One of the   Guards   By the  Main doors  points to  Joe Mac.  Shouting  to the  two Guards   and the Dog  walking  from the  East from the wast...

  One of the walking   guards  , veers off towards Joe  Mac.. The other  one keeps   walking to the west..Pointing  and  shouting  something to the  Door  Guards.. the   other Door  Guard  takes a step away from the   Door  , peering to the   west , around  shurbs

  The  Dog  , Hastens  it s stride toward the west as the Veering fellow  says,..Hey..Kid?... Gey out of here..  this   ain't no place for you or Your Mom...Good Bet she's down the Beach  looking for a Fleet guy!

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 The Dog  By  Shadow and  Melia  , came  well into View   for Roy as  it  Ran up to the   Bodies   and started to whine, then Bark.

   The Guards    Looked  aroudn a  second.. then Moved  quickly towards the Dogs..   Shadows     back and Legs were coiled like a   sprinter, hi left hand  on the  Ground, the Trech Knife  Held, Waiting to Break  through the shrubs...

 Reaching the Bodies, they Tried to calm the Dog  down and  speak to it.

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 Roy could now see  all the Guards  and   dogs that were out and  about...

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 Shadow and Melia  could only see their  two and the dog...

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 Joe MAc  saw the Guards  in the front... But  could only hear the barking from the Northwest Coner
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   Joseph cursed.  He prayed he wasn't jumping the gun.  As the two guards that had come close enough to warn him off turned to go, Joseph shot them in the back with a gun in each hand then put the dog out of it's misery before dodging out of side of the doorway guards.

Roy grunted as he looked at the scene unfolding...so many potential targets...

He opted to go, first, for the ones that were too far away from any of the others to be potential targets for Shadow, Melia, or Joe...the pair at the door.  When one looked west, away from the other, he shot the one that was still looking in the direction of the gate, out of view of his west-ward-looking companion...then shifted his rifle minutely and took the one looking west, as well...

While the sound of the shot was muffled, the whip-crack sound of the bullets moving at supersonic speeds could be heard, he knew, so after the two shots, he paused to assess the situation, and see what was the next most dangerous target that was still on its feet...

   Wet impact, of the bullet  slammed the   first guard to the wall adding  a spray of  color   to the wall..slamming  back he  dropped his weapon, Causing the   West-Looking guard to start to Turn,  Before  He was hit..and dropped like a Puppet with no strings.

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  BArking  stopped  as the  Guard  Dog  and  the walking guard  stopped to see the Two others   Fall.

  Joe MAc  shot the surprised   Guard  in the chest twice , as he approached  the 'little kid". well with in   sidearm  range.

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 Shadow burst from the shrubs, Causing the  Dog to start  barking, He was On e  the   guard   nearest to the fence , Just  as  he turn..  driving him into the    wrought   Iron and the Trench knife  slammed into him repeatedly


 Melia  came out   after the 2nd  guard , the confused dog watching attacks coming from a 'friendly' direction

   Joseph looked at the fallen guard, then at the locked gate.  He sighs steps back and looks for a way over the wall.

The dog would only stay confused for so long, Roy figured, and it would be a lot harder to get rid of if it was tangling with someone.  With quick precision, Roy sent another round downrange, to eliminate that particular problem.

"I don't see anymore guards.  There could still be someone on the backside of the house, but as of right now, you're clear to the front door." It was the same low, steady murmur into the comm unit.

Roy started a slow sweep of the grounds, looking for surveillance cameras or alarm sensors.

  The  Dog  Went  Down  and the  last Remaining Guard   Looked at  Joe Mac  Raising his  weapon,what the 9 hells is going on ?

 Melia  used her  Verian on the   other  Guard, with  Left the  Dog for her   tow  wound with a throwing   blade, and Shadow to  finish off..

 Shadow   went through the Guards    pocket.. garnering another  pass card,  and Powercells  leaving the weapons   on the Ground, he  Pulled the   Throwing   Blade out of the  dog, cleaning it on a  guard, taking it back towards   Melia  he pointed to the shrubs,

 he said In all coms  to the team,..moving  down the  wall towards the main doors... staying under CAM range... what have  we   got left?

