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RP: Bounty Hunts [Bounty 3.1] Eviction Notice

Ground level, right side

Katya didn't knew what was going on until she saw a body.
She quickly reached for her medic kit, then tried to get to the body, but noticed that it was too late.

She then followed behind the Duncan, then put her finger on trigger.

"Wha...What do we do now...?"

She quitely whispered to Duncan as she followed behind him...
 
Duncan glanced back tensely to Katya between cover movement, "We are just moving toward our objective. Stay with me and keep an eye out."

With that said Duncan again moved to the next available cover, ever closer to their objective.
 
Right Side

"We are not here to help the locals," Jaina said to Katya when she saw her reached for medpack. "We are here to do the job. That means getting to the machine room. The locals are the enemy, we might not like it, but that is how it is. Let's keep moving, be quiet, bad terrain up ahead." The mercenary leader waved her hands forward.

Left Side

Kendra smirked and raised her shotgun as Jacob waved her onwards. She gave him a nod and moved forward. The Separa'Shan kept her body low, slithering on her long tail. She had that advantage, she could go low or high fast. Her tail also helped her turn around fast. Still she was not all that happy that Jacob sent her first.

"You won't get that raise if I get killed," Kendra whispered a joke. Still she kept her eyes sharp forward.
 
Katya looked at Jaina as she held her medic kit

"But......what if there's some locals and they got wounded so bad.....?"

She then quickly looked front, then quitely started to move behind Duncan
 
Ground level, right side

There was an inaudible crack when one of the mercenaries at the back stepped over a tripwire, and then a loud boom as the trap it was attached to set off. In a matter of moments, the area around them was covered in dust that was suspended off the ground by the small explosion, making it hard to see or make out what exactly had happened other than that something had exploded really, really close to them. In the spirit that nothing was so bad that it couldn't get worse, that was also when the denizens decided to renew their efforts.

As the dust started to settle and the mercenaries closer to the blast started to recover their bearings back, the bullets started flying. At the front of the group, where Katya, Jaina and Duncan stood farther away from the blast, they could see the silhouettes of their aggressors moving around the rubble. They only had a few moments to glance at them before the muzzle flashes appeared and the rubble they used for cover rang as the stray bullets buried themselves into the concrete.

The gunfire was sparse, as if - just like the last time- the locals didn't have enough weapons to arm everyone, but they were advancing slowly but steadily even when some of the mercenaries beside the three of them formed a makeshift line and started opening up with their guns.

Ground level, left side


Jacob never got the chance to finish his sentence. As he got up and was about to reply to Kendra, the shots started to erupt again from where the other group was located. The bounty hunter ducked for cover and scanned the area around him, looking both around the rubble at the ground level as well as on top of the buildings that were left standing for anyone trying to put his group on the same predicament. When it seemed that such a thing wasn't going to happen, he lowered his gun and continued moving.

"Let's move while they're distracted with the other group," he said after a while, continuing to move down the rubble-strewn road. He was sure a bunch of armed-to-the-teeth mercenaries could handle the locals in a pitched fight.
 
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Duncan took cover from the sparse gunfire. He ducked his head quickly to the left as a bullet ricocheted off the rubble and shattered a small piece off.

He shouted over the din, "What's the plan boss lady? I say we keep moving. Fastest way to end this is to fulfill the objective." Duncan paused as he made a quick shot over his cover, "Whatever you decide though, I'm good to go."

Duncan wasn't especially quick to shoot at the advancing hostiles but he made an effort to place his shots to discourage any would be attackers.
 
"What the-"

Katya quickly ducked her head as soon as Duncan ducked his head.

"Are you alright?! Did you got shot? Yes?! No?! Answer me!!!"

She quickly tapped his shoulder then yelled as she looked at him for any wound
She then realised that he didn't got any injury, then sighed in relief but quickly pointed her shotgun toward the enemy
 
Ground level, right side.

As soon as the battle started, Jaina had already moved to the middle of the group to lend a hand to the other mercs. With the dust clearing out, the two mercenaries at the back -Duncan and Katya- could see that there was only a dark red spot where one of their group had stepped over a tripwire.

"Keep pushing, smash these assholes!" One of the mercenaries yelled amidst the gunfire, firing his rifle with sporadic, semi-auto shots aimed at the mob that was starting to gather. It was clear that after watching one of their buddies die, he wasn't playing nice anymore. The mob didn't scatter when the mercenaries started shooting, but they moved behind any piece of cover that they could find. The two groups were so close that even rocks were being thrown at them from behind the piles of rubble.

Duncan and Katya weren't at the front, bearing the brunt of the fight, but if they were, they would be able to hear the denizens of the abandoned complex also hurling verbal insults at the mercenaries. The two groups had reached a standstill at that point, with the mob having more numbers, but Jaina's group having more firepower.
 
