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Feb 16, 2010 5:12:53 GMT -5
Post by Karcentric on Feb 16, 2010 5:12:53 GMT -5
Karc forced himself to be calm, he had one shot and wasn't going let it miss. As the beast burst through the doorway Torch opened fire, the beast threw it's head back and roared, Karc fired the shot hit it's target slightly low hitting the bloodsucker in the throat, blood sprayed from the wound but didn't kill it. Whirling around the bloodsucker looked at Karc, without thinking Karc took one step back kicked at the beast as hard as he could, the impact knocked the beast back. Torch drew his blade...
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Feb 16, 2010 6:04:26 GMT -5
Post by Falchion on Feb 16, 2010 6:04:26 GMT -5
Torch drew his blade and jumped at the dazed bloodsucker,knocking him down with his fist..."Van Helsing my ass!"-said Torch as he decapitated the beast...He picked up the monsters head and showed it to the Karc:"Those scientists ought to pay good for this..If we ever manage to leave this cursed place,hhah..."-said Torch as he stored the head into his backpack
The two left the room and they were in a long,dark corridor..."Try not to make a sound..."-said Torch as he turned on his lamp..."Snorks,bloodsuckers,whats next,huh?"
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Feb 16, 2010 6:47:29 GMT -5
Post by Karcentric on Feb 16, 2010 6:47:29 GMT -5
Karc looked at the head, there was menace in it's features still. "Yeah, I reckon them egg heads should pay a bit for that ugly bugger." Karc moved silently along the wall a faint light every few meters guided them towards a massive room, there was intense heat below them, hundreds of burner anomalies. Looking up Karc saw several torches moving, "How many do you think is up there?" he whispered. Looking about he saw several artifacts bobbing about. "Let's deal with them up there first, Do you think we could lure them into a trap or some sort?"
"I'm surprised there aren't more mutants here, there must be something up there keeping them away." The lamps above were moving back and forth.
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Feb 16, 2010 12:23:12 GMT -5
Post by Διμι on Feb 16, 2010 12:23:12 GMT -5
Seth made his way through the desolate compound to the lab entrance. He drew his USP as he hurried down the stairs. If the tales of the things that were inside the lab were true, those stalkers didn't have very long to live.
Finally, the stairs evened out into a room ending with an elevator shaft. Two zombies inside turned as Seth burst into the enclosed space. His momentum carrying him forward, he collided with one of them, punching it into the wall behind it. He was certain he felt a cheekbone break under his fist as the force of the collision carried them both through, Seth falling to the floor with his gun. The second zombie whipped around, letting loose a burst that caught its own companion in the midriff. The zombie slid down the wall, struggling to grasp at something to pull itself up.
Seth fired from the floor, the HydroShock round making a sizeable hole in the remaining zombie's forehead. Deciding not to waste more ammo, he walked over to the struggling zombified stalker, and plunged a knife through its eye socket. A good start, he thought, at least he wasn't dead yet.
He turned to the elevator shaft. Naturally, the elevator itself was out of power, he would have to climb down several floors. Holstering his weapon, he slid down the ladder into the darkness below.
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Feb 16, 2010 15:25:04 GMT -5
Post by Falchion on Feb 16, 2010 15:25:04 GMT -5
"Hmm,at least five..I could always scare them with this bloodsucker head,hehe...Or we could use you as a bait?"
Then Torch heard a shot:"Did you hear that? Unless the zombies are shooting at each other I'd say there's someone else here too..And he may be our ticket out..Give me one of those fireballs,we might need them.."
"Lets wait here for a bit,see what that guy is up too..I just hope he ain't with the Army..."
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Feb 16, 2010 20:11:11 GMT -5
Post by Διμι on Feb 16, 2010 20:11:11 GMT -5
The shaft eventually ended, connecting into a large room with circular catwalks ringing an open expanse. The entire area was shrouded in darkness, aside from a light in an adjoining bathroom, from which distinct growls could be heard. Seth could see several bobbing headlamps in the distance. Turning on his night vision, he saw several zombies shambling about on the catwalks as well as the ground level of the room. A iron grille was pulled down halfway over the exit on the other side of the room, several dead bodies in front of it.
