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Recapturing a Fugitive
Topic Started: Feb 23 2014, 08:42 PM (1,038 Views)
Demoness
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In an unspecified Third World Country...

Crafty Roukai was mostly satisfied with the way her life had gone so far. She was in her late twenties, naturally pretty, and athletic, but best of all, she worked with a mercenary group called the Hessi. She would have preferred a private military company, as they provided better pay and benefits, but her current situation and contacts only provided her with so many resources. She was still wanted by Demonessian authorities for her role in the 2011 ITC Patin attack, among other reasons, and so she could only be involved in low visibility operations.

Even if she was living in what some would consider terrible conditions, it wasn't too bad. During her time with the Apostates, she had discovered she had a talent for destruction and her current line of work allowed her to explore it. The Hessi were enforcers for a local warlord and though she lived in a misogynistic environment, she had earned fear by reputation: she didn't shy away from brutal techniques to quell the local population and she had disemboweled the first man who had tried to take her by force. While she was not in a position of power, she was respected.

That wasn't to say she hadn't suffered. Her athletic build had become slimmer since food in the Watari region was scarce, even for the Hessi. News traveled slowly, so she couldn't stay informed on her wanted status, and the equipment she used was nowhere near the standards she had used as Special Tactics. She had acquired a few scars along the way and malaria had nearly killed her the first month in Watari.

She now lived in the Hessi compound, which was a collection of six buildings - more accurately a collection of sheds - and smaller huts that also housed Hessi families. The compound was walled with tin and barbed wire and had an armed guard in a tower. Crafty should have been boarded with another mercenary, but after disemboweling the last one she ended up housed with a young pregnant girl named Darli; Crafty didn't know her story since Darli didn't speak English, but she strongly suspected Darli wasn't here willingly. The Hessi compound was approximately ten miles from the nearest town, a goat farming village with no name, and fifteen miles from Warlord Ekard, who lived in a much better guarded compound in an isolated mountain. Tomorrow, Crafty would take the Jeep with a few other Hessi and head up to Ekard's place to replace the guards. She liked it better up there - there was clean water - and she planned to catch Ekard's eye, but she never saw him.
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Demoness
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"And who am I?" Topaz asked. There was a still small chance they didn't know, though now she was wondering exactly what she'd gotten herself into. Isaad was far away from everything, yet she was in JSITR's custody, so they had clearly gone to extreme lengths to find her companion.
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"Topaz Roukai, former High Guardsman and NDAISE agent. Sibling of Crafty Roukai, one of the highest people on the most wanted lists. Should I continue?"
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Topaz replied, choosing her words very carefully. "That depends on if you are going to listen to anything I'm going to say or if you are going to make assumptions."
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He nodded. "We'll give you the chance to talk to us before NDAISE shows up. I have a feeling that they've already made up their mind, but we're not convinced that you went completely off reservation."
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"Then I would like a lawyer before I cooperate," she replied.
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He shook his head. "I don't believe that we have a JAG officer on board this ship, but I'll see what we can round up for you. In the meantime is there anything you're comfortable to discuss?"
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"That depends," Topaz replied. "That's why I want a lawyer present. I already I'm going to have difficulty with my defense and I don't want to make it worse."
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"Well, with NDAISE about a half hour out, I doubt you'll get much of a coherent defense from any of the officers with a law background on the ship in such short notice, but that's entirely up to you."
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Topaz paled. "What will happen when NDAISE gets here? Custody transfer?" she asked.
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He nodded. "Most likely, though I'm sure they'll want to do their own interrogation as well." There was a knock at the door. "One sec."

He went to the door and stepped out for about a minute before returning to the room. "Alright, well here's what we want to know," he said as he sat down. "All we want to know is if you did any work with the Apostates and if you have any sort of information that can validate your claims either way."
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