Maria Helena Grayson (crossbow_bat) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2013-04-07 00:35:00

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Cleaning up loose ends (open)
Huntress stood perched on the edge of a rooftop as she watched the men in the alley below. It had taken weeks to track down the men she had tried to stop before when that idiot messed up the bust. The drug ring members had laid low and it awhile for them to be active again.

Tonight, provided she didn't have any outside interference, the ring would be brought down and all involved would be in cells before the night was over.

Huntress fired two arrows with sleeping gas canisters on them through the windows of the building. She drooped down into the alley ready to take on anyone who came out trying to escape the sleeping gas.

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anti_venom
2013-04-07 02:32 am UTC (link)

Tomas was just beginning his infiltration run. It took a while for his informants to get him the information, but it was going to be worth it, provided he got here ahead of the Bats...

and then there's knockout gas. He makes sure his mask is in place, and shifts the spectrum on his goggles. Makes the job harder - now the alarm is sounded and he won't be able to distinguish the actual targets from the grunts... damnit. Probably that idiot bitch again.

He moves through the gas, snagging the nearest target and snapping his neck. Got to be quick and efficient to have a chance of making sure his actual targets don't get away. He's certainly not going to trust.... her to do it.

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	crossbow_bat 2013-04-07 02:38 am UTC (link)
	A few guys came stumbling out of the building and Huntress was on them. One was hit with batarangs and pinned to the wall. Another was given a roundhouse kick to the head. He crumpled to the ground. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-07 02:43 am UTC (link)
	There's not quite as many people racing out as she might have thought. Skanda takes out who he can, doing a quick check for signs of being the money men, or the jewelry to indicate people of importance before moving on. So far, just thugs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-04-07 02:46 am UTC (link)
	One more person came out and Huntress quickly disposed of him. Then she slipped a breathing mask on and charged into the building. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-07 02:49 am UTC (link)
	Skanda sees motion, and gets under cover quickly. He readies an ambush, but recognizes her just as he's leaping out towards her when she enters. "...damnit." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-04-07 02:52 am UTC (link)
	Huntress saw him and growled. Damn him. Hadn't she told him to give her a head's up? Nevertheless, she ran after a man trying to slip out the back. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-07 02:54 am UTC (link)
	He manages to not quite run into her. There's a little more cursing. He starts after the same person, then sees other motion, leaves it to her, and heads after some people trying to escape via the walkways and to the roofs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-04-07 03:08 am UTC (link)
	Huntress brought down her man with a batarang. He fell to the floor. Huntress looked down at him. She smiled when she saw it was the leader of the cartel. She turned to find another opponent. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-07 03:11 am UTC (link)
	Both lieutenants to the boss land near her, thrown off of the catwalks before they can reach the ceiling. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-04-07 03:13 am UTC (link)
	Huntress dodged the falling bodies and went after the few remaining thugs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-07 03:16 am UTC (link)
	Damned woman. This would have gone much cleaner - but at least the numbers seem about right. Seeing one more group, Skanda vaults the side of the catwalk, using one of the last little packs of guards to break his fall. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-04-07 03:20 am UTC (link)
	Damned man. This would have gone much easier without him, but the help wasn't totally unappreciated. He should have contacted her about this. Maria knocked out the remaining two thugs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-07 03:26 am UTC (link)
	Like he's ever going to feel the need to check his agenda through some damned Bat. With the gas starting to dissipate, and no more motion, he checks her targets, confirming that all the targets who were supposed to be here are accounted for. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-04-07 03:28 am UTC (link)
	Huntress looked at him. "A head's up would have been nice," she growled at him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-07 03:38 am UTC (link)
	"I don't need your permission to keep after the cartel I tracked across half the country. At least you got lucky and got the gang boss." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-04-07 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	"You could have told me so we didn't step on each others toes," she grumbled. Jerk. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anti_venom
2013-04-07 05:59 pm UTC (link)

"You ralize that your predecessor's decades of paranoia, kicking people out of 'his' town, docuumenting the weaknesses, family ties and vulnerabilities of every superhuman he ever worked with as an /ally/, and insistence on doing things his way gives the rest of you way, way less than zero credibility when asking people to trust you, right? Yes, I know you're going to say you're not him or you're not doing things that way... which is precisely what Batman did to his best friends... right before he almost killed them all by doing it again. I don't answer to you, I don't trust you, and I definitely don't trust the Bat-family idea of not stepping on each other's toes. Sorry... don't blame me, blame the guy with the pointy ears."

