The Police headquarters

[Naida Baris]

((I never added the EXP or skill point from the last post. +1 to Elite striker, the skill is now 7/20. +1 EXP (6/6), Naida is now a Rank 4 Sensitive. -1 blue VBS and -1 Yellow from inventory. She now has 2 of each left.
Current SP: 10/19))

The Consumers began scaling the wall of the building, punching holes through the glass and attempting to break the door down. The police had barricaded the door with desks, chairs and anything else they could find. Naida jogged down the stairs from the rooftop down to the main floor to assist with the blockade.
"They're breaking down the doors!" One of the officers yelled.
"They're coming through the window! Shoot 'em down!" They opened fire to shoot the grasping hands and arms of the Consumers that were attempting to break in.

Naida grabbed the arm of one of the passing female officers. "Where is the police chief?" she demanded.
"He was escorting the civilians to the lower levels, using the jail cells as a last resort to barricade the people in. If these things get in we're planning on using the stairwell to bottle neck them." The woman replied.

Naida nodded her head and moved towards the back wall towards the stairs leading down to the holding cells. "Chief, we need to regroup the police to regain control of the station."

"Glory, glad you're here to back us up. I think you'd be more useful to us out there fighting on the front lines though." the chief replied.

Naida suppressed her grimace. She didn't have the power nor energy to accomplish that task, but that didn't matter. She had a plan to make up for it.
"I can do a lot more from the inside. I need you to divide your officers into two groups, one group to hold the door and watch the windows from the inside, send the second half up to the roof to fire down on them to keep them away from the door. I want all of your best marksman up on the roof. If they breach the door and get inside, send everyone on the main floor to the basement holding cell level, we will then have the roof team come down to flank them from the rear." She ordered.

The chief thought about it for a second then nodded his head in agreement. "The plan is sound. I'll give the order." The chief raised his police radio to relay the message.

"Hydra is sending reinforcements, all you have to do is hold out for a little longer." Naida replied. She walked down the stairs to take a peek at the civilians, they were huddled in the holding cells, a few had makeshift weapons and baseball bats in case the rioters made it inside, but for the most part they were quiet and behaved. Satisfied with the situation, she returned back to the main level. She reached into her utility belt and removed one yellow and one blue VB serum, one to increase her physical strength and the other to increase her energy levels.

"Ma'am, we're not sure how much longer this door will hold! There are too many of them!" One of the police officers yelled.

"I'll hold them off if they breach the door. As soon as it falls I want everyone in this room to retreat to the basement level." She ordered. Naida wasn't strong, but she was smart. The plan was to rely on her Magnetar blast skill to pick off large clusters while they were bottle necked in the doorway. She didn't have much control over her powers, but large wild blasts seemed to work to take these things out. She walked to the center of the room and began to focus her power for another large scale attack. The Consumers began punching holes through the door and windows and slowly climbing inside. She only had a few seconds to prepare for their next major attack...

((Focus: 36+15(level)+5 SP=56))

[Naida Baris]

((Current SP: 10/19
Focus 1: 56
Focus 2: 11+56+10 SP+15 level+7 elite striker= 99
Damage 10 SP + 15 level + 7= 32
Consumer evasion: 13+20=31. HIT!
Consumer Evasion again police: 92... Dodged!))

Naida had adjusted the sniper rifle in her hands and once again was going to go for a large scale attack like the one she did earlier, storing the compressed energy around the bullet to help guide her attack. She Aimed the sniper rifle at the door and dropped down onto one knee to steady her shot. "Get ready!" She called. The police officers and Hydra agents were tense but nodded their heads. The door fell and the Consumers flooded in. "Now! Open fire and fall back!" She called.

The police opened fire but the monsters were just too fast and too strong and dodged the fire with ease. The police did as they were told and fell back at the same time and moved down the stairs with the civilians. Naida didn't wait a second longer, she pulled the trigger and released the energy. The bullet hit the closest Consumer in the head and passed through the doorway, then exploded in devastating force, completely destroying the entrance way and causing it to crumble in. The attack did massive damage, but it also made the situation much worse as the entrance was now a lot bigger. The consumers were caught in the blast and torn to pieces so it did buy time for the police to retreat. Naida dropped the sniper rifle and readied for the Consumers to attack. She backed up to the stairs and got into a fighting stance. She had used up all of her energy so she would have to fight hand to hand until the FMW's arrived. She could hear them coming at this point, she just had to last a few minutes at the max.

