Dallas Tech (Rabbi)

[Galadare]

Rabbi, you arrive on campus in your best shirt. You even dug out your favorite tie, the clip-on shaped like a fish.

As you pull up to the whitewashed adobe of the student center, you see the Spaniard waiting for you. You park your hovercycle and notice that the Spaniard is armed and armored, and snickering at you to boot.

"Glad you could make it," he stifles the laughter and replaces it with that cocky smirk of his, "After seeing this though, I'm impressed that your still alive.

"The prime minister himself activated us. He's made a general call for all available Hunters; with the quarantine that means you, me, and apparently some kid named Andrews from one of Skadi's colonies.

"We're to make contact with Dr. Donaldo Hernandez, the researcher in charge of combating this so called 'Quebec Flu' that's got the planet interdicted. There are rumors that suggest, it might be an alien attack. I did a little research. I'm no doctor, but from what I can tell, there's never been anything like it. Seems to me that, alien or not, it's even fishier than that tie."

The Spaniard looks you over and says, "I hope you came armed at least."

[Rabbi]

Rabbi hides his infuriation with the Spaniard, and follows him.

[Galadare]

Rabbi follows the Spaniard through the nearly empty halls of a school between semesters.

The Spaniard stops for directions once they reach the Biological Sciences building. "Excuse me," is all he is able to say before getting interrupted by someone else in the atrium.

"What do you want?" the girl's voice says, "Let go of me!"

You step out into the indoor garden so you can see all the balconies that surround it, trying to find the speaker.

There are sounds of a scuffle and the girl comes into view, two floors up and to the east. She seems to be wrestling with someone.

"Help!" she screams, just as her adversary pushes her over the railing.

[Rabbi]

Rabbi runs in the direction of the struggle and tries to catch the girl. regardless of what the Spaniard does or says.

[Galadare]

Rabbi reacts first and bolts for the falling girl. He dives in time to cushion her landing, but the impact knocks the wind out of him. The dive turns into a roll and leaves Rabbi and the girl in a tangled heap under the second floor balcony.

The Spaniard also moves as though trying to save the girl but stops himself, placing his trust in Rabbi's skills to save the girl. Instead a .45 magnum appears in his hand and he calls for the girls assailant to freeze.

With a snarl, the assailant leaps up on the safety rail and jumps off, trying to use the Spaniard to cushion his landing.

Stunned by the assailant's choice of actions, the Spaniard fails to move out of the way but squeezes off a round. The bullet rips through the assailant's abdomen, injuring the man but failing to sufficiently alter his course. He lands squarely on the Spaniard and they both go down in a heap.

With the attacker on the ground, Rabbi can get a clearer view of him. He looks human, but the expression on his face is one of animal rage rather than a human in pain. It is also obvious to Rabbi that no mere scholar could function with an injury like that, but it hasn't seemed to take the fight out of this man. Instead, he snarls in rage. His call is answered by two more like it.

(OOC: Rabbi, you're stunned, be aware that you are going to be suffering a -1 penalty to all actions for the next four rounds.)

[Rabbi]

Rabbi gets the girl off him and rush to tackle the assailant and subdue him.

[Galadare]

The Spaniard clubs his assailant with his pistol, dazing the man and putting a gash in his forehead.

Rabbi's charge is interrupts as he stumbles in his unfamiliar shoes. He manages to keep himself from falling but looses all the momentum for his attack.

The assailant staggers away from the Spaniard, clutching his head.

(OOC Rabbi you will continue to be stunned for three more rounds)

[Rabbi]

Rabbi returns to the girl and asks her if she is alright, and begins to question her about what happened.

[Galadare]

As Rabbi walks toward the girl, she shrieks and a gun fires. Rabbi spins around just in time to catch the dying assailant in his arms. He had been shot again.

The Spaniard stands off to one side, holstering the .45 and shaking his head in disbelief.

"What am I going to do with you?" He hands Rabbi a knife, "There are more of them upstairs."

The growls and barks of frustration can be heard from upstairs.

[Rabbi]

Rabbi decides to investigate upstairs, and leave the girl for now.