[ChicletPrime]

2. Night Raid

• me and the little girl are hiding in a utility closet that has a secret window. well, if i can't fight for some reason like the bad ass i am, at least i am excellent at finding and utilizing safe spaces on a moment's notice.
  
• "the floor is soaked in blood". wow. okay, that must have been a lot of gunfire.
  
• yup, is Sherman's Punks. Chekov's Gun goes off fast around here. and they're specifically looking for me. i made quite the impression at The Nest i guess. i wonder if i have a bounty target on my head now?
  
• hey, the shopkeeper is covering for me! seems out of character. then again, this guy did shoot up her bar so maybe she's not feeling helpful.
  
• this lieutenant has a broken, "wire-bound" jaw. i wonder who hit him.
  
• spatial issues. now the shopkeeper is talking to me directly. is the.. is the utility room like right behind her or something and she's.. talking through the secret one way window?
  
• bingo, i am so good at putting things together
  
• hey, i remembered the tranquilizer in my sleeve! at least its still there after three days of random torture and some extra down time in a bed. i guess i get why Sylus wouldn't have confiscated it; it probably wouldn't work on him anyways and he doesn't much care about anybody else that might get in my way.
  
• oh yay, she covered for me because she thinks i could be worth a lot more to somebody else that isn't the mysterious Mr Sherman Punks.
  
• woooo! HI CROW! with your razer sharp wings dive bombing the lieutenant, love you buddy.
  
• "what is that?!"  really? well, if your memory is that bad, let's jog it for you  /flashback to long fingers around throat, eek. i'm four seconds into this story and i am already channeling my other murder-soaked half. and he's not even here.
  
• my attempted escape during the distraction is foiled. hiiiii, Sylus. i guess you WERE here! no wonder i was ready to cut a bitch.
  
• "do you always point your gun at your saviour to express your gratitude?"   when its you, absolutely. what a silly question.
  
• but why are you just standing around in the shadows, my guy? Mr Sherman Punk Lieutenant just shot up the place which he wouldn't have done if you had control of N109, soooo.....
  
• hah! bullets into Sylus, dust comes out.  what the fuck are you, and also, so hot.
  
• four seconds late, more dead bodies on the ground only nobody saw anything move.
  
• SHE POINTS IT OUT! go you, girlfriend, this wouldn't be happening if Sylus wasn't losing his grip on the N109.
  
• oh. and he stops himself from saying anything. interesting.
  
• what the hell? "several Wanderers materialize..."   that is not only interesting, that's really foreboding. is somebody using... i guess protocores to cause destabilization fields deliberately?
  
• HOT MOVE.  why the fuck isn't that a card? maybe its a card. i need to SEE THIS.
  
• (Sylus spins me so my back is to his chest in an embrace, slides his finger over the trigger of my gun and we're both aiming at the lieutentant guy)
  
• BATTLE COUPLE is BEST COUPLE
  

Time out for more coffee and a challenge fight.