Black War Syndicate(Started. Open. PM the GM)

[WhyBotherToTry]

"The only question is where to go from here"

"The only place I'm going from here is bed" Calvin said tonelessly. "But in the longer run I'd say we could pay that other gang in Lyon a visit, once we find out who they are. I think we'd want to take more than two people for that job though, because after what we did to the Scorpions and what happened at the militia compound they'll be on edge. Alternatively, we could go after that Claude fellow. Were you able to find out anything about either, Mantis?"

 

[Shadowstar38]

"But in the longer run I'd say we could pay that other gang in Lyon a visit, once we find out who they are. Alternatively, we could go after that Claude fellow. Were you able to find out anything about either, Mantis?"

Mantis snapped his fingers and turned to the computer.

"Of course I did! The gang you at the compound were the Beniji Hu. It's Chinese for...I have no idea. Though the gang members are usually French. That's is odd"

Mantis pulled another file up on a different screen.

"Oh. The leader is a Chinese immigrant. Well that makes sense. Anyway, I have a list of the locations they hang out in. As for Claude, there's no one in Black's party that matches that name and description. I'll have to look elsewhere"

 

[Floris2123]

Jacob entered the house, he looked around when he heard barking. Jacob quickly turned around using his right arm to protect himself. A big dog jumped and bit him in his right arm, the suit defended Jacob however not even allowing the dog to damage the suit. Jacob grabbed the dog with his left hand shocking it, the dog fainted and hit the ground. Jacob sighed and grabbed his last flexi cuff and used it on the dog. Jacob quickly searched the house holding his gun ready to fire. It seemed to be empty however, Jacob was glad that there weren't any guards other then the dog. He quickly grabbed the 2 brothers form outside and threw them on the floor they were still out cold though.

Jacob began to close the windows and the curtains. Jacob touched his ear and said into his ear piece "Oliver everything seems clear, you can both come into the house. Just watch out not to attract any attention, also I have caught a dog that was in the house. We might be able to use it as leverage." Jacob walked back into the living room grabbing 2 strong looking chairs, and binding the brothers to it using some rope he found in their garage. Jacob was smiling he was looking forward to the next part of their mission.

 

[WhyBotherToTry]

"I have a list of the locations they hang out in. As for Claude, there's no one in Black's party that matches that name and description. I'll have to look elsewhere"

"Could you send the list to our communicators? Then Byron and I can see about putting a more complete team together when the others get back, and we can check them all out."

He turned to Byron. "That sound ok to you?" Please answer quickly, he thought, because I'm pretty sure I've got a mild concussion and I just wanna get in my bed and sleep this off like a bad hangover.

 

[Yokillernick]

"That sound ok to you?"

Byron took out a cigar and started puffing out smoke. "Well, of course. I don't have anything better to do so I guess I'll go clean myself up. I must have stepped in a turd or something in this sewer. We'll talk later. By the way Mantis, you know that car you like, the black two seater sports car? Ye me and Calvin took it for a spin, I thought you ought to know." he took his leave, "Calvin, Mantis.."

Byron exited the room and went back to the car. He picked up his gear and headed into his usual routine of shower, food and then back to his room. However this time instead of changing into a suit, Byron pulled on a pair of boxer shorts and got in bed. It had been a hard day and he sure could use some rest. But before he went to sleep, Byron hid the communicator Mantis gave him underneath a ton of clothes, just in case Mantis wanted to wake him up again.

 

[WhyBotherToTry]

"Right behind you."

Calvin sighed with relief as they excused themselves. He didn't bother getting anything to eat, he just headed straight to bed. He pulled the box out from underneath and gently placed his equipment inside, piece by piece. Next came his protective vest and guards, the vest was a little dented where he'd been shot earlier, but not seriously damaged. He laid each of the items carefully on top of the rest of the gear.

He closed the lid and shoved the box back under the bed. Quickly undressing, he crawled under the covers and drew them up around him, and felt sleep coming fast.

 

[Ganath]

Stefan had studied his map extensively and navigating the corridors was to no surprise easy. They cut two corners without further hassle, which lead them to a set of shorter stairs leading out on the roof. Almberg decided to take point, opening the door. Little to his surprise though, there weren't any guards here anymore. The fact that there had been 5 guards on the second floor most likely pointed towards some of them having gone off the roof at some point. That could hardily be considered a bad thing for them both though.

"It's empty. There's four windows. So far, the map is spot on."

Stefan made his way towards the ledge, careful not to get spotted by anyone. Sadly, they were really exposed to the third floor windows from the main building, so he waved Caspian over and pointed at the left most window. It was open, much to their relief. Some guard had to have opened it to let the breeze in. Stepping up on the ledge, Stefan leaped through the open window wordlessly. The window of time they had before the guard in the third building made another pass was rather small, and Stefan would make a little noise from the jump, that was unavoidable, positioning himself next to the wall in the corridor's turn, he waited for Caspian. Speaking into his communicator in turn, very quietly, of course.

