| From: | Brion Wauters <BDW2@******.UCC.NAU.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Hernandiz run |
| Date: | Sat, 28 Jan 1995 16:39:08 -0700 |
Hernaniz is no longer among the living. The enclosed file shows how the hit
went down. For those of you who don't know, the elf in the Ancients coat with
the Barret is Jinx, the redheaded fellow in the black leathers is Cinder, the
other elf in a long coat is Caine, the rigger is Ripley, and the tall woman
with the black hair, bomber jacket, and sunglasses is Diana. Oh, yea, and I'm
the dwarf, Irish.
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You are looking into a dingy, rundown, hotel room. Irish is makeing the last
adjustments to the sight of a heavy-duty sniper rifle, while Diana keeps an eye
on three men sitting in a resturant across the street.
Irish: "They doing anything?"
Diana: "No, they're still just sitting there."
Irish: "Good. Caine, you guys in position?"
The image changes to another hotel room, also with a view of the resturant.
Jinx is sighting his Barret on the tallist of the three men, while Caine and
Cinder look on.
Caine: "We are ready."
Irish: "Cinder, whats the magical setup?"
Cinder: "Both of Hernandiz's mates are munds, but there's a pair of elementals
'overing about 'em."
Irish: "Diana?"
Diana: "The man on Hernadiz's right is masking. There's some kind of spell on
Hernandiz . . . looks like a barrier."
Irish: "An initate level mage and a barrier? This isn't good."
Ripley: "You have an amazing gift for understatment Irish. How come you didn't
notice the masking Cinder?"
Jinx: "Are we going to stand here arguing or geek this guy?"
Irish: "All in due time, Jinx. Diana, can you and Cinder break through the
barrier?"
In the resturant, Hernandiz begins talking into his wrist phone.
Diana: "With my loa to handle the elementals, and one of us dealing with the
mage, it shouldn't be to hard."
Irish: "OK, then. You two get ..."
Ripley: "Irish! You better listen to this!" <static>"ell Velli that
we do not
need furthure assistance from Maxim. We are greatful for the Lone Star
security tape which revealed the identity of the assasins, but we will handle
McLeir and Caine ourselves."
Caine: "I belive we have been setup."
Jinx: "Who's this McLeir fellow?"
Irish: "Me. Cinder, Diana, get that barrier down. We'll deal with Maxim
later."
Both Cinder and Diana, go limp as they enter the Astral. Almost immeaditly,
the mage with Hernandiz starts, and the slumps forward. A second later, Diana
and Cinder stir, while the mage with Hernandiz remains still.
Diana: <gasps> "It's down!"
Almost simultainously, both Irish's and Jinx's rifles fire. Hernandiz is
thrown backwards, while his companions dive under the table.
Jinx: "Got him!"
Irish: "Die you fragger!"
Caine: "I suggest we leave before we comence the festivities."
Irish: "Right! Lets b..."
Suddenly several heavily armed men in Aztech security gear charge from the
resturant.
Jinx: "Drek!"
Cinder: "Not a problem mates."
There is a sound like an explosion, and the entire sec. squad is reduced to
chared meat.
Cinder: <grinning> "'tis a wounderful spell, fireball."
Diana: "Congradulate yourself later, we'll meet in the hallway."
Ripley: "Better double time it chummers, my drones are picking up a large number
of people heading your way."
Irish: "Copy. Let's move people!"
Shortly, the two groups are going down a staircase together, with Irish and
Caine in the front, and Jinx and Cinder bring up the rear.
Irish: "Whats our status Ripley?"
Ripley: "You've got a large group comeing up from the West, and a smaller group
blocking you to the East."
Jinx: "Fine, we'll just duck out to the North and use the alleys."
Ripley: "Ah, Irish, one of the people to the East, well, it's Hernandiz."
Irish: "What the hell!"
Jinx: "Impossible!"
Cinder: "Man 'as more lives than a cat!"
Irish: "That settles it, we go East!"
Just as the group is about to leave the building, however, they run into a
street ops squad on its way in. The ensueing firefight is brief, but vicious.
After driving off the ops team, they quickly binding their wounds, and then the
group continues on its way.
Jinx: "This was a setup!"
Diana: "Irish, where did you learn that Hernandiz would be here today?"
Irish: "From one of my contacts."
Caine: "I suggest you speak with this contact of yours."
Irish: "You don't think . . . ?"
Ripley: "Give the man a prize. Heads up! Hernandiz is just around that corner
ahead of you!"
Rounding the corner, Irish & co. come face to face with Hernandiz and
his troops.
Hernandiz: "Well, well. If it isn't my old friend, srgt. McLeir. Finaly
decided to come after me directly, instead of murdering my family?"
Irish: "We had nothing to do with that! And you're one to talk of murder! You
murdered my first family, and now you're trying to murder my second family!!"
Hernandiz smiles grimly "It realy doesn't matter, you're all going to die
anyway." Hernandiz raises his hand, but before he can do anything else, Diana
makes a quick jesture and the man to Hernandiz's left suddely begins to scream
and thrash about. The Aztech soliders stare in horror at their companion, whose
skin is rapidly becomeing a boiled pink in color, while steam pours from his
mouth. Takeing advantage of the soliders confusion, Caine, Jinx and co. dive
for cover. Of course, a pitched battle erupts almost immeadiatly. The
runners, aided by Cinder's and Diana's magic are able to hold their own despite
being outnumbered and Hernanadiz's almost unatural accuracy. Things are even
looking up when Cinder throws off another fireball and takes half of the
remaining Azzies out. Unfortunetly, that is when one of the Azzie soliders
decides to lob a gernade. Both Cinder and Jinx are caught in the blast, and
drop like stones.
Diana: "Drek! Cover me!"
Irish: "Got it!"
Irish stands and begins to empty his Ingram at the Azzies, while Diana dash over
to where Cinder is begining to try and sit up.
Cinder: "I can heal m'self. Take care 'o Jinx."
Diana nods and sets to work putting Jinx back together.
Irish: "Ripley! Where the hell are you?!"
Ripley: "I'm on my way! Dodging the patrols is slowing me down."
Irish: "Well hurry u.." Irish grunts and drops as Hernandiz drills him through
the shoulder, side and arm.
Caine: "Diana! Cinder! We need some magical support here!"
Diana: "I've got my hands full!"
Cinder doesn't respond, but hurls a stream of fire at the street op with the
gernade launcher. The Flamethrower spell cooks off the launcher's clip, and the
blast takes out all of the remaining street ops. Hernandiz spins, and shoots
Cinder in the arm, and Diana in the leg.
Diana: "Son of a slitch!" Diana squeezes of a burst from her SMG, catching
Hernandiz in the face. As the last echos fade, a grey van pulls up, and a red
haired man hopes out.
Ripley: "Jeesh, you people look like drek!"
Caine: "Helps us get them inside."
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Between Diana's and Cinder's healing magic and the three medkits that Ripley
keeps in his van, everyone got patched up, to at least near-as-good-as-new.
Oh, and I had a little "talk" with my contact this morning. It seems that Maxim
told him where to find Hernandiz, and paid him to "leak" the info to me. Looks
like Maxim, and especially Velli, are in this up to their ears.
Diana, Caine, Jinx, Cinder, Ripley, thanks for helping me with this. I owe you
all one.]<<<<<
-- Irish <16:33:25/01-28-56>
