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["Are you sure about that?" Aiden squints. "I'm married to the guy they kidnapped, and they had to monitor his movements to know where to best kidnap him. And Kol is a Mikaelson - I don't we should go in assuming that they don't know anything."

He's just saying.]

I don't think he's wrong. I'm not sure how you want to approach this, but I would go for blitz over a ruse. Unless you want to do a prisoner gag.

No. We blitz. They're not gonna believe I gagged a Mikaelson. Not Freya, not Kol.

( Mickey has that going for him, his brother's compelled hunter.

"The mouse is right. We don't go down without a bloody fight. He gets rough, we tumble." )

Right.

( To Freya. "How is your magic?" )

["I'll be fine." She's just going to hang towards the back.

Mia nods, before ducking down and starting to head towards the building.]

See you on the other side.

[Aiden rolls his shoulders, eyes glowing gold as he moves to stand next to Mickey. "Let's do this."]

( Mickey nods. )

Throw me toward them. They'll come to my rescue, attack. And then I'll attack. Werewolves can do that, right?

Yeah. We can do that.

[Especially when they're angry, which Aiden has been running on low simmering rage since Rousseau's exploded. He grips Mickey by the shoulders, winds up, and throws up down across the field, finally releasing the valve he's been holding onto all day (18).

Freya moves up to move in front of Aiden as his shoulders start to shift, and he drops low into wolf form.

In the meantime, Mia makes a break through the tall grass, doing her best to not be seen by those at the door (19 vs. 3). She's nothing but shades of green, until reaches the side of the building and goes to hoist herself up.]

( Mickey hits the ground hard, rolling at the feet of the two hunters, letting out a... )

Mikaelson's.

( He gets a (3) to convince them, but being a vampire, he doesn't play it off as much as he thinks he does. He rolls to a stop and his head turns, like a comedy routine at this point. )

[Yeah, that doesn't buy him much, but Freya Mikaelson appearing not far behind does. They both bring up their guns, turning to shoot towards the witch, but Freya throws up a barrier spell (5 vs. 17).

Soon after that a giant wolf leaps through the air, going for the throat of the nearest guard he can find (7 vs. 1). Claws scrape at the exposed skin as he snarls in response.]

( He's not an actor (when not being compelled).

Mickey attempts to race behind the hunter that fires (and isn't being accosted) (16), ready to throw an arm around his neck. (13) )

[Mickey does get a hold of his hunter (5), but he manages to break the hold and try to shove Mickey back (20). He doesn't get a ton of distance, but he will attempt to spin around and get a shot at the vampire, but the shot goes wild as Mickey is too close (1).

Aiden and the hunter continue to rumble, with the hunter managing to catch the wolf in the belly with his feet and kick him off (5 vs. 19). He scrambles for his gun to try and recover, but he won't be able to get a shot off this turn.

Mia scrambles onto the roof and begins to contend with the snipers from above. She gets an arrow into the first (12 vs. 4), lodging it in the meat of his support arm, before turning and trying to fire at the second and a bullet scrapes past her, driving her behind one of the supports for cover (3 vs. 8).

Freya and Kol continue to make their approach, and as they move around the struggling guards, she glances to her brother.]

Shall I get the door?

( Mickey's hand goes to choke the hunter that took the wild shot at him (Rude!) (14) and should he succeed, that hunter's going to be lifted right off the ground.

Kol holds out his arm.

"Chivalry was really only my strong suit in the nineteenth century. Be my guest, sister."

He side steps the hunters and their prey. Could go either way. Davina's inside, though, and he doesn't know Mickey from Adam. And Aiden, meh. )

[The Hunter 1's feet kick out as he's lifted, fingers clawing at his throat as he's lifted off the ground (4). He lashes out, trying to catch his attacker, but who knows how successful he'll be (10).

Aiden regroups, and comes at Hunter 2 again, managing to finally get his teeth into his throat (11 vs. 2), and blood spurts everywhere.

Mia comes back at the Hunter 3 (18 vs. 2), lodging his arrow in his upper chest and seeing him drop to the ground. The Hunter 4 breaks off the tip of the arrow and turns to face her to fire with his good arm managing to catch Mia in the shoulder (9 vs. 8).

Freya raises her hand, extending it out in front of her and muttering a spell. The doors blow inward, exposing the first room of hunters: a full squad of eight.]

( Mickey doesn't move (7) and takes a fist to the face, losing grip enough to drop the hunter. He swings his arm out, trying to slam him into the building face first (10) )

Salutations lads. Lasses. We're looking for our friends, family, ex.

( Fangs dropping, he goes for the nearest hunter on the left, using his vampire speed to rush up and shove them sending them flying back (nat 20) )

[Hunter A1 dodges the wall, managing to stay on his feet (18). He swings back around to throw his fist at Mickey's face, not having another weapon to grab at the moment (11).

With Hunter A2 dead, Aiden charges Hunter B2, opposite of Kol, looking to take them down hard and fast (5 vs. 4). The hunter goes down hard, scrambling to get the wolf off him as Aiden snaps at his throat.

Hunter B1 flies through the air when thrown by Kol, his back hitting one of the crates with a sickening snap. He doesn't get back up. As a result, B3 and B4 turn to open fire on Kol and Freya (16, 18). One bullet catches Freya in the arm (10) and she ducks behind her brother.

She reaches one hand out and twists it and B4 goes down with a neck snap.

B5 goes after Aiden, turning to shoot at the werewolf to save his friend, and Aiden lets out a whine in response (19 vs. 14). B6 Takes another shot at Kol, trying to focus the fire on the Original vampire (16). None of them are wooden bullets, however, so they're just annoying.