"He's all yours. We should be able to go right for the third floor after this."

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Stefan had leapt up through the open window on the third floor without a sound. He then positioned himself next to the wall and spoke to Caspian through the communicator, of course speaking very quietly to avoid detection.

"He's all yours. We should be able to go right for the third floor after this." Caspian smiled at this remark, but also because they were close to the objective point. He climbed and grabbed a hold of a window ledge and jump at the ledge of the open window, and waited for the guard to pass. When the timing was right, he leapt through the window, tackling the guard to the floor. After a brief struggle, the guard was knocked unconscious. Caspian took it upon himself to drag the man over to an empty storage closet, and stuffed him inside; not before grabbing a key card that sticked out of a pocket.

He walked over to Stefan, and showed him the card.

"Might be useful, anyway, in which direction should we go now?" Caspian asked as he looked down both sides of the corridor.

 

[Ganath]

"Follow me." Was all he remarked quietly, moving through the corridor. It was by no means quick movement, it was a bit slower but silent. They met little resistance at this point. The corridors branching out into some office spaces filled with cubicles. Stefan was vaguely aware of a guard on the other side of the office area, but they didn't need to pass him, so he left him alone for now. It would only take time to move out and deal with him after all. He advanced up a flight of stairs, stopping at the edge when he heard some guards ahead.

"Sounds like three guards bunched together. Nothing we can't handle."

He stopped for a moment, the sound of footsteps approaching made him move back , hiding a bit further down the stairs. Two guards passed by the upper stairs, patrolling the corridors. So five guards in total on the third floor, two patrolling, three either resting or socializing, they were being loud. The layout of the third floor was a simple circle corridor with various cubicles for office employees placed here and there. It seems the guards were indeed occupying an office building. While he didn't see it with his own eyes, there was a room in the back, marked as a potential area for the computer. He could only guess that it was the chief administrator's office, or some similar thing, either that or a conference room.

Almberg gestured for Caspian to follow and went after the two guards, he struck one over the back of the head. If it wasn't for him talking to his colleague, he might've even heard Stefan coming across the padded floor. He left the other guard to Caspian, once they were both dealt with, he would give the lead over. Letting Caspian take point on the three loud guards. Then the way to the room would be open for them.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Sounds like three guards bunched together. Nothing we can't handle." Stefan said with a slight smirk as stopped briefly, hiding further down the stairs. Two guards out of the five that were stationed on this floor were patrolling the corridors; whilst the other three were either relaxing or talking to one another, either way they were being loud.

Stefan gestured Caspian to follow as he went after the one of the two mobile guards. With a simple blow to the back of the head, the guard was down, leaving but one remain. Caspian then followed suit by moving in on the second guard, putting an arm around his neck, bringing him close to strike him upon the chest, causing him to stagger and become winded. The guard soon collapsed upon the floor, with no intention of getting up for a while.

"Right, with these two out of commission for a while; lets go scope the other three on this floor." He remarked, before signalling Stefan to follow him, locating the three guards quick enough. They all appeared to be talking with one another, but Caspian was unsure about what the topic of conversation was; due to their back being turned towards him. Their area was a large cubicle with two entrances with entrances either side of them, with Caspian and Stefan standing a little distance away, standing behind a small wall section.

"Looks like we'll have to do a pincer moment in order to take these goons out. You get on the other side of the cubicle; when I give the signal, we strike. We both take a guard, whoever gets theirs out first get to deal with a second. That sound fair to you?"

 

[Ganath]

Stefan nodded at Caspian and moved into position, surrounding the guards in the large cubicle. They were talking french. At least, he could make it out now. But Almberg didn't bother to focus on it. A quiet "Ready" came to Caspian and Stefan immediately went into action, running out of cover and smashing one guard down with a horrible blow to the head with his shock baton. Needless to say, the guard went down really quickly. The second guard reacted fast and went for Almberg, tackling him to the ground. Stefan grunted, pressing the shock baton against the man's stomach effectively shocking him and causing him to recoil and spasm in pain. He pressed his foot against the guard and sent him towards Caspian.

Much to Stefan's surprise, the guard who had received a hit to the head went up, disoriented and started swinging his fists at him like some angry drunk. Of course, he didn't come anywhere near to Stefan, though he was certainly about to. He didn't dwell on it and rolled aside, getting back up on his feet.

"Fuck.. this guy is tough."

