Diego pops into a hip blue beetle. All shiny and looking brand new. Inside is a young blonde haired woman in the driver seat. She's listening to some music, happily seeing along to song playing over the car speakers.
"
I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin
I wouldn't let my dear savior in
Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night ..."
A menacing blade then rammed into her, cutting off her merry hymn and staining her seat and clothes red, wet, and smelling of tangy iron. The slick stickiness of it rolled down her neck and over Diego's weapon hand.
Seconds later Diego reached for the steering wheel, turned it towards the opposite lane, and sent the blue beetle careening into another car. The two vehicle plowed into one another. Metal crumpled and twisted. An airbag exploded in Diego's face. There was a brief moment of stillness, contrasting with a chorus of screeching breaks and honking horns. Then the chaos renewed itself, the world shook, and two cars that couldn't break fast enough came slamming into Diego's hijacked beetle.
A street away Iona hover in the air, like a goddess looking down on deviant mortals. An arc of electricity lances from her finger tips, down at the rear tire of the Chase Vehicle. There is a strong scent of burning rubber. Black smoke rises from the tire as it melts. Beyond that the visible metal of the wheel glows orange from the heat.
After launching her attack she takes off again, following in Joh an Duncan's wake as the two men head Eastward, and deeper into Ward 8. While she flies through the air, her hair pushed bac in the rush, she hears a soft hum near her. From below the drone pursing John and Duncan tips upwards, and it's machine gun opens fire, blasting her with bullets.
Back near the Autumn Dawn building the three civilian vehicles confiscated by Stronghold mercenaries take not of the crash caused by Diego. In order to avoid it they turn into the Autumn Dawn parking lot, and use the parking lot as a way to circumvent the resulting traffic jam. Following the main road East, them move with a purpose.
OOC wrote:Diego attacks and kills a civilian driver. The car crashes into a building. Traffic starts to become congested. Diego, however, needs to make a DC 20 Toughness check ... because he crashed into a car.
A couple cars crash into Diego's car, adding to the pile-up, make a DC 22 Toughness check. You also get 1 HP for this Complication.
Iona
melts a portion of the rear axel of the Chase Vehicle. It won't be able to pursue anyone, but the Driver and Gunner are fine. Iona, make a Perception check.
Duncan maintains his Ready Action to Aid John's Dodge/Parry against the first attack directed at him or their motorcycle.
The Drone attacks Iona. It hits. Make a DC 23 Toughness check.
The three Confiscated Vehicles cut through the Autumn Dawn parking lot to avoid the traffic jam Diego created. This slows them down, but not by much as Diego may have hoped.
John is up.
Initiative wrote:
Confiscated Car #1 [heading East, towards John and Duncan, on main street]
* Driver
* Passenger
Confiscated Car #2 [heading East, towards John and Duncan, on main street]
* Driver
* Passenger
Confiscated Car #3 [heading East, towards John and Duncan, on main street]
* Driver
* Passenger
John [heading East on 1-way road heading deeper into War 8]
Chase Vehicle [far side of dark alley] Immobile.
* Driver
* Gunner
Diego [inside crashed car, in front of alley]
Iona [dark alley]
Duncan [heading Eats on 1-way road heading deeper into War 8]
x1 Drones [heading Eats on 1-way road heading deeper into War 8]