Special Branch: Secrets and Lies
POSTED BY: NEEDY
UPDATED: Friday, August 3, 2007 14:54
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Originally posted by SoulOfSerenity:
OOC: SR, wow. Awesome post.
OOC: Well I figure if I 'm out like a light, my girl won't talk to me, I'm stranded in the middle of nowhere, the least I can do is cuddle. Don't wake me unless it's important.
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OOC: A friend of mine that proof reads for me on occasion had this to say about our 'little story':
"Whoa this is AMAZING!!!
It’s like a novel…murder, intrigue, shape shifters (a la Heroes)…. I can’t believe that people who don’t even know each other are able to put this stuff together."
I thought I'd share just as a high note to start the long weekend.
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
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Wisp cursed and banged on the plexi glass and swore to himself. 'How can I get to that ship??'
There were no engines that could be repaired in time, no shuttles, maybe a holding beam but im sure that whoever was on the Epsilon could shake it.
Screwed Royaly.
Then one of those crazy lateral ideas shuddered into his brain.
"Hit me!!" He shouted at Vixen. Without questioning she punched him firmly on the chin.
"Better?" She asked.
"NO knock me out!"
"...?????..."Said Vixens eyebrows.
"Just do it"
She stepped back then gave Wisp a good roundhouse to the head knocking him out cold.
"Now what"
............................
As Wisp fell from consiousness he dragged himself into the white astral plane he had been just a few minutes earlier.
"I know your here so show yourself!!" he screamed in silence.
"You cannot bekon me whenever you need me"
"Screw that I need your help. Well as Im doing this YOU need Your help"
"I..."
"NO. You dragged us all into the ass end of the galaxy through magic or whatever so do it again."
"Those were special circumst..."
"Shove it! Do this now or your precious plan fails! Teleport Us to that ship!"
"I can teleport one person" The being spoke with reluctance.
"Then send me"
"I Cant send you"
"Why not?"
"Because you now have a serious head injury and wont regain consiouness for several hours"
"Gosa then send..." Wisp couldnt finish his sentance as the white faded to grey then to white and he was lost.
...........
In a blinding haze a figure appeared on the Epsilon side of the Airlock.
It was Vixen.
"How the....??? I dont wanna know" She took the safety off her weapon and headed to the bridge.
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OOC: LOL, this thread is sooooo cool. Its getting better and better and I'm loving every minute of it.
I got an idea for a bit which I'll post after dinner - I'm starving! 
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ooc - sorry to wake you up SR dearie, but this is the first and last chance i'll get to post for awhile!
Seryn woke.
Not that it made much difference, it was still really dark and she couldn't move much at all.
Why would that be? She shifted her head to one side and the blood swished about her skull, stopping long enough to announce the fact that there was a huge lump that was going to hurt like hell. She had to stop getting hit on the head, she was going to loose all brain function entirely, live out her days dribbling onto windows with Fin, bless him, buying her diapers only a few years after he'd got out of his own.
Ok, she could move her hands, and most of her legs below the knee, but there was a heavy weight holding her down. Shifting a little, she scooched around and peered up in the gloom. One stubborn chin, mucho stubble and a definite smell of Pirate. SR.
Oh aye, what was going on here then? The woman must have got him as well, shoved him... under the bed? Bed springs above them, must be under the bed, so now there was a big lug of an unconcious bloke between her and the cow how did this.
Always the way.
And she was out there now.. Fin! no, she had to get going, make sure he was ok.
She pushed herself back, finding the wall behind her, and started to pull her knees up, getting her feet between herself and the prone man then catching the balls of her feet as best as possible on his chest, well, stomach... still it was better than a few weeks ago... she pushed out.
SR came to to the surprising sensation of pressure on his abdomen, belt buckle biting in and trapping the skin, he let out a small yell of protest and the pressure stopped immedietly.
"Oh good you're awake, get up, i need to go kill someone"
SR grunted, not quite the sweet nothings he'd been hoping for, but it was an improvement on the ear bashings he'd got in the past. For once obliging, he pulled himself towards daylight and stood, watching and shaking the life back into limbs as Seryn pulled her self out and up.
He reached to embrace and help her, but she twisted and pushed him off,
"Lordie she got you hard didn't she?"
SR grimaced, nd stood firm, until she sensed something was wrong.
"Whats wrong now SR, a lecture on not presenting my head as an easy target? whats it to be?"
"We need to talk about us"
"Us? What 'Us'?"
