You Can Run

[Sebby]

Nolan knew the lower levels of Coruscant like the back of his hand. At least, in this area he did. After getting sufficient repairs on his ship, he came back to this planet. He grew up in this dump, and he didn't know where else to go about getting any tips about treasure. But he knew one thing for sure: he wasn't going to fall for the whole mysterious box trap again. He at least knew the kinds of shady people that hung out in this part of town, and being one of them, he didn't stick out too much. This kind of setting was more comfortable than that of Naboo, and Nolan was aware of how strange that was. He never enjoyed drawing too much attention to himself, and that's exactly what he did on Naboo. But here, he blended right in.

It didn't take long for him to find a place to park his ship, and as soon as he left it, he pulled his hood over his head in the hopes that he wouldn't bump into anyone that knew him. It crossed his mind to pay his parents a visit, but it was nothing more than a passing thought. He scoffed at the thought of seeing them as if they would care at all about him being there. They never paid much attention to him before, he was basically their employee.

He decided to bypass their shop and walk toward one of the more crowded areas along a line of cantinas. Eventually, he came across someone who was looking to blow all of their credits on drinks in the cantina and Nolan took it upon himself to save them the trouble. Putting himself into the crowd and one swipe of the hand later, Nolan managed to take their wallet right from their pocket without them feeling a thing. With the wallet in hand, Nolan retreated to a different cantina across the way to stand against the wall and find out how much that guy was carrying. 60 credits. Nolan had done better than this before, but 60 credits wasn't bad. It was enough to buy a meal and maybe rent a room somewhere. He stuffed the wallet in his pocket underneath his robe and walked over to the counter.

"A plate of noodles, please," Nolan said, slipping 20 credits across the counter. The bartender didn't hesitate taking the money before walking off to whoever would prepare the dish. As he waited for the food to arrive, he sat down on one of the barstools, looking around at the crowd around him. smuggling deals and payment for bounty hunters were going everywhere, but Nolan had been used to this his whole life.

@Richie B.

 

[Richie B.]

(OOC: You will find all the gear on his profile, also sorry for the bad post.)

Jason had tracked down a bounty to coruscant there was nothing major about it but because of his work with the republic he didn't need to go about grabbing the largest bounties out there. He had made a very pretty credit with joining the republic's assault on the Sith world and in the republics defense on others. So this was just him looking to get some exercise since a hunter always got to keep making sure he doesn't loss his edge and considering it was a young kid he was going after he doubt it would be to much of a challenge. Doesn't mean he shouldn't be prepared for a fight since they rarely just give up when approach by a bounty hunter.

So in making sure he was safe since he wasn't interested in dying any time soon, so he brought the armor his jump boots, his gauntlets, a mercy gun, two B-8R blaster pistols. For grenades he restricted himself to the two SCKO-grenades, and two Supernova grenades, and a single Vibroblade. The amount of gear he was bringing would be like he was going on a normal hunt, but truth be told he would bring a few more powerful weapons but since it was coruscant he had to keep to less spray like weapons so he doesn't have to explain why there are injured people.

As he headed down to where the sighting of the bounty was the bounty hunter made sure to check his gear, thankfully his pistols looked good, and the grenades were safely strapped to his belt. The pistols hanged on holsters that were connected to the belt, and the vibroblade held on a magnetic lock on his back keeping it strapped to him until it was needed most, thankfully since it was a like a switch blade it wasn't sticking out and just contained in the hilt keeping it hidden.

Without a helmet on the man had a nice black trench coat that covered his body and his weapons, and with a cool old cowboy hat on his head hiding some of his features, the man walked to the spot where he identified his target a young man. That in any other chance Jason might had flirted with but for now he was after the bounty so sadly for the kid Jason wasn't going to ask for his comlink number.

Walking so he stood next to the right of the kid, Jason spoke quietly hoping not to draw to much attention.

"You Nolan?" Was all the man said a smirk on his lips as he waited to see what happened.