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	crossbow_bat 2013-04-07 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh don't even get started on talking about predecessors," she said. "We could be here all night." Huntress threw her hands up in the air. "Fine. Be an ass. Don't come crying to me when things don't go your way." She turned to walk off. The cops will be here shortly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-07 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	"Good riddance." he mutters... while not quite being able to stop himself from watching her ass as she walks away. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	manasa 2013-04-08 12:25 pm UTC (link)
	Carolyn was reading when Tomas came home. She could tell he was vexed about something just by the way he carried himself. Her money would be on a mission going south or something similar. Her brother was /dedicated/ to dealing with the drug trade. "Something go wrong?" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-08 12:29 pm UTC (link)
	Dedicated is one way to put it. Obsessed is another - using the cartel's own methods and brutality against them. "That stupid bat-bitch... again." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	manasa 2013-04-08 01:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Wait. What Bat-Bitch?" Carolyn asked. "What happened?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anti_venom
2013-04-08 01:42 pm UTC (link)

"Second run in. One of Batman's heirs or something... Huntress, maybe. I don't care what she calls herself. That cartel we came up here tracking - she keeps showing up. She let a bunch get away the first time. This time, between us, we got everything, but it was noisy and messy, and some close calls. Plus, of course, she's a bitch. Expects me to tell her where I'm going to be. Go figure... a Bat."

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	manasa 2013-04-08 01:46 pm UTC (link)
	Carolyn could tell my his body language that he wasn't annoyed as he sounded. There was something more to it all. She shrugged. "Well it is their turf and you're encroaching. I'd probably be a bitch too if someone was trying to poach on my territory." Yes, she liked to play devil's advocate once in awhile. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anti_venom
2013-04-08 01:50 pm UTC (link)

Granted, he's almost as annoyed as he sounds. He doesn't like jobs going bust.

"You realize that every time Batman ever got someone's agenda, he used it to get information on their families, their weaknesses, their hideouts, and everything else he could use against them, right? And we're related to people the Bat-family would very much like to find.

Telling her a thing is just begging to be blackmailed and tracked down."

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	manasa 2013-04-08 01:57 pm UTC (link)
	"I'd like to see a Bat come after our family," Carolyn said nonchalantly. "Maybe Father can break some more backs." "Though telling her where a bust would be may not be so bad as you're making it to be. Use the Bats as you would a weapon." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-08 02:00 pm UTC (link)
	"You've heard our mother's opinion on that. The bats are a blunt blade. When I need their information, I'll call the bats. When I have a bunch of scum who need a trip to Diablo, they just get in the way." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	manasa 2013-04-08 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	Carolyn rolled her eyes. Sometimes Tomas' obsession got in the way of thinking creatively or differently. The Bats could be made into an effective weapon, or so she thought. Given enough time she could probably come up with a way to use them. "Whatever. So what about this girl you've been seeing?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anti_venom
2013-04-08 02:28 pm UTC (link)

For the most part, Tomas takes after their father. He has, however, been firmly trained by their mother as far as an opinion of the Bats. She worked /so/ hard to get them past their restrictions against killing... and failed. And he's certainly not about to start going easy on the cartels. Nor the 'legitimate businessmen' who fund them. He's pretty sure the Bats would object to him assassinating Gotham businessmen.

"Maria? She's... beautiful. But also useful. She knows everyone. Within a couple of months, I should know who is the money behind a lot of the trade here in town."

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	manasa 2013-04-08 02:43 pm UTC (link)
	"So you're just using her for information," Carolyn said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-08 02:48 pm UTC (link)
	He grins at that. "I won't lie to you, but I suspect you don't care to hear how good the sex is either. She's fun... and I haven't done a lot of that outside of sparring in a while. But she's also a source of information, yes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	manasa 2013-04-08 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	"You're right, I really don't care to hear how good it was swapping bodily fluids with her. I'm glad you're having fun. You need to do that once in awhile." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-08 04:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Its a good start. And I've already got some leads to start tracking down. I'll work on finding out more on our next date." Fun, yes. But business first with Tomas. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	manasa 2013-04-08 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Just keep me in the loop. I'd like to get out and see some action once in awhile." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-10 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	"Don't worry, as soon as I have anything solid to go on, we'll run some recon, make sure the lead is solid, and if so, pull an assassination." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	manasa 2013-04-10 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	Carolyn smiled. "Good. Thanks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-10 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	"Of course. You were nice enough to come along. I'm certainly not going to forget about you. If we do confirm a money trail, I may go on bat-distraction duty while you make sure the target is eliminated." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	manasa 2013-04-10 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Or you could let me distract the Bat. It could be fun." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anti_venom 2013-04-10 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Far be it from me to deny you your fun. Whichever you like, long as we get the mission done." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	manasa 2013-04-10 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	Carolyn grinned. "That's what matters." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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