|
|
Post by Marcus Stone on Jan 3, 2014 20:27:48 GMT -6
Marcus grinned, removing both hands from his pockets and putting them in the air as he stood in front of her. She'd gone for it- this one was worth something, or had something juicy enough to hide that she was worth the effort to find out.
"Well well, awfully defensive, aren't we? But I imagine you'll have wished you took the money by the time I'm done."
The look on Marcus' face went cold, his eyes delivering a thousand-yard stare to hers as he lowered his hands.
"You see, if you didn't have something on you worth really having, I might have left you alone. But you're going to an awful lot of trouble to hide whatever it is from me- information, item, whatever it is. There's a lot of people who pay good money to find things out like that...."
He snapped the fingers on his right hand, backing up a couple yards before pointing at her.
"This would have been -so- much easier if you'd played along."
A metallic insectoid clicking could be heard in the air above and behind the girl, a way up the street... and it was getting close. Fast. The sound of whirring wings could be heard with its approach, much like that of a large beetle fluttering about... and from the sound, it was aiming at her back.
|
|
Kayla Payne
Rail Ranger 1 - Red 
The Power was found
Posts: 383 
|
Post by Kayla Payne on Jan 3, 2014 20:49:18 GMT -6
She was confused, and being tired made it even worse. But then she heard it, the sound of something flying. It sounded like a Zecter, based on what hers sounded like. She turned to try to get a look, but her clumsiness kicked in and she tripped over her own feet, falling into the small bits of snow that covered the asphalt. She groaned, feeling her Zecter shift around in her coat.
|
|
|
|
Post by Marcus Stone on Jan 3, 2014 22:11:21 GMT -6
The girl had tripped over herself to her own fortune- the Zecter barrel-rolled through on its original trajectory, approaching Marcus and circling around him once as it slowed down. The beetle-form Zecter was black, with red and silver accents; its tachyon-formed "wings" were glowing in bright red as it seemed to glare at the woman from in front of Marcus- who then swiftly snatched it out of the air and revealed his Rider Belt beneath his leather jacket.
"Tough break there Sparky, she ended up tryin' to do it for you."
He slid the insect into the belt, a dark pulse of energy bursting from it as armor began to form in hexagonal shapes around him, building itself up from the ground over Marcus' form.
]HENSHIN[
The Zecter announced the change with a low, distorted mechanical sound as the last of the armor formed over Marcus, a bulky kit in silver and red with a yellow visor. Marcus still seemed to be glaring at the girl through it.
"Now then, missy, what exactly are you hiding that's just so important? I hope it's something worth me breaking out my Sunday best for you."
He took a couple steps toward her again, slowly, methodically... almost as if he was gauging her for a reaction.
|
|
Kayla Payne
Rail Ranger 1 - Red
The Power was found
Posts: 383
|
Post by Kayla Payne on Jan 3, 2014 22:20:54 GMT -6
She stayed down for now, trying to figure out what he was going to do. He was a Rider... Was he an enemy? He seemed like it, but was he really going to do anything? She figured she could transform, but not fast enough, not if he had Clock Up. Hell, even without Clock Up he could get her regardless.
She slowly came up to her knees, but made no move to reach for her Grip. She just looked up at him, "Why would a Rider do this?"
|
|
|
|
Post by Marcus Stone on Jan 4, 2014 6:33:59 GMT -6
Marcus smirked beneath the helmet, giving an audible chuckle. That didn't take long...
"-Now- you're starting to get how this works... that's good, see, because it shouldn't have taken this to answer a couple simple questions for me. That little statement of yours is going to save me some time."
The armored figure took another step forward, nearly looming over the girl as she knelt on the sidewalk. Something had appeared in his right hand- a weapon. He raised the firearm up so that she could see it for a moment.
"You just told me quite a lot, little lady. First, that whatever this thing is has a name- 'Rider.' Or a title, or whatever that is- I don't care, really, because whatever it is it doesn't mean -squat- to me. Secondly, you've told me that there's more than one- not exactly an answer I was looking forward to, because that means a mountain of work for me. Thirdly-"
He lowered the weapon, aiming it at her. The three laser sights at the business end projected three dots onto her torso.
"-you've told me that you know far more about these things than I think any ordinary civilian would know, given that you just spouted their name like it wasn't any big deal. I'm willing to bet that you can tell me where to find others... or that -this- might not work."
There was a sound of charging energy coming from the firearm as he kept it leveled at her chest.
"Please tell me it's the second one. I hate it when things are this easy."
|
|
Kayla Payne
Rail Ranger 1 - Red
The Power was found
Posts: 383
|
Post by Kayla Payne on Jan 4, 2014 10:52:19 GMT -6
"I watch the news!" she told him, "I actually pay attention to what happens in the world!" That's what she usually said, anyway. And well, she did. Even if she hadn't been a Rider, she'd want to keep informed. She had to try to talk, there was no way she could transform without getting shot.
"Would you really shoot me over something stupid like this?" she questioned, her voice shaking.
|
|
|
|
Post by Marcus Stone on Jan 4, 2014 11:56:53 GMT -6
Marcus' head tilted slightly, after which he swiftly pointed the gun at the street, fired, and then just as swiftly aimed it back at her chest again, leaning down. The pavement where the shot landed erupted into a small crater of debris and smoke, and then he spoke again. His tone was colder and calmer than before; the humor nearly gone.
"...What possesses you to think you're going to get out of this without giving me what I want? You have information or better, given how you're trying to stall me, might even have another one of these things up your sleeve. If I were you, I'd be more worried about putting up if I wanted to get out of this without being shot."
