The Sereni-Tree, More Shopping, and Some Peril
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UPDATED: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 02:08
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Under the Dagger, Jennings retrieves a small knife from the sole of his boot and cuts his hands loose. As he cuts Grunts hands loose, they both cast worried glances at the soldier downed by the arrow. It wasn’t worry that the soldier wasn’t dead, it was what the arrow represented.
“You don’t think…” Grunt starts as Jennings finally frees him.
“Nah, can’t be…”
“How many people do you know that voluntarily carry a bow into a fire fight?”
As if in answer to Grunts question, a man jumps from the hovering ISSCV, rolls once and comes up firing a bow, taking out another soldier.
“If he’s here… does that mean we’re on his list?” Grunt asks. Jennings just shrugs.
The two men creep up behind the soldiers also hiding under the Dagger, firing at the newcomers. Using the ropes that once bound their hands as garrotes, Jennings and Grunt incapacitate the soldiers.
At that point gunfire erupts from an alleyway between hangers across the tarmac.
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Heinz curses from the control booth as his comm.. interrupts him again. Keying the speaker, Heinz growls “What?!?!”
From the other end gunshots and yelling can be heard. “Sir we’ve come under attack at the Docks.”
“So?”
“Send reinforcements…”
“I’m sorry, do I know you?” Heinz hurriedly breaks the connection, looking up at Serenity, his face a mix of puzzlement and worry.
He thinks a moment then keys the comm. “Bring the other woman to me.”
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Alarms bells on the bridge of the Sereni-Tree go off as a light cruiser with the Blue Sun logo painted on the side drops out of warp and heads towards Commerce.
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OOC: Backtracking ever-so-slightly 
Earlier on the Sereni-Tree
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Originally posted by safeat2nd:
"Safe looks at the faces assembled and gets the answer he was hoping for, put to voice by Soul.
"Time for action. I'm not sitting here while my wife and child are in danger, and not one of you can stop me." Soul says glaring at them, daring anyone to argue.
"You'll not get an argument out of us." Safe says and the others nod in agreement. "It just needed to be said is all. It's not like we were going to sit idly by. The ISSCV is here, we can take that, but you have to let the rest of us help."
Jake7, Jazaf and Needy run in. Soul takes a deep breath and looks at the faces around him. With the exception of the strangers Safe and Needy, these were his friends and more importantly, Serenity's friends. The worry was evident on their faces too. His eyes settle on Ath. Seeing his own grim faced determination mirrored on his future brother-in-law's face made up his mind.
"Ok, but we have to move fast. I don't want the trail to get cold."
Barely moments after, the team disassembled and began to make preparations for the mission at hand.
Needy, an amateur soldier at best, could merely walk back and forth as he contemplated his role in the rescue operation. He had trained for basic combat as part of his Companion training, but he never in a million years would have thought he’d need to put it to use. Who knows, maybe he still won’t. But if it’s anything like his comparatively straight forward escape from Boros, then he needed to prepare himself, certainly a lot more than he has.
He casts his mind back two years, when he was serving under the direction of Master Woden.
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"That’s it." The silver-haired man told the young companion after he has knocked over his blonde opponent with a staff.
As the defeated female gets to her feet and walks off to the sidelines, the master rests his hand on the victorious companion’s shoulder.
"You have completed stage one. You’ve mastered the basic techniques. Only now, you will have to get to grips with the rest, if you wish to continue your training that is. You may know that your training stipulates that only the basics are mandatory, but you may progress if that is what you wish. Only, I tell you now, you will have to do battle with men, not just women as you have. So what is your answer?"
Needy looked up at his master, his weary eyes providing the answer long before actual words did.
Battle was not something he was eager to get tied up in. Although he wasn’t a pacifist, he could not foresee a time in his life where such combat training would be necessary. He was a companion, not a soldier.
"That will not be necessary" the companion respectfully replied.
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Needy stopped pacing as those words he had spoken to his master suddenly hit him. He had refused the training that he now felt he needed. “You damn fool” he told himself.
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*Serenity realizes that the time to act has come.*
So, Heinz, things not working out as you planned?
Shut up! *He says, turning to her with a look of rage on his face.*
Ooh, big talk for a man who has a pregant woman tied to a chair!
*This accomplishes what she wants. He lashes out at her, smacking her across the face. She tastes blood.*
Heinz, *she says, her voice much calmer than she feels.* you are going to pay for that.
*But he just leers at her.* I think you'll be the one doing the paying.
*He grabs at her, tears at her shirt, and she acts without thinking. She pulls her hands free of the ropes, stabs up with her knife with all her strength, piercing Heinz' throat, then pulls the blade across, using both hands. He clutches at his throat, at her wrists, her arms, her neck, his hands scrambling for some hold as the blood pours from the wound. Serenity fights back, stabbing at his wrists as his hands clench around her throat. Finally, his grip loosens and he falls forward onto her. She shoves at him and he slides to the floor.*
*Serenity quickly slashes the bonds tying her legs and stands up. She wipes her blade on her pant legs and puts it back in her pocket. She takes the gun from his holster and then feels his legs. She finds another gun strapped to his calf and she takes that, too. Heinz lifts a hand to her, trying with the last of his strength to grab her, but she brushes it aside as she steps over him and moves as quickly to the door as she can, leaving a bloody trail of footprints behind her.*
*She reaches the door just as it opens. Two guards walk in dragging Seryn between them. Serenity raises her guns.*
Let her go. Now!
