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Post by JDrew25 on Dec 13, 2016 22:24:16 GMT -5
"That's fine. Get some rest, and I'll see you in a few days. Stay safe."
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Post by Dragnoxz on Dec 14, 2016 16:01:32 GMT -5
Thomas: "You too." He hangs up.
You arrive at your door. There is a note.
It reads: "Level 0. Room A-13. Collins."
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Post by JDrew25 on Dec 15, 2016 12:56:19 GMT -5
"Huh. They are fast."
Ashley took the sign off of her door and began heading in the direction that Collins had left for her. So what were the SPOND going to be able to tell her? Maybe they had seen similar things on their missions? They were dimension-traveling ninjas after all, so they had to have encountered some pretty strange things during missions. She'd find out once she got there.
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Post by Dragnoxz on Dec 15, 2016 14:49:33 GMT -5
You realize the note gives a location, but no directions on how to get there. After a while of searching, you end up looking it up and find it. It is probably a mile walk through the hallway networks. You must take an elevator to the lower levels, then walk over a thousand feet to another elevator, up to another floor, and along a long ass corridor, up some stares, then a shorter corridor, where the door numbers become closer to yours. Then you find the metal door. Blake is standing outside of it.
Blake: "It's locked, dammit."
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Post by JDrew25 on Dec 16, 2016 8:19:59 GMT -5
"So I wasn't the only one invited to this huh?"
Ashley tried the door herself. Locked. Great, so why would Collins have her come to a locked door? And invite Blake as well?
"No sign of Collins at all?"
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Post by Dragnoxz on Dec 16, 2016 15:19:54 GMT -5
"Maybe we're in the wrong place." The door bumped, and the the knob turned and door opened, and their was Collins. Collins: "Come on. I got sort of a surprise for you guys." He leads you through a hallway and up a set of stares, and outside. You emerge out of a bunker, and he gets in a Humvee with a grenade launcher on top, (is not loaded), and droves you to a large hanger looking building. When you get out, you realize you are in a hanger with aircraft. There is a small black jet with its wings collapsed with its nose cone open, and there is a a blue dragon painted on it. The jet looks like this one: There there is another outside of the hanger. There is a half helicopter aircraft with its propeller or blades still turning. The blades come to a stop, and out come some of the crew. Other airport crew are already walking around it, and two of the crewmembers run to the hanger where you are. They run past and you recognize one. This is the kind of craft it is: Pax: "COLLINS ! RESTROOM, WHERE !?" Collins: "I don't know. That way." Pax: "Move !" Collins starts cracking up, "He went the wrong way." Pax runs to the door you just emerged from, not knowing it leading to outside. "Restroom I think is right there." Major: "Haha, he's been *****ing about having to go. But I'm gonna use the restroom right there." He points at a black door that says "Head" and enters. Pax runs back in "Dammit Collins." The restroom door closes casually, Pax looks at the door. "No way." He walks back outside, crosses the road, goes into the woods. Blake: (Starts to laugh his ass off), "He is not thinking clearly, hahahahahaaaa." Collins: "I know. It's so funny." Stark: "Some crazy ass dude dressed in a pilot suit just ran past me and into the woods. Oh my goh, hi Ashley- how ya been gurl ! Oh, and hi Collins, and Blake." Blake: "Sir." (He nods) Collins: "Hi sir."
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Post by JDrew25 on Dec 23, 2016 12:51:39 GMT -5
"It's good to have everyone under the same roof again. How's life been treating you? Hopefully better than Pax right now."
Ashley kept an eye on the patch of trees that the pilot had gone into, hoping that he was going to be able to find his way back out. She imagined he flew for quite some time if he had to go to the bathroom so badly.
"I love the surprise. How did you manage to pull it off? You guys have been scattered all over the place these past few years."
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Post by Dragnoxz on Dec 24, 2016 0:17:23 GMT -5
Stark: "We're hear for fuel. We stop hear all the time. I fly the navy rescue crew around. We on our toes all the tihm. Wez be on our way in half hour. I gots me a copilot now. She new but she do, haha."
Pax walks in with scratche son his forehead. "f**king branches."
Pax: "Stark ? You a captain now ?" Sratk: "Yeaa, by you still my boss in da army doh." Pax: "I graduated and got an Osprey. I'm qualified in four ships now." Stark: "Maaaahn, dot be like dat. Ihm almost qualified for coastguard." Pax: "Dayum, bro. You are doing good." Stark: "Nah. Don't do dat." Pax: "Do what ?" Stark: "Try to talk like me, brah. You not cool like me." Pax: "Osprey." He says in a sassy tone, as if to brag. Stark: "Now you done know dat ain't got s*** on the coastguard skill." Pax: "Huh, please. Um, but congratz." Collins: "I said SPOND training."
Everyone acts all sad for a moment.
Collins: "I start it again next year, haha"
They path in on the back.
Blake: "let's go to a lounge and catch up." Stark: "Naw. I gotta get my s*** together and head out again." Blake: "Sucks for you." Pax: "I got a meeting tomorrow, and breefing. Doing special training with the Osprey. Some long range stuff with advance SPOND operatives. They are training too." Stark: "Gooh luck wit dat." Pax: "So Ashley. How has college been for you ? Learning allot ?"
