9497/A deal gone awry.

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A deal gone awry.
Date of Scene: 09 October 2019
Location: Alleyway, Clinton
Synopsis: Chun-Li arrests Nikias' former 'Employer' and Rave keeps her lunch down.
Cast of Characters: Chun-Li, Nikias, Rave




Chun-Li has posed:
The alleyway wasn't a normal meeting place but it was out of the way and these guys weren't exactly top of the line. They had hired someone like Nikias because they wanted to really show off to a bigger group. Nikias had, indeed, helped to show that they meant business when they moved in on the territory of another drug dealing gang. However, while their first payment wasn't a problem, the second wasn't so good.

Now, a man who simply calls himself 'Baller' is standing before Nikias, pointing at him and trying to act all tough, "Listen! That first payment was good and all. You gotta understand, business like ours don't always work on a schedule. We'll get you ya money but you gotta work with us!" He nods his head, "Listen, we don't take kindly to people steppin' out on us. Dig? You may be tough but look..." He gestures around at the two big thugs and the nearly half a dozen other street toughs standing around.

"...there's a lot of us, we ain't askin' ya to do anything against your weird ass code. Just to stick till we get the money, man. Won't be no trouble." He then grins all sly, after being so tough, "Come on man, we'll add in something sweet later. Maybe a little bit of the product?"

Of course, about then, there's the sound of a struggle nearby and the scream of some woman. Normally, not too strange a sound around the Hell's Kitchen area but that scream...sounded like someone was yelling something in Japanese angrily. About then, a man who would look more at home in a UFC arena than the street, flies through the air and collides with the nearby brick wall with a sickening thud.

Standing at the end of the alleyway...is a barely five and a half foot tall asian woman?

Nikias has posed:
Nikias stands leaned back against the alley wall, checking out his nails....well, the three the glove leaves visible at least. As Baller goes through his pitch, Nikias' eyebrow slowly raises higher and higher, clearly not impressed by the banger's pitch, and his face hardening a bit at the thinly veiled threat. As the pitch ends, Nikias lightly pushes off from the wall and takes a confident step towards the gang, "....Ok, look. If your money's good, I'm willin to hear the job out....BUT....The NEXT TIME you try to threaten me, I dont care if you're offering ten billion and a private harem of superheroin clones to dote on my every whim, I will shove HIS head" he says with an emphatic point to the largest goon, "right up you YOUR ass, after I tear it clean from his neck. GOT IT!?" He says with an offended look and a tone that says he's just looking for an excuse to back up his threat to the letter. And then Mr. Mcmuscles comes flying in and crashing into the wall, "....Oh what fresh hell is this?" Nikias groans as he looks to the small asian woman as he steps towards her a bit, (Madame, can we help you with something?) said in flawless, if somewhat archaic, Japanese.

Rave has posed:
Rave wasn't a heroine known for being subtle. Youth and lack of experience aside, when you're a girl with bright blue hair that's often glowing and racing around with hyperspeed that leave neon trails through the air in your wake? You're not exactly going to be a master of stealth. She'd been 'patrolling' as people liked to call it, racing through streets and over rooftops, snapping the odd selfie from the top of a building now and then along the way.

Truth be told, her trip through Hell's kitchen was entirely to do with a certain pizza place she was headed to take a little break at...but that scream and crashing of bodies had her redirecting hastily. A streak of blue light, all of a sudden there was a young woman perched on the edge of a fire escape, peering down at the gathering and blinking at the sight.

"Going to guess this is more than just loitering, right?"

Chun-Li has posed:
Baller blinks a few times as he looks over, "Yo, Meat! Meat! You alright?" He then looks at the small asian woman and then at the guy against the wall and then at the asian woman again. He stares for a moment and then he just asks, "What the hell?" He then looks over to Nikias and hten back at teh woman before pointing, "Hey, what we payin' you for? Go, uh, intimidate her or something."

Then Rave shows up and a few people look up and stare for a moment. Already a few of the gangbangers are reaching for guns even as the woman walks forward.

"Alright, which one of you is Baller?" She asks and nods her head, "My name is Chun-Li and I have a few questions for you. We can do this the easy way or the hard way." She then raises up a hand with that spiked band around it and grins as she makes a fist, "What's it gonna be?"

Nikias has posed:
Nikias looks back to Baller as he's panickedly ordered to deal with the aggressive circus actress, "Yeah, see, you aint payed me yet. And uh, my price is goin up by the word." He says with a devilish grin as he glances up to Rave, "Nothin to worry about, kid, just talkin a little business, you can be on your way." He says as he starts to glance towards Chun-li, obviously sizing her up as she approaches..

