Free [Jessica]

[Jessica Jane]

((OoC: Ah. I'd assumed he was on a land line since that was never specified. Fix'd~))

[Thoma Hirako]

Oh, sorry, thought I said cell, looked, and I didn't. Sorry.

He sighed, "I'm not going to just give you an answer," he sad, "I need to think about it."

Gunshot. Thoma stumbled around after hearing it, after some people started to run. He wasn't hit...he wasn't hit...

He did see someone down, though. A bystander who had been near him.

[Jessica Jane]

((OoC: No problem. It all came out in the wash.))

The sound of the gunshot reverberated through the phone line and back into Jess ear. Her eyes widened considerably. Part of her was completely confused about what had happened, the other part was completely terrified that maybe, just maybe, she'd been in the wrong about this entire thing. Surely... No...

She had to get some answers. "Thoma?! What's going on? Talk to me!"

[Thoma Hirako]

He was by the woman. She was dead; there was nothing he could do.

"Dead...because of me...," he muttered, shaken. He got up, "I'm fine...," he said to Jessica, drawing his SP License, "Emergency, Dekaranger."

He flashed into his red suited form for his own protection, using the phone through his helmet's relay system so they could still talk.

[Jessica Jane]

"Yeah. You don't sound fine. Where are you? I can be there shortly." Maybe his paranoia really was justified... at this point... it was way too hard to tell.

[Thoma Hirako]

"Stay away," he said, "I'm going to try to find the shooter."

It wouldn't be hard to find. Police were already arriving.

[Jessica Jane]

"You really like to be difficult, know that?" Jess huffed and then started massaging her nose. "I don't believe you, you act all contrary. If I do believe you, you sideline me. What can I do, Thoma? You've got to give me something, here."

Besides, if this was a botched attempt on Thoma's life, then the shooter was probably long gone. She had super speed and aerial surveillance at her disposal. Then again, Thoma didn't know that, making it just a bit more reasonable of an assumption on his part.

[Thoma Hirako]

"Maybe just stay put, or leave," he said, running, "It might be safest for you to do one or the other."

[Jessica Jane]

Her patience ran out. "Fine then, I'll bail. I was going to have to do that tomorrow anyway."

Men. Couldn't live with them and couldn't live without them. Their stubbornness was a killer since they were often way to wrapped up in being macho to understand their own good. The irony of that train of thought was lost on Jess.

[Thoma Hirako]

He had lost anyone who could be a suspect. It was hard with all of the people around to move through, even suited.

"Lost him," he told Jessica.

[Jessica Jane]

"Bummer..." It really was. "Okay... just... be careful, Thoma. If this guy does have it in for you, then your already convoluted life is going to get ratcheted up several notches. I don't want to come back and find you dead."

[Thoma Hirako]

"You won't," he said, "I don't know if I can trust police, but the Dekarangers and I can do it. We'll get him. Take care, Jessica."

[Jessica Jane]

"You, too." Jess said and then hung up.

Well, the entire experience was too good to last. She'd known that for a good long while. Jess scribbled out a note to the proprietor and then took off towards her room. She'd have to toss her few clothes into the backpack and then take off. Although, considering the circumstances, she was inclined to forget about being subtle for this one.

[Thoma Hirako]

He undid his transformation, "Kaito...I'll get you. I'll stop you," he said to himself, walking off towards Dekabase to see if he couldn't find some help.