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[argentcruelty]

Who: Kadaj, his bros, and a whole bunch of other people.
When: February 18th, beginning just before evening sirens.
Where: The abandoned baseball diamond.
Summary: Operation: Steal the Core part 2
Warnings: Violence and stuff.

((Sorry guys, you can have a totally uninspiring blank log because I promised I'd have it up today but I'm too tired to

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[ysobritish]

[And just like that, the plan is in place. Simple enough. Take down the guards if possible, if not then keep them occupied and cause enough casualties that their attention won't be on Kadaj

<3 Pie

[steel_goddess]

Gunfire drew her eye almost immediately, marking someone in the field who was engaging with lethal intent. She'd been watching from a position in a dugout nearby, clothed head-to-toe in black in case on of the guards might recognize her. No sense getting caught while -defending- the damn thing.

Bursting from the dugout she sprinted to a makeshift barricade. The Paralyzer came out and she fired a snap-shot without aiming across the field. No sense shooting AT this guy just yet, but maybe a warning shot of bright blue plasma might make them back off.

Well hai there!

[ysobritish]

The brightness of the blue shot was almost blinding in the darkness of the field. He raised a hand to his eyes, scanning the field for a sign of the attacker. The FAMAS follows his line of sight before lowering.

The blackness of her clothing was to her advantage; Liquid couldn't read where the shot came from precisely enough to shoot her. A general direction was easy. Precise shots were not and he did not intend to waste his ammunition firing blindly into the dark like a rookie. Instead, he dropped low to minimise the target, heading in the vague direction the attack had come from.

:D

[steel_goddess]

With the gunfire stopped it was suddenly that much harder to locate her target, and Samus cursed not knowing whether he had withdrawn or simply moved to a better position.

Keeping low she scurried to another point of cover. Fire and move, it was one of the first things she had learned. Otherwise you tended to get shot the second time you fired.

Craning her head around the side, low to the ground, she scanned the field, looking for for her next shot.

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[ysobritish]

He swept the area carefully, finding no one. Someone well trained, then. A soldier, perhaps. But what kind of weapon fired projectiles like that?

Even Liquid wasn't quite rash enough to simply fire and draw the opponent's aim again. That was simple stupidity. He needed a way to draw them out. Crouching down lower, he fumbled in the ground to find a stone, throwing it in a random direction to see if the sound drew the enemy's attention.

It would have worked on the Genome Soldiers and they were intellectually enhanced.

[steel_goddess]

Training could only account for so much, the rest was basic instinct. So when something crunched into the frost near her position Samus threw herself backwards and snapped a blast of bright blur plasma at that same location, backlit by the glow.

Nothing. He must have moved as soon as he'd made the noise. This cat and mouse was always the worst part, it was almost a relief to come to grips with the enemy.

[ysobritish]

[And just like that, the position was given away. Blue light illuminated the figure, just for a moment. If Liquid had known that this was Otacon's friend, he might have backed off and changed his hunting area.]

So there you are!

[Liquid's attention snapped towards the blast. Without thinking, he somersaulted over to where the light had come from, landing in a crouch precisely where the blast had hit. He raised the gun and fired a short burst in her direction, not bothering to aim precisely. If she was fast enough to dodge the range of the gun, precise aim was just a waste of time at this range.]

[steel_goddess]

"Drek!" Samus bit out a curse at the sudden burst of automatic fire, throwing herself over a barricade as a bullet creased the bicep of the Zero suit.

At this range an automatic weapon gave him the distinct advantage, and if she stayed crouched down here for too long, he'd just circle for a clear shot. Time to change the game.

Without breaking cover she fired four shots blind in Snake's general direction, hoping for just enough to earn a break in the fire. Stuffing the Paralyzer into it's holster she grabbed the concrete barricade with both hands and heaved wrenching it from the ground and sending it spinning in the same direction she'd fired.

Cybernetic strength was good for something after-all.

[ysobritish]

The shots he'd expected. The barricade he had not

[steel_goddess]

Ragged breathing was harsh in her ears, making Samus feel like everyone across the whole field could hear where she was. That kind of exertion wasn't easy without the Varia suit, and her screaming muscles said it had cost her.

But the gunfire had stopped and now all she had to do was...wait. Experience pinged as she detected a form nearby, moving into close quarters. Alright, fine...if that's the way it was going to be.

Flipping and spinning the Paralyzer like a butterfly knife, Samus ignited the plasma blade with a signature snap-hiss, illuminating her in the growing darkness with a four-foot long blade of bright blue energy.

[ysobritish]

"Swords? Really, that's like trying to defuse a bomb with a laser beam."

He muttered the words lowly, lowering the gun to rest around his neck on its strap. If he had to take on a woman with a glowing sword, so be it. From the looks of it, that sword could easily damage the gun - and the gun was far less replaceable than he was. Really, it would have been hardly fair - or fun - to simply shoot a blatant target like that. Even if she was like Gray Fox and could deflect bullets with her sword, that would have been a difficult match. Instead, he circled her, watching for an opening.

[steel_goddess]

"Snake?" When that face had first come into the circle of blue light she'd almost rocked back on her heels in surprise. The blonde hair and shirtless attire changed her mind, but the resemblance was...uncanny.

"Drop your weapon and surrender. No one's getting the Core today." She levelled the sword at him with an ominous hummmm.

[ysobritish]

"I don't surrender, unfortunately." He shifted, resting one foot behind the other ready to move. "Although I have to wonder what you have against our attempt to escape."

Liquid himself didn't want or need to escape. Not yet. He needed to find a way to override the memory loss before he would dare. He simply said it because she was surely expecting it to be his motive. "At any rate, just because you know Snake doesn't mean I'm going to go easy on you."

[steel_goddess]

"Nothing. I found the bloody thing, but I'll be damned if I'm going to see it in the hands of a bunch of lunatics." She relaxed, the sword coming down to almost the ground, her muscles in a state of passive readiness. It would happen soon, and tensing up wasn't going to help her.

"Just because you look like Snake doesn't mean -I'll- go easy on -you- either."

[ysobritish]

"Frankly, if you did go easy on me I'd be disappointed in you," he retorted sharply. He lets the comments on his sanity pass. "Although I'm surprised brother didn't come out to play as well."

His weight shifted, his body entirely supported on one leg. "Well. No sense in complaining about finding a decent opponent," he mused, before throwing himself forward, aiming a heavy kick towards her face.

[steel_goddess]

"Brother?" It threw her enough that instead of a graceful dodge she had to hurl herself away from Liquid's foot, rolling as she hit the ground. Not one to stay on the defense she lunged forward, augmented muscles surging, with a swipe of the plasma blade.

She wanted a shallow cut, no sense trying to kill this guy...not yet.