Private Corporate meets Criminally Grifted

[Emraj Hosdole]

Denon

Denon in its current state was rife with crime, at least for those who couldn't find security in its high rises whether they be made up of ivory or cinder. So it was more than common to see Corporate Security patrolling the city streets in full armor, crowded with arrests and brutality. Occasionally though, you get the occasional terrorist attack or major crime directed against the Corporate Authority's assets. Well technically everything was owned by the Corporate Authority in some form or another, but depending on the crime will determine what response will be taken. Security officers are the go to for all levels of crime, the foot soldiers of the corpos. But when it comes to drastic measures, they call the investigators. Hounds on the leash of the corpos to catch and detain criminals and determine the right course of action when these people are caught.

Emraj was one of these people. He was a 'Senior Investigator,' a person who answered directly to the higher ups in the security wing and conducting operations, coordinating with security, and the occasional clerical work.

In the Corporate Security HQ of Denon, Emraj was on the office floor getting a cup of coffee before returning to his office where his holo communicator on his desk was going off. He walked over to his desk to pick it up and answered it, it was the head of the Investigations Department. "Hosdole, you're needed down in the Industrial Sector, there's been attack on one of our warehouses, security forces have already locked down the designated area. We need you to get in there and apprehend this person and see who they are. Sending the coordinates of the attack to you."

"On it." He said in a monotone manner confirming his orders and he pushed a button his desk. "Team slice hound prep for emergency deployment to the Industrial Sector." Emraj let his finger off the button and took off his suit jacket and put on body armor and equipped himself with an X-8 Night Sniper blaster that was in his office armory. He met with the team of investigators who were to be deployed with him and they were taking a sky car to the coordinates, inputing them into the navigation system. "So word is one of our warehouses storing nerve gas has been demolished by an unknown terrorist. So normal procedure, non-lethal action unless they engage in lethal action. Word from security is that they've locked down the designated area and are going to send security teams in case this goes south."

Taji Nelson

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[Taji Nelson]

On a rooftop near the warehouse Taji had a grin on his face as he looked at the chaos that they were doing. Finding him would be a hard activity to say the least as he was on a nearby rooftop. Using a hand gun on his person he picked off one of the security guards with a Shocker round. This was a non-lethal bullet that acted like a Tazer. He was trying to do the best he could to not kill or severely injure the security of the agents. After all he didn't want to be branded as a murderer despite what he was doing to take out the agents without severely harming them in the slightest.

"...." They'd noticed what he had done. He had a scowl on his face as he shot each of them with the Shocker Rounds. As he ran from some who managed to pursue him onto the roof, he started singing.

" Gotta keep one jump ahead of the credline, One jump ahead of the Corpos I steal only what I can't afford (and that's everything) "

" One jump ahead of the CorpSec That's all, and that's no joke
These guys don't appreciate I'm broke."

The guards started pulling out heavier munitions that would most likely severely harm if not kill in disregard to the orders they'd been given. This prompted Taji to pull out the wooden Tonfa and use them to beat up the guards, and knock them unconscious.

He was not doing any deadly force unlike the Corp-Sec or Corpos individuals.

"Really guys?" He asked, as he tied up one of them who had lunged at him with an energy rope.

He had knocked them all out. Now what would happen?

 

[Emraj Hosdole]

The skycar eventually saw the sirens and the fires in the distance, it drove into the restricted area "All units be advised, suspected has taken down multiple officers and is attempting to break encirclement. Apprehend the suspect with extreme prejudice." Emraj sighed, the brutes over at security were all shoot first ask questions later, it makes the jobs of investigators a lot harder. As the skycar drove over the industrial rooftops, Emraj eyed a silouhette running on the roof tops. "Set blasters to stun, remember we take them in alive."

With that established, Emraj drove down to meet the person who had caused so much trouble. Skidding the car on the rooftop, Emraj made an abrupt stop and the investigators stepped out of the car with their blasters set to stun with shock batons at their side. They made a half circle around him and Emraj took the time to analyze this person. How old was he? He looked like he could be his son and he caused that much damage? Whoever this kid was he couldn't be darkwire, them and the corpos are too intermingled to let them get away with that much property damage.

