At the end of the alley lies the ambush, as Thraxius well remembers!  His bloodlust fills him as he reaches the area, and amazingly, impossibly, the ambush fails.  First out of the alleyway, he ducks a well remembered autocannon burst.  Old imperial tech, liable to jam, it does as it's owners try frantically to train it back on their diving foe.<br/><br/>Thraxius comes up firing, and as he reaches the improvised barricade, his axe is already off his back, and he swings it heartily, the feeling of the heavy metal pounding through armor, sinew and bone, terribly satisfying...<br/><br/>The imperial police barracade falls to his squad, and he can hear the screams of the women in the hotel beyond.  Thraxius and his gang have come for expensive prizes tonight, and tonight, instead of dying in agony, they receive their reward... the death screams of the hated imps, and the women...<br/><br/>There is a grey blur of motion, and the scene suddenly shifts.<br/><br/>Thraxius is seated again, this time with a beverage of no mean potency in one hand.  He's in a small motel room, not paid for, as it's landlord has run... this part of the city is just too dangerous.  Thraxius should know... he's one of the dangers.<br/><br/>Two of his best friends are there...<em>shouldn't they be dead?</em>one has a woman, one of the hotel's maids, by the arm, and is dragging her towards one of the room's two beds.  The second is holding a gorgeous blond haired woman by the arms... some slumming aristocrat picked the wrong day to be adventurous.  He turns her towards Thraxius, and Thraxius feels a powerful surge... one he thought long dead, enter him.<br/><br/>The woman seems confused... perhaps doped, or just brain addled, but she is not fighting at the moment as Jasker<em>Yes, that was his name...</em>holds her towards Thraxius like a gift.  "All yours, Thrax.  You were awesome today!"<br/><br/><em>Thraxius can make a willpower test at +10 to resist the offer and do something else.  If he manages, make a logic test at -20 as he wanders.  If he fails, he'll get a second chance at the logic test after his head clears, at normal.</em>