"We need to talk about what we are to each other"
She straightened her shirt in an irritated manner
"SR we've been over this, i'm no longer Captain, you have no need to stick around, you owe me nothing, you are free to go where you please, we are friends, nothing more, nothing less, now please.. is this really the right time to talk about this? "
SR froze, for once unsure if what he wanted to say next was the right thing "You know theres more."
"More?" She laughed "What do you mean more?" She looked at his face, and frowned " What, you mean like puppies and roses more? when have we ever been that to each other? You need to sit, you got hit hard SR if you think.. i don't know what you think... Jeeze SR, don't do this now - I'm kind of busy, i have a brand new baby to keep and there a mad woman running around with the best dressing up box... oh god Fin!"
She left.
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A short while and yet an eternity later she stood near the airlock, entirely consumed with rage as she watched the Epsilon shrink into the distance.
"Why isn't this ship moving?"
Vixen stood back a little.
Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
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Needy stood in the hallway, away from the others, struggling in his mind to make sense of everything - of his life.
He felt he had no idea where he was going.
Was his life destined? Could he really change the world, could he save it?
Can one man really change the world?
It seemed as though his life was heading in the right direction before - he had friends, he had a job, he had security. Now all that seemed to be gone. His new friends? He couldn't trust them. He had Kyra, but something told him that unless he did something, that too would be shortlived.
"I need answers" he said
"What makes you think you are ready for them?" the being replied
"I am. I have nothing else"
"You think because you feel you have nothing, that entitles you to answers?"
"I do. I must know"
The being stared into his eyes. "You claim you have nothing left, but you are wrong. You still have ties to this world. The truth... it comes at a price. You must be willing to sacrifice all that you have in order to move on - to learn all the answers. To fulfil your purpose"
Needy breathed deeply. "I know"
"And are you willing to do that?"
Needy contemplated the question, and what it meant. What the repercussions might be. But in his mind, he could not see any other way out. He had lived with these questions for too long. He had wandered in the wilderness of mystery for what felt like a lifetime. He needed to know, once and for all.
"I am"
"From here there is no turning back" the being reinforced
"Do it" Needy commanded.
A bright light filled the arena of his mind, and finally his eyes were opened to the truth. He now understood fully what had bothered him for months. He had been chosen for a great task. And it required great sacrifice.
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"Needy?" Milton called out to his friend. "You ok?"
The question was meaningless. He was enquiring about the feelings of this former companion, but far more important things needed to be considered
Needy turned around to face him, and instantly Milton realised something was off. Needy's expression was that of contentment, as if the previous argument hadn't happened, and his face almost had a glow to it. The fact that Needy seemed fine, almost happy, was what unnerved him the most.
"What's going on?" Milton asked.
Needy smiled. "More than the human mind can even begin to comprehend"
Milton failed to see any humour in the reply, but stood back in shock "What's happened to you?"
"Would you like me to repeat my last statement?" Needy replied with a sly grin
"I want you to tell me the truth" Milton replied, apparently having grown some balls. "Is it true? You die, come back to life and all of a sudden you think you've got some destiny?"
Needy is silent, and simply looks at Milton, the grin still on his face
"Do you hear voices still? Talk to angels?"
"Now who gave you that idea?" Needy asked
"Is it true?"
Needy waited for a moment, waited for Milton to calm down before he answered. Was he ready for the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Of course not. But he had to give him something, right?
"Yes. It's true" Needy answered calmly
Milton scoffed and shook his head. "I don't be... I'm sorry, I just can't..."
Needy silenced Milton's voice out for a moment as he allowed other voices to enter his mind. Something was happening elsewhere.
The ship.
Someone was stealing their ship.
The woman. Ciaran. The imposter. The traitor.
"This one will come in handy" the being had told him. She was right. And it was almost time.
"Don't believe me?" Needy asked Milton who had turned his back on him. "Believe this"
Milton turned to witness Needy standing there, his arm outstretched and palm facing upwards. And in his palm? A strange ball of light. The light was blue, with a deep black center. A black hole in fact.
"Wh... what is that?" he asked
"One of them has taken our ship" Needy divulged
"What? What are you talking about."
"Ciaran. She has stolen The Epsilon. And some of the crew are still on there. The ch
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OOC: No fair, getting all Deus Ex Machina. I vote for a real solution, or atleast a more realistic one. What would we think of Firefly if Mal just clicked his heels together three times and said, "There's no place like Triumph." everytime he got into a jam? Do what you must, it's four a clock in the morning and I'm barely coherent. 
