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Jacques nods and runs to gain a good footing behind a car. He opens fire upon troops running down the street. He strikes down the first few lines and they hide . He ducks as they return fire. He comes back up to see swordsmen run towards him. "Sword versus gun, with one man not knowing how to use his weapon. Who will win?" Jacques shoots and the man falls to the ground. He sees the gleam of a scope and hides again. Moments later a bullet buries itself where he had just been into the ground. He glances to the other two he had come with. They were opposite him firing. "Oh man oh man." He gets up and runs to a better spot further up. A bullet glances off a car and narrowly misses him.

After waiting a while in the tailoring shop I finally came out with my new cloak, it was a slightly rougher fabric than the other one but it was made it perfection, now I just had to go find a silversmith to make a proper cloak pin. As i walked on the rooftops jauntily whistling a tune while the fighters where killing and dieing below I wondered where I might meet someone that would have need of my trade. Probably in the big grounded airship infront of me....that sounded like a nice spot to try out first. I walked into the nearest open hangar and found myself a guard, he didn't seem too kind to me but he led me to his boss after I told him my profession. The big shot was in a chair turned to the window so I couldn't see his face, amazing.... "So....I hear you are looking for work." I nodded, "Yes I am." He chuckled and turned around, the first thing I noticed was his very large stature, and his eyepatch, obviously he was a good fighter, probably worked his way up from being a lowly infantry. Either he was very cunning, or he used brute force. "I want you to kill a rival captain, his name is Charlie. You will find him in an airship not too far away." I smiled, "That sounds too easy." The captain grinned, "It will be."

The fire erupted and burned hight and bright as it raced down the street cracking the pavement and rushing at any of the men starting the war.A few caught on fire and were screaming in pain.Scarlet laughing gleefuly and thrust out her gloved hands to elope the street into compleate darkness."Welcome to my endless night!" Scarlet then brandeshed her sythe and started to use it to dodge the bullets but it soon proved that it wasn't worth the effort.Her sythe dissapeared and Scarlet drew her twin guns.In a few minuets,the fight in the street was over and Scarlet was drinking up the blood.

Jacques was really getting annoyed. He was surrounded by swords men. He uses his gun like a pole, and stops a sword across its barrel, and then against another sword with the stock. He disables a man with the butt of the gun against his chin. Then shoots down two others. He takes cover as an explosive is thrown his way. He watches as the two others fight their way against the opposing forces. He sees Kahlan, and throws her his side arm. "You will need to use it. Unlike the old days of swords, if your not an assassin, things will get hairy real fast." He shoulders his rifle and cuts down three men with three quick bursts. "And there can be skill when using a gun. You just got to know how to use it. Like me, I have not been shot yet." He rolls and comes up to shoot another man two hundred yards away. "Oh and it uses your magical energies, so be careful not to use it too long a succession."

Jacques was holed up while under fire of bows and gunners. He couldn't get out, nor could he go anywhere. He was in a small alley with high walls on all sides. "Hmm wonder how I am going to get out of here?" He remembers his ear-piece and hurries to put it in. "Sir, reporting, Jacques Huntington." A bit of silence and then he gets a confirmation. They ask where he is. "Erm, that will be a bit of a problem. I don't know. My best guess is two miles five clicks North of the airship." He nods to this. Confirmation and then he is done. He radios Arnold, one of the men he came with. He understands what Jacques needs. Two moments later, a large explosion rocks a couple buildings, and Jacques rolls from his hole and into a better spot. Teamwork was great sometimes.

I woke up hours later in the same alley, well above it on a rooftop. My back ached as if he had thrown me up where I was... I stood up and felt kind of...different. There where several loud booms and crashes and I looked up to see the target airship I needed to get in to. Why was I going after this man? The man I had taken the order from sure as hell wasn't a saint. I turned around and headed back to where I had come from on this 'mission'. I made my way into the first ship and to the captain. "So boy, did you kill the b*****d?" I nodded, "Yeah....I did. So why did you want him dead anyway?" He just laughed, "Well if you killed that man you can't be against it so.....I might as well tell you. The slave trade has gotten all the better since the fighting started, that man was and his crew where trying to stop me." I grunted. "So now, thanks to you, I don't have anyone to stop me!" I nodded and walked up to the desk. "So what your saying is that you know your doing something bad...and you don't care?" He growled deep in throat. "I will take that as a yes." I flipped the desk over on top of him and jumped on it, pinning him to the ground. With one swift motion I unsheathed my blade and slit his throat. Crashes and bangs started outside of the door I had locked behind me. I jumped off the desk and through the window. I slid down the curved side of the airship, went to a roll and jumped up, running back to the streets. Swine like that didn't deserve to live or die a real death.

"Nice wings. Very unique." a voice said from behind Kahlan. She hadn't even heard someone walk up. She turned around slowly, preparing for a fight. The color returned to her face slightly at the strangers appearance.
"I could say the same to you." She blinked, a halfling imp, that wasn't expected. The dark and light imps were almost as big of enemies as the angels and demons. Almost.
He chuckled. "Yes you could, though I've met others like me, there is a small group of us imps. Though like you, I've met none. Would you care to some with me away from this fighting, I'd like to talk with you more."
Kahlan wasn't sure, and it must have showed on her face because he took the time to reassure her.
"Look, I understand your mistrust, but in these times us unwanted halflings need to stick together. If we can't hide who we are-"
"How do you know about that?" Kahlan cut him off.
He fluttered the wings to each side of his face.
"Right.." she muttered.
He made a slight bow, "Sha'll we go then?"
A few shots battered the car, as she nodded.
He led the way and she followed.