RPG Band Of Theives [PG-VL]

[Jim_Hawking]

"Ya know, I really think Mahony wants me dead." Syn said dodging another one of Mahony's traps.

"Really? I thought the two of you were geting along nicely." Senkai replyed after avoiding a trigger for yet another of Mahony's traps.

"Seriously? Hang on a second...I think I hit something."

Two massive spiked logs came from the treetops towards Syn.

"Oh shit, this is gonna hurt." Syn spoke before intentionally waiting to the last second to evade the logs.

"Come on Syn, I saw that wire at 20 meters. Try thinking with the big head for a change. She is quite attractive, but this is hardly the time for it."

"Dude, she's underage. Even if it is only by a year...oops...almost hit another one. Watch your step there's one by you too."

"Oh, thanks for noticing. Looks like we both might want to pay more attention. Above you."

Syn avoids another wire.

"Ya know, she's really a demented little genius for engineering all of these. Hang on, are we even going the right way?"

"I hope so, I think I remember seeing Ty, Hyo, and Denshi not to long ago."

"Ok, but then where's Xero?"

Syn and Senkai continue making they're way through the forest, barely esacping some of Mahony's more "elaborate" traps.

"I pray to the Goddesses that this is the right way..." Syn moaned

[Akieen Cloud]

Mayhony looked at her watch and smiled.
"Nice."
She had seen Ty and the other two with im dodge her traps effectivly and nodded. He has found her trail. She looked down and Syn and his partner, they were taking the long was around. She grinned as Syn jumped back from a pit.
"Damn! She is really loveing this I bet."
Mayhony took off to look in on Xero and his partner, she had been following them with no notice from any of them. Their skills were great she couls tell that but their attention span was short, she'd have to fix that soon enough, but bot now, she triggered one of her traps as Syn walked by, the boulder narrowly missing his ass.

[Heero Darkangel]

Ty, Hyo and Denshi had made it to the keep without a scratch

'Damn traps,' whispered Hyo under his breath

They walked down and found the security system, Ty smiled and cracked his knackles then began going over a few security codes, from his jacket he pulled a device which looked to be a small computer, he took off the panel on the sercurity system and hooked it up, on the small screen it showned a series of numbers which he decoded and then brought up a map of the Keep and how the security system scanned the place and then began hacking out the codes within the seconds the security system was decoded and Ty unlocked the security system and opened the door, unhooked his device and then put it away in his jacket

'Done,' spoke Ty in an even tone as he opened the door and the alarm didn't go off, Mahony then stepped out from behind the Keep

'Nice work,' she said

Ty and the others said nothing

[Akieen Cloud]

Your the first ones IN, now, can you follow me through it without triggering anything? Hidden traps, death, beasts? I surly hope so cause if not, your dead. I have three ribbions on me belt, your onjective, find me, catch me, and claim your ribbion with in an time limit, you have five minutes."
She took off running down the hall missing all her own traps making it seem perfectly safe throught the corridor. She had high hope for Ty, he was proving to be a very wothy thief indeed. SHe sped up as Denshi narrowly missed his ribbion but set off a smoke bomb. Mayhony laughed and jumped into the rafters without notice and began to climb them through the keep.

[Kayin Cloud]

Hyo broke through the smoke after it went off and jumped up after Mahony. "She won't get past me like that...My training as a ninja should help me get past these traps." He said to himself. He landed in the rafters and set off a spike trap. Two spikes from every surface was fired at him the whole way on the rafters. "Dammit..." Hyo ran as fast as possible avoiding anymore traps on the floor he could see and the spikes being fired upon him. He remembered the other two below and threw two kunai back so they could follow his path. At that moment a spike flew right past his face. "I need to pay more attention." He said to himself nervously. He pressed on in hopes of claiming his ribbon.

[Jim_Hawking]

Syn and Senkai have been wandering for what they feel is an eternity through Mahony's trap infested forest.

"Senkai, I think we're lost."

