Time Splitters

[Midorikawa]

All Lily heard was the sound of her boots pounding the pavement, the distant sound of their shoes doing the same, similar yet different. Both of their heavy breathing from the exertion of the chase. All other sounds did not matter. They were distant. Faraway. It was just her and this criminal, this one that thought they could elude her. Too bad for them she was stubborn as hell. And since they had turned off into less crowded areas she had started pushing herself to close the gap. A two-way street was coming up. To the right, more dead area, to the left, people. She hoped they didn’t go to the left.

And they went to the left. Now she was going to be back with crowds. Good thing she wasn’t alone. “Suspect heading towards Ave. N and 51st. Try to close them off,” she quickly called into her transceiver. “Fodder don’t get yourself killed,” she added at the end with a smile.

“Seriously? When will you guys not say that?” a male voice asked over it.

“When Lily dies first,” came a female voice over the transceiver.

Lily Steele was hands down considered the best detective rank officer in White City. However, with her amazing skills came bad luck for her partners. They usually got themselves killed to the point she merely referred to them as fodder. Though her current one had been with her for a little over a year so he had definitely earned their respect, though they still called him Fodder. It made Lily quite happy to have such good detectives backing her up.

Of course her joy was short lived as the suspect she followed chose to go to the worse place possible, and the place that Lily would have rather been today than chasing down the current criminal. Today was a science convention, and she would have loved to be there showing off everything she created. And now she would probably be fighting inside of it. Fun.

The moment they entered the place, she lost the suspect in the crowd. “Seriously?” she asked to no one. “I’ve lost the suspect in the Science Convention. And no I did not lead them here. They led me,” she told the others before quickly starting to look for the suspect, walking so as not to attract too much attention.

@Yun

 

[Yun]

Arin looked down the scope of his rifle. He was set up in the spot he thought optimal for this sort of situation. He narrowed his eyes, keeping his face glued on the magnifier. His finger twitched slightly, and he made to calm that detrimental move immediately.

"No one can hide from my sight," he said to himself lowly. These people, they were chasing this criminal. They were good, but he was fast. Slippery.

And he was panicking.

That's all Arin needed. A target who knew exactly just how much deep shit he was in.

Pulling back the trigger, the shot rang from his rifle as it made to pierce something in front of the suspect. It wasn't meant to kill, only as an alert to him. Something that would make things easier for the guys on the ground.

He wasn't working with them, no. No, he was there out of his own sense of duty. When he fired, he made to pick up his rifle, repositioning himself to keep from being found. His cloaking device activated, and he moved to another perch swiftly.

 

[Midorikawa]

Lily had just caught sight of the suspect again as a shot rang out throwing him off. Lily quickly ran and took him down, cuffing him as one of her fellow officers found her. "Watch him," she snapped. Someone was interfering and she knew that they were not part of the force. She knew the underworld and had many that helped her there. But none she knew used a sniper rifle. And whether the sniper helped her or not, she was not letting him go.

She quickly calculated where the shot came from and figured he would move perch. After all he did just give away his position. And looked at what would be a good perch nearby the first. Unfortunately there were multiple. Didn't matter. She would track him down easy. First she would go to the first perch and look around from there, see if she could get more into his mindset. And that's exactly what she did. Once at it she began looking at the view.

 

[Yun]

"Oh, this one's smart," Arin said to himself, looking up to see that Lily found his previous spot. He was impressed that she had deduced his previous location so quickly. And, by logic, she would just follow the most available path toward him.

The easy thing to do would be to show himself.

The smart thing to do would be to lead her away from the place.

So, he made some noise by slamming his hand on a metal ventilation structure, and continued jogging away from the group of officers.

When he was far enough away, allowing his footsteps to lead her to another rooftop, he stood still, keeping himself invisible and waiting for Lily.