She placed a finger to her ear and spoke into her headset. "IRA, I need help now!"
"I see." the other woman replied calmly. "The FMW's are turning the corner now, you only have to hold out against the ones inside the building with you, the elite ground forces are moving as fast as they can." She informed.

Naida gave off a soft grunt and nodded her head. She knew her eyes on the roof couldn't see or hear but she didn't care at the moment. The next Consumer ran through the door with an insane amount of speed and lunged at her, swiping its hand from right to left at her face. Her eyes went wide and she was surprised by the insane amount of speed it possessed, it was inhuman. She went to raise her arm to block and counter but it was just too fast. The attack hit her full force, knocking the air out of her lungs from the force and knocking her clean off her feet. She lost her balance and fell on the ground, her mask getting knocked off of her face and cracking from the force. She remembered her training and hit the ground rolling instinctively, coming back up on her knees then quickly standing up with both hands raised. her face was badly bruised and blood began to run down her face from the scratch.

Due to her being a Sensitive with enhanced strength it was just a glancing blow, the average human would have died from that attack. She wiped the blood from her mouth and adjusted her hands and feet to a Muay Thai kick boxers stance, a form her mentor James used in hand to hand combat. As the Consumer snarled at her and lunged again she braced herself for it's next attack.

"Round two... I won't make the same mistake again!"

((Consumer accuracy: 20+65=85
Naida Evasion: 50+21=71. HIT
Took 5+20 (Consumer Bonus) damage= 25))

[Naida Baris]

((Naida attack: 62+15=77
Consumer evasion: 91+20= Dodged perfectly...
Consumer attack: 84+20=104
Naida Agility: 11... failed... Evasion roll canceled. ))

The Consumer ran towards her and Naida attempted a preemptive attack. She kicked off with her rear foot, ducked down in a boxer's weave, then came up for a right uppercut punch to the Consumer's chin. The yellow eyed monster swiftly dodged to the side as if it saw the attack coming miles away, reached it's hand up and grabbed her by the face. Naida's eyes went wide as its speed so easily avoided her attack and came around with its own. She had no way to stop it because she was still in the middle of lunging forward.

With all of its might, the consumer pushed forward, bringing Naida backwards to slam her face and head straight back into the ground. She hit hard and had the sense knocked out of her. Her armor protected her for the most part but she was completely dazed from the blow. She was outmatched from this foe, she had no chance of winning.

Then, another one of the super powered things walked in. This one was different from the first as it was wearing an orange suit. She tried her best to get up but her body wouldn't respond.
'Get up!'
The first consumer got on top of her and opened its mouth, showing its teeth.
'GET UP!!'
The consumer brought its jagged teeth down and bit into her shoulder. Her suit kept it from piercing but it wouldn't hold up forever.
She needed to do something and fast. The best thing she could think of was to force the Consumer off of her and retreat upstairs to get assistance from IRA...
The Consumer realized it couldn't bite through the tough synthetic hybrid suit, so it now turned its attention to the soft flesh that was revealed from under her mask.

'Cannibals?!?! W-why? What is happening?' Her fingers twitched, she could move. She had to get out of this room before things got any worse.

((Naida paralyzed: 84... yes!
Consumer curse: 24, no, Naida is not debuffed.
Naida recovers? 57. Yes!))

[Naida Baris]

((Black hair Consumer accuracy: 20+20=40
Naida Evasion: 97. dodged!
Naida Attack: 95+15=110
Consumer Evasion: 94+20=114
Orange suit attack: 87+30=117
Naida evasion: 76+15=91
Consumer attack: 30+5=35 damage. Nullified by armor.))

