Pre-Game (Chung Yeung Festival)

[Mr. Handy]

"Like taking candy from a baby," says Jimmy, studying the picture. "Sounds too easy. What's the catch?"



Victoria points at the elevator, then leans against the outside wall beside the entrance so that she will not be visible to anyone getting out of it. She motions for the two constables to join her, then carefully peeks around the corner to see who emerges from the elevator.

[Dave Syrinx]

Location Bric a Brac

Bric smiles slyly at Jimmy. "What´s the fun in going in all safe?" He points at a structure close to the waste plant. Hong Kong Island High Risk Penitentiary (CHP). "We don´t want to visit that place, do we?" He lights a smoke and draws on the stick. "Backing out?" He blows the smoke out to obscure his face. "He might have company in the truck who might be armed. Then there´s the warehouse staff - I have not checked the place out but my boy says they are a handful of losers."

He drops the fag at the basement flat that is Bric´s temporary crib. "Who do we want in on the gig?"

Chi Lok Terrace 22
The two rookies arrive beside Wolf. The elevator doors open. An Asian man with a automatic stretched out in front of him, ready to shoot, and a backpack slung over his shoulder walks confidently out of the elevator.

Behind Victoria she hears a car come to stop some ten meters up the street. "Hwai-Min, reporting in, status?", comes over the radio at Victoria´s shoulder.

[Mr. Handy]

"We'll need a good wheelman, that's for sure," says Jimmy. "I'm not a good enough driver." He tries to think of who he might know that can do the job.



"One Asian male suspect armed with a revolver emerging from the elevator into the lobby," Victoria whispers into her radio. "He has a backpack, contents unknown. The child might even be in there, not sure of her age, so be careful. Looks like he's trying to escape. If he comes out the front, we can take him from behind. Try to keep the crowd out of harm's way." She stays flat against the wall outside the entrance, motioning for the rookies to do the same. The other rookies, she reminds herself. She's just as green as they are, maybe more. She waits to see whether the man will head for the front door or do something else. She holds her pistol in her right hand, and in her left she holds her mace - just the thing to incapacitate the guy if she can get the drop on him.

[Dave Syrinx]

Bric´s cell comes to life and he picks up. "Hi Aden, we´re at my crib. We´ve got a job over at Crystal Hill. Care to be our wheelman?" He smiles at Jimmy. William never turns down a gig.
From the plans Bric has laid to plan the gig, it´s plain to see that it will take about ten minutes for security from the prison to get to the waste plant if they wanted to.
There are some pictures of people wearing overalls with CHWP on the backs. Four in total. One of them has military training, an old timer. The other three looks like high school drop outs. From a timetable it´s evident that the truck shall arrive to the plant for a pick-up at 11 AM. That´s two hours from now.
Jimmy also sees a holdall with handguns, silencers and ammo boxes under the table. Bric seems to have this planned out to go smoothly but with an expectation of something to go wrong. Well, you can never prepare to much, can you?

"It´s crunch time, Aden. Need you to be over asap. The hit time is in two hours." He ends the call.

"So, what do you think?" He eyeballs Jimmy.

[Dave Syrinx]

Chi Lok Terrace 22

The man comes running at the front door and seems intent om barging through the door to escape the building. Now, from what Victoria can see, the man looks scared from something. He uses the hand he has free to push the door open and at close range his eyes look watery. He looks past the three rookies by the entrance, not paying any attention to them. He raises the gun at something in the air. Something unseen.

[Mr. Handy]

"I think we can make this work," says Jimmy. "Any way we can get overalls like that for ourselves? That might help us get the drop on them."



"Police, drop your weapon!" says Victoria in Chinese, ready to take immediate action if he makes any sudden moves or points the revolver at anyone.

[Dave Syrinx]

OOC: Jimmy is continuing in this thread: Bric´s Crib (Will´s character is named Aden. Sorry for my mix up.)

Chi Lok Terrace 22

The man fires several shots into the sky. After ten shots he drops the gun and cowers, screaming on the sidewalk. The two rookies tackle him and cuff him. (If not Victoria decides to take him down before.)

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,[b]Victoria[/b] would have maced him as soon as he started shooting. She certainly wouldn't give him a chance to reload, and most revolvers don't have ten chambers. ;)

"Suspect in custody," reports Victoria on the radio. "No sign of the child yet. She could still be upstairs." She examines the backpack, looking to see if it might be big enough to contain a child, but being careful not to touch it yet.

[Dave Syrinx]

OOC:

Spoiler:

I´ll edit to an automatic.

As the gunman started shooting Victoria maced him - to little effect. He nevertheless fired the entire clip.
The backpack is too small to hold a child Victoria estimates. The gunman shouts as if in pain oblivious to the two rookies handling him. Cuffed and ready for transportation, the gunman seems to calm down.

[Mr. Handy]

"Good job, everyone," says Victoria. "We need to get up to apartment 16b, where the woman lives, and check for the child. The woman has some minor injuries and can use some medical attention too."

[Dave Syrinx]

One of the rookies moves away from the cuffed man while the other maneuvers the man in custody into the backseat of the patrol car. At the end of the street an ambulance arrives with flashing lights but no siren. The rookie, in the foyer takes the stairs and heads upwards.

[Mr. Handy]

"The gun needs to be taken in for evidence," says Victoria. "Don't forget to clear the chamber, just in case there's still a bullet in." With the man in custody and the scene secured, Victoria heads upstairs with the rookie.