HAs soon as everyone was in the car Cole drove off out of the parking lot. He had heard what the girl had said and smirked slightly. "Good idea, don't want any undue attention before we get the weapons", Cole looked in the rear view mirror to see Ace look down with a look on her face which got him worried slightly. "You know I never got your name", he said waiting for a response. Besides the fact that he needed to get her name Cole wanted to ease whatever as bothering Ace through conversation.

Ace paused before responding, then hesitantly replied, "My name is Ace... At least... That was the name my parents gave me..." She looked up at the rear view mirror before she continued, "And you? What's your name?" 
Though prior to responding to Cole's question she noted what he said about not causing trouble and pondered on it. She was still worried about the fact that the chance of a fight were high not because of her companions but because of the people that lived there. However, the only thing she could do now was wait and see what may happen.

"Cole Harland, and this silent guy over here is Car-tali. Ex-Warden", Cole shot Car-tali a look to remind him that even though they were working together that he was still suspicious of him. 

Car-tali was still thinking of this plan and the possibility of defeat at the hands of Mallory. Then he heard Coles remark. "Cole I think it would be best if you don't go around mentioning that I am an Ex-Warden because as soon as you do to the wrong person were screwed. Oh and Ace I am pleased to meet you. So Cole do you have a plan when we get to your friend or are we going in guns blazing because chances are, that friend is being held by a Warden and there are going to be casualties unless were careful."

"Relax I know when to talk about certain things. You on the other hand, you need to know how to talk with inspiration in your voice. If you must know I do have a plan, the DMA guy, what's his name? John, we send him in first. They won't shoot their own, once he's in he'll cut the feeds to to security cams. With the guns we'll get, thanks to Ace, we can take out the guards watching the entrances. That's if we have suppressors, if not we ghost them all the same. We'll still have the advantage of them not knowing where we are they'll just know we're in. The details of once we're inside I'll explain back at base but right now just know it involves killing every DMA agent in there. Once we do that we spring Jessica, escape any pursuing DMA, hide out at the base, then go after Mallory"

"I planned on having surperssors on my weapons anyway and I can use my powers in stealth situations very commendably it was apart of my training. Besides I said there were going to be casualties on which side I didnt specify. You do understand that if we kill them we will be playing into thier game proving that the Gifted are dangerous."

"The MRF's been killing for years now, I don't think it matters anymore"

Ace quietly listened in to Car-Taili and Cole's conversation while looking out the window. They were close to their destination now.  She finally replied, "We're getting close... from here on out we have to be quiet and not speak to anyone... The people here aren't exactly the friendliest of people to outsiders like us... To be honest, I try to avoid coming here as much as I can..." 
Ace could see the first few buildings of the shantytown coming into view. "Oh boy... Here goes nothing..." She thought to herself trying to hide her nervousness as they pulled into the town.

Cole noticed the change in building appearance as well as they approached the shanty town. Hearing Ace talk about the people here as he looked at the area Cole couldn't help but feel like trouble was bound to happen. "I don't blame you for staying away from this place. Looks like the people here are more likely to kill us than help us. Alright when we get there everyone stay close and keep your head down. Bastards'll probably start a fight if you so much as look at them". 

"I won't deny the fact that it has happened in the past, a few times actually. But that's not important right now. We're here." Ace replied grimly as she noticed an old, rust sign that said "Jack's Craft Shack- Home to all of your Gifted needs. (Now Hiring)". The car slowed to a halt in front of the old building that was practically falling apar, it was covered in graffit, vomit, trash, and blood stains. Ace shivered before unbuckling and stepped out of the car then looked up at the sign.
Ace sighed, "Jesus.... This place never changes... Well! Here we are, boys! This place has got nearly everything a Gifted could ask for! And it's fairly cheap too, not just that but the products are in good shape also."