@Sebby

 

[Sebby]

After receiving the plate of noodles he ordered, Nolan took one bite before he was approached by someone. He quirked an eyebrow and looked the man up and down, staying silent for the moment as the stranger asked his question. He looked ready for a fight and the fact that he knew Nolan's name meant bad news. Nolan realized that he was a fool for thinking that he'd escaped the trouble he found on Nar Shaddaa not too long ago. Was he seriously going to be chased for the rest of his life just for stealing some credits and jewelry? He was beginning to learn that rich people weren't the ones he should tick off.

Since he had grown up in one of the more shady parts of the galaxy, Nolan knew that he shouldn't give his identity away to a complete stranger. He had his suspicions that this guy was another bounty hunter, but he didn't know for sure yet. Still, he would err on the side of caution. Besides, he wanted to do anything to avoid a fight. All Nolan had as far as defending himself was a hold-out blaster and his sub-par hand-to-hand fighting skills. Overall, he had a bad feeling about this.

"No, the name's Kylar," He replied with a frown and a wave of his hand. "I think you got me mixed up with someone else."

@Richie B.

 

[Andrewza]

Mr flemming all ways stood out but he stood out here in a way that said don't mess with me. It was not the armour but the complete opposite. No he wore a fancy suit and walked like it was a full set of Mandolran Armour. The under city was his and and The Desajilic crime families. They where fast becoming the law here. All ready there biggest threats where other gangs and not the local cops and soon even the gangs would fall in line or die.

But for now he sat behind a table and enjoyed a good cigar and a drink. keeping his eyes out for any danger he picked up the subtle signs of a fight brewing though for now it was none of his business.

 

[Richie B.]

(OOC: Just putting the slight mind trick so my guy would start thinking yours is force sensitive hopefully that is alright, if not please tell me.)

Jason felt a sudden pull in his mind, a small one but a pull none the less but as quickly as it started it vanished as if unable to continue. Whatever it was the bounty hunter did not like it, he had now started to suspect something of the boy but decided it was to far fetched to believe, so continuing to smirk and from within his cloak that covered his body and hide his weapons and gauntlets. The hunter activated his left gauntlet and placed his right hand over his pistol prepared to shot if necessary, cause he was sure of who his target is. Plus he doubt very much the boy would see it coming.

"Well my bad buddy." An with that said the bounty hunters left hand lunged out to meet the kid, if even a single finger touched the kid, the poor boy would feel a current of electricity flowing into him, knocking him out.

Of course Jason was aware of his surroundings and if something changed, the hunter would react accordingly but he kept his hand over his pistol as he did a slightly lounge to the target. His left hand stretched out to meet the kid, hopefully the kid was capable enough to dodge, if not Jason would be seriously disappointed.

@Sebby

 

[Sebby]

Nolan seriously had a bad feeling about this, and he wanted nothing more than for this guy to just leave him alone. But if he was what Nolan thought he was, that wasn't going to come easy. He kept his eyes on the man, watching every movement and noting if there was even a twitch somewhere. Finally, after the man had apologized, Nolan caught it. A hand reached out toward him and in one swift movement, Nolan swiped his arm across the table, throwing the plate of noodles at the stranger before hopping off of the stool. Of course, this earned quite a bit of attention from the other patrons, which Nolan didn't like. He had to do something about that.

The first thing that came to his mind was to make it look like an argument between ex-lovers...or something. "Don, I've told you a thousand times, it's over!" He shouted. "We're not getting back together!" He then turned and stormed out of the cantina and it was enough to make everyone else go back to minding their own business. After Nolan exited the cantina, he bolted. He ran through the crowds of people outside so fast that his hood fell from his head. Now, he was glad that he knew the area. He knew of a route that worked for him so many times to lose someone.

@Richie B.

 

[Andrewza]

The other patrons may of not seen it, to focused on the young man to see it. But Fleming spoted the glove. A kriefing bounty hunter in the lower levels. Who the kid was did not matter. The bounty hunter would leave or die.

He knew fully the bounty hunter would follow and got ready to follow him in turn. Just in case of a fight he slipped a emp disruptor under he sleeves while the where hidden from view.

 

[Richie B.]

