authority overstepped

As Stormy is minding her own business within the privacy of her bedroom
there's a knock on the entrance's door. A couple of men can be heard murmurring
to one another on the other side of it.

Stormy was just waking up from a very strange nap. She exits her bedroom and
pads through her living room to the door, furrowing her brow and listening to
see if she can hear what the fuss is all about.

The knocking countinues and intensifies. From the other side of the door a
man's voice calls in an expectant sort of way, "Ma'am please open the door." A
second voice, clearly younger than the first echoes, "We know that you're
home."

The murmurring countinues but is too faint to make anything specific out.
Stormy has been away for a few years, but she's a native Havenite, and she's
prone to...hunches. She pads back into her bedroom and tries to call the HSD on
her iPhone.

As it becomes clear that the door isn't being answered the first voice
countinues to call, "We have a warrant." going on, "If you will not open the
door we have the legal right to enter by force. I am going to count to three."

Stormy's phone is able to contact the HSD. A woman's voice politely answers
with, "This is the sheriff's department, how may I help you?"

"If she doesn't answer by three can I taze her?" The younger voice wonders
to the older voice faintly from the other side of the door, sounding hopeful
about this.

Stormy flinches when she hears the threat. "Hi, I was just- I'm at apartment
One Oh Four Elm and there are men claiming to be police here. My name is Stormy
Lee and I just wantet to confirm-" her voice drops to a near whisper. She when
hears the excitement of the would-be tazer, she creeps into the bathroom and
locks the door, starting to hyperventilate.

"One." The voice calls from the other side of the door, "Two.."
The phone in Stormy's hand goes quiet for a few moments before the woman
responds, "We'll send a patrol over shortly. Try to stall for time and don't go
anywhere with them until we can verify their identities."

"O-o-okay," Stormy says. She turns the shower on full blast and tucks the
phone into her pocket, still connected. She makes sure the light is on in the
bathroom.


The three doesn't come. There's only a loud CRASHING sound from the entrance
that signifies that they've kicked the door down and are now outside of
Stormy's bathroom, "You're only making things harder on yourself." the older
man voice calls, "Taking a shower won't save you. I'll drag you back to the
station naked if I have to." He tries to open the door, the handle twisting and
turning several times, but curses under his breath as he finds it locked.

"That's kind of hot." The younger voice murmurrs to the older voice from
outside of the bathroom.
Exasperated, the older voice says to the younger voice, "Will you shutup?"

The floor plan of apartment 104 in the Elm Street Apartment Complex has two
bedrooms, which share a bathroom between them. Stormy tries to discern if both
men are outside the bathroom door. The conversation piece above seems to
confirm that, so she will try to slip into the other bedroom, trying to buy
some time for the real cops - or maybe just reinforcements of the real cops, if
indeed these guys are legit- to arrive. If she makes it into the adjoining
bedroom, she will lock that door as well...anything for a precious few seconds
more.

In the distance the familiar sirens of the HSD can be heard. They're about
two blocks away. The infiltrators don't seem to be concerned about this as they
boot down the bathroom door only to find it empty. "For fuck sakes." Says the
older voice, "Jim - watch the door. Make sure she doesn't slip out." He moves
to the bedroom, "If you keep this up you're going to get resisting arrest added
to your rap sheet. Don't make this harder than it has to be."

Thud. Thud. Thud. Clearly one of the men has started trying to knock down
the bedroom door and it won't take them too much longer until they're able to
force themselves inside.

There's an unusual scene unfolding on the floor apartment number 104. The
entry door has been kicked off it's hinges, and on the inside there's two men
in state police uniforms - clearly not the sort that would be worn by the HSD,
but a different jurisdiction. Not too far from the entry there's a young boyish
man smoking a cigarette. Outside of the bedroom that Stormy currently hides
inside, a grizzled older man is trying to force himself inside.

In the distance HSD sirens can be heard that are slowly drawing closer.

Stormy is hiding in the bedroom now, maybe trying to shimmy under the bed.
She has no idea that Daniel is here yet, she's just silently hoping for the
sirens to show up and for them to be the real cops...

"Resisting arrest is only going to make this harder on you." The older man
growls, as he countinues to throw his shoulder against the bedroom door that
Stormy hides inside. It's clear that the door is only seconds away from being
knocked down.
The boyish man by the entrance seems to playing snake on his mobile phone
rather than actually helping.

Daniel walks up the hall of the apartment... his footfalls slowing as he
hears the sounds of several things... The growing sirens, the sounds of the man
trying to enter the bedroom... He approaches slowly, peering subtly inside the
apartment at the two Staties. He frowns as he observes what is going on and
decides to step into the apartment, easing up to the younger one while his
attention is on his phone and sucker punches the man, seeking to knock him out.

