[voice] Not Faye - Kidnapped

[myfayevalentine]

 *Faye will not have been seen on her ship for at least a day. She didn't appear the previous night when she was supposed to and there was no sign of her the next day. Late into the evening, though, a gruff male voice is heard from her journal*

We have in our hands a delicious little wretch who thought she could win us out of our money. The delightful bitch won't tell us who her crew are...so here's hoping you've heard. Unless, Faye, you can be persuaded to tell us this time?

*There's a heavy thud, like a punch, followed by a quiet, muffled cry as though made by someone with their mouth gagged*

So much for co-operation.

Bring a suitable price for her, or we'll keep her to ourselves. There's plenty of her to go around and our men are rather lonely... Be a shame to ruin such a pretty face too.

*He then barks orders for how to get to their secluded little corner of a warehouse on Corsair Kingdom. When he's done there's just enough time to hear him threatening Faye before the journal appears to be taken away*

[ooc: Anyone is welcome to have some chat with the gang that have taken her. Action is for members of the Roses only]

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[english_dignity]

[Whether or not the ringleader went for the bait, there was a rather familiar winged rabbit flying in through one of the windows near the front, staying as out of reach as it could as it circled to get a good look at the situation. It ducked out again, only to return holding... a smoke bomb?

Outside of course, Arthur was readying his pistol, sword on one hip and a knife on the other. He was burnt, sleep deprived, and pissed. The moment the smoke bomb went off, he'd charge.]

[redcinemareel]

[Being the reaper she is, Grell didn't dawdle with running and leaping all over the place. Oh, no no. Especially when her crew is in trouble. She simply appears wherever Faye is, which should be startling for all in the room. She hasn't shown Faye such an ability before.

Perhaps she's showing off more, but Grell decides to just let loose and takes out her DEATHSCYTHE from some pocket of reality and cut two men diagonally. Just when you didn't think there could be more red...]

[myfayevalentine]

*The gang leader had taken a few steps back from Thash after seeing the little flying green - whatever the hell it was. He and his remaining crew (of which their were several) looked genuinely bemused.

Faye's head was bowed so she hadn't noticed it circling, otherwise she'd have known what it meant. As it was, when the bomb went off, Faye glanced up, startled, but clearly was unable to see anything. She made a scream against her gag, distressed at not quite knowing where Thash was more than anything. She rocked on the legs of her chair, desperate to do something.

And that was when Grell appeared. On seeing her, Faye was almost sick with shock and surprise. But when Grell sliced the men in front of her, she really did feel the sick in her throat, almost choking her.

Meanwhile, that was two men down, but both of them had time to randomly slash with their knives before falling.

The ring leader kept himself as far away from the action as he could, showing himself to be the coward he really is. From somewhere in the room he barked orders, to which several of his men got up with their guns, a few directing shots at Arthur, the others aiming at Grell*

[crankyshark]

[Thash noticed the mint bunny but didn't say anything about it, not wanting to warn the kidnappers in any way. After the smoke bomb went off and the action started, he decided his attention between Faye and what was going on. He saw Arthur charge in from the entrance, grinning at the sight. Grell's sudden appearance right next to them surprised him quite a bit though; he'd had no idea she could just appear like that]

Grell?! Er, Captain I mean... Good timing! Hey if you or Arthur could cut these chains on my wrists I can give you a hand...

[he wasn't too beat up to do some more fighting. And as long as someone freed his wrists, he could probably manage to free the rest of his body himself. But then, in Grell's case, it might well be more efficient for her to just hack through the enemies before worrying about freeing them.]

[Thash looked back at Faye, an encouraging smile on his face] don't worry Faye, we'll be out of here soon. These kidnappers are seriously screwed now...

[he knew the gore probably wasn't very uplifting to her, but he hoped to cheer her a bit with the thought of freedom coming soon]

[english_dignity]

[Arthur couldn't blame Grell for making a mess. And far from it, considering the glint in his eyes as he fired back at the ring leader, casting up a temporary shield for the moment he needed to free Thash's hands from the chains.]

Looks like it was your turn to get in over your head.

[He glanced over at Faye, eyes narrowing at her wounds. Oh, someone was going to pay.]

We'll get you out of here soon, Faye. My word.

[Using his knife, he quickly sliced through the ropes holding her to the chair, trying to be more gentle with the one in her mouth.]

