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Off The Map; The Vanguards Tale
Topic Started: Jan 7 2013, 10:51 AM (2,662 Views)
Trina
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Jen's smirk grew into a full blown grin as Jonathan seemed to be recalling the same night she was. Her head turned to Syl in time to catch the tossed sphere. Tucking it into a pocket for now, she reached for an arrow and was drawing back as Jonathan headed in. She was close behind, hugging the wall.

Picking her mark, she drew back and when the first shot from his gun was fired, so was her arrow. "We still got six on our back, Syl! Stay sharp!" Even as she spoke, another arrow was pulled, notched and loosed. Her eyes scanned the bodies around Vanguard, trying to pick out if any were theirs or with those who were 'taking over'.
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Sylandra rolled down into a prone position, pulling her shoulder bag under the forward stock of her weapon, giving it a rest pointing out toward the tree line. Sighting through her night scope, she scanned the edge, watching the bits of light bobbing back and forth. Still out of range even for the extra length of her PLR's barrel, she whispered to herself.
But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me
Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow. Things should start to get interestin' right about now

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Aboard the Vanguard

Harry's first shot hit a man squarely in the back, dropping him to the floor. The shear amount of blood pooling below the body was enough to tell anyone the man was dead even if his body was still twitching.

His second shot met a man's leg, crumpling him to the ground in a fit of curses and howls of pain. The tranq gun having been knocked from the man's hand, he struggled to get to the gun while Harry's third shot caught the last man in the chest as he had turned and lunged at him, ripping a gaping hole in his torso.

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Kara found herself splattered with blood as the grinder made contact with the man. He yowled in pain and retreated, having dropped the tranq gun.

Meanwhile The grenade did it's job leaving the attackers in disarray long enough that they had no time to react in an organized fashion once Jonathan and Jenn began firing.

Between the two of them four men in black were felled before the rest began retreating. As fast as it started, the men disappeared through a narrow path at the back of the cave. A small explosive was set off, sealing the tunnel from the rest of the cave.

A look out to the trees would also reveal no further sign of the men waiting out there. It would seem that, for the most part, the ship had been successfully defended. A final count would find that only five men had been abducted.
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Sylandra scanned the tree line, but the figures behind the lights were gone. A silent undergrowth revealed no further movements. She held her position for minutes before easing up and slowly coming into a squatting position. She brought her heavy pistol up, cradling it in her arms as she slipped the strap of her bag over her shoulder and stood.

"Looks as though we're all clear out here. How's it goin' 'board ship?"
But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me
Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow. Things should start to get interestin' right about now

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Pulling the grinder back up and then putting it safely down took precious seconds, and by the time Kara had snatched for the figures tranq gun, he was already stumbling towards the back of the cave leaving a dark stain behind him. Her eye's easily saw the flashes of 'light' as her eyesight registered the heat from the bodies, although they were obscured by the suits they wore.

After another few seconds, she had raised the gun to her shoulder and sent a shot off into the darkness. A muffled exclamation might have indicated that she hit someone. But as the raiders disappeared she wondered if she had had hit them on their body armour and not a vulnerable area.

It hardly mattered. The sealing of the cave had raised a small dust cloud and when it had settled there was no more fighting. As her breathing returned to normal she began to think of other sensations. The most unpleasant of which was the cold stickiness that was covering her front.

"Great." She muttered. "Another set of clothes ruined." Kara sighed as she picked up the grinders cable and started to wind it up.
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Harry slowly rose to his feet, slinging the weapon over one shoulder and making his way toward the centre of the cargo bay. Glancing around he soon spotted two of the three targets he'd fired on, both dead, neither much of a challenge. A flicker of movement in the corner of his eye alerted him to third. Turning quickly on the spot, he marched over toward the wounded man, bobbing his head from side to side with each footfall.

He took two large steps over the man, letting one foot land on the man's left hand. With the other, he kicked the tranq gun further out of reach, toward the entrance. Something behind his eyes smiled as he turned around and looked down on the wounded fellow, now in some considerable extra pain. "Well, well." he stated matter of factly, dropping down to a low crouch.

