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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 29, 2014 21:29:06 GMT -5
Satoru was confident that Ketih and his employees would be in position as soon as possible if they weren't already, after all, he was cutting it close with his timing as-is. He was on time though, and he headed past some lightly armed (knives, maybe a pistol, but he doubted they had much effective training with guns) guards and into the warehouse. It was dusty, filthy really, and it stank of rat-shit and decaying wood. It was probably scheduled to be torn down soon, or was at least condemned.
So cops wouldn't be around here, not a bad spot...
"I'm here," he called out, eyes narrowed. He didn't see Gabe, where was he? "Where's my son?"
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jan 29, 2014 22:27:51 GMT -5
Keith and Eva were in position nearby, along with Mina and Egil. The tatted ex-Tora was trying to keep calm, keep breathing and tried not to make any moves that would get them caught. It was harder than he thought, but what else could he expect? He was staring RIGHT AT the warehouse, where his son and husband were at, and if they weren't careful…
Well they better be careful, he wasn't going to think about what would happen otherwise.
Inside the warehouse was silent for a moment, followed by a loud thud as a door in the back opened. There were two figures, the taller one, most likely the man who had been on the phone, he was tan with a few scars on his face and arms. He held a pistol in one hand while the other was tugging a familiar blond with him. Gabe looked like he was going to pass out at any second, his legs were shaking and his arms were tied behind his back. His shoulder had clearly been shot at, and his shirt was torn where different knife wounds had gone. The Kuma's face certainly hadn't been spared either; all in all in was obvious that he had been their main source of entertainment for the past few hours.
The taller man smirked as he saw Satoru. "Nice of you to join us." He brought the gun up to Gabe's temple, just in case Satoru tried to pull something. "So, sooner we start talkin' business, the sooner ya get your boy back."
The tired blond looked up, was that his stepdad? It was hard to tell, along with losing his glasses his head felt like he was spinning. He was hurting everywhere, he hoped to god he'd pass out again soon...
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 30, 2014 0:14:13 GMT -5
Satoru tensed imperceptibly, he kept his hands away from his pistols for now, though. "First thing's first," the gunslinger called. "You bring Gabe over here, I can't run and he's deadweight as he is now. And negotiations might not go as smoothly as you like if I'm being... THREATENED, even vicariously." Never corner an animal or threaten a parent with their child. Two rules for surviving confrontations. He doubted the goon knew them.
"Once he's here by me, we'll talk. You harm him while I'm here and you won't have those fingers long enough to fire that shot." Was he that quick and precise? Yes. Yes he was. Did he honestly want to risk a misfire with his son's life on the line and a dozen guards in the room without backup while his son was injured? No. No he didn't.
Egil and Mina were hidden expertly, and had trusted Eva to keep Keith from giving himself away. It might be a little while for Satoru to get Gabe out, but after that, they were going to slaughter all but the lowest of the peons. That one they would leave alive, spread the news to the gangs. Show what happened to those that messed with the Alabasters. Apparently it only took thirteen years to have people forget what happened to people who crossed the range's boss.
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Post by Gabe Alabaster on Jan 30, 2014 0:49:36 GMT -5
There was a quiet moment as Gabe's captor thought. Finally the pistol was brought away from the blond's head and was walked half way before being shoved toward Satoru. Gabe, now not having any sort of support to keep him up, collapsed as his legs gave out from under him.
"Alright, ya got the brat." He snapped, still keeping a tight grip on his gun. "Now we talk."
Keith kept glancing at Eva, a silent 'Can we go in NOW?' look, only to be answered by the blond shaking her head. Satoru needed to have Gabe out of there before they did anything, he knew that. Still, she could understand him enough, being a parent herself. Didn't mean he could just lose it though, just give it time, THEN they'd massacre the sorry sons a bitches.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 30, 2014 16:20:48 GMT -5
Satoru managed to catch Gabe and halt (for the most part, he nearly stumbled at his son's weight) his crash to the floor. "Fine," he said, settling the blond Kuma. "Start talkin," he had eradicated most of his contacts after the last fiasco, so even if he wanted to cut a deal, there was no way he could get the supplies. He was pretty sure most of his contacts were dead anyhow. Still, he needed some time to come up with a plan to get Gabe under some cover while they stormed the warehouse. Somewhere defensible... The whole place was falling down but there had been a raised walkway that was half-rotted, crates of varying sizes and a good amount of general debris...
