Phoenix Feathers, Part III, Chapter 4 (Cinematic)
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The next (and very exciting) chapter in the Phoenix Feathers series. During the events of the BDM, Phoenix, an Academy escapee, along with Monty and the crew of the Stallion struggle to elude the increasingly factional Alliance forces that are pursuing him- while Phoenix begins to have visions of a mysterious girl from his forgotten past. In this chapter, the assault on the smuggler's base has taken a turn for the worse (nuclear warhead, anyone?), and Phoenix and his friends must fight through the enemy lines to deactivate the bomb, or die trying- but it's never that easy. PG-13 for violence. If you like (or hate, I guess...) what you read, please do comment! It makes my fingers fly over the keyboard.
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Phoenix Feathers Part III, Chapter 4
Disclaimer: Joss is Boss, and all I do is toil day in and day out (with his ideas and few original thoughts) to quiet my inner Browncoat. Aren’t those supposed to go on the outside? Hmm.
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INT- TS334/E- HOLDING CELL (earlier)
Douglas Clarke just watched as Sheriff’s Deputy Max Jokaero shook his head in disgust over their present situation. He reckoned that any minute now the deputy was going to start throwing himself at the reinforced doors of their cell. Clarke supposed that lawmen like the deputy would at least be familiar with what it felt like to be imprisoned, but apparently that experience wasn’t included as part of their training. Didn’t seem right.
Clarke’s outward display of calm just seemed to further infuriate the deputy, who turned to the room’s third occupant- Clarke’s captain and employer, Patrick Montgomery of the Goliath -class freighter Stallion - with a snarl.
JOKAERO: Why don’t things ever go smooth with you people?
MONTY: Hold it. What do you mean, “you people?”
JOKAERO: I mean you Browncoats. You couldn’t execute a proper operation to save your life.
MONTY: We didn’t ask for this. You all came to us with this job.
JOKAERO: We had a narrow window to act, which meant we were stuck with…limited options. Look where that got us.
CLARKE: I thought it was going pretty well so far.
The two other men looked at him. Douglas Clarke wasn’t usually one for optimism, or talking in general. Given their dire situation, such a comment might have been dripping with sarcasm, but Clarke seemed quite sincere.
MONTY: Yeah, see that’s- wait. What?
CLARKE: Could be worse.
Clarke was actually thinking of the time that he first met Monty- in a prison cell on Beylix; Monty caught up in a sting operation by the local feds and about to forfeit his vessel, Clarke bearing a black mark freshly issued by the Alliance government’s Military Justice department and up on charges for assaulting an officer of the law (in actuality, he r
We also have a lot of questions, like:
- Why trigger a self-destruct device before actually putting up a fight?
-What were the Blue Hands doing in a smuggling base, anyway?
-Why are the Feds raiding this base? What's so important about it? Why now?
Relax! Your questions will (hopefully) be answered ere long.
Up next:
Aftermath- A medic's work is never done;
Flying- It's better than walking (but not by much);
An Old Friend- (or, 'A lot can change in eight months.')
Cheers!
~MG
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