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Post by Hieronymous on Aug 21, 2016 7:21:40 GMT
They had gotten the call. She'd managed to get all her clothes and a few pairs of shoes into one overhead sized bag. Her carry-on had make up laptop and her registered unloaded and safety locked handgun. She was still allowed to carry as a detective and retired police officer. Walking through the airport she was quiet and deep in thought. She'd heard the start of the argument last night and it had her feeling Deja Vue always the ruin of her feelings of safety and home. She'd not done anything to make tasha think anything untoward. It was making her fret the ride in the car on the way she'd sat as physically far from the Rex as she could. Now they'd have to sit next to each other for hour and a half. It would be OK she had plenty to distract her. Like having never having been to new york. He booked the flight after hearing form Samuel. He’d kept the fact that he was going to run point to himself. He knew that Samuel would have contingencies in place to take control of whatever Militis, Specto or Vindex he sent. He also knew that unless Samuel was going rogue he would have the full support of Kasha as well. He’d secured the twins as well and they would meet him and Melissa at LaGuardia. The surprise of it all besides himself was Tammy. She would be the linchpin in keeping Samuel focused on the mission and not thinking of how to wrest control as was his way. He’d noticed Melissa’s distance but was busy texting and corresponding so he couldn’t address it directly. Once they were settled for takeoff however he could. Having shut off his phone and took a couple of deep breaths to relax himself. As much as he’d to recently he hated flying. He hated being not in control. He could accept it and had learned to hide it more times than not. This time however he allowed it to seep through him. “You know me and Nats…discussion had nothing to do with you right? It was about me not being able to share control. Its just not something I have ever had to do and so I don’t do it well at all. But I am trying to be more open.” Open yes less controlling was another matter entirely it would be a long slog before he got to that point. He knew it and was angry with himself for such a stereotypical alpha male flaw. Resting his hand on hers he turned so that she was more directly in his view. The first class seating was large enough where it wasn’t necessary but touch was a thing for them. Touch was the cake as well as the icing. Family touched friends touched. Enemies did not, liars did not. He was none of those things. She was his they were a Pride and he was very directly placing his and his brothers life in her hands. Jumping as if slapped when he figured her out so quickly touch sealed it she looked at him and then melted into his arms sighing."sorry it just felt so much like the last time I didn't want to get caught unaware again thought to protect my self..I didn't know she didn't know we were going." Now that he had fessed up and she felt stupid the tension lessened by alot and she was even able to distract him from the fact they were in the air. She asked him fifty million new York questions like what did an actual new York dog taste like and did he ever see a Broadway show. She'd put her stone cold on when they landed but for now she was a tourist and excited again. He answered her questions as completely as he could. It had been years and he'd recently been staying away due to issues. He in fact was only leading this foray due Samuels ask and to lay what was to rest. As the had the privacy he laid out the story of how he as a young knuckle head had changed the course of city so vry long ago. His actions made it possible that the Rayne family and the Ombra became the one and only clan in New York. He talked at length on his time there and howw close hed come to having a real family as well as how he ruined it. It was why he was so welcoming and understanding now. His mistakes and missteps had taught him well. He hoped to not repeat them or at least none of the big ones. He also talked on his dream of being able to step away from things. To not have to be the tip of the sword in the battles of righting wrongs and avenging grievances. If she didn't have a serious case of hero worship before for hiero she did now. She'd listened rapt attention to his life in awe and amazement. Odly she wanted to meet his brother even more now because he had to be something to behold to have heiro step into the fray like this. When they started their decent she held his hand offering the comfort he'd given back to him. Then grabbing her stuff she slipped into lioness stone cold mode. So that any of the others in this would know right away why he'd chosen her as his side arm in this mission. She slipped on her aviators and made her spine straight and her movement liquid. Hiero watched the change happen she shielded herself and closed down her aura focusing it into a shield. He smiled at her dedication. Her offer of comfort was appreciated more than he would let on as he didn’t want to fawn or force her to break character. Presentation would be everything as they for all intents and purpose were coming unannounced and could be called for almost any infraction. He may have been paranoid but he expected every city to be as dialed in as Chicago and was disappointed as much as he was appreciative in those cities where that was not the case. As such he expected their appearance to crop up on quite a few radars. He’d told Samuel the arrival time of the twins not he or Melissa’s he wanted time to sniff around and see if he could spot the edges of trouble that had Samuel calling in favors first. The best way to do that would be to meet Samuel back here in three hours when the twins arrived. They would use the intervening time to find a few fallbacks and places off the grid to work from if things got as bad as he was expecting. Yes, he could have found what he was looking for by googling it but sometimes lowtech was the way to go. As such he bought a map at the airport shop and they made their way to a waiting rental. |
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Post by Mel Haze on Aug 22, 2016 0:25:39 GMT
As they got in the rental she settled and took it all in the place was bustling and packed and the smells were different. At first it almost was over whelping then she shut her shields tighter and then one at a time added smells back. Frowning at a few of the more pervasive ones.
