The Final Fight (open)

[Bao Yu Chao]

{It's all good mmmmman C: I HAVE SEEN THINGS THAT QUALIFY AS MAJOR SUCKAGE....this doesn't compare thus being ALRIIIIIGHT~! X3!}

Thank the bankers this Mayor was actually competent at defending his own city! She was so used to working with incompetent IDIOTS that it was like the girl who lived and breathed business ethics was nothing short of relieved. Though admittedly she was struggling with her wound...not like she was gonna be a cry baby despite the pangs of pain shooting up her leg. Gritting her teeth and glaring down at the stupid thuggish man who she just throat stomped...Ms. Chao was actually feeling her concentration get shot up by the pain and plus that nasty feeling of blood swooshing and scooshing with that heavy stomp of her injured foot was GROSS. Not...to mention that blood trail she made....son of a moo cow....! They had to keep going forward...she couldn't hold them back cause that would just slow everything down. ...but that annoying thing called logic said that resting it for a bit would help it not hurt so damn much thus not slowing them down as much in the bigger scheme of things.

Thinking back on what the mayor just said let alone how he could hold his own....she frowned out of sheer irritation crossed her lips leading into a bit of a sneer soon after. Narrowed sapphire optics stared down at her recent victim for a moment before looking up toward the mayor no one should mess with, Haggar, huffing out a bit of a sigh. "An assault rifle would be easier to use...." Putting the sling shot away while snatching up the lovely assault rifle, she checked to make sure it wasn't jammed while continuing to speak in her usual fashion, "I'll back you up from a distance if you want to keep going ahead. I don't know much about Mad Gear but if they don't like wasting time..." Seeing how it wasn't jammed, but the ammunition wasn't exactly full to the brim, she carefully took a seat on the ground stretching out her injured leg with one knee up so she could use it as a rest for the gun to help steady her aim.

"...we shouldn't either. I'll make sure I don't hold things up much, alright?" Quirking her only visible brow while glancing up at the hulking, towering mayor, hoping to assure him that even if she was going to take a breather...the almost always irritable Chinese girl wasn't going to leave him high and dry. Honestly, she was a bit surprised that he wasn't giving her lectures about throat stomping the guy, but then again maybe he saw it from her point of view that if the thug were to wake up that they might find a knife in one of their backs. That was one thing she learned the hard way in her line of work....all of the opponents were vicious predators who had a tendency to focus on revenge rather than running away.

[tomonari]

((Joe and I agreed- we retconned and made this topic the thread Haggar and Tomo meet, so. :3 ))

Okay, so things were going a little smooth at least, even though Tomonari was still the goddamn cowardly lion very much shakey due to his rather... not so friendly arrival on this world. Things had changed drastically either way though, and was either lucky, or very unlucky, to have more or less been hired by Bao Yu Chao. It therefore gave the boy a place to stay and actually try and live a safe life. That is, if the defintion of safe includes an often rage induced Chinese girl who has a choco cigar in her mouth. Oh, and the best part of this current situation, was the fact that the boy was in a city. Sure it was a city that was unknown to him, but a city all the same, and Tomonari was at least familiar with such, having grown up in a big city. Wait, that wasn't the best part... what was it... oh yeah!

Take a teenage boy, thrown in Mad Gear, and here arrives a long chase scene with said boy nearly pissing his pants as he desperately tries to outrun gang members and screaming in fright, "AAAAAAAH!" At one point, Tomonari outran Mad Gear to the point of hiding behind a trashcan, in an alleyway, and watched the punks with little intelligence run right past him. Shaking rather rapidly, the boy's eyes were wide, his arms widestretched on the wall behind him, "O-O-Okay... phew... I-I think.. I-I've l-lost them... heh heh... heh..." What was he saying? The moment those Mad Gear goons figured out they lost Tomonari, they would come running straight back. Granted, who knows what the likelyhood of that was. Sighing, the boy eventually stood up after a while, and peeked his head out of the alleyway. Seeing nobody else around, he quietly snuck out, reached a street corner, and rushed down said direction as fast as he could.