Silence fell upon the rooftops as Emraj aimed his blaster at the kid and fired the first stun blast.

 

[Taji Nelson]

The blast was slashed aside by a Hard Light Saber. This blade would resemble a lightsaber though it looked different from the blades used by Jedi or Sith. It was clearly not a lightsaber. Yet, what was it? This would be a question that would warrant investigation by the Investigator. The blade was clipped to his side after being deactivated. Taji then held out his hand and used his Aerokinesis or Alter Element - Air to create a massive gust that would try to blow him back a few feet. "I don't have time for this," His stomach grumbled. He then lunged with the wooden tonfa that he had in each hand at the individual.

"You'll have to do better than that Corpos to take me down." He pulled out his bow and arrow quickly stringing a conventional arrow. He fired it at the feet of the individual, a warning shot. "Let me go now, and I promise I will lay low for a few hours."

He then reached into his bag and put on the upgraded gloves after putting the bow on his back. "Or, shall we do this the hard way?"

Once he had the gloves on he was quick to down all the ones except the Investigator with energy bullets / Shocker Rounds. "So shall we do round two now?" He asked, as he looked at the individual.

 

[Emraj Hosdole]

This kid was no different than most scum Emraj faced, he was fast sure but so were many others. He put his blaster back in his holster knowing how this kid was gonna take some more effort to beat. With the window he had he was thinking of a plan, this kid was ecstatic and the determination in his fighting style beating him here would take way more effort than needed. So what he was planning to do was hold him here to allow enough time for CorpSec to get a registered look at this guy, the planet's surveillance system could a find out who this guy was if he kept him on this roof long enough. He was the last one standing so there wasn't much he could do right here and it was the best plan he could come up with, Emraj pulled out his own stun baton turning it on as the electricity stored within started to spark. "Round 2."

Confirming his opponents request, Emraj charged at him and swung a few times at him and he was definitely fast but Emraj was just as quick to meet and dodge his opponent's strikes. He played primarily defensive, opening himself to strikes which he could avoid with no effort. The way this kid fought was impressive to Emraj. It could be conveyed in his own fighting style that he was just baiting the kid, but since this is their first time meeting, he was able to get away with it this once if he hadn't caught on already.

As the fight drew one, Emraj was playing a defense game giving the kid the upper hand, but if push came to shove Emraj was less than hesitant to kill this guy.

 

[Taji Nelson]

Using the Aerokinesis he had to propel himself into the air in one smooth move Taji landed behind the Investigator. From there it was simply a matter of tying him up with some energy rope, and pushing him to the ground. Any attempts to identify Taji were foiled by the costume he wore which included a face concealing mask of a sort that helped him hide who he was.

"Really Investigator?" asked Taji as he went through the wallet of the individual. "So, Emraj was it? We'll have to do this," His comm buzzed with a song he liked. "Some other time, as I've got a schedule to keep." said Taji, as he tossed the wallet at the immobilized Investigator. As soon as Taji had left, the energy ropes he and numerous others were tied up with faded. It was some sort of device that Taji had used. The stone arrow he had shot at the feet of the Investigator was there though should he wish to investigate that.

 

[Emraj Hosdole]

It was hard for him to hide his frustrations, He hadn't been done like this before. So for a mere child to blow up a warehouse and then tie up some of the Corpos best hunters was more than an embarrassment. The ropes that binded him and his colleagues were hard to break out of, and he probably didn't get what he wanted. Within time however, security had come to fetch them, the flashlights on their blasters blinding Emraj and his team. "Looks like 'investigators' are not much better than us grunts huh?" Remarked the leader of the squad who found them, which resulted in the bunch laughing at their rivals under Corporate Security. "Fancy toys and suits don't make better hunters." Said another as Emraj's struggling face dropped to be more infuriated. Eventually some more people were brought to the scene in order to untie the investigators from their ropes and bring them back to HQ where Emraj had to personally report his screw up to the Chief of Investigations.