Seth silently began making his way along the wall of the room, not wishing to attract the attention of the zombies. While he could take the brain-scorched stalkers out, he reasoned, alerting the mutants inside the bathroom would no doubt be a wrong turn to take. He was three fourths of the way across when a zombie turned directly to face him, its headlight illuminating the Freedomer completely in the darkness. At the same time, a snork emerged from the bathroom, both zombie and mutant staring directly at the intruder.
The zombie's "UH-URRAAA!" was drowned out by the mutant's roar as two more snorks leapt out of the adjoining room. Seth fired his sidearm and the zombie dropped, its headlight broken, but it was too late, the three snorks had already taken notice and were rapidly scrambling across the floor towards the Freedomer.
Seth bolted for the exit, pulling the grille down before his pursuers as he slid under it. The snorks slammed against the iron grid a second later, roaring and clawing at the Freedom leader through the openings. Carefully aiming at the head of each beast, Seth fired off three more rounds, dispatching all. However, the zombies left behind in the room began taking notice of the scuffle, and began shambling towards the portal, guns drawn.
Retreating down the corridor, Seth fired off several more shots to stall his chasers, but to little effect. Before the zombies could aim or retaliate, he had already reached a bend in the hallway and ducked out of sight, leaving the zombies behind the grille in the large room.
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Feb 17, 2010 7:54:31 GMT -5
Post by Karcentric on Feb 17, 2010 7:54:31 GMT -5
Shots echoed do the hall ways. Karc jerked about looking into the darkness. What the hell is going on? Karc thought, climbing down into the haze of heat, he picked up 3 near by artifacts 2 droplets and a fireball, sweat dripping down his brow despite the cool air. Climbing back up he passed the fireball and one of the droplets to Torch. "What did you have planned?' Karc asked half watching the way they had come in case someone or something came out.
"Let's stand to one side of this corridor, that way if anyone bursts in we can surprise them." Karc said, moving to the left into an open area, sheltered by a couple of desks.
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Feb 18, 2010 3:08:15 GMT -5
Post by Falchion on Feb 18, 2010 3:08:15 GMT -5
"He's close..."-said Torch while he was cleaning the blood off his sword.
"Well,if I'm right and lets hope so,these artifacts emit heat and we could use that for i don't know...lighting a fire? Since we don't have a tinder box,we could use this instead...We could set up a desk on fire with many other things on it and then "pass" it to the zombies..Unfortunately we would have to carry the desk up first and then light it...But you never know when will you need these things"-said Torch as he was holding the Fireball and the Droplet...
Torch followed Karc to the left side...then he asked:"Have you got a family "outside"? Do you ever think of leaving the Zone? Having a normal life?"
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Feb 18, 2010 5:58:16 GMT -5
Post by Karcentric on Feb 18, 2010 5:58:16 GMT -5
"I hope we don't scare who ever it is the last thing we need is someone shooting us some more." Karc poked his arm it had stopped bleeding but still stung. "Let's leave a not on the ground for this guy to read." Karc suggested.
Karc listened to his friends plan, "I reckon there something further up that we can set fire to, and then give that to those dopey bastards." Karc commented. The second question caught Karc off guard, he hadn't thought about any of that in many years. "I had a family, I mean I think their still alive, I'm from Australia I've been traveling and working freelance for years." Karc paused remembering the past.
Shaking his head to clear it, "I'm not leaving the zone, I heard about something that could change my life, deep in the old power plant. Something that grants wishes. I'd like a normal life but it would never work out." Karc was lost again within his own thoughts.
"What about you?"
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Feb 18, 2010 12:21:41 GMT -5
Post by Διμι on Feb 18, 2010 12:21:41 GMT -5
Seth stalked the old hallways, walls covered in grime. For once, he thought, no opposition here. He could feel the temperature rising, and up ahead, he could see a doorway into a huge cavern, blocked by a barricade.
On the other side, he could see a handful of zombies, five or six brain-dead stalkers, all armed. He could take on all of them, he reasoned, but then a better solution arrived. An oblong gas tank lay at the foot of the wooden barricade, just waiting to explode.