"I hope you're right, the sooner we get out of here the better", Cole replied as he looked around the outside. There was a guy down the street who looked as if he was selling something but what it was exactly Cole didn't care to know. "Alright let's just get inside", Cole pushed open the door to Jack's Craft Shack and once inside he knew what this place was. It was the kind of place you'd get "gifted power amps" and other bullshit items. Of course that was for the unsuspecting customer. For those who knew this place for real they'd have almost everything you'd need. Hopefully for a cheap price.


"Hopefully they have what I want. Usually I get my stuff from DMA convoys but I suppose we dont have that luxury. So Ace how do you know this guy, you seem rather nice for this part of town."

Ace had a bitter look in her eyes in response to Car-Taili's question and hesitated before replying. "... This guy raised me for the past 6 years.... And was a better father figure than my real dad..." She said as she entered the store. Ace walked over to the counter and rung the bell on the counter. 
"One minute!!!" A voice called from one of the nooks and crannies of the store's maze like structure. A few moments later a fairly muscular, middle aged man with a 5 o'clock shadow appeared from behind one of the many shelves. As soon as he caught sight of Ace his face lit up. "Ace! How yah doin' sweet heart? I haven't seen you in weeks! Why don't you ever stop by anymore?" He replied.
"You know why I don't visit this place." Ace said bitterly.
For a moment the man looked distraught but then noticed the 2 young men behind Ace and regained his composure and smiled. "I see you have made some friends. Well? Aren't you going to introduce me?"
Ace nodde. "Guys this is Jack, hence the name of the shop, he is the owner of this establishment and the guy who raised me and taught me how to use my gift. Jack this is Cole and Car-Tali, they are some acquaintances that are planning to raid the DMA to retrieve a friend of theirs."
"I see... Well then! What can I do yah for?"

Cole stepped up to the counter as he glanced at the multitude of shelves stocked with various equipment for both human and gifted. "All of this through legal means of course", he thought o himself before finally facing Jack. "I need an M4X rifle with suppressor attachment, armor piercing rounds, forward grip, holo sight, and extended mags. Gunna need a sidearm too, AR-k shotgun with forward grip and barrel mag...that's it"

"Hello, Jack I willl take a sc-20k assult rifle with tranquilizer darts and an integrated surpressor, extended barrel, and the M1911 with a surpressor as well. Some smoke granades should be useful I will take ten of those and a lighter. Armor piercing  rounds just in case. Cole you should get a non lethal weapon given that this is a stealth operation. So ace what are you getting".

Jack chuckled a bit then replied, "I'll do you boys one better since your friends with Ace. Come here I got something you boys'll really like." Jack gestured a hand to follow him then he led Cole and Car-Tali to a back room with a lock on the door. He then took out a key that was in his back pocket and unlocked the door. He opened the door and inside was a room filled with all kinds of weapons and ammunition, so much so that the room could be easily be assumed to be an arsenal. Jack smiled and replied, "Pick whatever yah like! I got all the toys! I like you boys so anything you want'll be 75% off, just don't go tellin nobody about the discount of course!"
Ace rolled her eyes and made her way to a display case containing various lighters and pocket knives. She opened the display case and picked up a few lighters and examined them and occaisonally fliping the lighter switch to see if they work. After a few minutes she had already chose 3 and made her way around the store picking up 2 bowling balls for Cia who had requested them earlier, then made her way over to the masks section, which was a wall covered in all kinds of masks.
Back in the Gun Room, Jack was smiling as he watched the boys carefully inspected the weaponry. He finally replied quietly so Ace couldn't hear, "Hey... I just wanna thank you guys for lookin' after the squirt. Ya see... The kid had a rough childhood after her parents found out she was a Gifted.... The treated her so badly that she became cold and distant to others... So I'm really happy to see her makin' friends again.... And I know it's a bit much but could you 2 watch over her? I don't want her tah get hurt an' I can't protect her forever so yah mind protectin' her in my place?" He had a concerned look in his eye expressing that he really did care for Ace.