Emraj stood in his office with a bruise on his face and his clothes all tattered, his boss's face seething with rage as his head rested in his hand. "Do you realize what you've done?" The director said as he showed his irritated look to Emraj. "You just let a terrorist get away while allowing yourself to get strung up by this... this child to make a LAUGHING STOCK OF US." The change in tone was abrupt as the man was about to throw something at Emraj before realizing he was going to cross a bounty hunter. "You're going to fix this. I don't care how, just do it."

Without ushering another word, Emraj left his boss' office and returned to his own office, sitting his own chair and just sat their thinking about his confrontation. The last thing he remembered was a song that buzzed from his communicator. It was weird how it would just play randomly like that, in fact he probably heard that song before... He been to a music club before where that song was played almost everyday, didn't know the title but the club was way too familiar to let go. He opened the extranet on his terminal and looked at the casinos neighborhood and only after a few seconds he saw a casino club that had a pink color palette called 'Tickling Light' in 'Denon Dreams' casino. When he found that out he left his office to head there.

Emraj took his own skycar to the casinos, parking at one of the main entrances and offered his ID at the door to the valet to show that he was VIP. Corporate Authority members of specific ranks were required VIP treatment since they owned every businesses in Darkwire space anyway. Emraj walked into the casino and his nostrils had been blasted with the strong sense of spice while tourists and gamblers crowded the floor and it took a lot of shoving to get to the directory. 'Tickling Light' was at the bottom floor and he walked to find the stairs that lead down. The volume on the floor soon became louder as music and laughter filled the hallways. However it wasn't as crowded as the floor above. Walking down a couple feet, Emraj finally came across 'Tickling Light' and walked up to the twi'lek greeter who gave a smile to Emraj, "Welcome to Tickling Light, Sir." she said with utmost hospitality. Emraj pulled out his ID, and spoke "I need to speak with your boss."

The smile on the greeter's face soon disappeared and was more than willing to comply. "Follow me sir." She requested, leading Emraj through the club to the back to her bosses office, she rang the door bell and as the club manager's boss boomed from the other side. "Dammit Laia what do you want I'm busy."

"The Corporate Authority is here sir, he wants to speak with you." The doors slid open as Emraj walked in and the greeter returned to do her job. "This is a bit of an abrupt meeting sir so, I hope you have a good reason for interrupting me."

"There's been a terrorist attack and I'm performing an investigation so I ask that you sit pretty and answer my questions so this goes smoothly. What singers do you have here working in this establishment?" Emraj took his seat, cutting pleasantries and getting straight to the point. The club manager was straightened out, fixing his posture and looking at Emraj submissively. "Well three. Our headliner is a Zeltron lounge singer. She goes by Charm, very popular. Without her this casino wouldn't be as successful as it is now. You're not saying she's a terrorist are ya?"

"No. I need to talk to her though, is she here?"

"Her room is down the hall on the left. I'll let her know you're coming."

"Thanks. I'll head to her now." With that Emraj left to meet Charm, the door was left open and she was sitting at her makeup table. "I don't know why you're here, but I promise you I didn't do anything wrong." She said so about to sob, after all a gritted man in a suit appeared in her dressing room. "I'll be the judge of that." Emraj said as he sat across from her. "Do you happen to know anyone associated with Darkwire."

"No." She said shaking her head rapidly.

"Terrorists?"

"No." She said in the same way. "I see. Well I was trying to apprehend this person. A song was playing from one what seemed like a wrist communicator. Was probably his ring tone."

"I don't see how that involves me." She said, her body quivering. "The music I perform doesn't invoke violence. If terrorists listen to my music its not my responsibility."

"That's irrelevant to me. But you're coming with me." Emraj said standing up while the tremble in Charm's voice became more noticeable. "Am I under arrest?"

