"Trigger Happy" (ask)

[T.J]

Ares looked at Xano, then back towards his wife, who both seemd to show up near the same time. He stared at Shawn for a breif moment before speaking.

" Hey mate." He said as he pointed to Xano. " Dont disrespect my wife infront of me." Ares then brought his index finger to point at Shawn.

" And you...you dont think they didnt get my file? Its a good thing I dont have any family outside of the guild, cause they'd be just as dead as yours." Ares paused for a moment, obviously getting angry over Shawn's selfish actions.

" D'you know how many informants and middle men I found dead in their homes? Along with their families!? Your not the only one thats lost here! So stop playing the kriffing pity card!" He hadnt taken an aggressive stance yet, but he was close to it.

 

[Arm514ve]

Shawn took his helmet off revealing the changes he had Xano do to him, and also showed the signs that he hadn't slept for days.

"So now your saying it my fault for them being dead, that your not to blame also, if you weren't so intent on your off the record hunts maybe none of this would have happened." Shawn said un-clenching his fist trying to calm down, from Ares earlier remark. "Then agin I guess your right Ares I am feeling sorry for myself, and the only reason I blame you is because your still so happy even after all of this, that has happened, you still have your loved ones, and you don't have Xano here on your back constantly trying to practice psychology on you." looking at Xano with a half hearted smile of kidding, then turning to Stasha. "And your profile is only going around like hot cakes cause of the provocative pics you took for said profile." Shawn said throwing a copy of the profile to her, "I picked that one off of the informant that just ran away."

 

[Thecomicbookbroad]

Evie blushed and eagerly thumbed through her file. Ashes leaned over and concealed a laugh.


‘This better be star ship fuel sticking these pages together….’ She thought, looking back up with a Glare.

“and to think I don’t even get royalties.” She sighed sarcastically, ripping the profile to pieces.


“Cry me a river, Sir bitches a lot- I miss the man who stood for something more then playing ‘hot potato’ with fault.” She let her eyes fall on Xano a moment then back on Shawn.

“ Vengeance is a poison some one like you taints the antidote for.” She crossed her arms and looked away solemnly.

“I am sorry for you pain, but not my words.” She concealed her honey colored eyes beneath their pale lids a moment and continued. She feared that when Shawn buried hid wife and child, his old self lay with them in the grave.


“ I knew your wife.”

When she looked up again her gaze shot through his.

“The man responsible is still ruling the under city and yet I hear you curse his name less then Ares.”

 

[n2crimson]

“Oh that guy,” Xano said, knowing he would receive a lot of yelling after saying this, “Yeah, I picked up some information on his whereabouts about two weeks ago…” He was already wincing in preparation for the barrage of verbal abuse he would be taking from all sides.

He had hunted down someone recently and before ending them he had found out that ‘The Kartel’ had been hiding somewhere arrogantly nearby. He knew that both Ares and Shawn wanted this man dead and although they had different reasons, he knew that both of them also had issues with each other and as soon as he told one of them they would rush off and kill the guy.

He didn’t want this to happen, although he also wanted this guy dead, he didn’t want the already rocky relationship between his two friends to break permanently. Shawn had not been lying about the experimental psychology…

So, he had kept the information to himself, waiting for the right moment, when both Ares and Shawn were together. This of course wasn’t the best time seeing as they were all in a public place, and a fight had almost broken out. But, he was arguing, in fact, he smirked a little at his own cleverness.

 

[T.J]

" Pfft! I doubt it!" Ares scoffted.

" Ive been tracking that bastard for near 20 years and your tellin me you just happen to come across info?.....I dont think so mate. That guy was liein to yah." Ares flexed his cybernetic arm as he spoke.

" You might be good at fixin stuff but your information picking up skills might need some polishing."He turned his attention back to Shawn, his former friends comment could not be ignored.

" Yeah? Well I guess me having my loved ones proves who the better man is doesnt it?" The words hurt Ares as he said them, but harsher ones had been spoken the day Shawn left. Right now the aging bounty hunter was venting. He didnt really mean what he said and his voice faltered slightly right after saying it.

 

[Thecomicbookbroad]

“Two weeks ago might as well be two hundred years ago.” Evie stated Dryly, Xano had obviously not had much experience with the crime lord.

“ He runs a place nearly everywhere and he never stays long. Even if you knew his whereabouts an hour ago it would be of little use.” She turned to Ares as he spoke with stinging malice. Her eyes were full of disapproval but she said nothing.

Ashes Listened. She had heard of Kartel before- the guild halls echoed his name and though the closest she’d come to directly encountering him herself was seeing her mother’s injury after their fated meeting- she felt as though she was as connected to him as any.

 

[Arm514ve]

Shawn put his helmet back on, as Ares spoke.

Shawn anger knew no bound as Ares words sank in, and just hit him hard. “Better man, you hypocritical nerff herder, I don’t want to here this coming from two people who have not lost anything, sitting back and laughing at the people who have.” Shawn said lunging at Ares for a tackle.

