Dragonlord318
One Thousand Club
Puhon
David was lying down in a dark alleyway, holding his head. He sat up, groaning from the throbbing sensation making itself very much well-known in his temples. He looked around, trying to get his bearings. He saw the spire of a twisting skyscraper above the roof of the three-story apartment building he was next to and determined he must be in Tokyo, Abu Dabi or Seoul, as they are the only cities he could think of at the moment that had non-linear building designs.
He stood shakily, looking around. He was gearing up for a mission when he..."Agh!" he held his head as trying to remember the rest of it only elicited pain from his temple again. He then heard a scream. A female one, but still it was a scream. At first, he thought it might be someone sarcastically copying his groan. It happened again, though, and he recognized that tone.
He'd heard it on plenty of missions. It was the one of the only emotions that could be well-discerned in a person's cry.
Desperation.
His instincts and training took over, and he patted his body all over quickly. He found his fully loaded Glock 9mm on his left hip, and his .357 S&W on his right. He was in his combat attire, a black T-shirt with combat cargo pants and black combat boots. He suddenly became aware of a weight on his back and realized he was wearing his assault pack, loaded with enough essentials to survive anywhere for any length of time. He lowered his head and bolted toward the sound, his sprint not faded despite the 40 lbs on his back.
He listened closely and heard some muffled screaming followed by more scuffling.
"Get 'er, Phil!"
"I'ma tryin, Rick! This friggin Fox is-Oof! A piece of work!"
Some obscenities followed, along with more scuffling. David reached the area of combat, peeking around a corner. At first it looked like two men in animal masks were trying to restrain a young female - if her figure gave it away - dressed in a fox mask. He wondered what in the world was going on when he saw her.
The girl wearing a - that wasn't a mask, reached out to him as she was struck over the head and fell to the ground. Masks don't bleed and blink. Fake fox paws don't reach out and beckon for help desperately. It seemed that this was some dream, or he was in a very different world. It didn't matter. He'd do the same thing wherever he went. He wasn't sure of the laws here, so he unbuckled his firearms and took off his pack. If these two, an aardvark and wolf, were actually humanoid animals, he'd need all the mobility he could get.
Just as the aardvark was walking toward the fox-girl and fidgeted with his pants, he heard, "Hey!" He turned to see a...furless monkey with very very small ears? "Hey douchebag. Let them go." The aardvark smiled. "What you gonna do, big guy?"
David walked toward the quartet, his hands at his sides. "Let them go," he simply repeated.
The aardvark smiled and swung at the newcomer. David stepped back and the swing went wide. He swung a high kick up, impacting the bottom of the shoulder of the assailant. A crunch was heard by the aardvark screaming in pain. "Wh-wh-what'd you do?" He threw several curse words out as he stumbled to the ground on one knee, trying to reset his now dislocated shoulder. David roundhoused the criminal's face into unconsciousness, then rolled his neck with a few pops rewarding him as a result. Ah, that's better. My neck was stiff, he thought. He then turned toward the wolf. Said lupine walked toward the newcomer, gritting his teeth. "You're gonna pay for that."
David was lying down in a dark alleyway, holding his head. He sat up, groaning from the throbbing sensation making itself very much well-known in his temples. He looked around, trying to get his bearings. He saw the spire of a twisting skyscraper above the roof of the three-story apartment building he was next to and determined he must be in Tokyo, Abu Dabi or Seoul, as they are the only cities he could think of at the moment that had non-linear building designs.
He stood shakily, looking around. He was gearing up for a mission when he..."Agh!" he held his head as trying to remember the rest of it only elicited pain from his temple again. He then heard a scream. A female one, but still it was a scream. At first, he thought it might be someone sarcastically copying his groan. It happened again, though, and he recognized that tone.
He'd heard it on plenty of missions. It was the one of the only emotions that could be well-discerned in a person's cry.
Desperation.
His instincts and training took over, and he patted his body all over quickly. He found his fully loaded Glock 9mm on his left hip, and his .357 S&W on his right. He was in his combat attire, a black T-shirt with combat cargo pants and black combat boots. He suddenly became aware of a weight on his back and realized he was wearing his assault pack, loaded with enough essentials to survive anywhere for any length of time. He lowered his head and bolted toward the sound, his sprint not faded despite the 40 lbs on his back.
He listened closely and heard some muffled screaming followed by more scuffling.
"Get 'er, Phil!"
"I'ma tryin, Rick! This friggin Fox is-Oof! A piece of work!"
Some obscenities followed, along with more scuffling. David reached the area of combat, peeking around a corner. At first it looked like two men in animal masks were trying to restrain a young female - if her figure gave it away - dressed in a fox mask. He wondered what in the world was going on when he saw her.
The girl wearing a - that wasn't a mask, reached out to him as she was struck over the head and fell to the ground. Masks don't bleed and blink. Fake fox paws don't reach out and beckon for help desperately. It seemed that this was some dream, or he was in a very different world. It didn't matter. He'd do the same thing wherever he went. He wasn't sure of the laws here, so he unbuckled his firearms and took off his pack. If these two, an aardvark and wolf, were actually humanoid animals, he'd need all the mobility he could get.
Just as the aardvark was walking toward the fox-girl and fidgeted with his pants, he heard, "Hey!" He turned to see a...furless monkey with very very small ears? "Hey douchebag. Let them go." The aardvark smiled. "What you gonna do, big guy?"
David walked toward the quartet, his hands at his sides. "Let them go," he simply repeated.
The aardvark smiled and swung at the newcomer. David stepped back and the swing went wide. He swung a high kick up, impacting the bottom of the shoulder of the assailant. A crunch was heard by the aardvark screaming in pain. "Wh-wh-what'd you do?" He threw several curse words out as he stumbled to the ground on one knee, trying to reset his now dislocated shoulder. David roundhoused the criminal's face into unconsciousness, then rolled his neck with a few pops rewarding him as a result. Ah, that's better. My neck was stiff, he thought. He then turned toward the wolf. Said lupine walked toward the newcomer, gritting his teeth. "You're gonna pay for that."
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