Ground level, right side

Jaina moved quickly to the rest of the mercs. One was dead for sure, but the rest was fighting and that was good. The redhead fired her GP-1 towards where the enemy was firing from, just covering fire while she moved to her mercs.

"All right," Jaine shouted, taking cover behind some rubble. "Someone get a grenade over where those bastards are. Then we move. Duncan, Katya, give us some covering fire, while we move to your position. We will then advance in two groups. One covering, one moving. All right let's do this folks. Time to kill some motherfuckers!"

Ground level, left side

"Right," Kendra replied with a nod. "They got a radio, should they need assist, they can call."

With that Kendra kept moving on, her shotgun held firm in her hands as she slithered onwards. She was not all that happy about being a point-man, but true to be told, she could see better then nepleslians and she also made less sound as she moved. She figured that was why Jacob chose her.
 
Ground level, Right side

Duncan dashed ahead as he recieved Jaina's orders. He knew he should stop at their current firing line but moved ahead further to the next set of cover just north of the mercs. He hit the corner with his shoulder and a thud.

He took a quick breath in and steeled himself before he turned the corner. He proceeded to rake as much of the enemies cover as he could with his Shot 12. His shots were aggressive and widespread to disuade as much return fire as he could cover. His only hope was further support in this from Katya, hoping she kept up.
 
Ground level, Right side

Katya watched as Duncan dashed to cover.
She then sighed in relief as he safely made to cover but realised the situation then quickly pointed her shotgun then started pulling trigger.

As soon as she heard the 'click' from chamber, she ducked then quickly grabbed few shells from her pocket, but looked at Duncan then deicded to dash beside him.

"Hey! Duncan! I'll dash beside you! Cover me!"

She then quickly got up, then started to run as fast as she could
 
Ground level, right side

Soon, it became harder to hear everyone unless they were shouting, and some of the mercenaries started to resort to tapping the ones near them and gesturing to mark targets. The well armed group started to trade shots with the two large groups that the mob had split itself into, seemingly by chance. Fortunately for them, unfortunately for the mercenaries who didn't seem to have the amount of people to keep both of the groups suppressed. Dashing ahead, with bullets trailing his feet, Duncan raised a puff of dust as he hit the rubble.

Firing his shotgun at the closest group. That close, he could see that they were all wearing hags, with strips of cloth and leather covering their faces, making it harder to see if he was shooting at men or women, even though it didn't make much difference. They all seemed to fight with the same suicidal fanaticism to get them killed. That close too, he could hear them yell in a their hoarse, throaty language, which didn't sound anything like either Yamataigo or Trade. Firing the last of the rounds in his shotgun, he managed to see a pink mist puff out from one of the shooters, making the rag-clad person slump backwards and out of sight behind the rubble. The victory was short lived, however, as someone raised from cover and started shooting at him with the weapon of the person he had just downed.

Some of the people shooting at them hadn't spotted Duncan moving in time to get a shot on him, but when they saw a second person following after him, their guns were already set to shoot. The ground around Katya erupted with the impact of shots, as well as some stones that were thrown bouncing off the cracked asphalt. Right before she reached the cover, however, the Nepleslian felt a stabbing pain on her left forearm. As she reached the cover besides Duncan, she could see that someone had shot her with -out of all things- an industrial nail gun.

And it was a big nail.

The metallic object was stuck to her forearm, with the pointy end only slightly poking out from the inside of her forearm, while most of it poked from the other end. It was a safe wager that it was probably four inches long and a quarter of an inch wide. There wasn't too much blood running, since the nail wasn't intended to be a weapon, and didn't cause the tumbling a normal projectile would, and neither could she feel too much pain from the initial shock of the injury. But it was a big nail.
 
Ground level, right side

Jaina noticed Duncan and Katya advancing, which make her frown a bit. Well next time she will have to be more clear with her orders. Since no one seemed interested in throwing the grenade, Jaina let her rifle fell out of her hands on the three-point sling and grabbed one of her frag grenades.

"Frag out!" Jaina called on her commes and tossed the explosive surprised to the group that tried to pin her and her mercs. They had to catch up with Duncan and Katya and grenade should be more than enough to give them the space to do so. At time like this it was better to stay in group, especially since it might end up with hand-to-hand combat.
 
Ground level, right side

Duncan watched as Katya ran over and winced when she got hit. Duncan reached for her as she got to the cover and pulled her down beside him ensuring she is was covered. Duncan started reloading as he looked over at Katya beside him. "Shit that's a nail! Who shoots a nail at someone? Hold still I can pull tha..." the rest was lost as Duncan heard Jaina's cry came over the comms. Immediately after the impact Duncan once again unloaded around the corner determined to provide even more cover for the advancing mercenaries.
 
Katya quickly looked at her forearm as soon as she heard the Duncan shouting.
She quickly reached her hand to the nail stuck on her forearm, then mumbled in pain as soon as she started to pulling it out.

She then ripped some of her blue jeans, then wrapped it around her forearm.

