chapter word count: 332
noir heart: fifty-six
Jack's already out of the Impala and striding through the alleyway towards this J-Gun guy before he knows it.
Just like Sid said - "When I saw J-Gun, he was hanging around the alleyway a few blocks away, between the laundromat and the convenience store on Seventh" - he's there. Caucasian, wearing a far-too-loose basketball vest over pants that are practically at his knees, he's leaning with one hand against a wall while he makes the move on some girl that's too high or too drunk to tell him to go away. "Hey baby, I'm a criminal gangster, you wanna be my girl?"
Not only that, but he's got a friend. Taller, thinner, with a beanie hat covering his shaggy blonde hair and smoking a joint, and his hands occasionally drop down to the bulge in the front of his pants - too high to be his probably-tiny-pecker, so it's definitely a piece. Unregistered, most likely.
As he strides towards J-Gun, his chest full of incensed heat and his mind full of dark thoughts - most of which end with J-Gun eating a bullet - he reaches into the pocket of his coat and pulls out one of the mandatory items any detective should have in their pocket - latex gloves. Slipping it on his right hand, he yells out, "Hey, are you J-Gun?"
The guy's head turns towards Jack, and he scowls deeply - maybe he was going to get lucky, and Jack just ruined it. He pushes off the wall and swaggers towards Jack, who walks like the wrath of hell is behind him. "Yeah?" he challenges, gesturing with both hands in an attempt to intimidate, "What's your problem, dawg?"
Jack is only a few feet away when he answers. "You are," he growls, winds his right hand back, and smashes his gloved fist into J-Gun's nose with such force that the bone shatters under his knuckles.
sorry this is a day late - I was struck with inspiration to write a Deus Ex Jelsa fic two days ago, set during the Human Revolution storyline. Three of five chapters in before I noticed I was late with this update. Keep your eyes out for Deus Ex: Revenant!
special thanks to: jpbake, zulka, guest, edgarallansnow, hornedgoddess, stefalove, oninoko, lunasnoir and scottydog for reviewing!