Rave has posed:
There's a blink, mostly due to Nikias addressing her rather dismissively. There's even a pout that might just be 'mock' in nature that suggested she was more concerned with the comment than the fact that there were firearms being drawn. Leaning forwards now, Rave's left hanging with her feet braced behind her, leaning down over the scene in a standing position while her gaze flicks towards Chun-Li and her entrance. Never mind the fact that she'd just kicked a guy twice her size across the alleyway, that outfit and line was badass! It almost made her feel a little foolish, still dressed in basically activewear leggings and a tank top, the speedster looked like she was heading out to the gym rather than planning on crimefighting.

Not everyone has a secret lab to build a supersuit after all!

Chun-Li has posed:
"Bitch, I ain't answerin' nothin'!" He then looks over toward Nikias, "Dammit, you serious? I told you I'd pay...ya know what, f**k it!" He then raises up his hand, "Kill all these bitches, we'll sort this out later!" He then moves back while pulling out a gun of his own.

Pointing at Nikias, Chun-Li nods to him, "I would recommend staying out of this and remaining silent. I don't know what he is paying you for but given you have chosen not to help him now, I'll overlook it." She then turns to look toward Rave, "Careful getting involved in my..." She then looks over, "...business." She then seems to slip one leg back even as the guns come out.

What comes next is likely as unexpected as anything else. Instead of running or diving for cover, Chun-Li actually drops down to what appears to be some kind of modified cross leg sit on the ground only to suddenly jump up in a spin, her legs going out beside her as she flips around and then lands in a hand stand. An odd blue glow flickers around her legs as she pushes off and very literaly spins at amazing speed across the alleyway, knocking one of the big guys and two of the other men away with a serious of upside down helicopter kicks before she lands on her hands, rolls into a sommersault and kips up to her feet.

The gang bangers stare in shock for a mere moment before Baller yells, "What the $#@$ you waitin'?! Shoot her!" And the bullets begin to fly.

Nikias has posed:
Nikias doesn't look surprised by Baller's reaction, turning a bit so he can see Chun-Li, Rave, and the gang with just a turning of his head, "Clearly not enough, and silent's not my style, beautiful." He says as Chun-li launches herself like a cruise missile into the fray. As the group stare in awe, Nikias draws and fires, three shots from a pistol at three unarmored chests, "Start countin, chopper!" He calls out presumably to Chun-li. Rave goes utterly ignored, so much so in fact that Nikias apparently has no issue with shooting people in front of her...Classy.

Rave has posed:
Rave wasn't exactly a physics major, but even she knew an impossible movement when she saw it. That was like something one expected to see in some 'wire-fu' movie rather than real life. And it was awesome! Right, there was warnings coming towards her...and bullets. As the lead flies towards her, the girl's eyes go wide...and then she's gone. In the slow motion of her perception, the speedster sweeps down and below the fire escape. Weaving down into the alleyway, there's a literal streak of light behind her as she rushes and leaps towards one of the thugs, driving her feet into his chest before he'd even managed to turn his gun towards her new position.

There wasn't nearly the same level of martial competence as the asian woman...but superpowers did sort of help!

Chun-Li has posed:
Ducking under a bullet, Chun-Li blinks as Rave moves at such high speed. She wasn't anywhere near that fast, that's for sure. She was quick though and even as a man aims a gun at her, she's ducking down only for him to be shot in the chest. She blinks and looks to Nikias before she drives roundhouse into a man's head and sends him flying, "Stop!" She calls to him and kicks the next guy in the jaw with an upward kick. She lands that foot and glares at Nikias, "I am Agent Chun-Li of Interpol and you need to put that gun..." She then sends out a vicious sidekick into a man aiming a gun at her, "Away!"

She then turns to look at Baller who is aiming a gun at her with a shakey hand even as the trio make quick work of his men, "Hey! Uh...listen." He puts a second hand on the gun to steady it, "Listen, I'm walkin' out of here, ya get me?" He nods, "Or else you're dead." He nods, trying to shore up confidence. His eyes darting to Rave then to Nikias and back to Chun-Li.

Nikias has posed:
Nikias doesn't flinch at Chun-li's verbal finger wagging, simply responding with, "I dont gotta do anythin, copper-chopper." Sounding far more amused than angry, even as he guns down several gang bangers, a few bullets scraping his arms, legs, and impacting his vest due to him being not super fast. When it's down to just the three of them plus Baller, Nikias struts up, "Hmm, still got one bullet left in the clip. Feelin lucky, Ball-bagger? Cuz from where I'm standin, I dont see any situation where this ends in you walkin anywhere." He says with a dark grin.