As they maneuvered through the billions of cars she was going through email on her cell and a news Alert kept scrolling by after she set it up for local time. Going to it she blinked" No way...you might want to see this"
Putting the phone to Bluetooth and paired to the car speakers she stuck it to the GPS mount so he could focus on it and driving then hit play" earlier today at police headquarters a brutal attack took place no officers were injured but a local man later identified as shop owner and victim of last night's break in and vandalism erick Kelly of Kelly's blooms in Brooklyn was injured and taken inside for medical attention..what we want to note here is that Mr Kelly is a were bear and while most think dangerous when they think bear he is a citizen of our city. The attack was perpetrated by a local wolf pack who Kelly Says he attempted to stop from taking over his neighborhood..more on his stirring words and condition later today"
She shut it off took it down and peeked at him the had showed footage from the attack behind the caster and clearly visible was one large man fight for what seemed like his life while guns got drawn by the cops around them. One woman stood out as she'd been next to the bear when the clip started. She seemed to be shouting orders. Mel sighed it was funny she could have been that woman in a couple years.
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Post by Hieronymous on Aug 22, 2016 1:48:01 GMT
Hearing the news he had to keep from chuckling. It was a serious matter but he could smell that the fix was in. He knew the woman vaguely and knew his brother was pulling strings. For a lion he was awful spider like.
He felt for the officer and the bear but it was all he could do not to turn the car around and leave. Samuel like him was taught by a deviously wise old lion that had held a portion of three states in his grip. His reach extended into every facet of crime, illegality and violence that existed. Even now almost thirty years later Hiero was fighting off the effects of his policies and programs.
In his search for his brother he'd found traces and signs that an entity known as the Exauda Militis was making ground was coopting and absorbing groups left and right.
He knew now the truth he was unable to see then. His grandfather was alive and well in the form of his brother. While Samuel had never physically abused anyone close to him Hiero wasn't sure that it wasnt simply bevause Samuel never let anyone close enough to count.
He instead sighed and said aloud that "we need to find a hotel to check into out of the way then begin scouting we need the lay of the land quick as we can manage it."
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Post by Mel Haze on Aug 22, 2016 5:53:42 GMT
She nodded and called a hotel called the Hiatt in midtown. They had rooms enough for everyone she booked them the block of rooms on the back half of the 4th floor. Then texting her connects through the present and got more info bout the attack which she gave to hiero apperantly there were drugs involved and gangs.
" so new York is crazy huh?"
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Post by Hieronymous on Aug 22, 2016 11:38:29 GMT
“It is far crazier than that and more. New Orleans is more magical and La for all of its supposed west coast ease is more hectic. But New York is crazier it’s like the Joker of cities hyper-sane and capable of anything. Including the fact that we have a tail even now.” He motioned to the rearview with a head nod. The car was far enough back that no nonpreternatural would be able to see inside but judging by the drivers focus they were preternatural. He hoped they were just a scouting party but in this day and age who knew.
A very large part of him wanted to divert from their destination but he was out of practice with New York driving and instead of diverging stayed the course taking the 495 right into the heart of midtown hoping he was simply being paranoid. He knew they would be passing through Queens and if things hadn’t changed too much traffic would thin out and the truth of their tails aim would show itself. Especially as he knew a few Rodere who used Ozone park as an HQ if Sandoval was still Rom it would change what options they had.
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Post by Mel Haze on Aug 22, 2016 21:38:15 GMT
Mel blinked well dang that was fast but you didn't let them know you knew so she kept playing secretary tourist. Pointing to things out windiws and texting up a storm bytes the texts were going to a database of cataloged preturnatual most hospitals all over the use kept files of infected. Even if they didn't release it it went on to a database for authorities so if they had a crime and the picture matched they would know to call the special squad.
