[color=1b1464][h1][b][u]Gun Fight in Boston[/u][/b][/h1][/color]

Collab with [@BladeSS4] [@Almalthia]

Finnlay let go of Jocelyn with a smile that he was forcing onto his face trying his best to not show her anything.  He felt his phone buzz in his pocket but choose to ignore it for the time being.  [color=007236][i]‘I'll have to talk Jimmy about this’[/i][/color] he thought to himself as he was getting ready to head back to his room before he saw blood.  The sound of what was a very large rifle filled the area along with the sound of shattering glass.  But what was most clear was the sound of flesh being torn open and bones being snapped by what must have been the bullet entering her body.  He could see the blood rocketing out of the side of Jocelyn as her body was already beginning to move from the force of the shot.  The time around him seemed to only be going at fractions of seconds but he knew this was all happening in the span of maybe a couple of seconds.  He could feel the heartbeat in his ears as he just continued to look forward yet not comprehending what had just happened in his own home.  

A second later and all the sound that was previously muffled came crashing back and time picked back up.  Instantly he grabbed Jocelyn and ducked back into the small hallway that leads into both of their rooms.  Knowing his room was farther from where this assassin was he moved her into there keeping her away from the view of the living room window.  Laying her down on the ground Finally looked at her body that was already starting to lose life.  Tearing his shirt he began padding it to where the bullet had entered trying his best to stop the bleeding from worsening.  [color=007236]“Come on Joc, this would be a really could time to start that whole healing shit you do.”[/color]  it looked as though she was trying to say something but he couldn't make it out before her eyes closed.  Stopping for a moment he could see that there were the smallest breaths being taken by her unconscious body.  

Standing up he moved to his closet grabbing a new shirt, his jacket, and helmet.  Taking one last look at Jocelyn he nodded his head saying [color=007236]“I'll be right back gálainn.”[/color]  looking forward he popped a pin on a smoke grande before throwing it out of the window in Jocelyn’s room creating a smoke trail down to the street.  Rolling his neck he ran into the smoke transforming as he followed the trail down to the street moving towards the building the shooter most likely was in.[hr] 

After the shot fired Alex wasted no time loading another bullet into the rifle while keeping an eye on what was happening. Smiling under his mask after hitting his actual target.  Quickly going from smiling to serious as he sees the male inside the building get into action.  Knowing this could be a complication he readies one of his sidearms in preparation of dealing with this guy.  

Alexander King didn’t have to wait long until he saw the guy go out of the window in and turn into smoke heading towards him.  [color=f9ad81][i]‘Another mutant, this indeed is a complication’[/i][/color] Alex thought to himself as he saw the cloud but doesn't wait for the cloud to get far as he opens fire with the rifle wildly at the cloud of smoke.  Then jumps back quickly not waiting to see if the shot hit or not prepares to slam the window shut quickly to try and prevent the smoke formed enemy from entering the building with him easily.  Alex thought this most likely wouldn't work but he needed to figure out what are the limits of this smoke guy and if his shot against the girl was enough to do the job.  Pulling the pistol off from his hip he prepares for the worst looking to open fire on his pursuer or at least hopes to do so as soon as he enters the room with him.

[hr]I felt the bullet go through and through. The pain was like fire raging inside me. Scorching me each time I breathed. I saw Finnlay and tried to call out after the hit. Passing out blessedly. The darkness closed on and I could rest easy my eyes falling shut and surrendered to the oblivion.[hr]

Finnlay’s smoke form rocketed across the street making its way to a window that the sniper had been hiding in.  Finnlay saw the man shut the window most likely running or waiting to ambush him.  As he reached the building the side building he took a moment to return to his normal form as he pressed up against the wall of the building trying to peer up and see if his target was looking out of the window again.  Seeing no such sign Finn shot once at the window shattering it and leaving it open.  He broke down once again this time traveling up the building headed straight for the now blown open window.  Reforming in front of the broken window Finn saw a man in an armor of some kind standing across from him.  With both adversaries having guns trained on the other, there was a pause.  While both their faces were hidden their body language suggested this was normal for them to be facing down the barrel of a gun.  [color=007236]“You're a dead man lad,”[/color]  Finn said calmly as he placed around in the middle of the man's mask.[hr]     

Seeing the man enter Alex quickly sums up that this man is skilled or at least has some sort of skills at fighting in a firefight.   Once he came face to face with him hearing the man making a declaration to kill him Alex fought back to urge to smirk under his mask.  He has heard that claim all too often before.  Seconds later he was shot at and Alex doesn’t even flinch as the bullet flies right at the mask of his helmet and hits square in the middle of his visor.  The bullet hits and bounces off with a loud cracking like sound.  The visor’s image of the skull only flickers for a second as he returns to focus Alex then declares plainly in a monotone like the way the voice deepened by the mask, “Hail Hydra!” He then opens fire rapidly pulling the trigger rapidly at the man to return fire.[hr]

Finn saw his round just bounce off the man's face masks the image distorted for only a second.  He knew the bullet would do little to faze the man, it was more just to make himself feel better.  What did surprise Finn, however, was the man proclaiming ‘Hail Hydra’ before opening fire himself.  While Finn was shocked at what the man said he was prepared for the fight which was demonstrated by the fact that all of the man's shots passed through him.  

