More precious than diamonds

[Tuyet]

Flux does stop, though not quite in the way planned. With a sharp yelp of pain when the bullet strikes his leg, he falls forward heavily onto the ground next to the weapon and almost rolls onto the blunt part of it due to trying to avoid the second set of gunshots. Dropping his flashlight, he fires back at the one who opened fire after Kuro, though his usually good aim is reduced to just fair due to distraction. With his other hand, he reaches for the hammer, intending to use it to help himself to his feet and keep balance if nothing else.

"Damn, damn, damn... Revolver, Maria... why do you have to be half the world away?"

"...nng...what do you want?"

Flux exaggerates the wound slightly, but he can't help it. The man had never been shot before and the pain is starting to effect his mind. He tries to keep a clear head, but begins to fail as the desire for survial begins to override his desire to keep his cool.

[Re-Horakhty]

Darin looks at the direction the two thugs came from, tracing it back to the cave wall. He then ducks out of the way since the thugs hadn't noticed him yet, creeping along the wall slowly he stalked after Icaru. "Forget it.." Pointing his gun forward, Darin fires a few rounds at Icaru, switching targets quickly he shoulder rams the thug shooting at Kuro while firing two shots at Flux

[iamtuo]

Icaru is hit in the left arm by a bullet, jerking his body partway around and he hisses in pain before making a quick dash to Flux and the hammer, intent on taking it now.

The thug Darin hit stumbles foward, causing the other thug to direct his attention to Darin as he points a gun at him and tries to fire at him inexpertly.

[Alethia]

Kuro decides to make her move. She darts for the hammer as well, gun ready to fire at one of the thugs - not at Icaru, and instead of going for the hammer, she puts herself in a position to ram Flux away. "Get it, Icaru!"

[Tuyet]

Flux twists out of the way of the two shots, cursing when he feels one of the two shots come close enough to graze his side. When Kuro's attack lands, Flux grips the hammer as tightly as possible, though his grip on his gun is lost.

"Don't touch me," he hisses and pushes against Kuro with one hand.

Right now, the closest to him after Kuro is Darin.

[Re-Horakhty]

Darin wastes no time in putting his hand on the hammer to try and snatch it away from Flux. "I don't have time for this, if you aren't going to let go I'll make you...AND DAMNIT! Everytime in this business is there no honest woman in the world I mean geez! I hate being used!" With his free hand still on his gun he turns it on Icaru and Kuro and fires off a few shots at them, looking back to Flux Darin swings the gun at the man's head quickly. He didn't intend to come all this way and lose the sword.

[iamtuo]

Icaru moved out of the way of Darin's gunshots and grabbed at Darins wrist as Darin swung his own gun before kicking out at him. "Why are you following me!?"

[Alethia]

Kuro gives a little shriek of pain as the bullet strikes her right arm, but the shriek sounds odd... a mixture of agony and ecstacy. Her effectiveness in trying to keep Flux pinned and grappled is severely reduced however. She makes a clumsy, weak swing with her left fist.

[Tuyet]

Flux growls and continues to try to push Kuro off with his empty hand. However, his eyes focus on Darin, and he focuses most of his energy on keeping a tight grip on the hammer.

"What will you give me for it?" he snaps, anger, pain and the rush from holding Mjolnir fogging his mind. "I won't give it up for free."

[Re-Horakhty]

Darin grits his teeth from Icaru's attack. "Its my job, I got hired to find you!" Darin rips his arm from Icaru's grasp and points his gun at Icaru to keep him at bay. Focusing his attention on Flux,"Let go of the hammer and you can get out of here alive, you've already been shot, you'll end up bleeding to death over this thing."

[iamtuo]

Icaru glares at Darin as the gun is pointed at him as his fingers twitch, waiting for a moment to strike.

[Alethia]

Kuro rolls off of Flux suddenly, shuddering in pain as she rolls over her injured arm and gropes for Flux's lost gun with her left arm. When her hand closes around it, she lifts it up and points at Darin, shooting once, not really aiming for him but just to get his attention. "Give Icaru the hammer or I'll shoot you both!"

[Tuyet]

Flux scowls then sighs heavily, his mind starting to clear again.

"There's only one bullet left in that gun. Good luck hitting both of his with just that one," he mutters. To Darin, he raises the hammer and adds, "Deal. I leave alive and you get this. No shooting me in the back now."

The man awkwardly rises to his feet to let the other man take the hammer. Pay and power are nice, yes; but being dead crossed out both. He'd leave as soon as Darin takes Mjolnir.

[Re-Horakhty]

Darin blinks and takes firm hold of the hammer Mjolnir. Standing up quickly he points the hammer at Kuro and threatens to swing at her hand. "Lower your gun, and get out of here woman."

[iamtuo]

Icaru suddenly lashes out at Darin's gunarm with his injured arm to knock it away from him as he raises his other hand holding a gun and he fires at Darin's shoulder.