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Post by Zeno, Lord Camelith on Feb 14, 2010 13:21:19 GMT -5
Taking his seat next to the Merc again, Vasily muttered, "Not so loud, the longer your incoherent, the longer we can stall him. Seth is off to Rostok or Limansk, your burns are much better than they were yesterday, and if our jammer is down like you say, contacting your Mercenary friends about our new alliance would be helpful." "Also," Vasily said, "I have no idea if your skin will stay this way, I've never seen burns this severe on anything besides a dog or two that stumbled into a burner anomaly."
"I'm going to go check what's wrong with the jammer." Vasily said, then, taking his Colt out of it's holster he handed the pistol to Burner, "Put this where our Military friend can't see it, but make sure you can reach it quickly, if he tries anything put a bullet through his head and we'll take care of the rest."
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Post by Defunct FPX profile on Feb 14, 2010 13:59:37 GMT -5
Burner laughed
"No, friend, I've already got a pistol here. And, I think our military friend just left, according to my PDA. I don't know how much would it take for him to come back, but I don't want to be here when he does. Have you got any more of that stuff you've been putting on me? If you do have a bottle, please send it along with some bandages... I think I can stand up."
The merc slowly stood up, stretching himself. He could feel the blood circulating through him, tickling his burned flesh. He felt like he just woke up from a long nightmare.
'I can't go on like this, as I don't want to attract much attention with this "condition" of mine. Please, is my gear here? Does Sakharov have a single pistol around here? "
He slowly dressed himself...His trench coat felt like a piece of him. He felt complete again.Stiffly shuffling over to Sakharov's counter, he put his USP in it's holster. The grenades were still there, thank God.
The professor was toying with an artifact like a child, watching it morph and shrieking excitedly when it did.
"Umm, professor? Do you have a spare pistol laying around I could have? Ah, this HP-DA will do. 2500 RU, right?"
[teal][CHECK][/teal]
He put his new HP-DA in his other holster. It was time to go up north.
"If anybody asks, and by anybody I mean the captain, tell him I died or something. I will go and try to find Seth and then I'll come back here. Any places of interest I should visit? Any special route I should go through?"
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Post by Zeno, Lord Camelith on Feb 14, 2010 14:44:07 GMT -5
Handing Burner a bottle and a couple of medkits, Vasily said "I would prefer you take a little longer to recover, but there really is no choice, as for your route, I would suggest going straight to Limansk, Seth might be there and even if he isn't you can stay there a while to recover."
Loading his shotgun and leaning it on the wall Vasily said, "As for getting there, just avoid any possible confrontations, you're in no shape for a brawl with a Snork or Bloodsucker, and do make sure to avoid those military goons, they'll shoot you on sight."
Vasily helped the Merc to the exit, it was a dangerous route to Limansk directly from Yantar, and Vasily knew Sakharov had an extra SEVA suit or two lying around. "I'm going with you." Said Vasily. "I don't feel like sitting here in my nice little Lab while everyone goes off and does things of interest without me." "SAKHAROV! If the military comes asking for me, I went to go bury the man we found." Grabbing a SEVA suit off a rack in the armory [teal][CHECK][/teal] he quickly pulled it on and followed the Merc.
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Post by Defunct FPX profile on Feb 14, 2010 16:01:59 GMT -5
Burner laughed again:
"Ah what the hell, you can come! But we will have to make a little stop first. The mercenaries should be informed about this, y'know. "
Grabbing the bottle, he dabbed some of the liquid on the bandages.
"Mind helping me wrap this thing around my head? I don't want to attract any unwanted attention. Hold on, not there, that's my ear! Whoops, there goes a coal chunk...Does this thing really smell this bad? How come I didn't smell anything?"
After a lengthy bandage wrapping, they got out of the bunker . Burner checked his PDA. He lost the whole signal again.
"I see the jammer works again. And just when I needed the signal.Why'd it stop in the first place? Ah hell, let's move out."
