[Open] A hunt for a killer

[avengeme]

Who: Anyone who's looking for blood.
When: June 8th
Where: All over the hotel
What: Searching for and capturing Rumlow
Warnings: Mention/Depiction of murder, bodily harm. Also, Rumlow.

[At 0800, the search is on. Coulson will be hanging back in Skye's room. The others are encouraged to keep their tablets on for communications purposes. The sweep will begin from the basement with a small group watching the staircase while the other search.]


((OOC: Again. General discussion/planning: Public plurk here or ooc post here))

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[ukase]

Probably. Ask her, not me.

[On his head, he knew when someone meant business. He wouldn't be surprised if both her and the big guy wanted to see him dead, which was positively adorable. And really, he would have broken her bones, but he wasn't interested in letting the whole hotel know his location by her screaming.

At the accusation, he just lifted his hands slightly as if in his own defense, but he was shifting his weight all the same, moving to the door to his left.]

I'd like to see the evidence against me with these accusations because you're slandering my name. In the US-of-A, that's a sue-able offense.

[notafraidofyou]

Yeah, but I don't think we're technically in Kansas anymore, so I'm not sure that slander is an actionable offense here.

[So this is the Rumlow guy that Coulson was talking about. Tim already doesn't like him for killing Phil, but if he killed Coraline too, he's going to be the top of Tim's hate list. Not that the list is very long around here, but that just means he'll be able to keep an even closer eye on him.

He starts moving toward the same door as Rumlow is, keeping his body language casual for now.]

Going somewhere?

[hacker]

[ Her gaze flickered to Gamora, confusion pervading her gaze. It kicked in a moment later that of the people who'd come to find them, only one was SHIELD and realized that sometimes, in order to do what was right, they had to skip the whole due process thing. People's lives were more important than that, and Rumlow was a threat. ]

Coulson's evidence enough until she comes back to point the finger herself. [ Regardless of whether he'd killed Coraline (and Skye knew he had, she knew it), he was already guilty of one murder. That was enough to put him away and hold him until they got Coraline to affirm it was him.

At this rate, they were going to give him the chance to get away with it. ] It's his room. [ She thought back to the key. ] Don't let him get inside, he'll have the advantage. [ Who knew what was waiting in there, but close-quarters would make it easy for a HYDRA assassin to funnel them and take them out one-by-one. The possibility of him getting away had a tremor rumbling through the hotel hallway within ten feet of her, including Rumlow and the door he was inching toward. ]

[triplett]

SHIELD doesn't attack unprovoked, Gamora. That's all Hydra. He's Hydra. There are a lot more murders on his head outside of here. Not surprised he picked up old habits in this place.

[ His words were all to the woman he considered a friend since arriving to the hotel. He didn't like how she had positioned herself--more worried at having her back more toward Rumlow and exposing herself than Gamora picking a side. Trip knew the truth would come out and she'd see it for herself. However, he wouldn't take his eyes off Rumlow. ]

We're taking him into custody. Like Skye said, one accusation already stands. It won't be long before we have another. If he's so innocent, he won't mind going along peacefully. [ Trip rushed toward the room Rumlow inched toward. ] He sure as hell ain't going in there.

[deadlystar]

[Gamora didn't like the way this was going. These accusations still seemed mostly two men's words against each other, and Gamora doesn't know who she should necessarily trust. Sure, Rumlow had the mark of a shady individual, but that didn't mean Coulson was an angel.]

Where do you intend to take him?

[Gamora still positions herself between Rumlow and the mob. If anyone tries to push her, they won't like it when she pushes them back. And if Rumlow tries something behind her? Gamora will figure the charges are true, and he is probably smart enough to know that she makes a hell of an enemy.

The tremor of the hallway is also noted, and she figures Skye the most likely reason for it, based on the timing.]

Let him be under house arrest in his room, then. If he's confined here, he won't be able to hurt anyone else until this is figured out.

[Because as far as she knows, this hotel doesn't have a jail.]

[ukase]

His word against mine. No witnesses, and I'm betting no actual solid evidence. Is this how far SHIELD has fallen? I remember a SHIELD that believed in more than finger-pointing.

[He raised his hands a little defensively again when everyone made a rush to intercept him like he was about to pull a gun or something. Geez, people clearly thought he was a threat. That was good because he planned on doing far, far worse to them when he had better laid plans. One-by-one, he'd let them feel how deeply ingrained his mission and loyalty was.

He still made certain to put himself close to his door, his key held up his sleeve with a neat sleight-of-hand.]

Oh, I don't mind going peacefully. That's what I'm all about. Peace. For everyone. Hard fought and well-earned. [The survivors anyway.]

[hacker]

[ Skye's sneer didn't seem to buy Rumlow's nice-guy act for a minute, but since he was going to walk himself straight into it, she invited him to keep it up. ]

Sure you don't. In that case, just hand over your key, surrender to SHIELD custody, and we'll keep guards posted until this is all sorted out.