They continue wandering.

"Probably because of [i]your[/i] great sense of direction. Maybe I should have let that bear maul you."

"Shut up."

Syn stops paying attention and walks into a stone wall

"...ow."

"I don't friggin' believe it. WE MADE IT!!!!"

"Sweet! Hey, the door's open too! Hello? HELLO?! I guess no one else is here."

"Should we wait for the others?"

"Nah! Well, I suppose we should get to work on this door thingy. How about you try? Eh, Senkai?"

[Drizzt Do'urden]

Senkai looked towards the door, and then back at Syn...[I]This is the most elaborate door I've ever seen, I'm glad the others must've already made it through. And there's no way they're leaving me behind[/I]

Senkai and Syn dashed through the open door, straight into pitch black darkness.
"Well this could present a problem" Syn noted.
"Nah, first rule, always come prepared" Senkai grinned as he drew out two pairs of goggles. "These will help a little bit, but we're gonna hafta hurry if we're going to catch up, I think I can hear footsteps above us."

Syn put on his goggles, "Amazing, you can almost see perfectly...let me guess, where you went the other night"

Senkai glanced over, grinning. "I never take any chances, and besides I'd hate to think we'd lose to those amatures." He started off, Syn right beside him. Together the two dodged traps right and left.

Suddenly Senkai stopped the two. "Syn look, theres your girlfriend" he whispered to Syn.
"She's not my...oh she is right there" They both noticed her before she even knew they were there. "I'm guessing the game is steal the ribbon?"

"Well then, lets steal a ribbon." Senkai grinned. Drawing two throwing knives he handed one to Syn, "These are coated with a special rubber, acting as a silencer, that way they don't make a noise, but the will stick the wall."

Syn knew exactally what was expected, Senkai could tell by the look in his eyes. The two launched the knives simultaneously, both landing their marks stealing two ribbons. The only problem was being the expert she was Mayhony noticed, took back her ribbons, and threw the knives right back. "Hey you almost hit me" Senkai complained.

"Now boys, its not nice to play other peoples games without being asked," A menacing grin grew on her face, "now tell the others I send my love" She drew two more ribbons and placed them in her belt. She then pulled a lever, dropping the floor out from under Senkai and Syn. As the two plunged down Syn looked to Senkai "She knew we were there the entire time didn't she?"

All Senkai could get out before he hit the ground was. "Yup"
As the two rose to their feet, they realized they were in a jail cell, in a sort of blast from the past, fully functional dungeon...right along with the others trapped in Mayhony's little house of horrors.

[Akieen Cloud]

Mayhony laughed as she saw Syn and Senkai go down. She wasn't surprised when they had joined the party. Like Senkai, she had goggles. She went down to the dunguon adn shook her head at each boy in turn.
"Well, if you all can get out with only these," She held up hair pins "The nthe ribbon chase if off, I've seen your soeed and skill so far and I must say I'm impressed. I will still train you, Syn, when you throw, you give it a curve that doesn't belong there, I will help you with that."
She handed each boy a pin and nodded.
"Now as soon as one is out shut te door lock it agian and give the others their chance to try it."
She could see each boy struggeling wiht the lock and knew why.
"Your to used to breaking into mechanicale locks and codes, I'll break you from this. Where I go you will need to know the basics, right down to picking a lock with a bobby pin."
Syn looked up somewhat disstressed.
"Your joking right? Why use that when you could just take a laser and melt the inside of the lock.
"The lock on the Zeal Crystals case are lock laser sensitive, and the people don't belive any thief can get in. I have, I've gotten as far as the thrid level of security and had to turn back because that's where I need you guys."
They were all looking at her in disbelife, syn swallowed and spoke up.
"The thrid level? But I heard that the security is so tight you can't take a step..."
"That's why I'll be teaching you aerobatics, you can flip trought the laser sensors fine if you know what your doing."
She nodded as Ty and Senshi emerged and locked the door back.
"I will teach you all you need to know for this attempt, if your not ready, we'll go after something just as big. But you had best be ready. I have been working to et my hands on this crystal since I first heard of it as a theif. So, if you are up to it. I'll train you guys for the high security your gonna run into up there."
Each boy nodded.
"Good."