This boyish man clearly isn't paying attention to his surroundings and even
if he was it's clear that he's not all that well trained or disciplined.
Daniel's sucker punch causes him to crumple to the ground like a bag of rocks.

His partner on the other hand seems to be much more experienced. The grizzled
man quickly turns and draws his revolver in one smooth motion, leveling it
toward Daniel, "ON THE GROUND! NOW!"

The sirens seem to be right outside of the apartment block. Someone with
especially acute hearing might even hear the sound of the HSD officers getting
out of their car and starting to approach the building.

Stormy hears a commotion outside in the livingroom/entryway. Against her
better judgement, she slithers out from under the bed and tries to bolt out
into the living room, thinking that maybe the real police are here. She's not
particularly athletic or fast, and this is just the panicked flailing of an
ordinary human woman.

Daniel looks over at the other officer. "You may not know it but... You are
out of your depth here, officer. Now... perhaps you had some tip about whoever
used to live in this apartment... but she is not that person. She just moved in
a couple days ago." As he speaks he moves obliquely, not directly towards the
armed man, but moving closer at a deceptive angle. "You have a warrant, I
assume?" he asks.

"Last warning! On the ground, or I will shoot!" The grizzled man countinues
to yell toward Daniel. For the time being, he's forgotten about Stormy, and
there's nothing really stopping her from getting into the living room.
There's now footsteps in the hallway. The HSD officers are only about fifteen
seconds away from arriving.

The boyish man lays still face down on the living room's floor. It's clear
that he's going to be unconscious for a while.

Stormy scrambles out into the living room, screeching to a halt when she
sees Daniel. She looks between him and the other 'officer.' "Help!" she cries
out, throwing her arms up in the air.

Stormy's arrival seems to have provided enough distraction for Daniel to get
close to the grizzled man without getting shot. Unlike his partner, this cop
seems to be an experienced fighter and isn't going down so easily. He jerks his
chin back to narrowly avoid Daniel's cross. Daniel is able to grab at his gun -
but not entirely wrestle it away for him as the two struggle for control.
The HSD now seem to be at the door. There's six of them all together, watching
the scene with dumbfounded expressions as they try to figure out what is going
on.

Daniel looks over at the HSD, calling out to them as he grabs the gun with
both hands and, despite his size, quite a bit of strength. "These guys broke in
here, they don't have a warrant!" he says as he feigns struggling with the
State trooper.who


Stormy watches the struggle between Daniel and the gunman with a sort of
dazed horror. She might even have forgotten the other man who was trying to get
into the bedroom behind her. She clasps her cheeks with her hands and lets out
a panicked cry.


"I do have a warrant!" The grizzled man calls, as he countinues to try
wrestle with Daniel - though unlike the shorter man, he isn't a supernatural
and is slowly being overpowered, "I'm with the state police! They're resisting
arrest!"
The deputies countinue to look dumbfounded. Each of them place a hand to their
holstered revolvers and a woman steps forward, "Everyone calm down." She points
at the grizzled man and Daniel, "Both of you - set the gun down on the floor
slowly, alright?"
The grizzled man seems to hesitate. But he complies, slowly lowering the gun to
the floor as he warily watches Daniel.

Daniel pulls back from the older trooper as he seems to be willing to put
down his gun, "We asked for a warrant and he refused to show it." he tells the
HSD officers, stepping well away from him to stand near Stormy.

"Let's see the warrant." The female HSD says to the grizzled man.
Looking very smug, The grizzled man produces a very official looking piece of
paper and hands it to her. She takes it to the other lingering deputies, and
they seem to murmurr amongst themselves as they scrutinize the document.

Stormy draws near to Daniel. Without thinking, she instinctively curls her
arm around his and presses into him.

The murmurring countinues amongst the HSD until the female deputy once more
speaks up at the grizzled man, "Sir, this warrant is expired. This is
trespassing."
"It's only a day. Don't be that jobsworth that lets 'em get away on a
technicality." Comes the grizzled man's retort.
The HSD deputy shakes her head, "Take your partner and get out of here before I
have /you/ arrested."


Daniel shifts so that he is between Stormy and the officers as she holds
fast to his arm, "Well, when we asked for a warrant he didn't produce it.
Probably because he knows it was expire. He broke down the door, if he doesn't
leave now I want him arrested for breaking and entering." he says with obvious
ire.

"And I don't want to deal with the paperwork." Comes the deputy's lazy reply
to Daniel, "If you don't like it then file a complaint with our missing
sheriff." Her gaze flicks back to the grizzled man, "What's it going to be?"
The grizzled man hesitates for a few moments before he starts to drag his
unconscious partner out of the apartment and into the hallway. The HSD start to
leave after them - leaving Daniel and Stormy in the apartment.

Stormy peers closely at the departing group of law enforcement. Sometimes
she sees unusual shadows hovering about people. She doesn't expect to, but you
never know.