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Diego glared a moment longer, but it was obvious the boy had done what this intruder had asked. There was no more light coming from behind him, "Keep your word about not coming back if it happens again." It was a snarled command.

"Ain't the good guy always supposed to keep his word?" There was amusement tinted in Photon's voice, "Assumin' I'm who yer assumin' I am, anyway. Bye now."

In one last move of annoyed frustration, the sand all around their target flew up and smacked him in the face on jumped on top of him, a harmless layer, much the same thing Diego had done to Domani on their first meeting. Then he looked back toward their vehicle... "NI!!" Police lights could be seen just approaching there. He didn't waste time to throw insults now, but ran forward.

Kimo stayed hidden where he was. His middle position was perfect for watching both his boy and Diego. Now, if only he could actually pay full attention to both!

Seconds after, Photon blasted sparks at the man. Just before contacting, a shot could be heard from the gun he held. The bullet was stopped from reaching its target, but the sparks had been necessarily forceful and when some reached the gun, the gun powder inside exploded. The result, naturally, was not pretty. The man at first could only stare in shock at what he would soon be howling in pain over.

"Stay alert!" Photon commanded Daniel, "You're fine." He spoke as he turned to join Diego, Domani, and Kimo by the car. Just great.

Diego was already talking to a police officer, eyes wide and hands moving rapidly as he suddenly spoke in badly broken English, but still managed to make it clear that he in his daughter and friends -- four he'd held up his fingers to indicate that, for some reason leaving out the fifth person -- had just happened to see something and stopped to look and now there was a MAN there!! Diego proved to be an excellent actor, pinning down the tourist who'd accidentally run into something awful perfectly.



OOC: *giggling* All I could think of was Monty Python at one point. Can you find the reference?

Now, again, I know I reeaaaallly jumped over possible responses here. If you want, you can back-reply. Domani has to, I think. Darcy, you have my permission to add something that Diego may have done in your reply.

Agent, Daniel the gun was shot at Daniel, though whether or not he knew that for more than likely looking back to see what Diego was running toward is your call.

((Tis only a flesh wound!!))

Domani listened quietly, tensing when the woman declared that Evos all should die, fists clenching hard enough to leave white moons from her nails. Freaks? I will show them freaks. When my leg isn't in this stupid cast. She thought. Those self-righteous, arrogant, stupid people. It wasn't as if they had a choice and, if given one, she'd happily be a freak than be an uninformed idiot.

Crap! Pay attention, girl.

She turned her thoughts back to the scene and saw Photon shooting sparks and making threats. Wait a minute, wasn't he supposed to be against killing those ignoramuses? She grew more confused about just where this Photon was. Whose side was he on?

Then they just... left. Like that. And Diego was looking at her like she was supposed to have all the answers. She looked all over when she only had Daniel next to her and she couldn't find their partners. Anywhere. "Merde," She muttered under her breath, "Where are they?"

"We're going to---" Diego frowned, "Stay low. Play along."

Photon had sauntered up to the car after the police officers had left, taking a key chain from his pocket. He waved in front of the car's window, "Yeah, Chase tol' me to find Kimo." He told them, "I hadda fellin' this'd be a good place t'start."

Diego let out a string of curse words, slamming he door open, "Who are you and how coe you came and messed the whole thing up? That coulda been serious! 'Sa, clear!"

"Wouldn't a been if ya weren't stupid enough not to be disguised!" Photon snorted at Diego, then held a hand up as Kimo came closer to the car, "Hey, man! It's Drew Fade."

Kimo glared, "You low-lying scum." He grumbled, "Don't you believe in dropping kindly by the house, or is that not exciting enough for you? Ere, take my card and see you in an hour. DON'T follow us."

He and Elisa slammed into the vehicle, "Wailua!" He waved at Daniel, just out of range to not be able to rough his hair, "That isn't Photon! That's some idiot that Chase set over to pester us with! count your lucky stars that you don't know him. Chase is only the head of a group of knuckleheads. I believe that's already been proven."

Diego grunted, "We finally agree on something. How come he sent one of his here?"