No matter how many times one could think it through, it still boggles the mind how Tomonari can come from a world filled with vampires, giant dinosaurs, and other assorted creatures, and yet, be scared stiff of simple gang members. Although, said creatures weren't exactly in any sort of war with humans, so that was probably it... yeah, maybe. Looking around constantly as he walked, although might as well have been jogging at this point, Tomonari wasn't sure where he was going. It was dumb luck he found someone who wasn't bloodthirsty the first time around, so it was doubtful he would the second time. His lucky was THAT great to begin with. Wait a minute... seriously? SERIOUSLY?! Up ahead, the boy could see two figures in the distance. One was a large man mountain, the other, a much smaller girl.

Now it was the girl with whom Tomonari was familiar with. Once he got in range of a much better view, he jumped in surprise, and called out, "M-M-Ms. Chao?!" For a moment, he wasn't sure what to do, and he started rushing up to the two. Upon seeing the injury Bao Yu had taken, Tomonari freaked out some more, "H-Hey! W-What happened?! A-Are y-you o-okay? An... AAAH!" When he was nearly there, the boy tripped, and fell on his face. A moan could be heard from the boy, and he slowly stood up. This wasn't his day, that was for sure.

[haggar]

Haggar watched as Bao took his advice and grabbed a firearm. Mike wasn't really a gun kinda guy, he'd seen too much damaged caused by them and preferred to keep his assaults as non-lethal. He didn't have much of a problem with Bao killing thugs due to the fact she was fairly capable of making her own decisions and the thugs she killed being easily in self defence. Still, Haggar knew that he had a good fighting partner with this woman and that she'd not fail his expectations due to the fact that she easily took down Poison who was a feared gang member in his/her own right and had claimed the life of many an innocent person in the years she/he had worked for the Mad Gear gang and maybe this time his/her jail time might make the difference. For this act of terrorism alone Poison and Hugo could end up living the rest of their lives behind bars in Rikers Island, and not soon enough in the mayor's eyes.

Haggar now nodded that she'd back him up from a distance. "The gear don't like to waste time, I know that for a fact. If these guys belong to who I think they do. It's Rolento inside. You may have heard of this sick bastard, ran with Shadaloo a couple years, operates a small South American island and got his ass handed to him by me, Guy and Cody. If gets anywhere near you be prepared for either grenades or knifes hurled at you." Haggar said cautiously. He's fought Rolento in the past in the great citywide riot during the kidnapping of his daughter. He was a fierce enemy who's speed and finesse with grenades was unmatched.

The second Haggar was going to charge into the building he saw a teenager in the distance calling out the name of the lady Haggar was acquainted with. He ran right up to them and seemed to take a serious faceplant in his rushing manner. "Get up, kid. I'm surprised they haven't evacuated you outt'a here. Whole city could be blasted sky high." Haggar said in his usual gruff yet caring manner. Mike was really just a gentle giant and it made him fear for this kid's life that he was in the middle of a serious gang warzone.

[Bao Yu Chao]

{I'm kewl with this C: YAY FOR TOMO'S RETURN! BAO YU'S GOT HER EPICLY AWESOME FAILBOAT :3 !!!}

Nodding to his wise words full of caution regarding what doom could be in store for her if their main opponent decided to target her as well. Geeze...knives or guns getting hurled in her general direction? A little over kill but the guy was a pretty high up there criminal. Even she and her intelligence department had information gathered on that creep...and none of it was good news. Well aside from the ass kicking Haggar mentioned delivering. At least now she had a better idea of a strategy....er...a direction to go with an approach was needed. Up until she heard her name being called out by an all too familiar voice.

Was....was that the inter-dimensional traveler she hired? Looking over, she looked like a cross between confused and mildly irritated since his tone of voice reminded her of trouble magnets. Then again this employee of hers WAS a trouble magnet...oh well she could handle it and she'd try to train him so he could handle it too! Just about to say something...he....fell flat on his face like a complete loser. Bringing one hand off of the assault rifle, she brought that palm right on up to her forehead letting out one hell of an annoyed huff. Seriously? SERIOUSLY?! Moving her hand down back to the gun, normally she'd go on a rant spree due to such an accident that could prove to be fatal. However....she was going to be a little more gentle since he actually seemed to be worried about her well-being.

"Why in the name of business bureaus are you here, Tomonari?!" Grumbling out those words as though she was pretty friggin' annoyed combine with a tad bit of concern, she shook her head and quickly added... "...actually, never mind that, you can tell me later. Since you're here, go with the mayor." Trying to calm down a bit so she could sound more professional, the young lady with cotton candy color scheme locks turned her attention back to Haggar and figured it was best to explain ahead of time as to WHY she was suggesting a clumsy kid was being sent into the fire.... "He'll be a lot more helpful than he looks, seems hard to believe but trust me on it." Standing up to her full, short height while holding onto the assault rifle LIKE A BOSS, she looked from Haggar to Tomonari...better introduce em'!