"Damn..." Roy muttered, as his sweep revealed the last guard still near the gate.

"Joe...your call...I've got crosshairs on your man.  One word and he's gone..."  He wasn't certain of the situation, but it didn't look favorable.  But if Joe was somehow getting information, Roy didn't want to interfere.  His finger rested on the trigger, pulled just to the edge of firing, as he waited for a response.

  "Take him"

The words had barely crossed Joe's lips when another supersonic slug raced downrange.  Having seen how effective the Largran rounds were, Roy wasn't trying to get fancy...a single shot through the center of the chest was all he needed...

  Joe mac  Watched  as the Guard    Flew  backwards, a  small Hole   in his chest, but his back Blowing out  over the grass.

 Then..all was  quiet..no barking  dogs.. The street lights    in thier block and the next block over  seemed to dim a  bit, as if  it was fighting  an Outage.

 Beth's  Voice  came on ALL COMs,..I  have to cheat here..  whomever  they have  in  that  building  isn't an idiot..they were trying to pull  power from the next Block over... so i had to shut down some of thier  feeds  as well.. i wouldn't  waste too much time..

 Shadow and Melia came from the shrubs, he pointed at the Gate  for   Melia to open as he   searched the  two dead  Guards at the door, taking the power cells  , , creds  and ..again.. was awarded a key card.

 he  did , however, keep a Pulse rifle this  time, as he waited  for  Joe  Mac and Melia.

 ..Ok?.. Benn Blocking  incoming and Out going COMs... they are sending them out in  groups, which means they know someone  is screwing with them... One Com  slipped through to the Building?... I'm gonna  say  some one  will be on thier  way...

Joseph joined Shadow, he debated shedding his cloak to reveal the armor he wore underneath but decided to wait.

Melia headed over to the gate while tucking her knives back into their sheaths. She inspected it quickly before opening it to allow Joe into the compound then rejoined Shadow. Back at shadow she switches to her Carbine racking back the charging handle clambering a round. If Beth thought a welcome party was inbound she might as well have a few party favors ready.

   Shadow Looked  at his COM one more time, at the frozen pic of the inside of the Building..

    alright.. when we  enter.. to the  west is a  hallway that leads to the COMs /SEC  room... to the east  appears to be a  study of  sorts... there is a door  in that  room that leads to , what appears to be  the dinning room...to the  west  further  down a  small  hall leads to an Office.....the  Kitchen  is   on the other side of the Dinning area.. and a door to the dinning area , is  across  the hall from the   small hall that leads to the offfice..l Straight North.. is a Tsrairway the leads to the second  floor.

 ..One of you take  the COMs  room, shut it  down, eliminate anyone inside... the other  Move  through the study to the Dinning area.. then  come of the dinning Area's   east door  to meet me at the stair wat.. I'll move  down and check the office...

 ..Rpy.. there is a door  to the North west..that leads  in from the kitchen...only one gate  out, Unless they use a hover car.... whack anyone   you see moving.....

 ..hey?..Fly Boy?... we got  three incoming   VAns... they are MArched FIJI SEC.. But they aren't..just normal  Vans  with the markings.. Gotta  figure  we got incoming..

 alright?  Roy?... watch yourself.. if you need to  bail, get to the Van... other wise.. we'll need you to thin the ranks.

  Beth butts in again, got a SIG   coming from that  dfamn asteroid  field in the Hillite system...gotta  be LAdy V?... or  at least a High roller in the EDT?....

"Roger that.  I'll keep anyone coming in or going out guessing.  Pretty sure I can slow them down, it's largely a question of how many they have in each van...and whether they park where I can see them."

Melia nodded, "I'll take the coms room. Once secure I'll disable comms and regroup at stairs." she says pivoting towards the door preparing herself. Selector set to semi, breathing the most controlled it had been in a while. She was ready, Ready when yall are.

