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Post by HSummers on Aug 26, 2010 23:47:51 GMT -5
Robert peels himself from the window and reaches back for the gym bag. Opening it, he catches a wiff of what's inside very quickly re-zips the bag. "Thanks but I'll take my chances. So, what kinda outfit are you working for again?"
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Post by dakota on Aug 27, 2010 8:40:08 GMT -5
Ryne paused a moment. " Well, we used to be the NSCA under Homeland Security, but that program was shut down, so now.., " he paused long enough to swerve to avoid hitting a double parked truck," we just changed agency affiliation. You ever hear of the Sentinels of Liberty and Justice? We're sort of their little known cousins. Hang on." He slammed the brakes and juked sideways to avoid another truck making a turn. " The boss can explain it better than me."
In the sky up ahead, Robert saw something that might have been a person fly past.
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Post by HSummers on Aug 27, 2010 10:36:59 GMT -5
"Little brothers to the SLJ. That's interesting." Robert looks up to see something fly past. "Are...you racing them?"
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Post by dakota on Aug 28, 2010 16:57:39 GMT -5
"No, Deci should be long there by now." Ryne chuckled, " why, is my driving making you that nervous?"
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Post by HSummers on Aug 29, 2010 12:47:39 GMT -5
"No, just...keep not getting us killed and we'll be fine." Robert holds on to the dashboard for stability and rolls with the car's movements.
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Post by dakota on Aug 30, 2010 0:17:51 GMT -5
" You know you're not the first to... aw crap." Ryne said, glancing in his mirror. " You got that seatbelt on tight, right?"
Robert had time to see a police cruiser closing up on the car even faster than Ryne was going before the tires howled and they were suddenly thrown sideways from the sudden impact of the cop car into their back bumper. they were knocked askew, blocking both lanes of the street.
"Here, take this and put it behind your ear and start talking. Tell whoever answers what happened and where we are." Ryne dropped what looked like a small band aid with a circuit board on it onto Robert's hand and started to get out," I'm going to buy the others some more time."
The big man was out of the car and immediately shouting at the pair of police officers crawling out of their wrecked cruiser, blaming them for hitting him. Traffic was already starting to snarl.
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Post by HSummers on Aug 31, 2010 3:35:52 GMT -5
"Well, shit..." Robert put the thing behind his ear and started talking "Hello? Hello!? Goddamnit, is there any body there?"
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Post by dakota on Aug 31, 2010 6:14:55 GMT -5
Ryne was very animated in his conversation, but not aggressive as he confronted the officers, who were doing their best to calm him down.
A woman's voice suddenly came in Robert's ear, " Don't swear at me. who is this?"
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Post by HSummers on Aug 31, 2010 12:20:00 GMT -5
"Don't swear? Wow... Well, This is Robert Mowglin, I'm with Ryne...Atlas and we just escaped from a fight. But now the cops just rammed us off the road and he's trying to deal with it. We're at the corner of 9th and Franklin. Who is this?"
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Post by dakota on Sept 1, 2010 1:16:29 GMT -5
" I'm Ashley, and I'm the one who's going to save your bacon." she replied. " Wait, did you say Mowgli? Like the kid in the jungle book?"
Outside, things were not going well until one of the officers went back to his car to talk on the radio. He returned rather pale faced and was apologizing.
" And?" Ashley said, as if waiting for a reply from Robert.
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Post by HSummers on Sept 1, 2010 11:09:56 GMT -5
"Yeah, it's like Mowgli in the Jungle Book. Try not to think about that too much. It looks like whatever whammy you just did worked. Cops look like ghosts."
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Post by dakota on Sept 2, 2010 23:48:16 GMT -5
" Of course they look like ghosts. How would you react if your supervisor was chewing you a new one for something you hadn't reported yet? Federal agencies do have their connections after all." Ashley replied in Robert's ear as Ryne motioned for him to follow him towards the back of the car.
The big man was trying not to laugh as he got out of the officer's view. " I don't know who your talking to, or what they did, but I think the blonde guy wet himself when he was done talking to dispatch.: He pulled at the loose bumper and tore it off with ease. " You okay? That was a pretty good hit. Hard enough the cruiser air bags all deployed. Lucky ours didn't."
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Post by HSummers on Sept 3, 2010 11:31:56 GMT -5
"Well Ashley, job well done. After all this mess, I owe you...whoever you are." Robert walks to the back of the car with Ryne and watches as he pulls the bumper off. "Yeah, I'm doing fine. Our friend Ashley here really did a number on those cops. We clear to take off?"
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Post by dakota on Sept 4, 2010 21:39:51 GMT -5
" Ashley? " Ryne looked suprised, then shrugged," Cool. Yeah, we can go but we're gonna need some bodywork done. Yeah, let's get out of here." He tossed the bumper in the back seat and got in after saluting the two distraught officers.
Once Robert was in, he continued on the way. " So you been fighting long?" Ryne made small talk like nothing was going on.
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Post by HSummers on Sept 5, 2010 12:33:21 GMT -5
Not picking up the meaning of Ryne's surprise upon hearing about Ashley, Robert gets into the car. "Yeah, I've been fighting since college. Should've started earlier. Still need to get my mom outta that house. What about you? How long've you been doing what you do?"
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