Private Two Guns, One Prize

[Vince Avery]

At least the Mando had a few tricks up his sleeve. He scouted the stairwell and marked the targets for them. Vince glanced around and to his companions as Talo asked for a plan. Wordlessly he unclipped his last thermal detonator, primed it and tossed it down the center of the stairwell. "Might wanna cover your ears." he warned the two of them as he plugged both his ears with his fingers.

A few seconds later a few screams erupted, followed by an explosion that shook the entire stairwell. The heat rushed up and nearly blew his hat off as Vince stood against the wall. Even with both ears plugged, they still rang for a bit. "Let's get moving." he ordered them as he moved past, drawing a pistol as he walked. Fire alarms started blaring as he led the way down for them. Unsurprisingly, the detonator cleared out pretty much everyone that was at the bottom of the building. It also cleared out the last few flights of stairs as well in the process. "Once we're out of here, we need to bandage that guy up. I don't want him making a mess on my ship. Any of you know how to patch a hole up?" he asked them over his shoulder.

Coming to a halt by the broken stairs, he studied the situation. "Mando, you fly down with the target, make sure it's clear for us. Me an' miss bossy here will follow." he suggested, glancing back at them. Though as he looked Talo over, he started to doubt how smooth his plan would work. "... You do got jet boots or somethin', right?" he asked him with a raised eyebrow. An annoyed sigh escaped him as he glanced beneath them again. "Kark's sake." he muttered as he slipped a toothpick into his mouth. "Okay, how do we wanna do this?" he asked them with pursed lips.

Talo Krayt Tiya Zahn

 

[Tiya Westwind]

Since Talo was occupied with carrying the target, Tiya protected her temporary ally by accurately returning fire at anyone who shot their way, suggesting it was far from her first time handling a blaster despite her lying about her bounty experience. The Mandalorian's revelation about the number of enemies came as a surprise but she remained unafraid, though being so exposed did make her wish she had invested in some armour.

Before either could get a word in, Vince seemed to have the situation in hand as he tossed a thermal detonator down the stairwell so Tiya did as he suggested and put her fingers in her ears until after the ground had finished shaking from the explosion. "Yeah. I know a thing or two." She replied, an understatement to say the least.

Tiya followed Vince until they reached the abyss looming over the end of the stairs. She looked between the pair of them for some kind of plan, expecting the Mandalorian at least to have something up his sleeve, though it soon became apparent that it was unlikely. With a sigh in frustration, she pulled a gun from her belt and shot fibercord towards part of the railing that was still intact before reattaching the gun to her belt and wrapping a hand around the fibercord and lowering herself over the edge.

A shot sailed her way so she returned fire though visibility was poor and no more shots were fired towards her after she paused for a few moments so she spoke to those above her. "Just don't kick me in the head." She warned if they were to follow her down. Once on the ground, she released the fibercord from its launcher and left it hanging freely and instead turning her focus on the other person who had joined them to try to take them out.

Vince Avery Talo Krayt

 

[Talo Krayt]

Talo's head whipped round when he heard Vince prime his thermal detonator, he neglected to cover his ears as his helmet would protect his ears from the explosion. The screams that followed were to be expected. Adjusting the unconscious target, Talo followed behind Vince and Tiya spoke up about her experience in patching wounds.

Upon reaching the point of the staircase that Vince had destroyed, the bounty hunter proposed an idea involving a jetpack. Talo simply glared at him with his T-visor, growing increasingly annoyed with the stereotype that all Mandalorians had jet packs, once Vince finally realised his initial plan wouldn't work Talo remained silent again, as a way to notify the man he didn't have jet boots either. However, the Mandalorian did have a plan involving his grappling line.

As he parted his lips to announce it, Tiya seemed to have a similar idea as before he could get a word in, the Near-Human had shot a fiber cord and began lowering herself to ground level. Once she was down, Talo jerked his head toward the cord for Vince to go next and followed shortly after him. Lowering himself over the ledge, the Mando lowered their bounty where he rested beside him and gripped his waist, with his free hand Talo gripped the cord tightly before sliding down himself. This was beginning to become bothersome, with Talo stuck carrying the target he couldn't be as effective as he needed to be in combat.

Assuming Tiya dealt with the straggler, the group would exit the stairwell and enter the through the front lobby, luckily their enemies seemed to have cleared out. Turning toward the front desk as they made their exit, Talo noticed the receptionist, slumped over her desk with her back smoking. The Mandalorian felt some sorrow at the fact she was a casualty of this job, but quickly pushed the thoughts aside. Exiting outside, Talo and the group would be met by a swarm of Christophsis SWATs, blasters pointed at them. "PUT YOUR HANDS UP, BOUNTY HUNTER SCUM!" the centre officer yelled out, both panicked and annoyed. If Talo could use his smoke grenades, he'd be able to provide an efficient getaway... they just needed a distraction.

