Post by Basil on Mar 28, 2011 9:47:37 GMT -5
Adder smiled as Ferret placed the ridiculous hat on her head. She was about to shove it down over Ferret's face when she relented and put it back on her head.
"What a strange hat. Who the hell would wear this thing in the Zone? Oh well, we'll keep it", said Adder, shoving it into her rucksack.
The small group advanced into the Red Forest unhindered. As they marched, Adder got the distinct impression that they were being followed and watched by an invisible presence. Wasp got that feeling too, and was quick to draw her Protecta.
"Keep an eye out, boys, I think someone's following us", said the blonde woman, shooting suspicious glances at the skeletal trees around them. An hour later, they arrived next to a row of wooden and metal spikes upon which were impaled the dessicated remains of several severed heads. They were now more skull than head, as the skin had rotted away a while ago.
"Hey, boss?", said Wasp with a grin. "Hand me the hat."
Adder raised an eyebrow questioningly, but handed Wasp the hat they had acquired earlier. Wasp took the hat and placed it on one of the skulls.
"Haha, very funny, Wasp", said Adder. "Now stop messing around. We're being followed..."
The group froze and watched the trees behind them. They were now in a narrow ravine with no trees on their flanks. Suddenly, Adder spotted some rocks and dirt tumbling down the side of the ravine, and the group didn't have time to aim its guns up at the source of the disturbance before a strange but very familiar individual dropped down from above.
"I salute you", said the strange man. Wasp looked at him curiously.
"-Who the hell are you?"
"-I", said the man, removing his improvised gas mask and revealing a very familiar face, "am Khan. What brings you to these hostile parts?"
Adder's suspicious look changed into one of hostility. She recognised the man. He had plotted against her and others, misleading them and almost getting them killed.
"-Ah, I recognise you", she said with a venomous hiss in her voice. "You're the 'guide' who double-crossed us when the group I was in was looking for Seth. You're a filthy, lying son of bitch."
"-Now, now, my lady. This is no way to talk to an old friend."
"-Old friend my arse", said Adder. Wasp drew her shotgun and aimed it straight at Khan. This caused the moustachioed stalker to draw his pistol, a Beretta 93r.
"-Drop the gun, or...AGH!"
Khan dropped his pistol and grabbed his arm in pain. A small, black object that resembled a tiny black urchin was embedded in his flesh. As he tried to pull it out, he pricked his fingers and hand and swore before throwing the little object away. He turned to Adder, fury in his eyes.
"Your irritating little trick will cost y...y..."
Khan's eyes bulged, and he froze. Adder smirked.
"-You just got a nice little dose of Black Venom", she said as the stalker dropped to his knees. His eyes were bulging so much that they were bloodshot, and his throat was making horrendous choking noises. "First it will paralyse you, then it will make you convulse, and then your eyes will pop out of their orbits, your lungs will start bleeding and you will die slowly and painfully."
Khan began to convulse violently, and his eyes were squeezed out of his orbits. As he died, he began to cough up copious amounts of blood that soaked his chin, throat and suit and stained the cracked asphalt beneath him. Wasp and the others watched in horror as the stalker died a slow and agonising death. Once Khan's body had stopped moving altogether, Wasp slowly turned to the commandant.
"-What...what the hell?", she said.
"-New poison", said Adder matter-of-factly. "Delivered via bullet or spineball."
Adder opened a small leather pouch on her belt and took a spinky ball similar to the one she'd thrown on Khan earlier. It looked like a black rubber ball with needles sticking out of it.
"Very, very poisonous", said Adder, manipulating the little object carefully. Wasp noticed the snake-eyed woman was wearing gloves, obviously as a form of protection.
"-Nasty...", said Wasp before turning to Khan's twisted corpse. Adder joined her in going through the dead stalker's belongings, and Wasp seemed rather happy when she found the two old fashioned rifles Khan carried.
"Oh God I love these things", she said, looking at the Marlin and the Winchester lever-action rifles. Adder rolled her eyes.
"-I don't get your whole cowboy fetish. Anyway, you can have them. I'll take the pistol, and we can divide the artefacts this bastard had."
And so Adder and Wasp got a Moonlight and a Spring each, while Adder took the Mica and the Pellicle. As the two women pocketed their Moonlight artefacts, they felt a wave of energy wash over them. Once they'd looted Khan's corpse, they left him to rot and continued on their path.
