Owner	Pose
Jimmy Olsen	*ClickClickClickClick* The shutter of the camera rapidly fires, caputuring a half dozen pictures in less than a second. The hoodied figure huddled on the corner of the roof, overlooking the street and the second story restauranta cross from it, lifts his head ever so slight to peer over the camera itself, squinting at the large window where two men in nice suits sits and enjoy an expensive itallian meal. It's not the most glamorous job in the world but James Batholemw Olsen, Jimmy to his friends, doesn't mind. It's in his blood, to seek out the truth no matter the cost and besides... At least it isn't snowing. Of course at this moment he doesn't know what the truth is. A contact sent word that an exiled Latverian crime boss was shopping for weapons or even allies to sneak to 'rebels' back home and was meating a contact at said restaurant. And since there was no way for Jimmy to get a reservation to the very private venue he opted to go old school. So he dressed down and snuck his way to this rooftop. Now only if he could get a picture of whomever the crime boss was talking to... The angle sucked, though...
Colleen Wing	The streets whisper all of the time. And if you've an ear to the ground, you hear things. Colleen still had eyes on the street - fewer than she once did by a significant amount. Still, there were a scant few who still left word for the woman. A rumour here. An anonymous note there. This time it had been a text. A time and a corner. With a cryptic 'you want to be there'. Whatever that meant. Still, the woman had made cerrtain to be there, intent upon finding out why she'd been left the information, and prepared to do something about it. While Colleen wasn't sure exactly what was up, she was pretty certain it wasn't going to be Girl Guide cookies exchanging hands.
Jimmy Olsen	Jimmy Olsen snaps off a few more pictures, thanking the digital gods for having a huge memory card and not having to rely on actual film, like in the 'good ole days'. He still isn't getting the shot he wants... But a movement off to the side of the street catches his eyes. A faintly feminine shape who seems to be watching the building as well. Sure, maybe it's just local lollygagging or even a streetwalker looking for a john but... He doesn't think so. Perhaps it's instinct.. He drops the camera, letting it hang from the lanyard and runs to the edge over the adjacent alleway, grabs onto to firesescape sliding down to the street level and moments later he is peeking out around the edge ofthe alley, his camera pointed at the woman, trying to get a shot of her face...
Colleen Wing	Colleen isn't aware that she's been spotted from the rooftop perch of one Jimmy Olsen. Rooves aren't her usual wont, though she may soon learn to change that. Still, she's casual in her observation of the corner across the way, keeping to herself, pausing every now and then to look about as though she's impatiently waiting for someone. She isn't. But if you have to be standing in a place, and don't want to look out of place, and can't avoid the possibility of being looked at, pissed off and impatiently waiting for someone who is late is an awfully good thing to be. As luck would have it, Colleen reaches up to push her hair away from her face just as he presses down on the button on his camera. *clickclickclick*
Jimmy Olsen	It's not like she /didn't/ blend in. It's just that Jimmy is a photojournalist, if for one of the reasons being he can see things that some people don't. Part instinct, part situational awareness. It's what makes him good at his job. Also, luck helps too. Like getting the shot of the woman's face. He mentally pumps his fist in triumph and is about to get another shot off when his vaunted situational arareness fails him and he feels something on his shoulder.. He slowly turns his head to look at a red goved hand... then up that hand to a red bound arm.. to a red shadow in a hood with glowing red eyes peeking out of the shadow formed by that hood. "Oh.. Uhm... Hi?" he says. The ninja says nothing, since actions speak louder than words, and Jimmy finds himself flying backwards through the air to land in a pile of trash cans. It's pretty loud. The crash, that it, not his /totally/ manly scream.
Colleen Wing	Whatever it was that Colleen /thought/ she was here for? that crash draws her attention away. And, like Jimmy, she's more than her fair share of situational awareness going for her under the right circumstances. Her time with The Hand, training and recruiting? There were some things you just didn't forget. They became a part of you. And if The Hand hadn't prepared her, her time with the Defenders had.. The woman's attention not only swivels to where the crash is, but to where it mostly likely originated before the cans were involved, catching the fleeting shadow of Jimmy's assailant. It was really all the impetus she needed to get involved.
