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<blockquote data-quote="DarrenGMiller" data-source="post: 4427578" data-attributes="member: 23174"><p><strong>Session 4 - "The Best-Laid Plans"</strong></p><p> </p><p>Friday, June 20th - 2:03 a.m.</p><p>The sound of a ringing phone wakes Hampton from his sleep. He fumbles for his cell and realizes quickly that its not HIS phone ringing... its the other phone. THAT phone. The phone he took from Goulan. Shaking out the cobwebs, he answers quietly, "Hello?" The voice on the other end of the line replies with a thick Eastern European accent, "1005 Nelson Street. This Sunday. 8 P.M. If you can be there." The call disconnects. The game is on.</p><p>Later Friday morning, after scoping out the address, the dry cleaner calls the Italian and tells Johnny about his early morning call. They plan to gather at Johnny's house that aftenoon to discuss their plans for Sunday evening.</p><p>The general consensus is to make a move against the Russians, with the hopes of taking down the big one, blue track suit guy, the one they've been calling "Sloth." He was the one that killed Tina. They want to avenge her death. But there are so many unanswered questions.</p><p>At the meeting, Hardwick's military training kicks in and he begins to devise a battle plan, which Johnny helps him to refine. The others sit in stony silence, disbelieving what they are hearing. Harwick wants to eliminate them methodically and with all force necessary. A tactical strike. Hampton was reluctant to include him in the first place because of his government connections. Now, he is listening to the man speak of explosives and covert infiltration.</p><p>Finally, Hampton can stand it no longer. "I'll give you guys the address. I want no part of this. Let me know how it goes." He starts to leave. Rob takes the opportunity to advocate a less forceful approach, which is also supported by Aaron. Hampton wants no explosives, no guns, not even tear gas, smoke grenades, ether, or the like. The group is stymied over how to plan a strike against the Russians without use of deadly force, or even small tactical charges designed to take out tires. Finally, Aaron suggests using a vehicle to cause an accident with the car the Russians will be using.</p><p>It is decided. Using Tina's street bike for transportation, Hampton will attend the meeting, posing as Goulan's replacement; a small-time dealer in HGH and performance enhancing drugs. He will report on the Russians to Johnny by cell phone when they are leaving the warehouse. The rest of the group will be a few blocks away in a truck that Johnny plans on "borrowing from a friend."</p><p>At this meeting, Johnny admits to Rob that he is indeed the vigilante that busted up the mugging of the high school basketball player in LeMastre Park the previous week. He shows the group his hood and gloves, with the stun guns built in, that he wore at the park that night. He was the vigilante that Harvey Justice was talking about on his radio show.</p><p>On Sunday (6/23), with the Russians only scheduled to be in town a few more days, the group executes their plan. Johnny hotwires a truck belonging, fittingly enough for him, to Hudson City Power & Light. He picks up Hardwick, Kreider and Cage and they equip themselves. Johnny dons his vigilante outfit, while he gives Rob and Aaron black ski masks. Hardwick is already wearing his night combat gear and head covering.</p><p>Hampton runs into trouble at the meeting. He is a novice at buying drugs, obviously. He speaks to the Russians and shows his inexperience by not knowing what is expected of him at the meet. Since the Russians knew of Goulan's arrest and were suspicious that the Sheriff's Office would send someone to infiltrate the meeting, they watched the dry cleaner carefully. When he tried to leave with the HGH without paying his fees up-front, the security at the warehouse door calls their bosses inside the warehouse and draws their guns while Hampton is on the phone with Johnny. Hampton, inexperienced with the raw horsepower of the motorcycle, fish-tails all over the parking lot, which actually makes him a more difficult target to hit.</p><p>Notified that their plan is going south, Johnny tells Hardwick to get them to the warehouse quickly. Hardwick guns the truck through the narrow city streets while Hampton is being shot at by the Russians. Inside the warehouse, Andrei, and the others, including "Sloth," get into their Lincoln. Outside, Hampton is finally hit with a bullet, while another blows out the back tire of the bike.</p><p>Harwick guns the big truck into the parking lot of the warehouse and sees Hampton and the two Russians outside. Unable to run them down without hitting Hampton, he swerves around them and swings the rig into the garage bay of the warehouse, JUST as the Lincoln containing the rest of the Russians is attempting to leave the warehouse through the SAME garage door at high speed, with the intent of running Hampton down and escaping.