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Arrowhawk slid out of the truck, a hand sliding behind her back and under her cape. It came out holding a wooden-hafted axe, gripping it in the middle of the haft. Slowly, making sure she was unnoticed, she hacked it into the rear tyre of the truck, and then moving forward, into one of the front ones. She kept low, moving slowly and silently, ducking in and out of shadows, to give the same treatment to the other trucks. She was grossly outnumbered, and didn't know if the man in the metal mask was a mere mortal or not. She suspected this may not be the case. Normal people didn't have heads like that. Or if it wasn't his head, normal people didn't wear masks like that. Keeping one eye watching him warily, she cut into another tyre, and moved on to the next.

Stealth. Stealth. More stealth.: 1d20+15 29

Arrowhawk seized the opportunity. She waited until the men had got into their vehicle before sliding into the back of the pick-up, gingerly avoiding sitting on the sniper she'd previously knocked out. One hand clutched her bow closely to her, wanting to avoid it clacking off the metal of the truck. Even invisible, she wasn't inaudible. The other gripped on tightly, knowing she wouldn't get an opportunity like this, to perhaps see where the base of operations was. Assuming, of course, the base was where they took their injured. She sat tight, watching and listening keenly, almost motionless. She had all night to wait this out.

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Sneaky sneaky: 1d20+15 17; also use Concealment to hide from normal vision and all olfactory senses.

Arrowhawk decided to get a closer look. Two men were unlikely to arrive in two vehicles, given the previous team had been working as a three. And in any case, her shoulder was still aching from the bullet wound in it. She pulled her cloak around her, fading into the night as she crept forward, taking care not to make a sound, edging up behind the two men to inspect their armament, and to inspect any potential backup. She daren't breathe, lest she end up in another one-sided fight.

Survival check: 1d20+10 22

Arrowhawk cocked her head, an eyebrow raised. "Help you? You just revealed your identity to me. Your mercenary shot me, and it didn't prevent me chasing down your vehicle on foot. I am not one of the police. I know what crimes his son has committed. He has no influence over me." She bent over to get closer to the prone man. "How exactly will be help you, I wonder?" Satisfied that he wasn't going to go anywhere, she began to stride off towards the cab of the truck that the vehicle had collided with. "An ambulance and the authorities. Call them," she instructed the driver.

Galvanic was reclined back in her chair, slumped backwards from the console, looking mildly bored. She was a Praetorian, but had never had much stock for a formal chain of command and procedure. Besides, she didn't like to touch the controls too much. If startled she could potentially blow our the circuitry. Every so often she'd flick her eyes down, taking in the data and readings with a trained but disinterested eye, before resuming being bored. "Sensors clearempty," she said to Magnetar, sweeping her eyes over them for what seemed like the five hundredth time. She fiddled with some buttons and dials, double checking, but still coming up with nothing. "Been too many sols since eventsanything happened."

Arrowhawk sneered down at the man. She was going to phone for help anyway, but there was no sense throwing away perfectly good leads. "What judge?" she asked with cold indifference layering her voice. It'd be good to know what judge would be happy to know what his son was up to. Especially if it would act as leverage to get him to actively do his role properly. A corrupt judicial system was a constant thorn in her side.

Arrowhawk shook her head in contempt. "You really had this all planned out. A nice little arrangement. Low men wanting to hunt for sport, but not wanting to actually get a battle from it. So dishonorable." She stood up, callously letting the man's head drop, rapping off the cement for a moment. "How do I find them?" she asked, eyes scanning the distance, only half paying attention to the defeated man sniveling on the floor.

"Hmm." Chris looked pensive, biting into the apple and chewing obnoxiously loudly as he thought over it. "I'm skeptical, but I see the argument." He looked at the two sincerely, hands spread wide. "Look, I can keep it fairly quiet, but I can't make promises on people figuring it out. Alex will find out. I'm sure of it." He leaned back against the wall beside the TV, having lapped the room a few times. "Plus I suppose there's some insurance in it protecting us from the current administration. What's the kid like, anyway?" He took another bite of the apple and kept talking with his mouth full. "She freaked out by all this? Can't have been an easy one for her."

Arrowhawk snarled, crouching and gripping the man by the throat. She painfully forced his head up to look at her, staring him right in the eye with a burning fury. "If I meant to kill you, you and your friend would long be enjoying the luxuries of Helheim." She tightened her grip a little, but didn't use nearly the amount of strength her enchanted gauntlets would allow her to bring to bear. "Your hunt ends tonight. And you will tell me where it is. And who is involved. And how to stop them." Arrowhawk leaned in close, until her nose was nearly touching the wounded man. "And then, and only then, will I consider alerting the authorities."