Cole hadn't found an M4X but he did notice a Bullpup Full Auto Rifle on a rack. Looking it over he noticed it had a suppressor already attached, "I think I have an idea who the previous owner was", Cole let out a single chuckle ad he picked up the Bullpup. You could say it was a better choice than the M4X as it felt right when Cole held it. The iron sights had to go however, holo sights was the only way Cole went with gun sights. Cole slung the strap over his shoulder and began to look for a sidearm when Jack started talking to him and Car-tali. What he said made Cole think about his childhood. "Dark times I'm not trying to remember", he thought before answering Jack "Don't worry, she's in good hands". As soon as he answered Cole glanced at what he realized was the perfect sidearm. 4-round burst pistol with extended mag and red dot sight. Cole picked up the gun and looked down the sight before once again speaking to Jack, "Good hands and good guns". It was a corny joke but then again, Cole wasn't a funny person. "Alright so we need to get suppressors on all of these plus the other guns for the rest of the grouop. Plus the masks, hey Jack you got any masks?"

Car-tali heard Jack and missed Samantha immensely he then wondered what crazy story she had, because he certantly has one for her. Simmutaniously Cartali and Cole said that she's in good hands. Car-tali found his gun but he also found something better a phasr rifle and a five seven with an integrated surpressor and modified barrel. The guns felt perfect in his hands and the weight was uncanny. Car-tali grabbed one of the duffel bags and stuffed the sc-20k the phasr,  about 30 smoke granedes and a multitude of ammo into it.  The five seven he put into the back of his pants.  "OK do we have everything we need."

Jack nodded, "Alright. If that's everything I'll show you where the masks are." After everyone left the room; Jack close and locked the door back up. He gestured his hand for Cole and Car-Tali to follow then led them to the wall of masks where Ace was, whom was currently wearing a mask that was shapped like a skull. The sight of a scrawny little girl, that was roughly around 5'4", wearing a big skull mask was a truely a ridiculous sight to behold and a humerous one at that. Ace noticed the others arrive and replied, "Oh hey. I found this mask! I was thinking about getting it. What do you think?" 

Car-tali looked at Ace and decied that the mask looked intimidating enough. "Its perfect". he continued onto the masks and picked out a regular solid black mask that just goes over the mouth and nose. "Usually I don't need a mask but working with people I dont know i'm going to need everything I can get. By the way Ace and Cole, thanks for not trying to kill me when you found out what I was."

Cole smirked at the sight of Ace and her mask. "Not bad, but this one here this one is nice", Cole picked up a mask with a sort of skull design as well. It was a base black with red scattered across as if blood had been splattered across the face. "Alright, let's just get everyone else's", Cole looked around the store and picked up whichever ones looked good but didn't obscure vision. Once he had enough he brought it all to the counter, "How much for all this?"

Jack had followed Cole and Car-Tali back to the counter. "keep'em. consider your promise the 2 of you made me as you payement."
"Promise? What promise?" Ace asked as she approached the counter. She now had a different mask on that looked like a white cat with red whiskers and a yellow sun on the forehead.
"Oh nothing. Don't worry about it, kiddo." Jack replied as he ruffled Ace's hair.
Ace on the other hand was not convinced and look at Jack with a suspicious look but decided to say nothing more. Ace unlike the others had made no promise to Jack so she pulled out a twenty dollar bill and handed it to Jack as payment for the lighters and her mask.  "Take it. I know that you haven't got many customers for a long time now; you're gonna need to get food somehow, right?" Ace replied, though she didn't express it; she worried about Jack and cared about his well being. She then turned to Cole and Car-Tali, "ready to go?"

"I'm ready, Cole are you".

"Yeah let's go, we still gotta tell the others about the plan", Cole began to walk towards the exit but stopped before he reached the door "Take care of yourself Jack, and thanks". Cole exited the store just in time to see a few shady characters eyeing his car. One wave of the guns and they scattered back into whatever hole they crawled out of. "Goddammit let's get out of here"

Ace nodded and followed the others out to the car. She glanced back at Jack and nodded as if to signal 'good bye, see you soon' then continued to followed the others. Ace reentered the car and buckled her seat belt. She sighed and murmered as she looked out the window, "don't worry... I'll be back soon...."