Mike, this is Tomonari and inter-dimensional traveler I hired to work for me. Tomonari, this is the mayor of New York City, Mike Haggar." A good business woman always had time for introductions! She knew this better than most people....even if she had some temper issues. And yes, she did what she could to sound as professional as possible just before raising her gun to snipe some gangster in the eye who came from her....SUPER CLUMSILY USEFUL employee's direction. If there was one thing she was good with it was a gun!

(DUDES....I'm so sorry if this bit the dust and sucked, I kept getting bothered while working on it D: !!!)

[tomonari]

((Dood, if you consider that suck, I want to see good! XDD Bah, it's cool.))

Almost as soon as he had regained his sense of balance, it was soon brought down harshly by his not too much older and also underaged boss. Rather, this was merely a metaphorical statement. But then again for all he knew, Bao Yu could've yelled at him loud enough to send his weak, skinny body all the way back home! However, Tomonari just stood there and put up with it, feeling both guilty and worried even more. Sadly for him he didn't notice whatever bit of concern the girl showed in her tone. It wasn't something he thought about much, nor was it anything he brought up verbally. He was the sort of kid that left people to his or her own business, not wanting to get involved. It was a trait that he probably picked up from his godfather, without actually knowing it.

For the moment though, the sudden chance of demand from Bao Yu confused Tomonari for a bit. Sure, he knew that some cities had a mayor, but hadn't thought about who was the mayor of New York. That, and the teenager did hear the part from the man mountain about the city possibly being blown sky high. Upon remember this little fact, Tomonari became even more worried. He looked between the man, whose name was Mike Haggar apparently, and Bao Yu for a few moments, trying to determine what was going on exactly. Although he should've figured out that something was up, what with the empty streets and gang riots infesting the part of the city they were in. His lack of any street smarts was going to prove to be a hassle, assuming there was ever a need for it.

"U-U-Um... I-I'm s-sorry, eer....", was the first thing to come out of the boy's mouth. Of course this would probably result in another reprimanding from his boss, but that was something he actually figured out rather quickly... and hardly did anything about. What was he supposed to do? Tomonari also lacked any real social skills aside from greetings and what not! Speaking of which, it would've been obviously rude to not say anything after being introduced to this mountain sized man. The thought of being called an inter-dimensional traveler confused the boy some, considering that it was far from willing. Sighing, Tomonari looked up at Haggar, and spoke up again, "E-Eeer... i-it's nice to m-meet y-you, Mr. Haggar." As soon as this was done, the boy jumped in surprise, his boss having shot a random gangster that came from the direction Tomonari came from.

Eyes wide for a moment or two, he sighed again, and looked back down at the Chinese girl. The fact of the matter was that she was still injured, and it was also why he ran over here in the first place. Rather, the fact that she was his boss would've been the reason anyways even if Bao Yu wasn't injured. Not really thinking so much, Tomonari soon concentrated a bit, and forming his left hand so that only his index finger was extended, he called out, "L-Lifeup Alpha." His hand swung from his right shoulder, pointing at the wound, a small clump of greenish energy would form around the bloody cut in attempts to heal it. Tomonari did this three times total, as he wasn't sure how deep the cut was, and the Alpha variation was the only Lifeup ability he had.

Once he was done, his left hand was placed on his temple, the rather consistent use of Lifeup giving the boy a slight headache, resulting in him grunting a little. It was his fault though, since he knew repetitive use of his PSI as quickly as he did can result in his head hurting A LOT. That, and healing wounds wasn't exactly his strong suit. Now getting rid of say, poison on the other hand, that was something he could definately do without much probably. Finally, Tomonari spoke up again, "B-By th-the w-way, what e-e-exactly i-is going o-on?"

[haggar]

Haggar stared at the kid, seemed like him and Bao knew each other well. Bao even taking a bit of a harsh tone to him with a slight hint of concern to her voice. Soon after she advised the young man to go along with the musclebound mayor and insisting he's a lot more helpful than he looks at first. Well, he'd better with the complete war zone that New York City had become at this point. You had to be strong to survive against these animals who were ravaging this once proud city for completely trivial reasons. Yeah, these bastards were going to pay and now it looks like they had a third for their party. "Just like old times..." Mike thought to himself as it brought back memories of the time Mike, Guy and Cody took down the Mad Gear back when they first kidnapped Jessica and held her to ransom.