The Consumer bent down to bite her face and she used that as an opportunity to get it off of her. She let off a defiant yell and brought her knees and feet up to kick the Consumer in the stomach, then used her hands to push and throw the consumer off of her as it came closer. It flew up and over her head and rolled with the blow, not taking any damage from her makeshift attack. She rolled over and scrambled to her feet, still dazed from the earlier attack. She barely had a chance to recover as the orange suit lunged at her with a wild left handed haymaker punch. She brought her arms up to defend but the blow was fast and wild and knocked her off her feet once more, sending her flying and rolling across the floor from the force. Her suit was taking a heavy beating. She was breathing hard, at this rate she would be overrun. another Orange suit Consumer climbed through the window of the building, and another walked in through the door, they all turned their focus towards her.

'I need to get out of here...' She thought to herself. "Lock the jail doors and keep yourselves safe! They're coming down soon!" She yelled at the top of her lungs to the officers that had retreated downstairs.

She didn't bother fighting anymore, she turned on her heels and started running towards the stairs that led up to the roof. The Consumers let off a howl of glee and pursued her.

[Naida Baris]

((I'm going to rework the combat system. For now I'll just write to finish this little scenario))

Naida stumbled out of the main room and back into the stairwell that lead up to the roof. She slammed the door behind her and began stumbling up the stairs to reach the rooftop. She could hear heavy gunfire as the FMW's entered combat and had began firing upon the Consumers that had flooded the streets and surrounded the police station. She turned around to see the door to the building open as the two that had been fighting with her pursued. She uttered a curse under her breath and began bounding up the stairs to the best of her ability to create distance between her and her attackers. The enraged cannibals sprinted up the stairs and closed the gap within seconds. The black haired Consumer reached up to grab her by the ankle and tugged her back.

Naida stumbled on the steps and fell, using her hands to help brace herself from the impact. She turned around and kicked her booted foot at the Consumer's face to make it let go, but it had little impact. The Consumer tightened its grip and began pulling her closer. She looked down the stairwell and saw that three other Consumers had now entered the stairwell,they looked up at her and let off a howl of excitement.

That's when Naida reached into her backpack and removed her SMG, swiching to full auto and aiming the gun point blank at the Consumer's face. She pulled the trigger and emptied the clip, unloading a hellfire of bullets into the monster's face and turning it into a bloody pulp. For the first second it let off a howl of pain and released her leg. It stumbled back and hit its companion as they collided into the wall with blood splattering behind them from the rain of bullets... then it slowly began to twitch and move as it stood back up. The black haired Consumer's eyes had completely been torn away and its nose and mouth was nothing but a blood filled stump.

"I-impossible!" Naida shouted as she stared in disbelief. She had always been against killing, she didn't like it. But this was insane, they would't die and just kept getting back up. The VB serum within the Consumer's blood stream kicked in, causing it to slowly heal and regenerate. Naida didn't stick around to see the now blind Consumer fully heal. She stood up and began running up the stairs again. The other Consumers that had entered the stairwell had began sprinting up the stairs after her but they were too far back and wouldn't reach her in time.

She reached the top and slammed her hands into the door to stumble out onto the rooftop. Bennett and IRA turned around to see her and knew what was coming. IRA adjusted the sniper rifle to face the door and Bennett readied his pistol to give cover fire. Naida dove to the ground and covered her head as they opened fire on the Consumers that burst through the door. The high powered sniper rifle ripping the top of their head clean off as it made impact. Bennett's Rycroft special did little damage and the other Consumers that followed continued to press forward.

The helicopter on the roof had already turned the engine back on and was ready for evac the moment the FMW's had arrived. When the pilot saw the Consumers flooding the roof he lifted off the ground and rotated to face the doorway.

"Move away from the door!" The pilot announced through the loud intercom. Naida had already began crawling towards IRA and Bennett and didn't need to be told twice. Her two comrades held fire to allow her to stand up and sprint towards them and as soon as she was clear from the stairwell's doorway the pilot opened fire, tearing the Consumers to shreds with the mounted machine guns on the front of the copter. The heavy bullets began whittling the door with bullets until it was hanging on by shreds. Bennett, IRA and Naida ran towards the side of the helicopter that was hovering slightly above the roof and climbed aboard.