Vince Avery Tiya Zahn

 

[Vince Avery]

The girl mentioned knowing a bit about fixing wounds, earning a nod from Vince. "Perfect. We can sort it out once we get outta here." he commented before focusing once more on the task at hand. Though Tiya seemed to be sorted as she used her grappling line to descend, immediately trading fire with someone through the smoke and dust. Vince let out a quit chuckle as he turned to glance at the boy... who immediately managed to sour his mood.

The Mando just gave him a cold stare with his T-visor which earned a glare from the bounty hunter. "You got something to say, boy?" he muttered coldly as he stared into his T-visor. "No? Then get your ass in gear an' move it." he ordered as he took a step towards the ledge and hit a button on his vambrace. His boots came to life and he calmly floated down towards the ground, turning mid-air to flip the boy off with both hands as a smirk crept onto his lips. Once he touched down, the power to his boots were cut and he quickly rendezvoused with Tiya. Talo quickly caught up with his own methods and they moved out of the stairwell into the lobby, where Vince noticed the receptionist sprawled out over her desk. "It's not that hard to duck." he commented as they moved for the exit. However, outside was a rather nasty party waiting for them.

The cops had their weapons trained and ready to fire. One of the officers ordered them to surrender and a wicked grin crept onto Vince's face. Slowly he brought his arms up, sneakily priming one of the systems on his vambrace in the process. "I got something better in mind." he spoke up as he glanced at the cops, gauging the range. Taking a step forward, a hiss came from his vambrace before he aimed it at the group of officers. A violent torrent of flames spewed from the vambrace, setting a few on fire and causing panic among their ranks. The sickening smirk was clear on his face as the flames engulfed the speeders they hid around, trying to not get set on fire. With his flamer empty, he drew his pistols and started to fire at their positions, doing a fantastic job of distracting the officers. A few unlucky ones received holes through their torsos or heads, but for the most part he worked to suppress them to open a distraction.

He broke for cover behind a nearby speeder, glancing at his companions. "Why do they always make it personal?" he quipped, waiting to hear what their plans were. He wouldn't mind duking it out, personally. Though he doubted his companions were as trigger happy as he was.

Tiya Zahn Talo Krayt

 

[Tiya Westwind]

Tiya engaged in a short exchange of blaster fire below her companions while they readied themselves to join her, though as a trained marksman she was able to best her opponent, at which point her allies had joined her and they pushed ahead into the lobby. She was aware of the receptionist by seeing her at the corner of her vision but she didn't directly look at her as she didn't want to acknowledge or think about what had happened and instead wished to remain disconnected from the unfortunate fatality, though Vince's comment made it hard to and provoked an irritated look from Tiya for his uncaring attitude.

Once they were surrounded, Tiya hesitated for a moment while deciding whether or not to comply, knowing that arrest could mean death in her circumstances, but she decided to take her chances rather than get killed on the spot so she raised her hands. It soon became apparent that Vince had no intention of going quietly though as his comment suggested a means of escape. She wasn't particularly pleased with his method of doing so, however.

When flames erupted from his vambrace, Tiya immediately drew a pistol and ducked for cover behind a speeder. The only weapons she had with her were a couple more blasters and with the Mando being the guard of the bounty, the situation seemed increasingly bleak. However, a risky idea came to mind and with barely a moment's consideration she turned to Vince. "Cover me." She told him and once she was sure he understood her message, she stood to face the SWATs and held each palm out in the direction of a speeder.

Though she was no Jedi and had only received limited instructions from a former Jedi she briefly knew, she felt capable enough to pull off this one stunt so she drew from the Force and pushed the speeders with such force that they rolled over a few times, knocking the people behind them over. With a few moments free before the remaining SWATs gathered themselves, she urged to the others. "Let's go!"

Talo Krayt Vince Avery

 

[Talo Krayt]

Talo was a usually calm and reserved individual, but Vince's methods, attitude and lack of etiquette was starting to annoy him - so much so that if he became a problem, the Mandalorian would have no qualms with taking him out.

However, Vince did provide an efficient distraction. Using his free arm, Talo reached for his utility belt and unclipped one of his smoke grenades and subsequently launching it into the open, directing it at the SWAT team. Their opposers were quickly enveloped in smoke, coupled with Vince's flamethrower, the SWAT team were scrambling.

What came next completely caught, the otherwise well-prepared Mandalorian, off-guard. Tiya, using some kind of sorcery, managed to knock the speeders over without touching them - he had only heard of these abilities once, back on Teth during his training, back when Mandalore the Great went to war with enemy sorcerers... Jetii. Regardless, he'd have to find out more later as he heeded Tiya's instruction and unclipped one of his WESTAR-34 blasters to take out some of the SWAT members and throwing one last smoke grenade to solidify their escape.

The journey back to Vince's ship was calm as most of the streets were clear due to the arrival of the SWAT team. Back at the ship, Talo headed to the loading ramp and flung the target's body onto it. Removing his vibrodagger, Talo turned his back toward the ship and waited for the others "I'll stand guard." he stated, giving Vince the time he would need to fire up the ship and, hopefully, hinting at Tiya to drag their target further inside the ship.

In the distance, he spotted a few stragglers from the SWAT team making their way over.

Vince Avery Tiya Zahn