The charging sound could be heard once again, and it didn't seem like he was about to fire another warning shot.
"You've got a five count. One."
|
|
Kayla Payne
Rail Ranger 1 - Red
The Power was found
Posts: 383
|
Post by Kayla Payne on Jan 4, 2014 12:15:21 GMT -6
"Okokok," she said. "I'm waiting for money to be wired to me, that's why I can't go anywhere yet. And like I said, I don't want to be indebted to anyone... I was dodging questions because I didn't want you to know how my money managing worked, because at this time of day, I feared being robbed and didn't want you to know how it worked."
|
|
|
|
Post by Marcus Stone on Jan 4, 2014 15:23:44 GMT -6
Another shot fired. This one went just by the girl's head, leaving little breathing room. The sidewalk behind her exploded into another small crater as Marcus raised his voice.
"Quit screwing me around!! Your choices are to tell me where the other so-called Riders are and live, or piss me off and find out what happens."
Marcus' free hand hovered over the Zecter on his belt. If this girl was so intent on playing for time, she might be waiting for authorities. Not that they'd be a problem to deal with or anything, but they were a hindrance at best, and a hindrance he didn't feel like dealing with at the moment.
"I suggest you make your answer quick and to the point lest I stop being generous and doubletap you where you're kneeling- where are they?!"
The three red laser dots moved to her forehead- if she was so intent on keeping her information, he'd make sure she kept it forever if he couldn't get it.
|
|
Kayla Payne
Rail Ranger 1 - Red
The Power was found
Posts: 383
|
Post by Kayla Payne on Jan 4, 2014 17:05:01 GMT -6
"I don't know where other Riders are!" she shouted at him, "It's not like they go around advertising where they are, or who they are! If I could, I would tell you, because I really don't want to die, but I have no idea! There's some in London, some in Japan, some in America, I can tell you that much. Tokyo and London are good places to start..."
She really didn't know much. The news reports were always in those areas, so she could say that much. She hoped he was content with that.
If he was going to try to kill her, she'd have to try to transform, but that would require finding a way to stall him first...
|
|
|
|
Post by Marcus Stone on Jan 4, 2014 17:10:09 GMT -6
Marcus growled. A lead, but nothing that could be otherwise gathered from less... mainstream sources, apart from countries of origin. London was good, but Tokyo... if there were others in Tokyo, he'd have the most trouble there, especially since he hadn't been back since he "borrowed" his own belt.
"Good enough. Lights out, lil' Miss Secretive."
He quickly flipped the firearm into the air, grabbing it by the barrel as if it were an axe... and then promptly flipped the blade backward, and swung the weapon at her head, back first, in an attempt to knock her out.
|
|
Kayla Payne
Rail Ranger 1 - Red
The Power was found
Posts: 383
|
Post by Kayla Payne on Jan 4, 2014 17:13:13 GMT -6
Her Zecter tore itself free from her coat and intercepted the strike, attempting to protect its master. "No!" she shouted at it. No...she didn't want to get involved. She'd rather have taken a hit than have to presumably fight for her life.
|
|
|
|
Post by Marcus Stone on Jan 4, 2014 17:36:31 GMT -6
The axe was deflected rather quickly halfway through the swing, and had Marcus' face not been covered, he would have had a bloodthirsty look in his eyes.
"...well well well... what have we here?"
The armored American leapt back several yards, dropping to a low stance as he flipped the axe back into shooting position in his right hand, his left already gripping at the Zecter Horn on his belt.
"You've got some nerve hiding a little trinket like that from me. Let's hope you've got what it takes to -keep- it!!"
He did his best to track the opposing Zecter, firing off two shots as he aimed at it. He hadn't expected her to be hiding something as valuable as the little bug he'd been keeping for five years... but after his experiences with it, he knew that very little could match that value right now. For all he knew, she was still competition, and one didn't get to the top without getting rid of their rivals.
|
|
Kayla Payne
Rail Ranger 1 - Red
The Power was found
Posts: 383
|
Post by Kayla Payne on Jan 4, 2014 18:06:06 GMT -6
She ran for cover while he focused on her Zecter. Anything would do as she drew her Drake Grip and held it out. She slid in the snow to get behind a car as her Zecter came down and mounted on the Grip.
"Henshin!"
She came up in Masked Form, firing three shots for Dark Kabuto, bracing her wrist with her arm for accuracy.
|
|
|
|
Post by Marcus Stone on Jan 4, 2014 18:51:49 GMT -6
]CAST OFF[
Marcus pulled on the Zecter Horn after firing his two shots, seeing three more coming for him... and then his armor shell flew apart, a few pieces intercepting two of the shots directed at him as he was forced to juke aside from the third, watching it go past him and toward a building. The Kabuto Horn flipped up into place as he straightened up, both the circuits on his chest and helmet and his visor's "eyes" flashing bright yellow for a moment before fading.
]CHANGE BEETLE[
Dark Kabuto gripped his Kunai Gun tightly, glaring at the would-be markswoman with unnerving focus.
"...Not bad, for an amateur. I have to admit, for playing the damsel in distress you did a good job gathering yourself to do that much... but I have a feeling this will be where the real test starts for you."
He raised the Kunai Gun in front of him, taking hold of the barrel and pulling it out to reveal the Kunai Mode weapon. He didn't discard the grip, however; that stayed in his left hand as he held it tightly. Its blade would still serve a purpose, even if not at full effect. He took a couple steps forward, and then broke into a run, readying his kunai as he made his frontal approach.
|
|
