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Ree tensed as the lights went out, blinking as he tried to get even a tiny bit of light to help him see in the darkness as he stood in front of (criel), waiting for something to hit his shields or even get attacked by (criel) himself. Who would have expected Michael to be able to do -that-? and where was Tr-

He blinked feeling something warm splatter across his face and clothing. //Wha-?// at the same time Light illuminated the area, cat light eyes narrowed to slits as he stared uncomprehendingly at the human in front of him. A sword stuck out of (criel)'s chest as he gargled something as he stared directly at Ree while trying to pull it out. Eyes widen as the human crashed forward into him and he automatically moved to catch him, sending healing energy into him trying to...trying ... sword. need to get it out. Who stabbed him? he didn't stab him..he barely even knew how to use a sword!

He betrayed her?!"

He grabbed the sword and pulled it out, dropping it as he lowered the body to the ground sending his healing energy to test the site of the wound. The wound was to large and deep, everything was failing and he didn't had the first idea what to do. If he boost his powers then just surged it like he did with Ashral? He couldn't... they were being attacked and he was kneeling there like an idiot while Mara and Tri were being attacked. Taking a shaky breath he stood back up trying to focus, trying to figure out what the heck was happening... how was he stabbed while in his shield?!

Tri stared at Ree unbelieving, glancing over at Zaku for a moment before moving back to Ree. What ...what did he do?!

Mara kept her focus entirely on Michael until she felt her spell dissipating under the light from the glowing idiot. "I los- " she stopped glancing at Tri and spotting Ree with (Criel) ...and Zaku yelling. "What?" her voice sounded soft, confused as she wasn't understanding what she saw.

I didn't do that!! I was angry, but I did not do that!!!
"Cordelia! We need back up!! They betrayed her!!!"

"Ree! Duck!" Tri shouted unable to do more as he pulled Mara down with him after spotting Michael duck and the rain of bullets hail down. Darn it darn it darn it!

Ree jerked his head up fearfully as bullets ricochet off his shield as he dropped, only to move to the rest of the room.

Tri didn't even feel the faint spark of his collar shorting out as he stop trying to fight with the light and let it enter again trying to see Ree...spotting him crouching unharmed in a shield of his own. A strong send of relief wash through him but was quickly cut short as he tried to see where the others were, they needed to get out of here.

If they left Ree would follow, that was the plan as he reached out to Mara again int he last few bits of darkness left in the room. "Mar-..!" he turned trying to grab Lucien as he rushed passed...missing as the light-base meta crashed into Mara and disappeared in a flash of light. Sh**!!!!! Turning before a bullet crashed to close to him forcing him to duck again. "Ree! Get out!" he shouted pulling the darkness to him again.

Ree jerked his head up as someone shouted at him to run at the same time Tri told him to get out. He stared as Zaku got hit and shoved against his shield before crashing to the ground. What the he**?! Weren't they the ones shooting at them?! He waited a until there were no more shots before dropping his shield.... (criel) ....dead. was all his healing sense registered and right now he rather save the living then join the dead.

Rushing toward the other end of the room he flared his wings feeling everything ...tilt?! "Oh ...come on!" he hissed flapping trying to keep his balance.

"Ree I told you to GO!!" Tri shouted pausing as he glared up. Feeling the floor tilt under him suddenly as he was thrown toward Michael. Wings flared in alarm as he phased, spinning in the "air" as he tried to get his reorient himself , raising his Intimidate.

Ree slide backwards turning and bending his knees slightly as he slide down, dropping his own intimidate as he looked toward Michael lifting pieces of glass and bullets and throwing them with force toward the other meta (Telekinesis) before sight teleporting(Sight teleport: 8 left) out of the room to the sky outside and flaring his wings to glide.

Tri solidify near Zaku and tries to Shadow jump with him, they had Mara he'll take their own leader. (Shadow Jump 3 left).