Harry leaned in toward the man, a wry smile on his face. "My name's Harry." he said, flashing a quick smirk as he hands reached behind his back. "I'm going to ask you a few questions." he added, raising his eyebrows as he removed a large blade from its sheath at his back and bringing it into view of the wounded man. He waved it briefly from side to side before rising back to standing height.
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As the smoke cleared and confrontation died down, Deleon became confident that the area was clear. His first look went to Jenna, followed by a nod in acknowledgement of her work. Jonathan then made for the ship, he expected their next party would be for retrieval and he wanted to better equipped.

On route however, he happened upon Harry's fun and decided that a tall emotionless figure standing over his prey would offer plenty of intimidation.
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Sylandra started walking back, her pistol now back in its holster and the bag bumping against her left hip as she walked purposefully toward the airlock. She recovered the other grenade from Jenna, checked it over before slipping it back into her bag, nestled into a small cardboard tube among its brethren.

"All of that 'n I didn't even get t' fire a shot." She shrugged as she looked over at Jen. "Makes y' wonder what all that hustle was about. Y' figure they were tryin' t' hijack us?"

As they got close to Kara, Syl nodded. "Got it all patched? Looks good t' me."
But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me
Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow. Things should start to get interestin' right about now

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Jenna let Jonathan and Syl head towards the ship. She made one last check out the entrance to the cave. Even with her night vision glasses, she didn't see anything, not even a trace of footprints to give her an idea where their attackers might have come from. Frowning a little, she turned and looked above the cave entrance. Still nothing. Letting out a short, irritated breath, she headed back inside the cave.

Instead of stopping at the ship, she headed towards the now collapsed and hastily used 'exit'. Nothing to indicate who they were or what they'd wanted. This time, she scowled. Turning sharply on her heel, away from the rubble, she slowly scanned the area around the ship, and found only those who'd come off of the Vanguard. "If it was a hijack, they wouldn't have retreated so fast."

Something about the whole situation bugged her. "They weren't shooting to kill. They were knocking us out. They wanted us alive. If it was just the ship they were after, why not kill us and be done with it?"
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Sylandra suddenly turned back and made her way back to the unconscious body near the front of the cave. Sliding her arm under the body, she manage to drag him to his knees before getting his weigh onto her body in a fireman's carry. "Can't forget Old Ben, here. I'll get him to infirmary."

Struggling, she manages to make it back to the ship's airlock and with the help of two other men inside, get the unconscious man hoisted up.
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Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow. Things should start to get interestin' right about now

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Harry leaned toward the covering man with a smile, before bringing a fist down on the mans face, his head clanging against the decking. The wounded man let out a soft sigh before passing into unconciousness. "Later then." Harry quipped back, before rising to his feet. He turned and looked to Deleon with a grin. "Come with me. Captain's gonna want an explanation." he said quickly as he headed up the stairs into the ship.

As the pair approached the medbay where Eduardo had last been seen, Harry suddenly stopped. Peering around a corner, he spotted two bodies at the entrance, same uniform as their attackers. He shook his head and brandished his knife, turning back toward Deleon. "Something's up." he said, then nodded down the hall toward the medbay.
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Jonathan looked down on the concious man, shedding no emotion for him. At Harry's command he looked back up and followed until he was brought to the onboard issue. His eyes narrowed, taking in the sight of more enemies left in their side of the jungle.

"A few were not informed of their retreat." He described quietly. Jon's only weapon was his gun, which held up to partner with Harry's blade. Deleon would try for subtly if that's what was wanted, but if their was an indication of trouble in the works, he'd squeeze on the trigger and put that trouble to bed.

He gave a jab to the air with the butt of his gun, indicated his readiness to make a move. Then he moved on the two, his gun near his chest. Not far from being titled to open fire and not far from reared back from a well placed strike. As the formation of he and Harry aligned, it was clear whos target was which.
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Sylandra pulled herself up into the airlock, stepping past the unconscious crewman, and into the cargo bay. She looked up as Harry and Jonathan exited on the upper gantry. She looked over the mess in the bay, seeing the fallen both crewmen and intruders. With a nod, she stepped back and tugged the fallen crewman the rest of the way into the ship, eventually placing him on his stomach on the open deck.