"No. But if thats what it takes for you to come with me then yes."

With no choice but to comply, Emraj took off his suit jacket and put it around Charm so that she wouldn't be recognized, encouraging her to keep her head down. Eventually they exited the casino and went to the valet with Charm at his side. He gave the valet his number for his skycar and once it was driven in front of him, Emraj gently placed Charm in the car and drove away.

 

[Taji Nelson]

On the rooftops near the warehouse, Taji was laughing at some of the "surprises" he had put up. Canisters of paint had fallen on some of the Corpos. Others had gotten hit by rakes they'd stepped on. Really watching them humiliate themselves like this was wonderful. He couldn't help his chortling... it was so much he was in pain from how hard he was laughing. "Idiots, the lot of them." He laughed, as he watched them continue to get through the "field of land mines" only of pranks he had set up below. Others had stepped on nails, gotten blow torches used on their hair. Taji had been careful to not use anything fatal though.

He had done enough though that all of the Corpos down there were crying out the name "Archer" in rage. Some of them had even gotten regular arrows stuck in their butts courtesy of crossbows he had set up. All in all, it was a bad day to be in the area if you were Corpos. This was being live streamed by him as well all across the planet Darkwire.

"Greetings viewers, it's Archer again. On today's "Trolling Corpos" you will see the "Corpos Maximus Stupidus" attempt to pursue the "Archerus Intelligentus" and fail miserably like they always do. When will they ever get the intelligence to know that brute force isn't smart?"

 

[Emraj Hosdole]

Emraj drove his car through the city skyline and he got a call from the director who was in fact fuming. "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!? OUR FORCES ARE BEING HUMILIATED BY THIS KID! HE HACKED INTO OUR SYSTEMS AND IS LIVESTREAMING HIS WHOLE ORDEAL." But Emraj wasn't phased at all, the rest of his ramblings became incoherent as the kid's stream was being broadcasted on the big screens on the side of skyscrapers. There were more security vehicles driving towards the scene of the crime and it was just becoming worse. Charm peaked out from Emraj's jacket to look at Taji's mayhem. It was hard to look at, no one had humiliated the Corporate Authority this bad before. It was hard not to look at it. Was this the person who idolized her? Or at least listened to her music? She was astonished to say the least, had no idea what to think about it. But they were going to meet up and Charm was confused on how to feel.

Emraj found Taji on the rooftops and before he touched down he contacted the incoming squads shutting down the Director and contacting all security squads intercepting Taji. He turned off the Director and started contacted with the security teams in the vicinity. "This is Senior Investigator Hosdole. All security squads standby and surround the area. I'm going to apprehend the suspect."

As the squads complied, Emraj drove the skycar onto his roof a few feet away from him. Emraj stepped out of the car along with Charm, taking the jacket off and putting it on. Charm stood beside him and hesitantly stepped forward to talk Taji down from his rampage. "H-Hello there."

 

[Taji Nelson]

"Hu- huh -hello Charm." His stance relaxed a tiny bit. If someone looked at his face he was blushing. Yet as he noticed the squads on standby he tensed once more. "So why did you bring her Emraj?" He asked as he readied himself mentally for round 3. He really wasn't in the mood for it though. He wanted to rest but it seemed he wasn't going be allowed to.

Why had the investigator brought her out? What was his game plan? These questions worried him. He needed answers. "So what do you want to talk about Charm?" An energy boomerang appeared in each hand. Just in case he was more than ready to unleash pain upon all of them. Taji was unwilling to run the risk of harming Charm or bystanders in the area if there were any should he have to use his equipment or technology. This was limiting what he could do against the Corpos at present. After all he didn't want to catch anyone who was innocent in the crossfire. Nor was he willing to employ lethal amounts of force even though doing so could allow him to handle them more efficiently. He wasn't a murderer after all.

He sighed. "Let me guess, another attempt to bring me in, Investigator Emraj?" He asked. "I really hope there isn't a Round 3 of our little clashes today, as quite frankly it's getting old."