Jimmy Olsen	Ow.. Jimmy stirs and groans as he pushes himself up to his knees among teh debris and detrius from the garbage cans, arching his back slightly to get the kinks out. "Son of a... That was so not cool.." he groans and blearily turns his head to look at the Ninja who threw him. One of them,, anyways. "I musta hit my head harder than I thought.. I am seeing triple.." he murmurs as he shakily stands up... and the closest of the trio starts walking roward him, the other two remaining where they were. "Well crap.." he moans, realizing it's not triple vision. There really /are/ three ninjas. He holds his hands up, spread outwards, in a placating gesture. "I'm sure this is a misunderstanding... I mean, you probably got lost. Chinatown is a few blocks over..." This causes the advancing ninja to actually stop.. then cross his arms in obviously 'Really?' body language as he glares at the reporter. It takes Jimmy a moment to realize his faux pau. "Oh.. right.. Ninjas are /japanese/.." he says.. "Yeah.. Sorry.. My bad..." One of the other ninjas seems to sigh and shake his head.. the third one just palms it's face.
Clint Barton	Clint had a few contacts of his own and while he'd graduated from 'street sweeping' awhile ago, some Russian thugs not included, he owed some favours so he made his way down to check things out. That's when he hears the scream. Clint is gone before it stops echoing, running towards the source of the sound to save the poor screaming woman. Or at least that's who he thinks is screaming.
Colleen Wing	All comedy aside, Colleen has a better idea of what Jimmy is dealing with. She's dealt with their kind before. And even if she hadn't, there were stories at her grandfather's knee, as well as her training growing up.. Coming up behind the trio, Colleen murmurs, "Really? Maybe we should make this a fair fight." She eases herself into a grounded position, at the ready.
Jimmy Olsen	Well it's a good thing that /someone/ knows what Jimmy is dealing with because the redheaded reporter sure doesn't. He steps back as the head ninja resumes walking closer, the presumably evil martial artist reaching behind his back to withdraw a katana. Oh lets be realistic. A red ninja with even REDDER glowing eyes? Definately evil. "Really? Maybe we should make this a fair fight." Everyone, even Jimmy, Stops and turns to look at the woman who just arrived, apparently ready to kick ass and take names. And Jimmy almost looks relieved. Almost, since there are three bad ass ninjas vs an asian girl in a hoody. "Riiiight... I guess I should be ging then.." Jimmy offers by head ninja doesn't even look at him.. instead he explodes into red vapour and recoalesses right inf romt of Jimmy, snap kicking the photographer in the gut.. Jimmy gasps and falls to his knees as the Ninja raises his sword... The other two twist and throw themselves at Coleen, their swords drawn as well."
Clint Barton	"Shit," Clint draws and fires an arrow at the guy with the sword raised. Well at the sword, a blunt heavy arrowhead, meant to know the blade from his grip. Spotting Colleen the Avenger grins, "We've got to stop meeting like this!" He draws a fresh arrow and puts it to string.
Colleen Wing	Colleen's smile is controlled as the two throw themselves at her. Two on one isn't usually a fair fight, but then again, neither is Colleen... And there's a familiar voice, making har smile braoden for just a moment. "Yeah, yeah. Deal with the trash first. Chit-chat later." She easily side-steps her attackers, and moves to engage one, drawing her own katana from the tube slung over her back. Who knew she wasn't just some courier carrying plans to some office?!? Clearly they didn't. And like them, she knows how to use it.