Jason was surprised by the speed of the kids dodge, as the noodles hung over his head and dangled over his vision. It was absolutely clear that the kid was his target now and the hunter was starting to get the rush of excitement knowing this might be a fun chase. As the kid tried to keep the people in the cantina from being interested from their little fight, and of course Jason was not above playing the game.

"Well sorry Nolan, but if you ain't going to pay for child support got to get it from you some other way." An when the kid began to run out he would see that Jason had shot his whipcord launcher at him, attempting to rap the wire around him holding his arms and body in place.

The kid wouldn't be able to dodge it with normal people level reflex as he was running straight for the door, Jason left arm was pointed straight at Nolan showing off his armor and cool gauntlets for all to see. Most likely tipping the people off that Jason was in fact a bounty hunter but if they tried anything Jason had already pulled out his pistol in and ready to use it in his right hand.

Even if the kid had somehow figured out a way to avoid getting caught in the wire, Jason would be running full speed and once outside the cantina would activate his jumper boots. Basically the jetpack for the feet and go faster than physically possible for the kid. Jason wasn't going to let the kid get away as the hunter was hoping to cash in on the bounty.

@Sebby

 

[Sebby]

As Nolan ran out of the cantina, he grabbed one of the service droids and tossed it behind him, hoping to get it in the way of the bounty hunter and inconveniencing him and slowing him down. It was then that Nolan noticed the whipcord. Luckily, the droid was in the way, but he didn't wait to see whether it wrapped around the droid or not. He was already out of here. "Oh, damn," He muttered under his breath. He'd never met a bounty hunter that was this serious. He wondered if the price on his head went higher than the last time he checked.

And then came the jumper boots. Holy crap. If there was one thing Nolan prided himself in, it was his speed. Where he lacked in combat skills, he made up for in his speed and agility. But he knew that there was no way he was going to be able to outrun the bounty hunter. He still tried, but he knew. This meant that he had to get somewhere inside. Somewhere that wouldn't draw that much attention. That's when he saw the window to a particularly dark and worn-down building. He jumped the window sill and rolled on the ground once he was inside. The building was obviously some abandoned warehouse, with large boxes and chains all over the area.

Nolan felt a strange pull. Not a physical one, but a mental one. He figured that it must have been his gut feeling on how to escape this situation, and he followed it. He ran through the warehouse room, past the boxes and sharp turns, and ended up at a door. There was a pad next to the door to open it; a simple motion sensor. Nolan pressed his hand against it, and it opened. He wasted no time in running into the room and closing the door behind him, hoping the hunter didn't see him run in here. The bad part was that this was a dead end. It looked like some kind of control room, but from here, there was no where to run.

Nolan took a moment to catch his breath before he slowly turned toward the door, pulled out his hold-out blaster, and aimed it at the closed door. Just in case the hunter decided to come in here, he'd be prepared to fire.

@Richie B.

 

[Andrewza]

The hunter was while equpid. That is of course why Felix carried the EMP disruptor grenade. Still he did throw it yet if the kid could leade the hunter to where he could not use those jump boots it would make hitting him with a the disruptor far easier. For now the grenade was armerd though ready to be thrown as he followed the hunter.

 

[Richie B.]

Jason was once again shocked by how the kid was able to defend himself from his attacks, but while he was shocked only for a moment he notice another man begin to follow him to the door. Thankfully though the hunter had just the thing for that, as he ran out, the bounty hunter dropped a SCKO-grenade, which let out knock out gas. Thankfully cause it was just outside the door the man wouldn't see it until it was to late. An whoever was following the hunter would inhale it, since the hunter didn't want to share the bounty he figured this was appropriate. Even if the man didn't breath a lot in whoever was following the hunter outside the cantina would be dizzy.

This would hopefully allow the hunter some quality alone time with his prey, as he chased down the kick the hunter always made sure to check his back to make sure no one else was following. He didn't want to be got in a trap, or sandwich in. Despite having fought Sith and man other impressive foes, the hunter wasn't very interested in getting into a unfavorable position.

