Heart of Courage

[Vagrant Raiders]

Adder and Pearl were injured, but still managed to work together as the near-perfect team they had been for decades. Adder groaned and picked up Ange's gun, and fired it above Weebee, cause him to duck behind his counter. Pearl crouched down and circled the counter, as Adder circled from the other direction. Pearl got lucky - he chose the side that Weebee had his back to. He wrapped his arm around Weebee's neck from behind and squeezed. Weebee struggled but was nowhere near as strong as the Gallic agent. Pearl squeezed tighter, cutting off the carotid artery. Weebee went limp. Adder was doubled over in pain, Ange had fractured at least three of his ribs.

"We need... to go.."

Pearl tossed over a black hood with a drawstring. Adder securely fastened the tie around Ange's neck; Pearl did the same with Weebee. Thankfully, the hangar bay was not far from Weebee's shop, the two men dragged the Gallic agent and Weebee by their legs to the hangar. Adder had decided to show up at a time where this part of Barrier Gate was particularly desolate - no one was near. Upon reaching Voices, Adder opened the cargo hold. Taking two pairs of shock-cuffs, he secured Ange by the legs and arms to a firmly-rooted pipe in the cargohold. Pearl simply tied Weebee up with some reinforced repair tape. The men left the cargohold. Adder went into the cockpit, Pearl went to Outcry, which was parked near there. It was obvious he had sustained a back injury from the fight.

The two ships took off, heading to the Leeds system, where the Metropolis lie in wait for its newest guests.

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