originally posted in:The New Dojo
"How good are ya?" Alex asked. He took out a small leather bag from his jacket pocket, and took out a shiny coin from its hold.
"Can you shoot on a dime?" He challenged her.
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"Hm....Someone had to have saw something. What about security cameras, this place have any?"
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"No. Because private dealers pay for the cameras to be turned off. This town may look nice, but it's a centre of crime." Anne stated. "Great. So we don't have any leads." Alex said with annoyance. "Ya. And I've tried to ask around here as subtly as possible, but the fact is you can't go around asking 'excuse me, do you know where I can find a child assassin?' without probably getting a few eyebrows raised or being shanked."
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"Then why not ask about the brawl that broke out? Use that information to gain information about the assassination."
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"I did. But everyone was too drunk or aggravated to remember anything." Anne answered Sera.
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"I find the fact that nobody knows anything hard to believe.....The clan might be threatening the people or bribing them to keep their mouths shut."
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"Good thinking Sera." Alex complimented again. "I was thinking the same thing." "Sure you were." Anne teased. The two began to bicker pettily about how he did know or if he didn't know, but Sera noticed something. She heard everyone in the Inn when she came into the room. But now...she didn't hear anything outside...
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"Wait a minute....You guys hear that noise?"
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The two stopped talking for a second and listened. "...What noise?" Anne asked Sera with confusion. It was dead silent.
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"Exactly, the bar was busy as hell right? So some noise should be coming through the walls. But as you can hear.....not a peep, like everyone outside just disappeared."
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Alex put the pieces together quickly and took out the tranquilizer pistol from his coat pocket. Anne walked quickly into the room after she looked to Alex and put the pieces together herself. She grabbed what looked to be a black stick from the corner of the room, then she opened a drawer beside the bed and took out what looked to be darts. "Babe, what is that?" Alex asked. "Blowgun." She answered nonchalantly. "A what now?!" "Ya! A blow gun? And the darts are laced with Rohypnol."
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Sera hopped up in the bed and drew her bow, notching an arrow and ready to release it. "The next person that opens that door is gonna be in a world of hurt....."
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Edited by Inflatablepants: 4/7/2017 12:25:56 AM"No kidding." Alex said as he took cover behind the bed and took aim. Anne hid around the corner of the hallway which led from the door into the room. The group had established an effective choke point... But...nothing had happened.
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Sera was silent, and kept her arrow locked on the door, waiting for it to open.
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The door began to shake slightly. The knob looked like it was being fiddled with.
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Her focus was unwavering, and eyes were locked on the door. She adjusted her air so the arrow would land in the shoulder area when it fired.
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The door then suddenly swung open, and an arrow was shot as soon as a figure bursted forwards into the room.
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Sera rolled forward which caused the arrow to miss her and Imbed in the wall, and when she came out of the roll she fired her own arrow which landed in the figures shoulder.
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The figure was sent back into the corner of the hallway. Then, another arrow wizzed by Sera's ahead. As she got a good look she saw at least six dark cloaked figures positioned outside. But the doorway limited her point of view. "Sera! Get out of the hallway!!!" Anne yelled.
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Sera rolled right and notched another arrow in her bow, then fired it at the next closest figure.
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The arrow soared through the doorway, but it's target moved at the last second. He had his now drawn, but he suddenly dropped his bow and pressed his neck as a small syringe hit his throat. He fell to the ground, and Alex took cover. "God dammit!" Alex let out. "We might have a choke point, but we're trapped right now!"
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"Get ready to hit then run, I've got a trick up my sleeve!" She notched a new arrow which had a bulky head, then shot it at the ground in front on the figures which then began to blink rapidly.
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The figures saw the arrow and quickly ran out of the way. "What's the plan, exactly?" Anne asked Sera.
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"Make em scared and have us move out of this room, then il blow the arrow. Let's move!" She hopped of the bed and ran forward, and her bow suddenly straightened out and transformed into a spear.
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The two sprinted out behind her, but Sera found herself in trouble immediately. One of the cloaked figures jumped and slashed at her with a long black baton, and it hit her in the side of the head which sent her to the floor. Anne quickly returned the favour as she sent a punch into the side of the figures head, which sent them to the floor unconscious. Alex quickly grabbed one of the large tables and flipped it over, and dragged Sera over to him quickly so she could be in cover. Anne ducked behind the tables after she shot a dart at one of the kids, who was sent to the floor. The table was positioned on an angle to the doorway, so no one could effectively get the jump on them from behind. "Are you okay?!" Alex asked sera.
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She rubbed the back of her head and groaned, and her spear began to glow. "Yeah il be fine, just tell me where they are...."