WASH Part 3 - VFF
POSTED BY: CaptainZero
UPDATED: Thursday, January 22, 2009 02:35
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Tillie: I got it! *hits com* Zero, I got something, an' -- wait, I'll come find you!
*Tillie runs up the stairs, and forward towards the bridge. Halfway there she sees Spinebite's door open, and Zero standing in front of his bunk.*
Tillie: Hey, can I come in?
Zero: Maybe you better.
*Tillie climbs down into the room.*
Tillie: D'ja get my --
Zero: Ssssshhhh. Look at Ian.
Tillie: He breathin'?
Zero: Dunno, just got here myself.
*Tillie puts her hand in front of Spinebite's face, and puts her fingers on his neck.*
Tillie: *somewhat relieved* Never figured Ian to be one for meditatin'...
Zero: Tillie?
Tillie: Sorry, Zero. It's like he's in a trance state; he's alive, but everything is slowed down. His breathing and pulse are slower, and I bet his blood pressure's way down. *she puts a blanket around him* He's cold, which --
Zero: I get it. C'mon, let's leave him be. Don't think he's in any danger at the moment.
*They climb out of his room, and Zero closes his door and locks it from the keypad on the wall.*
Zero: I've read that even in a trance a person can be receptive and focused, so I figured you might want to tell me your news out here.
Tillie: The chip's from a hospital on Beaumonde. Jagger had Durant's Disease, very similar to Bowden's. Can't tell from the chip if he was born with it or got it as an adult. He was real healthy, but the signs were there in his lungs and in his joint replacements. He didn't take meds, just a shot once or twice a year.
Zero: And the job?
Tillie: The doc is a Durant's specialist, has some new-fangled treatment s'posed to cure it outright or clear it up practically good as new. 'Specially children. That reminds me: the medchip has an "information to be used in the treatment of patient's children" data pack.
Zero: Kate told me the deep reason for the job is to fix his kid.
Tillie: Zero, *puts her arm on Zero's arm* the boy's name is Leon. Thought you should know.
"Need a weave on that?" - Simon, in The Train Job
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*sitting on his bunk meditating, wakes up* Didn't know I could drift off like that. Maybe I should've only had one shot of scotch...*grabs the rest of the training rounds and tries to head out the door but finds it locked, tries locking pad, but it still won't open* What the hell? *loads real magazine into clip, and, never being one for finesse, shoots the door open and climbs out*
Tillie:*staring in disbelief*
Zero:Ian! What the hell do you think you're doing!
Spine:The door was locked.
Zero:I know! I'm the one that locked it!
Spine:Why'd you do that?
Zero:*shakes head*Nevermind, I've got something to ask you. *looks at Tillie* Go check on the doc, see if hes found anything else. *looks back at Spine* Why'd Jagger shoot you in the back and take your mule? And why'd you bite him?
Spine:Thats actually two questions.
Zero:Answer!
Spine:If you so vehemently insist. Jagger and I were working a job together. We were supposed to break into the house of one of the members of parliament and snag 2 million credits and assassinate the official. The job went off without a hitch, then when we got to the mule, he shot me in the back. I didn't have enough leverage to throw a decent punch, so I used my weight to pull him down and tried to rip his spine out. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm on my way to the cargo hold.
Zero:I locked your door. That means stay here. I don't need you killing anyone else. *walks away*
Spine:*After 10 minutes of pacing and swearing, walks down to the galley for some scotch*
"Pain is scary."
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*sits down and swings legs. whistles tunelessly. sings "black" by the rolling stones whith air guitar. follows that with "sweet emotion" and "crazy" by aerosmith.*
damnit. kinda thought spine would come and get me for some shootin'.
Starts miming the beatles for old time sake... "come together right now..."
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*upon reaching the galley, drinks the last of the scotch, which only amounted to about 2 1/2 shots.upon finishing the scotch, decides to get upper for some target practice. reaches uppers room and knocks on her door* Upper? You in there?
Upper:Spine? Is that you?
Spine:Yeah. How 'bout some shooting? But it would mean disobeying the cap'n.
Upper:Then I don't know.
Spine:Don't worry. I'll cover for you.
Upper:Okay, I guess so...*walks over to door and tries to open it* It's locked!
Spine:I think I can open it, hold on. *Goes to work on the door panel, after about three minutes has it open* Let's go.
*Upper and Spine proceed to spine's bunk to grab practice ammo, upon seeing the blasted door Upper raises an eyebrow*
Spine:Don't ask.
*Upper and Spine proceed to cargo hold, where they load practice ammo in their guns*
Spine:Today is a good day for this.
Upper:Why is that?
Spine:Because we have moving targets. *points gun at one of the prisoners* You there. Get up and run back and forth.
Prisoner:Screw you.
Spine:*caps prisoner in the chest, prisoner becomes more compliant*
"Pain is scary."
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*Upper watches as spine scores a hit on the next prisoner.*
Spine: Now you go
*Upper hesitates, thinking that it is a little mean after all*
Spine: Ruttin' pansy *Hits another of the prisoners
*Upper gives him an ugly look*
Upper *brightly* Ah, at last! The advanced class that I was waiting for! *She aims and fires at the next prisoner, reminding herself that it is painful, but at this distance hardly that bad. She hits one in the shoulder and another in the chest. The prisoners try to avoid the fire desparately. Both Spine and Upper empty their clips.*
Upper: That was fun, but a little unfair. I mean, they weren't shooting back. And their hands are tied. No chance that you are going to offer yourself up for some practise?