As he chased his target it seemed the kid would run into a warehouse of some sort and as the hunter walked in he made sure to take it slow pointing his pistol around making sure to check the corners. But hearing a door close the hunter was sure he got the man now, so rushing to the sound of the closing door he went to the right of it. Not opening it or anything of the sort the hunter was thinking of making sure he was right and also checking his surroundings for possible traps.

"Yo Nolan, best to just come out now, I hate to have to hurt you kid." Jason said with a slight laugh afterwards, as the man was telling the truth but he was enjoying the chase right now and hoped the kid wouldn't do anything stupid.

@Sebby @Andrewza

 

[Sebby]

Nolan backed up against the wall opposite of the door once he heard some commotion from outside of the room. He couldn't see what was going on, but he was sure that meant the hunter was closing in on him. And he was a sitting duck. Nolan could feel a tiny bit of sweat rolling down his face as he grew more anxious about this situation. He kept his blaster aimed at the door, listening for any signs that the hunter was outside. Then, he heard the hunter speak.

"Sorry, I'm not really ready to die yet," He chuckled from behind the door. "Whoever hired you is gonna have to deal!" That was when Nolan felt that pull again, urging him to look around the room. There was no exit, so he wasn't sure where he was supposed to look. When he looked up, however, he saw a possible escape route. There was a vent located on the ceiling, but the trick was going to be getting up there before the hunter suspected anything. With one more glance at the door, he put his hold-out blaster back in its holster on his belt before going to climb up on some boxes to remove the cover from the vent. Even though he wanted to do this as quickly as possible, he had to be quiet and careful. Once the cover came loose, he tossed it to the ground and jumped up into the vent. Damn, it was tiny in here, but there was enough room to crawl.

@Richie B. @Andrewza

 

[Andrewza]

Fleming may not of seen it but he did hear it. The clang delayed him just a bit. The sound of escaping gass alerted him. Jumping back he waited 10 seconds before holding his breath and walking through the door. It looked like the gass had dispated and though the knock out effect was gone Fleming was unaware how long the gass lingerd. It felted like he had just done a bar crawl. Still only 10 seconds behind he spoted the huntter and staggerd after him. Getting to the warehouse exteria Fleming leaned against the wall has his head spinned. No way he could out fight the merc in side like this. He would need to relaxe and wait till he focused. Hopefully the hunter would use the same next exist.

 

[Richie B.]

Jason had expected the kid to say something, and he wasn't really all that surprise with what he said. The hunter had heard it before but after that the bounty hunter figured best to see what was happening. Opening the door and peaking though, the sound of the vent cover dropping rang in his ears and the kid vanishing into the vent. Realizing that the kid was trying to use the vents to escape the bounty hunter rushed quickly to the vent, but knowing better then to go into such a cramp space, which no doubt wouldn't fit him. He grabbed a knock out gas grenade and throw it towards the crawling kid. Sadly for said kid the gas wouldn't have much to go and would spread quickly towards him, though the grenade was pretty close to him to being with.

With just a moment or two the kid most likely would be knocked out, there was no miracle that should be able to save the kid. But the hunter has seen stranger things, making sure his pistol was aimed at the vent, and move to the door every other moment, making sure no one sneaked up to him. Hopefully though the kid was out, it would make things a whole lot easier.

"Yo kid you out yet?" Jason would ask hoping he could soon collect the bounty hunter.

@Sebby

 

[Sebby]

Nolan crawled quickly through the vent, but he could still hear the door opening from the room beneath. Crap! The hunter must have realized that Nolan found another way to escape. That only became more apparent when he heard the clang of something landing behind him, along with the hissing of the gas being released. He pulled up on his robe to cover his nose and mouth, crawling as quickly as he could toward the other side of the vent. Sadly, with the space as cramped as it was, it didn't take the gas long to catch up with him. Covering up kept him going for a bit longer, and he could see some light from the end of the vent. It probably lead outside.

However, he could feel the effects of the gas and as he desperately reached for the vent cover, his eyelids began to close. And yet, he still fought to stay awake. He crawled closer to the vent cover, pressing his hand against it to push it out, but he couldn't muster up enough strength to do it. His body felt heavy and eventually, he fell limp. He fought it with everything he had, but he couldn't fight anymore. He figured that his luck had to run out at some point. That was his last thought before his eyes finally shut, knocked unconscious by the gas.