[Jim_Hawking]

"You get off on watching make an ass of myself don't you, Mahony?" Syn asked.

"Why not? This is the best entertainment I've had in years."

"How about we make this little 'exercise' more interesting, if I can get this lock open with just the bobby pin in under 90 second..." Syn began

"HELL NO!" Mahony interrupted. "You ain't gettin' anywhere near this." She said as she slid her hands on her ass. "You really should listen to Senkai, you might get somewhere if you think with the big head every once in a while."

"Well, can't blame a guy for trying."

Syn put the bobby pin into the lock and started trying to manipulate the tumblers. He applied pressure to the top of the lock, angled the tip of the pin and felt the first one turn.

"So far, so good..."

He began work on the second and third tumblers and felt them slide with minimal effort.

"Come on, Mahony. Don't you want to expirience how good I am with my fingers for yourself?"

"...pervert."

"Yeah, but what can ya do?"

Syn felt the final tumbler slip and the door slid open.

"Hah, 38 seconds. Not bad, eh?" Syn felt Mahony's fist on the back of his head again. "...ow."

"I really should kill you."

[Drizzt Do'urden]

Senkai pulled Mayhony aside as the last two finished the lock test.
"You know we're ready, why do we not do some real jobs, this training is too unrealistic. We need action, something we can use our individual skills hell I guess I just wanna knock off a few guards or something" Senkai whispered, the excitment showing in his voice.

"I will give you a job when I think you are ready Senkai, you volunteered to work for me, so decide now what you are going to do."

"Well...Syn would be lost without me, and somebodys gotta keeps his eyes on the zeal crystal, and not your chest." Senkai said intentionally loud so Syn would here. [I]This ragtag group just might have what it takes, to finish what we started old friend[/I] Senkai thought to himself as he rejoined the group, where Mayhony was busy briefing them on the next bit of training.

[Akieen Cloud]

"Right so at least I know you can do what I want. Not that way Syn."
Syn rolled his eyes.
"Yea, yea."
"Now here's the fun part, Senkai thinks that this is unrealistic training...lemme tell you now, the security covering the Zeal Crystal is 10x's worse than this...trust me I know. Now he also said he wants some action...well your getting it. I'll be traing you next in fighting, the gaurds there are no push overs. Now before you get all yay and o I'll win for sure, here's the catch. I'm trying to see how you fight...with your body. No weapons, just you."
Mayhony dropped down to the floor in a flat spilt and smirked.
"How flexible you are, and how well you fist fight."
She smiled as Syn's jaw dragged the floor."
"Don't swallow a fly Syn..."

[...]

She walked in silently without anyone hearing her. She took out her gun and went right behind him. She was a trained assassin. A damned good one at that. She raised her gun swiftly and quietly to Ty's head.

"Having fun Ty?"

Everyone turned around and jumped when they saw her with a gun to Ty's head. Everyone except Ty.

Ty cracked a smile. Everyone thought he was crazy. Crazy or fearless, they weren't too sure on which.

"I knew you were behind me the whole time Sage."

"Yes, it's obvious." she said as she rolled her eyes. "You're such a liar."

Ty laughed a little and turned around. "Alright, I'll admit, I didn't know you were in here. But I knew someone was."

She smiled. "It's been a while." she said.

Mahony looked at her and stared. "How? How in the hell did you get past all those traps??"

She looked at her. "You must be Mahony. I've been tracking you ever since I heard you had left. I'm interested in the job if you're still hiring."

She walked over and looked at Ty. "You know her?"

"We go way back. Believe me, she's good at what she does."

"And what is that exactly?" Syn asked walking over with Senkai.