 

[Emraj Hosdole]

Emraj chose not to speak and let Charm do the talking. When he saw Taji lose focus he just had to let Charm talk, keep all focus on her.

"I'm sorry I don't know who you are. But I need you to stop all of this." The Zeltron female inching closer to Taji, her posture more comfortable and the tremble was less noticeable. It probably had something to do with her stage presence, being naturally charismatic and sympathetic. Guess thats how she got the name. "I understand why you feel you have to do this. There are many people who feel the same way, not just Darkwire and extremists. We all feel the same way, we want the corpos to leave us alone. But you know what happens to people who go against them. You might get away with all this, and leave their clutches at every turn. But they will find ways to assert their power over others. People will suffer if you continue doing this. So please stop this, and think of the rest of us." At that point Charm was closer to Taji, holding her hands together to prevent them from shaking. Her little speech helped her loosen up but the predicament she was in kept sending shivers down her spine.

 

[Taji Nelson]

At her sincerity and approach the energy boomerangs dissipated. Taji wasn't angry with her. She was a good singer. Beneath his mask her proximity and pheromones were making him blush. He finally said to her. "I go by Archer in this outfit. Since you were polite and asked nicely I will stop for a while." He pushed a button on his wrist com. The live stream of the situation came to an end. This likely would give the Corpos a relief.

He looked at Charm. "But if they make one move to harm me....I will protect myself." He had a finger pointed over one of his shoulders at the approaching Corpos. He would stop for now as she had asked him to. Afterall he needed a break from being Archer. If the Corpos would let him have one....

 

[Emraj Hosdole]

Emraj walked forward beside Charm, looking Taji with his cold stare but sounded a bit more warm in his tone. He didn't like getting civilians involved when it came to his cases but such a thing was necessary. "Stay low for a bit. If my bosses heard that I let you go they'll just yell at me. They're too overextended as it is to chase you, though I don't know how long they'd let off you off the hook. I promised Charm no harm would come to her and I gotten this far in life keeping my word. If you leave now I can prevent security from chasing you to the ass-ends of Darkwire space but they will try to find you. Though given your skill set hiding from them won't be a problem. However if they catch you, I want my round three, kid."

 

[Taji Nelson]

Taji looked at him. Just like that he was being let loose? "I have a better idea to ensure our Round 3 happens. I will for now turn myself in. Yet whenI am ready to leave your custody Emraj I'd better get all my gear back. " Not that they could keep him should he try to escape of course. He was more than capable of breaking out on his own. He took all his equipment that could aid him in fights and stuffed it into the bag.

Pocket dimensions were a great invention of his. Beneath the mask he was blushing at the proximity of Charm. "Since I am turning myself in though will you let me keep the mask and costume?" Hopefully yes as losing his identity was going to be a problem.

 

[Emraj Hosdole]

"In that case you will be taken to Shadowrunner prison and your gear will be confiscated and taken with you. They will be held as confiscated objects until your release which is whenever the warden decides to release you or someone pays your bail, that includes your costume and mask, company policy. There isn't too much I can do about that." Emraj pushed the button on his commlink to call for security to converge on his location. The security sky cars had surrounded Taji, pointing their weapons at him as the prison transport descended onto the roof. "Charm will be fine you don't have to worry about her. I promised her that after she helped me." The concern and hesitation Taji showed when Charm appeared proved that she was his weak link and Emraj felt the courteous need to tell the kid that she was going to be ok. The security agents cuffed Taji and put him in the prison transport.

 

[Taji Nelson]

Taji tossed the bag to Charm before he let himself be cuffed. "Take care of this for me and make sure they don't turn it into a bomb bag." As he said that Taji sighed. "There will be a round three Investigator. I will be better than I was when it comes time for it." As the Investigator could renege on his word Taji had no choice but to not put up a fight. He had also surrendered.

