<b>Darion / Valerie</b><br/><br/><br/>Darion had a skill that set him apart from most in the underworld of Pangu.<br/><br/>His arm straightened as he stepped out, lined up with his eye. It was reflex, muscle memory carved into him like words into stone. He couldn't have forgotten it if he wanted to. It was his inheritance from the world he had come from.<br/><br/>Two shots. One in the spine, one in the back of the head.<br/><br/>Adjust.<br/><br/>Two shots. Neck, torso.<br/><br/>Third man, turning. He looked Darion right in the eye, saw the devil himself. The back of his head painted the wall red.<br/><br/>An eerie silence settled over the scene. Particles of dust and debris hung in the air from the obliterated wall. It was like a cloud, a man made mist. A soft blue glow emanated from the shattered window beyond, the only light.<br/><br/>Slowly a figure rose in the cloud of debris, a dark silhouette against the glow. He stepped over the broken wall, his footsteps cracking and crushing debris on the floor. He walked past the woman slumped over the crate, the assault rifle hanging loosely in her hand. On her eyes was a lost, distant look. The eyes of someone who was somewhere else now, gone. Now she was a blank thing, an empty vessel. He looked at her for a long moment, and felt a great swell of remorse and sorrow. The last thing he'd done was misjudge her, devalue her. He had considered her less than. He had known nothing of her but that. And for that he mourned. He reached down and took the weapon from her hand.<br/><br/>Kal stepped out of the debris, his eyes distant, pensive. In his hand he held an assault rifle at his side. His right hand held a bloody smear on his abdomen. His polished exterior, that attitude and swagger absent from him. He was someone else. He was worn, covered in dust, pale and dirty. He gave Darion only a haunting look and nodded a silent appreciation.<br/><br/>From the stairwell a voice shouted, "What the fuck is going on?!" It was panicked.<br/><br/>Kal's attention turned, a violent anger overwhelming his eyes. He walked to the stairwell, lifted his arm and fired straight up. The reaction was sudden, yelling and shouting above. Kal glared and walked back into the hallway, muttering, incensed.<br/><br/>"Valerie, any chance you know where they are?" He asked her, his voice devoid of mirth or sarcasm.<br/><br/>Darion saw the tremor in the man, the trembling.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><b>Valerie</b><br/><br/><br/>Her control of the one DDB gave her a few important pieces of information. These guys weren't locals. They were from Hong Kong. Better yet, her guy had some important information on a few other units. They weren't broadcasting, so picking up any signal wasn't going to get her anywhere. But, the skull's DDB had their broadcast network IDs all tucked away and saved. She couldn't break into them, but with their IDs she could perhaps ping them, get them to respond to the unit under her control, enough of a signal to pick it up. A few positional checks and some math later and she'd have the location within a meter of the skull's units. Which was only useful if they were actually carrying them and they weren't powered off, but it was something.<br/><br/>Also on the unit were a scant few messages sent from an unknown host. They were password protected.<br/><br/>The fire suppression system was offline, some neglected pressure leak somewhere in the system years ago had rendered it inert.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><b><br/>
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