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Post by Zeno, Lord Camelith on Feb 15, 2010 22:44:46 GMT -5
Vasily was right withing sight of the Lab, he stopped at the top of a small rise to observe his surroundings, He could just barely see the military team heading back towards the lab from the Tunnel, he had to get there before them. Breaking back into a run Vasily quickly closed the distance between him and the Lab, his two moonlight artifacts keeping him from tiring. Opening the door to the Lab, Vasily quickly made his way to the bunk where Burner had been before, running over to the armory, he swapped his SEVA suit out for a lab coat and returned to the Merc's side.
Pulling the Meat Chunk from his pack, he placed it on a table and began to cut thin slices off. After he had enough to cover the man's face. He placed them on a tray and moved over to his chair by the bunk. The man was still unconscious. Removing the slices from the tray, he placed them on Burner's face. Leaning back in he watched the artifact do it's job. The slices seemed to meld onto the Merc's face, leaving only faint lines at the edges. "Good as new." Vasily said to himself, he then propped his chair up against the wall and waited for the inevitable arrival of the military.
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Post by Defunct FPX profile on Feb 17, 2010 15:56:36 GMT -5
Burner was half-conscious. He could barely see what was happening around him, let alone speak. He saw the soldier from before slowly laying a man whose leg was dangling on a bunk. Another soldier appeared carrying on his back a man whose face was burned badly. Burner remembered his accident with the Burer which sent shivers down his spine. He tried to open his mouth, but the soldier interrupted him
"You. Peasant. Stop.Not a word."
He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
"Fire! FIRE! YES! YES! Ye...No...Not you...Again! YOU! WHO ARE YOU! WHY DO YOU WANT ME? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? AAAAAAAAAAGH!"
He opened his eyes, only to see the captain with a grim face, holding his PSS in Burner's mouth. He tried to open his mouth again
"Uh-uh. Not a word. I know what you've seen. Get up. Get dressed. NOW!"
Burner got up slowly. It must have been night, since everybody was sleeping, even the scientist who was sleeping on a chair, still holding a bottle of that foul smelling liquid which was used to treat burns. Looking at the mirror, Burner noticed his face was turning gray again. He got his trench coat on, slowly.
"Hurry up. Get out. Now. What are you waiting for, an invitation? OUT!"
The captain pushed him out of the lab, still holding on to his PSS.
"Good. Now stand there. Over by the gate."
Burner listened. Something told him he was not going to pull out of this one alive...
"Do you think I am an idiot? A turnip farmer? Mercenary, did you think I was another one of those Cordon idiots whose only job is picking their nose while standing on guard? DID YOU? I know who you are...I know what you've seen...I have seen him too. Oh don't worry, he WILL NOT CALL YOU AGAIN!"
The sergeant closed his eye and pointed his PSS at the mercenary.
"Don't blink."
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Post by Zeno, Lord Camelith on Feb 19, 2010 20:20:54 GMT -5
Vasily was feiging sleep when the soldiers entered, and when the captain dragged Burner out of the room, Vasily followed shortly afterwards. Following the soldier out of the Airlock, vasily stayed in the shadow of the bunker. The captain pulled Burner over to the gate and pointed his pistol at the Merc, "Don't blink." the man said.
"Ahem." Vasily said, feigning clearing his throat to mask flipping the saftey off of his Colt, "What are you doing with my patient captain?"
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Post by Διμι on Feb 20, 2010 2:29:28 GMT -5
Re-loading his USP quietly, Seth crept up to the gate. He could see Burner, standing completely still. This told him that a gun belonging to no doubt the military captain was pointed directly at his friend, although he could not see the military stalker from his position.
"What are you doing with my patient, captain?" he heard Vasily's voice ask. The ecologist was a skilled stalker, he reasoned, Vasily could distract the soldier for some time while Seth put his plan into effect, although with Burner unarmed, the soldier could easily shoot the scientist before finishing his work.
He silently crept back over to Karc. "I'm going to go around the back and climb over the fence. I'll need my Moonlight back if I am to do it quietly." the Freedomer held his hand out for the artifact.
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Post by Defunct FPX profile on Feb 20, 2010 6:31:43 GMT -5
The captain heard the scientist, but did not turn around.
