We Are Our Avatars IX: Act V: The Sabotage of the Scandolous Saurian Scoundrels (Open)

[Drakmorg]

"I don't expect to find him swimming about in all that water."

Came Vicky's reply to Samus. She then made her way into Aberdeen.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Samus followed Vicky, privately wishing they had landed a bit closer.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Riko followed the other two into Aberdeen. It took less than a minute for them to get into the city, where they would see a small crowd of people and a police officer watching them approach.

 

[Drakmorg]

Vicky waved to the police officer she saw and headed towards him, trying to flag his attention.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

The police officer approached Victoria. "Uh... Can I help you?" he asked, sounding fairly confused. The officer glanced at Vicky's ears, then at her tail.

 

[Chungus]

After the first shot ran out, the rangers had picked up their own rifles and took aim taking aim and scanning the area for the shooter, while after the second shot rang out and killed the driver, the ranger in the passenger's seat screamed, then lowered his rifle and reached for the steering wheel to keep the jeep under control, leaving the two rangers in the back with their rifles aimed. Unfortunately for them, they were looking for a human marksman shooter, not an alien, whose relatively small size and camouflage kept it from being noticed.

Seeing the ranger in the passenger's seat going for the wheel, and not wanting to let its target get away, the bug first tried to aim for the ranger that held the wheel, but couldn't get him in its sights due to the angle. Instead, the bug calculated where the jeep's front tire would be with its current speed and the direction it went it, and adjusted its aim accordingly, taking a shot once the tire came within its sights, popping it.

While loading the next round, the bug raised its head to one of the rangers in the back, noting he had spotted it due to the noise of its shot. Calculating where the ranger would be, while taking into acount the direction of the wind, the bug shot a glob of glue at him, the adhesive projectile largely hitting the ranger in the face.

This made the ranger stumble backwards and bump into the other ranger who was riding in the back, knocking him off balance. Taking this oppertunity, the bug took aim at the ranger that was thrown off-balance, and fired. The shot hit, throwing the ranger down, but wasn't imediately fatal, the bullet hitting the collar bone. With the rangers either occupied or disabled, the bug dropped its rifle and leapt out of the grasses and sprinted after the jeep, catching up to it easily enough. Moving itself behind the jeep, the bug leapt up, latching on to the open frame.

 

[Slenn]

EMily walked along with the group, and watched as Vicky spoke. For her, she wanted to see how Vicky would approach this bounty.

 

[Wackymon]

The sectoid walked up, to the officer, with Vicky and Tavish.

 

[username sucks]

"We're here ta kill people for money." Tavish replied to the officer, despite the question not being directed at him.

 

[Drakmorg]

"Yeah, we're looking for this guy. You know anything about him?"

Vicky asked the officer while presenting him the wanted poster she had. Her ears twitched and her tail flicked as if they realized they were being stared at.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Hearing Tavish, a few of the people nearby backed away. "Well, I'm afraid that's illegal here." the officer said.
The officer then examined the bounty poster. "Oh, that guy. We busted a group of people buying stolen goods. He was the one selling them, but he got away. No clue how."

 

[Slenn]

"He didn't run off in a car? Did he just vanish?" The officer's claim wasn't making any sense.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

"No vehicles left the scene. He ran away and vanished at some point, as far as we can tell."

 

[Slenn]

"Where did these guys meet to get the stolen items?"

 

[ShindoL Shill]

"They met in an abandoned building. Do you have a map or something? I could show you where it was."

 

[Slenn]

EMily went up to the officer and opened up her holographic map, showing the general area of Aberdeen.

"Go ahead and point on the map."

 

[ShindoL Shill]

The officer blinked in surprise, then pointed at an area of the city nearby. "The abandoned building should be obvious."

 

[Slenn]

"Mmmmkay, thank you for your help. Also I don't blame you if you're confused by the presence of a hologram."

"Let's move out everyone."

 

[Wackymon]

The sectoid looked at the poster, then to the map.
"Alllllliiiiiiiiieeeessss fooooooouuuuunnnnnnnddddd?" it asked, following Slenn.

 

[Drakmorg]

"Good on ya, Blue."

Vicky remarked to EMily as she acquired a good deal of information.

"Let's go poke around in there and see if we can find anything."

She heading off towards the building the cop had pointed out.