Sage looked over at them and back at Mahony. "Well, I'm an experieced Assassin with the hacking skills and stealth capabilities. My hacking skills are above average, but Ty here still outshines mine by about a thousand. I never was as fast as he."

Senshi looked at Ty. "How do you know each other again?"

"We were both working as Assassins."

"I didn't know assassins made friends with other assassins." Syn said with a laugh.

Sage looked at Syn evenly. But Mahony quickly changed the subject.

"Anything else?"

"Well I'm pretty good with explosives, but that's always been a hobby of mine. I construct them simply when I'm just sick of picking locks."

"Can you pick a lock though?"

"Most of the time I can, but like I said, Ty here is still a better hacker than me."

"But she's not far off." he said as he gave her a quick smile.

Mahony nodded. "The fact you got past all my traps without a scratch on you is enough for me, but a good report from Ty here confirms everything. I'll let you in, as long as you can jump into what we're doing."

Sage nodded. "I won't try to run the show, and I have no problem listening to orders either. Just as long as you're not asking me to go take a long walk off a short pier." she said with a smile.

Mahony nodded. "Time to get back then to what we were doing. Look forward to seeing what you can do Sage."

Sage smiled as she went back to teaching them hand to hand combat. She looked at Ty and smiled. "It's been a long time."

"No kidding. You slipped under the radar for a while there. What happened?"

"An under cover job.. messy business. Had to get out of the picture completely."

"I take it then you're still in the business?"

"I came here to see if there's something else I can do, but I've been doing it for so long Ty. I really can't imagine doing anything else with my life."

He looked over at the others and watched.

"I heard about your gang. I'm sorry.. I would have been there.. but I was on a job. I'm sorry."

"Hey it's over now. They got what they deserve, and now I have more money than I'll ever know what to deal with." he said as he tried to crack a smile.

She stared ahead. "It won't be easy to trust another gang again, Ty. But these people, they don't seem like the crooked type."

"Well as long as you're joining I'm sure a couple of assassins like us can take on anything, can't we?"

She smiled. "I guess you're right then. Hopefully this will be something that will finally pull me out of the business. Too many risks now.. especially since..."

He looked at her. "What's going on?"

"It's nothing I can't handle, but the last job I did, well it was the pits just to get past the security alone. My mind wasn't on the job. I was seen by the victims son. I knew it was a doomed mission then, I still don't know how I was able to get past those guards as fast as I did."

"Who was it?" Ty asked.

"Vione Gervine."

"You took out the international mobster, Gervine?" he said in disbelief.

"I told you it was messy business.. but I couldn't refuse the challenge. You know how I am with a challenge."

"Something I had wished you grew out of."

"Some things never change Ty. But I think it's a good idea to find a new trade of business."

"I agree. I think you've topped any challenge they can throw at you now." he said and they both waited for Mahony to call them over.

[Heero Darkangel]

Ty looked at Sage..she saw that his gazes were more colder than before and his face more sterner

'Man...you look as though you've gotten colder' spoke Sage

Ty just looked at her and said nothing as he turned his attention somewhere else, Sage only knew of one way to see if Ty's mind was focussed properly, she disappeared from his side and drew her gun but before she could actually do anything Ty had with drew his faster than her and had the barrel of his gun pressed against her forehead without looking at her

'Like I said...I know your there..don't push me into pulling the trigger because you of all people should know not to push me to far...or else I will pull the trigger without warning,' spoke Ty

Sage stood up and looked at him, 'You always seem to get me...how is that?' she questioned

'Just remembered I trained alot longer than what you did and I was at it for a long time...so knock it off with the sneaking up on me,' growled Ty

'Grumpy as usual,' smiled Sage as she looked at him, 'You'll never change Ty...and for god sake please don't,'

Ty looked at her and gave her a crooked smile

'You know...you could of least show some sign of fear when I first came up behind you...talk about ruin it,' sighed Sage