"I am a man of my word. I said I surrendered. " He made no move to resist as they cuffed him. "Just know this. I will walk right out the front door of that prison soon." He stated as he looked at the detective and the guards. "What is more your higher ups will ask me to do so." He pressed a button on his comm.
This sent a signal to where he kept the Ravages and a lot of old battle droids. With that he was loaded into the transport. From there it was headed to the prison.

 

[Emraj Hosdole]

As the Security agents took Taji away, Emraj drove Charm home. She had the man's jacket over her head as the sky car traversed the city. Charm wasn't trembling anymore since she did what she was asked and Emraj promised her no harm would come to her. Though he showed her kindness, she knew better than to trust him, he worked for the one of the most powerful organizations in Darkwire space which meant that he could do whatever he wanted to her though right now she was not concerned with what Emraj had in plan for her, she felt kind of safe with this Corpo. He definitely wasn't a good man, but he definitely did seem honest, something that people could always count on and that's what made Charm felt comfortable around the man. Eventually Emraj grounded in front of the zeltron's apartment building and right after the two exited, Charm gave him back his jacket and Emraj gave a small device to her in return. "What's this?" She asked looking at it.

"My personal homing beacon. Press the button on the top and it sends your location to my communicator. My employers will be well aware that you helped bring down a fugitive so they send people to talk to you. If in any case that happens you activate that thing and I'll get them off you."

"Why would you give this to me?"

"Cause I dragged you into this, so I owe you a huge debt. This is the only way I know how to repay it."

The young woman looked up at Emraj not knowing what to feel, but she was very unsure on how she could show her appreciation to the investigator. He really was a man of integrity, something that was lacking amongst the Corpos. Still she kept her reservations. "Thank you." Was all she could usher to Emraj as she walked to her apartment and Emraj drove from the building in kind. As the car ascended to the sky lanes, Emraj got a call from a dispatcher. "Investigator Hosdole. Ms. Starlight has requested an audience with members of the Corporate Security hierarchy as soon as you get back."

"Roger that, heading back." He closed the transmission and drove back to CorpSec HQ. Wonder what the boss lady wanted, wasn't everyday he got a face to face with her or a meeting at least. Once he arrived and parked the car in the garage, Emraj would journey to the executive conference center on the top floor. He had to go through a couple levels on elevator before eventually making it to the executive floor where he was one of the few to arrive as well as a few people of the security department including, chief of security, chief of investigations, chief of surveillance, and the deputy warden of shadowrunner. They each took their seats with the most essential personnel sitting in the center with the least sitting at the ends including Emraj. Once they were all seated, the room darkened and Ms. Stralight's hologram appeared in the center of the room.

"I'm glad you gentlemen have had the time to come here for we have quite the issue on our hands. So I want to hear your results."

"The warehouse area is being quarantined and all witnesses have been detained, patrols have increased in the adjacent districts." said the chief of security.

"And have we regained control over our broadcasting network?"

"We have, and we're taking extra precautions to block out access to this specific program the suspect used into hacking our system, we should have no problems with another case such as that if he tries it again. We have also intercepted a lot of holocommunication concerning this recent occurrence." The chief of surveillance answered

"Excellent, I'll contact the broadcasting agency to mediate the public. Do we know who was responsible?"

"No unfortunately, his face was covered so retinal identification was impossible."

"And what is investigations doing about it?"

"We are analyzing the materials the suspect used at the scene of the crime including the explosive which was used to destroy the warehouse as well as the weapons he had used. From our understanding everything he used was makeshift and all the materials used could be traced back to various underground markets." Said the chief of investigations.

"I want Shadowrunner to send the records of the suspect to the entirety of Corporate Security. Do we have the means to keep him detained?"

"Shadow runner is going to put him in solitary confinement and provide extra layers of security including electrocuted walls, droid guards, and constant surveillance. He's crafty so we can't take any chances. Once he's processed we'll have everything on record and distributed."

"Good, you may leave. Except for Mr. Hosdole."

