of our killer’s face.” Only to observe the hooded figure seemed to have on a gold helmet of some kind obscuring any hope of identification. Still it was something she could follow.

The killer next came into view moments later as a camera just down the hall picked up his encounter with the two unfortunate guards that responded to the ruckus. Keiko watched as the killer came into view hopping off the wall and delivering a foot to the guard’s face.

”If we’re lucky we may be able to get a partial boot print from that.” Keiko commented as the assailant proceeded to punch the defenseless victim repeatedly before snapping the guard’s neck in his bare hands.”Our killer seems to have a little rage issue.”

The Killer stood up and walked back the way he came most likely retrieving the briefcase. Two minutes later the killer appeared on the street dispensing the third guard as quickly as the previous opposition. It was a short time frame but something didn’t add up in Keiko’s account. ”If Rodrigo and his briefcase was the prize, why not just let him exit the building and procure it then?”

”You sure nothing is missing?” Keiko asked. ”A sample of the serum perhaps?” Would Mr. Tavaras have something like that outside the lab?”

She felt as though she was missing something.

The guard on the street fell backwards, twitched and gagged a few times, then laid still. The hooded archer turned around and looked up at the roof of the neighboring Namtouch Automations building for a few seconds, then took off running south towards the street.-

”What a minute, what was he looking at? Play that back!” Keiko asked trying to determine from which direction the killer had fallen from the sky. Initial reports had the guard firing upon someone on the roof. But why would our killer escape to the Namtouch building only to engage the guard on the street instead of continuing his getaway. And more importantly…….

”Where’s the briefcase?” Kameko interrupted beating her sister to the punch line.

”I hope I’m wrong sis but we may be dealing with more than one suspect here. Maybe we should pay a visit to that rooftop ourselves. Thank you for your time Mr. Riely, Ms. Clara. If we have any follow up questions we will be in touch.” She handed them a card with her contact information. ”If you happen to think of anything else that may be important, please don’t hesitate to call”

[FG Admin]

Riley looked puzzled but nodded his head. "Nothing seems to be missing from the building when we took inventory. If Rodrigo Taveras had any samples outside the lab, we don't know about it. We wouldn't allow such a thing because we have been very careful with this serum to make sure it was safe and secure. As we said before, we couldn't make sense of what happened. It just looked like random violence to us, but we don't know why. We'll be in touch if we ever discover something missing or out of place. Good luck... We look forward to hearing back from you for any breakthroughs you may have." Riley Keller replied as he watched the two detectives leave the building.

[FG Admin]

"GO GO GO!" The masked man shouted as he jumped into the passenger seat of the car. The driver pressed his foot on the gas, the car burned rubber, then shot off down the street.

"AHAHAHA! That was a clean getaway mah boooy!" The man said as he pulled his black ski mask off his face. "I can't believe we just made off with $500 bucks from that store!"

"Don't forget that sick gold watch!" The driver replied.

"I know that was sick! Yo, Chris, ma man, look." The man that had the ski mask took the gold watch out of his pocket and slid it onto his wrist.
"I'm looking fly now! Ahaha!"

"Sure are, man!" Chris the driver replied.

"Yo Johnny, check behind us, make sure no cops ain't following, yeah?"

"Yeah, I feel you." Johnny rolled his window down and stuck his head out to look out the back.

Meanwhile, Chris took out his cellphone and began checking his messages. "Alright, the drop site is good, we just gotta dump the loot and we're in the clear."

Johnny sat back down and nodded his head. "Sounds good. Easy- Yo man look out!"

Chris looked up to see a woman crossing the street. It was too late, he was going too fast and hit her. The glass cracked, the woman popped into the air and rolled across the windshield, flying back and hitting the ground. Chris the driver swerved the car and stopped in the middle of the street. "Crap! CRAP CRAP CRAP!" The driver said.

"Whattya do?!?!"
"Shut up!"
"You just hit someone!"
" I said shut up! We gotta think" The two criminals shouted as they went back and forth.

People began pointing and murmuring, gathering around.

"We gotta get out and see if she's okay, Chris!"
"No, we don't!"
"Are you crazy? She could die, man!"
"We get out and one of them can ID us. We keep going."
"What?!?!"
"WE...KEEP... GOING!"

He pressed his foot on the gas and sped off down the street. One of the bystanders took out their cellphone and recorded the entire thing... once the car sped off, he called the police.

"Hi,911? I'd like to report a Hit And Run. I'm currently standing near Harrington road and Hargraves Highway. This car... they ran a red light and hit a lady, stopped for a bit and then... they just sped off! This lady is in bad shape, she is alive but needs medical help fast! I don't know how long she'll last."
"Please stand by, medical units are on the way. Did you get the license plate number of the vehicle?"
"Please hurry. Yes, I did get the plate numbers... I have it saved on my phone. One moment..."


