Maria Helena Grayson (crossbow_bat) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2013-02-25 21:04:00

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The flow of drugs through Gotham was like a tidal wave most of the time, but occasionally Huntress and Robin managed to stem the tide. Huntress had been working for weeks gathering information on her latest targets. She had been watching, tracking and collecting information on all people involved. She was almost ready to make a move. Almost.

Tonight she was following a shipment. She knew how they were coming into the city, who was receiving them, who was moving them, but the final destination before they hit the streets was the unknown. Tonight she would find out and then they all could be taken down.

She watched from her rooftop perch across the street from the warehouse.

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	crossbow_bat 2013-02-27 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	Huntress found a position where she could watch them load the van. Three men loaded packages into the back. One kept a look out. Though Maria wondered what good was a look out if he didn't look up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-02-28 01:21 am UTC (link)
	Tomas moves in, using the other side of the van as a shield against the lookout's vision, trying to get close enough to the sentry to take him out without the others noticing. Quick, quiet and efficient. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-02-28 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	Huntress frowned when she saw someone else moving in on her guys. Dammit. She was going to wait until the van starting moving so she could follow it. This was a huge monkey wrench in her plans. She swore and then headed for the van. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-02-28 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	Tomas notices movement out of the corner of his eye. Damnit, he must have missed a rooftop sentry somewhere. No time to break the guy's neck. He just puts the sentry down with a hard chop. Louder than he'd have liked, and heads for the other crew, clamming the van door on one of them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-02-28 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	Huntress pulled a crossbow and put an arrow in one of the tires. No sense in letting them get away. A guy came out of one of the doors to the building and she headed for him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anti_venom
2013-02-28 08:48 pm UTC (link)

Of the two remaining, one is drawing a gun wen he gets a fist to the throat. He'll likely live, but it puts him down, grabbing at his throat and gasping. The other manages to get a gun out and a shot off, though it misses when Tomas rolls to one side, and then hits him with an uppercut.

Unfortunately, the gunshot was still plenty audible. Damn whoever that was that made him rush this.

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	crossbow_bat 2013-02-28 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	Huntress charged toward the guy coming out of the building. She jumped and her foot connected with the guy's head. He stumbled backward against the building. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anti_venom
2013-02-28 09:52 pm UTC (link)

He finally gets a look at the person - not a great look, but still... female. One of the bats, he thinks. Maybe the one who moonlights with the JLA?

On second glance... hot female, in tight clothing. But still one of the do-gooders... he has to remind himself. No time for that now. He shuts the van doors, and heads for the driver's seat. While she deals with the remnants, time for him to get out of there. Someone is expecting a vanload, and he has his perfect means in.

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	crossbow_bat 2013-02-28 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	The guy Maria kicked went down and she turned her attention back to the van. "Hey!" she yelled at the guy who had disrupted her plans. She reset her crossbow, came up to the driver's side door and took aim. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-02-28 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	He notices her coming towards him, crossbow at the ready. He even hears the question - as he's peeling out. "Sorry, got a meeting I don't intend to be late for." he calls back, not looking out the window - can't let her have a clear shot. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-02-28 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	Well he won't get far on a flat from the tire she shot out, but it never hurt to be careful. She shot an arrow into another tire as the van started to move. Two flat tires. That should the trick. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anti_venom
2013-02-28 10:31 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, he might have been able to make the one flat tire work - since he didn't give a damn about the van.

Two? No chance. He tosses one of his grenades into the back and abandons the van after careening into an alley.

Great, so now there's no way he'll be able to bust up the rest of the operation. Stealing the van was the obvious way in. So nice of the Batfamily to make it easier on the druglords to stay in business.

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	crossbow_bat 2013-02-28 10:33 pm UTC (link)
	Huntress was pissed. That van was the one thing that would have allowed her to find the other people involved and some jerk tried to steal the drugs for himself. It was time to deal with said jerk. She started walking in the direction the van headed. It couldn't have gotten too far. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-02-28 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	He may be pissed off with her, but he has no reason to want to mix it up with the Bat crowd just now. That way just leads to trouble. He's made the leap up to grab a hanging fire escape, and started climbing - out of range of it when the grenade goes off in the van to at least make sure nothing gets salvaged to end up back on the street. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-02-28 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Sonovabitch," Huntress swore. Okay, so maybe he wasn't after the drugs, but it didn't help any. She was pissed. She would've had been able to bring in everyone involved in the ring. Her temper wouldn't let it go. She started climbing after him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anti_venom
2013-02-28 10:46 pm UTC (link)

When he reaches the top first, he's a little tempted to drop another of his explosives down at her, or attack her mid-climb. She ruined an opportunity to take the whole ring down, hard.

