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 Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 4:31 pm
((It seems to be fixed now, gonna re-post my thing here))
"It's a pleasure to meet you too, Senator Bard."
Asuka promptly returned the shake. He didn't want to hesitate, a sign of uncertainty and weakness. And most of all, he didn't want to show disrespect to the senator, especially one that is holding his life in the palm of her hand.
"It's my honor to serve with her, Danika I mean," Asuka replied respectfully.
"Though I do hope she will get over the situation with her father. I do not want anything like that; It could jeopardize the whole mission," Asuka continued, a hint of worry tinting his voice.
"But something had been worrying me," Asuka commented. Asuka looked up into Senator Bard's eye.
"What did you suspect Mr. Hessler of? Sure, he did try to overthrow a government, but what makes you think that he had help?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:32 pm
[Sorry I haven't been posting, it's crunch time at work, so I've been on call 24/7]
Vulcan navigated through the back alleys of the city blocks, some passerbys noticed the two of them carrying Umi, but none stayed to watch. Personally, they didn't want to draw attention to the fact; yesterday's big riot put everyone on edge and every little thing would only cause chaos and pandomonium. "We're almost there," Vulcan commented, "but here comes the hard part."
There was an open stretch of concrete ahead, they could have avoided it but Vulcan was unsure if Umi would last the entire trip. He thought of every way he could take, but he didn't have enough knowledge to make a judgment call for a different route. "...s...op," Umi mumbled, he was slipping in and out of consciousness, "it's... a..." Vulcan pushed on, trying ignore to Umi, they arrived at the end of the alley, a huge mezzanine stood in front of them which extended into an even larger skyscraper. There were only two blocks till they reached Umi's apartment, but they had to travel into the building and down one floor to get to the other side; an almost impossible feat to get there without being noticed - luckily there were no immediate CPF in the area. "Before we get our feet wet, I want to apologize for getting you into this," Vulcan mentioned, "especially for this guy."
[edit: hurray posting works now]
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:27 pm
 Blakely looked at the open space. Okay, it wasn’t to much of a space. It was filled with a skyscraper and people. ‘Ohh God.’ She thought and draped her hair to cover her face. Hopefully the CPF didn’t go on an ultimate search for her yet. “Just go, and be fast.” Blakely mumbled as they kept moving. Soon they were at a building they had to enter. ‘Please please please don’t let me get noticed’ Blakely thought but a voice interrupted that thought . “Hey, isn’t that her?” Blakely froze. “Okay, we need to get out of here incredibly fast!” Blakely demanded. This was a shitty day.
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:24 pm
"Quickly, move!" Vulcan took a deep breath and pushed ahead, "how did they catch on so quickly?" He hurried along with Blakely trying to move Umi as fast as he could. Lucky for them, the CPF couldn't open fire in such a large area; there were too many civilians around. "You have any weapons on you?" Vulcan asked, trying to make an assessment of their current situation, "cause we're going to need them soon." Trying to make the most of the crowds, he moved through the crowds, some civilians immediately noticing the state of Umi and tried to get away from them as soon as possible. They were halfway through the area, but it seemed like it was taking an eternity.
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:49 pm
Blakely hurried through the area, cursing her luck. “When you’re worth 10k, it doesn’t take long for someone to notice you.” Blakely muttered, ready to get home. Well that is if they’d even let her stay until she could figure out where to run to yet. ‘Oh blessed luck.’ She thought as they kept running. They were almost to the building. Blakely then noticed Vulcan asked her something, “Oh yea, two knives.” Blakely informed him. ‘Only a few more steps…’ She thought for motivation. She would have to check the news to see how much they were going crazy for her. She might have to dye her hair and such. She hated doing that; she only had to do it once. Then she’d just wear makeup and different clothes when she wasn’t running. That was if she was staying though.
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:36 pm
Carmela ended up leaving a little while after Danika was pulled aside by Miss Bard. She had things she needed to take care of before she crashed for the night. She managed to weasel her way out of a few interrogations for work, happily. When she got home, finally, she began to go through a mental checklist of needs for the mission. She might be like a third wheel, for she wasn't trained much in combat, due to her taking the interrogation path, though she was sure that wouldnt interfere too horribly.
Finally, she managed to crawl into bed, setting her glasses on her nightstand, and turning out the lights. It seemed like no time before her alarm went off for the next morning, and she hastily went through her daily routine. Wake up, eat, shower, dress, leave. She pulled her hair up in a ponytail on her way out the door.
(sorry its been so long guys, but i did create that new female traceur...and i thought of a way for her to help blakely, umi, and vulcan out of their current situation....if you'd like)
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:51 pm
Danika memorized the name, chanting it over and over again mentally. She made her way home after noticing Carmela had left too. Unluckily, she had an apartment like place inside her father's home. She was too frustrated with him at the moment to even bother worrying about if he was home on house arrest at the moment, or still going through the whole process of getting there. She realized that funnily enough, her emotions had turned around about the whole thing. Taking a shower, eating, and getting ready for bed were all a blur to her, for she was tired, and grateful when her head hit the pillow on her bed.
After a restful night's sleep, Danika woke up and got ready to begin her mission.
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:35 pm
((Yeah! Seem fixed now!))
"Roman...? Was that the other traceur we found in the Parliament building?" A rhetorical question; Of course it was, who else could it possibly be? What surprised Asuka was that the government would employ a traceur to do its work. And that we were not given any word of it.
Dropping that thought (for now), Asuka listened carefully to what Senator Bard had to say, being sure to remember every detail. After the Senator's explanation, Asuka stood, pondering what he had just been told, flipping that thought over in his head.