He grumbled, going for the guard and just barely dodging a swinging fist, Stefan started bashing the shit out of the guard with his baton, each hit sending a jolt of electricity through the large man. It took several hits, but eventually the bastard crumbled, twitching and unconcious. Stefan took a deep breath, leaning forward and looking in Caspian's direction. His body felt somewhat roughed up from the tackle. By the time he had been done with the large man, Caspian probably had time to finish the other two guards off. The guard who he had kicked in Caspian's direction hadn't quite gone unconcious.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Stefan had charged from cover and attacked a guard with what looked like a rather painful blow to the head, sending him to the floor with ease. Caspian meanwhile had to deal with his own guard. This one pulled out a knife and started taking stabs at Caspian, with each strike being a glancing blow across the armoured vest, or missing his arms. He sidestepped the next strike, and grabbed the guard's arm, twisting it, and then sweep kick the legs, causing him to fall on to the floor.

"Fuck.. this guy is tough." Stefan could be heard grunting after dealing with the first one, who had recovered.

Suddenly, Caspian saw the second guard that Stefan was dealing with heading straight towards him. Bracing himself, Caspian took the impact and held the guard in place. They then began to struggle in what looked like an attempt at performing a rugby scrum. Using the moment from the impact, he span to the side, sending both him and the guard to the floor. Picking himself up, Caspian knocked the guy unconscious with the pommel of his sword. Both he and Stefan panted after the guards were down.

"That... was harder... than it should of been. Anyway, lets get to the next location, hopefully the computer we are searching for is nearby." Caspian remarked after panting heavily, and straightening out his clothing. He then stood up and stretched a little.

 

[Ganath]

"It should be. Good work, by the way. Sorry for throwing the second guard at you. Had to push him away."

Stefan took the lead again, leading Caspian towards the door into the suspected room. The door needed a key card, which was ideal, since Caspian had grabbed one. He readied his gun, they wouldn't have time to go into Melee if there were any guards in there.

"I'll take point, you open the door."

The room beyond was a small office with a desk and some file cabinets. The cabinets had long since been emptied, but on the large desk was a laptop. The room had no window and seemed to lack any guards. A large plant in the corner was withered, any caretaker long since gone. Similarly here, the floor was padded but the walls had a mahogany finish which made them look rather classy.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Right, best be careful, don't want this so far quiet mission to be ruined at the final hurdle. And thank you Stefan, you did good too. Alright, here goes." Caspian remarked with a smile as he pulled out the security keycard from his pocket, then put it through the card reader which had a small screen. A message then appeared.

"Access Granted." A female sounding voice said, as a little light changed from red to green, and the door was released from its catchings.

On the otherside was a small office with a desk and some cabinets. From all current appearances, it looked like the place hadn't been used in a while; as was evidenced by an overly withered plant in the corner. Despite all this, on the desk was a laptop, the item in which they were looking for. Both soon entered the room and approached the laptop.

"Best we do a check of the room, in case they are any traps or security devices that could be connected to a laptop."

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

Oliver got Jacob's message about the successful capture of their targets and the house being clear.

"Doctor, if you'll follow me" He said as he briskly got out of the car.

On his way to the house he scrubbed the CCTV footage of any evidence of the abduction and made it appear that Brain and his brother had simply walked back into the house unfettered. He also removed any footage of himself or the Doctor entering the abode.

The two men were tied to strong looking mahogany chairs, both of them were still out cold from Jacob's attack. According to the file he had on Brain bribery or coercion wouldn't get them anywhere, that was unfortunate."

"Jacob, have these men facing each other," He ordered, taking a seat on a dark brown leather sofa, "Gag them, make sure that there is no way for them to escape, but make sure they can see each other. Wake them up."

 

[Floris2123]

"Jacob, have these men facing each other, Gag them, make sure that there is no way for them to escape, but make sure they can see each other. Wake them up." Jacob nodded Oliver and he had an unspoken agreement, that as soon as business was involved they were just colleagues not friends. Jacob walked over to the 2 brothers he moved their chairs making them face each other, and he grabbed 2 rags from the kitchen using duck tape and such to make sure they were gagged. Jacob tested the cuffs one more time, but they seemed to be quite tight already.

Jacob then woke their target up with an good shake, he could see anger in his eyes. Jacob grinned as he turned around ready to wake up his brother. Jacob lifted his fist to see a disapproving look from Oliver, Jacob sighed and also woke his brother up with an good shake. The brother seemed angry but also an bit afraid, Jacob walked into the hall way an grabbed the dog, he dragged the unconscious dog back and put it in between both the brothers. Jacob stood with his back straight, his helmet removed but still wearing his suit. He looked at them both with an cold look as he waited for Oliver to start talking.

 

[Hansinkdu]

Following Oliver into the domicile, Edmond figured under normal circumstances when there are two hostages in the same room they either rat the other out or band together to resist the tempting release from pain. Seeing as how the two captured gentlemen were brothers a severe dedication to another would be present, which would be their undoing if they cared for there well being during the questioning. The residence was musty and not well kept, two men were strapped to chairs and were being shook to consciousness by Jacob under Oliver's direction. These brothers cant be bribed or coerced in a peaceful manner to the doctors misfortune. A nice dose of fear and pain will have to suffice, speaking of fear, having the gunmen drag an unconscious dog to their feet should provoke a minor rise within them.