"Gah.....Crazy people......."

She then heard the Jaina, then quickly looked at advancing mercenaries, then started to provide covering fire for them.
 
Ground level, right side

The other mercenaries that were behind with Jaina also reached for their gear and readied any explosives that they were carrying witht them. Soon, even homemade explosives were sent flying besides Jaina's frag grenade, landing behind the first row of piled rubble where the closest hostiles were taking cover behind.

The fabric wrapped around Katya's arm soon had a darker-colored splotch on either side where the nail had gone through, but it didn't get any worse than that. It was easy for her to deduce that bleeding out wouldn't be a problem with such a light wound. There were the crumpled bangs of the explosives setting off, and as the Neplslian was finishing tying the makeshift bandage around her injured forearm the dirt started to rain over her and the other mercenary next to her.

Besides Katy, Duncan unloaded his shotgun again at the nearest group, although this time the ragged denizens of the complex were wise enough to duck down as the shotgun pellets flew over their cover, leaving the viscinity surprisingly quiet. Or they closest enemy group had already been turned into ground beef by the explosives. After the rubble stopped falling back down, the second group behind resumed their firing.
 
Ground level, Right side

Duncan reloaded his shotgun again while taking cover from the renewed fire. He shook his head, as he slammed home the last round. Duncan knew there were only two options left. A long drawn out firefight in which the enemy could recieve back up or someone had to go for glory. He always wanted to go out in glory and if he survived well, what a story this would make. He took a moment to release the latch on his smaller 8 gauge TV Remote.

Reaching up he placed his hand to his ear and activated his comm, "Jaina, It's Duncan. So, we need to push these asshats. Listen, you're not gonna like this but I'm gonna move up, give 'em something to worry about in their faces. Just, you know, join me when you can."

Duncan turned to Katya, smirked mischievously and winked, then rolled around the corner. He ran hunched over along the right hand wall moving quickly toward the next cover firing his Styrling 12 as he moved. He moved with a purpose toward the pocket of resistance.

After emptying his shotgun, Duncan flung the shotgun ahead of him and drew his TV Remote. He would unload it over the cover into the massed locals when/if he reached the enemy.
 
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Ground Level, Right Side

Katya watched him as he turned to her, then smiled back with her face getting little red
She then quickly got up as he started running, then emptied her Shotgun as them.

"Grrrrr...."

She groaned as her Shotgun made 'click', then quickly got down again.
She then pulled out her Plasma Revolver, then peeked on them as she carefully grabbed it.
 
Ground Level, Right Side

Jaina kept her head down as the grenade exploded and dirt rained all over the place. Her ears rang and she took a moment or two to gather her bearings. She was about to grab her team and retreat to Duncan and Katya, when Duncan got an idea. Before Jaina could stop the young merc, he left his cover and attacked. Head on. The guy had guts, Jaina had to give that to him, but he went against a plan so she will have to kick his arse later. Right now, she had to adjust to him or let him die, and she did not like her men getting killed.

"You, move to Katya and provide cover fire," Jaina said to one of the mercs with her, while she dug out her bayonet and fit it to her rifle. She looked at other two. "You two flank those bastards, while I go help the hothead."

With that Jaina grabbed her rifle and charged after Duncan, read to shoot anything that she could. She wanted to avoid close quarters, but Duncan made the choice for her.
 
Ground Level, Right Side

Duncan never got the chance to reach the other group behind, or to empty his shotgun for that matter, though. With the smoke and dust from the detonations not even having cleared away, it made it extremely hard for him to see what was ahead as he vaulted over the tall cover, which was just the warning the people on the other side needed. With a force that betrayed the way they looked, a pair of vengeful hands reached from the pile of seemingly dead people that had been fragged, grabbing at the straps on the side of the Nepleslian's vest and stopping him from moving, while a second one of the surviving denizens grabbed at his shotgun and tried to wrestle it away from him.

All the while, the second group continued firing, not caring whether they were hitting their own kind.

Katya arrived a couple moments later, and considering how tightly packed everyone was, the risk of her shooting Duncan with the plasma revolver was almost the same as shooting the two rag-clad fanatics trying to wrestle him down. Before she had the chance to consider the situation any more and react to it, the sidearm was batted away from her hands with jarring force by another one of their enemies with a heavy, rusted metal pipe. The plasma revolver clattered against the rubbed and landed among the dead bodies they were stepping over, which gave the team's doctor a couple moments of respite as her attacker tried to steady himself due to that.

That was just when Jaina crested over the first piece of cover and saw the scuffle. Several of the current inhabitants of the complex from that closest group were nothing more than a mangled mess on the ground, but a couple started to pick themselves off as they got over the initial diziness of the explosion, which they were shielded from the brunt of thanks to the tightly packed mass of bodies. She saw Duncan being wrestled down by two of them, while the second mercenary behind her arrived just in time to see Katya's weapon being batted away.
 
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