Clearing Up a Lie

[Devon]

Darin led Talon towards the house Hector told the mercenary to meet him in once he had his target. Darin kept Talon's hands behind his back and Darin walked behind him. What Hector couldn't see was that Talon's hands weren't even tied and he held a small knife. Shifting a bit, the Fire knocked on the door and took a few steps back with Talon just in case Hector had a surprise of his own.

[Kender Bard]

Hector opened the door and, flicking his eyes to Talon, grinned. "Oh, my, yes! Thank you Darin. You've brought my brother's killer to me. Thank you VERY much." Fumbling at his belt, he offered up the other half of the money to Darin. "Just hand him over and I'll be on my way."

[Devon]

Darin took the money first and kept hold of Talon before. "Pleasure doing business with you. Can I ask you something before I let him go completely? He and I had a chat on the way here and there are some issues I want to clear up."

[Kender Bard]

"I think our business is concluded," Hector remarked, going to grab Talon by the shirt. Talon was swift in his retaliation, bringing his hand around to slash over Hector's hand. He gave a startled and pain cried, falling back a few steps and clutching his hand.

[Devon]

"You should have answered my questions, " Darin said as he stepped forward and held his sword at Hector. "You lied to me, he didn't kill your brother, so how did you know who he was and what did you really want with him?"

[Kender Bard]

Hector scrambled back, glaring and not answering.

"You'd better answer him," Talon warned, giving Hector his own ugly glare.

For his answer, Hector sent electricity through Darin's sword.

[Devon]

Darin gritted his teeth together as he felt the jolt go through his sword and into his body. Dropping the sword he was seething. "Bastard!" If only he still had his earth sign that wouldn't have hurt so much. Touching the fire sign on his arm, he sent a fireball at Hector.

[Kender Bard]

Hector rolled to avoid it but felt a piercing pain as Talon was quickly on him, stabbing him. Talon did not aim to kill, however - his merciful side was too strong for that. Instead he sought to disable the man and stabbed first at his left hand. Hector gave a scream of pain and pushed against Talon with his good hand, heaving the man off him and sending electricity through him at the same time.

[Devon]

Darin quickly lunged forward pulling a knife he always had strapped to his leg. Aiming at Hector's other hand he quickly stabbed at it to cut off Hector's ability to shock him.

[Kender Bard]

The man screamed in agony, now that both of his hands were pieced.

Talon winced at the sound and brought up a dampener around Hector, muting his cries. "What do we do with him now?" he asked Darin.

[Devon]

"Wait till he stops screaming and see if he is willing to talk now," Darin responded as he cleaned his knife and put it away. Reaching into his pack he took out some rope and held it out to Talon. "Would you like to do the honors of tying him up?"

[Kender Bard]

Talon grinned, accepting the rope and tying up Hector while he was still writhing in pain. He ocassionally sent out a stray bolt, but nothing strong - it stung but Talon just shrugged it off. He also took the liberty of binding the man's hands so the blood flow would slow. It took a little while, though, and by the time he'd stopped screaming, Hector had grown light headed. Talon lifted the silencer around him and nodded to Darin that he was free to talk.

[Devon]

"Now Hector," Darin began. "What are you really after with my friend here and why did you lie to me about this job." Darin hovered near Hector and showed him he was ready to act if Hector did not speak a word to him.

[Kender Bard]

Hector glared at the two but was finally willing to speak. "I was finding an easier way of gathering friends. I've no idea who this man is, he just happened to fit the description that I gave you."

[Devon]

"Friends?" Darin asked puzzled. "Are you lonely or something? If you wanted friends why don't you go to a bar instead of falsely hiring a merc to get one for you."