Finally, the mayor could make sense of this kid now. Bao introduced the two of them. It seemed the kids name was Tomonari and his accomplice explained how the young man was hired by her. "Heh, polite. Ain't you?" Haggars eyes suddenly focused on Bao as a piercing repeat thudding emerged from the barrel of her assault rifle. Bao had seemingly sniped a thug who followed the clumsy kid, surprising that Haggar hadn't noticed that bastard himself he looked over to her. "Good shot, you got some decent aim for a weapon with so much recoil. I ain't a gun man, but I know enough about gangbangers to know they're cheap. In'amatter of speakin' you just essentially sniped some poor bastard with a weapon that's made for mid to short ranges. I ought to keep you around." he said in his usual gruff voice. Haggar's knowledge of weapons really only came from the fact that he liked to be prepared and preferred to know the ins and outs of the enemy's arms. It was surprising that the young lady could get such an effective shot with such an inaccurate weapon. Part of him had to admire the skill that came from that. However, he really did dislike the use of firearms and although this woman was using them for good he could never get used to being around them. There was always a feeling of unease.

As Haggar was cracking his massive knuckles and getting ready to think of a strategy to storm the hide out the young man was harnessing green looking glowing energy around the stab wound on Bao. It was impressive they had a healer on their squad. He honestly thought they would be at a disadvantage due to Bao's injury but now they were in top form and ready for whatever Mad Gear wanted to throw at them. However, the young man seemed really confused and asked the same question he expected any disorientated person stuck in the middle of a gang war zone to ask. "Long story short, bunch'a gangsters don't like that I disagree with their ways and seem to hold a grudge against me for beating their asses way back in the day. Mad Gear are gonna tear up the city if we don't stop them. If you feel up to it, you wanna bring these bastards to their knees?" Haggar said as his dark brown eyes focused on the young man, his face dead serious as he wanted to destroy the Gear once and for all.

[Bao Yu Chao]

Oh for the love of all her family's wealth....this kid stammered more than Agent Popsicle...and that girl could stammer! Resisting the urge to facepalm, the bossy business woman in the making was just a little reassured he had some manners in the midst of all his nervousness. It seemed like her abrasive nature was pretty much the equivalent of zero in the helpfulness department but she couldn't really help it much at all. Being raised in a strict, blue blood, wealthy family with a father who had what her family's closest associate Phin liked to call a `gold brick lodged up his ass` didn't help her be nice as she could have been. Plus he seemed a little shocked when she sniped a pursuer of his, "You're welcome." she so eloquently...well...sarcastically remarked in her thoughts in response to him being freaked out about it. Shifting her attention toward the mayor who was actually praising her marksmanship, deep down she couldn't help but feel a little on the warm and fuzzy side. Dear ol' dad didn't praise his daughter in such a positive way, it was more like `Good work, now get better my daughter look at that looming empire. Can you handle it? Only if you get better.`

He had his reasons though, she was sure of it! Besides, passing on the baton wasn't to the weak! This was a nice change of pace though! The mayor, a hardcore badass of a gentleman acknowledged her skill! Actually cracking a bit of a smirk, she responded in a professional manner, "Whenever you need my assistance, you can count on me. I'll be honored to work with our great mayor again." Though...she looked a bit puzzled and noticed Tomonari was doing....well...something.

Lifeup Alpha...? He was working his magic on it about three times and...in the process the kiddo not that much younger than her gave himself a headache. Slightly frowning a bit, just because she was usually a hard-ass didn't mean she had absolutely no care for her employees...at least the ones who were more valuable than being meatshields. Switching on the safety and setting the gun on the ground, she figured it was best to get rid of the makeshift bandages to see for herself what happened as a result. Removing the blood stained tie, those deep blue eyes looked at the wound and was in a bit of shock...it...it was gone. As if it wasn't even there...she'd have to look more into his skill set and train him so he wouldn't have to endure as many headaches. "Thank you, Tomonari..."