She typed in his description and then used a selfie cam to zoom. Picture was a bit blurred but close enough for point facial recognition softwear." Gimme thirty and we should have a couple matches"
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Post by Hieronymous on Aug 23, 2016 11:42:27 GMT
Hiero cursed under his breath he didn’t see any of the graffiti he was hoping to. He spotted Silver Moons, Raven Tails and an odd solo one that he didn’t recognize. He also didn’t see any business logos that signified the area was controlled by any one clan. Nothing stood out and that was a bad sign that meant Queens was up for grabs or at the very least unaligned with any particular group. In Chicago that was a good thing as that meant that the clans as a whole protected the areas or it was held by the Kiss specifically.
He knew not that much had changed in New York each Borough was held or at least nominally controlled by a clan. If not that meant it was effectively no man’s land. Sighing his frustration he swung off the road taking a cut over double checking what he saw. Nope it was pretty bleak The hidden messages were there but not the ones he’d hoped to see.
Smirking as he thought of something that Sabin had done initially and it’d stuck. Everyone needed to eat or drink so he swung into a gas station the nearest one at hand." Get ready this would be where they either make a move or back off." Exiting the car, he left it running and went in to check the coolers. Sure enough etched into the faux brass paneling was what he’d hoped to see.
Seems Queens was a contested area but based on the number of instances he spotted it the Raven Tails was the largest most visible group. Choosing a water and a Watermelon Ricky he paid and exited the store. The tail car had a joiner as it sat across the street watching waiting. He’d have preferred a quiet entrance into the city but loud would do at this point. Leaning into Melissa’s window he gave her a choice the water or the Ricky. The other he took opened taking a sip and walking towards the follow car. It was better to deal with things head on.
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Post by Mel Haze on Aug 23, 2016 19:30:50 GMT
Mel smirked reaching for the center console like she was getting change she was getting her peice. Clip in Safety on she got a message with a hit. Driver was Petrov stanisloski a Russian decended Queens native with a bit of a sheet. He was also infected jaguar it said.
She took the water having never much liked fake watermelon flavoring and even less so now. Showing him guns out and silencer in place. WatchI guess him walk she'd cover him. Watching traffic to time things right.
As supes he'd be able to hear the gun normally even over traffic hense the suppressor. It was to easy once heiro got to the window she took aim and ..fpt...fpt. tires on front and back started sinking. Now he had a captive audience and had proved she could pick them off easy.
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Post by Hieronymous on Aug 24, 2016 1:15:03 GMT
Hiero called out to the lead follow ignoring his buddies in the other car. They were like this one feline not tiger or lion. Definitely Jaguar this one and the others were as well or either very strong leopards. He smiled as he called. “Peter is that you! Peter Stanisloski that is you. You old sonvuabitch.” Calling him by name made the lycanthrope freeze just long enough for Hiero to get to the car. As he did he leaned in taking a view of the interior and the occupants. No weapons out meant they were expecting to simple stalk and harass him and Melissa. They weren’t exactly subtle but neither was he so it worked out.
Then the tires went and they nearly jumped Melissa had timed it perfectly with him dropping his shields allowing his aura to fill the car and the area around them. He smiled which was a baring of teeth. He was their dominant in everyway. If they so much as twitched we would snatch the throat out of them. “Look Petey get lost or die. Spread the word if you have to but if I were you I would fin every reason to never have to.”
Turning on his heels he gave them his back daring them to try and take back their pride and ho-cards. He doubted they would but kept himself attuned to them even as he seemed to not pay them no nevermind.
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Post by Mel Haze on Aug 24, 2016 3:46:27 GMT
She chuckled softly as the driver just short of peed him self she watched her Rex walk back over keeping her gun on the back car and then full out laughed when he slid in. They were motioning rapidly and so frustrated but dared not get out if the car. It was clear they were out classed.
She winked at him" shall we away m'lord ?"
Still keeping a eye because men tended to get easily butt hurt in her experience and they sure as heck had some serious rear roast going on.
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Post by Hieronymous on Aug 24, 2016 5:12:45 GMT
Hiero slid in it was hard keeping himself from doubling back and putting a serious hurt on the group but that would be unwise. He’d done what he could for starters until they got a better lay of the land. He was more pissed than he le on but he smiled at the way Melissa had handled herself. She was a great wing-woman and he had to chuckle at her shall we line.
