Monday, March 14, 2011

Bonesnapper: Caught? - Issue 4

Paul Anderson, reporter, and Michael are sitting in the office watching the office across from them. In the other office is Mr. Rhodes, a suspected leader in the C.R.I.M.E. organization.  Michael believes C.R.I.M.E. is the organization responsible for killing the love of his life.. Paul turns to Michael, “all video and audio checks out great.  We can see and hear everything.  We will even have recordings.  They won’t be admissible in court but there are more ways to take a person down than jail”. Paul gives a wink, “some are even better than prison”.

Soon Rhodes walks out of side and when he returns he has three guests with him. They are Od, a major gang leader; Phillicia Barton, BAD Momma leader of B.A.D.; and Buzzard.

Rhodes is holding his meeting until he suddenly stops. Anderson and McKeon see Rhodes staring straight at them. Anderson grabs the camera, taking the disc out of it. Bonesnapper cannot hear what is being said but all are leaving the building.  Anderson is grabbing his stuff and heading to the door. “Michael, we have to run.  Cook and Grier are being sent to kill us!”  Paul runs out the door and toward the car.

Michael hesitates; he wants to see who are Cook and Grier.  Across the parking lot he sees a sports car speeding toward them. Anderson is calling for him to get in the car.  Panicking, Anderson calls out the name of a movie theater and tells Michael to meet him there.  He shuts the car door and speeds off away for the sports car.

The sports car skids to a stop, just short of the doorway.  Michael can see there are two women in the front and a man in the back.  The man is wearing a bandana around the top of his head.  He gets out of the car. “I can see someone is still inside. You go take care of the one in the car.  I will handle this one”.

He pulls out a machete and starts walking toward the door.  Michael backs into the hallway. He is doing his best to size up this ‘machete killer’ and notice any weaknesses.  Bonesnapper decides to head upstairs to the next floor.  There should be a good office to stage an ambush from.

The ‘machete killer’ walks with an arrogant ease.  He is ready for an ambush. Several times he strikes into a darken doorway or closet.  While Bonesnapper can’t find any weaknesses he has a good idea how the killer fights (GM Note: Successful weakness detection, no weakness but bonus to hit).

Bonesnapper finds an office area which suits his purposes.  He pulls down his mask and readies his pair of Tonfa.

Bonesnapper thinks to himself, “I have read about this ‘machete killer’. He is supposed to be this lunatic serial killer who murders ‘B’ movie stars.  Could that all have been a trick, to confuse the police for the real motive he was killing?  Was he killing more women than he was hired to just to hide the target?

“Did he kill Jessica?”


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Michael hesitates long enough to get a look at Cook and Grier. If anyone exiting the building has firearms, he wastes no time in getting into the car with Anderson. If they are not carrying obvious guns, then Michael will size them up for a few seconds (using Weakness Detection). If he thinks that he can take them, he will fight. Otherwise, he makes for the car. In any case, he will retreat if outnumbered by more than three to one.