8/21/08 // IC!Envy, IC!Hawkeye, npc:Mr. Li, npc:Mrs. Wang, npc:Yao Pei, npc:Betsy

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Who: IC!Envy, IC!Hawkeye, npc:Mr. Li, npc:Mrs. Wang, npc:Yao Pei, npc:Betsy, npc:Ambulance Crew
When: 8/21/08
Rating: R
Category: Side Plots
Summary: Envy walks into Li's Xingian Trading Company looking for trouble. So much for Hawkeye's time off.


Mr. Li: *sitting behind the counter of his Xingian import shop, a dimly lit store with tall shelves and narrow aisles packed with a little bit of everything you could possibly think of from distant lands to the east*
Mr. Li: *hums to himself idly, keeping a watchful eye on the customers perusing his wares, half of whom are Xingian, and half of whom are Amestrian*

IC!Hawkeye: *is off duty for once, wearing plain clothes and browsing the tea section*

Mrs. Wang: *a little old lady who looks to be about 90 shuffles over to the counter holding a porcelain vase and launches immediately and loudly into rapid Xingian, gesticulating wildly*

Mr. Li: *grins at her and replies in kind*

IC!Hawkeye: *watches the exchange, eyes unfocused*

Mrs. Wang: *shoves some cenz at Mr. Li and waves the vase some more, never ceasing her tirade*

Mr. Li: *sorts through the money, shakes his head, continues to make the case for the sticker price of the vase*

IC!Envy: *shoulders his way into the small shop, under the guise of a tall soldier with short blond hair, peering around at the other customers with scarcely veiled dislike*

Betsy: *likes a man in uniform, smiles flirtatiously at the nice soldier man*

Mrs. Wang: *gesticulates more wildly than before*

IC!Hawkeye: *looks over, recognizing the uniform from the corner of her eye but not the face that goes along with it; frowns, unsettled*

Mr. Li: *attempts to take the vase from her and put it down before it goes flying*

Mrs. Wang: *reluctantly lets go of the vase, puts down a few more cenz, continuing to speak in rapidfire Xingian*

IC!Envy: Mr Li? *officiously, interrupting without seeming to care*

Mr. Li: *hasn't stopped grinning this whole time, says a few words, sighs dramatically, then nods and bows a little, collecting the money*

Mrs. Wang: *triumphant! clutches her vase*

IC!Envy: Mr. Li. *repeating himself, as though he thinks the man he's addressing is very slow*

Mr. Li: *turns his beaming smile on Envy* Yes, Officer! I am humbly at your service. *bows a little*

Betsy: *aw, he didn't notice... pouts*

Yao Pei: *wants the cute girl to look at him*

IC!Envy: *does not return the favor* I need to speak with you, Mr. Li. That is, if you can be spared from this... *looks around with a very pronounced sneer for the shop and customers* ...for a few moments?

Mrs. Wang: *sees the sneer, says something very rude in Xingian*

Yao Pei: *snickers*

Mr. Li: *raises his eyebrows* Please speak, honored sir, I am listening.

IC!Hawkeye: *watches uneasily, listening to the mutterings of the customers around her - and she doesn't have to speak the language to catch the general sense of it*

Betsy: *pretends to be fascinated by a jade dragon... is watching the sexy soldier man out of the corner of her eye*

IC!Envy: I'm afraid it's a matter of protocol, but I cannot speak to you in front of all these people. *smugly* I'll need you to come with me to headquarters. Unless you have a back room of some sort, where we may speak in private.

Mr. Li: *looks serious for the first time... locks the cash box and asks Yao Pei in Xingian to keep an eye on the store... knows and trusts him, because he is Mr. Li's neighbor's nephew* We can speak in my office. *gestures for Envy to precede him into the little room behind the counter* What is this about, Officer...? *waiting for a name*

Yao Pei: *bows to Mr. Li and goes over to lean against the counter, looking important*

IC!Hawkeye: *watches him go, her feeling of unease intensifying*

IC!Envy: *finally does catch the gaze from Betsy and winks at her before following Mr. Li; once the door is closed, wastes no time in catching the unsuspecting old man with a right hook to the jaw*

Betsy: *blushes and grins*

Yao Pei: D:

Mr. Li: *falls against some shelves and slides to the ground like a sack of potatoes, shaking his head dazedly*

Yao Pei: *hears the THUD and starts, turning towards the office* Li Xian Sheng?!

