Friends in Low Places (Red Cloak) (Unknown)

== The Rat's Den - [07/08/2022] | Hiiyoda City, Yepren ==
Just under 24 hours after the killing of Maximus Avington, the assassin in the red cloak touched down in Hiiyoda, the nightlife capital of Yepren Oshos. There was no time to waste, he got a new lead from Avington's office and it'd be all wasted once They hear that one of the benefactors was killed. As soon as he got off the plane, he tossed a hefty stack of money to the pilot before saying, "Keep your head low, I'll be back in no time."
With that, started into the neon-lit city of Hiiyoda. Ready to leave a trail as red as the mantle he wore. Slipping through back allies, silent as a ghost and as swift as a stray, he finally made it to the address. It was a nightclub, a popular hangout of the "Pill Queen of Yepren." She was an infamous drug dealer and party addict, turning a profit wherever she could peddle her product. She was a virtuoso at developing designer chemicals and drugs, and that made her the perfect candidate for Their activities.
Cloak had made it to the roof of the club, peering through the skylight as he saw clubbers partying their hearts out as armed gunmen prowled amongst them. He crashed through the window drawing his pistol from within his cloak. Eleven shots. He fired at the goon closest to him, getting a clean hit in as the clubbers kept dancing around the poor fool, no doubt hopped up on some new pill coming from the Queen's lair. 
He started shooting guards as fast as they could turn their heads, racking up six shots in total. But as six guards lay dead on the dance floor, a seventh took Cloak from behind. Pain shot through his body as a bullet tore through his side, as he whipped back and shot the seventh dead where they stood. He fell to the ground, clutching his side as he left a puddle of blood under himself. He closed his eyes, focused, and let time wash over him. 
And just like that, he was back on the roof of the club. No more bullet wound, no dead guards, and exactly eleven shots left in his pistol. Going at it loud won't work, time for a different approach. He scanned the roof for any more access points and spotted a maintenance hatch that'd take him right were he needs to go. Swiftly, he cracked open the hatch and dove down into the darkness, rolling and landing within a barren backroom populated by bags of the Pill Queen's new product. He entertained the thought of destroying them then and there, but he kept on to the entrance to the lab. 
And as he burst through the traffic doors, he saw her. The rich and powerful Pill Queen of Yepren, barely breathing and foaming at the mouth. They already got to her first, a poisoning no doubt, but if Cloak worked fast enough he could still save her and salvage the lead. He quickly got to work, assessing the effects and deducing the poison before using the black market chem synthesizer to fix up an antidote. He found a vein, injecting the antidote and throwing away the syringe gun. There was no time to lose now, he had to get her back to the airport in case her poisoner decided to come back and finish the job. 
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