B7 and B8 are realizing that, and they rush towards one of the nearby crates, going to get better ammo.

A4 and Mia continue to tussle above. Mia manages to spin him around, before rearing back and kicking him over the edge of the roof (12 vs. 1). He lands on the ground below and doesn't get up.]

( A1's fist connects with Mickey's (5) face. Mickey's just about sick of this so he goes for the classic neck snap (8), but he hasn't had experience as a vampire so vampire speed and actions aren't quite congruent, yet.

Kol takes all three shots, bleeding through his purple v-neck now. Being covered in blood is nothing new.

It's B3's turn. Kol attempts to wrench the gun away (14) before playing baseball with B3's head. (16) )

[A1 manages to dodge again (20), and throws another punch (4). Unfortunately, he's distracted by Mia dropping down from above (12 vs. 8), locking her legs around his shoulders and throwing A1 to the ground.

Aiden tries to bite down into B2 again (3 vs. 2), still missing the throat, but managing to graze the skin. B5 tries to take another shot (17 vs. 12), and Aiden lets out another cry of pain, so Freya steps in for another attempted neck snap (18 vs. 3). B5 goes down.

B3 loses his gun (6), but manages to stay ahead of the game, dodging backwards towards some of the crates (20). He shoves his hand into an open one to pull out a stake - not white oak, but might do a little better than bullets - and goes to swing down at the Original vampire (10).

B6 turns to try and fire at Freya (10 vs. 6), and the witch takes a hit to the shoulder with a wince.

B7 and B8 find the wooden bullets and takes two shots at Kol (2, 13).]

... I had that.

( Sure you did, Mickey.

B3 misses Kol by an inch (11) B7 misses, B8 connects and it hurts like a bitch. Weakened momentarily, Kol tries to toss B3 into B7 (4).

Mickey zooms to B6, trying to shove the gun upward in order to get him to shoot himself in his next attempt (4) )

["Sure," she rolls her eyes, before slamming one last slayer punch into A1's face (13 vs. 4) to make sure he stayed down.

Aiden, again, goes for B2 (5 vs. 19), and is still not making any progress. B2 goes for another hit (5 vs. 17), but he also doesn't manage to gain any ground.

B3 stays out of Kol's hands (13), before coming at him again, still wielding the stake (13).

B6 manages to fend off Mickey just barely (4), beginning to wrestle over the gun.

Freya uses the moment to her advantage and turns on the hunters with the wooden bullets, taking out B8 (19 vs. 10). B8 goes down.

B7 goes and takes another shot at Kol (6), but he probably misses on that one.]

( A (20) has Kol dodging B3's stake completely, moving behind him. Kol not only dodges, but tries grabbing B3 and spinning them around so B7 shoots B3 (10)

Mickey moves to simply kick B6 with all his strength (18), screw the gun. )

Edited 2022-01-01 01:38 (UTC)

[Aiden snaps back at B2 (20 vs. 12) and finally gets something vital. B2 goes down.

B3 just manages to twist to stay out of Kol's hands (11), before spinning around and trying to take another shot with the stake (16).

Mickey's kick throws B6 backwards (16), slamming hard to the ground. He still tries to take a shot at him, lifting his gun and aiming (5), but probably not going to hit.

B7 tries to take a shot at Freya (5 vs. 14) which misses. Freya then turns on him, (14 vs. 20), but he manages to duck out of her eyeline to escape the pull of the spell.

Mia comes around the corner and also tries to take a shot at B7 with an arrow but misses (8 vs. 15).]

( Kol is so close, he's staked, which, like the gun shots, hurts. With a (17), Kol tries to break B3's wrist holding on to the stake.

B6 misses Mickey barely (6). Mickey attempts to drop down, pouncing, teeth going for his throat (10). )

[B3 manages to dart away again (20), because he's a wily asshole, and comes back around again with the stake (1), but he swings wild given the close quarters.

Mickey does manage to get B6 (9), but wrenches back so he misses the jugular. He shoves him backwards (20), trying to get some distance between them.

Mia steps up to have Kol's back, aiming an arrow at B3 (5 vs. 4), and manages to catch him in the shoulder.

Freya continues to contend with B7 (13 vs. 6), and he finally goes down.]

( Absolutely fuck off, B3. Kol, fed up, tries to just reach into B3's chest at this point, but he's more frustrated than anything and still in pain from wooden fucking bullets. (10)

Mickey lands on his feet and grabs a crate, throwing it straight at B6 (17). )

[This time, B3 can't move fast enough (5). Kol's hand shoves past his ribcage and removes his heart, and he finally drops to the ground.

The crate also collides with B6 (5), sending him down as well. The room is cleared, so Mia is moving to the next door, ready for what might come next. She hears muffled sounds from the other side and glances back at the rest of the group.]

Do we need a minute?

( Kol tried™️. His wily hunter goes down wishing he had chosen a different path in life. With the room cleared, Kol wipes the blood from his hands on his shirt.

Mikey is raring to go, cracking his knuckles and ready for the next room. But, Kol has questions. He spied Freya shot a few times. Does she need blood? He will freely give his blood. )

Sister?

[Yeah, Freya's not in great shape. She makes her way to her brother, nodding at the unspoken question, before looking to Mia.]

Just one.

[Mia nods, flanking the door, ready to attack just in case the hunters don't want to give them that minute.

Aiden is also taking a second to lick his wounds, but in wolf form he does tend to heal a little bit faster.]

Edited 2022-01-09 23:36 (UTC)

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