9683/Just another stakeout...

Just another stakeout...
Date of Scene:	17 January 2022
Location:	A New York house party
Synopsis:	Frank gets Paige out of the crosshairs of a slavery ring, after taking down one of their operations.
Cast of Characters:	Paige Guthrie, Frank Castle

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Paige Guthrie has posed:
Paige Guthrie is legal, but not, you know, legal to drink. So when the girl goes out on the town, and gets bought a drink, things get out of hand fast. The stuff really hits her system, and the freckled girl is a bit of a giggle mess already. Dressed in a form-fitting, gray blouse and a black pencil skirt, she's dressed for city parties.

But not this kind. Turns out the drink was a bit more than a drink. So she's a little extra out of it as she's led down an ally, and into a dimly-lit room.

Talked down to in front of paying customers, she's leered at as her blouse is unbuttoned, the girl exposed, pawed at, shown off. Now her skirt, slowly unzipped.

Frank Castle has posed:
It was meant to be a routine stakeout to track down a group of slavers operating locally. He wanted the whole operation at once, and parties were target rich for them.

Across the street, Frank had setup a surveillance nest with a sniper rifle in backup. He was getting a good list of target for his own war from Microchip doing facial recognition... at least, he was, until one of the girls was singled out and taken out of the back through an alley. It wasn't exactly subtle, so it was easy to spot. "Huh. Pretty brazen assholes." Frank remarked over his commlink to David. "Yeah." David replied, "track one, deal with the rest?" Frank grunted affirmative, "just need to see if I can find the ringleader here."

With that, Frank got to work, the sniper rifle is setup, and the hi-tech scope is set to x-ray as he examines the room from the outside.

"One batch, two batch... penny and dime." Frank mutters, before he aims... and a silenced round is fired from the M24, a 7.62 round going through the thin wall like a knife through butter, and getting a clean headshot on one of the people inside.

Another... Another... The Punisher is getting to work.

Paige Guthrie has posed:
Paige Guthrie is having her blouse taken off, led to a table to sit on, right in the center of the room. Breathing shallowly, a little overwhelmed. The sensory deprivation meant to unbalance her, stress her, hopefully just make her go along with things. And it's kind of working, she's reacting.

At least until people start falling down, which makes the topless girl blink and gasp. Are they, well, you know?

She looks up to the man fondling her, who lets off, and gets concerned, which doesn't relax her any.

Frank Castle has posed:
The moment the man moves just a bit upwards, another clean headshot is tired off, the force easily enough to send him off to one side, dead.

Outside, the Punisher has already hidden the sniper rifle in the nest and is silent dashing across the street towards where Paige is, pistol in hand...

Paige Guthrie has posed:
Paige Guthrie watches as the man who had his hands all over her falls now. It's a dark room, so the blood isn't exactly clear to her. But some of the men int he room are starting to scatter. Panic, get out of there. Climbing over bodies.

Leaving her perched on a table watching. But she gets the idea, and hops off of the table, Wobbly on her feet, trying to fix her shirt, but it was completely unbuttoned, and so it just drapes on her shoulders as she staggers to the door, finding her way through the bodies to the exit to the alley.

Frank Castle has posed:
As Paige leaves, she almost bumps into the Punisher in full regalia: Black trenchcoat, that white skull vest and a gear web with all kinds of things in it.

The pistol is kept down as he crouches next to her, "I don't know how many are left outside of that room. Stay here and I'll protect you when you leave. I just need to finish my work. Do you understand?" Frank practically orders of Paige.

Paige Guthrie has posed:
Paige Guthrie blinks, and laughs. "Alright," she says. Just pliable enough to follow instructions, she slips past him and stands outside. "There's like... I don't know how many people. What's going on?" she asks a little listlessly. "Everyone's trying to leave." Though seeing him at the door may be changing that.

Frank Castle has posed:
"They're getting what's coming to them, that's what." Punisher tells her, before he walks in.

A moment later, a flare can be heard being activated, followed by a number of silenced pistol shots. Screams and pained wails follow, before the Punisher walks back out, taking off his trenchcoat and handing it to Paige, "My ride is just about here. Come with me and we can get you somewhere safe." Frank offers.

Paige Guthrie has posed:
Paige Guthrie is shocked almost to her senses, but not quite, by the weather outside. And all the noise. But she's still foggy enough that when instructed, she does take the coat, just holding it, and follows along, walking off out of the alley and into his van.