â€œIs that so? Well that certainly isnâ€™t good, now is it?â€ Ryan smirked to himself once he heard the news, quickly dismissing the messenger. With a sigh, he rubbed his forehead and then looked back to his men who were standing in silence, â€œLooks like we need to do a bit of search and â€˜rescuingâ€™. Theyâ€™ve wandered into somewhere they shouldnâ€™t have. Theyâ€™re probably already dead, but either way we need to find them. I donâ€™t care what happens to the woman, but I want the man alive. If he receives even a paper cut, I wonâ€™t hesitate to smash some skulls.â€ He said to them, watching as they straightened up. The man definitely had a way of displaying authority when he needed and he never hesitated to abuse it.<br/><br/>If they were wandering where he thought they were, then he had to hurry. As he left, the only thing he carried on him was his gun and some extra ammunition. He didnâ€™t even ask for much company other than the usual group he kept with him because he didnâ€™t feel like he needed a large group of people, told those people to dive into the illegal guns that came in the other week and take whatever they pleased. They seemed to enjoy that. Ryan could very easily get whatever he wanted, but he chose to travel light, all the while being intimidating, without risking much. His rivals were not friendly people, many of them would literally cut out their own tongue to see him dead, yet here he was placing himself in the line of fire.<br/><br/>He was finally off after some minor preparations, ordering his men around some more awhile assigning a man named Mark to hold down the fort until he returned, hoping to reach them in time.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>They had been walking for what felt like a few minutes when she began to notice the sudden change of scenery. Upon arrival, they had been told that this was a newer city on this planet but she really had no idea that it could possibly be this new. She had expected the hotel to be a hip, a skip, and a jump away from the cafÃ© but she was proven wrong by this sudden detour, as it were. Eric seemed to have the same suspicions about the place as she did, wondering if they were just avoiding this area for the time being. From what she had gathered, this was a poorer planet than most considering it was still a fairly new settlement, so perhaps they didnâ€™t have the money to expand the city or even pave the roads. This part of the city did seem to be under construction; she wondered why it had stopped, if money was not an issue here.<br/><br/>Then again, maybe Eric was right about them wanting to avoid it altogether.<br/><br/>Apparently they had stepped into gang territory again, and they did not seem like they were Ryanâ€™s men. â€œWell this is wonderful,â€ she sighed to herself, then said to Eric, â€œUnfortunately, no, I donâ€™t have a plan. I was hoping you would have one.â€ She didnâ€™t take her eyes off the men when she spoke, keeping a hand near her gun just in case they were to make a move. When they mentioned Thomas, however, she couldnâ€™t help but eye them with slight curiosity. Two men had guns, the other two carried bats. Either way it was not a fight she wanted to get herself into and she tried her best to focus and pull some random plan out of her ass. Looks like this Thomas fellow was just the person they were looking for after all.<br/><br/>If that were the case, maybe, if they came quietly with these men, the rat would come out of his hole as she said earlier. Kat had a feeling these men were not willing to let them walk out alive, however. They eyed the two with such menacing gazes. What made her worry most was the fact that they made no moves on them â€“if there was even any sense of professionalism in these goons Kat wondered if they were waiting for them to move first before taking them out. Seeing as they had the upper hand, outnumbering them by two, that was not very likely.<br/><br/>â€œLook, weâ€™re just passing through,â€ Kat spoke to the men, her tone was dark but her expression was calm. It was, however, obvious she was faltering a bit. Her foot slid back a bit like she was ready to run the other way. â€œWeâ€™re new around here and got lost doing a bit of sightseeing. You seem to have mistaken us for someone else, Iâ€™m being honest when I say I have no idea who â€˜Ryanâ€™ and â€˜Thomasâ€™ are.â€ She could be a damn good liar when she wanted to be. Kat could only hope that they believed her little lie, as somewhat obvious as it was, or at least ponder it long enough for her and Eric to make their escape. This planet seemed to be crawling with goonsâ€¦ they were not kidding when they were warned upon arrival.<br/><br/>Honestly Kat just wanted to get out of there as much as Eric did. But the men didnâ€™t seem to be buying her at all. And from the looks of things they werenâ€™t going to let them escape either, making things even more difficult. Then again maybe they would be getting out of here alive, and everything would play out better than expectedâ€¦<br/><br/>Suddenly, when all hope seemed to be lost, a gunshot sounded.