As the lights went down, Ishikawa came over the com system. Nice… performance, Major.

Sure; now was it worth it?

I'd say, Batou quipped, and coughed as a water android dumped it's bottle over his head.

Ishikawa paused for a moment, saying, Hold on, we're in the final stage…another pause, got it! Yep, that's our guy, major, and we've got the proof.

So there's poetic justice in the world after all. She commented, All right, Togusa, get out from behind the bar, Batou, wipe yourself off, we're moving in.

With pleasure, Togusa said, putting the rum he was trying to make a cosmopolitan with (and failing miserably) down and hopping over the bar. Grunting, Batou dodged a few maroon curtains and tramped on stage as the house lights suddenly flicked out again. The group of gang members were still laughing heartily at their table when Togusa and Batou both leveled their guns, Togusa shouting, "all right; sorry to ruin your night, but you're all under arrest for crimes against the state, laundering of government funds, and conspiracy to steal by means of cyber terrorism."

The laughter died like a small insect being squished by the empire state building, the effects of the declaration like and insta-sober pill. Togusa had seen this reaction before, but it never failed to surprise him. "Oh rully?" On of the men finally drawled, "Think yer goin ta ruin our fun?"

"I'm afraid so," Batou replied, "but at least you had a good last night on the town, hm?"

The talking man chuckled, the rest following his lead. "Well, I'll give ya one thing, copper," he said, "we had a good night on the town…" and he pulled out a small semi-automatic pistol, firing off a shot at Batou.

The rest of the men immediately followed suit, Batou and Togusa both leaping for cover. "Dumbasses," Batou muttered as he reloaded his weapon, "they're going to hit everyone and their grandmother going like this."

"And you think they care?" Motoko said, crouching down beside him with a small hand gun and firing off a few precise shots.

"Well…" Batou abruptly noticed that she hadn't donned any clothes since the show, "Do I want to know where you found room for that gun?" He asked, forcefully averting his eyes and sighting one of the men's legs.

"Probably." The Major replied, Togusa! You still alive over there?

More or less, the natural man replied as he ducked behind the table and reloaded his Mateba.

All right, you're closest to the fuse box. Get the lights out and turn on the fire sprinklers.

There was a pause, and they heard one last shot from Togusa's pistol. Got it.

Saito! Pazu!

Yo. Pazu's voice came over.

Get down here, we'll probably have it under control, but we'll need help on clean up.

"Lovely," Saito muttered.

"Hey, maybe she hasn't changed yet," Pazu drawled as he gave the order for the AIs to take the tilt-rotor down.

The lights went off less than a minute after Togusa had broken off from the battle. Move in! Motoko said to the two men, and do it before they can adjust their vision!

Sight switched over to night vision, all three moved in on various targets, plugging in the cyber handcuffs before the men could even figure out what had happened. I've got two, Togusa finally came over.

Four, Batou said.

Three, Motoko said, and she frowned in the dark. We're missing one.

The lights flicked on again, the system rebooting itself automatically, and the final member came to their attention.

"But muuuuum… I dun wanna go to school…"

Raising an eyebrow, the Major delicately stepped over two inert bodies, hands on her hips as she gave the final man a derisive look. He was curled up on the floor right where she had left him when the show had ended.

"Gees major, what'd you do to him?" Batou asked, coming up behind her to study the man for himself, "I thought you just blinked his functions so he'd fall over."

"I did," she answered, a hint of ironic amusement in her voice, "someone just happens to be a mama's boy."

Batou chuckled as the Major stepped over the man, lifting up his head to plug in the cuffs. As she did, he opened his eyes, getting half a second for an open mouthed stare before she noticed and shoved the plug in with a glare. Batou was beside himself.

"Well, he's got a good memory for the night he got arrested."

Motoko glared at him. "If he remembers it…"

"Aw, Major, have a heart," Batou teased.

"No," she replied, and turned backstage. "Start cleaning up this mess, I've got to change."

"Don't you mean get dressed?" Batou called after her, to no reply.

"Well major, you've done it again." Batou said as he navigated the section nine van down the empty streets, "Not only are you the top officer of an elite crime stopping unit, but you can also shake-,"
A glare that would make Zeus think twice before saying anything. Without a hitch though, Batou continued.
"-down a gang meeting in a tiny-,"
"Batou…"
"run down joint with nothing but -,"

"…"
"Your own two hands and some…back up." He glanced at her over his shoulder, grinning ear to ear.

In return, he glared. "I'm finding a female terrorist group that has its basis out of Chipn'dales," she muttered.

"Aw, don't be so sore major. After all, you did the world a … service." He barely kept down a snort.

"I'm not sore," she muttered, reminding herself to tell the Tachikomas to ask about the time a grocery AI unit had taken a liking to him, "but you will be if I shove that pole up your…"

"Ah ah ah major; you don't know where that thing's been." Another grin lit his face; "Oh wait, you do!"

Somehow, he wasn't surprised to find own fist in his face at the next stoplight.

HA! HAHAHAHA! IT'S DONE! HAHAHA! Cross one more off the list!

The final part is, in fact, the drabble that sparked this lovely little story, with one line added.

Um yeah. Sorry it took so long guys, and I hope its up to par. I kinda threw it together after I realized how much I'd been ignoring fandom (creative writing portfolios and literature papers…) Thanks to SXstrngsamurai for poking me, or rather, just saying hi.

Just to let you know, spring break is just around the corner, and there is GitS stuff on the list of 'Things to work on' so… hopefully more stuff is around the corner! Till then, have a nice time!