'I've steared down many gun barrels to be feared by yours,' spoke Ty in an even tone

'Always cold aren't you...you could show a little more happiness or something...but as always...no,' Sage sighed again

'I've lived surreal for most of my life...what kind happiness is in that?' questioned Ty

'Never mind...you know...you maybe the greatest assassin and hacker I've known but as for emotions and things like that....damn you are slow..' laughed Sage

Ty frowned at her

'Oh here we go Mr serious,' she smiled

'Knock it off will you,' he growled as he folded his arms across his chest and frowned at her

'Oh you know I'm just kidding,' she smiled again

Sage realised that Ty had changed alot...his attitude was more serious and colder than ever...and his eyes were very foccussed...she knew that he was an excellent assassin and even though he had quit that game she knew how good he was...and that looking deep in his eyes she knew that he missed it and he hungered for the kill..it ran threw his blood like fire...she knew that standing around with others wasn't something he was use to and she could tell...he didn't mind taking orders...and with every order he took it as if it was a life and death stituation...he was a perfectionist...and she knew that

[Jim_Hawking]

Syn stood there motionless, still in shock from Mahony's display of acrobatics and also because of Sage's entrance.

"Two questions," Syn began. "Who are you, and are you available?"

Sage's eyes pierced directly into his soul. "Say something like that again, and I will kill you."

"I've been getting that a lot recently...seriously though calm down, I was trying to lighten the mood a little."

Ty spoke up. "Syn, you've gotta play your strengths, obviously intelligence isn't one of them."

"Developed a bit of a wit while I've been away?" Sage asked Ty.

"Nah, that schmuck just kinda brings out the comedian in me." Ty replied.

"Is that so?"

"Yeah, I give all of them as much ammunition as they want." Syn added.

"Ok then, now that that is over, might I suggest we get down to business?" Mahony asked.

Syn opened his mouth.

"Syn, if you so much as make one remark I swear to the goddesses I'll castrate you myself."

"Two things; A: That's not funny. B: I was only going to ask where we should store our weapons. Geez, even my mind comes out of the gutter occasionally."

"...Shut up."

[Guest Little_Sage]

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Hi everyone. Sorry to intrupt but I need some help ;.;.
I just signed up here and I am almost clueless about the way things work around here. Can someone help me -.-?

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IC:

Sage put her gun away and walked over to Mahony. Mahony was getting warmed upp and did the splits again. "Can you do something like this Sage?"

"Hell no, and even if I did know, I wouldn't be doing it for fun. Looks too painful."

Mahony laughed. "I've been practicing this kind of thing for most of my life, the pain really isn't there anymore." She got up and lit up the laser beams across the room. "These are designed exactly the same as the second floors security. I should know because I've been there. The key is to get across quickly without tripping over the sensors. It will take you a long time to get this down, but believe me, it's worth every bit of time. I've thickened the lasers so it will be a little harder. That way, when you're ready for the real thing, you'll have less of a chance of messing up."

Sage looked at the lasers and smiled. This was going to be a piece of cake for her. She watched as Mahony manuevered her body throughout the beams and got to the end. "You'll have to reach me over here before you're done. Now one at a time."

First Sage pulled her hair back, she knew it would get in the way as always. Many jobs were blown because of that one. Sage then equipped her gun because she knew it would be equipped when she actually tried the stunt. She went up to the first line of beams and twisted her body into a side turn and landed crouched down on one knee past the first lines. She went to the side of her and went across the beams that way. She jumped through the lower crossed set of beams and landed again on one knee. She rolled under the bottom line and turned quickly to see a beam right in front of her. She stood up and jumped over the beam and landed next to Mahony.

"Very impressive. I thought you said you didn't like doing things like this?"

"I don't. I hate doing work that makes me exert myself. Doesn't mean I don't do it." she said with a smile. They stood there watching the others as they tried to make it across the lines.

"You know, it's going to be naturally easier for girls to get across. It will take them a little longer. I hope you realize that."