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"What a strange hat. Who the hell would wear this thing in the Zone? Oh well, we'll keep it", said Adder, shoving it into her rucksack.
The small group advanced into the Red Forest unhindered. As they marched, Adder got the distinct impression that they were being followed and watched by an invisible presence. Wasp got that feeling too, and was quick to draw her Protecta.
"Keep an eye out, boys, I think someone's following us", said the blonde woman, shooting suspicious glances at the skeletal trees around them. An hour later, they arrived next to a row of wooden and metal spikes upon which were impaled the dessicated remains of several severed heads. They were now more skull than head, as the skin had rotted away a while ago.
"Hey, boss?", said Wasp with a grin. "Hand me the hat."
Adder raised an eyebrow questioningly, but handed Wasp the hat they had acquired earlier. Wasp took the hat and placed it on one of the skulls.
"Haha, very funny, Wasp", said Adder. "Now stop messing around. We're being followed..."
The group froze and watched the trees behind them. They were now in a narrow ravine with no trees on their flanks. Suddenly, Adder spotted some rocks and dirt tumbling down the side of the ravine, and the group didn't have time to aim its guns up at the source of the disturbance before a strange but very familiar individual dropped down from above.
"I salute you", said the strange man. Wasp looked at him curiously.
"-Who the hell are you?"
"-I", said the man, removing his improvised gas mask and revealing a very familiar face, "am Khan. What brings you to these hostile parts?"
Adder's suspicious look changed into one of hostility. She recognised the man. He had plotted against her and others, misleading them and almost getting them killed.
"-Ah, I recognise you", she said with a venomous hiss in her voice. "You're the 'guide' who double-crossed us when the group I was in was looking for Seth. You're a filthy, lying son of bitch."
"-Now, now, my lady. This is no way to talk to an old friend."
"-Old friend my arse", said Adder. Wasp drew her shotgun and aimed it straight at Khan. This caused the moustachioed stalker to draw his pistol, a Beretta 93r.
"-Drop the gun, or...AGH!"
Khan dropped his pistol and grabbed his arm in pain. A small, black object that resembled a tiny black urchin was embedded in his flesh. As he tried to pull it out, he pricked his fingers and hand and swore before throwing the little object away. He turned to Adder, fury in his eyes.
"Your irritating little trick will cost y...y..."
Khan's eyes bulged, and he froze. Adder smirked.
"-You just got a nice little dose of Black Venom", she said as the stalker dropped to his knees. His eyes were bulging so much that they were bloodshot, and his throat was making horrendous choking noises. "First it will paralyse you, then it will make you convulse, and then your eyes will pop out of their orbits, your lungs will start bleeding and you will die slowly and painfully."
Khan began to convulse violently, and his eyes were squeezed out of his orbits. As he died, he began to cough up copious amounts of blood that soaked his chin, throat and suit and stained the cracked asphalt beneath him. Wasp and the others watched in horror as the stalker died a slow and agonising death. Once Khan's body had stopped moving altogether, Wasp slowly turned to the commandant.
"-What...what the hell?", she said.
"-New poison", said Adder matter-of-factly. "Delivered via bullet or spineball."
Adder opened a small leather pouch on her belt and took a spinky ball similar to the one she'd thrown on Khan earlier. It looked like a black rubber ball with needles sticking out of it.
"Very, very poisonous", said Adder, manipulating the little object carefully. Wasp noticed the snake-eyed woman was wearing gloves, obviously as a form of protection.
"-Nasty...", said Wasp before turning to Khan's twisted corpse. Adder joined her in going through the dead stalker's belongings, and Wasp seemed rather happy when she found the two old fashioned rifles Khan carried.
"Oh God I love these things", she said, looking at the Marlin and the Winchester lever-action rifles. Adder rolled her eyes.
"-I don't get your whole cowboy fetish. Anyway, you can have them. I'll take the pistol, and we can divide the artefacts this bastard had."
And so Adder and Wasp got a Moonlight and a Spring each, while Adder took the Mica and the Pellicle. As the two women pocketed their Moonlight artefacts, they felt a wave of energy wash over them. Once they'd looted Khan's corpse, they left him to rot and continued on their path.
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