Symania nodded.
Jacob uses the cars, jumping from car to car over the heads of the crowd, to get to Cloe. Since it's a riot, this isn't really that strange behaviour, after all.
Seeing his loyal driver being beaten, the red mist descends, and Jacob decides to make these psychos pay.
Jacob backs away, letting his rage fall to the roadside, as he tears his shirt to bandage his hand. Anger is useful in overwhelming thugs, but against a skilled opponent, being emotional can be lethal.18 +20 (combat mastery) - success
Jacob runs to the man who held Chloe's gun - he quickly knocked him. He took the gun and aimed at the group of rioters surrounding Chloe and fired, screaming. Ten shots knocked out seven people, before the clip run out.
Five angry rioters turned to face him, and quickly attacked.
One of them, looked more skilled then the others... and angry... and armed.
+20 (combat mastery) -20 (4 combatants) = success
The four quickly attacked - while the woman stayed back. What happened next, was a flurry of movements - Jacob, did not think - he acted. As he was trained. It took a couple of moments andhe was surrounded by bodies of the attackers.
62 - fail
Bang!
He screamed in pain as a bullet penetrated his left hand. In all of the fight, he lost a sight of the fifth rioter!
93 +20 (combat mastery) -10 (wounded) = fail3 +20 (combat mastery) -10 (wounded)= fatal success
He started running at the woman, but had to change a direction at the last moment, as the gun was trailed over him.
Bang!
An opening! He quickly approached and struck away the gun from woman's hand. A moment later they were locked in a flurry of strickes, kicks and punches.
Jacob
97 +20 (combat mastery) -10 (wounded) = fail
Experienced Rioter
87 +10 (combat expertise) = fail
Rioter's advantage
The woman was good. But both of them were little surprised at the development, so neither did land a solid strike. A moment later, both were few steps from each other, in combat stance - Jacob's ribs were bruised, and he did not manage to land a hit...
Jacob want desperately to look at Chloe more and see if she's okay, but he knows he can't take his eyes off the woman. "Now, we're leaving! Anyone who wants to interfere gets shot! And this time, the gun's more lethal than the taser." He moves to Chloe and helps her up, while taking the gun from her tired arms.
"The hospital, surely? We need to get you looked at." He gazes at Chloe's wounds, concerned. "Why did you join me on the ground? You're a pilot, not a bodyguard! That was reckless, you could have gotten killed!" He saves the chastisement for when they're in the air.
Jacob instantly feels regret, as she looks down.
"Thanks, Alessa. You can call me Jacob, you know." He smiles at the elf. "C'mon, Chloe, my father doesn't bite. Usually." He chuckles, leading the redhead to his father's office.She gave a soft smile and nodded. They spent a moment in silence, when one of the maids - Alessa approached them.
"Young master." She addressed Jacob. "The Master is expecting both of you in his office." She said, her tone even.
"Hey, dad." Jacob enters the room, waiting for an awkward moment. "C'mon, what was I going to do? I had to try and stop things before they got out of hand. If those Sons of whoever got in range of the Pro-Elf protest, there would have been a complete bloodbath, maybe even a civil war."