 

[T.J]

Ares inital thought was to simply sidestep the rage driven hunter, but he knew Ashes and his wife where right behind him, and decided it best to take the blow. The armor clad man put his right fllot back to keep himslef from being pushed back and down, grabbing Shawn by the belly as he did so with both hands. Ares used his cybernetic arm's awsome strength to throw Shawn to the left and away from the group.

Anger burned in his eyes as he walked after Shawn flying through the air. Shawn had attacked first, and Ares was gonna be the one to finish it. He was waiting for the moment when they could settle their petty dispute with what Ares knew best. It was the only way he knew how to argue effectivly. The hunter would wait for Shawn to stand before striking, not wanting to be a bad example for his daughter.

 

[Thecomicbookbroad]

When Shawn sprung upon her husband Evie instinctively held her grown daughter protectively- Side stepping out of harm's way as the men fought.

She watched with her lips parted as Ares closed in on the downed man wondering how exactly it had all come to this. Years of friendship being tossed to wind as they tussled. It wasn't her place to step in physically but she would word her protest- trivial as she knew it would be.

"stop!"

 

[Arm514ve]

Shawn fliped in mid air landing on his feet in a kneeling poster and slideing a few feet back befor stoping and emediatly ran back towards Ares, with a clenched fist with a punch ready with all the force he could muster behinded aimed straight at Ares face. Shawn ignored Stashas scream for them to stop.

 

[T.J]

With lightning speed Are brought up his cybernetic hand, catching the puch without much recoil. Ares stred Shawn down through his visor, completely aware that neither of the two men could see each others face. The bounty hunter then began putting the squeeze on Shawn's still clenched fist, fractureing the aromr covering his hand. Ares would wait before totally crushing his old friends hand.

" Do you yield!? I really dont want to kick your ass infront of my daughter."

 

[Arm514ve]

“Didn’t you tell me never be over confident, and get cocky?” Shawn said dropping back and using Ares wait, and force he was exerting on Shawn to hold him in place against him, falling to his back and throwing Ares with his foot.

 

[T.J]

" Yeah..." Ares said as he let Shawn follow through with his maneuver. But instead of falling on his back, he tucked his legs in and landed in a crouched position. Still tightly gripping Shawn's hand, Ares put all his might into swinging his arm, while still holding on to Shawn, over his head and forward. If successfull the other bounty hunter would land hard on his back.

" But I also said never underestimate."

 

[Thecomicbookbroad]

"Well I say stop dammit!" Evie Chimed in. There was no stopping men when it came to that sort of thing.

She sighed and crossed her arms trying to figure out a better approach, two fingers on her temple.

 

[Arm514ve]

While being flung around Shawn felt his shoulder dislocate from the force, and as Shawn came down from the slam he hit hard. The armor absorbed most of the impact but he still hit hard. Shawn shrugged most of the pain he could drawing one of his pistols and let loose at where the prosthetic met flesh, hoping to disable the arm, at the exposed joint area were the joint of the armor was.

 

[T.J]

Ares yanked Shawn forward by his hand, throwing off his shots. As he did so he crushed his former friends hand even harder, standing up to full height as he did so. Most of Shawn's slugs pinged off of Ares chestplate, but one managed to get through the armored mesh at his shoulder. It wedged between where his armored arm connected to his actual nerves, causing extreme pain, it only fueled Ares anger further.

The angered hunter yanked Shawn forward again, this time bringing up his other fisted hand flying towards his face. The combined momentum would be powerful.

 

[Arm514ve]

Shawn just hung there by his injured arm and aching hand, and waiting for the impact of Ares fist. Shawn was tired he tasted blood in his mouth and the visor on the inside was covered with blood he had coughed up. Shawn accepted his defeat and hoped for death upon impact from the shattering of his visor. But there was no breaking of the visor and there was very little trauma as the helmet took the impact, the visor gained a spider crack all along it another hit there would surly shatter it. He dropped the pistol in his free hand and let it just let it hang there. He was spent, and Shawn just started laughing. “I guess you still are the same boss, no holding back, never trusting me, and as sure as hell showing me no favor.” Shawn said continuing to laugh hysterically.

 

[T.J]

Ares dropped Shawn to the ground, he was breathing sort of heavier than normal, obviously drained from the fight.

" I do it to make you stronger Shawn.... To make you more than you could normally be....." Ares said as he held his right shoulder, the pain was starting to become more apparent as he adrenaline began to wear off.

" I would have never taken you on any missions with me if I never trusted you. Fighting on Onderon, defending the Jericho, I was glad you where there fighting beside me. Because I knew you would get the job done. Why do you think I didnt expell you from the guild when this whole thing started?"

 

[Thecomicbookbroad]

Evie left Ashes' side for Ares, Clasping his mechanical arm with concern and examining the wound. Her eyes lay on Shawn for a blink but she kept her mouth shut.

Ashes shrunk back, lowering her head at the spectacle. Not only was it awkward, but dangerous. She felt useless and her heart went out to the defeated hunter. She knew her father could handle himself but shawn had no one to come to his side.

 

[Arm514ve]

Shawn stoped laughing and looked up as pieces of visor fell off from the craks, and one eye Showed, with a pleading and yet soriful look. "Ares don't let them go, don't ever let them go." Shawn then looked at Ashes, "sorry I ruined your outing with your dad."