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Post by JDrew25 on Dec 28, 2016 11:04:27 GMT -5
"Yeah. Learning mostly not to pick fights with four people at the same time. Blake's been great moral support for that."
Ashley spent a little time filling them in on her brush up, and attempted rescue of Thomas from the group that had attacked him. She left out the part of seeing the psychiatrist on base, and that she going to be trying for SPOND as soon as she got the opportunity. She still needed several years of schooling before that was a possibility so she wasn't worried about that yet.
"But hey, I think I passed all my classes. Not bad right?"
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Post by Dragnoxz on Dec 28, 2016 16:33:28 GMT -5
Pax: "That's good. Keep up the good work." Stark: "Dang Ash gonna be a ninja." Collins: "Me to, haha." Stark: "We I gots-ta go. Get my flight plan set and go back to my flyin. Y'all be good." Blake: "Never." Stark: "Aight, be safe then. You be good Ash, haha."
Stark walks off.
Pax: "I got a wile. Let's go do something. Got any ideas, anyone ?"
You get a text from an unfamiliar number. "I am in SPOND. I was told you need help. Meet at subway terminal, Dock-C. Just you."
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Post by JDrew25 on Jan 19, 2017 14:23:59 GMT -5
"Hmm. Well I did have free time, but something just came up. Wasn't what I was expecting. I'll get moving, and hopefully be back before you are all gone again!"
Ashley gave everyone a hug, and told them she would see them as soon as she could before she turned and left, trying to follow the directions to Dock C. She sent a reply text letting the person know she was coming.
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Post by Dragnoxz on Jan 19, 2017 14:39:17 GMT -5
Pax: "Uhm, ok." Giving a look of disappointment, as if he just arrived to surprise everyone, only to say hi and not get a chance to catch up. "I suppose the new social media is the new thing to interact with these days." He focuses on the phone as you walk off ignoring him.
Stark walks off and waves, smiling.
Collins gives a shrug to Pax, before looking at Blake.
Blake: "Oh, yea. I almost forgot." He pulls his phone out and starts texting on it. Then he looks up and smiles, "Kidding." He takes a deep breath. "I guess it's us three. Coffe, anyone ?"
Pax: "No. Screw thah-ok, yes. Let's get coffee. I don't fly for a while, so I'm good. Let's catch up."
They walk and head toward the main facility, in the same general direction you do. Stark goes to his chopper and crew, looking over a notepad.
Text: "Ok."
You eventually arrive at the location. A woman in civilian attire is there, texting. She is 5'6" and has black hair, Latino, definately in shape, has a long scar on her left arm, and you can tell she has been through allot. But she seems humble, almost shy, till she speaks, "Who the f**k are you ?" She looks you up and down, walks around you. Does not touch or get under a foot away. She walks like a drill instructor.
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Post by JDrew25 on Jan 19, 2017 15:49:37 GMT -5
"Um...Ashley. I...got a text saying I was supposed to meet a SPOND member here. I'm in the right place, aren't I?"
Ashley fought the urge to wilt a little under the woman's gaze. She may have been a little shorter, but the woman was clearly used to being taken seriously. Deciding she was going to hold her ground, she stood up even straighter, making her about two inches taller than the other woman. If this was a test, she had every intention of passing it.
"So I guess you sent me the message? Or are you waiting for a SPOND member too?"
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Post by Dragnoxz on Jan 20, 2017 4:25:23 GMT -5
The hall is dark, but illuminated by small lights. It reminds you of the sewer in raccoon, where the light was by the heavy door. Only the smell is not there, but you mentally get that smell and nearly gag. The woman cuts you off right after you state your name. She raises her hand and finger is brought to her lips, "Shh." You know she can tell you are trying to stand up straighter. She coveys that awareness without reacting, almost as if it is telepathic acknowledgement, as her eyes study you. She definitely does not have a Latino accent. You know that you must be in the correct place. Though, you do make your second response. She replies. "Yes." Her voice is not as intense as her Shh, but it is highly commanding. (Think of Rain from the first Resident Evil movie, similar appearance, but not exactly). She opens her arms, holding them out quickly, for no apparent reason. You flinch. "Hmm." She then lunges toward you like a zombie, as if to grab and bite you. You fall down in fear without control. She observes you, nodding one single long nod. "So. You, ARE, the girl." She helps you back up. The combination of all of those terrifying events from raccoon flood your memories. Her calming, almost soothing voice conveys a sense of safety and comfort from that awful past. She can tell. "You have PTSD, Ashley. It's going to be ok." She carefully pulls you closer, like an older sister would. "I was there. The truck. The zombies. The park. I'm Captain Zyla. Commander of the team that found you."
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Post by JDrew25 on Feb 24, 2017 8:41:44 GMT -5
"You saved us? Saved us from...from them."
Ashley held onto the woman, feeling as though she were drowning and the woman was pulling her out from the depths. The dead were gone, she was safe. Safety was what mattered. She was the girl they had saved, and all the others with her.
"I want it to be okay. When does it become okay?"
Her voice sounded small, hushed to almost a whisper as she held onto her savior, and tried to keep the memories from coming back. Seeing the dead surround her, their hand grabbing her, teeth biting into her flesh...
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