[notafraidofyou]

[House arrest sounds like a good idea, actually, even if there's a large part of him that's itching for a real fight. But justice isn't about revenge--not really, for all of Bruce's 'I am vengeance' stuff. That's just for the bad guys' benefit. Bruce believes in justice almost as much as Clark does, and Tim... tries.

Even when he doesn't want to, like now, because Coraline is his friend and he's pretty sure that this guy is behind what happened to her.

He keeps his arms loose, in case this turns into more than just a serious conversation.]

[triplett]

We don't know what he has in that room. [ That answer was to Gamora's suggestion.

Not even the beard over his cheeks could hide his disgust with Rumlow's response as Trip's jaw clenched and muscles flexed. His facial expression went from distrust to utter disbelief with a heaping scoop of annoyance thrown on top. ]

You really think anyone believes the bull you're spewin'? There's at least the word of five or more who can testify you're Hydra. And the last thing Hydra's for is peace.

[ Trip hadn't stopped staring down Rumlow and moved to shove the man away from the room door after his last inch closer. ]

[deadlystar]

[Trying to be diplomatic was a lot harder than her old ways. Were this the old days, she might've just ended this with a cut of her blade and walked away without a second thought. But that was the assassin she was, not the person she is now. After Xandar, Gamora came to value life more than she did all those years she was under Thanos' rule.]

I think it's best you let them take you into custody for the time being.

[These words were directed at Rumlow, of course. Otherwise, this was probably going to turn into a fight. Did Gamora trust SHIELD or HYDRA? Not necessarily. This was a fight between them and she had nothing to do with it, but she didn't want to hear of any more deaths.]

[ukase]

[Rumlow shook his head, though he raised his hands in a show of good faith that he would surrender. It helped that no one was currently in his range to grab and make a bit of a mess with, but this situation was not entirely out of his control just yet. Custody was better than he thought would happen if they got their hands on him.

Of course, there was a bit of hitch to this whole surrender plan.]

I'll go quietly into custody, but not SHIELD custody. As it should be obvious to two unrelated members of this merry band, you two are bias against me. There's no guarantee that you won't bring me harm once you take me to wherever you're going to take me.

[He nodded towards Gamora and then the kid. Hilarious really.]

If I'm innocent until proven guilty, I'd rather go with one or both of these two. If you still insist I enter SHIELD custody, I have them as witnesses to my physical state as it is now. [And damn did he know how to injure himself for a good cause.]

[notafraidofyou]

[Tim gives him an extremely skeptical look.]

Dude. Just because I'm not part of your psycho grudge match doesn't mean we're pals. I like Phil, and Coraline is my friend. If you had anything to do with hurting them, I will be really happy to see awful things happen to you.

[triplett]

We'll all go. Downstairs. Common area. --The ballroom. [ Trip glanced between Gamora and Skye without losing his focus on Rumlow. ] Gamora and Skye can lead the one flight down while we cover from the rear.

[hacker]

All right.

[ Skye nods, then looks to Rumlow with an expression both snide and patronizing, daring him to disagree as she feigns interest in his opinion on the matter. More realistically, her question is aimed at Gamora, but she watches Rumlow instead as she asks. ]

Neutral ground, under mixed guard. Does that work for you?

[deadlystar]

[Gamora doesn't look too pleased at how complicated this has become. Well, mostly because she's now more directly involved than she first thought she would be, but it can't be helped. She can hardly walk away from it now.]

Fine, but I will choose the ground.

[She turns to Rumlow and approaches, getting closer to him now than she has since she arrived.]

You will turn your room key over to me and be confined to your quarters.

[Before people start to argue, she looks over to the group.]

Search his room. Remove any weapons that might exist. I think keeping him in his room is the best thing in this situation. The space is smaller than any of the rooms downstairs and there is only one exit. If he tries to escape, he can only go in two directions. Anyone who comes down this hall will not be able to hide from a guard posted here at the door.

[Her hand indicates the hallway passage.]

Should he escape, this space is narrow enough that he can be easily trapped. If he makes it to the stairwell, his chances aren't much better. It would be like running a gauntlet.

[She turns to Rumlow again and raises a brow.]

I assume that's acceptable. [She glances him over.] Now turn around. I intend to search you. [Try not to enjoy the pat down too much, Rumlow!]

[ukase]

[He watched Gamora, but he was more than aware of the odds against him at this time. He would wait, let the situation unfold and plan his way out of it. For now, he'd play nice and keep his limbs intact.

He still flick a wink at Tim.] I still trust you more than them. [Which was barely above 'not at all'.

Rumlow produced his room key into his palm but otherwise gave nothing away to her solid logic on keeping him. Though of course, they weren't allowed weapons here, but that didn't mean he didn't have any. He just didn't store them in his room, that's all. After all of this, he knew better than that.]

More reasonable then I expected when you all came at me. [He turned his back on her, though he was tense. He knew she could hurt and kill him after all.]

[notafraidofyou]

Tch. Whatever. [Tim mutters the words under his breath as he moves toward the door to Rumlow's room. He's ready to help whoever's going to do this search. Obviously they need to check for weapons, but he'll be looking for evidence, too.

He's not sure if he's hoping to find something of Coraline's or not.]