"Get us out of here!" Bennett shouted. The pilot nodded his head and pulled up and away. Very slowly the sun had began to rise in the distance. It was only now that Naida could see the full extent of the damage that had been caused to the city. Buildings had caught fire, walls had fallen, and the streets were filled with Consumers and Hydra gunfire. The city of Osiris had fallen and was in complete ruins. She stood in the helicopter's side entrance as a feeling of disdain flooded her. She held on the roof mounting as the helicopter pulled away and made its way back to Hydra HQ. In the distance towards the District Zero wall, Naida could see a strange orange mist creeping towards the city.

"What is that?" She asked as she pointed to the south.

"Don't worry ma'am, the elite ground forces and FMW's will secure the police station. It sounds like Hydra has released a cure to turn the people back to normal to stop the violence. It won't be long now before we regain control."

Naida had a lot of questions, but she knew that the pilot wouldn't have the answers that she needed. She would ask Jeannette when she returned...

[FG Admin]

The police station was busy as ever, people walking to and fro, papers being exchanged, phone calls being made and the constant ringing of incoming calls, and of course, the buzzing hum of the lights to fill in the ambient noise. Over in the corner of one of the police desks was a small huddle of officers whispering and gathering around, the crowd wasn't large but it was slowly growing and gaining more attention.

A young female officer walked over to Keiko and put a stack of papers on her desk. "Uhhh... so normally we have the traffic department handle this stuff... but Carlyle was saying we're all supposed to chip in and work together now so... he specifically had me deliver these traffic papers over for you to review and file away...."

There was quite a large pile of papers for different cases, ranging from parking tickets, illegal jay-walking, car accidents, and other dull cases such as running a red light when no other car was around. No murders, no thieves, nothing exciting.

"Have fun... but one more thing, I heard there is a police sketch artist here that is talking to a witness. She is sketching out the face of that archer guy that's been killing people... at least, part of his face anyways. Apparently, there was a witness to one of his encounters and he had his mask knocked off of him. Yeah, the guy actually wears a mask. Anyways, have fun with this, I'm going to go check it out..." She said as she patted the paperwork and walked away.

[Bernard]

”……..Yeah, the guy actually wears a mask. Anyways, have fun with this, I'm going to go check it out..." She said as she patted the paperwork and began to walk away.

Keiko was torn as she glanced over to the corner where a small huddle of officers where gathered around whispering. She was already in Carlyle’s dog house, to disregard another of his “wishes” would derail any chance at her getting back to active police work any time soon.
”Wait!” She emphasized standing up from behind the mound of paperwork that had been stacked upon the corner of the work station. The petite Asian female offered a heartwarming smile extended her cybernetic right hand to the officer next to her. ”Detective Hyogo………. Keiko” She blurted with a chuckle retracting her unintentional formal address.

”I actually caught that case early on. Before the reprimand. I’d love to join you but as you may have ascertained I’m Carlyle’s new chew toy. Something I don’t see ending anytime soon. Don’t want to give the arrogant S.O.B. another excuse to dump on me right now. Perhaps we could catch up later? ......lunch??.....on me?? That is if I can make any headway on this pile. I’m sure there’s plenty more where these came from. No doubt the arrogant ass emptied a slew of filing cabinets just to break with me. Gonna take a lot more than that! Anyways, the offer extends anytime should you choose.”

Keiko wasn’t sure how the invitation would be received, but knowing Carlyle there was a better than average chance that the woman across from her had been exploited in some shape or form as well. It was rumored to be his nature and the pretty Asian female doubted she was the only service woman to suffer his intrigue.”I should get to these.” Keiko concluded patting the files herself. ”I’m sure the sick bastard is lurking here somewhere.”

[FG Admin]

((no picture for now, but she might get one if she becomes a regular))

"Wait!”

The female officer stopped in her tracks and turned around to see what the hold up was. She gave a smile and extended her own hand to shake Kieko's firmly. "Officer Tucker, Merle Tucker." she responded. She was surprised by the offer to catch up later, it wasn't something she was expecting to hear.
"Oh, Lunch...? Well... Sure why not, as long as its on you." She teased.

"Between you and me, I don't think anyone here likes Carlyle. I heard Bennett's got a pretty big beef with the guy as well. I don't know the details, but, at one point there was a pretty big fight between the two of them. It must really cut deep to now have that guy over the station. I feel your pain, the creep's tried making moves on me as well. I don't see how he still has his job after all the crap he's done. Pig makes me sick." She let off a sigh as if she was defeated.