Not wasting time Finn broke down again and moved quickly towards Alex moving towards his left.  Just as he began to reform on the left drawing Alex’s attention he quickly rebuilt on the right now having brass knuckles fitted to his hands that where glowing red hot from the heat.  As soon as he had reformed he let loose catching the masked man in the helmet with a right and throwing a left to the body.  Seeing the punches did more than the gunshots Finn continued to lay punch after punch into the man before he smoked behind him throwing him into the wall a few feet away.  Looking at his work Finnlay dropped into his boxing stance looking straight at the man.[hr] 

Rocked back from the punch to the helmet, Alex’s body rolling with the punch from the man who could turn into smoke.  With the assistance of the heated brass knuckles no less as he is thrown into the wall.  Alex stops himself nearly putting his arm through the wall doing so. This man could fight and had abilities that could assist him.  Alex was amused that he was on the defensive in this fight so far. 

Turning back to face the man who just tried to throw him into or maybe through the wall.  Seeing the man taking a boxing stance and that amused Alex took a different stance keeping his palms open he took a more of a martial arts like stance.  He then charges at the Finnlay leaping up slightly pulling back his own arm going for an open palm strike aiming for the center of the Finnlay’s chest.   His hand goes right through the smoke body as he goes through he follows up with a spinning leg sweep like technique trying to kick the legs out from underneath Finnlay next once again slipping through the smoke.
 
Keeping his eyes open for an opening where he can actually strike this man,  if he could be hit he figures he could hit him at that moment Alex preparing to strike Finnlay when he attacks next  With a well-timed shot planning on hitting his arm he punches preparing to use his hidden blades on the next attack to attempt to counter.[hr]

Even with being able to see the man's face Finn could tell he was starting to irritate the man with his ability to be almost untouchable in combat.  Attacking once again Finn lunged forward keeping the person and power of a professional boxer aiming for the head of the man.  Just as the punch was about to connect Finn felt a sharp pain enter his left arm just as he made contact with the man's head once again.  Stepping back slightly Finn saw he had been stabbed in the arm by some kind of blade hidden in the man's armor.  Brushing off the pain Finnlay continued the advance not wanting the man to gain any kind of momentum against him.[hr] 

While at first Alex was on edge about not being able to land a hit on the Finnlay due to his smoke abilities but after the last exchange of blows, he had received his blade scored a single hit.  He also was starting to read Finnlay’s movements as Finnlay rushes Alex for second go Alex begins dodging the shots he dodges half of the shot and waits for the last shot that hit him and counter-attacks again with the opposite arm using his other hidden blade going to cut Finnlay again. After that Alex switches his stance to a more defensive stance to let Finnlay come to him again then moves one hand up and cocky like beckoning him to come at him.[hr]

Finn was still landing some of his hits but it was becoming clear that Alec was starting to get the upper hand as Finn slowly began receiving more cuts on his arms.  While it would normally bother him if he got cut the body language of this man was starting to piss him off.  The final straw came when the man only held up one hand daring Finnlay to attack.  [color=007236]“Bastard!”[/color] Finnlay yelled as he charged forward like a bull seeing red.  When he reached Alex he reached began swinging what seemed to be a bit more widely having lost his cool for the split moment giving Alex the chance he needed to strike.  Missing the last punch in the series of combos Finnlay felt a deep cut hit him in left arm before being thrown back by Alex.  Looking up at the masked figure Finnlay was very clearly pissed off at the current state the fight was going.  Getting up to his feet Finnlay once again dropped into his boxing stance beginning to bounce on his feet as if he was in the ring calling out to the man.  [color=007236]“That all you got lad?”[/color][hr]   

Alex looked at Finnlay as he got back up to his feet as he got his advantage over him finally.  Alex then hears Finnlay speak then he answers speaking for the first time other than his hail hydra bit,  [color=f9ad81]“You want more?  It would be wiser to run, but then you would find a bullet in your back. You must see your attempts to battle is futile.  If you want this to continue then very well it will be your second mistake you made.”[/color]  Alex pulls a knife out from his suit a throwing knife then resumes talking, “Your first was coming up here you should have run far but now you are going to continue this fruitless fight and you will be the one who will tell me where my next target is then this will end.”  Holding the knife in his hand then throws it down at Finnlay’s feet hitting the ground before hitting him.  Then says, [color=f9ad81]“You get one chance, you can take the knife and fight. Then I will kill you or you can tell me what I want to know then maybe you will have enough time to go save your friend that  I shot.  She isn't the primary target, so today I could let her go but I need the location of my main target.  You tell me where Ava Alkaev is and maybe you can your friend can live another day. Careful because this is the only offer you get”[/color][hr]