Mahony smiled. "And we get to enjoy their humiliation." she said with a smile. "But I believe they'll get it. I wouldn't be wasting my time like this if I thought they would fail so easily."

And right then, Syn tripped an alarm. "Sorry about that. This one just jumped right in front of me that's all. I didn't realize your beams move."

"They don't Syn, they don't." she said trying to hide her amusement.

[Guest Little_Sage]

Thankyou, but I am not cut out for roleplaying on forums. The waiting would drive me into a frenzy, but hey. :D Hahahahaha! Lookie at this smilie! :fart:

Bleh. I prefer blades over guns.

Whee! Ah...er...

[Jim_Hawking]

"Damn my un-agile body!" Syn yelled as he tripped another beam.

'Come on, Syn! Even Senkai made it through!" Mahony taunted.

"BECAUSE HE'S A FREAKIN' NINJA!!!...or something."

"Let's go, take 29 and....ACTION!" Sage added.

"...what?"

"GO, SPUDNUTS!" Mahony yelled.

Before attempting the trial again, Syn streched a bit first. After popping nearly everything in his body, he approached the lasers again.

"I could have sworn I've been through a course like this before." Syn thought. "Guess I'm just outta practice from all those [i]other[/i] jobs I do so easily."

Syn took a few steps back, took a deep breath, and ran towards the lasers. Syn rolled under the first beam, he then sprung off the floor with his hands over the next, kicked off the side of the hall, crossed over a few more beams and slid down the other wall. Syn dove over more of the beams, sprung off his hands again, corkscrewed over another, kicked off the celing, and face-planted in front of Mahony.

"An 8 for the routine, but no score on the landing." Mahony quipped.

"Could have been worse, I coulda landed on ya." Syn felt Mahony's foot on the back of his head. "...ow."

"There's no possible way I'd have let that happen."

Syn rolled over onto his back. "You know, I'm not sure if it's just the angle or the concussion I probably just got, but..."

"But what?" Mahony asked as she looked down at Syn.

"Your eyes are beautiful." Syn said before falling unconcious.

[Akieen Cloud]

Mayhony rolled her eyes and chukeled. She grabbed the back of Syn's shirt and pulled him away from the corse.
"Right. Ty your next."
She nodded as Ty made it through well enough, after everyone was done she smiled wickedly. She threw water on Syn to wake him and nodded as he sat up.
"Alright. Now for the REAL training."
Syn wimpered.
"NO! You said this WAS the REAL training!"
"Close enough. Outside magots!"
Once outside she back fliped to the roof and smiled.
"Now, lemme see. Syn, your first."
"First for what?"
"Stealth and hand to hand. Get up here."
The roof was flat and perfect as an arena.
"If you all want to watch come up as well, but you have to get up here your self, there's no ladders."
She placed Syn where she wanted him and smiled.
"Ready? GO!"
She ran forward and grabbed his wrist flipping him to his back.
"Come now Syn, I called you first cause I thought you could handel it...was I wrong?"

[Jim_Hawking]

"Yeah, right. You only picked me because I'm out of it at the moment."

Syn spun himself around and got back to his feet.

"You're merely an opportunity for me to warm-up."

Mahony dodged Syn left cross, and went for a counter-attack.

"Gotcha!" Syn caught Mahony's fist and threw her down on her face.

"Not bad, but don't get cocky!" Mahony tripped Syn while she was still on the ground. Syn hit the roof with a solid thud.

"Heh, you're a real fireball, you know that?"

Syn picked himself up, as did Mahony. He dodged her volley of right hooks and crosses, and connected with a solid uppercut to her midsection sending her reeling.

"Come on, you aren't about to let this schmuck wail on you, are ya?"

[...]

Sage sat back and waited. She wasn't really interested in a show. She looked over to Ty and noticed him staying back as well.

"Not interested in watching either?"

"I'm just interested in doing something."