Mara gasp as she felt Lucien, the stupid freaking glowing piece of a tape worm, crash into her again. She wasn't ready barely put up her arms up in time before things became queasy like a teleport except bright so very bight. The next thing she knew she was falling.....falling?! . "Damn It You freaking ..!" as the words were tore from her mouth as they fell. She kicked out at him trying to pull away barely able to get a breath. Fear coursed through her as she pulled as much darkness as she could from the area around her. Armor snapped into place around her (Black Dragon armor) and continued to grow beneath her feet as a it formed a Dragon like shape...solidifying slightly as it started to glide down..her feet lost in its back as her energy drained into it like water.(Dragon and horse) She barely gave Lucien a glance other than to lash at his body with the dragon's tail, focused solely on not crashing as she did a modify version of horse with dragon on the fly ...literally.




"Out out out!" was the cry as they lost connection with Tri's collar and the comms..follow shortly by the a large explosion at the entrance of the building then the go ahead by (Norcrest) to try and get Zaku and any fo the others. Already those that were in hiding headed out including 2 of the protoype armors at a run ahead of the other units as they came out form hiding at different angles. Shooting at the van as it came into view.

'Arno, my boy, take a walk. Bad guys are trying to keep us from saving Michael'

"Aye, captain!" he responded as he removed the bandana from his face, revealing a wide toothy grin filled with row of teeth as he turned on his heal and walked briskly toward agents that began to appear, gunshots rang out as Arno quickened his pace and opened his mouth wide as he clamped down on the closest enemy to him, devouring their gun and there hands up to elbows. The man dropped to the ground and screamed out. Arno suddenly turned to the other soldiers. "Who else wants a taste?" he asked, his grin widening even further. The soldiers panicked and began to run, something that only excited Arno more as he took off running after them.

Blaise had an absolutely ecstatic smile on her face as she would finally get to try out their new idea. A new solution to take away the drawback of her most deadly attack.

'Blaise, Give me some cannon fire!'

She could barely contain a stifled squeal of excitement as her face suddenly twisted an intense devious face as she positioned herself behind the cannon and concentrated, pushing her hands forward to just the back entrance of the cannon. Taking a deep breath, she let the flame build up within her as it boiled up and begged to be release. "FIRE IN THE HOLE!!" she exclaimed as fire shot forth into the barrel, concentrating as it left the cannon and a force of fire slammed into the front side of the building, blowing a gigantic hole into it [Fire Blast]. She began to jump up and down with jovial enthusiasm at the success of the shot, leaving her unscathed.

Tobias had been sitting just out of range, a bit further back than the rest of the team, waiting patiently as he kept his eyes thoughtfully on the building just before him some ways away. His eyes flickered to the radio sitting next to him as it called out the order to move in. He began to grin slowly, "I'm on it." he sent his thoughts out to his team with telepathy. He then kicked off into a full run towards the hotel, coming into range of the hotel, he noted that he didn't feel a contesting telepathic presence, so obviously Lucian was either gone or dead. He let the panicked thoughts flood his mind as, he could read them all at first, but increasing became a loud garbled mess of thoughts, his own deepened agitation growing quickly as anger boiled to the surface quickly. His eyes became fierce as he ran into the crowd that were marching into the ground, sending his telepathy outward the mind shock anyone in his immediate vicinity, causing a high pitch whine that threaten to split one's brain clear in half, as he stabbed he grabbed at one of the men and began to telekinetically pull at his flesh, ripping him apart [Psycho Shock & Telekinesis]. Another soldier pointed a gun at him and pulled the trigger, but before he could stop it, his gun had suddenly be pointed at his own ally, shooting him down instead [Manipulation]. That same gunman then hesitantly removed his pistol from his side and pulled it to his head, crying out softly right before a loud bang and the splatter of warm liquid across Tobias' face, his murderous grin widening in wild pleasure as he turned and grabbed another soldier just as the rest of them began to scatter in fear of the red haired meta that was now pulling people apart slowly and seemingly enjoying every second of it.

Michael had been ducked down watching Tri, when he suddenly felt immense fear within him, then a second as his mind switched into his purely assassination mode. He saw glass and bullets be thrown towards him as he reflexively put up his hand and it all stopped just short of him as he then saw Ree disappear [Velocity]. He turned slowly to see Tri reaching for Zaku, "Don't you touch him." he commanded as he then shot the debris he held in the air, at Tri, moving so fast it shred at his body and wings quickly and embedding the rest deep into his flesh [Velocity: 500ft/s]. He then used the opportunity to grab and drag Zaku away from Tri and his shadow, letting Tri just escape for now. He heard a large explosion downstairs as he assumed that had to be his team arriving. Michael leaned down to grab Zaku and fireman carry him out of what was the front of the building.

