Approach using the stream (aggressive path)

"Stay here and wait for the police" I said to Lydia, which after some protests agreed she might not be in a fighting shape, a shame, I could use a hand in dealing with this. I crouched down and jumped into the stream, thankfully it was mostly dry, and my jumping on the pebbles gives me a rather silent approach.

"I knew we can't trust you sons of bitches" I could hear the skinny man on the left of the shooter shouting at the kneeling men as I came closer. He was holding his hand up to his nose, it was clear he was bleeding from it, he might not be in a shape to offer any resistance, meaning I can focus on the shooter and on the bigger man on the right of the shooter. "Who did you talk to?" he screamed at one of the men on the ground. "No one, I swear, they must have figured it out somehow" the man answered. "How?!" the skinny man shouted again, "No one knew where the exchanges were made, only our boss knew, and he's not going to tell the fucking Batman where the fucking weapons exchange is at. So it must be one of your cockless fuckers who blabbed something out." He yelled, while spitting some blood. I was in position, I found a heavy rock I could use to bash the shooter's head or throw at the right man to gain me some time.

"No! I swear it wasn't on our side. Only the boss knew where it was, he didn't tell us until an hour ago. And he too won't tell Batman. Come on, we held up everything, we brought the money, we didn't bring any guns. You are the ones who broke the no guns rule" one of the kneeling men called in defence. "Fuck this, we are taking the money, Jimmy shoot them for fucks sake."

I pranced, Jimmy didn't manage to bring the gun up before it was lights out for him, I wasn't sure if I hit him too hard, but I was running towards the bigger of the two left standing before Jimmy hit the ground.

The first thing the bigger guy felt was the heel of my boot in his face, the second thing he felt was his knee shattering as I immobilized him. Giving me enough time to run back to snatch the gun before the skinny guy.

The first thing I felt as I picked up the gun was a sharp pain in my side, the second thing I felt was a powerful fist to my face. I managed to parry the third fist before it connected with my nose. The next fist came at me before the gun I dropped hit the ground, followed by a fast kick to my sheen. Whoever was attacking me did it in an almost supernatural speed. It was clear it wasn't the nose bleeding skinny guy but someone new I didn't notice who joined the fight.

It took me a moment to regain my balance, getting hit was part of any fight, it wasn't about getting out unscathed, but about enduring everything your opponent throws at you and making sure he falls before you. The rhythm of my assailant was brutal, and each hit was backed by a lot of ****. At first I was just defending, blocking and parrying the blows.

Then I found and entrance, and with a direct fist with my right arm I hit the black mask of my attacker. The second fist by my left hand was directed to the brawler's right side, as I took a step back, which allowed me to grab him with my returning right arm. I spun around throwing the attacker over my shoulder. This move wasn't expected and as he flew I caught a glimpse of how he looked like.

For starters it was clear my attacker wasn't a he but a she. She wore a black armour, a black cape shaped like batwings, a bat symbol on her chest and a black mask, with the mouth piece sawn shut. She regained her balance very quickly and was ready for renewing her attacks.

"Black! Stop, he's a cop!" yelled a feminine voice to my right, which made me take a quick glance and see a female figure standing above a downed skinny man. The two kneeling men were on the ground as well with taser darts sticking from their backs. The feminine figure had black armour like the black attacker, but with purple sides. And her mask was open, revealing her chin and full lips, which strangely looked very familiar.

This distraction was enough for the black attacker to come crashing hard into me, pulling me off my feet, an impressive feat seeing I must weigh almost twice as her. I hit the ground and used the momentum to roll and get back on my feet. The onslaught was quick and merciless. I managed to block most of the incoming blows. But my counter attack was deflected as well. I had to change my tactic, it was clear she is by far more agile and faster than me, my only way was to tank the blows, and make sure each of my punches find their target and deliver as much **** as possible.

"Stop! Black! Stop it!" the other girl with the bat symbol on her chest yelled. But Black spun around me, trying to find a new angle to hit my weak points, probably hopping to tire me off.

And then she made a mistake, her foot was coming up to me from bellow, clearly aiming to my crouch. I managed to bring my on leg in the way, and push hard down with my knee, trapping the girl's leg beneath me. I reached my arms to grab her and subdue her, only to have her launch claws cutting at my forearm. The only thing left to do was to bring a powerful fist to the side of her face. The hook was strong, as soon as it connected I could feel the girl loose up. She plunged to the ground and didn't move.

"No!" Yelled the other girl in distraught, pushing me aside to get to the girl. She removed the black attacker's mask to reveal a young girl with distinct Asian features, the girl was **** but breathing. "I'm sorry, she didn't leave me any choice" I said, putting my hand on the other girl's shoulder. "Fuck you, you are lucky you are alive, now fuck off and let me take her before the police arrive. You owe us that at least after nearly killing her" The girl said in a familiar voice. From beneath her cowl showed a blonde wavy hair, it didn't take me long to connect the points.

The full lips, the blue eyes, the angelic voice, the blonde hair. "Stephanie? Why?" She looked at me with terror in her eyes. "Adam, I'm sorry I can't. I'm going to take her, please don't say anything, we will talk later, I promise", I could see her eyes tearing up, as sirens were heard coming closer and see blue and red lights flash in the background. "Please Adam.. They can't catch us." she pleaded eyes already crying.