Jimmy Olsen	Jimmy Olsen seethes, grasping his gut and rocking on his knees... hands tucked up under his coat... He barley notices the ninja about to give him the ginzu lobotomy.. And ass the sword comes down he doesn't get out of it's way.. But the havy arrow knocks it off vector and the blade sails through the air, and some of the, as it passes his crown and the folded steel digs into toe cement of the street. Jimmy blinks at the blade, buried in the concrete, the.. The Ninja seems surprised, which is very un-ninjalike if you ask Jimmy.. But thats okay because whatever happened, it snaps Jimmy back into the moment and he pulls out his pen! The Ninja was trying to get the sword free of the ground but stops as he stares at the brandished writing impliment... and gives Jimmy another 'really' look? Jummy shrugs. "You know what they say about the pen being mighter than the sword.." he tells him, and clicks the end. *WHOOOOOOSH** A blast of supercompressed air blasts the ninja in the face and THROWS him head over heals into a dumpster with a loud crash! The two other ninjas are not paying attention to their third. They are circling Colleen.. They haven't seen Clint yet. Their sword tips dragging on the goround, drawing sparks, they circle her until they have her right between them, where they lunge at her from both sides... swords streaking.
Clint Barton	Clint has to recognize game when he sees it, and Jimmy's quip was alright for a civilian. "Nice one," he says to the kid before he helps Colleen with her ninja problem. "See, one day when you and your friends move up to world saving level, you'll be able to quip and fight at the same time," Clint closes in on the ninja circling Colleen. He pulls back his draw hand, taking aim at one of their knees, "You guys know what I mean right?" he asks as he lets fly.
Colleen Wing	Colleen has had more than enough training to deal with her two ninjas. Even if they are.. well, ninjas. Something something about sparring with the Iron Fist on a daily basis.. you know. It's an edge. They might circle, but she's not giving in to the distraction. She's aware of where each of the pair of them are on relation to her. The sparks are just a bit of immature showmanship as far as she's concerned. Not even a blip on the radar, and a lousy wasy to treat a sword to boot. The first sword is neatly avoided, Colleen merely stepping aside, doing a twist in place to block the upraised thing before it even has a chance to hit, while sweeping low with a leg at the other, aiming for the knee that took the arrow. The girl fights to win. That much is clear.
Jimmy Olsen	Yes.. yes she does fight to win. And it's not like she probably needs the help. She neatly avoids and blocks not one but both of the immature ninjalings with that deft grace of hers. But the arrow to the knee of one WAS a bit of a help and that ninja falls down on his ass rather un-ninja like. The other one makes a hissing sound and tries to step into her space as she is kicking out at his partner with a quick high-low double slash. The first one has used his falling backwards to roll and come up on his knees and with a toss of his hand release two throwing stars at Clint. Jimmy, of course,has NOT run away. His camera is out and he is grinning like an idiot as he starts taking his own shots.. with his camera of course. Of course, he thinks that the first ninja has been taken care off but he doesn't notice the guy push out of the trash and run at hum from behind, sword ready again.
Clint Barton	Wow! This last ninja can move! Clint is forced to drop down out of the path of the stars. He hits the ground in a roll and fires back with a snapped off shot from the ground. As the arrow flies he sees something in his peripherals and shouts, "Get down!" seeing the glint of blade being raised behind Jimmy's shoulder. The yelling Avenger looking with widened eyes at Jimmy and his camera, definitely makes a good picture. Hopefully it won't be his last.
Colleen Wing	Falling ninja is less of a concern - even if the stars are deadly, they aren't aimed at her, and that high-low slash of sword is! Colleen's attention is grabbed up as she moves this way and that to avoid the strikes, her centre of gravity held solidly as she steps out of place and to the side, doing a neat little twist as she does so, coming up behind her opponent, arm swinging around with the momentum of the movement to strike at the base of his skull with the pommel of her katana, even as she continues her movement along, ending up at the other side of him, facing what she hopes will be a prone enemy.