"Not like there's much we can do now, he's now the boss..."

”I should get to these.” Keiko concluded patting the files herself. ”I’m sure the sick bastard is lurking here somewhere.”

"Yeah, right... of course. Hey, so..." The young officer started, then stopped as if she wasn't sure she should continue.

"I... I know you're off the case, but... maybe if you have a talk with the sketch artist you could get a copy of the picture from her? Maybe work the case from the shadows and see if you can get a fresh lead to find out who this guy is and crack the case? I don't know... you said you had the case before so I was just thinking... Maybe you might see something the rest of us might miss. I don't know. Maybe it's a bad idea since you've already been benched... Sorry to bring it up. Forget about it." Tucker replied as she rubbed at the back of her neck.

"But yeah, lunch sounds awesome so... I'll see you then. I gotta get back to work now." She gave a wave and turned to walk away.

[Bernard]

"But yeah, lunch sounds awesome so... I'll see you then. I gotta get back to work now." She gave a wave and turned to walk away.

Keiko tried to smiled graciously as the female officer turned joined the others stationed around the witness and sketch artist. She halfheartedly began to sift through the huge pile organizing by date, offence, and cross referencing by officer making sure each was designated a corresponding incident number. The files were a hodge-podge of cases, ranging from parking tickets, illegal jay-walking, car accidents, and other mundane offenses such as running a red light when no other car was around. No murders, no thieves, nothing exciting.
The more she tried to focus upon the mundane work at hand the more the biological part of the detective’s mind began to wander.

”Don't think anyone here likes Carlyle.” officer’s voice echoed.
”I don't see how he still has his job after all the crap he's done.”
” "Not like there's much we can do now, he's now the boss..."”

Merle by all accounts was defeated. Keiko didn’t ever want to sink that low.

The Asian desk jockey strained to pick up any hint of conversation from the congregated huddle but even with her cybernetic enhancement the undertaking was impossible amidst hustle and bustle of the busy precinct floor, the accompanying ringing of incoming calls and the low buzzing hum of the fluorescent lighting that filled in the voids. Frustrated she abandoned the clandestine approach and weighed her options as she glance discretely around the bull pen for signs of her domineering boss.

There was no doubt about it. Carlyle was going to make her stay as miserable as possible. But she didn’t have to play the victim. By all accounts she was NOT alone. Carlyle had enemies. It was just a matter of finding out what save him his coat of Teflon. The Merle’s of the precinct needed to see somebody to give them hope.

Keiko grabbed the half empty cup of now cold coffee from her desk and made her way across the bullpen and joined the crowd as the female sketch artist was wrapping up with the witness. The diminutive detective moved forward struggled amid the dispersing crowd trying to catch a significant glimpse of the artist's rendering before it was too late.

"Mind if I have a look?" She interjected


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((dice log % complete by noon-roll= 23 no lunch for Keiko))
((dice log- eavesdropping- roll= 13+10 cybernetics- damn thing!))

[FG Admin]

The young female sketch artist had Strawberry blonde hair that was tied back in a neat ponytail. She had sharp blue eyes and glasses that slid down to the tip of her nose as she added the finishing touches to her drawing. When she was done she looked up and pushed her glasses back into place and stared at the picture. Then, turned it around for the witness to get a good look at it.

"Is this him?" She asked.

"Yeah! I mean... I think so... It was dark, but, that looks like the guy..." the man said. There was a murmur from the crowd.

"At least we have a lead." One of the officers said.

"Good job!" Another congratulated as they all tried to get a good look at the image.

"Mind if I have a look?" Keiko interjected. The sketch artist turned the picture for the Asian detective to see.

"I think I know you... I've seen You before. You were there when the wall fell and the Consumers attacked the police station, correct? I was there that night. I wasn't much help though, they moved me and the other civilians down to the jail cells for safety." The sketch artist said matter-of-factly as she adjusted her glasses once more.

"Are you the detective that is working this case?" She asked as she stared at the detective with an intense look.