Sereni-Tree: Boros cliffhanger, engaging paramours
POSTED BY: cozen
UPDATED: Monday, March 6, 2006 11:36
VIEWED: 29584
PAGE 5 of 20
*Looks up from under the control panel of Psuedo Ocean Cloud *
Crap, so soon?
*Hits the Talkie button*
I'm in the hanger now running final checks, She'll be ready when you get here.
*Releases talkie button and quickly unloads and secures the platinum, and reloads weapon systems*
Visit WWW.Marillion.Com for a better way to live
"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by safeat2nd:
Boros:
Jack looks down. Bride6 is slumped against the wall beside him gamely trying to load her gun with a ruined hand.
Jack holsters his left gun, steps to her side and hooks his arm under her wounded arm lifting her to her feet. This kept his right arm free and Bride6’s uninjured left arm free.
“Let me be your right arm and leg, you be my left gun hand. We’re gonna make a run across the alley to the opposite side of the gate from Safe and Citizen.” Jack looks into her eyes, “You ready?” A pale, grim faced Bride6 nods back. Jack leans in and kisses her. “Ok babe, let’s do this”
"Uh.. Okay." As he helps her up, Bride6 winces with pain; the adrenalin is starting to wear off. "Hey, was that Mister Needy they loaded into that truck? Mister Needy! Huh. Looks like he needs a doctor! We have a REALLY good doctor on our ship, the S..."
Jack muffles her mouth with his gun hand. "Hey, babe, no need to advertise ourselves!"
"Oh, right." She looks around. "Where is Stan?"
At that moment, from the obscuring smoke, an Alliance squad charges forward. Jack helps Bride6 move toward their destination while both pour shots into the group, dropping a few. Some hand grenades go off among the squad. Then, suddenly, from behind the Alliance squad, a shotgun starts blasting them.
Bobby Sue, Bride6
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
In the middle of being dragged off the bridge, something occurs to him. Wrestling free of the first Mate he runs back to TWG, searching around for something to write with and on, and settles for a marker pen from his pocket on the wall near the comm. unit.
As Ath and TWG watch alarmed, mystified and slightly irritated, he scrawls a series of letters and numbers, and a seemingly random word on the paint.
'Look, don't use it if you don't have too, its the only one thats likely to still work, but there’s no guarantee, and they may just shoot you for your cheek...
But if there’s no other option, it may be worth a shot'
Ath reacts first, angrily -'just who are you? What is that?'
'Um, get back to you on the firs...'
He is interrupted by TWG 'Its a government clearance code... how..?'
But he's already out of the door.
Running for the bay, he struggles, strides uneven and stumbling, running style thrown off by the new centre of gravity and the increased muscle mass maybe I should have spent sometime getting used to this before... he catches up with, TRM, and sees Jadehand by the cloud. With out stopping he grabs a flightsuit and runs over to the Fighter, the Nandi shouting over to Jadehand.
'Jade? How far does the S.E.P field extend? If I get in close will it cover me for a while? Long enough to get us past the cruiser?'
She reaches the Nandi, scanning the repairs, hoping against hope that they are enough to get him to the surface in one, relatively whole, piece. He considers going back for the bow, but realizes with the new body the weight and balance would be so off as to make the arrows he had useless. Going round to the back of the fighter he checks the lockers, and smiles when he sees the guns back in their place, and the stock of flares and grenades mercifully undiminished. Right, well lets just hope you got enough of a charge...
'Jack? Oh dear... Jade? Any idea on whether the field will cover me?'
Perplexed Jadehand looks over, 'yeah, should do. Well, it will a little, but not completely, there’s no way of telling if they'll react to you'
'A little will be enough, if they spot me, I’ll separate, and you carry on'
'Right, ok. ...look.. Who are you!?'
*grins* 'you know who I am! Let me know when you are ready'
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
In the Sereni-Tree hanger bay:
Confused, TheRealMe looks first at Jadehand, then at the MysteryMan checking out the fighter. He shrugs. Just then, Sparky runs in, carrying a large pack.
TheRealMe takes the pack and tosses it into the Ocean Cloud. "Thank you, Sparky. You had better be going, now."
TheRealMe joins Jadehand in the Ocean Cloud, and checks his watch. "Just a few more minutes, Jade. Let's see if anyone else decides to join our little expedition."
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Boros:
Jack and Bride6 are halfway across the alley when the Alliance squad burst out of the smoke. Both parties stand momentarily shocked at the sight of the other, when the garbage bin at the other end of the alley explodes.
Jack instinctively drops to a crouch and fires. His first shot drops three soldiers?? “Hunh?”
A form walks out of the smoke behind the soldiers, shotgun held at hip level. Bride7.
Citizen pulls a vial of bright green liquid from his kit, steps away from the wall and tosses the vial over the barricade at the gate then presses back against the wall beside Safe.
