Dangerous Detour [Open]

[Hunter]

'Why couldn't they have built the underground paths as something other than straight one way passages?'

That was a question that had been repeating in Hunter's mind over and over again. He had just finished a minor assignment in Vermilion City, and was now trying to get back to his apartment in Celadon City. Unfortunately for him, the only route available took him right through Saffron City, where mob rule reigned supreme. Hunter would've much preferred to use the Underground to get to where he was going. Unfortunately for him, the path from Vermilion was a direct route to Cerulean City, with no turnoff for anywhere else.

As he made his way through the streets and gazed at the run down buildings and deserted streets, Hunter couldn't help but be reminded of his teenage years, which were spent wandering Opelucid City's streets with his mother, looking for a patch of pavement that might actually be somewhat comfortable to sleep on.

What Hunter was most focused on however, was the one key difference between Saffron's current state and his poverty stricken teenage years, and that was that here, crime was far more prevalent. For all of his hardships, Hunter had rarely seen any problems regarding criminal activity in Opelucid.

Here, for all he knew, someone might suddenly jump out and try to mug him. Almost as though on cue, Hunter heard a loud noise coming from behind him. He turned around towards where he thought the sound came from, a small opening where an alleyway met the main street. He instinctively reach towards the side of his waist, and quickly pulled his handgun out of its holster, and pointed it towards the alley. He then loudly yelled out angrily, "Who's there?!"

[Fei]

It's all her fault, isn't it? But she was so hungry, and the food was just so tempting. She was so low on cash this week that it is ridiculous, and a little more she might just faint. She wants to get out of here, get out to somewhere where she can find proper food for herself, and maybe some small job or two for money. She just wants to go away from Saffron. Anywhere else would be easier to find a job, better than crime. She doesn't like stealing anymore than anyone else. Fei ran for her life, two angry man chasing after her. She doesn't blame them; she did stole their sandwich. The girl was such a sight, small, scrawny and pretty much looking homeless, which she really is. And those men...she won't stand a chance, she know. They are big, burly and definitely stronger then her, and definitely have better Pokemon than her. What can she do with Skyrie and Snowy? He rmother's Pokemon won't help her at all. She ran and ran through the alleyway, only to let out a terrified scream when she come face to face with a handgun. Fei immediately fell on her knees in front of the stranger, hands up to cover her face. Tears welled up at the corner of her eye. "I'm so sorry, I'll pay you back for the sandwich, I promise! Don't hurt me!"

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[Hunter]

What Hunter saw emerge from the alleyway was almost completely the opposite of what he had expected. Instead of a burly, dangerous mob thug, he came face to face with a young woman who was apologizing to him over some sandwich. Hunter's first and most immediate thought was to apologize for scaring her. In keeping with saying what he was about to say, he casually lowered his gun, and said to the girl, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, I thought you were with the mob, and I don't know anything about any sandwich."

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[Fei]

Fei sniffed, and wiped away her tears in a hurry. An apology usually means a good thing, right? And he did say he didn't mean to harm her. She peeked up at him under her long eyelashes, blinking once. "Y-you're not with them?" As though as she jinxed it, the two man that was chasing after her appeared, yelling, "FOUND YOU, GIRL!" Fei let out a tiny scream, scrambling and hiding behind Hunter. She clutched on to his jacket, sobbing again. "Please please please help me mister. I didn't mean to steal their sandwich, I will pay back I promise but I was just so hungry!" The men humphed and walked forward, waving the bat and the stick in their hands at Hunter. "Get away, young man. She needs to be punished."

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[Hunter]

While Hunter would ordinarily make an attempt to arrest anyone who had committed a crime (such as stealing a sandwich), that was only applicable of such a crime was committed against Lux, and given that Saffron City was not directly under Lux jurisdiction, that pretty much suggested that that was not the case. Moreover, Hunter empathized with the girl who had said that she was simply stealing because she had no money to pay for her own food. After all, he had been under that same plight for many years, starving with virtually no food or money, and though he hadn't turned to crime in response, he understood why some would in that case.

In response to the two thugs shaking their weapons in his face, Hunter raised his gun once again and this time he pointed it at the thugs. He said in a stern tone, "I think you're the ones who should get away."

[Fei]

The thugs weren't amused. "Look, pretty boy," one of the men said to Hunter, even with the gun pointing. Either he is too angry or he's just fearless, "You are new here, aren't you? Over here we go by our own brand of justice, and currently, that system demands us to punish that girl in the most appropriate way possible." It probably didn't help that the other man was tapping against his makeshift weapon with an impatient look. Fei, by now, was peeking from Hunter's back. Her sobbing have slowed down a bit; she has a protector! Furiously, she wiped off her tears, not wanting to cry anymore. The men caught her looking behind Hunter and sneered at her. Fei let out a tiny yelp, ducking behind Hunter again. "Please, please, don't hurt me," she whispered under her breath, her whole form shaking, trembling in fear. One hand went up and clutched at her eyepatch; she could almost feel the pain of that night, the Psychic that had made her blind in that eye.

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[Hunter]

Either these two had never seen a gun before, or they were just blind to basic logic. Those were the only two possibilities that Hunter could think of with regard to the reactions that the thugs had to having a gun shoved in their faces. It was enough to make Hunter actually take a bit of pity on them. For that reason, he lowered the gun slightly away from their faces. Of course, a bit of pity was exactly that, 'a bit' and the Sentinel was simply going to let them off that easy. He said to the pair in a stern voice, "Didn't anyone ever tell you not to bring sticks to a gun fight?" Hunter then pointed the gun at the legs of one of the thugs and pulled the trigger of the pistol. A loud bang rang out. Hunter hoped that the bullet could find his target, though he knew he wouldn't know until the thug he had shot at reacted in some way.