((HIT AND RUN CRIME CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.))

[Bernard]

It wasn’t long past the midnight celebrations before the self-proclaimed advocate justice intercepted her first call.

"Hi,911? I'd like to report a Hit and Run. I'm currently standing near Harrington road and Hargraves Highway. This car... they ran a red light and hit a lady, stopped for a bit and then... they just sped off! This lady is in bad shape, she is alive but needs medical help fast! I don't know how long she'll last."

"Please stand by, medical units are on the way. Did you get the license plate number of the vehicle?" The dispatcher inquired.

"Please hurry. Yes, I did get the plate numbers... I have it saved on my phone. One moment..."

“Harrington and Hargraves. That’s close! Most likely some impaired driver who over indulged on the night’s festivities before getting behind the wheel. she commented indignantly while listening intently for any further update on the vehicle in question.”People should have more common sense. It’s not just their lives they are endangering. Today’s incident was case in point.”

Just then a white sedan with obvious damage to the passenger side quarter panel and mirror sped by making its way toward the highway.

”That had to be it!” she commented excitedly as she revved her Exeltech Glider Z100 into action. [i}”If the assailant made it to the highway he would likely disappear taking countless man-hours to investigate. Knowing Carlyle’s incompetence who knows if justice would ever be served.”[/i]

The hot rod red glider was built for speed in no time the skilled, much in part to her cybernetic memory core, cyclist quickly closed the gap between her and the fleeing vehicle. Notification from the 911 operator indicated first responders had already been dispatched and were likely well on their way to the scene of the incident. With the woman’s life in jeopardy it would be the responsibility of the closet available units to arrive at the scene and make every available effort to save the victim’s life before pursuit.


“Dispatch, this is Officer Hyogo K. Badge #43513 in pursuit of possible hit and run suspect vehicle entering Hargraves freeway. Awaiting confirmation of Osiris license plate 11753 AE”

She loathed the sound of the irritating male voice the responded in place of the original dispatch.

”Stand down Officer Hyogo. May I remind you that you are currently under suspension awaiting review. Do not engage suspect. I repeat. Do not engage suspect!” Superintendent Carlyle demanded. ”We don’t need you screwing this up and the perp getting off on a technicality.”

Keiko was infuriated. The highway was relatively empty given the wee hours of the morning and there wasn’t an available patrol car known to be in the area. ”But sir…. She interjected only to be cut short by Carly’s definitive remark.“That’s an order Officer Hyogo.” If you ever want to get back onto the streets you’ll heed that order. Have I made myself clear Keiko?”

”Crystal” She snapped disapprovingly ending the communication.

Despite her superior’s firmrequest, the petite Asian female gently increased her speed to pull up along the driver side of the vehicle in question. She could at least get a view of the suspect to run through the data base of mug shots should they escape justice. Peering in through the window the helmeted cyclist took a good hard look at the driver. To her surprise she noted a second suspect positioned in the passenger seat. Not wanting to tip her hand quite yet the hooded vigilante sped up off to leave the sedan to trail behind. Keeping track of the one eyed vehicle in her side mirror, Keiko slowed as she approached the off ramp.


”Let’s see if we can get a good look at your partner as well.” She commented.


Observation Roll ( what do we have here?) Roll=41

[FG Admin]

((Search: 36. Fail...))

The two men continued freaking out over what had just transpired. Both men had pulled their masks off and were still in deep conversation.
"We need to get out of here and get clear. The cops will be all over us in no time!" Johnny yelled.
"We need to ditch the car! There's a huge crack in the windshield, I can't see jack." Chris replied.
"But what about the cash in the trunk?"
"We'll just take it with us. We'll stay on the highway a little longer, pull off and steal the first car we see." Chris said as he laid out the plan.
"Fine, whatever man... just get us outta here..."

The car sped up and continued down the street, and that's when they saw the motorcycle pull up on their side, it was the only other vehicle on the highway at the moment.

"Yo, is that a cop?" Johnny asked.
"I don't know man... doesn't look like a cop."
"They checking us out?"
"I can't tell man!"
"Let's not take chances. Just bolt! GO GO GO!"

The white sedan sped up and took off down the highway as they accelerated to dangerous speeds. The car was swerving through lanes and was driving recklessly. The highway was clear for now, but it wouldn't be long before the car lost control and possibly hit someone else.

"You think it is one of those vigilantes?" Chris asked.
"Nah man, ever since the wall fell and Hydra went under, vigilante activity has dropped. I think we'll clear. We'll see if they follow or not..." Johnny said.
"What about the archer? Dude's been putting arrows in people." Chris countered.
"True... but, that looked like a chick, and she didn't have no arrows. I think we're in the clear..."

((Warrigal sedan. Speed roll: 16 + 50 speed bonus= 66. Try to keep up!))