Understanding how these two men interrogate their hostages, Edmond theorized what was to play out. He walked over to the counters and set his doctor bag down in full view of the brothers, and then proceeded to grab some coffee grounds and brew a pot with his back to them. He would largely ignore any activity that would take place behind him, until he was needed. Just his added presence to the room will aide in the interrogation, until the need of skills were called upon, he would sort through his equipment on the counter and wait for his coffee to finish.

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

As Oliver sat on the sofa, he began to formulate a plan. Sustained torture of the younger brother would probably work, the only question was what kind? Brain would have to be able to see everything that was happening to his sibling as well, that complicated matters. He remembered something that Jacob had suggested to him, "death by one thousand cuts" it was a form of torture used in imperial china, he had dismissed at the time since he thought it was too brutal, but if this man could stand up to conventional forms of torture it would have to do.

He got off the leather sofa and walked briskly over to the Doctor who was making some coffee and whispered in his ear, "Make sure he doesn't die."

He beckoned Jacob over to make sure the hostages didn't hear what they were planning.

"Death by one thousand cuts, do remember it Jacob, you suggested it a while back. Find a sharp knife, maybe the Doctor will lend you a scalpel," He murmured, "Start on my signal"

He went back to the two captives, the unconscious dog was laying between the two of them. Since it had been brought into the room Brain had started shaking and sweating profusely. He probably believed the dog was dead.

He started by clearing his throat, making sure that the two men had their attention centred on him. "Mr. Duran you have some information in that little brain of yours that we need. We can take it by force, or you can tell us and no ham need to come to you"

Brain, shook his defiantly, he would've spat at him if he wasn't gagged.

"I thought so, Jacob begin."

 

[Floris2123]

Edmond seemed to be relaxed grabbing some coffee. Oliver was sitting on the sofa he seemed to be thinking about something when he stood, up and walked over to Edmond whispering something to him. He then waved at Jacob, Jacob walked over to Oliver curious of what the plan was. "Death by one thousand cuts, do remember it Jacob, you suggested it a while back. Find a sharp knife, maybe the Doctor will lend you a scalpel start on my signal" Jacob agreed with this strategy but before he could respond Oliver had walked off to the prisoners.

"Mr. Duran you have some information in that little brain of yours that we need. We can take it by force, or you can tell us and no ham need to come to you. I thought so, Jacob begin." Jacob grinned as he grabbed his own personal knife, it was fully charged and it would shock someone at the slightest touch. Jacob walked over to the younger brother, he grabbed him by his hair and pulled his head up. Jacob turned around looking at their target. "It is time you learn the price for not telling us what we want to know, or rather your brother will learn." Jacob looked at him with an wicked smile when he turned back to the younger one. He grabbed his knife and showed it to him holding it close to his eye. The younger brother could see the electricity running through the knife.

He could see the fear in his eyes as he put the knife very close to his cheek, he then slowly opened up an wound on the mans cheek. Normally this would only sting but Jacob's electric knife made sure that it would hurt allot. The brother tried to scream as Jacob slowly continued opening up an shallow cut on the mans cheek. Blood slowly began to pour from the wound as he gave him an short pause. Jacob looked up at Oliver "Want me to continue or do you want to question him first?" Jacob was still smiling and the small cut seemed to have caused allot of pain on his victim. Jacob was still holding his knife close to his victim, the man was looking at it scared.

 

[Ganath]

Stefan took a look around the office, careful to not touch the laptop just yet. He found nothing peculiar about the office per say. But eventually, he stumbled upon something underneath the office desk. It was a device, attached to the underside, with wiring leading into the laptop's plugs. It took him a moment to realize what it was, but it suddenly struck him why the guards had allowed themselves some complacency.

"This.. If I'm guessing correctly.. will make every guard in these three buildings aware of us. The mere act of shutting it off or even shooting it would do the same.. needless to say.. that complicates things for us."

It really did. They'd have to make a break for it, most likely. Suddenly, the amount of stealth they had committed to this mission seemed awfully trivial. Eitherway, they wouldn't be leaving without the laptop, that much was certain. Stefan took a moment to look at Caspian.

"I think our best bet is to grab it and run for the open window. The upside is we don't have to be quiet anymore, so I can shoot out the opposite window and we can leap for it. According to the schematics there should be a pipe we can use to descend to a side alleyway from the roof. Going through any doors might as well be suicide after that. Do you still have grenades? Any kind. Erh.. When we break for the window, We could throw one at the stairs. They won't be coming any other way and it'll slow them down."