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WHO: Bakura, Toph, Kolira and Iron Fist
WHERE: Somewhere in the city where shit's going down.
WHEN: Early Wednesday morning.
SUMMARY: Bakura and Toph are doing rounds when it starts becoming clear that Bakura is in no shape to be out and about in this sort of chaos.
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Bakura had a near death grip on his dice as he and Toph walked through the wreckage of one of Joker's many explosions, looking for survivors.

It was fine. He could do this. He was fine. It was all...

He froze, mid step when a light, alto voice gave a soft, but demented giggle from behind him. "Found you...."

He turned, breath catching in his throat as his eyes widened. No.. it-- it couldn't...

The woman had the sickening grin of the Joker virus, a bloodied knife in her hand, splattered with a red that stained her dress that was a familiar--

No. No it couldn't be...

He shook his head, trying to clear it, fingers tightening even more around his dice.

Pale hair half hidden in a scarf that was half wrapped around her head to keep out the cold that looked--

No! It wasn't-- it wasn't--

I found you, my Ryou---

He stood, frozen utterly in place as the woman lurched forward, knife raised as she laughed again.

Threaded | Flat

Toph finished off trapping some gas-affected people with the remains of a light pole, then spun around as the woman advanced on Bakura.

"Bakura!"

She didn't have time to think - merely to act. Her hand snapped forward hard, the force of the movement flinging the pavement under the woman up and back quite a bit harder than she would've done otherwise. Anything to get the attacker away from her friend. It was... it was almost like fighting the Dai Li in the palace at Ba Sing Se, but more violent. There, they hadn't been fighting to kill. Since then, she'd realized the need for it sometimes.

The poor woman made a mess on the wall of a nearby building, but Toph didn't care. She ran to Bakura and grabbed his shoulders.

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