[redcinemareel]

[As if Grell would ever stop making messes. She doesn't have much time to access the situation while she's taking care of their foes. Dodging a few bullets, while a couple scrape by her shoulder, she becomes very much like a red whirlwind.]

You lot will be lucky to see the sea alive after this! [The nice thing about their guns is the fact that they can't give off many rounds. Grell takes advantage of this and disarms a good number of them. Literally.]

[myfayevalentine]

*As soon as Faye was free from her bindings, she seemed to slip from her chair, slowly dropping down onto the floor, landing hard on her knees. With the rope finally gone from her mouth, Faye coughed a few times, spitting blood aside. She dragged herself to a wall that was quite apart from the action. Her brain couldn't cope with what was going on, not to mention how weak she felt, and the raw pain her ankles and wrists.

The opposing 'crew' were rapidly disappearing, some dead or indeed dismembered, while others screamed and tried to make their way to safety. Whatever money their boss would offer them wasn't worth this. The ringleader, still trying to hide, grabbed a couple of pistols and shot directly at Thash - blaming him for most of this. The man isn't good with a gun, but he's scared, so he isn't paying attention to where the gun is aimed. He continued to shoot as often as he could, yet still trying to make his way over to Faye*

Money! Where's my money for her?!

[crankyshark]

I guess so... [ge responded to Arthur, then thanked him for freeing his hands and for freeing Faye while he was taking care of the rest of his bindings. His teeth would make pretty quick work of the remaining chains and ropes. Once he was free he was sorely tempted to just take Faye and get her out of there...he hated seeing her in this state. But it still wasn't safe to even try that with kidnappers still running around. He focused on killing any of them he could find while staying close enough to Faye to ensure none got past him to attack her...luckily most of them seemed to be focused on Grell]

[soon he became aware that someone was shooting at him, though it was hard to see who at first with the room clouded by remnants of Arthur's smoke bomb. Then he saw the ringleader's face and heard his voice through the din, still arrogantly demanding money after all this. Outraged, Thash quickly glanced around to make sure no kidnappers were advancing towards Faye, then ran towards the boss. Due to his crappy aim Thash was able to avoid many of his shots simply by approaching in a zigzag pattern. But as he got closer there was no way to keep dodging. He felt a bullet graze his shoulder and another directly hit his stomach just before he slammed into his target, tackling him and knocking the weapons from his hands. He felt the pain from his wounds but ignored it, chomping viciously at the ringleader's throat in an attempt to quickly kill him]

[english_dignity]

[Arthur wanted to smash the ringleader in the face for hurting his crew, but he couldn't deny that Thash had him, and had the right to him. Which left a share of the rest of the crew to him. He snarled out a warding spell to protect Thash and Faye for the moment, leaping into his captain's bloody whirlwind to cut down anyone who was missed by Grell's deathscythe.]

[redcinemareel]

[Once Grell makes a considerable dent in their enemies, she goes over to stand in front of Faye. Anyone stupid enough to try and get to her would have to get through Grell.]

If you think you can handle these ruffians, I'll take Faye to the ship.

[myfayevalentine]

*With Thash chomping away on the ringleader, the rest of the idiotic crew were clearly afraid, and very confused without someone to tell them what to do. They still did their best to protect themselves, slashing with knives and daggers, a few shots fired from their guns towards Thash, Arthur, and Grell. There were perhaps only two or three men left for Arthur to contend with, but one of the more oportunistic of the men made a dash for Faye. With Grell in the way, however, he would soon realise what a mistake that was.

Faye, meanwhile, was slumped behind Grell on the floor, her eyes coldly watching as Thash easily destroyed the gang leader*

[crankyshark]

[Thash stood up a few moments later, looking down at the motionless corpse below him and wiping some bold off his chin. He cast a glance towards Faye and Grell after their captain spoke]

Yeah...you can get her out of here. We can clean up, right? [he looked towards Arthur, seeing there were only a few more enemies near him for them to contend with. Thash moved over to join him, figuring it wouldn't take them long to get rid of the last few kidnappers then they could catch up to Grell and Faye]

[english_dignity]

Aye, we'll finish up here.

[He flicked the blood off his his sword, side stepping to let his crewmates take over half of his opponents. He flung a blisteringly furious curse at the back of one man who'd decided to cut his losses and try to run.]