As Tri shadow jumped, Cordelia followed his shadow, reforming up from the shadows just as he did [Shadow Manipulation]. "Where do you think you're going?" she asked with a glare, then narrowed her eyes. "Go to sleep." she commanded as she titled her head to the side and watched him carefully [Dominate].

Lucian dove back, nearly avoiding the tail of the shadowed beast, spreading out his wings and taking a gust of wind beneath them he steadied himself. Glaring at the armor, he pieced two and two together as he began to fly after her, staying out of reach of her dragon, not attacking, merely following her.

"FIRE IN THE HOLE!!"

Ree jerk his head to the side as he glided toward the ground, spotting a familiar flare of red and orange hair and wings moments before an explosion shook the building behind him. //Blaise.....s**t!!// He pulled up, wings cupping as he used telekinesis to push him up painfully. He needed altitude and needed it now!

Gaining the altitude he needed he looked down at the field as he lowered his intimidation again, casting a quick glance to the room he had just teleported out from...Tri was already starting to teleport when he left and Mara would have teleported out before hand.He needed to go meet them but ...

Their own reinforcements were in trouble, to many metes for just the humans to handle. Reaching up he touched the comm and tapped it multiple times as he got ...nothing. "......"

Flying a little higher he watched the two prototype armor units suddenly fall to the ground their armor in piece around them as their pilots looked up in shock. Who? kage? no he wasn't here. One of the others but none of the metas were near them. Staring for a second to see if they would be okay, he knew them well, he turned to the others. As a slight high pitch sound started he shook his head //annoying// feeling relief when it stopped. (Mental resistance "conscious": telepathic words blocked)

Spotting a toothy meta chasing after some soldiers he spared enough energy to try and hold the meta's foot for a few seconds then letting go. (telekinesis)

Looking away he suddenly focused on the screams of humans below. ///oh ......go-...// dropping nearly a foot as he forgot to flap, staring at another meta just ripping humans apart...their skins. Fear ran through him as he looked hesitant until the next person screamed, cold washing through him freezing those emotions and pushing them back.

Narrowing his eyes he looked at the field around Tobias high above them, noting what he needed before waiting until the meta turned enough that he could see his face, readying the surprise attack. He then tried slamming at the face, having been aiming at the eyes but it was much to blurry, with about 90 pounds of force. (telekinesis)


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Tri cried out in pain moments before he had tried to grab hold of Zaku, already in the mist of teleportation. He appeared gasping near the trailer where they were all going to meet at. Bullets and glass were embedded in his chest, face and wings or left long gashes along his clothes and skin. Much to fast that he was only now feeling the pain of multiple of wound.

"Where do you think you're going?
He lifted his head up painfully, pulling energy to him automatically as he started to pull away from the meta that was just suddenly there.

"Go to sleep."

Tri dropped to his hands as his vision nearly blanked out combined with the pain it was not helping. He...can't sleep.//Go to sleep.// Mara ..Ree, needed to get back to them.//Go to sleep.// He lowered his head, needing to get up and fight ...get away.//Go to sleep.// Blinking he pulled at another ability ...trying to grasp it.

//Go to sleep.//

//Ama: Hey ...you don't even have to think about it. it is part of you... always right by you but hidden :the memory chuckled as something flicker to life as the speaker juggled a few oranges:: //

//Go to sleep.//

A sapphire like cuff link appeared in his closed fist(roll:11) and disappeared as he looked toward the legs near him, eyes narrowed trying to keep awake.
//Go to sleep.//

The index finger of his hand spayed lifted from the ground slightly and pointed toward her before sending out a surge of energy. (( Light Artifact: 1 Electric Surge:8 ))

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Mara clench her teeth her focus only on keeping parts of the "dragon" solid enough until she got to the ground. As it finally touched down she dropped down through it as it went completely immaterial again but didn't dissipate. Crouching down in its middle she gasped in relief and fear, running her armored fingers through the dirt and pebbles before clenching them in her fist and looking up. ((7 mins elapse. 13 left)

Lucien had follow, dammit. Breathing heavily she pause for a moment as her vision swam then solidified. Even if she dropped the dragon now it would pull the rest of her energy with it so .. might as well use it. The dragon took back to the sky, but unlike last time it wasn't trying to keep its user afloat. It raced toward Lucien as only a shadow could, barely keeping its shape as claws and teeth sometimes even multiples lashed out at the light user(two bites, three slashes)) with every intent of killing the only other person that knew what she was.

