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Aug 4, 2009 3:22:56 GMT -5
Post by Mikey on Aug 4, 2009 3:22:56 GMT -5
"Theres only one thing to do when that happens." Thorton whispered to Joe. He took a moment to note his surroundings. More importantly, how the mutants were situated. He had less than a second to do this when he needed to, and he's half to make it count if he was going to save Andreya. It was going to work. It had to...
He let his hands drift to his waist, reaching for the .45 he had hidden and the mutants failed to notice. Didnt surprise him. He was just lucky it hadnt been humans who had taken them. They would have seen it instantly.
"Think your superior?" Thorton said, catching Toad's attention, along with the other mutants. His target, the one with the gas mask and the tank on its back, turned as well as the others. He needed the thing alighned perfectly. As it was, it was already standing close enough to the rails. It turned with its back and its center of gravity, the tank of gas, to the rail and Thorton made his move. In one motion he stood and drew out the 1911, first putting it over his left shoulder and firing three rounds into the creature holding him, then aiming it and firing once. The creature known as Smog pitched back when the round penetrated the plastic of its mask and its forehead. He started in a run, as fast as he could with his bad leg, toward the creature.
The other creatures made moves to catch him, the closets being the one with the mouth stitched shut. He emptied the last three rounds into the creature and took it to the ground before he used the strength of his good leg to jump. In a leap, he crashed into the heap that was Smog and toppled them both into the water. Phase one had gone well enough. Now he needed the gator to come after him instead of her. Shouldnt be too hard to do, he was a much easier target.
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Sewers
Aug 4, 2009 12:47:52 GMT -5
Post by Scorpio on Aug 4, 2009 12:47:52 GMT -5
"I seem to be warming up to this 'winging it'."
Whilst the mutants were distracted Joe took a running kick at the small one holding the medicine bag, on contact he practically took off over the water, dropping the bag on top of Andreyas box as the Alligator broke surface to snap him up. Joe leapt upwards passing his bound hands under his legs, landing and taking a fighting stance.
"I want to let you know, you can all still walk away from this."
Slither charged grabbing Joe in a bear hug.
"Guess not." He replied by bringing his fists down on his opponents eyes, dazing him and loosening his grip. Amphibian tried to attack from behind, before Joe caught him around the throat and flipped him over his shoulder to the floor.
During the fight, Toad took up a large wooden club and made his way down to the pool edge.
"I'll crush you myself!" He took a swing which Joe ducked under, rolling to the side to avoid the follow up.
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Sewers
Aug 4, 2009 16:37:39 GMT -5
Post by Reaper on Aug 4, 2009 16:37:39 GMT -5
Andreya was drifting in and out of consciousness. As soon as her body took control her asthma attack seemed to reside just a bit allowing her to breath enough. Though she was readily aware of what was going on around her. Her thoughts were wondering toward Thorton and hoping he was safe. She opened her eyes just in time to see large slimy teeth coming toward her. She screamed out as she closed her eyes tightly. There was a loud crunching sound and the sound of wood cracking and breaking. She held her eyes shut tightly as she feared for the worse, only to end up on the ground. When she felt the cold hard concrete ground she opened her eyes just barley enough to see the creature move away from her. She looked up tiredly at the scene around her, before she laid down on the ground resting her head on the concrete.
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Sewers
Aug 6, 2009 10:09:56 GMT -5
Post by Mikey on Aug 6, 2009 10:09:56 GMT -5
Thorton struggled to keep above the water, trying to get the creatures attention. It was turning out to be harder to get it to come over here than he had thought. And now he was faced with something he hadnt thought of, expecting an instant reaction from the gator. Keeping this big bastard with the hundred or more pound metal tank on its back afloat. It was getting heavier and heavier, threatening to pull him down to the bottom of the pool.
Just then, when he thought he was going to die without even having the chance to save Andreya, the monster started its path toward him.
"Come on, you overgrown gecko..." He thought to himself, losing strength by the moment. He swam to the side of the pool, holding onto the edge to keep himself afloat and to give him something to kick off of. The gator grew closer, opening its massive jaws for its meal. Thorton kicked away from the edge, watching Smog be engulfed by the creature, sort of. The tank stuck in its jaws, holding them open.
Thorton grabbed one of the bumps on its back and went along for the ride as it circled the pool trying to chew through the tank. He pulled himself up to lay across its neck and fiched the magazine from his pants. Ejecting the old and slamming in the new, he released the slide and grabbed hold of the monster from the other side. He leaned further, his head skimming the water as he looked inside. The tank was pointing down its throat, the valve on the outside. Perfect.
He aimed and fired three times, trying to knock the top off. The third shot hit, seperated the valve from the top of the tank, and turned the tank into a lethal torpedo. It tore free from the body of the smaller mutant and down the throat of the larger mutant. Thorton could hear the cracks and breaks as the tank tore through bone and tissue, settling somewhere at the bottom of the alligator. It thrashed and threw Thorton off its back, dieing what had to be a very painful, slow, and violent death.
After righting himself in the water, he floated to the surface and swam to the platform Andreya was on. He pulled himself up with no trouble and crawled to her, checking her pulse and shaking her to try and wake her up.
