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James grimly took the sniper rifle and farewelled the bounty hunters. He jumped into his 'borrowed' Corvette, then took off towards the last seen location of Juan. James dialed a number on his phone, then waited
/Beep beep/
/Beep beep/
"Commander Chaze, who's speaking?"
"Chaze, it's James. Remember me?"
"I can say for sure I remember you. The guy in the arrowhead chaser that came so close to shooting Juan?"
"Yeah, thats me. Listen, I have a favor to ask you."
Chaze laughed "Did the chaser break down again?"
James grimaced from the memory "No, not at all. I'm hunting Juan"
"Off book?"
"Yes. The last thing the GLE knew of me, I was in a prison cell. Except I'm not anymore..."
"Because of your new friends, the Bounty Hunters?"
"How did you know, Chaze?"
"It doesn't matter. What do you need?"
"I'm heading towards Juan's last location, HS - 67. I need you to make some noise with a few frigates"
"As in, make them dance around the night sky with their weapons and thrusters on full power?"
"Yes. Juan's going to be watching the sky as usual, so I wanted to give him a reason to do so."
"I'll do it, but on one condition..."
"What?"
"Don't die."
Chaze hung up, leaving James to fly to the planet in silence. The corvette was allowed through after it's registration was checked by the R-UPA outpost station and once again, James found himself on the ground
Juan was outside, watching a few R-UPA Light Frigates roar past. James set himself up on the roof of a neighboring house and aimed the sniper rifle. He adjusted the scope and loaded the magazine into the slot
One of the R-UPA Light Frigates flew over James head, startling his aim. He knocked the trigger, sending a bullet in Juan's direction. The bullet missed, but the game was up. Juan heard the bullet and was now racing towards James. James took the barrel out of the sniper, and took the scope off. The Sniper was now a jury rigged Carbine.
James poured the rest of the bullets at Juan, who simply threw them aside. Juan leaped onto the roof of the house, forming a fireball in his hands. James quickly switched the gun to laser mode and fired laser after laser at Juan
The lasers smashed into Juan's cybernetic arm, knocking it off. Juan stumbled back, giving James time to reload another magazine.
Juan hurled a fireball at James, which scorched his hair and sent him flying off the house, into the field of grass. Juan expertly somersaulted off the roof of the house and landed right in front of James
James was far too hurt to do anything. Juan formed another fireball, which was going to be larger and more powerful than the last, which would finish James off forever.
"HEY!"
A voice interrupted Juan, who instinctively looked up. James kicked out, using the last of his strength to knock Juan to the side.
A squad of R-UPA Elites had snuck up while James and Juan had done battle. The leading officer had called out to distract Juan long enough for James to act. Now, the Elites leapt up, with their machine guns loaded and ready, and let all hell loose
The laser blasts from the Elites' machine guns slammed into Juan, who was not expecting any attack from anything. The blasts tore pieces out of Juan. James slowly and shakily got to his feet and retrieved the sniper.
Juan had been thrown, bleeding and wounded, against a wall of the house. The Elites had stopped firing to avoid hitting James, who had now walked up to Juan and pressed the gun up to his head
"This is for everyone you have killed. Including Kryia."
The sound of the gun discharging filled the deathly silence. Juan, one of the most feared Bounty Hunters in all of the galaxy, was killed by James, arguably the most Fearful Policeman there could be.
The R-UPA Elites walked away from the scene, leaving James to decide what to do next.
Overhead, a R-UPA Light Frigate roared towards the city. It was the last of the distraction Chaze had set up. Total silence filled the temporary battle field
If there was one thing that had occurred to James, it was that he had nowhere to go. He could not go back to the GLE. He could not go to the R-UPA. His last choice was to become a bounty hunter or a street cleaner.