<em>[Many thanks to Princess for assisting me oocly in all the die rolls for what's about to happen.]</em><br/><br/>Everything seems to happen at once.  Mostly unnoticed, Princess readies herself near one of the tables where if things got ugly, she'd be ready covering her teammates.  As the agents seperate, the thugs also seperate.. two going after Sword and one towards Ghost.<br/><br/>Sword turns and suddenly breaks for it, ducking down the alley to the north, running between the Mission House and the Hotel.  "Get him!" the lead thug calls out, and him and his buddy take off running after the young agent.<br/><br/>The one after Ghost chuckles, his yellow teeth shown in a grimace.  But as he steps within the 'magic range', Ghost suddenly snaps into action.  Drawing his pistol faster then the eye can follow, a<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>LOUD CRACK</strong></span>fills the marketsquare.  Even as the sound echos from the buildings, the thug stands there..his eyes glazed to match the third near perfect hole in his forehead.  He slumps to the ground even as the marketgoers..vendors and customers alike, start to scream and either duck for cover or run in the opposite direction.<br/><br/>Hearing the gunshoot..the leader glances over his shoulder, swears in 2 languages and turns his run down the alley into a flight from Ghost.. no longer concerned with Swords.  His henchmen is even quicker, hopping the fence past the mission house to dive into the murky water below.<br/><em><br/>[In game terms.. everyone's actions as determined.  Ghost easily won surprise over the thug.  Rolled a 03 to hit (and had a 128% chance to hit anyways..easy shot for him)  Light damage, but hit location was head and rolled internal damage.  With the extra from the heavy calibre..it did 14 life levels of damage..easily killing him.  The other guards rolled on their reaction..failing..and deciding that they'd rather live then try to mug a couple bucks from some psycho gun-happy killers]</em>