Mrs. Narita

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Boyd didn’t reply, just gibbered against the window. Artemis unbuckled his seatbelt, leant over and gave him a slap. “BOY!”
“It’s BOYD!” Said Boyd, more like his normal self. Satisfied, Artemis returned butt to seat and buckled back up. When he spoke the next sentence, there was a little sparkle to his tone.

“What do you say we put those grenades to good use?”

There was a wail of distant but approaching sirens. At this, the banging in the trunk started up again, becoming more insistent.
An especially violent whack caused Artemis to turn again, knocking the radio on as he did so.
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The radio clicked to life, Ace of Spades started playing. "Oh for gods sake do something!" Alex yelled. Boyd handed up Artemis' equipment bag. He pulled out a few grenades and distributed one each to everyone, except for Alex and Chibbly.

"Okay, these are homemade Nitroglycerin grenades! They're safe as long as you don't pull the pin. There are no hammers, and as soon as you pull the pin the chain reaction starts! You have between 3-15 seconds before detonation so waste no time!" Artemis instructed. "why-are-they-so-unpredictable-dude?" Asked robo-jaxx. "The fuses aren't what you'd call 'proper' or 'safe'" replied Artemis.

"Great, so we've got a few dozen bombs with poorly made fuses in the car and the...whoever the fuck they are tailing us..." "They're...the Yakuza" "What the fuck did you do?!" "I blew up their warehouse in Old Vegas" "Why?!" "Hey!" Evelina interjected. "Can we just worry about this..." bullets flew threw the window as the two cars cleared the narrow street and careened into the highway again. Alex expertly spun the car around and gunned it down the highway.

"Okay! When I order you to, throw the grenades!" Artemis hung out the window, syringe gun in hand. "Okay, Boyd!" Boyd tossed his grenade. The truck ran over it, the IED broke apart and the green explosive liquid slashed all over the road and the terminatillac. "What...the....FUCK!" Artemis swore, taking pot shots at the SUV. "What?" Boyd replied. "You didn't pull the pin?!" "You said throw them you didn't say pull the pin!"

"Damnit...Evelina!" Evelina pulled the pin and tossed the grenade out. It bounced off the concrete divider and behind the SUV. It exploded in front of a charter bus. The bus was barely scratched, but the explosion started the driver and caused him to brake, causing a small pileup. "Sorry!" Evelina shouted out the window, barely missing a bullet. "Jaxx and Chuck!" The two tossed their grenades out opposite windows. Chuck's went off prematurely and blew apart the concrete dividers. Jaxx's exploded in front of the termionatillac, blowing apart all the windows. "Nice one!" commented Chuck. The exposed driver and passengers opened fire. The gunfire was interrupted by a spotlight from a nearby helicopter. "This is the Las Vegas Police Department, pull over now! We have bee authorized to use terminal force!" The others exchanged worried looks.

"What the fuck?!" Alex yelled. "What?! I'm the Old Vegas Bomber for smegs sake! They really want my ass dead!" Artemis said, returning fire on the SUV. Up ahead, LVPD cruisers had erected a roadblock. "Alex, go into the on-ramp!" Boyd said. Alex careened into the opposite lane and charged up the on-ramp onto the main roads, taking the SUV and LVPD cruisers with him. An unmarked SUV with an attachable light gained on them. Boyd took a look into the vehicle. "Holy hell that's the US Marshals!" Boyd said. "What? Gods Artemis, how many people did you kill?" Evelina shouted as the banging in the trunk resumed. "Only like fifty Yakuza, and that guy who sold me a fake Rolex" Evelina and Jaxx exchanged worried looks. "Oh calm down, he had it coming.

Alex turned down a road leading into the desert and pushed the car to its top speed. The SUV was miraculously keeping up. The marshals and the chopper managed to keep up as well. Artemis handed another grenade to Jaxx. "Mr. Jaxx, this is a tear gas grenade. I'm going blow up the windows on the Marshal's vehicle, I need you to land this grenade in the cabin. We can't risk killing them, but we can't have them following us" Jaxx nodded and leaned out the window, CS grenade in claw. Artemis tossed a grenade to the side of the Marshal's SUV, blowing out the windows. Jaxx tossed the grenade, which landed perfectly in the cabin. The gas filled the car, and the marshals pulled off to the side of the road. The chopper broke off and focused on the disabled Marshals. "Okay, they've broken off!" Alex said. Artemis opened up on the SUV. One of the syringes nicked the driver. The venom slowly overcame the driver, and he passed out, careening into a ditch. Alex brought the car around and stopped next to the SUV. The group disembarked and approached the SUV. One of the Yakuza tried climbing out, but was shot by Artemis.

Alex turned to Artemis. "Okay, what exactly did you do to them other than blow up their warehouse Artie?" Artemis groaned. "Uhh...come with me" Artemis and Boyd opened the trunk to expose an elderly Japanese woman tied up in the trunk. "Lady and Gentlemen, and Skutterman, Mrs. Narita, the wife of ganglord Hideki Narita" Alex looked at Artemis, then to the woman, who was unnaturally calm for someone who was bound and gagged. "This could actually be pretty helpful, Evelina, help me get her out" Evelina and Alex pulled the woman out of the car. "Okay, while we do this, Chuck, Boyd, Jaxx, go grab the guns from that SUV, we'll probably need them" Alex barked, the men went to fufill his order. Artemis carefully removed the duct tape. "Mrs. Narita" "Mr. Richmount" replied the unusually calm woman. "Why do I have the feeling she isn't afraid of us?" Evelina asked. "Well...because her husband has stopped caring for her and she agreed to do this because getting kidnapped might help her reconnect with him" Artemis replied. "Does she know where Jacky is?" "No Mrs. Stone, I'm afraid not. But she does have an extensive knowledge of both the Yakuza's businesses and Las Vegas in general, she can take us places that we wouldn't be able to find" Artemis said, Mrs. Narita smiled at the compliment.

Jaxx, Chuck, Boyd and Chibbly (whom was brought along on Xagzor's demnads to Boyd) returned with an assortment of assault rifles. "So, what's next?" asked Chuck. "Let me make a few repairs to the car and we'll head to the Kabuki place. According to Artie, Mrs. Narita knows a hell of a lot about the Yakuza operations and Las Vegas that could help us out" Alex said, getting to work on the car.

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So, I guess we're off to the Kabuki place!
Do we get attacked again, how does Mrs. Narita help us?