"Protecting a stalker, eh? I will have this reported and you'll be flying out of here in no time, egghead. Now step back, or I'll shoot you as well as this scum here..."
The captain slowly stepped forward and turned on his communicator.
"Base, this is the Ram. The eggs have gone rotten, repeat, the eggs have gone rotten."
The voice responded
"Clear. Bird on way, ETA 2 minutes."
The captain turned off his up-link and approached the half-conscious merc, hitting him as hard as he could. The merc fell on the ground without a single squeal.
"Get up. Get up! You think He's going to call you again? Oh no, not while Dimitri is alive, no he is not! Get up! When did you see him first?"
He kicked the merc, who kept his mouth shut.
"Get up!"
He picked up the merc like he was a rag doll and punched him in the stomach. The merc didn't speak.
"So that's how it's going to be? We'll see...Walk! Move!"
The merc looked at him...Bastard.
"MOVE!"
Burner started to walk, the captain following in his footsteps. What was going to happen next?
"Over there. By the truck. Stop."
Burner stopped. What was this madman going to think of next? He could hear the whizzing of the rotor blades...The helicopter was coming.
"Do you think He will call you? Are you going to respond? ARE YOU? I know him...I've worshipped Him! I was a Chosen One of His will! WILL YOU TALK ALREADY?"
The merc was silent.
"Fine. You won't. Move on."
The helicopter was over the lab, and pretty soon some soldiers rappelled down, storming the lab. After a minute or so they were carrying stretchers where their comrades were resting. The men sent the signal and the helicopter crew picked up the stretchers and pulled them up.
"Captain, where are you? Are you coming now or not?"
The captain responded, still pointing his gun at the merc.
"No. Carry on without me."
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Post by Zeno, Lord Camelith on Feb 20, 2010 11:36:41 GMT -5
The helecopter began to rise, "Good, they must not have noticed me." thought Vasily. The soldier was viciously beating Burner, but the Merc refused to answer any of the captain's questions. Pushing Burner over to an old truck, Vasily heard him say "No. Carry on without me." into his communicator. The manaic was staying behind? Drawing his Colt, the scientist aimed at the gap between the man's head, and his helmet. "Drop your weapon and turn around scumbag!" he shouted to the soldier.
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Post by Defunct FPX profile on Feb 20, 2010 13:08:10 GMT -5
Without looking, Dimitri turned his gun and fired off a bullet...The scientist fell. Dimitri's instincts were right, he needed the scientist alive.
"A meter closer and I'd have put one in your brain...Now for your stalker friend here. Wait a minute, where'd he go?"
Burner was high-tailing it. He hoped the scientist was all right, since he was still wearing his SEVA under his coat.
"Son of a ..."
The captain started running. For an injured man, the mercenary was pretty fast.
"TEAM, WE'VE GOT A RUNNER,HE'S GOT THE GOODS, NEED HIM ALIVE, NOW! NOW!"
Before they knew it, a helicopter was buzzing over them
"Sir, I have a clear shot, should I put a bullet in him?"
The captain responded, still running
"NO! I NEED HIM ALIVE! NO!"
The captain drew out his PSS again and fired...The merc dropped down. The captain caught up to him. Looming over him, he added
"I will be seeing you..."
The helicopter was over them, dropping a stretcher down. The captain picked up the merc and threw him on the stretcher and signaled the pilot to go back to the base in Cordon. Now, it was time to take care of the scientist. He turned around and started walking back to the bunker.
Burner nearly lost his consciousness again...In the last few days, he was shot twice in the same spot, pounded against a wall, burned all of his skin in an explosion, lost consciousness on several occasions, had severe burning nightmares...Did he really have to lose his mind and burn that casino? Where were they taking him?
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Post by Zeno, Lord Camelith on Feb 20, 2010 13:25:41 GMT -5
"Damn that hurt!" Vasily thought as he fell over backwards, proping himself up on one arm, he saw Burner making a run for it, and the captain following close behind. The Merc was sprinting as fast as he could, but the soldier raised his PSS and shot Buner, the helicopter swooped over and lowerd a strecher, Vasily saw the soldier toss the wounded Merc onto it, and make a gesture to the south. "They must be taking him to the Cordon." Vasily muttered. The scientist tried to push himself up, but a pain in his chest kept him from going above a sitting position. "Only one rib cracked." Vasily said, "Lucky me."
