"Well the plan fell apart the moment Soren jumped the gun and busted in through the front door. I thought we could use it as a distraction, but it didn't work out that way, because noisy never works out that way." Tony said with some disgust. He listened to Axel's explanation, and groaned. "Ugh... so that's what happened? Damn... I'm sorry... and hey! No! You aren't on your own in this! Hell no!" the ferret shook his head. "We're in this together, remember? You aren't fighting this fight alone! We'll get her back! We will!" Tony said with determination, glad he finally understood the mystery behind Lily North. Turns out Lupis had been all bullshit after all.
He heard about Soren being mentioned, and Tony suddenly realized they'd left without him. "Oh... shit! You're right! I wasn't really thinking if we had everyone back when they were shooting at us! Well... then again he did blow me off and try and run back into the base with nothing but a shotgun to save you." Tony couldn't help but laugh here, but realized it was probably a serious situation, so he quickly stifled it. "I knew such a plan was suicide, but... like I said, he wouldn't listen to me. And my phone's fried so... I can't exactly call him." Tony pointed out. "Chances are he's dead but... if he's alive... ugh! Why did he go off like that?" Tony snapped in frustration, slapping his paw against the steering wheel.
"So what's your story, anyway?" he asked Vergil now, trying to work things out in his head.
"Not much to tell, as said. I don't know how I ended up in that tank, who I am aside from my name, or how I acquired these... powers." Vergil stated, not demonstrating right now. "I must've been a naval officer at some point though... I have a distinct memory of witnessing a fight aboard the bridge of some ship. Wish I knew more than that." he sighed.
"So you basically have no memories at all?" Tony asked, incredulous.
"Barely, yes." Vergil confirmed with a murmur.
Tony let out a long exhale as he exited into the Soho district of Lanthae, and bright lights once again flooded the car's interior as there was neon everywhere. "So we're missing two of our own... our mission failed... Lupis alive... and we've gained an amnesiac... what are you, anyway?" he asked Vergil.
"A mutant, apparently. I've apparently seen another one of my kind in the past, but other than that, I can't tell you just what I am, or whether they did this to me to make me look this way." he shrugged.
Tony pulled over into a parking spot on the street, and was thankful they were away from all that mess. This was a much safer area of town, where the rich played day and night. "OK... let's get that med kit out of the trailer and get you at least patched up." Tony said softly, shutting the engine down and exiting the Pierce-Arrow to head for the trailer. Opening the door, he noticed Anne was up and moving about. "Oh, hey Anne! Glad to see you're awake! We had to get you out of there really quick, but we did it!" Foraging around in one of the cabinets, the ferret retrieved the med kit, and hopped out of the trailer, holding it out for Marita to take. "You seemed like you knew what you were doing, so knock yourself out!" he suggested, resting his back against the side of the Berline and folding his arms across his chest, looking out both ways at the traffic on the street. "We gotta regroup..." he said now. "See if Soren's still alive... and get Lily back." he commented softly to no one in particular as he studied the lively city.
He had parked in front of one of his favorite malls, knowing it was a safe place to lie low until they could figure out where to go from here.
"Yeah, yeah!" Cavenaugh muttered back, a bit pissed his boss was such an ingrate, but oh well. Time to get this show on the road! "Bring out the APC!" he ordered, and within a minute or two, the armored vehicle was rolling towards the loading dock's gate. "You better run little man!" Cavenaugh shouted after Soren, and climbed aboard as the APC rumbled off and onto the street Soren was retreating down. Cavenaugh was mindful of his orders... only pursue as far as the highway... yeah, yeah. Plenty of road until then.
"Open fire! Let's shred this guy!" Cavenaugh ordered, and the big .50 cals on top of the APC opened up now, spraying bullets in Soren's direction, though the human had gotten a head start, so he was a bit of a ways ahead of them.