"Hey!" He shouted to the zombies across the hallway "Yeah you! You mindless bastards! Come on over here! I've got enough Svoboda for all of you!" The zombies immediately turned around, ambling up to the barricade. The wooden planks began to crack and collapse as the first three of the creatures began pressing down, attempting to break through or climb over. Finally, the barricade fell, all six of the zombies falling through, tipping over and attempting to aim at the Freedomer.
Then Seth fired. The round hit the gas tank directly and the latter ignited. Incinerated zombie remains and burning chips of wood and coal blasted into the cavern, falling along the floors and down into the burner anomalies below, which destroyed them completely. The rest of the fireball barreled down the hallway towards Seth.
"Oh shit!" It was already the second time in as many days that the Freedomer had to face something of the sort. I didn't even fix my suit yet, dammit! He thought as he sprinted, turned the corner, and dove down to the ground.
The flaming mass dissipated as it exited the hallway, although the immense heat was enough to make the remaining insulation in his suit crackle once more. Finally, it was over. Seth stood up, walking back into the hallway. There was little left of the zombies or the barricade, perhaps a few charred, but recognizable human body parts lying about. USP in hand, he walked into the cavernous room.
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Feb 18, 2010 15:00:12 GMT -5
Post by Falchion on Feb 18, 2010 15:00:12 GMT -5
"I'd rather ambush then ask questions..."-answered Torch
"My familiy...I don't know from where to start...I...I..I don't know wha-..."-Torch was interrupted as he heard an explosion...
"No time to chit-chat,grab your weapon,he's here"
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Feb 18, 2010 16:58:28 GMT -5
Post by Διμι on Feb 18, 2010 16:58:28 GMT -5
Seth was about to turn the corner when he heard voices "grab your weapon - he's here!" he heard someone shout. Sneaky bastards, he thought, he came all the way to pull them out of this hole, and they tried to put one in him?
Staying in the hallway, he yelled into the cavern "Stalkers! This is Seth of the Freedom faction, and I've come to clear this place out and help you in the process. You can put your weapons down and come out with your hands over your head. Or..." Seth smiled, although he sincerely hoped it wouldn't come to this "You can try shooting at me. In that case, I'll walk right back out through the only entrance and pop your heads off with my sniper rifle from cover when you decide to come out. I'd say I'm giving you a reasonable number of options, which is something you haven't given me."
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Feb 19, 2010 2:44:16 GMT -5
Post by Falchion on Feb 19, 2010 2:44:16 GMT -5
"Freedom,huh? I guess you really came to free us,one way or another?"-said Torch and came out with his hands over his head,Karc followed,holding his wounded arm...
"His arm is bleeding from a previous encounter with the Army..Have you got any extra bandages?"
Torch turned to Karc and said:"Damn,looks like this was my lucky day."
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Feb 19, 2010 13:14:55 GMT -5
Post by Karcentric on Feb 19, 2010 13:14:55 GMT -5
Karc's arm was ebbing blood again as he tried to rise it. He was getting sleepy. Freedom? he thought that's a joke, we're stuck under the ground with all sorts of things and he's talking about freedom? Karc started giggling at the thought.
"Lucky. I wonder where that stash is?" He turned looking at Torch, forgetting the man who had fought his way down into the lab to find them. Turning back to Seth, "I know you." Karc murmured. "Not the smartest way into the dead city sunshine." he managed before slumping to his knees. "Fucking bastards." Still holding his arm.
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Feb 19, 2010 13:47:53 GMT -5
Post by Διμι on Feb 19, 2010 13:47:53 GMT -5
"Fuck," Seth swore. The man was wounded, although not fatally. He was bleeding out, and no one appeared to have a single anti-bleeding artifact.
"We'll have to get this guy out of here" Seth muttered, "I can remove the bullet now, repair the wound a bit, and bandage it up but that won't take care of it completely."
He pulled the Mama's Beads from his neck, and placed it near the wound. Immediately the artifact began to move. Splitting into a wormlike form, it swiftly entered the wound, lining the sides with a repairing solution. Finally, its first link opened up into a mouth-like shape, closing around the bullet and pulling it out. The entire operation happened so fast that the mercenary did not even notice.
Seth pulled a bandage ((no rules for listing these or medkits in char profiles, plus Seth's always prepared)) from his pack, wrapping up the wound, also placing his Moonlight in the merc's belt. "can you walk now?" he asked.
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