 

[Midorikawa]

Lily heard the metal sound come from the direction in which the man would have gone. She also knew that the sound was not the accident kind. Her father had made sure to teach her the differences in sounds. He was luring her. Well she would let him believe that she took the bait. After all she was one hell of an actor, even once had a suspect drag her into the air thinking she was unconscious. Now that's what she called frightening. Once she reached the spot Arin was waiting at, she pretended to be confused. Biting her lip, hands on her hips. Looking around. To anyone she looked confused. However her gun was within easy reach of her hand, and she was actually very alert.

 

[Yun]

Arin raised an eyebrow at Lily. She was acting... strangely. Not at all like how a hardened person in her position would behave.

Either she was a total wuss - something he could reasonably disprove considering her actions before. Or, she was faking it. And that was definitely the case.

So, he simply spoke. "Try not overselling it," he said to her, his cloak coming down. "And keep your hand off your gun," his was already drawn, pointing in her direction. "I'm not here to do anything bad, I promise."

 

[Midorikawa]

"You say that yet you have your gun pointed at me. Why are you interfering in police business? What's your name? Basically just speak so I don't have to put in the effort. And pointing guns at me doesn't work," she looked at him with a sarcastic smile.

 

[Yun]

"Doesn't have to scare you. Pulling the trigger would solve our problems," Arin said, no hint of fear in his voice.

 

[Midorikawa]

"You seem tit gunk you can actually hit me with a that gun. Are you going to answer my questions or not?"

 

[Yun]

"You can't outrun a bullet," Arin said with the same calm. He pulled the hammer back, ready to fire. "Besides, I don't answer questions."

 

[Midorikawa]

"You don't know me," Lily smiled calmly. Her position earlier wasn't just easy access to her gun. She had long since created a device that repels bullets for a few seconds, and currently she pressed the button on it. The moment he fired it would automatically activate, and she would toss one of her smaller bombs at him. While most woman gave birth to children, Lily created them in the forms of all kinds of things, and it was these things that made her such a strong detective.

 

[Yun]

(Sorry about the delay - I've been coming home pretty late haha.)

The bluff was up, Arin could tell. He was aware that everything Lily was saying could very well be true. Given her level of calm, why wouldn't it be? She could be bluffing entirely, sure - then again, he had watched her chase down a suspect with little more to go on than a suspicion. He watched the whole the thing happen.

No, he was many things. Confident - arrogant, even. But not stupid. He valued his life. Mostly.

So, he did what anyone would normally do. He fired into the air before taking off in a run. He leapt to the other rooftop, landing atop it without missing a beat. He was off again, rushing toward a doorway on the roof and entering inside.

 

[Midorikawa]

((It's fine. I understand busy schedules very well.))

Lily watched as the man fired the gun into the air and ran. Her device activated but repelled nothing due to their being nothing. And her jaw sat open as he ran. Never before had this happened to her. The shock, nor the man running. At least not a man like this. She was not used to this at all. And thus it lead to her late reaction. She didn't move until he had already headed through the door. She booked it to the other rooftop and through the door, leaping down the steps to hopefully catch him.

 

[Yun]

Arin smirked that she took the bait. If she hadn't, well...

There was no time to think about that. No, he was too busy being slippery. When Lily opened the door to go in, Arin was able to slip back out of it while cloaked. It almost didn't work, given how fast she was, but he narrowly made it.

When Lily went down the stairs, she would find a small piece of equipment pointing at her. It glowed for a moment before unleashing a blinding light at her.

Arin got a notification that his flash turret had been tripped. Good. And in his satisfaction, he'd forgotten one very crucial aspect. He was out in the open, and easy pickings for Lily if she were to ever emerge.

 

[Midorikawa]

Once again Lily was caught off guard by the guy. OR rather his flash device. He had tricked her. And she was pissed. For starters the light hurt. Second she hated being outsmarted. She considering continuing down the stairs, but she figured she would go back to the roof, and if she saw him leave the building from up there, she would jump down and catch him. After all she had done it a bunch of times before. And if there was the chance that he had somehow turned back to the roof and still there, she would tackle him to the ground and punch him. So of course she headed back to the roof, moving surprisingly fast for someone having trouble seeing, but well what were railings for. And once the light wore off she was even faster, and then out the door, and aiming to tackle and punch him.