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Aug 6, 2009 10:29:32 GMT -5
Post by Reaper on Aug 6, 2009 10:29:32 GMT -5
Andreya didn't move or even looked like she was trying to wake up. As he Thorton felt for her pulse he could tell it was there, but just barley. She just laid there pratically still as death with the exception of an occasonal gasp as her body still fought for air. Her hair and cloths were soaked threw with sweat from the stress her body was going threw. Her body was pratically in shock with a full blown out asthma attack still going on from what it seemed like. Her face and body seemed almost as white as a ghost which made the brusing around her right arm vary visable, and once more indicating that the bone had been broken again or rather snapped back out of place.
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Aug 6, 2009 17:14:32 GMT -5
Post by Scorpio on Aug 6, 2009 17:14:32 GMT -5
Toad was temporarily distracted by the geyser like spray coming from the water as the alligator sank, he slapped Joe aside and rushed to the edge.
"You killed my pet! I'll have you all torn to pieces!"
He looked around ready to send his legions at Thornton. However, they had already begun retreating. With the beast slain the humans were proving a force to be reckoned with. Toad fumed as Joe stood again, picking the lock on his chains with a small piece of metal and freeing his hands.
"You know, since I left the village I've seen a lot of bad, but usually the good balances it out. and my order tends to shun violence, but for someone like you, I'm willing to earn some penance."
Toad lunged as Joe dove to the wet floor, sliding under his opponent then pressing his hands to the floor to raise himself into a mule kick, the blow to the back of his opponents knee dropped him.
"Ragh!" He struggled to regain his balance and counter attack at the same time, swinging his arm back to swat Joe earned him a series of chops to each side of the elbow, his arm dropped limp. A follow up jab to the back of his neck then two more in the throat caused him to drop face down on the floor, a puddle of drool quickly forming under him.
"On the bright side, you'll recover in a few days, I think you can live off enough weight to last. On the other hand, I think you may have lost the respect of your people, so I doubt you'll be leading any uprisings against the surface for a long time." He retrieved his bag and Thorntons armour and guns from the mutants stash before heading over to the platform to help with Andreya.
"I have some medical knowledge." He retrieved her bag from nearby. "Asthma right?" A quick search found her inhaler. "and her arm is in bad shape, I can help with that."
He lightly gripped a nerve cluster near her shoulder. "Part of my training, this will ease the pain while we work, allow her to breathe easier."
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Aug 7, 2009 13:30:23 GMT -5
Post by Mikey on Aug 7, 2009 13:30:23 GMT -5
"Ya, asthma." Thorton confirmed. He lifted her head up and took the inhaler from Joe, putting it to her lips and watching her take it in her mouth. With a quick depress of the cartridge at the top, he administered her medicine and tossed it back into the bag. Setting her gently back on the ground, he picked up the bag to look through its contents.
"She has pain killers in here somewhere..." He said, knowing they were here somewhere. The bag was a mess, nothing in its place anymore. Wasnt surprising, but he was getting frustrated looking for it.
"Where the f**k!" He started, stopping when his fingers closed around the familer vial. He took it out and set it on the ground, fishing a needle from the outer pocket of the bag and filling it with the morphine. He put his hand around her good arm, it being so thin that he was able to wrap his hand around it to squeeze it and prep the vein. When he could see it, he gave her the injection and tossed the needle away. Tapping her arm to get the drug moving faster. It wouldnt last long, he knew that. She had a very high resistance to these types of drugs. Probably only last long enough for them to fix her arm...
He waited a few moments for the drug to get into her system and looked over at Joe. "Do it." He said. He didnt trust himself to do it now that someone who actually knew what they were doing was here, whereas he had just looked over the shoulder of medics and doctors the past five or so years.
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Aug 7, 2009 13:56:30 GMT -5
Post by Scorpio on Aug 7, 2009 13:56:30 GMT -5
"Okay, just press down like this on both sides." He applied some pressure on the nerve and Andreya slumped slightly. "I'll need both hands to fix her arm." He moved Thorntons hand to the first nerve cluster and let him take over, whilst giving him an idea of where the spot was on the other shoulder.
"Part of my training was learning nerve points like this all across the body, they have many uses for keeping a patient still and relieving pain, or disabling an opponent non lethally."
He took her damaged arm and gave it a check over. "I once met a hiker with similar damage, no fractures, or fragments in any veins. With you pressing down like that she won't even notice this."
In a quick move he slipped the bone back into place. "You can let go now. The medicine will do the rest, she may feel a slight tingle in those pressure points though."
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Sewers
Aug 7, 2009 14:19:54 GMT -5
Post by Reaper on Aug 7, 2009 14:19:54 GMT -5
As Andreya's attack began to settle and the drug began to kick in her body began to settle a bit more almost like she was in a deep sleep, but her sleep didn't last for long. Her body was still a bit warm to the touch, her color still as white as a ghost, and sweat still soaked her cloths and hair. She let out a soft moan before shifting a bit. Her body settled once more, and then she slowly began to open her eyes. She looked around tiredly before her eyes fell on Thorton. A small smile escaping her lips as she realized that he was safe. She closed her eyes again this time drifting into a slightly unsettling slumber.