Wouldn't be sporting though. He's there, watching her, just long enough to make it clear he could make the climb a lot more difficult, then just shakes his head and takes off for the next rooftop, leaping across the gap.

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	crossbow_bat 2013-02-28 10:54 pm UTC (link)
	Huntress followed. She wasn't going to give up. She would get some answers out of this guy. The gap between the buildings wasn't too wide and Huntress cleared it. "Hey!" she yelled at his back. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-03-02 01:57 am UTC (link)
	Persistent. And just the kind of trouble he doesn't need. "You've already screwed enough things up tonight." he calls back, ducking around some cover to keep her from getting an easy line of sight, heading for the next rooftop. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-03-02 02:00 am UTC (link)
	"Me?! You screwed things up!" she yelled as she chased him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anti_venom
2013-03-02 02:13 am UTC (link)

"I had an in to stop their central distribution, and take out the cartels' local contact." he's not going to lose her. She has the climbing tools to get places he can't, and is every bit as fast, as well as more familiar with the city. So - might as well exchange words and let things get in closer. She has too much of an edge at long range.

"Then you blew out the tires."

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	crossbow_bat 2013-03-02 02:19 am UTC (link)
	"I was going to follow that van to their local contact," she said as she very carefully and slowly approached. Her crossbow was ready and aimed right at him. "I knew where the drugs were coming in and from where. I just needed to know where in Gotham they were going. You ruined that by trying to take the van." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-03-02 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"And had you let me take it and just followed it, you'd know where it was, and I'd be on the inside getting close to the man at the top before he disappeared. I trailed them this far, I wasn't about to go letting something screw it up. Until you got involved." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-03-02 03:02 am UTC (link)
	The crossbow lowered. "How the hell was I supposed to know you were going to do that?" She got closer to him, almost in his face. "For all that I knew you were just trying to steal the drugs!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-03-02 03:58 am UTC (link)
	He gets right back in her face, scowling back. "So your answer is start shooting. So there would be no van to follow anywhere. Great." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-03-02 01:00 pm UTC (link)
	The scowl did nothing to her. She was used to scowls. Uncle Bruce was the king of scowls. "Better than having the drugs on the street," Huntress said. "I did what was necessary given the circumstances and I'm done defending my actions." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-03-02 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	Likewise, her bat-attitude does nothing to remotely back him down anywhere. "Fine, then at least we're both done not accomplishing anything. So you can go find something useful to do." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-03-02 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Next time you encroach on someone else's turf, you may want to give them a head's up. We could've brought them down had I know what side you were on." A pause. "Huntress." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-03-02 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	"Just because anyone who puts on dark colors and the bat symbol thinks they own Gotham doesn't mean they do. And, of course, the Bats have such a great record at working cooperatively with other people. No thank you. I did the work to track the cartel from Mexico into the city. Not the big, bad bats." pause. "Skanda." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

crossbow_bat
2013-03-02 11:28 pm UTC (link)

"You think I think I own Gotham? Please." She rolled her eyes. "You don't know me. You may know the previous Bats, but not me. I'd just like a head's up if I'm going to be sharing turf with someone. So I don't mistakenly kick their ass."

She smirked a bit. It was hard for Maria to be serious all of the time.

"Skanda, as in the Hindu god who was the son of Shiva, or as the guardian of Buddhist monasteries, or am I totally off the mark?"

Maria didn't take responsibility well, but she did have a brain. One that Bruce and her parents made sure was educated in religions, philosophy, art, music, history, math and sciences.

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	anti_venom 2013-03-02 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	That, at least, surprises him enough to get a hint of a smile. "Some of all the above." he agrees. "Which helps make up for you thinking you could kick my ass." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-03-02 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	Son of Shiva. It brought to mind connections Maria wasn't sure if she wanted to make. It could mean problems, but those were issues to worry about some other day. "Something that I can prove some other day. You've had enough disappointments for one night." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-03-04 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Any time you'd like to try. Seeing as neither of us got what we wanted tonight, it looks like I'll be in town for a while." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-03-04 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	Huntress smiled and patted his cheek. "I like you. Maybe we can team up sometime in the future." She started walking away, stopped, blew him a kiss and then started climbing down the fire escape. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-03-04 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, he's sure that would go over real well. Somehow, he doubts she'd care for his methods. On the other hand - at least if she's going to get in the way, she's cute. He lets her go off her direction, heading the other. Time to come up with a new plan. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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