-There a car hurry, he shouted towards Steph trying to be heard over all the rumbling coming from the mecs

He dragged Steph into the car and started to hotwiring it hoping the mecs would not notice what he did

-Come on you piece of crap... There yeah

The car came to life with a greate roar, and they went straight towards teh new kid

-Yo come in, can't let you die here

He kicked up the door and dragged him inside the car and they drove as fast as the old car could go

[OOC] I'm more or less done controlling the mechs unless Dante presses them into a straight fight. But i'm assuming that he's gonna use the elementals to take 'em down if he wants to. O'course, the mech pilots will self destruct before they abandon their mechs.[OOC]

The group was ushered into an extravagant, well lit room. The west wall of the room was taken up by a large window facing the city. Pillars of smoke rose from the city, and a Caldron Born could be seen making it’s way out of the city, while a Shadow Cat was converging on a pair of Cougars. The room itself appeared to be a casual meeting area, cushy sofas and armchairs doted the room and the air was of an overall sophistication.

A woman was standing in the middle of the room to greet them, she appeared to be in her late 20s to early 30s. With a cascade of raven black hair ran down to her mid-back and piercing jade colored eyes, one could see that her genetic heritage leaned toward Combine (Japanese) decent. “Ah, Gerek, it is a very pleasant surprise to meet you here. Last I was informed, you were heading back the Wolf capital world to complete an important mission. It delights me that you take the promise between our two clans so seriously. Ah, but where are my manners, come, sit. We have much to discus,” Minori paused for a second, examining tenjin, latimov and Isis, “including who these individuals are, for I doubt that you would take anyone as a bondsmen, let alone a Shadowwraith.”

“Hello again Minori,” said Gerek with near audible nervousness, “I thought I would just drop in and see how things were going.”

The group seated themselfs around the room, but still within easy conversation distance. Gerek then introduced everyone to Minori and vice versa. “Everyone, this is Lormaster Minori Kurita,. She is also a ranger for clan Nova Cat and she and I have worked together on a few joint operations. She is also, uh, my uh...fiancee.“

Seeing the confused look on Latimov’s and Tenjin’s face, Isis decided to explain, “It’s clan custom to only give direct genetic data when they are defeated by another clan, or as a show of subservience. Thus, some clans developed the tradition of strengthening inter-clan ties by betrothing their best clan members with the best members of other clans, thus exchanging genetic data without weakening their political position.”

Minori, ignoring Isis, “So Gerek, care to explain to me why you are here? I doubt it is because you knew I was here. So talk now, or I will turn you and your colleagues over to Jade Falcon.”

And so Gerek explained the situation to Minori, with help from Isis and Tenjin. When they got to the part about the car exploding Minori glared at Latimov. When they finished the story Minori replied, “Well, that is quite the tail, and I suppose I should help you out. I will send some soldiers out right now to search for the alien and this freebirth named Stephanie. Now, if you will excuse me, I have other duties to attend too. For now you will have quarters assigned to you, and free run of the embassy.” Minori got up and moved to the door, “Oh, and another thing, I will want to speak with you later Gerek.” And with that she left the room and another guard entered to show them to their quarters.

Their quarters were one of the larger multi-section guest rooms, which could accommodate the quartet and more.

“Well, that was unexpected, what are we going to do now?” Said Isis.

[OOC] In other news, where is Neverwhere? [OOC]

As Tenjin was wandering into the room he could barely hold back his laughter. Gerek looked at him "what the hell is so funny?!" Tenjin laughs a bit. As soon as the doors close behind them he bursts out laughing " YOU ARE SO SCREWED!! How long have you been avoiding her?"
Tenjin gets something to drink "I hope it has not been too long because otherwise your up shit creek without a paddle. Anyway I have some Comlink calls to make so if anyone wants me I will be in the foyer" Tenjin wanders into the foyer and opens his comlink. "Hikiro? This is Tenjin I need a status report on 'project 828' what is your progress?" a man wearing a CSW stealth suit answers "Long time no see Master Tenjin! 'project 828' is nearing completion. We need only iron out a few bugs in her systems and we are finished" Tenjin nods "ok about how long will that take?" the man shrugs "I am estimating 1-2 hours providing we do not hit any major software problems, In truth however I do not think that will happen" Tenjin smiles "Good, Hikiro. Your team will be rewarded accordingly, Alpha Wraith out" Tenjin wanders back into the quarters "All done. Now we wait"

Stephanie let out a yelp as she was suddenly jerked from behind, finding herself on the inside of an older vehicle. She adjusted herself in the seat, watching Ryan.