IC!Envy: *springs upon him with an almost inhuman elasticity, setting his boot against the old man's throat and pressing down*

Mr. Li: *chokes, spluttering, clawing at Envy's boot, fighting against the black spots swimming in his vision*

IC!Envy: *lets out a girlish giggle that does not suit the blond soldier he is impersonating, bending over and hauling Mr. Li up by his collar, clapping his other hand over his mouth tightly* This is really too easy.

IC!Envy: *throws him into the door viciously and then reaches for his gun*

Yao Pei: Li Xian Sheng! *starts for the door*

IC!Hawkeye: *heard the thud as well and rushes over, dropping the tea to the ground*

IC!Envy: They said you were a really nice guy, you know. Pillar of the community, or something. *puts his finger on the trigger and takes aim* I hate that.

Mr. Li: *coughs, eyes wide, struggles to get up, beats his fist against the door*

IC!Envy: Bang. *pulls the trigger, the shot hitting Mr. Li in the chest - not instantly fatal, but nothing he has any chance of surviving*

IC!Hawkeye: *hears the gunshot and snaps into action, shoving other customers out of the way and rushing towards the office, heart pounding*

Yao Pei: *opens the door a split second later, jumping out of his skin at the gunshot... stares down at Mr. Li as he falls back against Yao's legs* LI XIAN SHENG!!

Betsy: Ohmigod what's happening?!

Mrs. Wang: *drops her vase, ducks behind a shelf*

IC!Envy: *clicks the safety back onto his gun and puts it back into the holster, sighing as though someone has just told him it might rain that afternoon* He attacked me. *not even trying to lie convincingly, a rather sick smile on his face*
IC!Envy: Had to defend myself.

Mr. Li: *wheezes wetly, blood oozing from his chest and the corner of his mouth*

Yao Pei: *stares at Li, stares at Envy* .......YOU LIE! *ANGRY*

Mrs. Wang: *sees Mr. Li bleeding all over, starts screaming*

Betsy: *also screams*

IC!Hawkeye: *gets closer and resists the urge to clap her hand over her mouth in horror; addressing Envy loudly over the angry outcries of the customers* What the hell do you think you're doing!?

IC!Envy: *raises an eyebrow* My job? *evil smirk, attempts to get by the Xingian men*

Yao Pei: *takes a swing at his face*

Mr. Li: *wheeze wheeze eyes wide*

Mrs. Wang: *screaming hysterically in Xingian*

IC!Envy: *ducks it easily and elbows him in the nose with triumphant malice, hand whipping to his gun, which he lifts, tutting* Now, now.
IC!Envy: We wouldn't want things to get any messier, would we?

IC!Hawkeye: *reaches over to grip Mrs. Wang's shoulder, shushing her, pale in the face; why oh why did she leave her gun in the military dorms?*

Yao Pei: *knows kung-fu, ducks to the side and attempts to disarm Envy with a crescent kick*

Mrs. Wang: *quiets a little, but clings to Hawkeye's arms, babbling tearfully in Xingian*

Betsy: WHAT'S GOING ON?!

Mr. Li: *bleed bleed wheeze, tries to crawl away, feebly*

IC!Envy: *flips completely over Yao Pei's head in a way that doesn't seem humanly possible, landing near the door with a flourish and taking dead aim at Mrs. Wang's head*

Yao Pei: *WTF?!*

Mrs. Wang: *screams*

IC!Hawkeye: *interposes herself between the old woman and the gun without thinking, her expression fierce*
IC!Hawkeye: Who the hell are you?