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The two in protoype armor yelp as form one step to the next then were sprawled on the ground as piece of their armor just dropped off their frame. "Huh?......what" as they were both reached by their own units and passed before those slowed down too as a shark turned in their direction chasing some of the people who had passed the fallen protoype armor user while another back up group was screaming and yelling... moments before pain wash in their heads, making mostly everyone fall to their knees or run holding their heads crying to make it stop.

Hotel Entrance:
Blaise smiled wide and her feathers fluffed in pride as Undine complimented her, giving a confident nod in response. Then she was given the order to cover Arno while Undine would go in to retrieve Michael. "Aye captain!" she exclaimed, quickly kicking off to run after where Arno had gone. "Hey, Arno, feeding time is over, we're leaving!"

Just beyond the Hotel Entrance:
Arno was just having fun chasing down humans at this point, terrorizing them to get the to scatter while also taking the occasional nibble to sate his growing hunger. He heard Blaise call out and he turned with a toothy grin, taking up his bandanna again and tying it around his bloody-covered mouth and took off running back towards the van, reconvening as planned. "I call shotgun!" he called out with a devious laugh as he ran.

Hotel Entrance (front parking lot?):
Tobias had been so waiting for this, anticipating getting to let loose like this, though he seemed to lose sight of his desire and just embraced the anger that the voices caused him, swelling in his mind, a loud roar of deafening voices. He turned to grab the next victim when something hit him, hit him hard and his body hit the floor suddenly with enough force to knock the wind clear from his lungs, his nose starting to bleed as he lay there on the ground.

She saw the whole thing as she was running past, Tobias hit the ground so hard it almost knocked him clear unconscious. "TOBI!!" she screamed as she whipped her head around to see Ree, her eyes wide as it shifted into a deadly glare, her next step kicking her in the opposite direction, her body igniting into flames as she flew towards him [Fire]. "YOU b*****d!!" she yelled with coarse anger. She reeled back to punch him, but then gunfire went whizzing by suddenly, and she quickly backwinged to prevent herself from getting caught in the crossfire, shifting her eyes to the armored unit that was firing at him. She then redirected her attention to Ree again and put her hands together, shooting concentrated flames from her hands at him like a flamethrower [Fire: Flamethrower].

Inside the Hotel Entrance:
Michael was running toward the entrance as fast as he could, as the sight of the van coming right towards him quickly came into view. He waved his hand and the back doors swung open and he jumped into the back of the van quickly [Magnetism], setting down Zaku as he used the same power to slam the backdoors shut and he collapsed in the van next to Zaku. "...drive.. drive fast..." he then began to concentrate on vibration in the building as he intended to tear the whole place down as soon as they were out [Vibrations].

Near some trailer?:
Cordelia watched him carefully, watching her words take hold of him as she began to smile deviously. She had taken a moment to look around to make sure no one else was coming when a sudden shock shot through her body. Her leg cracked all the way up through her abdomen, parts of her "skin" breaking off as her body froze up and began to convulse violently. But she didn't scream, her face showed that she didn't even feel the pain of his attack though surprise made it's way on her face. After a moment, her body relaxed and she fell to her knees, then body collapsed to the floor next to him as she stared at him. ".....really." she commented with annoyance as she sighed and shadows began to envelope them [Shadow Manipulation]. Turning her body, she reached out to Tri to pull him closer, using her shadows to transport them both straight into the renegade base some time later, her jump being much slower now as she concentrated on keeping shadows around her leg to keep it from become completely irreparable.


Nowhere near the Hotel:
Lucian had been tailing her, watching her descend after some time. He backwinged to come to a stand on the ground a ways away from her, keeping his distance. Hoping the dragon would dispel and he could claim his prize in all this. However, he hadn't anticipated her running at him suddenly as she lashed at him. He jumped back, alarm on his face, dodging the first two bites, and even the first slash. But the second slash tore at his leg as he cried out in pain then the third slash raked across his chest hard, throwing him back to the ground as his body hit with a thud. His breathing shallow now as more blood pooled up in his clothes and around him. He reached a hand up to try to heal himself but nothing happened, the world slowly fading to black. "..moira... i ... have to.... get to momo..." he whispered as he was struggling to stay awake. Reaching out, he tried to move, but then his body went limp as he fell unconscious.