She turned and looked behind her for Jenna and Kara to return to the ship.
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Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow. Things should start to get interestin' right about now

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As Harry and Deleon moved around the corner and down the hall into the ship, it soon became clear that their two targets would pose little threat. Each of them stood frozen against the walls, the smell of blood and gunfire in the air.

Harry slowly approached one of the imobile targets, pressing the flat of his blade against the mans shoulder and applying force. The lifeless body fell to the deck with a loud thud, the other remained motionless. "Someone else go to 'em first...." he said somewhat bitterly, trailing off as he turned to follow that path of the gunfire.

Sure enough, a few metres directly ahead of them lay the Medbay. The door was now sealed, signs of attempted forced entry around the edges of the hatch. Harry turned back toward Deleon and waved him up, a sense of urgency in his eyes. "Ready?"
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Deleon kept ready as they approached what seemed like little threat. Harry had his method for testing the intruder's condition, and Jon exercised his own. Two fingers pressed against the man's neck only to be then wiped against his shirt after no pulse was found.

Jonathan pressed on, and narrowed his eyes to Harry's reaction concerning med-bay. He felt as though there was something to expect, and nodded to his cohort before readying his gun.
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Jen grew agitated by the mystery around the attack. And when she got agitated, she tended towards hitting things. Then, a thought struck her. The attackers had been inside the ship. She was up the ramp and caught up with Syl. "We need to account for everyone. And I need to account for some... 'hardware' the boss wanted kept."

Glancing around, she didn't see Harry or Jon and canted her head to listen. No sounds of attack or fighting deeper in the ship. "Handsome and Suits clearing ahead of us?" She was already on her way up, trusting Syl to answer before she made it out of the cargo hold.
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Harry smiled calmly at Deleon, returning his nod and taking a deep breath. With one hand he keyed in the access code on the control panel, the other still had his knife carefully gripped. The keypad flashed green with success, and Harry threw himself through the small, opening with gusto.

Landing on the other side with a thud and a groan, Harry rolled slightly but ended up against the wall regardless. As he rose his head, he took a look around the medbay. The wall on which the entrance sat appeared to have been lightly shredded with automatic weapons fire. Again, he tried to trace to path, heading twisting until he caught sight of....

....the operating table, and it's missing patient. Natasha lay in a crumpled heap nearby, her hands covered in blood, eyes tightly shut. Harry slowed his breathing and tried to listen for hers, but his mind was racing with too many other thoughts to focus. He rose to his feet and quickly glanced around a second them.

There was no sign of Eduardo. Harry let out a roar, screaming something not quite audible, before letting flying at the far wall with his knife.
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Sylandra responded while drawing her pistol, "I caught a glimpse o' them headin' forward. Think they might 'a been trackin' some intruders, yes. "

She dropped in behind Jenna as they headed up the stairs and further forward toward the common area and med bay.
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Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow. Things should start to get interestin' right about now

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Jen nodded to Syl though didn't confirm if the other woman took note of it. As she moved forward, hand gun ready, the howl from the direction of the med bay had her stopping mid stride. A split second pause and then she was moving, faster now. Coming to the med bay doors, she saw the tell tale signs of gun fire and set her jaw. She expected the worst.

And found an empty bed and Tash crumpled to one side of the small room. She wanted to scream, as Harry had done, but she didn't. She locked down the emotions and looked back down the hall towards where Syl had been following. She leaned towards Jonathan. "I gotta check on something. He asks for me... I'm headed to my bunk first."
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Jonathan followed Harry at his own pace, one with which he was more capable of dealing with problems. As his cohort hit the wall, Jon cleared the room with a sweep of his aim, then finding it comfortable for him to lower his aim. Investigating the room led a pieced together chain of events, one that didn't bode well for their captain. He was then met at the door by Jenna.

His first take was a look in her direction to take in a simple request. Moments later came a second take, low on emotion but higher on interest. Was there a more than a simple request in her words? A hint? An invitation? Deleon quickly tasked his mind with current affairs.

"In light of this absence, who is it that takes command?"
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