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Originally posted by seryn:
ooc - sorry to wake you up SR dearie, but this is the first and last chance i'll get to post for awhile!
"Oh good you're awake, get up, i need to go kill someone"
SR grunted, not quite the sweet nothings he'd been hoping for, but it was an improvement on the ear bashings he'd got in the past. For once obliging, he pulled himself towards daylight and stood, watching and shaking the life back into limbs as Seryn pulled her self out and up.
He reached to embrace and help her, but she twisted and pushed him off,
"Lordie she got you hard didn't she?"
SR grimaced, nd stood firm, until she sensed something was wrong.
"Whats wrong now SR, a lecture on not presenting my head as an easy target? whats it to be?"
"We need to talk about us"
"Us? What 'Us'?"
"We need to talk about what we are to each other"
She straightened her shirt in an irritated manner
"SR we've been over this, i'm no longer Captain, you have no need to stick around, you owe me nothing, you are free to go where you please, we are friends, nothing more, nothing less, now please.. is this really the right time to talk about this? "
SR froze, for once unsure if what he wanted to say next was the right thing "You know theres more."
"More?" She laughed "What do you mean more?" She looked at his face, and frowned " What, you mean like puppies and roses more? when have we ever been that to each other? You need to sit, you got hit hard SR if you think.. i don't know what you think... Jeeze SR, don't do this now - I'm kind of busy, i have a brand new baby to keep and there a mad woman running around with the best dressing up box... oh god Fin!"
She left.
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SR stood there, alone, fuming, he had let things slip out wrong, it must have been a side affect of whatever put him down. He has said the word "Us". He had siad there was "more". He never talked like that in a strange situation and given that he tended to shift in space and time his situations were more often than not 'strange'. He didn't want to tell her anything. Not that he wanted to lie to her, but the problem with random travel in space and time is that you are better suited by asking questions than by telling people things. Get information first then choose your words carefully. Well atleast he now knew that he was in point in time where he and Seryn had not yet become involved. But she now had a child and they had been involved before she had ever given birth. That was a bad sign, this meant that he now was in not just a different point in time but in fact a alternate reality. Well there was nothing to be done about reality, it is what it is. He automatically took stock of the immediate situation to see if there was something he could do about that: He had been unconscious, Seryn didn't love him, there was an imposter onboard the ship, and his head hurt like hell. Time call in, relay information and perhaps call for reinforcements. He clicked on his comm unit.
"Safe, It's Scorpion, I was knocked out and Seryn too in one of the aft compartments there's a imposter aboard she looks like Seryn. Tell me there is someone to interrogate. I feel like hurting someone."
OOC: Seryn, SR wasn't expecting sweet nothings, he was rendered unconscious and his body simply followed it's nose to Seryn, cuddling was a reflex.
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Originally posted by ScorpionRegent:
OOC: No fair, getting all Deus Ex Machina. I vote for a real solution, or atleast a more realistic one. What would we think of Firefly if Mal just clicked his heels together three times and said, "There's no place like Triumph." everytime he got into a jam? Do what you must, it's four a clock in the morning and I'm barely coherent.
Scorpion Regent
OOC: *Throws hands up* Sorry, SR, and anyone else who agrees, I'll readily admit that yes, it does wreak of deux ex machina, and yes I might have cheated a little.
In my defense, my original plan was for Milton and Needy be on the same ship with the traitor, but it kind of got away from me. And I really felt it was time for Needy to embrace his "destiny", and that the display of his new (or maybe, not so new) abilities would coincide with that.
So yes, I combined the two, even though I know it is a cheat, and a plot contrivance... not to mention, unoriginal considering Vixen has just travelled over there in a similar fashion only a few posts before.
But no, before you worry, its not going to be an easy "oh why dont we do that every time we get into a little pickle". Plus, I hope you'll forgive me for this little cheat after what's to come soon.
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Safe and the team arrive at the airlock to find Wisp lying unconsious. Maxine runs over and begins to check his vitals.
"Breathings labored, Pulse thready. We need to get him to the med bay now"
"Dont have time" Safe replied "Probably just his earlier wound playin up"
"No this is separate, fresh. Someones hit him on the head, HARD. Theres probably internal haemoraging maybe a haeomtoma."
"Ciaran" Soul mutters.
"No shes already on the other ship, I saw him with another woman earlier. Dark hair , vest, ponytail" Maxine says arranging people to pick up Wisp.
"Vixen" Safe replies "Bet the being made her an offer, shes been waiting to cut us loose and now shes done it with our own ship! When i catch that jien huo..."
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