[Fei]

Obviously the two men were expecting Hunter to be more bark than bite, so when the man let out a shot, both of them jumped. One of the man let out a howl, blood slowly covering the pants of his leg. The shot was enough to warn these two men that they were no match. "Curse you son of a bitch!" the unharmed man yelled, pulling his injured friend away, away from this fight, "You'll pay one day!" And they were gone, limping as fast as possible because their life actually depended on it. Fei, on the other hand, and had jumped as well when she heard the gun shot, and had clung on to Hunter tighter, closing her eyes, afraid of the sound. Oh my Arceus, he didn't kill them, right?

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[Hunter]

As the two men ran off, Hunter couldn't help but feel a sense of relief, not just from being completely unharmed by those two blind fools, but because he had been expecting much worse from a city which had supposedly been taken over by a ruthless mob. He was half expecting to find a gun in his face at every block, but if this was the worst that they could ditch out, he would have a much more relaxing trek to get to Celadon City.

It was then that Hunter remembered the girl hiding behind him. In the war of words between the Sentinel and that duo of buffoons, he had completely forgotten why they had confronted him in the first place. He turned his head towards the girl and said, "I don't think you need to worry about them anymore."

[Fei]

She doesn't need to worry about them anymore? Fei cautiously opened her eyes, looking at what remains of the situation. Oh. Oh. They are gone! She's free! She's not going to die today, and she's going to live for another day! Thank Arceus for it! And... Fei looked up at Hunter with gratefulness glittering in her visible eye. "Oh mister, thank you, thank you, thank you so much!" Then, hesitantly, she asked, "...You didn't kill them, right?" Cause she really doesn't like the idea of killing, even if they are bad guys. In this case though, she's the wrong ones, so they are the good guys? "Cause it's really my fault and...uh..uhm..."

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[Hunter]

Hunter casually placed his gun back in its holster at the side of his waist. He couldn't help but wonder what those two would do now. Would they try to find someone to come back here to try and take revenge for them? More importantly, would they be stupid enough to threaten him with a stick. In any event it didn't matter, Hunter planned to be long gone before something like that had a chance to happen, and he hoped that the girl did too.

Again, Hunter turned his head towards the girl as she stuttered when she said that this scenario was her fault. The Sentinel said to her, "Go on..." He was curious to hear the whole story about what she had done to cause those buffoons to chase after her.

[Fei]

Now the urge to cry is back again. Now that the other two are gone, and she had a better look, this guy is pretty intimidating too. But he helped her, right? So maybe he's really, really nice. It's probably her own problem that she thinks he is scary. She thinks everyone is scary. "Uh...uhm...I was wandering for a while now, and I couldn't find any job and I got really, really hungry. Then there was this sandwich sitting on the table, half eaten, and there was nobody around so I thought they didn't want it anymore, like, they were about to throw it? So I took it and gobbled it down, then they came up to me and said they were just getting some drinks...so...uhm..." Fei closed her eyes frantically, putting her hands in front of her as defense. "I know I should have searched through the rubbish instead, but I was so hungry so...." Then she hung her head in a defeated manner. She's probably going to get punished, so why not get over with it? "..just..please don't hurt me too much. I still want to find a job...."

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[Hunter]

Hunter couldn't help but empathize with the plight of this girl. In fact, at her age, he had been in the exact same situation as she now was, save for the fact that he had never resorted to stealing. Furthermore, it was quite depressing to Hunter that this was the state that Saffron had fallen under, and that there were no doubt several more children who were also starving in this city at this very moment.

While there was little that he could do at the moment for everyone suffering here, the least Hunter could do is help this girl out, and give her some advice. He said to her in a somewhat casual tone, "Well, I don't think you'll have much luck finding work in this city, what with the mob rule and all." The Sentinel reached into his pocket, and pulled out a small wad of cash. He usually kept a good amount of hard currency on his person in case of emergency, though this wasn't exactly the emergency he had envisioned. He handed it to the girl and said, "This money should be enough to pay for 4 days worth of food. I'd recommend heading south to Vermilion City or east to Lavender Town. There are usually open jobs that need to be filled in those places."

[Fei]

"Mob rule?" It was a question, because Fei sucked and hardly knows what's happening. She's lacking intelligence in many areas of the real world that it really hinders her most of the time, and this is one of those times. She looks up to see small wad of cash, and she blinked. "Vermillion...or Lavender..." she burned those names into her memory, so she could ask for directions when needed. This man is so kind! She'll never forget him. "Th-thank you so much!" a smile lit up on her face, and for a moment, she looks like the happy child she could have been if she didn't end up like this, "I can't thank you enough mister!" Se hesitantly took the money, her hands shaking like she isn't sure if this is for real or not.

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[Hunter]

Hunter was happy that the girl simply took the money without question. The last thing that he wanted to do right now was to explain to the girl why he was simply willing to hand over cash to someone whom he had only just met. Even through all of this, his focus was simply on getting back to Celadon City. He then slowly turned around, and began to walk away from the girl, continuing on his way. Hopefully this was the only encounter that he would have with the mob on this short trek through Saffron City, and that he could leave all of this behind him.

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