He could work with it, certainly, but he needed a little time.
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Post by Gabe Alabaster on Jan 30, 2014 17:00:15 GMT -5
Gabe felt someone catch him. The voice, yeah that was Satoru, so now what? He could hear that ass that had taken him talking now, but the words he was saying weren't making sense to him at the moment. Voices he could hear, but the words weren't sinking into his brain. Should he try staying awake? He'd heard going unconscious in these situations wasn't really a good thing, but it sounded like such a good idea right then. Man, did he wanna sleep…
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 30, 2014 18:08:54 GMT -5
Gabe was still awake, Satoru noted. Good. That was good. If he was awake he was safe, but the bleeding hadn't quite stopped and that wasn't good. The top-goon who was trying to cut a deal and being far too wordy with it, but... well, it did give the big guy with a big mouth enough to distract himself with. The blond Kuma wouldn't do well without a hospital soon.
So, guess it was time.
Satoru whipped out Vera and fired. The first bullet slugged its way through the boss' head and a second one was close behind, cutting clean through a support beam's rotted end to send the whole walkway crashing down around them, enough to provide decent cover all around for him and Gabe. At least now he only had to deal with half the goons he would have had to. Two more shots took out another two goons, Keith and the others were bound to be on their way in now.
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jan 30, 2014 22:56:52 GMT -5
There it was, Keith thought quickly as they came out of hiding. The guards that were outside had heard the commotion as well and started to run in, and Eva and Keith immediately took a few of them out before they had the chance. It was game time, and they were ready to slaughter.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 30, 2014 23:18:33 GMT -5
Egil and Mina leaped into action, the blond hanging back a bit to take out some more guards from a distance as Mina rushed for the building with pistols ablaze. The ground outside the warehouse was growing with corpses, and there would only be more. "Keith, Eva! Take the right! I'll go left!" The bigger commotion they were stirring up on the outside would inevitably draw more good out than in, and this way once they got in they could trap the buggers. The west, east, and south entrances were all covered this way if they tried to make a break for it.
Unfortunately for Satoru, the cavalry was taking a little long to come and rotting wood was only half-serviceable cover. The team was doing well so far at drawing fire, but there were apparently some more vengeful thugs in the bunch. And it was just his luck that all the good shots were in here. His left arm had taken a hit and he was having trouble moving it, which mean the bullet was lodged in there and really that made sense. It was just his luck after all. The gunslinger grit his teeth and took another couple of shots at his assailants. C'mon Keith, Eva, ANYONE... He really needed some backup.
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jan 31, 2014 0:01:09 GMT -5
Keith and Eva didn't bother giving any indication that they had heard Mina and hurriedly made their way to the right, each dropping more bodies as they went. Once their side was taken care of they found a way inside the warehouse. Eva, being the quicker shot of the two was able to take out a couple of men without much thought. Keith looked in the direction that was being fired at and rushed for his son and husband with the blond close behind and still shooting.
Gunshots, Gabe heard gunshots. Damn, and he had almost fallen asleep too. Still, that wasn't good… Satoru couldn't take them all on his own, could he? With the luck he'd been having lately they'd probably both die. That… that really sucked, first he lost the girl of his dreams, and now this. Maybe it was a good thing Fei left after all, she never needed him anyway…
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 31, 2014 14:07:23 GMT -5
The main issue with waiting for the cavalry, Satoru had decided a few moments after he heard gunshots getting closer, was that their timing was either impeccable or shit. And this time it seemed to be the latter. He didn't know how the gang members still alive had managed to be so good with firearms (none of their faces were familiar, it was possible they were from elsewhere though) but he knew enough to know he was pinned down, running low on ammunition, and his cover was crumbling.