Jimmy Olsen	Clint's roll and fire is deadly accurate.. literally deadly, even if it wasn't meant to be. The arrow flies hard and ture through the night air and strikes the throwing star ninja in the chest.. and the ninja litterally explodes into red mist and dust with a low *WHOOMPH** His sword drops to the ground and does the same thing in a puff of silver-red smoke. Collen's nat little twist easily brings her behind her own apponent, who is suprised when his sword meets nothing. She couldn't have seen it coming but he turned his head and instead of her pommel hitting the back of his head it takes him in the bridge of the nose.. There is a squeal as he falls back and as he its the ground he too evaporates into mist-dust. Damn this is AWESOME. Jimmy is snapping away, not a care in the world. Ninjas! And A sword Chick. And an Avenger! And NINJAS! Thats turn into.. wait, what did Hawkeye yell? Oh right! Luckily this isn't the firast time he has ever lost focus (on the situation, not the picture, those are always great) and he ducks down as the last (and first) Ninja's blades slashes through the air where his head had been.. This time NOT taking any more hair with it. Jimmy rolls foreward, rambo style, And brings up his camera again as the ninja advances in anger. "Cheese, Muthufu*CLICK*" HE had been taking pictures using the low light infared function of his camera, but this last shot? He had flicked on the flash, and a brigt blast of illunimation goes off, directed an Ninja McSwordpants. The Ninja gahs covering his eyes with his free hand (so unprofessional) and staggers around, swiping in random vectors.
Clint Barton	Clint gapes when his ninja turns into a puff of smoke. Did he just kill that- Then Colleeen's vanishes too. He breathes a sigh as he stands up and watches with a bemused smile as the blind ninja flails around. These guys don't seem human, even so Clint draws and doesn't fire. "Hey, you wanna take this one?" he asks Colleen. "Feeling kinda bad hitting a blind guy."
Colleen Wing	Colleen's answer is easily given, "Never give a bad guy the edge. You take them out without playing with them." And that being said, with the same focus she dealt with the initial two, she moves to take out the third, whether or not Cllint helps.
Jimmy Olsen	The Blind Ninja shakes his head as the world starts to come back into focus... just as Collens blade comes at him. He doesn't have time to react and is skewered thrugh the chest cleanly. He looks down at the sword sticking out of him, almost sad.. And Jimmy clicks off a final multi-shot.. Capturing every moment as the ninja evaportates. And for a moment all is silent... "OH.. MY.. GOD!" Jimmy suddenly cries out, shattering the near silence. "That was /AWESOME/!" he crie and starts dancing around like an idiot! "Daddy's getting a new 75" TV for christmas!"
Clint Barton	"We do it another way, where I come from," Clint says. It was partially true. The Avengers didn't kill. SHIELD though, they did things Colleen's way. "Anyhow, who were those guys?" he asks now that the fight is over. His interest in the answer suddenly dulled by Jimmy's little dance. "Hey, man you take a hit to the head or something?" he asks.
Colleen Wing	Kill. Incapacitate. While Colleen preferred the later, the former was efficient and sometimes necessary. And if it came to her or her opponent? She wasn't asking questions. It was all action and possible remorse later. Not that Colleen was feeling very remorseful. Jimmy wasn't exactly equiped to save himself, and those ninjas weren't leavinng calling cards and inviting them all to tea. They meant business. "What the hell was that anyway?" Colleen isn't yet convinced all threat is gone, taking a wary look about the space they're in. Turning, finally, to Jimmy, "You okay, kid?"
Jimmy Olsen	Jimmy Olsen stops dancing, but is still happy as all get out,. He turns and grins at the Avenger. "Yes. Yes I did!" he says, grinning ear to ear. "Not like it was the first time, though, and it won't be the last. I remember this time when Metallo hit me over the head with.." he stops, shakes his head. "Thats neither hear nor there. Sorry. I've just never fiught /Ninjas/ before. Thats a /first/. I mean, I've been attacked by aliens, demons, alien demonds, monkeys.. don't ask..." he runs fingers through his hair. He then looks at Coleen and nods quickly. "Yeah, I'm fine. It wasn't any worse than when iI was under mortar fire in Sokovia a few months ago.." He then calms a bit. "But Yeah, I'm good. Thanks. I mean it." he says, to both of them. "I'm Jimmy, by the way. And, uh.. You're Hawkeye, right? And you...?" he asks Colleen. "Oh, and I don't know who those guys were. I mean, who would expect Ninjas in Hells Kitchen?"
