[Arriadne]
Arriadne tilted her head to the side, thinking. "I guess so, except I can't think what they want. Clearly it's not money." She said finally. "And it's pretty professional. I mean, the hired guns and everything," She added, shooting a glare at an unaware merc.

[Lance]
"I'll try and keep that in mind," Lance smirked, before looking down at his hands, which were starting to go purple-ish. "My hands are going numb, seriously?" He complained.

[Jace]
Still thinking, Jace headed for the stairs. There wouldn't be a way to sneak in, he decided, and the best thing to do would be to try and slip in, then wait for the right moment. The door to the lobby was still open, so he moved in as quietly as possible, hoping he wouldn't get noticed.

[Ashley]
"Did you find anyone?" Ashley asked as she turned around, assuming the person who had just come in was Luke. She stopped short as she made eye contact with him and before he could make a move, she raised her gun and shot.

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[Caine]
"Maybe they're just psychos and this is their idea of fun." Caine shrugged. "There's a world of possibilities-" He was cut off by the sharp 'bang' of the gun going off, and his eyes widened as he saw Jace fall to the floor with a slowly growing red patch on his shoulder. There was a scream and he turned to see Robin.

[Robin]
"Two seconds, turn around and I'll get them off..." Robin had finally managed to get the cuffs off, but her moment of victory was cut short by seeing Jace get shot. She scrambled to her feet and ran to him, but she was caught around the waist by one of the mercs. "Let go of me! Get off me, you freak!" She screamed, clawing at his arm and shouting Jace's name. It took about three of the big muscled guys to hold her back.

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[Arriadne] Arriadne let out a scream as Jace crumpled to the ground. She attempted to get up, tears streaming down her face. She was roughly pushed back by one of the mercs. When she tried again she was shoved back, harder this time and the merc stood in front of her as she kept trying to get to Jace. [Lance] Lance looked on in horror, for once he had no reaction and couldn't think of anything to help. All he could do was hope the police or whoever would get here. [Ashley] "Oh, was he important to you?" Ashley looked at them with mock concern. "Watch them." She snapped at the mercs, stepping over Jace's bodie and into the hallway, meaning to look for Luke (I'm back! My internet is out so I can rarely be on c: ).

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(omg hi! i have exams in... three weeks i think so i need to study a lot bleh ;c )

[Robin]
It took about three of the mercs to haul Robin back to the wall and force her back to the corner they were in. Caine was talking to the mercs quietly in a diplomatic lawyer way, and soon his cuffs were off and he was pulling Robin back, saying soothing things in a soothing tone- probably something he'd been taught.

[Caine]
Caine held Robin until she calmed down, and then looked over at Arriadne, biting his lip. He passed Robin onto Lance- "Be nice," he hissed- and went over to her. 

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