And he had known as soon as he had caught motion out of the corner of his eye of someone aiming a rifle at Gabe and not at him that cover and consequences be damned he was not letting ANYONE get another shot in at Gabe. And they had known that there wasn't enough time to fire at both of them before the shot rang out, so he did what he could, he took out the gunman aiming for Gabe.
There had been a shot, a burst of white-hot pain.
And now he couldn't feel his legs.
Egil vaulted over his cover as the final outer guards were disposed of and hurtled into the warehouse, Mina was entering from the west, he had the south, but he had HEARD that gunshot, a howl of pain that he knew deep down wasn't right. He couldn't stand by and so he ran. Mina met him on the inside with Keith and Eva, though the inked Tora seemed to have a plan of his own. That was fine.
Especially once Mina managed to take down the few remaining gunmen. "Eegs go with Keith," Mina barked, not hearing Satoru's voice meant she was the one in command. She might have been the second-youngest of the group, but she was Satoru's right-hand for a reason. "Eva and I'll do another sweep, you get Toru and Gabe and you get OUT of here, you got it?"
The Swede nodded and darted after Keith.
He skidded by the bullet-riddled wood that was concealing the range's boss and helped to tear aside the cover to get to them.
His heart stopped for a moment before his inner medic kicked in and he pulled out some cloth. "T'k c'r 'f T'ru," he grunted to Keith, foisting over the cloth for him to press against Satoru's back wound. The Swede would take care of Gabe, Keith wouldn't be much good if he was panicking over his son. The pair were in bad shape, Gabe had more injuries overall, but Egil was certain that Satoru had a spinal injury, they needed to get to a hospital.
For the moment though, he focused on disinfecting and wrapping what wounds he could for Gabe. At least the shot to his shoulder was clean through, he wouldn't have to extract anything and it could have some treatment now.
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jan 31, 2014 14:27:37 GMT -5
If Keith would have had the time to hesitate he probably would have, but he didn't because this was life or death and Satoru had been SHOT now. He snatched the cloth from Egil and quickly and carefully pressed it against the shot wound in his husband's back. They needed to get him and Gabe out NOW before things got worse.
Gabe looked up, but everything was still spinning. Someone else had him, it wasn't Satoru though. "Wh'rs Sat'ru...?" He mumbled, still fighting to stay awake. That bastard better not be dead, he'd just started being nice to him again.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 31, 2014 14:53:31 GMT -5
Egil tied the bandages tight and started testing the blond teen for fractures or breaks, he needed to move him, and he'd rather find a way to do that that wasn't too painful for the Kuma. "W'th K'th," the Swede said quietly. "R'ght n'xt t' ya. T'll m' wh't h'rts." Thank god the teen was conscious, that made this a lot easier.
The gunslinger spasmed in pain at the pressure on the wound, teeth grinding together in pain. "Can't-" He knew it was important he knew it but the pain hurt too much it hurt so much. The explosion that had left him with the burns had been the only thing comparable to this. "Kei- Keith I can't feel my legs--"
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jan 31, 2014 15:23:22 GMT -5
Gabe tried to think, everything hurt really… "M'- m' h'd…" he mumbled. "Ch'st, an' m'… m'…" God he was so tired, he couldn't do this anymore. The Kuma passed out before he could finish talking.
Keith's eyes grew wide and he looked over at the other man's legs. No, nonononono this WASN'T happening!! "Egil," His voice was eerily calm as he spoke. "He can't feel his legs." The bullet had hit his spine from the looks of it, and if he couldn't feel his legs…
Please, oh PLEASE let this all be a dream.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 31, 2014 15:46:57 GMT -5
Egil felt cold. "N''d t' g't th'm t' th' h'sp't'l," He said, voice low as he scooped Gabe up as gently as he could. "Gr'b T'ru, 've g't G'b." It wasn't like Keith would have any trouble carrying Satoru at least, though Egil was pretty sure the elder Tora would pass out. Spinal injuries were painful as hell, nerve damage always was. "C'm'n." He lifted the Kuma up. The hospital wasn't too far, and having an ambulance arrive at the scene of what looked like a gang-slaughter wasn't going to do anything but raise awkward questions.
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