Parallel Alliance (Invite Only)

[Jilak]

The two agents surveyed the scene. Yes, the weapon was... incomplete. One trained assassin had done this to her, she would not be able to take on an entire army of them. When it came down to it, the difference between Yoshi and the Reavers was that, while both were ruled by their rage, the agents surmised, Yoshi could better direct his. Furthermore, he cared for his 'business partner' enough that, instead of just swarming the girl with no remorse, he tried to protect someone. Sort of.

Agent X walked, slowly, towards River. It was a shame Yoshi had been caught in the blast, he'd wanted to question the man about his former training. It would help them further fine tune River to be able to defeat at least him...

Agent Y, however, headed towards Yi-Min. At least SHE was still conscious. Now was the time to work on not making another enemy.

"My apologies, dear lady. We had no intentions of you being caught in the cross-fire, but your subordinate attacked our subject. It was merely acting in defense, as per its protocol. We will pay for all medical fees and help you find your missing quarry to make up for it, however." Agent Y stated with an absolutely infectious smile.

And then a voice reached them. A voice that the Agents knew, somewhat, one with a tone of a hardened mercenary... a voice of...

"What's a guy gotta do to get some service around he-" Jayne Cobb stopped mid-sentence, however, noticing the injured folk, and... the injured River. So bringing Vera WAS a good idea...

He quickly reached behind himself, bringing forth his favorite gun. Those men... he hadn't seen them before. He'd come CLOSE, but had escaped before seeing them. So, the men in blue totally weren't doing anything for him.

"Well lookie what we got here." Jayne stated, looking around the room.

[mugenginga]

Yi-Min gave a cold flat stare to Y. It was not angry, per se, just... cold. Oh, there was definite anger, but it was well controlled. It was the kind of channelled and calm anger that was the most dangerous. However, she didn't think she could talk or fight. And she didn't doubt the men would help with the bills or to capture Makoto. If for no other reason than they could manipulate them further... she had not choice. She grabbed the wall and was pulling herself up, trying to push the pain to a corner of her mind. That was when she heard the voice, and looked over it to see a man with a very oversized gun... Interestingly, a somewhat archaic one as well.

Yoshi and River were both out. River's gut was bleeding still, as was her arm. Those needed to be looked at rather soon...

[Jilak]

"Now, I'm not a FAN of her, but you didn't really have to do that to the doctor's sister. He's all worried about her, so he can't focus on this 'Makoto' kid. Gorram annoying is what it is. Don't think he'd be too happy about finding his sister dead, and I'm not puttin' up with the ear-full. 'sides, I need to get back on Mal's good side anyway." Jayne continued, walking the room. He stopped first at River, bending down to put her under his arm. The men remained emotionless, staring. X could probably reach his weapon quicker than Jayne could fire Vera, but it was best to... see how the subject handled a controlled environment...

Jayne then made his way to Yi-Min.

"Easy now, ma'am. These two ain't gonna hurt you any more, not while I'm here."

[mugenginga]

Yi-Min's expression didn't change as Jayne mentioned Makoto. That meant that Makoto had managed to show up here. That meant if she handled the situation correctly, she wouldn't have to keep that tracking device on her. At this point she had suspicions it would allow the two men to keep track of her location just as well if not better than it kept track of the doctor. Likely the same doctor this new arrival had mentioned.

However, there was Yoshi to consider. Although the man had hiked the girl off the floor, he would have seen Yoshi's unconscious hand clasped around the bloody dagger. She'd have to take a series of gambles based on how she perceived the situation...

"Him..." the voice sounded a bit strangled. She reached up and carefully grabbed the piece of knife in her sternum. She traced the edge of it without cutting her finger. She let out a cough as she came to a wobbling stand. She spoke better as she continued, "That girl acted as a weapon and attacked my associate there. He was forced to defend himself."

There were two ways this could go very badly. The more likely way would be the reactions of the agents. Would they allow this man to take their target? Would they allow her deception and manipulation? The other way was this man's reaction. Would he believe her? He seemed the leap before looking sort, and she was not bad at reading people, but it was an option. If she didn't want to remain at the mercy of the agents, however, she would have to take this gamble.

[Jilak]

"Huh. Girl's still as crazy as she was last time I saw 'er, then..." Jayne stated quietly, looking over to Yoshi. Girl had kicked his ass. River seemed to be quite hurt, but still. Jesus, Jayne was lucky she'd just disarmed him before throwing him through the portal...

"I'll get you and your partner here to the nearby hospital... but what I can't seem to wrap my brain around is why you two don't seem hurt at all." It was as if a light bulb had turned on over Jayne's head as he looked up to the two agents.

"So you've found us out. What are you going to do, however, deliver us to Doctor Tam? Or maybe kill us, put us in the ground like your old pilot, Hoban Washburn? Take us to Captain Malcolm Reynolds, with his injured hand?" The two chimed in at different points, finishing each other's sentence.

"Wait a gorram second, how do you know about the crew?" Jayne asked, cocking Vera.

"That, Jayne Cobb, is for us to know, and you to find out." Y leered, pressing a button on his belt. The two seemed slightly... see-through? With that, Jayne began firing, and was treated to the mindscrew of his bullets GOING THROUGH THE TWO. And not in the 'oh gor I've been shot' way, either. More in the 'gotta catch 'em all 'cause he's Danny Phantom' way. And then they walked through the wall, gone.

Jayne didn't stop the ponder on this, he'd had too many bad experiences recently. He gingerly, lifted Yoshi, tossing him over his shoulder, and put Vera back in his pants. No innuendo intended, he just really didn't have a holster for her. As such she had to actually be placed in his waistband.

"I'm thinkin' this is our cue to leave, ma'am."

[mugenginga]

Yi-Min's eyes widened as the man hoisted up the gun. With one hand over the piece of gorram glass sticking out of her sternum and one over her head, she ducked back down. She heard the sound of bullet hitting wall, and felt the bit of afternoon breeze coming through, but nothing that sounded like bullets hitting skin. She carefully lifted her head just in time to see the two men walk through the wall. It was the same technique they'd used earlier, she was sure. The other man seemed suitably shocked though. Quite understandable if it was the first time he'd seen it.

She nodded to Jayne as he suggested they leave. He seemed uncultured, but it was no worse than Yoshi. He had a cleaner mouth, in any case. She carefully stood up, the arm with the Global Alliance badge away from the man. She happened to catch it as she stood up and realized something. She didn't know how much credit she could give to the Psycho Slave batteries, but it was better safe than sorry. She grabbed her shoulder, covering the badge, and pulled off the jacket like that. She kept the badge concealed as she pulled it off her other arm and let it drop to the floor.

She gave it a careful shove with her foot. It went about halfway under one of the many collapsed crates. She stumbled a bit and didn't seem all that steady as she walked towards the door Jayne had gone through. She reached up to shield the glass, and if Jayne tried to get her to talk she would point to it, then her mouth, and shake her head.