Under Heel...

Jared exits the metroline, and begins following the map to the store he downloaded while Winter was fighting in Netopia. Winter was... Sleeping? She sure has her own way of doing everything... She sleeps to restore her data... Heh. Go figure. Jared smiled at his slumbering Navi, then returned his attention to finding his way to the shop... He eventually succeeded. Time to get sleeping beauty an upgrade. If I'm smooth about it, she'll wake up and not notice the difference until she gets into trouble and needs it. With that thought, he walked in the shop...

Trouble was waiting for his return...

((To Navi Shop))
Jared walked from the shop, checking Winter's status just before he switched the PET back to map-mode. He was planning on...

...Someone stepped away from the store-from wall, spoke something to get Jared's attention... "Hey, punk!" ...then immediately took a swing at Jared! The blow connected with the side of his head, causing him to see stars for a moment... "Urgh!" ...and causing him to drop Winter's PET. "We gotta pay you back for your Navi's inaferense, and we're here ta..." But before his assailant could finish speaking or strike him again, Jared raised his arm, elbow bent and fist closed, and deflected the second blow with his fore-arm out of trained reaction...

Jared locked his vision on the goon... then stepped forward swiftly, readied his left arm, and slammed a palm-hand-strike into the goon's chest, knocking the wind out of him while screaming, "Like HELL you will!" The assainlant pitched forward in suprise with an out-pouring of breath as Jared knocked the wind out of him... The assailant managed a weak "Damn you..." in a strained and gasping voice just before Jared drove his knee-cap into the attacker's face while confidetly "You picked a fight with the wrong geek..."

A second voice, much deeper, spoke from behind Jared with malice... "You're goin' down kid..." ...just as a solid object connected with the back of Jared's head with a solid thwack-ing sound... forcing Jared to his knees and causing his vision to black out for a second or two, and causing him to become completely disoriented, leaving him totally vulnerable...

The first assailant fell on his butt, smiled crookedly, and lashed out at Jared with his foot, catching the dazed young man in the chest, cracking his ribs, and knocking him backwards onto the ground, causing him to involuntarily wrap his arms about himself with a silent scream of pain painted upon his face...

The second man walked up to Jared's injured form, and kicked him over into his back... he began to speak with his deep brasso voice "You've caused us enough trouble with the help of your little lady Navi--" the first thung interrupted him, his pain from Jared's handywork still evident in his voice "Hey, that Suitachi guy can see us. Lets grab the Navi and get out of here before the cops---" Jared mustered enough energy to speak in a pain-hushed tone "No... Winter!"

(distant male voice, shouting) "HEY YOU!"

"Rrrrgghhh! Grab it you fool.... We're gone!" the thug paused and looked down at Jared as his partner took off with Winter... He spoke in a voice filled with hate and malice..."You got this coming to ya' kid..." With that, a steel-toed boot crashed into Jared's head........

The world went black.

((TO ACDC Hospital...))