"I'm not sure this thing is going to do much of a job of outrunning those things if they spot us."

And I'm pretty sure they have more than likely.

He finally wired up the car, driving up beside Scott and pulling him in as well. As he got settled in in the back of the car, Stephanie took off her jacket, to start trying to tend to her wound. "I'm sorry we've dragged you into all of this too. The last thing I would have wanted to do was have another innocent person pulled into all this."

She turned back around in her seat, tearing the sleeve of her shirt off while attempting to stay balanced as Ryan swerved through the streets. Wrapping the piece of cloth around her shoulder, she grabbed one end with her teeth and held onto it as she tied the cloth tightly around her cut. It was rather crude, but it would have to do for now.

Having put the makeshift bandage onto her shoulder, Steph grabbed her jacket, pulling out the gun she had used a short while ago, replacing the bullets that she had used. She returned the gun, putting the jacket back on.

Going through the streets and alleys with the old car, he turned around looking for the mecs

-Aw fuck, they are closing in on us... but lets see if they can follow this, bucke up

Ryan grabbed the brake and did a 180 turn and went past the mechs, then he started to drive towards what they thought was the street they where going to meet Virgil

[OOC]
Yes where is Newerwhere

OOC: Probably partying after the finals. Who knows how many chicks he's with now... "Don't worry girls, there's more than enough Neverwhere for everyone..."

Danae's star had chased Virgil into the city. She smiled as the reticle aligned with the speeding bike.

I have you now.

The autocannon spat fire and the ground replied in kind as the explosive 35mm rounds tore up the neocrete pavement in Virgil's wake. Pedestrians before, behind and to all sides of Virgil's bike scattered and ran, while Virgil executed a quick wheelie and bounced himself into the air off a park bench just as it was shredded by Danae's gunfire.

"Frackers! Stay still and die, you insect!" On her next ascent, she took to the sky and landed on a nearby roof, then pinged Piotr.

"Piotr. You have the rocket pods. Give me a saturation pattern in front of him. My arm weapons can't track him fast enough."

There was some hesitation before Piotr responded.

"But Danae, there are civillians -"

"Fuck them, just fire the damn rockets!"

Has it come down to this? Have I truly lost all honor? Would I destroy helpless lessers, even on orders?

"No. I cannot. I will not. I cannot comply with that order, Danae."

Danae fumed inwardly. She had half a mind to turn the laser on Piotr and teach him how to listen to instructions....

... but doing that will turn everyone against me.

And before she could say anything else, Virgil hurled a cylindrical object at them.

"Move! That's EMP!" Yang shouted over the intercom.

The three Ghostalkers broke formation like planes doing an Immelmann, and as the grenade burst, Virgil took a quick turn down a side lane and faded from sight.

"DAMN! Piotr! We'll settle this later! Find him!"

******

While the Ghostalkers flew over his hiding place, Virgil quickly ditched the bike and checked his minimap. Rasalhague Square. Good. He was close.

He fished out his comlink and called Ryan again as he started off into a run.

"Ryan, are you there yet?"

"Ryan, are you there yet?" Virgils voice sparkled through the com-link

_Well we are heading towards a 8th avenue, but if it the right one we don't know, and were trying to loose some mechs here too

He did a hard right and floored the old car turning around teh mechs where gone

-Ok we lost them now and we'll be there in five...

Before Stephanie could even find a seatbelt, Ryan started whipping around the car wildly in an attempt to lose the mechs that were behind them. "Kyaaa! I'm gonna die!"

She turned around in the seat, grabbing a hold of the headrest and holding on for dear life. "And I thought it was supposed to be us women who were the bad drivers..."

"AAAHHH!!!"

As the car whipped around, Scott started to fall out. He grabbed the door, and hung on. If they weren't going so fast, his feet would probably be dragging on the street.

Well, at least we lost those mechs...now, time to get back in the car.

Gritting his teeth, Scott managed to pull himself in.

"Dang, man, I wish I could drive like that!" Scott exclaimed.

"Thanks." the man driving the car said, not even paying attention to the fact that he almost lost a passenger.

[OOC] Here's a profile I wrote up for Scott here if you want to check it out :) [/OOC]

As the car finally settled a bit and they were now going into a straight shot towards the place where they were to meet Virgil, she continued to face the back of the car, having noticed Scott barely keeping himself inside the car.

"I probably owe you a really big explaination for this Mr. Viewtiful, but now really isn't the time... I promise though, I will explain what's going on once we're not in danger anymore."