Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25924729-20151107020221/@comment-5426254-20160107010306

''Finally, some nightclub action! That being said, I do hope it lasts for a long time, because I am going to enjoy writing action scenes with EDM in them. -GL'' --- Having received the message from his Scroll, Vert frowned that he was hacked. But something piqued his interest.

''Hmmm... Cyzarine Bludthardt. I guess the Bludthardts have a stake in this too.''

Once everyone read the message and drove to the airport, they entered into a heavily armed and armored airship more than capable of defending itself from the flocks of Giant Nevermores roaming the skies between Vale and Atlas. And it was quire luxurious too.

After all the introductions were made, the team comfortably sat in their seats. They were all so eager to put an end to Barnes and his operation, after enjoying the pool table and whatever refreshments were served on board.

Vert, in particular, took a mental note about Zhu-Li. For the sake of the kids, he would play along with her mission.

Whatever grievance they had would be settled after Barnes was stopped.

"Hey... Zhu-Li!"

"Hm?"

Zhu-li frowned at the joke, but nevertheless smiled when she saw his dedication.

"Let's do this thing." --- It began snowing in Atlas, as the entire team travelled on foot.

The nightclub was in sight. Vert groaned as Zhu-Li made one of the stupidest mistakes when entering a supposedly heavily armed compound- walking to the front door and turning the knob. They might as well ring the doorbell while they were at it.

And he was proven right when Zhu-Li was sent on her back when a sniper round went through the door, and the opposing contingent of automatons and made men appeared on the rooftops and the surrounding streets.

"Barnes, you motherfucker. You just had to bring reinforcements, did you?"

Vert and his part of the team, fortunately, had to deal with the small fry of mobsters and AK-130s, while the heavy artillery focused on the rest.

As they fired their guns, Vert quickly leaped behind a car and whipped out Law, blasting large holes in half a dozen mobsters, and another three androids.

Of course, the car wouldn't last under the fire of automatic weapons, shotguns, and AK-130 Gatling guns, forcing Vert to reposition himself from car to car, and repeat the process.

Thankfully, the other members of the team engaged the regular forces as well, giving him more freedom to move around.

Unfortunately, just as he was about to plan his next move, he narrowly dodged a swipe from a mobster's axe. The responding punch sent him back a few feet before he was finished with .45 ACP bullets, courtesy of Order.

Then, an AK-130 wielded its handheld blades, swiping and thrusting at Vert with every opportunity.

''Alright. This is just a hunk of junk. No need to get worked up about it.''

He calmly timed his counterattack and impaled the machine with the blade of Law. Then he rushed to another android, dodging the spray of gatling rounds, when he leaped up, and stabbed it in the back, steering the machine towards the direction of the others, mowing down as many mobsters and androids until the Gatlings stopped spinning... --- Barnes watched the security feed with great aplomb, along with Memories on the scene, when something caught their eye.

While the others were struggling against the newly acquired Narreau mechanoids, a green haired boy in particular was decimating plenty of their regular units.

He quivered in terror, while Memories' gaze narrowed at the man.

''It's him... from that night. Why is he here?''

Memories held a firm grip on her katana. She would have to face him eventually, but was soon interrupted by a man in a yellow jacket and orange scarf. He challenged her with a gesture from his fingers, having laid his weapon on the snow.

She then decided to rush in, Retriever at the ready, to begin her assault... --- Vert decided to move forward towards the nightclub, if they were to have any progress. Time was against them, after all.

But then again, so were the remaining STARK droids on the rooftops.

''Shit. These fuckers are blocking our way!''

So, he decided to take out a few of the STARKs, before rushing past the goons on the front door.

To him, the STARKs were Spider Droids in miniature, with less armor. So, he reloaded and waited for one of the droids to charge its cannons.

Once he was set, he fired at the arms, causing the arms to explode. Whatever was left of the main torso was quickly blown away by the following salvo.

Now, he had to deal with the sniper. For one thing, the sniper seemed to be trained on Zhu-Li herself. This would allow him to target the sniper without being detected.

So, without further ado, he kept pumping round after round of rapidly-accelerating coilgun ammo at the opponent, and rushed in. He then shot at the floor, propelling himself upwards. The sniper staggered from the rounds she was unable to deflect, but instantly felt the weight of Vert's feet as he leapt off her weapon, somersaulting towards the nightclub entrance.

Time seemed to slow as Vert noticed a familiar face to her left.

''Wait... is that.... Memories?''

However, he had bigger things to worry about. He finished his midair manouver and proceeded to shoot the next three guards with Order before running past another group of henchmen in the first story casino to the elevator, dodging barrages of automatic fire while the casinogoers cowered under the tables and slot machines.

Having reloaded, he took the time to listen to the vibrating of techno and EDM before proceeding to the second floor casino.

The casino was once again filled with civilians enjoying themselves with drinks, poker, roulette, and all other forms of gambling.

He quickly fired two shots in the air, causing the crowd to run to the exits as fast as they could.

''Now, where are you, Barnes? Come out, you prick!''

Suddenly, the sound of guns clicking alerted Vert to the mobsters coming from the corners of the casino, along with the mobsters from the ground floor, forcing him to leap behind cover... --- Music:

Karim Mika & Daniel Forster - Crunk (Afrojack Edit)