Darker Than Black

[Anonymous G]

The contractor at the end of the alley glowed a bright blue, cans and debris scattered in their direction. Roland stumbled back into the alley, grabbing Jamie by the arm and pulling her away from the invisible wall that was being sent at them. "Fuck!" He cursed as the wall slammed into the building at the other side of the street. There was an expected lull in the destruction and he took the opportunity to look around the corner. The contractor fled, possibly to safely complete his contract. Roland sighed as he crumpled to his knees, they needed to take this opportunity to run themselves. To where was the true problem.

"We need to get you to a hospital" Jamie told him. That, however, was out of the question as hospitals ask questions, and they were not at liberty to answer those questions. Roland knew a place that would help him though.

"No, we need to see Red." He gasped in pain, Red was a med school reject, but he knew his stuff and didn't ask questions. "You know where it is." Roland added. He looked over to Xan who dusted himself off. "Thanks... I guess."

[arinot]

Aisling kept shouting into the phone and arrived at times square...
she just looked at the lights, then immediately tried pulling up Roland's last location. She knew she was dead without a partner... especially one who could shield her from harm.

[Poliwirl100]

Xan shrugged "I could say it was nuthin' but" He lifted Roland onto his back "You still need help....plus I didn't there were others like me until today so I should thank you and your daughter I guess." He said the last part as if he wasn't sure of it "But for now let's get you to a hospital." He said as he began walking

[maxfuchs]

Three blocks away from where the fight had taken place, Max exited the taxi, paying the driver the cost of the trip with a tip for taking him at the end of the shift. He dashed down to the location that his superiors had pointed out only to slow down as he saw the flashing lights of a fire engine.

Shit. Something must have gone wrong up here. He sped back up, panting slightly upon arrival as he looked around outside the area, his eyes eventually alighted on Brad, looking as tired as he did. The coyote walked tiredly to the cheetah, ears drooped. "Looks like someone beat us to him..." He grumbled. "He's currently our only link to the disc other than that lynx. Hopefully one of the dolls can at least point us to his current location, or we can find a trail."

[Iseeyouthere]

Brad was panting loudly and coughing up spit. While he did have some degree of physical prowess, he sucked and hated running. He had gotten three stitches and had to stop each time to get rid of the pain.

"Yeah... Thats nice... Good plan..." Brad gasped out. "Just... gimme a.. m-minute..."

It took him a few minutes to catch his breath, swearing softly and muttering something about taxis.
"So... Now what?"

[Anonymous G]

"We can't go to a hospital, there's a place... not far from here. Jamie will give you directions." Roland said as he grew lightheaded. The doll quickly pointed them in the right direction, Roland was getting woozy, but he felt good enough to make it all the way there, even walking on his own for part of the trip. After about twenty minutes of walking, they came upon a secluded alleyway. Not intimidated, Jamie quickly led them inside and pounded on a rusted door to their right. After a few moments, a wildly bearded man stuck his head out.

"Wha- what the hell do you guys... shit." He frowned when he realized who they were. "You guys weren't followed, were ya?" He asked nervously, stealing a glance down the alley. Jamie shook her head and opened up her wallet, pulling out some serious cash that quickly caught the eye of their "doctor". He graciously took the money and helped carry Roland into the building. "Come on, come on. Don't want any contractors to see ya."

[Poliwirl100]

Xan just waved Red off "I'm going to make sure we weren't. Just make sure he's fine." Xan said as he began walking, not really caring for illegal medicines. It wasn't long until he found his way back to the fight scene and bumped into a breathless cheetah "I'm sorry sir"

[Anonymous G]

After a hasty examination and sketchy stitching to close up the large laceration on his arm and deep cuts in his face, Roland lied down on the musty couch in the poorly ventilated basement. With an IV drip in one arm, he wanted to swat away the smoke with his free hand, but the fractured bone shot him with a dulled pain at every flex of his muscles, a rather shabby splint was fixed on it to prevent excess movement. Red took a hit for himself before handing the blunt back to Roland who awkwardly handled it with the IV. The room was dimly lit, unsanitary, and quite honestly sad to look at. However, at this moment, it was the only place he wanted to be at the moment. He turned over to Jamie, who sat at his feet and stared at the wall. "Man, I wonder what a doll would look like high." Red joked before taking a puff again. Roland chuckled, wincing as his broken ribs presented themselves.

"I don't know how she isn't right now." Roland added, coughing at all of the smoke in the air. Red didn't have the time to acquire any prescription drugs, but was also a part-time drug dealer so the weed was to act as a weak substitute. The contractor mused, not even Aisling knew about his pot usage. Jamie never said a word about it, but of course the agency probably knows about it. He just figured that as long as he got the job done, it didn't matter to them. Roland sneaked a look at his watch, noting 1:30 in the morning.

"You got a phone, Red?" Roland asked.

"Yeah, sure." He answered, producing a rather nice smart phone. He tossed it to Roland who fumbled with it before letting it land on the couch. After dialing Aisling's cell phone, he waited for her to pick up.

[arinot]

Aisling had the phone ring in her ear as she had just hung up for the third time

"HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!"

She pulled the phone and checked the ID... didn't recognize it... but it was probably a good idea to pick up anyway
She took pains not to start shouting into the phone at this random person
"Hello?"

[Anonymous G]

"H-hey, this is Roland." The contractor said hesitantly. He didn't want to be bombarded with questions of his whereabouts or recent events, so he cut right to the point. "I'm at Red's... hopefully I won't need to move anytime soon." He explained awkwardly.

[arinot]

Aisling could feel herself get extremly pissed... but also scared...
scared... what a feeling. Couldn't even remember such a feeling until now...
But she had no backup, she had a valuable disk, and people were getting hurt.
"Roland... before I begin yelling like a madwoman... What the hell happened... be wary of how you word it cause I swear to god I'll find a way to burninate your phone from where I am... and your clothes too... MAINLY AS YOU LEFT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF TIMES SQUARE WITH VALUABLE, WILLING TO KILL TO GET, ####"

[Anonymous G]

Aisling could feel herself get extremly pissed... but also scared...
scared... what a feeling. Couldn't even remember such a feeling until now...
But she had no backup, she had a valuable disk, and people were getting hurt.
"Roland... before I begin yelling like a madwoman... What the hell happened... be wary of how you word it cause I swear to god I'll find a way to burninate your phone from where I am... and your clothes too... MAINLY AS YOU LEFT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF TIMES SQUARE WITH VALUABLE, WILLING TO KILL TO GET, ####"

Roland sighed. "A contractor crushed my van." He explained bluntly, "Jamie dragged me out and some weird dude that was living at my apartment building helped us escape the ambush." Roland coughed at all the smoke and winced from the pain that caused.