[Bernard]

(( Exeltech Glider Z100 speed roll- Keeping up with the Jones’ Roll=32+25=57))

Keiko barely got a glimpse of the passenger as the white sedan accelerated and took off down the highway at reckless speed. The car was swerving through lanes and it wouldn't be long before the car lost control. Protocol dictated that under the circumstance she should refrain from pursuit as not to endanger public lives should the risk become too great. Just one more aspect of the system handcuffing the city’s protectors from carrying out their duty.

Carlyle will snap if anything should go awry” she commented indignantly as she opened up the throttle on of the Exeltech Glider Z100 and gave chase. It was all she could do at the moment to try and keep pace with the getaway vehicle as it made its escape without giving the appearance that it was actually being followed.

[/i] Might as well go out with a bang. [/i] She sighed.”It’s only a matter of time before that ignorant schmuck asks for my badge anyways.”

Perhaps fate would smile upon her this evening and in time the fugitive’s consciences would ease enough for them to slow their roll enough where she could confront them without public incident.

[FG Admin]

((Speed roll 50+30=80. Is there a car on the road? 50+ is yes= 52. Do they crash? 50+ is yes= 29. No crash! Yet...))

The sedan sped away, creating quite the large gap between them and the young vigilante in pursuit. There were a few civilian cars driving down the highway, no doubt working the graveyard shift and either heading home from work or going towards their job. The reckless criminals were speeding through the streets and weaving through traffic.
"yo man, slow down!" Johnny yelled as he gripped the dashboard of the car.
"No man, something feels off. I think we're being followed!" Chris replied.

"Check behind us again. You see the bike?" Chris ordered again.
((Search: 88. success))

Johnny turned around and looked out the window.
"Crap! Crap crap crap! Yeah man, I think I see her... it might be the same bike we saw earlier..."
"Why no sirens? She ain't a cop?"
"I don't know..."
"The archer?"
"I don't know!"
"A new one maybe?"
"Dude, I don't know!"

"Well, take her out. We can't take no chances, man. Light'er up!" Chris ordered.

Johnny reached into his pants and took out a small handgun, a basic Rycroft special. He leaned out the side of the window, aimed for the rider's body, and let off a single shot.

(( Current distance is long range since they sped away in the last post. Long range accuracy roll: 86-30(long rng wpn)-40 (long rng body)=16.))

[Bernard]

((Speed roll<80 Roll= 73+50= 123=just like that!. Evasion <16- Roll=46 missed me...))

She had been made!

The passenger leaned out the window, aimed and pointed what appeared to be a Rycroft special in Keiko’s direction.

” I”ve been made!” She commented to her private audience as the perp let off a single shot.
Skillfully the young female officer redirected the bike’s path easily denying the incoming projectile from hitting its intended mark.
That violent act changed things.

”Dispatch, shots fired Hargrove Highway heading north just past exit 17. Officer Hyogo K. responding. Request backup. Two Caucasian males considered armed and dangerous.”

That irritating voice erupted in her head once again. ”I said STAND DOWN officer!” Chief Detective Carlyle exclaimed. She could hear the irritation in his voice. This wouldn’t bode well for her.

”Can’t do that sir” She replied dryly. ”Shots fired. From my vantage point I couldn’t tell if they were directed at a civilian or something else. Either way he has discharged a firearm in public endangering others.”

Keiko once again opened up the throttle of the Exaltech Glider z100. Where there was great hesitation in the former activity this time the bike paused briefly before racing into action. Perhaps the carbon deposits from the recent inactivity had been blown clear. The female officer fished out her shied as she rapidly closed in on the fleeing sedan. Pulling up to the driver’s side of the vehicle she flashed her badge.


”POLICE!! Drop the weapon on the floor and pull over!!” She proclaimed loudly through the tinted visor of her motor cycle helmet while motioning the vehicle to pull to the shoulder in case there was any discrepancy with her verbal instructions.

[FG Admin]

"I knew it was a cop!" Chris exclaimed.

"Speed up so we can lose her!" Johnny yelled.

"I'll worry about losing her, you worry about shooting her!" Chris ordered. Johnny couldn't get a clean shot from the passenger side of the car, so he climbed into the back seat and rolled the window down.

"We ain't pull'in over! Eat lead!" Johnny yelled as he pointed the gun out the window and let off two more shots.

Chris pressed the pedal to the metal and attempted to speed away again, now pushing the Sedan to its limits as they shot down the highway at an insane speed.


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((Ammo: 3/6
Double Shot: 84+5 (level)+5(gun short range accuracy)-10(body shot short range) = 84.
Damage if hit: 10+5+40=55.

Skill Stats:
Accuracy: +5 (level 2)
Bonus Damage: +5 to powered/weapon attack damage.
This skill will subtract 2 bullets from clip amount, or -2 SP.
Recharge time: Must wait two rounds before using again.

Speed Roll: 10 + 30 =40. ))