Dragging himself over behind the wall, he pushed himself up and leaned against it. After a short while, he could hear the captains footsteps as he made his way back to the lab.
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Post by Defunct FPX profile on Feb 23, 2010 16:31:54 GMT -5
The captain was walking, gravely. It was time to get rid of the traitors...
"Oh, now, we've got one, now for the other-"
Captain's communicator started screaming
"MAYDAY, MAYDAY! WE'VE BEEN HIT OVER ROSTOK, REPEAT, BEEN HIT OVER ROSTOK, LOSING ALTITUDE-"
The signal disappeared, turning into static. The captain just stood there struck, like he was just splashed with a bucket of ice-cold water. His men were in trouble. What was he doing, shooting a scientist and nearly murdering a man who was on the brink of death? He was a soldier, for God's sakes, not a maniac!
He turned and ran...If he remembered right, the way to Rostok took him through an old tunnel...He just hoped he could get there on time.
After some time, he was in front of the tunnel. But, something seemed wrong. His Geiger counter started beeping as soon as he stepped inside...Checking his suit, he noticed that the temperature was building up...Burner anomalies. Great. Could his suit take the heat?
He took the risk and started running. What appeared to be a heatwave morphed into a pillar of flame... Feeling the temperature in his suit rapidly rising, he continued, charging through the anomalies...
Finally, he was there. Rostok. Wild Territory. Were his men still alive? He was trying to contact them over the up-link, but no response was coming from the communicator. All of a sudden, he bumped into someone he'd least expected to meet.
Burner.
((CONTINUED IN ROSTOK,RAID THREAD))
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Post by Διμι on Feb 23, 2010 18:01:38 GMT -5
"MAYDAY, MAYDAY! WE'VE BEEN HIT OVER ROSTOK, REPEAT, BEEN HIT OVER ROSTOK, LOSING ALTITUDE-" the faint communication
The captain bolted out of the lab's perimeter, heading straight for the road to Rostok without even noticing the Freedomer and two mercs hiding beside the gate. Karc's weapon immediately shot up, ready to fire, immediately to be pulled down by Seth's hand. "Wait," the Freedom leader said "don't shoot just yet. Go check on the scientist instead, tell him I sent you. I'll follow this particular weirdo..." Grabbing the Moonlight, Seth sprinted off after the soldier, keeping him in his sights.
He watched the man stop in front of the burning tunnel, before plowing straight through, igniting anomalies in his wake. Running up to the structure, Seth decided not to take the risk again. He was in no way certain whether his suit could take a third scorching. Pulling a small pouch of bolts from his belt, he began navigating the anomaly field, leaving the numerous Fireball artifacts where they lay - they would only slow him down. Finally, he made his way out of the tunnel, but the captain was nowhere to be seen. "Shit!" Seth swore. He could see a small pillar of smoke rising from the horizon, no doubt from the downed chopper, and began to slowly walk towards the location, keeping both his eyes and ears alert.
((continued in same thread as Burnzz's))
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Post by Zeno, Lord Camelith on Feb 23, 2010 20:59:15 GMT -5
Just as Vasily was sure the soldier was going to walk past the perimeter fence, a transmission came in from the captain's communicator, "MAYDAY, MAYDAY! WE'VE BEEN HIT OVER ROSTOK, REPEAT, BEEN HIT OVER ROSTOK, LOSING ALTITUDE-" after several seconds of static, he heard the soldier running westward, towards Rostok. Walking over to the gate, he saw the soldier sprinting into the distance. Then, all of a sudden, he saw Seth running after the soldier "God, I hope you know what your doing Seth." Vasily muttered.
As he was turning back towards the lab, he heard footsteps on the far side of the wall. Drawing his Colt, and pressing himself next to the wall by the gate, he waited for the unknown person to draw closer.
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