Clint Barton	Colleen was right to be cautious, who knew if the mist ninjas could just come back together or not, he takes a moment to look around too until he's sure the coast is clear. Then turning to Jimmy, "You got hit by Metallo?" he asks, sounding impressed. "Surprised you're not still in traction. He usually fights Superman, right?" When he's recognized, he grins broadly, "Hey Jimmy, yeah, I'm Hawkeye, but you can call me Clint," he switches hands with his bow to offer a handshake to Jimmy. "That's Colleen," he says, nodding to the lady with the sword. "So no idea why these guys were in the Kitchen?"
Colleen Wing	Once the scene has been cleared, Colleen turns back to the pair. "Huh? Oh, Yeah. I'm Colleen. And Metallo, huh?"
Jimmy Olsen	Jimmy Olsen puffs out a breath, which condenses in the cold air. "Well I don't think he was trying to kill me. I mean i'd be dead if he was, right? He was using me as bait because..." he then stops and leaves it at that. It's not like people don;t know Jimmy olsen and Superman have a friendship, even if it has been over a year and a half since he published anything superman related, but he realizes he doesn't want CLint or COleen to know WHICH Jimmy he is. "Anyways I don't why the NInjas attacked me. I was taking pictures of her.. Colleen..when she wasn't looking" He then froiwns, realizing that may sound creepy. "I mean.. When you were looking at that restaurant.. which I was titally not scoping out as well.." he says. unconvincingly.
Clint Barton	"Big metal guy from up Metropolis way," Clint says to Colleen when she asks her question. Though in explaining that he puts the pieces together, "Right, Jimmy Olsen, that makes sense now," though when Jimmy says he was taking pictures of Colleen, Clint smirks. "Probably the best way to put that."
Colleen Wing	Coleen winces visibly. "Fuck. God dammit." Because this? Totally was a Diversion. Whatever it was that she had been tipped off about is probably long done and gone, and she missed it because she just had to step in and help someone else out. She does stop and blink, then, "Wait, what? You were taking pictures of me? Why?" Her tones caught between amusement and incredulity. "That's not cool."
Jimmy Olsen	Jimmy Olsen ois and blushes a bit, rubbing the back of his head. "Uhm, yeah.. Thats me. Jimmy Olsen." he says and winces as Clint smirks a him.. then looks to Coleen and.. shrugs? "I was staking out that restaurant and saw you doing the same thing... I thought maybe you were their guard outside.. or else staking them out too.. So I was curious. Look, I won't publish your name or anything if you don't want.. wait.. what.. Diversion? Oh god.." he whispers and runs off, to the end of the alley, camera up and out again, aimed at the window ofthe restaurant acvross the street.. Zooming in.. zooming.. "GOD DAMNIT!"
Clint Barton	"Huh," Clint says crossing his arms and looking between the both of them. "I was here to check out that place too," he glances over Jimmy's way when he curses. "I bet Superman heard that," he jokes lightly to cover the flicker of frustration that flashes across his face. He wasn't too invested in this hunt, but he hated being duped. "Guessing we lost them?"
Colleen Wing	Colleen sighs and swipes a palm across her forehead. All of Jimmy's efforts aren't going to change much of anything. In fact, if she had to guess, there were never *really* any ninjas up here. Not in the strictest of senses. It wasn't a thing she could explain - how a nothing could hit you and leave bruises and marks, and even kill you - but on a gut level it was a thing she could comprehend. How the mind worked to create and envision something to the point that its reality could have effect. Like chi, the mind was a powerful thing, and a collective illusion was not an impossibility. She'd seen and felt her blade run through that last ninja. Whatever was going to have happened here was long done and gone while they were all fighting.