A few bullets fire and completely miss their target as the guns jam and across the screens display it flickers and goes "Thank you for testing...Security....Theft Deterrent!. Please be aware this is still in its prototype phase and have a technician with you at all times. Yell loudly encase of trouble! you will be locked for 20 minutes... starting now in 5....4.....3.....2.....1! " the armor and pieces start to lock up as power shuts down, including the hydraulic unit that helps in movement as a car alarm start sounding from inside the suit.

(( Ree Passive power:8 left Singularity: roll 20/20. Reason:instadeath ))

Ree watched the meta fall, feeling nothing other than a flicker of relief as he turned to retreat.

"YOU b*****d!!"

Shoot, no fast enou- *whizzz* not shoot! not shoot!! Slamming up his psychic shield he looked down at who was shooting at him but not being hit by any(Singularity). //Nias?// he stared as a flicker of pain broke through the cold followed by a more physical pain in his head, dropping the barrier with a gasp. No..nonononono, he looked between Nias with a painful look, both mental and emotional, who had stopped and up at Blaise and teleported past Blaise's shoulder as she put her hands together..getting mildly burned before the teleport took hold. This time he didn't stop even as he dropped sharply with each teleport, getting the heck out of there. (( Sight teleport: 2 left)

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//Go to Sleep//
Trisuri struggled to look up and see what happened but kept wanting to just fall to the ...ground.//Go to Sleep////Go to Sleep////Go to Sleep//

Seconds later he blinked trying to figure out why he was on the ground...what did she do? was she like Andy? damn it. He felt arms go around and pull him closer as shadows not his own swirled up around them.//Go to Sleep// He barely even felt the pain of the glass as he or she pulled them deeper with the action. Where was Ree? he should have been here by now...
//Go to Sleep///

Clenching his hand into a fist he tried to hit the person holding him ..once.....twice..........sleep. Going limp within their arms, his head dropped forward and his wings just completely relaxed.

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Mara stared at the body.....and just kept staring her sight going out of focused as the dragon swirled landing by the body ready for another strike...a strike she should be doing. He knew her secret....what was it? Focus! focus. The dragon slashed down once again at the body as she frowned and it stopped. He was down..... she needed to go hide not worth it his friends found her unconscious by his dead body.

Turning away she started to walk, her hand touching her armor...now her shoulder as she focused on the graveled path ahead. Each step was heavier and heavier as the dragon grew smaller and smaller but staying in place until it finally disappeared entirely and she collapses all shadows down as her heart started beating erratically.

Blaise growled as Ree teleported away, running like a coward. The a*****e was really starting to get on her nerves now. But now wasn't the time for that. As the fighting died down and everyone was either dead, incapacitated, or gone, she whipped around in the air to turn to Tobias. She flapped her wings hard, to push herself to him as she saw him hold up his hand from the ground. He was conscious, good. A faint smile on her lips as she extended her hand to grab his and pull him into the air with her, letting him catch wind to fly with her towards the van drifting around the corner.

Tobias wiped the blood from his nose, his face full of annoyance as he flew with Blaise, he looked back to watch the hotel come crashing down to the ground. 'nice work, michael. a punctuation only you could provide.' he said apathetically, a smirk starting in but quickly covered in the irritation of his injury.

Michael would have retorted but was busy keeping magnetism held against the cannon in the back. "Just get in here." he spoke out loud and used opened the side door of the van. Letting them get into the van before closing it up. He released the magnetism as Blaise sat against the cannon to keep it from moving. "Get to the hideout, Kate has the whole thing recorded. We can wait for Zaku to wake up and figure out what to do from there. It's [address]." he instructed then promptly passed out.