Arrowhawk finished up, stopping only when she was sure the man would live. Even if he was a monster, it wasn't her place to leave him to die. Especially when his comrade was moving so very, very slowly. Turning and casually strolling after him, she didn't bother to be silent, letting her boots clump on the concrete. She circled around, stopping in front of the crawling man, glaring down at him. Her blue eyes pierced through the shadows under her cowl. "So. Did this go as planned?" asked the Arrowhawk, her voice harsh and sharp.

Arrowhawk walked up to where the unconscious man was trapped in the vehicle, clearly in awful shape. She reached out and ripped off the already dented and damaged door, tossing it to the side where it clattered into the damaged asphalt. Her eyes flicked up and down his body, assessing his injuries, before dispassionately tearing at his clothing, getting a bundle of cloth as she tried to staunch the bleeding. She was no battlefield surgeon, hell she wasn't even a medic, but this was the best she could possibly do right now.

I'll make some rolls to check the injuries... Medicine roll?: 2#1d20 4 10 Look, she is not a doctor, OK?

Arrowhawk could only watch in horror, slowing herself and stopping short before she was caught up in the crash, able only to watch the car roll and roll... and roll... She froze for a moment in horror as the carnage unfolded. Why his they have to flee? Why didn't they just submit? Why didn't they just not do such a vile thing? As soon as everything had ground to a halt, she rushed over to the pickup truck, peering inside, seeing the two men inside were in a sorry state. "Why didn't you just stop," she hissed, trying to assess the damage.

Chris pointed finger guns at Ashley. "Where's the superpowers exemption in the regular ole draft?" he pointed out with a wry smile. "You'd just need to know which males just leaving high school have superpowers to selectively issue, wouldn't'cha?" He slid off the couch, pacing restlessly back and forth, seeming unable to sit still in his seat. He finally turned back to the pair. "So, you said superhuman backup. What exactly does that mean? Because, I mean, even if we hadn't had this conversation, you know I'd come running if you asked. Probably bring the 'Ceptors too if it was bad enough. Heck, you could do the same of most of the student body, and I imagine half of them will twig to something being up."

Chris took another loud bite of the apple. He glanced back and forth between Callie and Ashley. "So one of the President's children is a meta. And thus..." He traced his fingers along an imaginary diagram in front of him. "They need education in their powers. But also need their usual security detail. Which means you going back to Claremont as security. Which means obviously the Secret Service know you're on assignment there." He hooked his feet on the arm of the couch and stretched out, tapping his head on the floor a couple of times before pulling himself back up to a sitting position. "So I suppose my real concern is everyone else's security. You don't work for our pro-super incumbent. You work for the Secret Service. What if the next President decides wait, no, we're a threat. Isn't this playing with fire a bit?" Geckoman pointed finger guns at Callie. "What've you set up to stop that?" He was assuming it was a given, not an if, that some arrangement was in place.

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Chris raised an eyebrow. "You're going undercover and you having finished college... this is all a bit 90210, isn't it?" He turned away briefly, locating a fruit bowl on the kitchen counter. He picked up a red apple, lightly tossing it up into the air before catching it and taking a bite. He ambled over to the opposite side of the couch from where Callie was sitting and leaned on the arm rest. He loudly crunched on another chunk of apple. "I follow politics insofar as it overlaps with my work. I try to avoid it, though. Superhumans and government? Terrible mix." Chris shrugged and ate an apple. "I know there's a thing with a mule and a rhino. Or is it a goat and an elephant?"

Arrowhawk leaped over a pile of spilled garbage bags, landing hard and picking up the pace, close enough to be able to see the whites of the crossbowman's eyes. She couldn't say anything or ask it to stop, too focused on picking up enough speed quickly enough to get onto the damn truck. Her teeth were clenched and bared, cheeks flushed as she bore down on the truck. She felt something splitting in her side, but wasn't sure if the wound had actually opened further, or if it was just the pain from pushing herself like this.

Dexterity check: 1d20+6 22 Well, she's keeping pace!

Arrowhawk pondered. The man was in no danger of walking away on her. But if he wasn't going to die imminently... she could stop that truck, get the information, call the authorities to get the man medical treatment, and then proceed to bring the remainder of this operation to justice. And then she could attempt to sew up the wounds on her side and shoulder. Ignoring the burning pains on her torso, she broke into a sprint, moving with a preternatural swiftness, not bothering to mask her footsteps as her boots thudded off the pavement, feet falling so quickly it was more like a continuous sound. Her cape was nearly perpendicular to the ground as she gave chase to the fleeing pickup truck.

Is he dead tho: 1d20+1 18