Sage smiled as she waited. She could hear Syn's cries as Mahony gave him a beating. She smiled at the sound of pain..

Ty took out his gun and a cloth and started cleaning them. She rolled her eyes. "Ty, you shine those up anymore and your victims will know your coming by the bright light radiating off of them."

He kept cleaning them but smiled a little. "They can never be too clean. Besides, there's nothing else to do right now."

She smiled. "You've always been the perfectionist, Ty. I think that was one of the things that bugged me most about you."

"Well if you were like me, I'm sure you wouldn't have gotten yourself caught like you did at Gervine's."

"Hey, you know as well as I do how hard that job was." she said looking at him squarely.

"I could have pulled it off without messing up."

She looked at him and shook her head. "Always have to convince me that your one up on me, don't you."

"You [i]know[/i] I'm better. I don't have to convince you." he said jokingly

She smiled. "Grumpy, funny, and a good adversary. Anything your not, Ty?"

He looked up from cleaning and stared at her. "I'm not the way I used to be."

She looked at him for a while and then smiled. "None of us are Ty.. that's what the business does to people. You may seem colder for some reason, I'm sure you'll keep your reasons to yourself, but I don't think you've changed for the worse, Ty."

He looked up at the roof and stared.

"You've grown up, Ty. We all have.." she said as she jumped up the wall.

[Akieen Cloud]

Mayhony smriked and threw down a smioke bomb.
"nope."
"Thats not fair Mayhony!"
"I never said you couldn't use effects."
She slipped up close to him, her body pressed against his back, she splayed an open hand on his chest and smiled wickedly as his movments stopped.
"You ever consider that I chose you first because I like you the best?"
Syn stumbled on his words for a moment and exhaled loudly. She put both arms around him and flipped him, the smoke hung in the air so no-one could see their movments, straddeling his waist she smilel as his own dagger was pressed to his throat. She bent down till their noses touched and smirled as his cheeks flamed.
"Your not the only one who can play their cards the right way Synny boy."
She swiped her tounge along his chin and smiled as he shivered.
"If you think with your dick and not your head in this hiest...this is what will happen. All the gaurds are female."
"Than why are you doing this?"
"To see how well you stand agianst it...and for kicks."
the smoke was begining to clear and she smiled warmly at him, planting a soft kiss to his lps she rose and helped him up.
"You lose this round Synny-boy. Better luck next time."
He blinked rapidly at her as she turned to the others.
" Sage. Your turn."
She turned and winked at Syn before turning back to Sage.

[Jim_Hawking]

Syn mumbled incoherently.

"What happened up there? All we saw was a big-ass puff of smoke." Ty asked.

"I got my ass handed to me. Simple as that, now if you'll excuse me."

Syn went to the other side of the building to gather his thoughts.

"Thank the goddesses I was too concerned about the dagger against my throat to pop a woody. She'd definatly have killed me then." Syn thought. "But...still the tongue across my chin? The kiss no matter how light it was..."

"NO! FOCUS DAMMIT! Like Mahony said all of the guards are female. I have to reamin calm, cool, collected, and...whatever the opposite of horny is."

"What the hell is going on?! That...these...GAH! She said that she liked me best, but that could go any number of ways. Could she have ment my skills? Yeah, right. Or, maybe she meant...no way, she couldn't have meant the she actually [i]liked[/i] me, right?"

[...]

The smoke was still clearing as Mahony came after her. Sage ducked and drop kicked her to the ground. Mahony bounced back up and flipped over her. Sage was ready for the attack. She was a highly trained assassin and she didn't fall into traps.

She moved out of the way as Mahony tried striking her again and Sage smiled "You like Syn, don't you?" she said quiet enough for only Mahony to hear. Mahony stumbled a little and Sage took the chance to pull her into a head lock. Mahony tried kicking herself out but Sage just flipped her over to the ground and put a gun to her head. "I take that as a yes." she said with a smile as she walked away gun in hand.

