The flurries of white ash covered the floors of Dead End's industrial section, where House Orlock hold several warehouses, making vehicles movement more difficult as traction was decreased. Hivers found that movement on foot, however, was not affected.
This was not a thought for Houses Cawdor and Van Saar, who didn't appear in the broken gang truce, an event which Nix, of House Escher's Bloody Rose gang, and Luther, of House Delaque's Rogues, did not take kindly to. "Deals were made between us an' them sump lickers Tech Support (of House Van Saar), and their failure to show up has rightly boiled us. Any possible assistance they require from us in the future is out the window. Them frikkers better watch their backs. No one betrays Bloody Rose an' walks away from it unharmed," Nix had to say on the event.
Luther was on hand to comment, "Those failed Redemptionist scumbags, Grey Council, were about to make their biggest deal, Delaque's contacts can make or break a gang, and buddy, they've gone frikkin' broke themselves. There's no frikkin' way they back away from our deals."
Told by their contacts in their own drinking holes, both Bloody Rose and Rogues heard of their deals being broken, however, as both gangs went to confront their former partners, they encountered each other. Each gang having been wronged were in no mood to be crossed by anyone and shooting began.
A Heavy Stubber rang out through the Dome, believed to be from Rogues' Johnny. The shots were followed closely by a scream from Bloody Rose ganger, Nade.
Brit, an Escher young gun, took a shot from Tommy's Hunting Rifle, dropping her to the floor, blood covering her shoulder.
Joey blasted at Tina with his Shotgun, knocking her off balance, she slipped from the ledge, hitting the floor, left rolling in her own blood.
Nix climbed into an open walled factory, pulling out her Plasma Pistol, flipping to High Power and slamming a beam of white hot plasma into young Jeffro, screaming at him to stay down, however the venting system of the Plasma Pistol kicked in, pushing out burning fumes onto Nix's hand, making her lose her footing and stumbling to the ground in a heap beside her fallen comrade, Brit.
Chez took a hail of Autopistol bullets from Django, making her pass out from the pain.
The sirens of the Arbite Enforcers were heard as they slowly made their way through the fallen Ash, forcing the two gangs to part ways. Brit was left behind and picked up by Rogues leader, Luther. Luther sent word to Bloody Rose's drinking hole, Asari's Arms, that a trade could be set. A Lasgun for the Juve and equipment. Chez, Bloody Rose's Lasgunner had taken a wound which rapidly became infected from falling onto a patch of Rot Moss, and was hospitalized in the local med center, Doctor Blessing's Glorious Rapture, gave up her weapon for the good of Brit.
Upon heading to the exchange point, they found a factory that suffered from the ill fate of a Hive Quake, forcing a chuck of dome roof to collapse upon it, throwing high value items across the floor. Once the exchange took place, the gangs made a break for the loot, grabbing all they could, with the help of some hired Scum they brought along in case the deal went wrong.
Brit takes revenge on her captors, shooting Patches to the ground, unfortunately, her itchy trigger finger forced her to run out of ammo. Hot lead filled the air, but failed to hit anything other than walls and walkways.
Korben, the hired scum accompanying Bloody Rose opened up with his plasma gun into Peng, the scum who joined Rogues, and left him bleeding where he lay.
Both gangs managed to capture three crates of loot each, leaving Orlock at a massive loss as a result.
Enforcers were once again heard in the distance, breaking up the fight, but as Bloody Rose picked over the spoils, they found Patches, coughing and spluttering in the blooded ash where he lay. Another message was sent containing ransom, this time, Nix demanding the Lasgun's return. Another meeting was scheduled, with no bullets splitting skin. Patches was returned safely and the Lasgun once again changed hands.
With all hopes of a peaceful resolution to the bloody history of Dead End now lost, and bitter rivalries between four houses, only one thing is certain. A lot of blood will be spilled in the name of fame and fortune in the most brutal of Domes.
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