"You know Chase. Has to have his hands in everything. Supposedly he brought some kids with him too," Kimo didn't sound convinced of that though, "How about taking us to the nearest McDonald's?"

"He's not the only knucklehead around."

"Shut-up, Tex Mex. At least oyou won't find US sniveling in front of cops."

"Yeah? Well, you ain't gonna find us in the obituaries!" Elisa snapped.

"Who nearly got killed?" Kimo demanded, turning an accusing look to Daniel.

"You were LUCKY he showed up!"

"No. You were. If he hadn't, it would have been you."

Elisa smirked, "Yeah, so? I coulda taken a bullet." She winked, "And so could Diego."

"HOW?"

"I knew they wouldn't be prepared! Didn't I TELL ya ta keep back! You're both to water-logged to do anything right." Diego grunted.

Elisa grinned at Domani, knocking on her chest, "Didn't I tell you Diego worked best?" She asked in Italian.

"Shush." Diego snapped. not because he didn't like to have his ego boosted, but because he was busy ordering breakfast for everyone at the drive-thru.

OOC: Whoever wants to, if you want to, you can take them from McDs to Kimo's. Photon, helmet off and unmasked - just as Drew Fade, random ganster-like low class young adult - will be sitting at the steps there, looking at the sports section of Kimo's morning paper. You don't have to get them there of course, if you like the car conversation.

Hey, and I've moved too fast, slap me. I can be corrected. ^^;

Domani was shocked as they argued, back and forth, over protecting them. Her eyes went wide and she stiffened instinctively at the loud, angry voices. Diego did not like stupidity, she knew that, and appreciated it, but him shouting at Kimo about the brashness of not wearing armor was more than a little... out of place when considering the earlier, somewhat teasing, cameraderie. But then, she remembered when he shouted at her when she was being stupid and it had stuck. Maybe it was because she saw her stupidity or that the fierceness he had said it, kinda like the fierceness now, stuck with her.

She flinched when he turned to look at them at the stop, wondering if he was going to yell but he was more genuine than angry. She listened and, silently, agreed. The world did not become a happy place with butterflies and flowers, hoping that the reasonable words that came with somehow penetrated. Those words just floated by, passing through the finicky human race when something bad happened that was caused by an Evo. One Evo was not the whole race, just like how one bad human, like Hitler or Saddam Hussein or some other famous bad person whose names she never listened to in History class, was not the human race.

So she listened and let Diego, her, albeit newly received, mentor and teacher, teach. She nodded at the end of his speech, staying silent and letting the words, and the idea behind them, settle in her head, getting comfortable like moving into a new house. She looked out the window, watching the Hawaiian landscape move by towards Kimo's house, where they had met up that morning. And she saw someone who was not supposed to be there relaxing on the steps with the newspaper in hand.

Drew looked up when they pulled up, tossing the newspaper next to him and smirked at the group. He raised a hand in greeting. "Finally here?" he asked. "Took ya long 'nough."

Diego grunted something and then turned around to glare at the kids. "All of you, stay here. NONE of your are allowed to come inside. No," he told Elisa pointedly.

Elisa looked indignant and opened her mouth to protest.

"NO." Diego snapped.

"Hmf... stupid..." Elisa's words trailed off darkly. "Come, Do," she had jumped out of the car, and reached out to help Domani out. "We'll go sit in the shade," she grumbled, giving Diego's retreating back another dirty look. "Wanna bet they'll talk interesting stuff right NOW," she sighed, but then perked up again. "Oooh! Let's annoy that Daniel kid!" she giggled.

Kimo sighed and ran his hands through his hair. "You stay here too, wailua ahi," he told Daniel. For once he wasn't his usual self, and looked pretty solemn. "Don't annoy Diego's kids too much," he suddenly smiled. "Don't wanna hear Diego whine more than necessary." He rolled his eyes dramatically and then skipped up the steps and followed the other two men inside.

((Reeeeeally now. Darcy you can play Elisa. Have FUN developing your characters. NPC's won't come out for a while. =P

PS. Hope I didnt screw up the personalities TOO badly. @_______@ ))