He quickly grabs it and tears it from the wall, hefting it inhospitably hands like he would a baseball bat. He already had a plan... [spoiler]Ill pick this up in the morning. Goodnight. [/spoiler]

[b]She reacts quickly, already raising the gun...[/b] [spoiler]dammit[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Fine one more post...[/spoiler] He rushed towards her as fast as he could, hitting the gun aside with the pipe, and then pressing it against her throat as he shoves her against the wall. As his face gets close to her's, there's an odd moment of silence, and for perhaps the first time she realizes that despite the man's strange motives, he was quite handsome in a roguish way. Or... Perhaps it was the lack of blood going to her brain.

[b]She gasps for air, trying to break free, but fails each time It takes a bit, but she slowly, her eyes fluttering and her face turning red, and she eventually goes limp[/b]

As he turns around to leave, a familiar voice sounds in his head, "You know, I fell in love with a woman once." [i]This isn't love. Choosing not to kill someone isn't love, nor am I attracted to her[/i]. "I wasn't referring to you. Anyways, her name was Zara, and she was everything that I had every wanted in my life. But had she interfered with what I believed in, what I stood for with every fiber of my body, my duty, I would have slain her. What stops your hand, if you are not attracted to her?" [i]I refrain from it because I am not you, I never want to be like you, and I don't want anything to do with you that I can't avoid. You're a monster, Hallwinter, regardless of what you may have done in the past. [/i] "My actions were merely a means to an end. Now, don't you have a ship to be hijacking?" [i]Yes, the entire cruiser, to be exact. Let's go Ginger.[/i]

[b]She slumps to the ground, unconscious, as he walks off[/b]