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Mar 11, 2007 19:45:42 GMT -5
Post by Kiriin Radd on Mar 11, 2007 19:45:42 GMT -5
Alex spun around with a roguish grin on his face and almost hit his keyless remote start up. The cab began to start up again, and being warmed was ready in a matter of seconds. Alex waved the man over and ducked into the cab to get out of the rain. He plopped down in the pilot's sit like a veteran starfighter pilot and hit the toggles and switches he needed to get the piece of junk off the ground. As soon as the fair was in he sealed the hatch against the downpour and hit the repulsors. The taxi bounced up off of the platform and sped towards the hangars off in the distance.
So where to man. Anyplace in particular?
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Mar 11, 2007 19:58:05 GMT -5
Post by The Conman on Mar 11, 2007 19:58:05 GMT -5
Armen thought for a second, and looked out the window as he did so, and noticed that Emmira was walking in the rain. Being the gentlemen he was, he decided to see if she wanted to share a cab.
Pull over beside her.
He said, pointing to the woman.
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Mar 11, 2007 20:01:31 GMT -5
Post by Kiriin Radd on Mar 11, 2007 20:01:31 GMT -5
Alex was in his zone barely listening to his fair when out of no where in the rain a figure appeared. He juked the taxi to the left missing her my a mere meter and pulled the nose up and over as he brought the speeder's door down in front of her a few meters down the road.
I'm going to have to charge you double for this now. She wasn't hailing me, and I almost hit her. Be glad I know how to fly.
He smirked.
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Mar 11, 2007 20:06:24 GMT -5
Post by The Conman on Mar 11, 2007 20:06:24 GMT -5
Armen rolled his eyes. The things he did for women, he thought. And proceeded to roll down the window.
Hey, Emmira, it is right? You look like you could use a ride. Wanna share a cab?
He called out through the rain to the woman. He looked back into the cab.
C'mon man, Double? Its raining like crazy out there.
Armen said to the man.
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Mar 11, 2007 20:09:55 GMT -5
Post by Jenno on Mar 11, 2007 20:09:55 GMT -5
Emmira ducked out of the way of the oncoming taxi before launching a stream of obscenities towards the driver. Did anybody know how to fly anymore? She stepped over to the stopped taxi and shouted through the rain.
"What's your problem?!"
She said, angrily, trying to get a good look at the driver before she decided whether or not to wring his neck.
When she discovered that it was the man she had met earlier that evening, she decided that she would.
"What are you doing here?!"
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Mar 11, 2007 20:10:56 GMT -5
Post by Kiriin Radd on Mar 11, 2007 20:10:56 GMT -5
This man was being treacherous with his complaints. Alex wasn't the type of guy to leave a lady in the rain either, but he wanted to get some of his creds back from that pot. He looked in the rear view mirror smiling.
Of course it's raining wingnut. That's why I'm charging you double, because of the weather I almost hit her. Tell her to hurry up and get in.
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Mar 11, 2007 20:15:34 GMT -5
Post by The Conman on Mar 11, 2007 20:15:34 GMT -5
Oh, nothing much. I was just passing by and thought I'd help a lovely lady like yourself get to where she was going.
He said out the window. Armen looked back at the driver.
You make a good point. And since I did win a bit of your day's pay back there in the bar, I guess I can deal with a double fare.
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Mar 11, 2007 20:21:07 GMT -5
Post by Jenno on Mar 11, 2007 20:21:07 GMT -5
Emmira sighed. This happened to her somewhat often. Though the word "lady" was rarely used in those instances. There was a brief struggle within her, but eventually, she decided that sharing a cab with him was better than waiting in the rain for the next piece of scum to come along.
"Alright, but just back to the hangar, got it?"
She compromised, standing beside the taxi for an awkward few moments. A minute later, she spoke again.
"Well, aren't you going to open the door for me? I am a lady, after all."
She said, her words dripping with sarcasm.
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Mar 11, 2007 20:21:57 GMT -5
Post by Kiriin Radd on Mar 11, 2007 20:21:57 GMT -5
Alex turned around in his seat to get a good look at his new passenger, putting his arm on the head rest of the seat next to him. He laughed at the man's comment about his bet lost and just smiled.
Well now, since you had me pull over for her, I presume that you'll be paying her fair too? That'll triple it now.
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Mar 11, 2007 20:37:02 GMT -5
Post by The Conman on Mar 11, 2007 20:37:02 GMT -5
Armen popped open the door to let her in. And looked back at the driver.
...Damnit...Fine..
He said, knowing that the Cabbie could ask for pretty much whatever he wanted at that point. This had better be worth it. He thought to himself.
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Mar 11, 2007 20:39:08 GMT -5
Post by Jenno on Mar 11, 2007 20:39:08 GMT -5
Emmira ducked into the taxi and sat down, her soaked hair covered most of her face. She certainly wasn't looking her best. She turned and faced Armen.
"What are you doing? Scoot over, already."
She said, inching herself as close to the door as she could.
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Mar 11, 2007 20:40:41 GMT -5
Post by The Conman on Mar 11, 2007 20:40:41 GMT -5
Armen laughed internally, and moved over to the opposite side of the Cab, it was becoming obvious that she was just there out of convince.
