The Sereni-Tree, More Shopping, and Some Peril
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UPDATED: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 02:08
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Soul steps back from where Safe is “torturing” Needy. He can see that the guard is getting a bit worried, but he’s no closer to breaking. Shaking his head, Soul steps around the side of the Dagger, back where none of the SereniTREE crew can see.
“Okay,” Soul says, “What do you know.”
Jennings stares back at him. “Finally decided to trust me, did you?”
“I did once before. I figure I can do it again.”
Jennings turns and helps a waking Bear to his feet, the big man rubbing the back of his head. Next to them, Grunt stands looking across the landing pad.
“The building we took her is this way,” Grunt grunts, pointing with a rifle apparently scavenged off of one of the downed guards.
Soul glances back, and he can hear his friends on the other side of the Dagger; but this can’t wait for them. He nods at Grunt, and the four of them race off.
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Seryn looks at the two guards, and smiles.
"Strip them, take their clothes"
Serenity looks at her a little oddly, then shrugs, and start harrying at the guards with her swords. Seryn circles the room, pulling the few remaining drapes off the windows, then picking up a chair and hurling it as hard as she can at the wall. It breaks, and she spends a few moments pulling it to peices. She loads the pieces into one of the curtains and ties them into a bundle.
By now Serenity has both of the guards hemmed into the corner, sans attire. She ties their hands behind their backs, then ties their ankles together. She stands back, taking a moment to appreciate the younger of the two guards, "hey, do you think we could take that one back with us?"
Serenity rolls her eyes and mouths no at her, and they both giggle. She contents herself with a quick pat on the ass and a barked order to sit or they would be shot, cute or no.
Picking up the bundle and the clothing she crosses to the table and starts picking through the pile for all the ammunition.
"Ok, I have to ask, why the naked guards? why are you only taking the bullets?" Serenity asks, halfway between amusement and puzzlement.
"A signal fire!" she waves the guards pants "kindling" the bundle"fuel" and the bullets "ooomf"
Serenity gives her a wild eyed look.
"oh, no, you open them, just use the powder. It makes a really thick black smoke.
I didn't think that either of us felt much like jumping about and waving our arms"
She hefts the various bundles, wishing she had her bag with her, and walks to the door, holding her pistols ready, she returns Serenity's nod, and follows, follows, watchful and ready for anything, as they move out.
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Umm...Seryn. I just thought of something.
I have my comm link in my pocket. It still works, I hope. Once we get out of the building, I should be able to use it to contact the TREE and they can come get us. Maybe TRM could even open a portal to us! His portal skills have been suffering of late, but you never know.
So, really, we didn't need to make the guards get nekkid.
Though, it was veeeery funny!
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"it was. *giggles*
I just can't seem to make things work today.
Next time you go get kidnapped, just make sure you do it on a day when my plans have at least a snowballs chance in hell of working, ok?
I'm not so sure about the comms working, we don't know how far whatever's blocking the signals extends, so i'm going to keep hold of the pyromaniacs starter kit.
Besides, they're less likely to run for help like that."
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Originally posted by Jadehand:
*JadeHand had no idea he was so wounded. He's strapped into a chair as the others secure themselves and Ocean Cloud takes off for Sereni-Tree leaving Garrison behind. he drifts in and out, overhearing pieces of communications. He hears enough to become concerned about the safety of those on the Tree, and he forces conciousness upon himself. Stiring in his seat, he unfastens the belt and stands. His hand holds his side as if holding his own guts in. He steps to the bridge of the shuttle.*
"Quin, welcome back. We need to get to the Tree quickly and quietly."
"You need to sit back down Jade. You need medical attention."
"I'll worry on that later. We've got friends who need us now."
*JadeHand approaches a firstaid kit in one of the cabinets, and takes a handfull of painkillers. He then remembers something that will deffinately help. Walking back to the front of the shuttle he calls the crew forward.*
"Quin, autopilot please." *Quincey hits a few buttons and stands to face JadeHand*
"Wisp, NOSkillz, Deuce. You all rescued Quin and she might feel the need to give you a proper thank you."
*Quin blushes slightly then understands, She steps up to Wisp and pulls him to her. Planting a firm kiss on his lips. A Kissie spouts from their connection.JadeHand grabs the Kissie and presses it to Wisp's wounded leg. The skin seals on both sides and returns his leg to normal. Quin steps to NOSkillz and plants a big Kiss on his lips.
"Thank you all, for rescuing me from that...that...man."
After Quincey is finished with her, Deuce drops back into her seat, wide-eyed and stunned. The younger woman’s face blushes redder than her hair, to the point that her freckles can no longer be seen. Deuce stares intently at Quincey’s back as the latter calmly strolls back to the small bridge of the Ocean Cloud.
“Uh,” Deuce begins. “Uh,” she continues.
As she gradually becomes aware of her surroundings, Deuce looks around and gets angry. “What are you all staring at? It was all just to get the kissies to help Jadehand! That’s all! I ain’t got no sly eye!” To prove her point, Deuce grabs Wisp on each side of his head, draws him close, and lays a very aggressive kiss on him.
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*Quincey returns to her seat, turns off the autopilot and continues the trek back to the Tree. the resulting Kissies are rounded up and used to cure the remaining wounds. JadeHand still needs to have the doc check on his internal wounds, but they are no longer a priority. The shuttle draws into the Tree's Hanger.*
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Originally posted by WashsYoungerSexierBrother:
"Ok that was wierd. Great dont get me wrong but very weird!" Wisp feigns staggering out of the shuttle and clutches his chest "Any chance of a repeat performance in private? Ive got a terrible rash on my....."
