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[@Dark Cloud]

	And just like that...

	The case had taken a turn down a much darker path, one that even Hiro himself was fearful to tread.

	The bullet ripped through his upper thigh, just below his pelvis, amidst a loud crash of thunder that all but silenced the gunshot as he fell to his knees in the chilling rains that poured down upon him.  Desperately, he clawed through his coat to reach for his pistol, but too late was he as a heavy boot crashed into the side of his head with all the force of a colliding semi-truck, throwing Hiro dazed into a puddle of water and sending his nine millimeter skittering across the wet, glossy pavement.

	[b][color=ec008c]"Y-you...!"[/color][/b]  Weakly he muttered in dreadful surprise, turning his head slowly just to catch a faint glimpse of his assailant, mainly that gruesome, macabre visage that obscured his true self, those two glowing red eyes like the very embers of Hell gazing into his soul.

	Another boot came crashing into him violently, this time into his ribs, with the crack of his bones culminating with another crashing crescendo of thunder overhead.  Forcefully he was flipped over on his back, gazing bleary eyed at the dull gray skies above, nary a word he could muster through the tormenting waves of pain that pulsed throughout his entire body.  The only thing that Hiro could push through his lips was a cough of viscous blood that streamed down his cheek onto the tarmac as his attacker, his cruel, torturous assailant set his heavy boot upon the detective's broken and battered frame, laughing ever so wickedly at his triumph over him.

	Soon however, his cackling faded, leaving Hiro in the cold, deathly silence of only the rain pattering across his beaten and mangled body.  Everything around him slowly began to dissipate into an inky blackness, the red lights of the Venus District, the occasional crackle of lightning across the darkened skies, the rumbling clap of thunder.  It would all disappear from Hiro...as faintly he uttered one...last...word...

	[color=ec008c][b]"Sanguis..."[/b][/color]

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[@Eviledd1984]

	[color=f7941d]“If you got an extra piece for me to use, then I can cover you.”[/color]

	Emma turned her head slightly to answer Maggie's request, but sadly...no answer would follow.

	[b][i][color=00aeef]"EMMA!"[/color][/i][/b]  Nina screamed in horror watching the gruesome, horrible scene unfold so suddenly before her waking eyes.  A massive bang erupted vibrating the air all around her, a sudden shrill gasp leaving her lungs like she was punched square in the chest.  Her mouth hung agape as she watched the side of the female cop's head explode in a puff of red mist, her body crumbling to the ground and her gun flying out of her hand, landing abruptly at Maggie's feet.

	[i][b][color=00aeef]"NO!!"[/color][/b][/i]  Nina's eyes filled with tears, her throat seizing up so much she could barely utter another terrifying scream.  Emma's body was now lying in a puddle of blood on the road, the Regulators stepping over her like she was nothing more than a piece of garbage in their way...as they resumed their advance towards Nina, Maggie, and a badly wounded Lilith.

	[b][i][color=00aeef]"They...they killed her, Maggie!  They fucking killed her!  BASTARDS!"[/color][/i][/b]

	The Regulators were coming for them next, but Nina...she was frozen stiff, unable to run, let alone move a single inch.  She was caught in a maelstrom of overwhelming terror and violent, vicious anger.

	
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[@Sniblet]

	Desmond gave his pink haired subordinate Mira a disapproving glare upon lieu of her recent feed activity.  God, how he hated that cringy anime filter she always used to mask their operations from the public eye, especially the reactions it got from her supposed fans, a 
 bunch of perverted degenerates in Desmond's opinion.  For the life of him, Desmond still couldn't fathom why Milicor would allow such shenanigans to resume from this girl, such unprofessional conduct that would have even the highest ranking officer court marshalled in nothing flat.

	[color=8493ca][b][i]"Christ, Pinky.  Cut that bloody thing off for once, will you?"[/i][/b][/color]  Desmond grumbled heaving a bothered sigh.  [color=8493ca][b][i]"In case you haven't noticed, we've recently had a security breach.  Classified data was stolen from this facility by two netrunners and their mercs.  BemaTech is furious and wants the data retrieved at all costs.  I've already neutralized the mercenaries and contacted a nearby Regulator cell to deal with the runners.  In the meantime, I need you and the rest of the team aiding them.  Chances are this Acid_Burn is craftier than our intel led us to believe, and she may have already escaped police custody. 
 Locate the target and recover whatever data she stole.  Once that's done, kill her and report back to me.  Plain and simple."[/i][/b][/color]