[b]Rift Hound - Maroni's Restaurant[/b]

Joshua raised his hands slowly, closing the portals and stepping out from under the table. As he rose, he opened his Pocket, losing his physical form once more and being careful not to phase through any objects.

"The portals are closed, there's no reason to kill anybody." He said as calmly as possible, which was difficult. His voice was shaky and his heart was hammering in his chest, the adrenaline from the escape attempt was coursing through his body.
He hadn't been able to get everyone out, but he'd at least been able to get [i]some[/i] people out. His greatest fear had been the gunmen shooting the hostages across the street as they fled, but fortunately they hadn't. Looking at the guns pointed at him he considered attacking them for a second. If they were positioned just right, the bullets would fly through him and hit his attackers, but he couldn't chance a stray bullet hitting a hostage.

"How about you just let the hostages go? Surely a couple of League members are worth more than a few civvies?" he said, keeping his hands raised.