One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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Soul stands just outside the hatch to the Dagger. From the comm message, Soul knows that TRM has the soldier inside covered, so there is no worry that the Dagger itself will join in on the fight. Firing another arrow into yet another guard, Soul takes a step to the side and sees someone emerging from underneath the ship. He raises his bow and prepares to let loose an arrow, when a face from years past rises up to greet him.
"You!" Soul cries, seeing Jennings. He hears a soft click behind him. "Let me guess: Grunt?" Jennings nods. "Where's Bear?"
"Got himself knocked in the head pretty good," Jennings replied. "Now the one thing we need to know is this: do we have a reason for shooting you right now?"
Soul stares back at Jennings, and then lowers his bow. "I haven't worked for the Expendables in a long time. I've got no mark here. I just came to rescue the woman I love, and my unborn child."
At that, Jennings' eyes widen. "Wo de ma! Your girl have wings?"
Soul nods. "You saw her?"
"Yeah, we did," Jennings replies, his teeth now grinding. "Come on, we'll take you to her. Besides, we've got a score to settle."
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(backing up a bit)
She paces the the small space, really really tired now of not being able to see anything.
She'd tried the door again, the hinges were loose enough, the door constructed in such a way that...
she pauses, voices, then planting one foot firmly on the floor she drives the other with all her strength into the door. One of the guards is caught, the heavy wood pushes him down, but the other guard nimbly steps out of the way. She attempts to run, find her guns and hide, stay close to Serenity until the others get here, but he catches her, forcing her against a wall, her head bouncing off the crumbling plaster, while he waits for the other to pull himself out form under the door.
They drag her, a little dazed, to the room she had seen Serenity in earlier. She cooperates, wanting to find out the situation before she makes the situation worse, but as the door swings open, a huge grin lights up her face.
"oh, so we can fight back now?" She lifts her arms above her head, the guards arms unprepared for the direction, duck and pirouettes as far as she can around, driving the heel of her foot into the back of one guards knee. He falls forward, releasing his arm in an attempt to check himself. Before the other guard can make a grab for her she brings her arm down and around as hard as she can, driving her elbow into his face. She grunts at the shock in her arm, then turns expecting the other guard to advance, but Serenity stands over him, wiping her blade.
She kicks the second guard between the legs and he drops, moaning slightly, the look on his face promising them no more trouble.
"Serenity! oh gods, sorry, I was waiting for the others, I didn't want to take them on just you and me. I've set a beacon, they should all be here soon, there are more guards, loads more. Aw hell"
She grabs Serenity and hugs her tightly. "I though we were looking at our last shopping spree ever for a moment then"
She catches sight of Heinz, bleeding out on the floor behind them. Crossing over she squats beside him, surveying the damage, "Ick... I'm almost sorry we stole all your platinum... it made a lovely ship you know."
She stands, idly kicking the man in the gut, and wonders what they do next.
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"I'm the new guy. Names Wisp" He says holding out a hand. Quincy quickly shakes it then begins setting up the shuttle for launch.
"Your Bride5 right? Is anyone on your boat single?" Quincy didnt answer so Wisp shut up and found himself a seat near the back.
His leg had started bleeding again so he reapplyed Deuce's makeshift tournique and decided to leave it. They were quickly airborne and headed off somewhere.
'Why the hell did i take this Job?' Wisp thought to himself. Last week he was living the highlife with many different women and now he'd been shot at, had grenades thrown at him, and his personal favourite, had a samuri Sword thrown through (thats sharp bit on both sides of) his leg. 'And now They're all married!'
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It was mostly over by the time Citizen joined the fight. As he approached he saw Soul and the men the guards had been carrying talking.
"Big happy familly?" Citizen asked as he approached, looking casual but ready to lift the muzzle of his Assualt rifle in a split second. "Now I believe we've got some more rescuing to do, and I'm guessing some leads on how we're going to do it."
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Quote:
Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
*He grabs at her, tears at her shirt, and she acts without thinking. She pulls her hands free of the ropes, stabs up with her knife with all her strength, piercing Heinz' throat, then pulls the blade across, using both hands. He clutches at his throat, at her wrists, her arms, her neck, his hands scrambling for some hold as the blood pours from the wound. Serenity fights back, stabbing at his wrists as his hands clench around her throat. Finally, his grip loosens and he falls forward onto her. She shoves at him and he slides to the floor.*
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ooc: lol! Thanks. I think.
One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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*comm* I got a cruiser coming in for Commerce. Jake7’s got her in sights, but that’s just one gun. I need some help here...my sky’s gonna get crowded again....I don’t like that!
Shadow, hon? Can you press that green button over there. It’s a buzzer for Tre...she’ll know what it means.
Ah bugger, I left the comm on...sorry. *comm off*
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