Thread: Empire - City of Corruption (Black_Out and Violet8518)

Nora watched the exchange from her silent position in the shadows. She heard every word, clear as day. The enhanced senses helped, to be sure, but shed managed to creep up close enough that a normal person could probably catch at least the gist of the conversation. These were the people shed been looking for, the bikers. The dealer had given her some interesting information about a rave, too. She tried to figure out a plan. There were five of them, and only one of her. The odds werent terrible, but she wanted to make sure she had every chance of success. As the exchange started to break up, she made her move. She extended her wrist in the direction of the portly dealer. A burst of white-blue light shot out from the gem in her bracer, catching the man in the chest. He collapsed to the ground before he could even shout out, his eyes closing as he lapsed into unconsciousness. The two guys whod jumped out of the van, unsure where the source of the attack lay, shouted in alarm and lunged for the two bikers. Bad idea. Nora had been counting on it. The man with the gun lifted it and started firing at the men. One, two, three, four shots rang out, painfully loud at that proximity. They didnt last long enough to reach the motorcycles. The other supplier, though, had turned back, searching the shadowed rubble and undergrowth behind them. Nora wasnt there anymore, though shed started running before the first shot rang out, adjusting her position. She fired another blast from her bracer, but it went wide as both remaining men surged forward, trying to see into the shadows. Trying to see who was attacking them. As the shot went wide, the man with the gun swiveled. His finger depressed the trigger, but Nora was expecting it. She saw the scene unfold almost in slow motion as she drew her left arm back and flicked her wrist as though she was throwing something. A shining blade appeared from the darkness above her hand and hurtled toward the man. It hit the hand wielding the pistol, burying into the back of his hand. He shrieked in surprise, pain, and rage, and the gun clattered to the concrete. The blade didnt dissipate like the beam of energy had it remained, glowing a strange blue that resembled Cherenkov radiation . The way it reflected off of the blood dripping from the mans hand was particularly eerie. The blade was how shed gotten named by the local media Crystal Blade, theyd dubbed her. Nora found it insufferably stupid, but it seemed unwise to call into the radio station at drive time or do an interview at the TV station demanding it be changed to something less dumb. What the fuck?! The second guys eyes settled on her finally a curvy, redheaded woman wearing a mask and spandex, one hand pointed in his direction in a gesture that would have looked menacing if she actually had a visible weapon. It was perhaps because she wasnt holding one that he took a step forward. Okay, girlie, heres whats going to happen. Well have some fun, and maybe at the end of it well slit your throat and throw you in the river instead of handing you over to the boss. Nora made a slashing motion with her arm, and more light shot out of the gem. It slammed into the bleeding man, and his legs collapsed under him as he too subsided into unconsciousness. Interesting you should mention a boss, Nora said. Because I have questions about him. Lets have a chat, hmm? And maybe at the end of it I wont dump you in the river.