Allright, to the hangers then.
He said to the Cabbie.
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Mar 11, 2007 20:42:13 GMT -5
Post by Kiriin Radd on Mar 11, 2007 20:42:13 GMT -5
Alex got a good look at the young lady, but since she was soaked to the bone he wasn't able to tell much. He turned back around, but kept an eye in the mirror on them. He hit the accelerator and jumped the speeder up and off at a sprint again. His direction would take them to the area of the hangars.
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Mar 11, 2007 20:43:04 GMT -5
Post by Jenno on Mar 11, 2007 20:43:04 GMT -5
(Now we just have to wait to get carjacked...)
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Mar 16, 2007 7:54:01 GMT -5
Post by Fro' Phantom on Mar 16, 2007 7:54:01 GMT -5
Three hooded strangers silently pulled up to the cab in there speeder. Each of them were soaked so bad it had seemed like they had been out in the rain waiting for something...or someone. The tallest one who wore red glowing goggles poked his head out of the window to get a good look at them. He then turned to his cohorts and nodded. He pulled out a blaster and fired one shot at the side.
"Pull over the cab right now! Or else..."
The other stranger in the backseat who was shorter than the other two pulled out a club that had blood stains from others who did not comply with them.
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Mar 16, 2007 8:53:29 GMT -5
Post by Jenno on Mar 16, 2007 8:53:29 GMT -5
(Yay! Conflict at LAST!!!)
Blaster fire. In a taxi. In the rain. With a guy she met at a bar.
Actually, this was pretty much what happened whenever Emmira went to cantinas. The rain was a nice touch this time, though. Emmira hated getting wet. Upon hearing the demands, she hung her head and turned to Armen.
"The next time you want me to come someplace with you, remind me to kill you..."
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Mar 16, 2007 12:06:55 GMT -5
Post by Kiriin Radd on Mar 16, 2007 12:06:55 GMT -5
The bolt of the blaster blistered the paint work and slightly overheated the alloy of the side of the door. The air speeder slewed to starboard a little as Alex jumped out of his reveries. He brought the speeder back into the lane before he hit an oncoming swoop. He glanced over at the other speeder and noticed it was a more older model land speeder.
Do you two know these goons? Because I sure in the darkness of space don't. By the way, I'm starting a tab with you man. Hold on and buckle if you aren't already. This is gonna get pretty nasty and rather bumpy quick.
Alex goosed the throttle and shot the airspeeder forward a bit. He knew he couldn't out run them and evasive maneuvers were limited in this traffic. He steered away from them and tried to dodge oncoming traffic. They wouldn't be getting to the hangars anytime soon.
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Mar 16, 2007 12:17:22 GMT -5
Post by Fro' Phantom on Mar 16, 2007 12:17:22 GMT -5
The red goggled goon cursed as he started firing on the cab. The driver manuvered around traffic and almost hitting a bus. He got on his com link to get back up, and in an almost instant 2 more speeders came out of nowhere. The joined the chase and began firing on the cab as well.
"This is getting us nowhere! Time to end this chase." The shorter one said as he hoped out of the speeder and began to hop onto cars trying to reach the taxi. He slipped twice as he made his way to the roof of the cab.
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Mar 16, 2007 14:38:52 GMT -5
Post by Kiriin Radd on Mar 16, 2007 14:38:52 GMT -5
They were in trouble now, there were sensors readings all over the console of the cab and Alex could have sworn he smelled something burning. Luckily the cab of the taxi protected them from the blaster bolts. Dodging the bus he almost hit he swung the speeder back into his own lane and then felt more than heard something on the roof. Alex grinned as he eyes a flat bed grav truck up ahead with its tailgate down. He goosed the throttle and swerved for the truck.
You folks might want to brace yourselves on the ceiling. I know this isn't a starfighter, but I'm going to make this baby barrel roll.
As the repulsors in the speeder came in contact with another surface the effect was that the right side of the speeder started to cant upwards, but before it reached any further, Alex dumped his communications power into the repulsors and sent the speeder launching into the air at an awkward angle. Alex knew that he didn't have the repulsor units from a starfighter, but he was able to get the cab upside down in the air before gravity started to take effect. Unfortunate for the speeder beside them, the cab came down on the right side of the vehicle. Which happened to contain the original three that opened fire on them.
It was a glorious crash landing that Alex would tell his grandchildren. The brunt of the force of contact with the other speeder jarred the controls out of the man's hands and not having fastened his restraints prior to driving was knocked unconscious as his head hit the ceiling of the taxi.
Darkness awaited him....
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Mar 16, 2007 14:55:54 GMT -5
Post by Fro' Phantom on Mar 16, 2007 14:55:54 GMT -5
The three speeders stopped at the crash site. The one jumping on the speeders jumped off and made it at the scene wielding his club ready to knock someone out. So the 6 goons that were alive all gathered up at the crash. The one with red goggles assess the situation. The other three goons in the totaled speeder were dead. He dragged the three fugitives out of the cab to see if they were dead or unconscious. He called one of the goons.
"You! Call Horda and tell him we have his man and a couple of others. Find out what we should do with them."
He nodded and started to contact him.
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