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Post by adam_bat on Jan 10, 2005 0:58:50 GMT -5
"A minute huh? Decided not to cut it close this time. Twenty seconds would have been fine." He muttered as he walked off in search of cover. He squatted down in a small cranny and waited.
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Post by Veldrin Dalharil on Jan 10, 2005 1:07:16 GMT -5
SHe snorted softly and set the last sphere, leaving her a little less time. She settled for ducking into a small niche and pumping her shields to maximum.
There was a KER-THU-SPLUTCH! as the first bomb went off, and a small chain reaction with the rest. Her shields sizzled and arced.
Then, witha hail of falling protein, and shell bits, the hunt was over. The end.
Which meant...it'd be another few years before she saw him again. SIghing, she wiped gunk off her fingers.
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Post by adam_bat on Jan 10, 2005 1:13:18 GMT -5
He stood up after the explosions had ceased and did a quick thermo scan of the area. Satisfied he approached her, boots squelching on the mess littering the floor.
"Well, looks like its cleaned up here. Been fun yada yada, now I've got somebody I need to kill so..." He gave her a nod and walked past, keeping himself from looking back. "Soon as I find a way out of here that is." He muttered.
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Post by Veldrin Dalharil on Jan 10, 2005 1:38:47 GMT -5
"Yeah" she muttered, watching him pace off for a minute. Damn, this was just ramming home just how much she hated being alive.
She'd get out of here....and another nest job woudl be waiting on her desl.
Yeah, that would help.
Hopefully she'd be working it alone.
She walked in the opposite direction, scanning teh ceiling.
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Post by adam_bat on Jan 10, 2005 1:54:52 GMT -5
He studied the solid walls as he walked and sighed. It would take quite a few rounds to even put a dent in it. And he didn't carry explosives, mainly because they were what she used...
Sighing he turned back around and called out, "Hey, you have a few more grenades left? I think the only way were going to get out other than following this tunnel for miles if making a hole ourselves."
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Post by Veldrin Dalharil on Jan 10, 2005 1:59:20 GMT -5
She honestly didn't hear him. The explosion upstairs had blocked all the main entrances, sure, but new cracks and dark crevasses had opened. She was currently half dangling from teh ceiling as she climbed into a promising one.
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Post by adam_bat on Jan 10, 2005 2:04:39 GMT -5
He looked up at her dangling legs and waited for a response. When none came he turned and began to stalk off again. Ignoring him huh? Fine, fine. He'd manage just fine on his own, he'd been able to do so this long now.
Annoyed, and even a little hurt, he began searching for a gap of his own to climb out through. There had to be others down here. He found one and began to pull out a few loose rocks, making it wide enough for him to fit into.
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Post by Veldrin Dalharil on Jan 10, 2005 2:07:29 GMT -5
Hah! Fresh air! She was out into the main cavern! She smiled and stretched her shoudlers, then stuck her head back in the hole to find Derek and tell him this was a way out.
She even slithered half way down, hair dangling like acomical bat to try and find him...
Oh...
He'd...
Gotten out already. Nevermind then. He was gone. Deal with it.
Yep, deal.
She glanced around once more and began to pull herself back up.
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Post by adam_bat on Jan 10, 2005 2:18:05 GMT -5
"This is her fault." He muttered, "And that guy...what was his name?" He sighed and inched forward a little more. He was pretty much stuck but with slow movements he found he could move up. Light was shining dimly above and he knew he was almost there. Still, it was their fault.
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Post by Veldrin Dalharil on Jan 10, 2005 2:22:35 GMT -5
Oh yeah, bad day. Usaully a hunt dragged her out of the near permanant fugue of depression and apathy.
NOt today.
She shuffled across the cavern to a gaping hole where the entrance had been and deactivated all her armor. She took a deep breath and shook her hair out before wiping a hand across her eyes.
She had to have some...yes, here they were. A small pill case with the pescription given to her by the contractual docs.
Kept her form suiciding they said.
So she coudl do more suicide runs. Go figure.
She popped the pills and headed towards her parked jeep.
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Post by adam_bat on Jan 10, 2005 2:28:20 GMT -5
His gun came out first, an arm clamped firmly ontop of it, then his shoulder and his head. Taking a breath he wrestled his other arm out and managed pull himself free of the crevice. Standing and dusting off he headed for the way out. He needed a drink, badly. Screw what the damn contractors said. He'd just give himself enough time to recover before reporting in again and without a hangover to see they'd never know.
This in mind he headed for his truck, striping of the armor and tossing it into the bag. A quick cover up with a tarp and he was in the truck and headed for a bar.
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Post by Veldrin Dalharil on Jan 10, 2005 2:30:19 GMT -5
For her part, she pulled back into home offices and headed for her own small room. Sinking to the edge of her cot, she stared at teh wall, bo staff balanced on her lap as she waited for the chime that meant a new assignmemnt.
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Post by adam_bat on Jan 10, 2005 2:38:06 GMT -5
Derek stumbled out of the bar hours later. He had a busted lip and a swollen eye but he was the only one who was leaving. The rest were all laid out on the floor and tables of the bar and wouldn't be getting around to picking themselves back up til probably morning.
Wiping away blood with the back of his hand he squinted his eyes and staggered across the street searching for his truck. When he found the place he had parked it and no truck he cursed. Blearily he looked down and knew what had happened. He'd been towed. "That damn hydrant wasn't there when I parked!" He shouted out.
Grumbling he turned and stumbled down the street back to the home offices. He'd tell them later, or just get it out of impound himself and avoid that hassle. For now he needed a bed, and a bucket to puke in.
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Post by Veldrin Dalharil on Jan 10, 2005 2:41:17 GMT -5
Janine, the night secretary, looked up from the front desk and sighed. "You're first night back in this division and you're alreayd causing trouble aren't you?" she asked.
"I swear, we've gotten use tdo our fun little pill popper....you're going to be a handful. Well...you look like you need a bed."
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Post by adam_bat on Jan 10, 2005 2:44:26 GMT -5
"I didn't cause anything." He growled, hand braced on the wall for support. Here came another reprimand if she reported this, he was supposed to stay sober this time around. Shaking his head he walked a crooked line past the desk, "Just tell me which room is mine."
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