    That leaves me to clear the dinning and kitcken area.  Clean sweep protocal?  Even if I can knock them out with a zap?"

  Shadow looked  Grim...we  don't know who is EDT...  if the kitchen folk look like  Red Dec people.. Zap them... But  Joe?   any doubt in your mind... you ice them...


  Then he nods,..you get in trouble.. you sing out... if that  happens  we kill anything, even  thier pet hamster..

 Shadow  Move s  North   along the   west wall, before turning  down the far  HAll to the Office.

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 Roy could  see them  coming from the  North/.. three  VAns  ..white  with  FUJI  SEC  on the sides.. they had  forgot  'numbers'.. which   every FUJI  SEC  VAn had.

  they formed  Up  in a  V.. , when  they Got to the    Building..One  Hovered over the  roof.. One  Moved to the west   fence..  coimng dwon  where there was  room at the south west  Corner... the other,  was comign down  in the  South, about 10 yards from the main Gate.

Heading down the west Melia moves deliberately her carbine up and ready, she encounters the hallway and heads for the comm room alert to any danger or signs of guards. Reaching the hall she lowers the weapon and draws her Verian pistol. This close in if she can achieve surprise she has a better chance of cleaning out the room quickly before anyone can react.  Plus the pistol is more maneuverable in the narrow hall.

   Melia  reaches  the door, she  can hear  people  swearing, somehting   about COMs  being   breeched..and   Feeds    flickers...

 other  are  callign out  over COMs  for aid...

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 Joe  make goes into the study..  Many  Books  and  Vid  Contains. a Large Vid  screen on the     east  wall with     a large  couch  and several   high backed chairs.  there is  a large  desk at the   couth wall that would allow  the  person seated there, to see  both   the door way, and the Vid screen.

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 Shadow    reached the Office , the  door was locked, he slides  a throwing  dagger  down his  sleeve and   jimmied the lock, he stepped in.. the   Computer  was   still  running .. Shadow looked at the screen and  saw     Numbers    moving at light speed.   He  Cut the    Cord  with his blade, ripped apart  the  back of  the   Machine  and   took the Glowing  box   from the  Middle.. opening drawers and searching   for   safes.. he managed to  find one Disc case  and  a  packet of Mixed Cred   bills.....he  uses  a Pen to make the  Mark of  'The Viper Fleet"

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   both Vans that set  down,  6     Black  suited     troops     spilled out the BAck some Kneeling  and lookign around.. a few  running towards the    main doors.

When the first van settled into a hover above the house, Roy put crosshairs on it...about the time the other two started to disgorge their occupants, he fired a single round at the driver of the van above the house...and hoped for something spectacular to result...

  Vans  have Meta Glass , but not  Fighter class metagalss.  The   Glass shattered  the  Drivers head   was  riped  from the  neck as the bullet went , just a tad  lower, after   Hitting the  glass .

 The Van    Nosed  Upm  then Nosed  down,hitting the    roof,  gradings  a  furrow towards  the    small wall  , breaking through  , falling  down to   explode  as it  hit the    Ground , scattering the  troops  from the   south west corner, as they  ran  or  Dove to escape the   crash

In reply to Koffel (msg # 804):

Melia checks the door and quietly unclips her two .45s sliding her carbine behind her and drawing both her throwing knives. She slides the door open quietly slipping into the room, the closest person to her or anyone looking gets the first knife and same for the second knife. Each sidearm comes smoothly out of its holster, and an she open fire one each remaining target in the room.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Roy began selecting 5argets from the ground troops...he fired at the one closest to the van, out of the group that had headed for the doors, so that the target's comrades wouldn't see him go down, then looked for the next most-isolated target...unless it looked like someone was about to go inside.  Nobody was going in without having to 2alk through his crosshairs...

   Joseph keeps his head on a swivel as he goes from room to room looking for living people first so he doesn't get surprised.  Then he goes back and checks the desk.  "Any way we can send out a package from this computer that will cause our freind in the asteroid belt to light up like a Christmas tree?"