IC!Envy: *smirk smirk* See you around. *slips out the door*

Yao Pei: *terrified awe* ...Gui.... *kneels next to Mr. Li, tries to put pressure on the wound... shouts in Xingian, then again in Amestrian for good measure* Somebody get a doctor!

IC!Hawkeye: *has had some standard medical training and feels that she ought to be helping somehow; rushes in and kneels down as well, but can tell from the color of his face and the sound of his breathing that it's not good* I think it pierced his lung.

Betsy: *crying now, stumbles over to the phone at the counter to call an ambulance*

Mrs. Wang: *sitting on the floor, wails*

Mr. Li: *whispers something in Xingian*

IC!Hawkeye: What? What did he say?

Yao Pei: *responds frantically in Xingian, keeping both hands pressed over the wound, blood streaming down from his nose... turns to Hawkeye* He say, "I did not do anything. He hit me."

Mrs. Wang: *crying, shouts something angrily in Xingian*

IC!Hawkeye: *looks almost near tears* Alright. Alright, Mr. Li, listen to me. *fervently* I'm in the military, I'm a lieutenant. *hands shaking as she grabs his hand* I promise you, I will see to it that that man is punished. Understand?

Mr. Li: *makes eye-contact with her* .............Dizzy....

Yao Pei: *looks sharply at her, frowning, then shakes his head, glancing toward the door* That was not a man. That was a devil.

Betsy: *hangs up the phone, sobbing* The ambulance is coming!

IC!Hawkeye: *nods, gripping Mr. Li's hand very hard and willing him to live, though she knows he won't* He was a devil. Who would do that?!

Yao Pei: No, he's not-! *interrupted by a coughing fit from Mr. Li, a wrenching, horrible sound... speaks frantically to him in Xingian*

Betsy: *sobs*

Mrs. Wang: *also sobs*

Ambulance Crew: *bursts in, yelling at everyone to get out of the way*

Yao Pei: *doesn't want to take his hands off of Mr. Li's chest until someone's right there to replace him*

Betsy: *backs out of the way, goes over to sit by Mrs. Wang* Hey... h-hey, are you okay?

IC!Hawkeye: *lets go of Mr. Li's hand and allows them to do their job, feeling rather hollow and thinking of all the files she's been poring over these past few days, of deaths just like this one* He's one of them.

Mrs. Wang: *babbles at Betsy in Xingian, crying*

Yao Pei: *stands back, blood all over his hands and face and tears on his cheeks*

Betsy: I'm... I'm sorry, I don't speak Xingian.... *hugs Mrs. Wang*

Mrs. Wang: *cries on her shoulder*

IC!Hawkeye: *raising her voice, though she feels she barely has the strength for it* Excuse me. I hate ... to do this, but I'm going to need to ask you all to write your names and where you can be reached for me. *pulls a pad of paper from her pocket with a bloody but steady hand* So I can ... take witness testimony... *holds the paper towards Yao Pei*

Yao Pei: *grimly accepts the pad and puts it on the counter, using one of Mr. Li's pens to write down his information, trying to stem the flow of blood from his nose with his other hand* ...I'll go get theirs.... *nods towards Betsy and Mrs. Wang, heading over towards them*

IC!Hawkeye: *just remains where she is sitting, feeling utterly sick*

Yao Pei: *kneels down next to Mrs. Wang, speaking softly to her in Xingian*

Mrs. Wang: *still crying, but manages to mumble out the necessary information*

Yao Pei: *nods and writes it down, then hands the pad to Betsy*

Betsy: *fills out her info... looks at Yao's bloody nose* ...You okay?

Yao Pei: *gives her an empty smile and nods, taking the pad back from her and returning to Hawkeye, handing it to her* You will need translator for Mrs. Wang. She has no Amestrian.

IC!Hawkeye: *quietly* I'll find someone. *standing up* I'm sorry, I'm going to have to ask you all to leave, now. This is a crime scene. *goes to the phone to call someone at headquarters to come over*

Yao Pei: *clenches his jaw* ...Be careful, Xiao Jie. *turns and goes over to the two women, helping Betsy get Mrs. Wang up and moving*

IC!Hawkeye: I will.