“We doth m’lady we doth.”
Wheeling out of the park he swung around gunning the rental directly at the follow car he clipped it on purpose. It made it easy to pick out in traffic and while they no doubt would change it eventually it wasn’t an easy thing to do or else there would have been more cars.
It wasn’t that far to the hotel and with them having the whole corner he was sure they’d be fine and see anyone that came before things got hectic. As Melissa had synched her phone he asked her to call the rental agency. Once connected he recounted the hit and run. Having them deliver a new rental to their hotel within the hour. As they were already prechecked in Hiero and Melissa went to their room. He insisted they use the central room as theirs as this would be their fallback away from all of the others.
Once in and unpacked he spread a map of the city over the bed. “Alright M’lady here we are.” Taking a sharpie out of his bags he circled the hotel. “Here is the Pride Home. Here is where their Militis stays. His office and his personal area of control are here and here. This isn’t a battle for control he isn’t trying to take over the Pride he is moving on a group who is based here and has allies…” Standing away from the map he shrugged, “well anywhere really and we are going to cut through them putting as many of them in the ground as we can find. You want to take a drive and scout at least a few locations. We need quiet places to do the deeds and evacuate from as well as get an idea as to the flow of traffic foot and vehicle. Ideas?”
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Post by Mel Haze on Aug 24, 2016 6:32:28 GMT
Looking at what he circled and nodding putting her stuff on her bed and hanging up the 3 dresses. Shoes placed. Then she pointed out potential ambush points and hiding spots. Parks and water front were classics because you could dump a body washing off evidence or hide them until some of the evidence had been ruined by being in the open.
As a cop those were the places they had bodies pop up most and they also causedo the most issue. Industrial places also horrible as crime scenes with the chemical and tools there. She streched pulled her hair into a bunch then got ready to head back out" don't forget only a hour or so till were due back to pick up the guys and meet your brother"
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Post by Hieronymous on Aug 25, 2016 21:02:26 GMT
" Yeah. Don’t remind me." He responded going out of his way to openly hide that he was excited to do so and not looking forward all at once. He loved Samuel but in his new role with all that had taken place he was in the end unsure. Love and loyalty were his two biggest weapons as was usual it was also his two biggest flaws. Which in and of itself was saying a lot considering he was a very flawed man.
He kept looking at the map. Leaning in he crouched looking closer at where she motioned would e natural areas to stage or have staged against them cutoffs dead ends and body dumps. There was one commonality. Each and every location they’d marked on the map was accessible if not directly within a few blocks of the New York train system. He smirked there would be cameras to deal with but it was nearly perfect for a lose group of people small and light. They’d be able to float in and out of places provided they had enough time to plan and synch their actions up with the train schedule.
“What about this?” He said pointing to a terminal calling her back over to take a look.
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Post by Mel Haze on Aug 25, 2016 22:54:26 GMT
She came over and looked" looks like were buying train passes for the day nice catch"
She packed a shoulder bag with cell on silent low vibrate. Cash spare rig and clip and gum. A lip balm fishing line and spare Bobby pins. It was an odd min but she could do pretty awesome things with line and Bobby pins.
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Post by Hieronymous on Aug 27, 2016 7:40:42 GMT
Hiero smiled as he slipped in his contacts grabbed his wallet and dumped his bag sifting until he found jeans boots a tee and his leather jacket. Changing he pulled his hair back into ponytail still mostly loose and smiled. Now he was ready he could meet his brother in anything but he wanted to be comfortable Samuel would have a fit surely and especially once his surprise lioness showed.
He’d feel guilty about blind siding the old lion if it wasn’t going to be so much funny watching him have to deal with two people he’d let get close enough and stay close enough that if they asked for the shift off his back he’d be hard pressed to decide who got what. In his gut he knew it was more than what Samuel was hinting at with his aid for request he could be honest enough with himself about that. Just how far down the rabbit hole they went would depend on his responses to seeing Hiero and hiero’s surprise.
“Alright transit cards for five and anonymous uber lyft and zipcar accounts. I’m sure Samuel will keep us fitted out with a driver or two but we may need to do more looking on our own.”
He sid as he handed her a key to the room they wouldn't spend much time her he figured Samuel would have them set up somewhere but he liked the two of them having a bolt hole.
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