</p><p>There is a LOUD crunching of metal, breaking of glass, and a hiss of steam as the huge utility truck collides with the Lincoln. Everyone in both vehicles is stunned for a moment, but they manage to pile out of the vehicles. Everyone, that is, except the driver and front seat passenger of the Lincoln, who have taken the brunt of the impact.</p><p>Kreider, and Johnny rush to save Hampton from his two assailants, one of whom points his gun directly at Rob's stomach and pulls the trigger. Blood blooms across the front of Rob's shirt and he looks down. He's been shot in the gut. He looks back at the Russian who shot him and punches him in the face with his brass knuckles. Blood spurts from the Russian's nose as he comes to grips with not only the pain in his face, but also the fact that the huge man he just shot in the stomach, at point-blank range, still has enough fight left in him to break his face. The Russian turns and runs.</p><p>Mr. Blue Track Suit, a.k.a. "Sloth" climbs from the wrecked Lincoln and looks for something to use against his attackers. The big Russian rips the open rear door off the Lincoln and starts using it as a weapon AND a shield. Bullets and punches fly. Johnny tases the other Russian guard who was shooting at Hampton, and Hampton joins Aaron and Rob in attacking "Sloth."</p><p>Andrei, the leader of the Russians, hides behind the car and starts firing off shots over its roof. He manages to hit Hardwick, who crumples to the floor of the dirty warehouse, bleeding profusely. While Hardwick bleeds, the rest of the group has their hands full, especially with the big guy fending off three of them at once. Finally, the big Russian is worn down and Rob and Hampton manage to land solid blows with their brass-clad fists. He swings the door at Hampton, who dodges out of the way and follows it with an uppercut to the now unprotected Russian's jaw, rocking him back on his heels. Slowly, the big man, Tina's killer, topples like a felled tree. Once he goes down, Aaron checks on Hardwick and tries to stop his bleeding, or at least slow it a little.</p><p>With the remaining members of the group now focused on Andrei, and Andrei's two remaining men in the car still showing no fight, the Russian mobster lays his gun on the roof of the Lincoln and turns to allow himself to be handcuffed, obviously thinking that his attackers are some elite squad of police or FBI agents.</p><p>They are badly wounded. Rob, the bodybuilder, is barely conscious. His gut wound is bleeding profusely. His friend Hardwick, the lieutenant, is unconscious and near death. Johhny, the Italian, and Hampton, the dry cleaner are bleeding from their wounds as well. Only Aaron is virtually unscathed. They've won this fight. Just barely, but they all survived.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarrenGMiller, post: 4427578, member: 23174"] [B]Session 4 - "The Best-Laid Plans"[/B] Friday, June 20th - 2:03 a.m. The sound of a ringing phone wakes Hampton from his sleep. He fumbles for his cell and realizes quickly that its not HIS phone ringing... its the other phone. THAT phone. The phone he took from Goulan. Shaking out the cobwebs, he answers quietly, "Hello?" The voice on the other end of the line replies with a thick Eastern European accent, "1005 Nelson Street. This Sunday. 8 P.M. If you can be there." The call disconnects. The game is on. Later Friday morning, after scoping out the address, the dry cleaner calls the Italian and tells Johnny about his early morning call. They plan to gather at Johnny's house that aftenoon to discuss their plans for Sunday evening. The general consensus is to make a move against the Russians, with the hopes of taking down the big one, blue track suit guy, the one they've been calling "Sloth." He was the one that killed Tina. They want to avenge her death. But there are so many unanswered questions. At the meeting, Hardwick's military training kicks in and he begins to devise a battle plan, which Johnny helps him to refine. The others sit in stony silence, disbelieving what they are hearing. Harwick wants to eliminate them methodically and with all force necessary. A tactical strike. Hampton was reluctant to include him in the first place because of his government connections. Now, he is listening to the man speak of explosives and covert infiltration. Finally, Hampton can stand it no longer. "I'll give you guys the address. I want no part of this. Let me know how it goes." He starts to leave. Rob takes the opportunity to advocate a less forceful approach, which is also supported by Aaron. Hampton wants no explosives, no guns, not even tear gas, smoke grenades, ether, or the like. The group is stymied over how to plan a strike against the Russians without use of deadly force, or even small tactical charges designed to take out tires. Finally, Aaron suggests using a vehicle to cause an accident with the car the Russians will be using. It is decided. Using Tina's street bike for transportation, Hampton will attend the meeting, posing as Goulan's replacement; a small-time dealer in HGH and performance enhancing drugs. He will report on the Russians to Johnny by cell phone when they are leaving the warehouse. The rest of the group will be a few blocks away in a truck that Johnny plans on "borrowing from a friend." At this meeting, Johnny admits to Rob that he is indeed the vigilante that busted up the mugging of the high school basketball player in LeMastre Park the previous week. He shows the group his hood and gloves, with the stun guns built in, that he wore at the park that night. He was the vigilante that Harvey Justice was talking about on his radio show. On Sunday (6/23), with the Russians only scheduled to be in town a few more days, the group executes their plan. Johnny hotwires a truck belonging, fittingly enough for him, to Hudson City Power & Light. He picks up Hardwick, Kreider and Cage and they equip themselves. Johnny dons his vigilante outfit, while he gives Rob and Aaron black ski masks. Hardwick is already wearing his night combat gear and head covering. Hampton runs into trouble at the meeting. He is a novice at buying drugs, obviously. He speaks to the Russians and shows his inexperience by not knowing what is expected of him at the meet. Since the Russians knew of Goulan's arrest and were suspicious that the Sheriff's Office would send someone to infiltrate the meeting, they watched the dry cleaner carefully. When he tried to leave with the HGH without paying his fees up-front, the security at the warehouse door calls their bosses inside the warehouse and draws their guns while Hampton is on the phone with Johnny. Hampton, inexperienced with the raw horsepower of the motorcycle, fish-tails all over the parking lot, which actually makes him a more difficult target to hit. Notified that their plan is going south, Johnny tells Hardwick to get them to the warehouse quickly. Hardwick guns the truck through the narrow city streets while Hampton is being shot at by the Russians. Inside the warehouse, Andrei, and the others, including "Sloth," get into their Lincoln. Outside, Hampton is finally hit with a bullet, while another blows out the back tire of the bike. Harwick guns the big truck into the parking lot of the warehouse and sees Hampton and the two Russians outside. Unable to run them down without hitting Hampton, he swerves around them and swings the rig into the garage bay of the warehouse, JUST as the Lincoln containing the rest of the Russians is attempting to leave the warehouse through the SAME garage door at high speed, with the intent of running Hampton down and escaping. There is a LOUD crunching of metal, breaking of glass, and a hiss of steam as the huge utility truck collides with the Lincoln. Everyone in both vehicles is stunned for a moment, but they manage to pile out of the vehicles. Everyone, that is, except the driver and front seat passenger of the Lincoln, who have taken the brunt of the impact. Kreider, and Johnny rush to save Hampton from his two assailants, one of whom points his gun directly at Rob's stomach and pulls the trigger. Blood blooms across the front of Rob's shirt and he looks down. He's been shot in the gut. He looks back at the Russian who shot him and punches him in the face with his brass knuckles. Blood spurts from the Russian's nose as he comes to grips with not only the pain in his face, but also the fact that the huge man he just shot in the stomach, at point-blank range, still has enough fight left in him to break his face. The Russian turns and runs. Mr. Blue Track Suit, a.k.a. "Sloth" climbs from the wrecked Lincoln and looks for something to use against his attackers. The big Russian rips the open rear door off the Lincoln and starts using it as a weapon AND a shield. Bullets and punches fly. Johnny tases the other Russian guard who was shooting at Hampton, and Hampton joins Aaron and Rob in attacking "Sloth." Andrei, the leader of the Russians, hides behind the car and starts firing off shots over its roof. He manages to hit Hardwick, who crumples to the floor of the dirty warehouse, bleeding profusely. While Hardwick bleeds, the rest of the group has their hands full, especially with the big guy fending off three of them at once. Finally, the big Russian is worn down and Rob and Hampton manage to land solid blows with their brass-clad fists. He swings the door at Hampton, who dodges out of the way and follows it with an uppercut to the now unprotected Russian's jaw, rocking him back on his heels. Slowly, the big man, Tina's killer, topples like a felled tree. Once he goes down, Aaron checks on Hardwick and tries to stop his bleeding, or at least slow it a little. With the remaining members of the group now focused on Andrei, and Andrei's two remaining men in the car still showing no fight, the Russian mobster lays his gun on the roof of the Lincoln and turns to allow himself to be handcuffed, obviously thinking that his attackers are some elite squad of police or FBI agents. They are badly wounded. Rob, the bodybuilder, is barely conscious. His gut wound is bleeding profusely. His friend Hardwick, the lieutenant, is unconscious and near death. Johhny, the Italian, and Hampton, the dry cleaner are bleeding from their wounds as well. Only Aaron is virtually unscathed. They've won this fight. Just barely, but they all survived. [/QUOTE]
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