<strong>Myriad (NYC)</strong>@accident<br/><br/>Valerie's move ahead to grasp the man and twist him around as her personal human shield while keeping him in her grip proved successful, and her body's health was recovering from the crash as a little time passed. Silently cussing the man she held dropped his gun trying to pull her arm off of his neck. He was strong, but Valerie's grip was firm and he failed to pull her arm off of his throat, so far at least. Wriggling and grimacing, he seemed less than eager to stay still.<br/><br/>The man with the shotgun exchanged another blast with the police car shattering a window before taking some cover from the van. Unfortunately, the second guy stepped away from the van rising something heavy. The police had a mere moment to react and jump away as the police car's front window shattered finally, and the next instant  the car turned into a fireball.<br/><br/>The last of the thugs was holding an old fashioned, military grenade launcher. It might be old, but the burning wreck showed it worked.<br/><br/><hr/><hr/><strong>Ada, Paradox (NYC)</strong>@accident<br/><br/>The two of them were nearing the scene quickly, they were almost at it, when they could see a blast in the distance, a police car turning into a fiery torch. Young woman was holding a man in a stranglehold before her, two other men like the one she held aiming a longarm (a rifle? a shotgun?) at the police scrambling to get to cover, and the other one a larger, military heavy weapon that looked like a grenade launcher right out of world-war two or korean war possibly.<br/><br/>Nonetheless, the two of them were a little away still, but almost there.<br/><br/>((OOC: Ada and Paradox are free to act, but they are still at 'sight' range, they'll take 1 more round of movement to reach the two. Combat rounds can be a bit exhausting as it is. Though even so, if they charged in on their turn they'd quite surely draw attention from the gunmen))<br/><br/><hr/><hr/><strong>Beat (Baltimore)</strong><br/><br/>"We ought to." She nod and chuckled. "Alright, Elle, please. Noe sounds a bit strange." She winked at him, kissing his hand lightly against her cheek there, watching him. "So do you look for trouble or does trouble find you? It seems you got a bit of a reputation here, but not in a bad way." She remarked in a warm tone, watching him curiously.<br/><br/>As she was speaking though, someone turned up a television nearby. "...today, at the New York City, baffling the authorities. The official statement is that it was a drug-deal gone bad, because an amateur laboratory's remains were found at the site. There is evidence of gunfire and a massive explosion that may have been some ingredients detonating. Thankfully the damage was limited to those present at the room and just outside it, all involved in this drug-deal it appears. The police has cautioned all criminals that this could be their fate too if they play with chemicals, and has arrested the owners of the apartment, bringing them in for questioning."