Saying those words with her usual professional, business-like edge...there was a gentleness to it this time, sincerity to be precise. Right now she was ignoring the voice in her head that demanded her not to be such a damn softy and the appreciative side of her smacked it with an imaginary pillow and thus her cartoony, chibi representations in her mind had a squabble...as usual. Shoving the tie into her jacket pocket out of slight...and very justified...paranoia that werewolves would have a tool to hunt her down a little easier if they ever came across it while Mister Haggar explained the situation to her associate. Picking up the gun with one hand and using the other to rest the back of her hand against Tomonari's forehead to check his temperature just in case the recoil was going to lead into a fever. Well, might as well inquire, "Are you going to be alright? I haven't had the time to figure out as much as I'd like about your abilities."

Standing up to her full height, she swiftly turned to the sound of a trash can getting fumbled around making STUPID amounts of noise and switched off the safety. Aiming toward.......a stray cat.....that walked...on its merry way....that...was embarrassing. Lowering the gun, she quirked a brow and looked back toward the two other members of her current party. "We should probably get going soon."

[tomonari]

"U-U-Uumm.. r-right, thank you.", the boy responded to Haggar, who gave him an answer he could actually make sense of. Even though that just screamed it would scare Tomonari even more, but right now things were okay-ish. Sure he just wanted to run home and act like none of this ever happened, but that wasn't a possibility anytime soon. Besides, his boss would likely drag him with them anyhow, even if it was to give the teenager an earfull of words. Sighing, Tomonari decided not to say anything and simply tag along. It wasn't like he could just let someone go off on their own, especially since a nasty wound like Bao Yu screamed something fierce.

Speaking of the wound, he turned his attention back to the girl, to make sure his PSI ability worked as it should. Thankfully it did, which made Tomonari sigh in relief. Perhaps he should've considered being a doctor instead of a chef when he grew up, but due to how his healing efficiency was, probably not. Of course, PSI couldn't fix EVERY ailment in existence, unless the user was powerful in his or her abilities. Speaking of ailments though, Tomonari was rather surprised when Bao Yu felt his forehead. It wasn't that he was ungrateful, but the sudden concern from someone he hardly knew felt somewhat foreign to the boy. No, Tomonari wasn't abused by his godfather, but the boy didn't want to abuse people's assistance.

Sighing, he responded to Bao Yu, "Y-You're welcome. I-I'm a-alright though. Just... I-I a-abused the u-use of m-my PSI, th-that's all." His temperature would indicate a slight fever, although it went away shortly. At least it was a temporary drawback, so Tomonari wouldn't be too useless. Looking between Bao Yu and Haggar, the group seemed rather strange, although it did sort of balance out. One was an up and coming business owner, the man was a hulking mayor of a large city, and then there was... just a normal kid. Either this would turn out really well in the end, or they would be getting in over their heads. Although two out of the three were experienced, it SHOULD be okay, or at least, Tomonari hoped so.

Looking back at his boss as she said something, the boy eventually nodded, albeit slowly. However, the boy didn't know where to begin, and as such asked, "O-Okay... b-but where do w-we g-go now?"

((So, I made you guys wait and I pop out a post of SUCK. ))

[haggar]

Haggar nodded to Tomonari's comment. "No problem, kid. he spoke out in his usual gruff but friendly manner. Mike didn't believe in lying to the kid to make him feel better. Sure, this is probably way too harsh for someone of his age to go through but it wasn't gonna make him feel any better telling him it was nothing and simply brushing it under the rug. You couldn't brush crime under the rug. Yeah, the politicians liked to pretty New York up, pretend that there wasn't a problem. Haggar knew though, the people knew. It wasn't right to even try and keep it from anyone... In short, this city was fucked.

When the kid mentioned abusing his PSI. It was all alien to Mike, he'd never really heard of such a thing but assumed it was more of that mystical mumbo jumbo like the fighters in the tournaments who used projected energy in the forms of fireballs and such. Still, the kid seemed a bit sick from that and the last thing Haggar needed was to see this kid get hurt due to his powers making him dizzy like that. "You gonna be okay? We can't have you doing that in the middle of a fight and getting hurt. These guys take any chance they get." Mike said in a gruff yet concerned tone.

When Bao mentioned they should get going and Tomonari asked about where, Haggar looked towards the door. "We go in, get in the back kid. I go in first with this here steel chair. It'll deflect most of the bullets. Bao, give me cover fire and keep behind me. This is vital you remember this Tomonari, you stay in the back. I don't need another casualty, you got this?" Haggar said, cracking his neck and standing ready at the doorway as he clutched the folding chair in his hands.