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Safe sees that their scare tactics aren’t working on the soldier and frustration gets the better of him.
Safe hauls the man to his feet steps back and kicks him in the chest sending the man sprawling backwards down the boarding ramp onto the tarmac outside. Before the soldier can react, Safe is standing over him. Safe plants his boot in the soldier’s throat and draws his gun.
“I ain’t tellin’ you nuthin’!” the soldier manages to choke out.
Safe leans down and jams his gun into the man cheek “You’ll tell me what I want to know” Safe hisses at him.
“Um.. Safe? Are you sure excessive force is really necessary?” TRM asks. Needy nods in agreement. “I thought we were getting through to him…”
Safe doesn’t answer. Instead, he moves his gun a little to the right and pulls the trigger. The shot tears off a chunk of the soldier’s right ear and sprays him with tarmac shrapnel. Safe moves the gun back to the mans cheek “Talk”
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Jennings skids to a halt patting his pockets. “Bastards… Wait a minute. I need to re-arm. Back in a sec.”
Jennings is just about back at the Dagger when a figure falls down the boarding ramp followed by another face from the past. Jennings slows. “What is this, old home week?”
He angles around as Safe bends over the soldier. Coming up behind Safe, Jennings grabs him, holding his small boot knife to his throat. “Out of respect for the past, and because you were my brother’s best friend, I haven’t killed you… yet, Alliance dog.”
Jennings becomes aware of guns coming to bear on him.
“Drop the knife.” Citizen yells.
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In the warehouse, a voice comes over the comm. startling Serenity and Seryn. “Mister Heinz. We have arrived over Commerce and are preparing to dispatch shuttles to your location. We trust you have kept our subject… intact?”
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*JadeHand charges through the hanger bay,his bag over his shoulder, to the balcony above the common room and continues around the perimeter, pressing the button on his com.*
"NOSkillz, Shadow, Deuce, Quincy, a new kid, "Wisp" and myself are on-board. Jake7, I'm on my way to the turrent behind you, unless I'm needed elsewhere."
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"NOSkillz, Shadow, Deuce, Quincy, a new kid, "Wisp" and myself are on-board. Jake7, I'm on my way to the turrent behind you, unless I'm needed elsewhere."
**jake7 flips on her comm to speak to Jadehand**
That Alliance Cruiser is still just sitting out there. No aggressive moves or any recognition that we're here, but I wouldn't take any chances. It would be nice to have some backup -- just in case. A ship that size will have quite a few shuttles that they'd send at us first and we should be prepared to shoot them down.
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“Whoa, whoa, whoa…slow down now. Your brother?? Alliance dog??” Safe frantically tries to put the pieces together to make sense. “Jennings?”
Jennings smiles, releases Safe, and salutes as Safe turns around grinning as well. “Where is Jack anyway?”
Safe shakes his head “It’s a long story, I’ll catch you up on later. Now stop saluting. I’m not part of the Alliance anymore. They drummed Jack and me out of the core like they did you guys. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to finish interrogating this guy. We have a missing crew member to find.” Safe gestures to where the soldier was only to find him running across the tarmac towards the hangers.
Bear reaches out and grabs the soldier by the throat with one hand, lifting him off his feet. He carries the soldier back to Safe and sets him down with enough force to buckle the man’s knees, causing him to drop. The soldier cowers on the ground holding his ear.
“Pregnant winged girl?” Jennings asks. “Forget him, we know where she is.”
Safe looks at him puzzled. “It’s a long story too.” Jennings says as he ducks into the Dagger, returning momentarily with two rifles which he tosses to Grunt.
“Lets go, Soul looks about ready to bust.”
“We don’t need this guy anymore?” Citizen asks as he smacks the soldier in the head with the butt of his rifle, knocking him unconscious.
“Hell, I coulda done that.” Bear says disappointed.
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Crouched in an alley adjacent the warehouse, Grunt hands Soul his field glasses.
“What have you got Grunt?” Safe asks.
“Those walls aren’t the corrugated metal sheeting they’re made out to be. They’re a high density steel. The amount of explosive need to breach those walls would also take out half the block doing it. There are no guards, but a bunch of security cameras and what appears to be laser turrets.” Grunt says, clearly impressed. “To top it all off, there is some sort of electrical field embedded in the walls.”
“That must be what’s stopping me from opening a portal in there” TRM adds. “I didn’t think that was possible…”
“It is also stopping my scanners from penetrating the interior.” A metallic voice pipes up.
“Look who I found” Citizen says as he guides McQ and SR to the group.
“TRM, is it possible for you to open a portal just above roof level? If so, we could take a team up there. Soul, Jennings, Grunt and Bear could wait down here and SR and McQ could look for a back door. The way I see it, the ground teams will have to wait for someone inside to come out….” Safe catches himself and looks at TRM. “I’m sorry… I’m out of line. It’s not my place to be throwing orders around.”
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*twg continues monitoring the cruiser. she picks up some comm traffic...hoping it could be a lead on the missing crew, she begins unscrambling the message*
“.....arrived over Commerce and are preparing to dispatch shuttles to your location. We trust you have kept our subject… intact..."
Bloody...*comm* TRM, the cruiser is about to dispatch shuttles for pick up Serenity. Stop goofing around down there and rescue her! *comm. off*
*twg runs to the turrets* Jake! Jade? Oh my gosh, you need to see the doctor *he gives her the look* okay later…I picked up a message, they’re dispatching shuttles to take Serenity. Do we engage the cruiser, the shuttles, or do we hope the others can sneak by the Alliance? Frankly, I don’t like our odds against that mammoth. Opinions?
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