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Aug 8, 2009 8:05:47 GMT -5
Post by Mikey on Aug 8, 2009 8:05:47 GMT -5
Thorton sighed in releif when he looked down at Andreya and saw that she was ok now. He het go of her shoulder and looked up at Joe. "Thank you." He said lightly. He extended his hand for a shake and said "Thorton Johnson." After the introductions and the handshake and moved over to the box and opened it up, looking to make sure everything was still there. It was, thankfully. Last thing he needed was for one of those things to get ahold of the high powered weaponry he carried around.
He started with his belt, sliding the Glock 31 into the holster on the back of the belt and popping out the cylinder of his .460 revolver. He dumped the five empty rounds from it and slid in another five into the chambers, snapping it closed and sliding it into its own holster. He continued to gear up as he looked at Andreya over his shoulder, sliding things that had to be Joe's to him whenever he came across them. They'd be leaving as soon as she could move, and hopefully not run into anymore trouble.
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Aug 8, 2009 16:29:24 GMT -5
Post by Scorpio on Aug 8, 2009 16:29:24 GMT -5
"Joe" He returned the handshake. "I'm afraid that's it, I didn't get a surname."
Joe sorted his own gear from the pile, his knife, still sheathed, and his bag with all the items still inside.
"I expect you and your daughter are hungry after this ordeal, if so I have plenty of food made up and would be happy to share." He offered Thornton a pair of bowls. "For your assistance it's only a small fraction of how I can repay you."
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Aug 8, 2009 20:17:52 GMT -5
Post by Reaper on Aug 8, 2009 20:17:52 GMT -5
Andreya moaned slightly as she shifted almost like she was absently searching for some comfort. She shifted uneasily until Thorton moved so he could place her head in his lap. After which she settled down, and seemed to fall into a deep sleep. She shifted once more as she drifted back again. Smiling slightly as she slept with her head nestling into Thorton's lap. Her good arm gripping his pant leg tightly as she had done so many time before. He was her comfort and her safety net. When she thought she was about to lose it he would always wrap his arms around her, and it always seemed to make everything better.
It wasn't to long before the sound of footsteps echoed threw one of the many tunnels surrounding their location. "Captain I found movement," a voice echoed threw the room. Then as a man in full black bdu combat gear jumped from the tunnel four other men followed, and then what looked like a woman. She wasn't wearing the same gear. It was more of a tight black outfit that fit her curves in every way. She had on a tight fitting jacket as well. On both legs were strapped what seemed like glock 17s, and at her legs meet with healed black boots were two M 9 bayonets. Each hand covered with gloves, but hidden up her sleeves were two smaller versions of the bayonets. She looked around before her eyes fell on the trio.
"I am Captain Sarah Colligar. We were doing sonic sweeps of the area and came across some unusual disturbance. Are you three okay?" she asked. Her voice holding a strong firm but gentle tone to it.
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Aug 9, 2009 4:15:03 GMT -5
Post by Mikey on Aug 9, 2009 4:15:03 GMT -5
Thorton had smirked when Andreya moved closer to him, running his hand through her hair as he looked at the bowls Joe was offering. "Sure, why not." He said. Beat the hell out of the MRE's he had. They hadnt been able to take any of the real food from the hotel. Not enough room to carry it all and too many other factors that made staying there undesireable.
The footsteps spooked him, his head jerking toward them and the large bore revolver being slipped from its holster and held at the ground, ready to be raised and fired in an instant. He saw the men start coming through but kept his weapon ready. They could be military. They dressed like it, a lot like his old wet works Force Recon team had all those years ago. Either way, they wernt friends of his. No operations from his team were going on in these parts.
And then the female walked through, and the thought of military went out the window. No officer dressed like a hooker from a leather flick. Probably from the private sector. Either way, she seemed like she had good intentions, but that didnt mean anything to Thorton. He'd met a few people who seemed like they had good intentions, only to be beyond two faced, bordering four faced territory.
"Bit late to the party." Thorton said, motioning at the dead bodies of the mutants around him, and to the semi afloat corpse that used to be a thirty or so foot alligator, sans a head, in the pool around them.
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Aug 9, 2009 17:31:35 GMT -5
Post by Reaper on Aug 9, 2009 17:31:35 GMT -5
She looked at Thorton than to their surroundings. Shaking her head she waved her men down, and as they stood down they also took several steps back. "Well in either case were still not to late to help," she said motioning to Andreya. "She doesn't look to well and may need proper medical attention," she commented as she stepped forward. "We have a full medical unite up above, if you let us to take us there," she said as she motioned to the whole they were coming from.
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Aug 10, 2009 17:04:23 GMT -5
Post by Scorpio on Aug 10, 2009 17:04:23 GMT -5
"Guess the meal can wait, I may not have enough to go around everyone."
Joe stood and looked around the various soldiers as he listened to their offer.
"Seems a dangerous place to have a medical unit, all these mutants running around right under you. Have you been set up long?"
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