Spine: You wouldn't hit me anyways.
Upper: I might
Spine: Care to try
Upper: Need you ask?
*Just as Upper and spine take hold of the reloaded weapons, Zero enters the hold*
Zero: WHAT are you two doing here!?
*Both Spine and Upper turn to Zero with guilty expressions on their faces*
Upper *in a small voice*: Practising how to shoot people. *then adds very quickly* it was really boring when you locked me up. We needed something to do.
*Upper suddenly realises that running around with guns after people locked you up for being dangerous may be a problem*
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*notices Tillie come in* Need something?
Tillie: Captain told me to see if you found out anything else.
Well then, you're right on time. I found out something interesting about Jagger's Durant's.
Tillie: What?
It was going to become fatal. The disease would have killed him, it was damaging other parts of his body, messing up lung movement, all sorts of things, I havent ever seen this disease progress like that, it's extremely rare, I mean extremely. He couldn't have even known it, but it would have destroyed his lungs in under five months...
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You both disobeyed direct orders. Glad to know your minds now, before we got dirtside.
*Zero shoots Spinebite in the neck. He looks at her with astonishment and grudging admiration at her accuracy as he slowly sinks to the ground. Upperson stares at him, horrified. Zero strides over to her and smacks her very hard across the face. She takes Upperson's gun from her, backs up a few feet and shoots her several times in the chest. Upperson falls to her knees, gasping for breath.*
Doctor Alex, get in here now. Our friend Spinebite needs a stitch or two.
*She stands over Spinebite, his hand clutching his neck to keep the bleeding under control.*
A first mate follows the captain's orders. Don't matter if he's bored or restless, if the captain says sit still the first mate sits still. You proved you're not trustworthy. I should let you bleed out.
*She kicks the gun out of his hand and picks it up, then she moves over to where Upperson is kneeling.*
And you! What made you think it's all right to shoot at other people for no reason? If you're so eager to follow Spinebite's lead into senseless violence, you don't deserve to be kept out of danger. And yes, that's why I locked you in that room, to keep you safe. *Upperson hangs her head.* Yeah, well, too late for I'm sorry. That doc wants to dissect you, I won't lift a finger to stop him.
*BRG and Tillie come out of the infirmary, and immediately rush over to Spinebite to stop the bleeding. Zero takes the rest of his weapons and then assists the other two to get the now nearly unconscious man onto the empty table.*
Keep him doped and immobile. He's dangerously unstable, I can't risk him hurting anyone else.
BRG: I can give him a shot to knock out his motor functions, but it doesn't last more than half a day.
Can you give him the shot more than one time?
BRG: Yes, that won't be dangerous.
Do it. I got to deal with that girl.
*Zero returns to the cargo hold, gets the prisoners into somewhat more comfortable positions and re-secures their bonds. She grabs Upperson by the arm.*
Time to go back in the room. Too bad if it's boring. I'll wager you'd prefer to be bored and alive than the alternative. Sit in there and think about what you want out of life, and why you think you deserve it. I'm very disappointed by your behavior.
*Zero locks Upperson in the room and returns to the infirmary.*
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*gives Spinebite the shot* Alright, that's it. About 12 hours. Oh! I remembered where I put your gun, my room, right on the table, unloaded, I think I may have given the ammo to Spinebite here or something at some point.
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Thanks, I'll retrieve it and give you one that fits your hand. But first: after Ian's insubordination today, I need to know where you stand. The job has changed; the doc we were supposed to snatch is an expert on the disease that was killing Jagger --
BRG: Durant's Disease.
Yes, that's the one, and he's going to work on several patients on Beaumonde including Jagger's child. The patients have already arranged to pay handsomely for the treatment, and since Jagger isn't in the picture anymore we can reap all the profits if we run the job in his place.
Tillie: Still don't get what Jagger boardin' us under false pretenses has to do with the job.
Kate told me the doc needs Upperson for something. Not sure if it's something she knows or something she has, but I aim to hand her over to him.
Tillie: He ain't gonna hurt her, is he?
Can't see as how that would make sense, considering how many patients Jagger lined up. No, I'm sure she needs to be alive and healthy.
Tillie: In that case I'm in.
BRG: It sounds like a good cause. I'm in. But will it work? Could it all be a scam to take money from the patients?
No, he wouldn't have worked this hard just to dupe a bunch of desperate people. He wanted to save someone's life, and found a way to turn a profit at the same time.
*Zero looks over at Spinebite's unconscious figure and snaps her fingers.*
Since Spine's quiet at the moment, now is the perfect time to take a dental impression. I want to see where on Jagger's body his tooth marks were. There's more to this story, I can feel it.
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Tillie: Good thing I took all those pictures of his scars, hunh? *winks at Zero as she gets a box from a cupboard* I'll mix the goo if you insert the molds.
BRG: I never said anything about dentistry --
Zero: You two battle it out, I have a few more questions for our guests in the hold.
"Need a weave on that?" - Simon, in The Train Job
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