As the rest of the people in the conference room left, Ms. Stralight waited until they were out of earshot before directly speaking to Emraj. "You've proven yourself valuable since we hired you Mr. Hosdole. I must say you're worth the trouble."

"I doubt you sat me down here to sing praises."

"Not praise you. Acknowledge you. I was worried Darkwire would get to you first because of your skill set and lust for power. After all they hold greater autonomy than a lot of operatives in my own department. I've take notice of your dealings in this case, overstepping your authority at times. The use of the zeltron singer was very impressive. While I respect your tenacity and ingenuity, I hope you do not forget that you are employed as my servant."

"I only do what I can to get a job done. Even if I do step on your toes, I get results for you. That's how I've always done things. I 'lust' for no more than wealth Ms. Starlight and joining the Coporate Authority has proven a substantial profit motive for me. I may have overstepped the bounds of my contract, but I told you when we met that I saw it as no more than a formality."

"Our contract Mr Hosdole ensures that you comply with the standards and regulations that my department upholds. You mustn't go on vigilantism while you are provided orders by your superior who answers directly to me. You should've notified the chief you were going to the casino district, because now I will have anxious casino owners calling my colleagues telling them that one of MY employees showed up unannounced at a casino to apprehend one of their employees without a warrant!"

"...How many of your employees uphold department regulations?"

"All of them."

"Really? Cause I read and studied your manuals Ms. Starlight. Signed and approved by you. Everyday when I work with your thugs in Security, I see at least 7 actions that violate your departmental codes. Not recording the discharging of blasters, seizing without warrant, excessive use of violence, stopping and frisking before a suspect responds with 'equal hostility' which is abstract in itself, unsuspension of officer licenses due to bribery, tampering with evidence, and break ins."

The silence that fell upon the room lead to the dumbfounded look on Ms. Starlight's face. "You and your friends might think you run a sophisticated, legit business. But you're scum, like any other gang in the galaxy. So I will do what it takes to get you results, just like the rest of your underlings." Emraj left his flustered boss and returned to his office waiting for him to be called to his next case.

 

[Ezra Nelson]

Holograms appeared all over the planet, of a man in a black suit that was identical to Archer but with a face concealing mask over his head as well. "Greetings people of Denon. I am the real Archer. You have met and falsely imprisoned my apprentice. Release him with no delays, or I will make what he did to Corpos look like child's play. You have been warned Corpos. Lay one hand on him, touch him at all, and you will get hurt. The choice of course is in your hands. What will your decision be? Will you be smart or stupid?" Ezra knew he had to do what he was about to do. After all, it would plant doubt in people's mind that his brother was the Archer. Furthermore it would allow him to become the symbol his brother had been to the disenfranchized of the world of Denon. Until his brother was free the job of protecting the people of the world of Denon was his task to do. His brother could escape wherever they put him, Ezra knew that. But of course the public would need hope, he also knew that. The hope was where he came in, as his brother couldn't play that role while he was incarcerated.

At the same time, dozens of Archers in black clad robes and outfits would provide supplies to the poor. Medicine, Food, Clothing, Etc.
"Watch as the failures of Corpos become evident to the masses. They do not care for the poor of the planet, and I do. They do not provide shelter for them and I do," As he said that, it was raining outside. Shelter was provided to the poor of the planet. "Corpos, this will be your one and only opportunity I shall provide you. You will release the Archer you captured with no delays. In fact, your highest representative will come, bend a knee before him and apologize before releasing. You will live stream it as well. Fail to do so, and you will not like the consequences that will happen. I assure you of that much!" The aforementioned Archers were also humiliating Corpos agents in worse ways than Taji had, but weren't killing. They were video taping the humiliation as well.

This was true as Ezra had plans on how he could take down Corpos, should they not agree. Hidden where he was, he activated The Crow and sent the signal. The Ravage Drones would begin their attacks on the Corpos, careful not to do anything lethal. Yet they would humiliate them in horrific fashions, some would even strip the Corpos of their clothing. His chaos was worse than what Taji had ever done to the Corpos officers. He then sliced into the secure channel the Corpos bosses used to communicate with one another.