The vial breaks splattering everything in its vicinity.
“Umm Citizen, I think that was a dud.” Safe says in between shots at the Alliance squad emerging from the smoke.
Citizen grins and winks, “Give it a minute…”
Sure enough, a series of explosions of varying intensity sound from behind the barricade. Safe looks at Citizen puzzled.
“Every drop of that liquid acts as its own explosive when exposed to air.” Citizen grins even wider.
Seeing that what remains of the Alliance squad was now in a state of panic, Safe steps out from the wall, gritting his teeth he pushes aside the pain in his left arm, and steps around the barricade both guns level.
The sight that meets him is grisly even by experienced soldier standards.
Safe signals to the others the way is clear.
Bride7 blasts the last soldier, steps over to Bride6’s other side and together with Jack, carries her through the barricade.
“Ok, it’s a brief sprint across the tarmac to the hanger.” Safe looks at Jack “You gonna be able to handle that?” he asks Bride6. Jack nods.
“Citizen! What are you doing? Lets go!”
“Just leavin’ a “surprise” for any what decide to emulate our particular direction of travel.”
At that point, an Alliance truck crashes a gate further up the compound, headed for the hanger.
“Man, we’re humped now.” Jack says hoisting Bride6 up.
Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Boros: Needy and crew:
The truck bounced along the road.
“Where’re we goin’ Flechette?” Amy asked, hanging on for dear life.
“We’re getting’ off this rock. Gonna meet with that fella Safe and Mr. Citizen.” Flechette snapped through clenched teeth.
“Seems like we just got settled in after helping that young doctor get his sister out and now we’re movin’ on again. I’d like to stay in one spot. Find me a nice man…” Amy says wistfully.
“Nature of the business littl’un. Fightin’ the good fight. Our day will come, then you can find your nice man and settle down.” Flechette says softly.
“Versa, how’s Needy holding up?”
“Stable, but I don’t know how long the mine’s power will last. There weren’t any specs on that in my book.”
“Is it goin’ to… affect him?” Amy asks, nodding towards the Sonic mine.
“It’s not like it’s radiation, it’s electricity and sound. What could that possibly do to him?” Versereader shrugs.
“There..” Flechette says and cranks the wheel hard to the left. The truck tires squeal their protest at the sudden move but hold.
Ahead is another gate to the compound guarded by two Alliance soldiers.
Flechette jams her foot to the floor. The truck roars, crashing through the gate, sending the soldiers flying.
Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Well, I guess we better be on our merry soon. I 'm guessing Seryn has been through some changes, she's the only one I know that could pilot that thing.
*he raises his voice for the MysteryMan to hear*
"You're going to have to stick close for this to work. Actually if that thing can stick to the bottom of the Cloud upsidedown like they are on the cruiser, that'd be our best bet. otherwise, just get so close that if you were any closer you'd be in us."
*Turns back to TRM*
So considering my favourite acrobatic pilot is taking her fighter.....Who's flying this thing??
We've got room to take on our passengers and maybe a couple of Gunhands, if anyone's ready. But we better do this quick before that Cruiser gets antsy.
Visit WWW.Marillion.Com for a better way to live
"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
On the Ocean Cloud in the Sereni-Tree
TheRealMe sets his com-link for a ship-wide broadcast, again excluding the Bridge. "Hello, this is Me. If there are any other volunteers for the Boros rescue mission, report to the Hanger Bay in..." He checks the time. "...fifty-seven seconds."
TheRealMe climbs into the pilot seat, and starts flipping switches to bring the shuttle's systems online. He turns to Jadehand. "I can pilot this vessel, if necessary. So, Jade, you once said that you believed that this craft could not survive re-entry."
TheRealMe takes a deep breath.
"How strong is this belief?"
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
-------------------
Meanwhile, somewhere else on the Sereni-Tree, Quincey is runing full out, cursing profusely.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
He completes the checks, hops out of the fighter and runs to TRM and Jade.
'hey, so cling to the underside of the Cloud you say? Right, can do. Um, wheres Quincey, she's gonna be so pissed of if she misses this... come to think of it... what happened to Roberts?'
*giggles (a very strange sound to issue from the mouth of a six foot slightly-less-hairy Wolverine look-alike)*
'guess maybe she cracked out the slinky dress.
'oh, to business,is there any way we could get the Nandi to take the brunt of the burn? try and smooth the way out for the Cloud?'
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by mai:
*sits down w lMD still holding hands and waits for the others to arrive*
Ugh...looks like this is going to have to wait. Again. I don't know who the Alliance is, but it doesn't sound like any fun to me. Maybe we should help?
/me gives mai a little kiss and a squeeze before standing up and pulling her after him.
Let's get to the hangar bay
---
http://www.xffx.net/blog <-inching towards daylight
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME