<strong>Jake Prior<br/>Tagged:</strong>Lily, Anne, Anna, Nathaniel, Steven<br/><strong>Location:</strong>The Wolves Den - Hill<br/><hr/><br/>As Jake approached Lily, he did so confidently.<br/>If he had been by himself, with no back up to speak of, he would have sat his ass on top of the hill and entered into a shouting match with Lily.<br/>Figuratively.<br/>With Jake's weapon he had the advantage at a longer range than Lily did with hers.<br/>A powerful rifle with a range far greater than her pistol ((I'm assuming)).<br/>Triple the round capacity, times two that in firing rate, add the silencer and you have a silent death machine that could end lives in a way that only Wolves and other animals can really hear.<br/><br/>However, if Jake got closer, as he did now...<br/>Lily had a greater advantage.<br/>Jake could jerk the barrel of his rifle in any direction he chose, but the area just behind the business end of the barrel of his Weapon was the hardest to do so.<br/>It would require him to twist his arm, break his wrist, and still be able to pull the trigger had Lily decided to strike.<br/>In which case Jake would have discarded his Rifle completely and went with his fists, until he could reach his pistol, or even his sword.<br/>Too many variables to even begin thinking of the ways Lily could counter...<br/><br/>As Jake had thought...more hoped, his newly acquired Allies seemed to come out of nowhere.<br/>First Anna.<br/>It took everything in his power to<em>not</em>look away from Lily and to Anna and give some sly remark about her being naked and that he really didn't have to work for it.<br/>It took everything in his power and more to<em>not</em>shoot a warning look towards Steve or Nathaniel about the naked female hiding behind him.<br/>Not that he could see, hear, or understand any remarks made.<br/>But when you had a naked chick hiding behind you in front of other GUYS...well...Guy talk...you tend to KNOW when shit like that happens.<br/><br/><em>"I'm not doing anything unless you put that gun down."</em><br/><br/>Besides something she mumbled earlier, she finally spoke out to him.<br/>He eyed her clothing and confirmed that she was not wearing Kevlar.<br/>The pack she had on didn't seem lined with bullet proof material either.<br/>There was something, possibly a wolf in the pack she had on. If she were protecting the young one, or perhaps something else, Jake gave a guess that the intruder would give her life for it.<br/>Just as Jake would have with Jessica.<br/>It was a feeling he knew, and a string he tugged on.<br/><strong>"You're in no position to make demands!"</strong>He replied curtly, his stance never changing and his Rifle as steady as a dead branch on a dead frozen tree in the Winter.<strong>"Stand down and drop your weapon."</strong>These words were said slowly, and with emphasis on each syllable.<br/><br/><em>"What now?...Another hunter. You know, I'm quite a tolarable man, but there is a limit to what i can take. Who are you and what are you doing here?...And I can smell the pup, hand her to me."</em><br/><br/><strong>"Do as he says. If you really do have a Wolf Pup with you than you must know of the existence of them. Then know that there are hundreds just beyond this hill and you won't live if you do not drop your weapon."</strong>Jake added, his voice remaining serious and his eyes fixed on Lily, though constantly moving, his focus switching from the center of his focus to his peripherals and back.<br/>Quite dizzying if one were to try it now, but very very useful when mastered.<br/><br/><em>"I'm not doing a damn thing till you back the off."</em><br/><br/>The fact that she was being stubborn irked Jake to no end.<br/>If it was one thing he couldn't stand, it was a stubborn person.<br/>Usually when Jake made demands to a lesser person (lesser armed, lesser informed, lesser in knowledge...idiots count), he usually made it so that he could explain to them in a non-threatening way of the situation.<br/>Non-threatening to him anyway.<br/><strong>"Look, lady. You're in no fucking position to keep demanding your way like this. Drop your fucking weapon, or I'll drop you and your friend in the pack."</strong>He paused as if his sudden outburst were some sort of surprise to the group. The usually calm commando suddenly bursting out of his element and swearing and threatening. At the same time, the little Wolf began to make her sounds to try to communicate with the other wolves.<br/>Whatever...it just added to the situations tension, and would hopefully break Lily.<br/><strong>"What? You think I wouldn't? I used to be Inquisition Elite. The fuckers the Wolves would tell their kids about at night to keep them from going out past curfew. I've put down more Wolves than I could count on my own two hands and feet, tortured twice that number, and took down even more Inquisition Agents when I decided to go Rogue. Don't go acting all high and mighty because you made it this far on your own. I can already tell you and your pack aren't lined with bullet-proof material..."</strong>As he spoke, his Rifle slowly lowered from her head to her chest. His left hand slid forward from its position cradling the magazine, and moved over a small button on the side of a cylinder object on the side of his foregrip.<br/>A red dot suddenly appeared on Lily's chest.<br/>if one traced the thermal laser one could see that, if Jake fired, the round would pass through Lily and then through the pack.<br/>Through the wolf pup.<br/><strong>"...I decid to take you down, your little friend goes down with you when 5.56mm rounds of glory rip through your sorry excuse for a body, through your pack, through your wolf friend and into the forest behind you. Now quit being an ignorant bitch, and drop your fucking weapon."</strong><br/><br/>Even for Jake that threat was a little much.<br/>It wasn't really his style.<br/>Not anymore anyway.<br/><br/><em>"I think we all need to calm down. I'm not doing anything till you all back down, I'll talk...but not like this."</em><br/><br/>At this point Jake would have probably walked up to Lily, elbowed her in the face, and then walked away.<br/>Was his threats truly not enough to get it through her head that-...*sighs* nevermind...<br/><br/>For the first time since the others had shown up, he glanced to Nathaniel for half a heartbeat.<br/><strong>"Boss?"</strong>He asked, awaiting his decision.<br/>Until Nathaniel said anything...or the Inquisition attacked, Jake was not about to let Lily have her way.