Don't tell me the odds [Galactic Alliance]

[Wedge Draav]

Gelto City Streets
In Vicinity Of: [member="Choli Vyn"] l [member="Ava Cartwright"] l [member="Asmus Janes"]



Wedge had been shot down before. So when there was a brief, bright flash in the night sky, everything in his body tensed up. He blinked several times, rapidly. He knew what was coming. It was how he was able to double back so quickly. His extraction was to come later, him and a couple of intelligence operatives.

He spotted them before the patrol vehicle did. The turret on the vehicle, sporting both a machine gun and a searchlight, came too close to them. Wedge had to do something, and quickly. Wedge took the Verpine pistol (he never did like blasters, felt they were unreliable- and not as deadly), and turned it to a nearby street window. Three little poofs later, and the window was shattered, and the inhabitants were screaming about thieves.

The patrol vehicle veered off to investigate it. Giving his fellow pilots enough leeway. He ushered them with his hands, trying to coax them to get the hell out of there. The safehouse was getting closer and closer- and the injured man they were carrying wouldn't be doing too well for too much longer if they kept him without at least some form of medical attention.

Wedge's heart was racing, but he kept a calm exterior. He had always kept a calm exterior, through it all.

 

[Asmus Janes]

Gelto City Outskirts
w/GA pilots [member="Asmus Janes"] [member="Ava Cartwright"] [member="Choli Vyn"]
In vicinity [member="Kurt Meyer"] [member="Rayf Vigil"] [member="Jax Rhane"]
[member="Wedge Draav"]

Asmus almost felt the light of the search beam on his periphery. His eyes stayed on the house he was running towards right up until he heard the harsh whisper.

"Down!"

Asmus was running so quickly he almost tumbled over as he dropped to the ground. Still and pressed into the turf he could hear the truck coming over the sound of his own rushing blood. His view was obscured as he tried to meld into the ground. All he was aware of were the sounds and the smell of damp soil.

What would he do if they started shooting? Stay down and hope not to be seen as the others might be gunned down or make a run for the other side of the fields? He was a good shot with a pistol, might be able to take out that search light.

Then he heard the window shattering and the cries. He dared to lift his head from the ground to turn and look towards the patrol car. It was driving off towards the outskirts of the town.

"Go!" One of the soldiers hissed. Asmus did as he was told.

 

[Kurt Meyer]

Saberhing - Gelto City
Market District

This trip had turned into nothing less than a clusterkark. The closer they got to the warehouse district the more things seemed to be patrolled. He spotted three or four guards on the way alone, and more seemed to be posted up on top of the buildings themselves. Night had now fallen, and search lights were sweeping over the inside of the city.

It didn't really make sense.

The curfew was now in effect, yes, but they wouldn't be looking for random people with this much difficulty. Catching someone outside of a house or inn wasn't punishable by death or anything, sure you'd probably get thrown in prison but Kurt doubted they were going to execute people for just being outside a little late. There had to be something more to it, something different. His lips thinned as he watched a small hover drone pull across the street into an alleway."They're looking for someone."

The former Courier said quietly to himself.

"Who?"​

His friend asked, curiosity blooming on his face.

"No idea but..." Kurt frowned as he pulled Arn along with him to the next alleyway. "Whoever it is they're probably better than these damn guards."

[member="Choli Vyn"] | [member="Ava Cartwright"] | [member="Jax Rhane"] | [member="Asmus Janes"] | [member="Rayf Vigil"]​

 

[Ava Cartwright-Pryce]

Gelto City Outskirts
w/GA pilots [member="Asmus Janes"] [member="Choli Vyn"]
In vicinity [member="Kurt Meyer"] [member="Rayf Vigil"] [member="Jax Rhane"] [member="Wedge Draav"]
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The sound of blaster shots and glass breaking in the distance made Ava's heart stop for a moment, but then the patrol that was almost to them reversed their direction as they went to see what was happening elsewhere.... This gave the small group time to make a break for the safe house across the street.

Ava could see in the dank light that Dagger was not going to last much longer so she put his arm around her shoulder and slipped her hand around his waist to grab onto the wounded pilot's belt. The Chandrilan was trying to stay conscious and upright, but he was a lot sicker than just the blaster bolt he caught to his arm. Could he be having some internal bleeding going on from the crash itself?

"Go, go, go," Ava called out quietly yet urgently, then began moving out with Dagger in tow.

"Force, Daggs.... You might want to cut back on those second helpings of dessert when we get back," the blonde huffed as it took all her strength to keep their momentum and balance as they crossed the street.

"Goldie... You know you love me," he mumbled back in her ear as his dark head sagged against her golden one.

"In your dreams, flyboy," she retorted, keeping her steely blue eyes focused on the man waving them into the safety of the structure ahead. There was no time to consider why Dagger suddenly felt lifeless against her. Ava just had to make it a few more feet, then she could worry the why of it.

 

[Choli Vyn]

Gelto City Outskirts
w/GA pilots [member="Asmus Janes"] [member="Ava Cartwright"]
In vicinity [member="Kurt Meyer"] [member="Rayf Vigil"] [member="Jax Rhane"] [member="Wedge Draav"]

Choli didn't take the time to bask in the sigh of relief. Soon as the soliders told them to go, she did exactly that. Asmus was ahead, while Ava and Dagger went right after. Needing to ensure that they were protected from the rear, the young pilot brought her blaster out. While the patrol might have gone right past them, it didn't mean that they wouldn't come back or worse, that someone else might spot them before they got to the safe house.

Keeping a few steps away, she quietly encouraged Ava and Dagger on ahead. As they neared that third house, that dire sense of self preservation resulted in the young woman rushing up beside Dagger. Moving to the arm that wasn't being held up by Ava, Choli also did her best to take on his weight.

They came to the house, the door was just a few meters ahead. One of the grunts and Asmus would get to it first.