Rupture in the City
Chapter 3

By Blackdawn-70631 and Shaloni

'Awu' asa heard a commotion in a nearby alley, out of a brief spark of curiousity, she glanced in as she dashed by, stopping in her tracks at the site. In the midst of an attack of five or so male oomans was the female they were looking for! Though at an unfair number, they were apparently the ones having a tough time. Several of them ran off, having enough to do with this, and left their supposed leader and another unconsious fool behind.

Prontat at least had enough sence to know whom they were looking for. He watched the scene silently for a few seconds before he turned to 'Awu' asa and asked. "Shouldn't we grab her now?" Well, maybe not to much sence.

"No you kwei," She said, swatting the back of his head, "We're looking for BOTH her and the yautja. We'll follow her and see where they are hiding, THEN we capture them."

They watched as the leader of the gang sprung at her with unexpexted speed and dexturity. The female was apparently as surprised as them, he had her against the wall, sneering in a near victory, but she seemed far from defeat however. Saying something in her strange languauge, she brought up her knee with a speed equal to that of the leader's prior move. Within seconds, the young male was curled up on the ground, groaning in pain. The female picked up two sacks scanning the narrow area for more attackers then spoke to the fallen male, she was now the one sneering. The ooman they had been searching for turned fluidly, and walked away. With a quick command to Prontat, they both followed at a distance in the shadows.

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As Joe walked down the streets she thought over the short battle with the 'Gades. She had given them a bad name by defeating them and injuring their leader physically and prifefully. "Maybe from now on . . ." She said to the fallen leader before she departed from the scene of the fight, "you'll be smart and stay home at night with your Mommy where it's safe."

They were not the first jerks she had ever met, in fact, they were mere children compared to some she had fought. The thought caused a tingling feeling on her upper left arm, where a long scar from a knife wound some years ago was. Now THAT long ago battle, if that what is was, had been very close indeed, she would have been dead if....what had happened? She never could remember how it had ended, all she had to refer to was a flash of light and shouts of fear . . .

She thumbed a cab as she reached the street, the driver was a red-faced man who looked eager to finish his shift and go down to the bar for a drink. "Downtown Apartments." She said curtly, almost on reflex. She was almost surprised she didn't say her recent street.

"Gonna cost ya." He said looking up at her. She knew the game, now it was time to lay down the cards.

"It will cost me due to your service." She said, this was the most recent street term for mentioning a tip, the faster and more smoothly he got her there, the better his tip.

"Hop in."

She climbed into the back seat and sat down, it was nice in comparison to some she had ridden, it didn't have the clutter and stale smell of smoke in it, but appeared to have been recently cleaned. Setteling back as the cab started forward, suddenly, the cab jolted up and down, knocking her back into alertness. "What was that?" She asked, startled.

"Probally ran into a pot-hole lady, they're all over the city." The cab driver responded.

"Yeah, probally." She agreed, but deep inside, she had a very discomforting feeling. It was the gut-churning feeling one has of being followed, and in the ticklish situation they were in, that wasn't something to be takenlightly. She stared out the window, wondering how this small thing was upsetting her.

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'Awu' asa and Prontat held on to the roof of the ooman contraption, they had jumped on just as it started off. 'Awu' asa had jumped on just as it started off, she had jumped on rather silently, but as usual, Prontat nearly goofed things up by displaying their presence through making the devices bounce very noticeably. However, the oomans within it didn't seem overly concerened, fortunately this street was deserted and they would not attract any undue attension. She decided to disipline Prontat later for being such a careless fool.

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Ser'et-na used the tracking device to follow 'Awu' asa and Prontat, pleased to find that they had finally found the sly female. He and his pack followed them, the young warriors were ready to spring at an instant's notice from Ser'et-na. The victory was near. This time they would not fail to catch the two they were looking for.