Mahony got up and laughed. "Well it was my fault for getting caught off guard. I guess you pass this round as well Sage. But everything you said just now, was dead wrong."

"Is it?" Sage said half turning back. "Because if it was just a friendly kiss, then I guess it was my mistake. But I'm sure that friendly kiss meant more with the straddling and all."

"How did you see all of that?"

"I'm a freakin Assassin Mahony. I see a lot things that go easily unnoticed." she turned around again and walked off.

[Drizzt Do'urden]

Senkai smiled as he sat under the tree watching the spectacle. [I]hmm....they're all good. I just hope nothing bad happens.[/I] He stared off towards the place Syn had went after Mayhony's seductive training. "Can't say I blame ya..." He began as he looked towards Ty who was stunned by the female battle going on uptop.

Senkai walked up behind Ty as the females were finishing. "Ty...listen I know you don't know me...and you probably don't want to know me...but you must concentrate, at least for the duration of this job...trust me on this don't let yourself fall for her." Ty turned around as if to say something, but Sage called for him, and as Senkai expected he went to her running.

"Senkai, looks like you're up" Mayhony's voice called.

Senkai leaped up to the rooftop, still not able to concentrate at the oncoming Mayhony...She easily lept on him, and as he expected reached under his sleeve to find one of his knives. "Huh!?" she cried as she realized they weren't there, Senkai quickly set his legs underneath her launching her about 9ft back. As he expected she landed on her feet easily, but as she prepared to charge he was ready throwing knive in hand. Which stopped her in her tracks.

"I told you Mayhony,I'm an expert in Recon, I saw exactally how you dispatched Syn, and how easily you could've beaten Sage if you had wanted too....but I will tell you, you can't beat me." He shethed his knife and replaced it with his own smoke gernade. As he shifted through the smoke in complete silence he could hear her every move. "You need to start focusing more Mayhony..I know you care for Syn as does he you...but both of you need to keep your hormones in check for this next job. I've been to the zeal crystal, its how I lost my last band. They got caught I didn't."

Senkai met with a fist too the face, her movements surprised him, but he quickly did a rolling reverse tripping her and disapearing back into the smoke. He could feel her in the smoke, feel her everymove. He had always been adept in fighting in conditions like this....

He was right behind her, dagger drawn. Sliding up before she had a chance to react he placed the tip on her juggular. "I told you from the start that I was the best Mayhony, and I meant it" He could feel her start to move and knew she had a plan, leaping back into the smoke as she kicked back, missing him by inches.

The smoke had cleared on the rooftop from Senkai's postion in the trees, Syn was back and the rest clearly they were stumped as to where he lies. [I]Time to see how good they think they are[/I] He moved quickly, letting loose throwing knives from each spot he landed at, all sticking around her forming almost a star pattern...as he moved he could feel her eyes, she knew where he was, or thought so anyways. He let loose his final knife, and with all his might lept down with a mighty dropkick, connecting with Mayhony's checkbone sending her soaring. Before she hit the ground he grabbed her, slammed her into the rooftop, and had one of his daggers drawn at her throat before she could move.

"Well, I think this round belongs to me, remember you may be good, but your opponent may know you better than you think."

He rose and began picking up his knives from the rooftop. Mayhony connected with a right hook from the side, sending Senkai sprawling. Laughing as he laid there. "Well I'm dead, but your hurting like hell, remember never turn your back."
Senkai pointed to her legs as he regained some composure, Mayhony glanced at her legs and noticed a small thin string wrapped around them,

Senkai pulled, sending her sprawling to her back, wind completly knocked out. "Never count an opponent out" he laughed as he rose to his feet.

"Excuse me, since.....well whatever that was is over can I have my turn now Ty cried from below"

"Senkai, your good to go, yes Ty get up her so I can make myself feel better" She smirked as she rubbed her cheek

Senkai just grinned as he returned to his tree, and sat down to watch the next fight. Which promised to be an amusing one.