Finnlay looked down at the knife stuck in the ground between his feet as he thought over the deal the man had given him.  [color=007236]“I don't owe that woman a damned thing.  But I can honestly say I have no clue where she went.  Could be dead for all I care.”[/color]  bending over he picked the knife up and began inspecting it as he slowly spun it in his hands.  [color=007236]“But you did shoot my friend back there and I am not the very forgiving type of person.”[/color]  he stated as he tossed the knife pack over to Alex who grabbed it easily.  [color=007236]“Besides Lad”[/color] he began as he reached into his jacket reaching for a surprise he kept hidden in a pocket.  Pressing his fingers to a small string like top he heated it just enough to start a spark off of it.  [color=007236]“I don't make deals with a dead man.”[/color]  he finished tossing a homemade pipe bomb straight at the man as it detonated right in front of the man sending shrapnel everywhere.[hr] 

The bomb completely caught Alex off guard, seeing the bomb go off he is hit by the explosion and blown through the wall as the room goes up in the explosion as the smoke clears Alex is laying them in the rubble.  His armor singed he was a bit banged up inside, his eyes were ringing from the explosion but for the most part, he was alright thanks to the suit.  He gets up slowly, still feeling the effects looking around at the destruction that bomb cause.  That surely was going to bring some unneeded attention to the area from the local law enforcement.  Alex stands up and looks to see if the bomb had killed Finnlay.  While he wouldn't have thought against such an idea he was fighting a smoke changing mutant.  He could have survived and Alex wasn't going to be letting his guard down until he knows either way.[hr]

Finnlay had come out of the explosion uncarved thanks to his mutant powers allowing any of the flying debris to pass through him.  He had moved over to the side of the main room the had been fighting in so as to be unseen until he saw if the man would get up from the rubble he was currently under.  Not surprisingly the man slowly began to get out of the rubble caused by the bomb having been guarded form the brunt of it by the armor.  The armor itself while still fully functioning was clearly in a bad way from the explosion.  Most notably the suit's visor that had a skull showing would cut out every few seconds. [color=007236] “Tough son of a bitch ain't you lad.”[/color]  Finnlay said in a low voice to himself as he got ready to leap at the man once again.  Just as he had begun to leave he could hear police sirens pulling up and men already running towards the now destroyed apartment they were fighting in.  breaking down once more FInnlay vanished without a trace appearing as just more smoke caused by the fire as he moved back to where he had left Jocelyn.[hr]

Alex was fully prepared to continue the fight once he saw Finnlay emerge from the rubble as smoke. As gets ready to go for another round with the smoke using opponent then he heard the sirens and saw Finnlay leave in his smoke form.  Not wasting time himself, Alex began to flee as well.  Running through the building’s rubble halls from the explosion Alex makes his way to the street where the first squad car arrives.  A pair of cops get out and Alex just kills the first one stabbing him in the throat then jumps over the hood of the car grabbing the other and snapping his neck.  Alex then gets into the car and speeds away with his exit.[hr]

A small trail of smoke could be seen entering the apartment of one Finnlay MacTyre.  It slowly crept into an opening of where a window should have been.  As the Smoke fully entered the room it solidified into the form of a man who was currently running towards the bed rooms of the apartment.  Sliding into his room Finnlay dropped to his knees checking over Jocelyn who was still lying on the floor from the gunshot she had just received not long ago.  [color=007236]“Come on Jocelyn don't tell me your gonna let that bastard kill you.”[/color]  After not hearing a response FInnlay shot up as he ran over to his closet once again as he reached for the top shelf before returning to Jocelyn's side.  As he sat down he opened up a small box that was full of various medical supplies.  Grabbing a bottle of alcohol from the box he quickly apologized saying [color=007236]“I'm sorry, but this is gonna hurt like hell.”[/color]  as he bit the top off spitting in out across the room.  Immediately following this he began pouring the bottle over the wound in her side.[hr]

I came awake shrieking and wet.[color=pink] “Jesus Christ!!! You daft bloody bastard!!! You know I'll be fine. It was just a really good shot that would have killed someone normal. I hate that stuff.”[/color] I really hated that burn of medical supplies.

I looked around. We were in his room.[color=pink] “Why here?”[/color] I tilted my head as I thought about getting up.[hr]

[color=007236]“Hahahaha.” [/color] Finnlay started laughing as he fell back to his butt at the reaction of Jocelyn ot his medical treatment.  “Well i'm glad to see the gunshot did not make your mood any better.”  He could see that she wanted up so he carefully held her shoulder as he helped to sit her up so she could be more comfortable.  [color=007236]“Well I had to make sure that you couldn't be seen from the windows overlooking the street, and as you can see mine doesn't have a window looking that way.  Anyway it's all taken care of now.”[/color][hr]

As I sat up with Finn's help I could feel the muscles knit back together.[color=pink] “Is that sirens? You never get caught. What happened this time?”[/color] I shake my head and look up at Finnlay.[hr]

[color=007236]“I didn't get caught.”[/color]  he said somewhat defensively.  [color=007236]“They have no idea I was there.  But I'm not sure how safe we are here now.  It would seem your friends really made an impression and I somehow got dragged into this.”[/color]   

I narrowed my eyes. I wasn't letting him get away with that line.[color=pink] “Looks like we should make a trip to the big apple. Hell if I know what is going on there.”[/color]