"What will it be, Corpos? Do I keep harassing you, or do you meet my demands?"

Ezra was currently in a bunker that they wouldn't know where it was.

 

[Taji Nelson]

In his cell, Taji was trapped. Of course he had an escape plan that he was formulating. Namely that they would allow him to walk right out the front door of the place since they valued the order they enforced on the populace. For now he couldn't escape as he had given his word that he had surrendered. Yet he had an escape plan that he was at present putting into motion. Said escape plan involved him simply waiting. After all all he had to do was wait until something happened that would require his assistance, and then Corpos would ask. In the mean time, Taji was doing push ups. He was also using aerokinesis or Alter Element Air via the Force to add more weight to him doing the pushups.

He then started doing jumping jacks in his cell as well. He had noticeably not touched any food they'd given him. Nor any water or beverages as he was suspicious about it being poisoned.

 

[Emraj Hosdole]

The higher ups in the Corporate Authority were fuming to say the least. They had no idea how these vigilantes could set up their own little relief efforts so fast, and fighting to regain control over the broadcasting system a few times with those who hacked it. A lot of questions had to be answered but right now they had to put out the fires these 'archers' had started. Emraj was reassigned to damage control while the rest of his investigator colleagues had attempted to hunt down the archers as punishment for Emraj going above his station to do as he pleased. He would be working with security officers to take down the various relief efforts that were set up. Emraj was riding with the officer in a who was going to bust one of these relief distribution centers. Rules of engagement were pretty straightforward, don't fire unless fired upon and that was that. And with those amount of guidelines, it was clear that the bottom line was all these guys were shooting for. "This is Captain Anlen to all units, when we get to the insertion point we go in hard and loud and I want a thorough sweep of the place, we don't need these rats running out on us to warn any of their buddies if they have any. Remember your salaries are on the line." The captain overseeing this operation had just given his orders to the rest of the officers, Emraj heard it to and his was role to assist, not 'act in anyway to get in the way of the mission.' All these pseudo-professional terms were just ways of telling Emraj to just not do anything except point and shoot.

Eventually, the security team landed at the entrance to the relief center, it was an old holofilm theater on the border between the slums and the rest of the city. Emraj was with Anlen as one of his squads stacked one of the entrances, waiting for the other to get in position, "Bravo 2 in position captain." The sergeant on the other line said. "Execute!" Was all the captain said as the security officers breached into the theater's back entrance, catching a lot of the people there packing up. They scattered like a bunch of womb rats and screamed in fear as various security officers tackled and cuffed the citizens inside. Some attempted to resist arrest which only lead to violence inflicted on the suspect. Emraj was following the leads of his colleagues as ordered to, bringing citizens down and cuffing them and it wasn't long before a couple blaster shots could be heard. Emraj looked up from making his arrest as he saw two security officers shoot a young rodian in the chest a few times, her twi'lek companion crying as she fell lifeless onto the ground before she too was apprehended. "Hosdole!" The captain snapped, catching the investigator's attention. "Check the upper levels there might be more." Emraj knew he just wanted him out of the way but it was better than staying down here in this mess. The upper floor of the theater was the staff floor which meant some of the stuff that these people were being given were probably stored up there. With his blaster pistol in hand, Emraj cautiously made his way up the stairs to the upper level where he was confronted by a hallway of doors, quickly a human had bursted out on the first door to the left with a blaster yelling before Emraj stunned him with his own. Emraj walked in that room to find some food and medicine. He checked the other rooms and saw the rest of the resources the vigilantes stole, until he came across the door in the middle at the end of the hall. He bursted in to find a family of humans on the floor cowering in the corner of the room with a young man climbing onto a window sill. Emraj shook his head discouraging him, but the young man just jumped as the rest in the room screamed in fear and shock. Emraj sighed as he contacted the captain. "I got six suspects and stolen corporate property on the upper levels."