Blaise frowned as Michael passed out, his cuts were bad. Looking over to Tobias who was tending to his own wound, a minor one, she leaned forward to try to heal Michael but then noticed blood pooling up around Zaku. A slight bit of alarm on her face as she turned him over and ripped his shirt to view his chest. The gem that lay over his heart was bleeding badly. "Aw crap, I hate to be the bad news bear, but Zaku's been shot in the ******** chest." she took his pulse, "Hey now, at least he's still kicking!" she moved a hand to his gem, beginning to heal it. "....sorry michael... I'll heal you up next..." she whispered, looking him over to see his wounds weren't fatal but would still need to be tended to sooner rather than later.

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Cordelia felt him trying to hit her, her abdomen cracking slightly more with every hit. She hugged him even tighter, pushing the glass into his skin just a bit deeper. "Go the ******** to sleep." she commanded again, getting agitated [Dominate]. Soon she felt his body fall limp as she pulled them up from the shadows inside the hideout in front of Moira and Kate. She fell to the floor, the large black-haired meta in her arms. Kate gasped and rush to her side. "I'm fine... well, actually... no.. I'm not. a*****e shocked the crap out of me then punched me a few times... My leg is cracked to hell and it's moving into my stomach." she sighed and closed her eyes a moment. "I just need time to repair." a pained look spread on her face. "Zaku...I ******** shot him. It was an accident. He jumped in the way like a damned idiot. Last I saw, Michael grabbed him so they should be on their way here with him." Cordelia pushed herself away from Tri and glared at him then looked to Moira with a raised eyebrow. Massive and probably very strong. "Hey you... I'm Cordelia... Can you like.. punch this guy or something and make sure he's unconscious... I mean, don't ******** kill him... just.. VERY unconscious." she asked, letting Moira work her magic, a smirk on her face as she wanted to make sure she could at least regenerate a good portion of her injuries before he woke up again.

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Roughly 20 minutes Later...

Delilah heard the rumbling in the distance as she ran the entire way to Aldas, not stopping for a moment. Her body ached and burned as she barely made it towards the grounds, a clearly demolished hotel in the aftermath of chaos. Coming to a halt, she threw her head back and forth but there was no sign of anyone. They... he.. was gone. Falling to her knees at the outskirts of the hotel grounds, she began to cry, black swelling up around her, but heavily stifled as her energy was almost completely gone by now. She stared at the hotel for a few moments with heavy eyes as she was so tired, the most exercise she'd seemed to have gotten in the last twenty years, and now her body was failing her physically as she collapsed to the ground, her black aura dying back down again.

Units were running, those that could, while the rest of the area looked like a massacre instead of a battlefield. There was no order it was run and live or stay and die, they were outmatched. Even as the meta's left it was going to take a while to recover order again.
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The General glared at the blank screen that had been showing the rest of the parley parties and gave only a quick glance at (norcrest) who looked shaken having moved away from the camera encase he was next. Betrayel...that is what it looked like and even if not, that is what it had to look like to get out of this mess as unscathed as possible.

"They have chosen their path, Sir. We have to prepare, excuse me " he said cutting off the feed just encase, before leaving the counsel member alone with his guard. If they teleported (norcrest) now there was nothing he could do about it anyways...which is why they also needed to find a way to do something about it, which was ironic since he had been thinking of trying to get at least one of the SIU meta's to come as a guard for some of the counsel members, good thing that didn't happen.

Criel own army and politicians must be in a frenzy right now, which means he had to move fast before they organized from"wth just happened" to "this is your fault! Norcrest is against us" they had to be united and not dragged into a possible war with each other now that this renegade group had pretty much declared war.

First thing first though, connect the SIU meta's as much as possible to the Renegades..not to hard with Andy as the linchpin.

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"Coming down through skies of red" hummed Fred as he jogged his way along the trail following the river. Just a nice brisk run with his favorite music and no worries about angry ex girlfriends or the fact his dog might have peed the carpet again when he got back instead of using the doggy door. Nope not thinking of that at allllllll. His voice sang out louder as if to emphize the point while picking up speed, nearly missing the women collapsed at the edge of the trail and the man a bit further away.

"What? Hey! You okay?" He pulled off his headphones and went to the women first tapping her..then shaking her before Pauling since he had no idea how to take a pulse. Last few times he couldn't even find one on himself and he was pretty sure -he- was alive. "....." There was no bullet holes....no blood other than for that guy, uhh. Pulling out his phone he called 911 and went through the process with them.