Rave has posed:
R
     Quick as a few punches and a few gunshots, now it was three on one and Nikias seemed pretty happy with this Mexican Standoff...Chun-Li? Not so much. Rave herself? The 'bluenette' turns for a moment, her eyes still faintly glowing and gives a little grin. "I mean...I'm going to guess you weren't exactly top of your class in school, right?" She never did catch Baller's name, but despite that the Speedster is happy to just smile brightly...and then she's sitting behind the thug atop one of the trashcans, fanning herself with the magazine and holding the round ejected from the chamber. For him it would have felt like little more than a jerk on the weapon and a blinding rush of blue light, but now his gun was a little less....gun.

Chun-Li has posed:
A look over at Nikias and Chun-Li glares, "I will arrest you." She states simply as she glares at him, "I'm not here for you but I will take you in. Back off." She then looks back at Baller and blinks at the speed of Rave. She knew about speedsters but she hadn't seen very many in person. She's not entirely sure how she'd handle one but she wasn't up for finding out. She instead steps toward Baller.

He clicks the trigger and blinks. Baller clicks again and then looks at teh gun before blinking over his shoulder at Rave. He swallows and then drops the gun and puts his hands up, "Hey! Look, I surrender. I uh, want my attorney or somethin'." He nods, "Yeah!" Chun-Li than grins, "Well, I guess you have at least some brains. Down on the ground." She pulls out a pair of handcuffs from...somewhere. Then she looks at Nikias, "Thanks for the help but you will need to come in for questioning after all that shooting." SHe nods and then looks to Rave, "And thank you for the less...lethal form of help."

Nikias has posed:
Nikias frowns slightly at Baller not being suicidally stupid and lowers his gun, "I always knew yer name was a misnomer." He says mockingly towards him before turning to the all business Chun-li, easygoing smirk undaunted, "Sure, sounds great, but I'm afraid I've got some things to do today. How about tonight, over dinner maybe? I know this delightful little Greek place nearby, could get a booth, ask me any questions ya want. I might even tell the truth." He says playfully as he subtly transitions towards a nearby door.

Rave has posed:
The first time she'd seen a dead body (or twelve rather, thanks to the Punisher), Rave had vomited. At least now, she was getting a little more used to it. She did however, look a little more pale as she looks down at one of the bodies and then looks upwards and deliberately away. Chun-Li's addressing her? It's a thankful reprieve and place to rest her eyes while she raises a hand. "No worries...I was sort of in the neighbourhood."

Nikias was obviously more focused on the Interpol officer than her, but his teasing retreat does at least earn a little half-smile of amusement at the gall of it before he begins making his retreat.

Chun-Li has posed:
A smirk over at Nikias and she stands up a little straighter before saying, "Oh, is that so? Dinner, huh? After you called out to me in what I believe is Japanese when I'm Chinese. Guess that means if a girl is Asian, Japanese should be fine?" She rolls her eyes, "Maybe you should learn the difference before assuming things, hmm?" She considers him and then looks over at Baller and walks over to him to cuff him. She then looks over, "I only have one pair of cuffs and no time for you. If I see you again...I'm arresting you." She points at Nikias before looking over to Rave and smiling, "Good job." ANd with that, she starts leading Baller the way she came while pulling out a cellphone and calling in the situation.

Nikias has posed:
Nikias chuckles a bit at the mention, (I heard what sounded like Japanese from down the alley, my dear lady. I do not judge based solely on a name.) Said once again perfect if somewhat archaic, this time in Mandarin. The mention of cuffs draws another chuckle and a few bumps of his eyebrows, "Oh my, that's hardly something to talk about in front of a minor, now is it?" He glances over at Rave, "You're a minor, right? Kinda hard to tell, that fifteen to twenty-five range just kinda blurs together for me." Says the man who cant possibly be older than twenty-two...right? As Chun-li makes her threat and starts off, Nikias smirks a bit more, "Looking forward to it, beautiful." He says before looking back to Rave, his smirk dropping, "....You ok, kid? That got a little intense there..." He glances at the bodies, "...Just try not to look, and remember. They brought this on themselves." All the mirth and amusement has left his tone, sounding actually gruffly concerned about Rave's mental state.

Rave has posed:
A blink Rave looks over towards Nikias in suprise and more than a little indignation. "Who are you calling a minor?" she protests, before shaking her head. She was about the same age that Nikias looked, as far as one could see. A little shift of her hands, the blue-haired girl glances towards the departing Chun-Li and then back to the mroe serious question posed her way. "I'll be fine," she answers, perhaps not in the most convincing of tones...but she'll likely prove it true with enough time.