@Richie B.

 

[Andrewza]

Jason stayed out side the building as he recovered from the effect of the gas. Drawing his pistol and a emp disruptor he sneaked inside and tried to quietly move through the building looking for the hunter. At first it was just annoyance that a hunter was hunting on corrsunt but after the gas attack it became personal

 

[Richie B.]

With Jason not hearing any response and eventually the hunter smiled knowing his target was finally down. Going up into the vent when the gas was safely gone, the hunter used his whipcord launcher to grab hold of the kids leg and pull him towards the hunter. From there the man simply had to get the kid out of the vent and down on to the ground, where the bounty hunter took off his cloak and start ripping it up to use as binders to keep the kid from fighting. Having stripped the kid of any weapons he could find, binding the kids hands and feet so any attempt to escape would be difficult. Sure the kid might have been able to figure out a way to get out of the bindings, but with the hunter sitting down in front of him. As the hunter had contacted his contact that he had the target, and was now just awaiting the pick up.

It was going to be a while and the hunter was sitting in the right corner of the room, his captive was to his right his unconscious body leaning against he wall. He was a bit covered by several crates a few feet in front of him going up to his chest. The room had several crates and such that would provide good cover if needed. An it completely covered his targets body if someone were to go though the only door to see who was in here.

Despite Jason having fun in the chase, he was very curious about the kid. Like how the kid seemed to know what to do even before it happened. Which did seem to be something like the force, which the hunter had experience fighting against. Not being force sensitive himself it was scary to think this kid could one day be able to shoot lightning from his hand with a evil laugh.

Deciding to get to the bottom of it before the kid was taken to prison or whatever the hunter kicked the kid in the stomach. Not to bad that it would do serious damage but enough that it should make it difficult to not wake up.

"Hey kid you need another kick?" Jason would ask with a slight smirk, a bit smug that he had another successful hunt.

@Sebby

 

[Sebby]

The only thing Nolan knew for the next few moments was darkness. Was he dead? Did karma finally come back to bite him? He didn't know, but if this was what being dead looked like, it was a million times less exciting than anything he's read about in stories. Or...perhaps his was hell. Staring into a void for the rest of eternity. He wouldn't be surprised if that was where he ended up. But that was not the case...

With a grunt, Nolan was awoken by something striking him in the stomach. His eyes fluttered open, but he still couldn't see anything. His eyesight was blurred for coming back from the gas and--as he soon found out--his wrists and ankles were also restrained. At least he knew he wasn't dead, but he was still very confused. Did the bounty hunter really choose not to kill his target? Nolan squirmed with the restraints, trying to find some way to break out of them, but was unsuccessful so far. Since he knew he was still alive, he wasn't going to give up so easily.

He huffed, not much appreciating the hunter's arrogant tone. "If you haven't killed me yet, obviously there's something I know that you don't," Nolan muttered, lifting his head slightly. That was usually how things went. Normally, hunters would just kill the target and go collect the bounty, so why hasn't this one done it yet? Nolan could only assume that there was something he wanted first.

@Richie B.

 

[Andrewza]

(skipping my turn not much i can do and dont want to ruine this storry. @Sebby worse comes to worse i can pull strings and bail you out.)

 

[Richie B.]

Jason was glad to see the kid wake up, and when he tried to break free of the restraints. The hunter was glad to see how his binds were doing their job, now of course the kid seemed to be confused and probably trying to figure out a way to get out of this. Good. Jason hated those that just gave up, sure the kid lost but if he just didn't continue then the kid deserved that kick.

"You do realize the bounty wasn't a kill on sight right? I don't care what you know honestly. But I am curious, how were you able to dodge my whipcord in the tavern?" Jason was curious and really hoped the kid wasn't in fact a force user cause if so the man had to see about maybe getting a fee from the jedi for delivering a force user.

Jason waited to see the kid's reaction since that way he could figure out if it was worth it to take the risk. He hated criminals but he also hated the Sith more and giving the Jedi another soldier to kill Sith, Jason would be happy.

@Sebby