[arcus_gray]

(I'm far too interested to let this die so....bump)

[ArosFarron]

(Sorry bout the long time between post)

Taking the extinguisher, Merletta nodded at the professor. She let a small amount of her smoke into the device. She placed it in the center of the room, pulled out a cigarette and lit it. She walked to the window by the exit, loaded her pistol, aimed at the extinguisher and fired. Upon the device exploding, Merletta dived out the window and quickly glanced at the rooftops. She saw the way Keen was headed and took off, leaving one of her smoke clones at the scene to help with evacuation. She followed him on foot until she found a fire escape three blocks down. Climbing up, she confronted who she though was Keen. "Keen. Stop" She shouted. The figure stopped and lowered it's hood. To Merletta's shock, it was not Keen. Who stood before her was a tall, blonde fox faunus woman. But something seemed wrong, the woman's right arm, left leg and right eye were more robotic. The woman was, in Merletta's eyes, unmistakable to her former wife,Samantha. She holstered her pistol and walked up to the woman. "Sam? But, you're dead. How......Why?" She slowly approached the woman. "Sam" did not respond to the name rather, she looked at Merletta and readying a fighting stance. "Target acquired. Huntress known as The Shadow sighted. Eliminate at all costs." The woman announced in a semi modulated voice. She charged at Merletta, as Merletta dodged each attack. The sounds could be heard across the block. Eventually, the woman got the better of Merletta and kicked her off the rooftop. Acting quickly, Merletta summoned a smoke clone to take the fall while she grabbed onto a window ledge. The other woman looked over to see the smoke clone hit the ground. "Target neutralized. Project Sunrise, returning to base." She reported to someone as she ran across the rooftops until she appeared to phase out.

Merletta jumped down off the ledge and searched of the others. Eventually, after finding the Professor, she collapsed along the side of a wall near him, panting and holding her side. There was a small stain of blood on her overshirt. "Professor, I think what we feared has come to pass. I thought I saw her. I thought I saw Sam." She spoke before she passed out.

[arcus_gray]

Seeing the cloaked figure heading across the rooftops Cerulean pursued from ground level, falling behind slightly until he heard the sounds of a struggle on the rooftop nearby and ran to help out. Assuming one of the others had found the target. He arrived just in time to see Merletta thrown from the roof. Dashing forward he created a clone in his path to give him a leg-up and throw him up onto the roof passing by a falling clone of Merletta along with the real one as he did so. It was too little too late though as the woman was already running and phased from existence before he caught up. Annoyed and now several roofs away from everyone else Cerulean turned on his heel with an annoyed grunt as he begun walking back towards where Merletta had fallen.

[Mikelobmike]

The one piece of good news in this scenario was that the back door was indeed in the direction that Justice believed. If it were unlocked, it would have been especially good. Noticing Budonoki behind him reaffirmed his confidence in the course of action. "Yes, professor. Now's when it gets interesting." he said, taking a brief moment before kicking the door. The deadbolt ripped through the wood behind it, leaving the door close to being fully open. A quick use of Justice's semblance did not give him anyone on the other side, only Budonoki.

A second kick had the door busting open, Justice quickly moving to the wall adjacent to the door. Time was an issue, but not being shot was a priority. Justice turned around just in time to see Merletta start heading toward the front. "Lovely." he muttered, rushing out the door before the explosion rocked the building. A quick scan of the nearby rooftops showed little of note. The shots had to be coming from the front of the bar. Where, conveniently, the sound of a commotion was coming from. Justice readied his weapon and followed Budonoki down the alleyway.

[Riven]

Seeing Merletta, exhausted to the point of collapsing, coming their way immediately filled Budonoki with concern... and the words that followed affirmed the worst of his fears. "Those mad fools..." He muttered to himself, thinking of the horrendous violations that their adversary could have undertaken in order to bring about such a thing. First looking about warily, he then crouched down next to Merletta, about to ask for more information just as her head drooped and she passed out. A quick check of her vitals confirmed she was merely unconscious. That spot of blood worried him, however. Shrapnel?

"We cannot stay here -- we are too exposed. Even if the enemy has left they may later seek to pick up our tracks; we must get her, and ourselves, somewhere safe." His gaze turned to Justice. "My apartment is too public, and my office at the academy would draw far too much attention right now. Any ideas?"

[ArosFarron]

(Almost over a year?! Damn I am slacking. Sorry again.)
"I have an idea." A voice called out from down the alley. A tall hulking mass of a man stood before them. He was covered in head to toe in a tattered cloak. He walked over to Merletta and picked her up. "My name is Alexander Keen. I worked with Mrs. Yoru when we were younger. If I remember right, this alley has an enterance to a safe house the Kingdoms gave us. Follow me."
The man motioned to a small wall deeper into the alley. He placed his hand on a brick as a small key pad appeared. He entered a code and the wall opened. Motioning to everyone in. While the door was open, Alexander moved Merletta to a small operating table, removed the tore and a damaged part of her overshirt, and proceeded to being recovering Merletta.
The safe house looked just like that, a safe house. The whole building was dimmly lit, with no windows. Along the back wall, there were monitors lined along it, watching all possible exits and even the rooftops. The kitchen looked as though it had not been used in years, the only bright light was coming from the operating room, as Alexander was busy with Merletta. Most of the build was covered in dust and cobwebs.