Alleyways at Night (open)

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It was getting a little on the late side when Tanya finally finished the errands her father had her out doing for him, a couple hours after the sun had gone down. Still, she wasn't all too nervous as she had been out late plenty of times without any problems. As her cellphone rang, she picked it up then after a brief conversation over who's turn it had been to get groceries for the week, she hung up the celly and headed to the corner store to pick up some groceries.

Nothing out of the ordinary happened while she was in the store and it seemed like everything would be fine on her way back as well until when she was about a block away from the store, Tanya was suddenly approached from behind and felt something cold bring pressed against her back.

"If you scream, I'll shoot you right here right now." Came a gruff voice.

"Now take about ten steps to the left so we can get to someplace more private...." He added, jabbing the point of the gun harder against her back.

Not wanting to get shot, Tanya slowly did as she was told, trying not to panic as she did so. Once in the alleyway, she was shoved against a wall, this causing her to drop the bag she had been holding. Then, she was roughly turned around, the gun now pointed at her chest.

"Your money, give me what you've got." The man ordered, waving the gun from her chest to her face.

"A-alright... hold on... Just don't shoot.." Tanya replied, all the while planning on her next move.

She reached into her pocket but a wallet wasn't what she produced from it. Before the guy could react, she sprayed him with the mace she always carried with her then knocked the gun to the side and out of his hand. It was a bold move but it was one she thought would get her out of there. Tanya turned to run but found herself being tackled down by a cursing angry man and the next few things that happened were so fast she couldn't figure out what happened until the gunshot rang out.

What had happened was the man had pulled out a knife and slashed at her with it only to cut her jacket... And out of reflex, Tanya had grabbed for the closest thing to defend herself with but it had ended up being the gun that had been dropped earlier. The man had tried to wrestle it from her so he could shoot her and somehow, Tanya ended up shooting him before she scooted back away from him.

A second or two after the gun went off, a scream followed. Tanya backed away, dropping the gun and pressed her back against the wall, looking at her bloody hands. She had just shot someone! He wasn't dead as the shot had gone through his shoulder but she had shot someone!

The man muttered a good deal of curses before Tanya suddenly found herself with the gun pointed at her once again. This wasn't good... this wasn't good at all.

[Tyler]

Tyler walked out of the store and saw the man pointing a gun at a woman. "Hey!" He yelled, and the man took off running down the street. Tyler could have changed into a tiger and chased after him, but he decided not to. Instead, he walked over to the girl and crouched down in front of her. "Are you okay?" He asked softly. "What the hell was all that about anyway?" He was curious by nature. He stood up and saw a bag of groceries laying on the ground.

Walking over to it, he picked up the items that fell out and put them back in the bag, and handed it to the girl. "I assume these are yours." He smiled softly.

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She was almost sure that she would be shot when there came the yelled out voice. Apparently, the would-be mugger wasn't up to dealing with someone else entering the scene. He took off running, taking his gun with him. Stressed and overwhelmed, she slid down into a sit. Her rescuer crouched in front of her before too long and she looked up a little shakily.

"A mugging gone wrong... Not that I'm complaining one bit." She said, her heart only now starting to slow down.

She accepted the grocery and slowly stood up.

[Tyler]

He was chewing a piece of gum and smiled at her. "Glad to be of service." He jokingly said to her. "You sure your okay? No broken bones or internal injuries?" He looked her up and down. She seemed to be fine, just a little shaken up at the experience. "Mugging gone wrong." He laughed. "Welcome to New York." He chuckled.

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Well, a mugging gone wrong was a hell of a lot better than a mob of mutant freaks at her door. Of course, Tanya didn't say anything about that.

"Oh, I'm fine. I've been across worse." She stated, as honest as she usually was. "Although, if you hadn't come along, it might have ended up being the topper seeing how I've never had a bullet lodged in my forehead before... nor do I plan on having that accessory any time soon."

[Tyler]

He laughed softly. "Yeah, I don't think anyone wants that accessory." He smiled. "I'm Tyler by the way." He extended a hand to her. He looked around the busy street, Colette had told him to be careful being downtown, and the fact that you can't tell if someone was anti-mutant or pro, was making this a uncomfortable situation.

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"I would hope not." She chuckled out.

Well, she would assume the people who wanted that accessory would have already given it to themselves or had themselves checked into a ward or something... Her thoughts were drawn away from that topic as she saw the hand extended to her and heard the introduction. Shifting the bags around so she had them balanced on one hip and held in one arm securely, the redhead accepted the hand and shook it lightly.

"Tanya. Nice to meet you, Tyler." She greeted.

[Tyler]

He shook her hand, and instantly felt tingles all over his body, something wasn't right. "Hold that thought. One second." He walked behind the grocery store and tried to form into a cat, but failed miserably. "What the fuck..." He mumbled. He couldn't figure it out, but his powers were failing him. He cleared his throat and walked back to the girl. "Tanya, nice name." He smiled, he acted as if nothing was wrong.

Though he knew, that something was definitely wrong with him.

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Was he running off to see if the would be mugger was coming back or something? She wasn't sure but it was kind of odd to just leave and come back like that. Tanya didn't say anything though, thinking that she just might have been being a little paranoid or something after what had almost happened a couple of minutes ago. She had just finally stopped shaking although her mind was reeling with the thought that she had shot someone. The redhead shifted the bags so they were in both arms again as the guy came back and smiled a little shakily when he complimented her on her name. She then chuckled a little.

"About as nice as Tyler." She replied, giving the compliment back.

Her eyes went to the blood that was on the ground and she gave a bit of a swallow.

"Do you think he's going to be alright?.. I didn't see where I shot him..."

[Tyler]

He looked down at the blood. "Eh, he deserved what he got." He shrugged softly. "He should be fine, if he's not stupid, he'll go to the hospital." He smiled softly. His mind was reeling, thinking why his powers were suddenly not working. "Want me to walk to you home or something?" He asked softly, noticing she was still a little shook up.

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As he told her that the guy deserved what he got, Tanya gave a sigh. It might have been true... but now her fingerprints were on the gun.. and she had done something she hadn't thought she would ever do. She never thought she would ever have to use an actual gun on anyone with real bullets. A dart gun with darts that had her blood in it, maybe, but never something like that.

"I hope so... I've never killed anyone before and I hope I never do." She said a little uneasily.

When he offered to walk her home, she wasn't sure on how to answer. For all she knew either the guy could come back looking for revenge or Tyler could be some sicko in disguise... or things might work out alright.

"I think I can make it home on my own. My dad would freak if he saw me coming home with anyone at this time of the night." She told him with a chuckle.

[Tyler]

He laughed softly. "Yeah, I don't think I want to take the wrath of a father right now." He looked down at his watch. "It's getting late." He smiled softly. "Are you positive your okay?" He asked softly. He hated to see her walk home alone at this time of night, but, he also didn't want to be daddy-bait either.

His mind went back to his power problems, he knew he would have to tell Colette about it once he got back.