"So...Are you saying that there maybe someone pulling Mr. Hessler's strings? That Mr. Hessler was reporting, perhaps even working, for someone? Who could possibly do that?!" Asuka whispered sharply.
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:41 pm
[Don't worry about it, just figure out a way to like... appear. By the way, the CPF have things to deal with, such as...]
"Mission Start, Rangers are go."
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"We don't know for sure," Sophia tapped her notes, feeling that Asuka was still skeptical with what she had to say, "we do know that it is an opposing organization. The attention to detail and their skilled planning means that more than one person is behind this, we just have to find ou--"
Kaboom!
A loud noise echoed through the halls, shaking the foundation of the CPF building. A second explosion shook the building a few seconds after, but was from the other end of the building. "What's happening?!" Sophia shouted into the microphone, "here you might need this." Sophia handed a headset to Asuka, which he would need for later. "The front entrance of the building was blown up!" a voice over the microphone replied, "also, the vehicle hanger was destroyed and we're getting unknown resistance from outside -- We're completely boxed in!"
"That's awfully fast for a retaliation," Sophia challenged her own thought, a CPF strike was a brilliant idea since it was soon after yesterday, but it seemed like they were cutting them off, like they didn't want them to leave the building. "This is a diversion!"
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"Alright, team one converge on target. Take out the two escort vehicles."
"Yes sir."
"Remember, we need to get Hessler out alive, so try to lead your targets and make sure none of our RPGs hit the van. Rangers!"
"Hoo-ah!"
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Four CPF officers surrounded the group, Vulcan was starting to get worried, the only one who could fight was Blakely. He didn't have enough strength himself, and Umi was still fading in and out of consciousness. "You're going to have to fight them," Vulcan whispered over to Blakely, the four men were armed with stun batons, meaning they wanted her alive. One of the men leaped forwards, winding his arm backwards -- he was aiming at Vulcan's head, panicking Vulcan braced himself and clutched Umi hoping that he could dampen the blow. "She's not doing it alone!" Umi shouted, throwing his fist into the stomach of the attacker causing the man to grab his stomach and cough up blood, "let's do this Blakely, we have to confront these guys here and now, prove you have what it takes to be a traceur."
"You're crazy Umi! You're in no condition to fight," Vulcan protested.
"Shut up and watch," Umi scowled at Vulcan, he knew he wasn't in any condition to fight. His eyes could barely focus and the blood loss wasn't making it any better, but he didn't want the others to get hurt -- it's been years since Umi had the feeling of not being alone.
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:25 pm
Carmela was about a block away from work when she heard and saw an explosion., then another. It didn't take her long to figure out it was from headquarters. She pulled out her phone, and called Danika. She heard her pick up. "Um, you might want to head in, we have a situation."
"A situation? What happened." Danika asked, confused as she slipped on her shoes and bolted out the door, grabbing her holster with weapons. She listened as Carmela explained about the explosions while she headed out the door, on her way over. It wasn't long before she met up with Carmela in her hiding place. "It looks like the rangers, or something."
Alli heard a scuffle going on nearby. Of course the no good CPF officers were a part of it, but this time, from her vantage point, she could tell that they were going after an old-ish man, a wounded one, and a girl who looked like she was new to the ropes. Making her way around as the wounded one punched a soldier, she came up behind the group. "Boys, don't you know it's not fair to fight with unequal numbers." She said, making her side known. If need be, she'd even the numbers.
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:11 pm
Blakely almost froze up when the CPF surrounded her. ‘No, not again.’ She thought. She was going to go in to attack the one after Vulcan, but Umi was an idiot. “You’re an idiot Umi! Stop.” Blakely snapped and quickly grabbed her knife in one quick motion. She’d grab the other if necessarily. She then noticed the new girl. ‘I don’t want anyone involved in this!’ Blakely thought. “Y’all run, you need to get Umi stitched up. It’ll take care of these fellas, they want me anyway.” Blakely whispered to Vulcan before going into attack. First, she ran to one guy and kicked him in the face, hoping to stun him. But another guy came behind, so she elbowed him in the gut. “Why can’t y’all money grubbing people pick on me another day. Cant you see I’m trying to help someone!” Blakely snapped at another CPF who was trying to sneak up on her, shortly before she hit him in the face. Blakely then felt an impact on her check. “Idiots, my dad don’t want me injured!” She muttered, trying to avoid other hits. She was not a great fighter, and it was showing. Why did Umi have to be watching?
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:29 pm
Asuka grabbed the headset and immediately placed it into his ear. After a few moments to make sure it was working, Asuka looked questioningly at Ms. Bard.
"A diversion?" Asuka questioned ,out of surprise rather than necessity, while putting his gun case on to an empty table nearby. Most of the officers were rushing about, trying to grasp the situation. Many were rushing out of the gallery, guns drawn, ready to defend the CPF campus. It seemed as if someone has set off explosives, or perhaps a couple ballistic missiles, within the complex.
"Who could've done this?" Best not to worry about that for now, he thought. We have to focus on staying alive.
Asuka flipped open the box and swiftly assembled his Walther WA2000 sniper rifle, and filled the 6-shot magazine into. Slinging the rifle onto his back, he faced Senator Bard, looking her in the eye.
"If this is a diversion, what should we do then?"
Asuka was starting to worry. He hadn't heard news from Danika or Camela for the whole day. He hoped that they were somewhere safe. And that they could provide some outside help in thwarting the assault.
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:32 pm
"The best idea is to get our bearings first," Sophia calculated, trying to set her priorities, "we need to drive off our attackers, and determine what they're after. We should figure out who's in charge." Sophia changed her communicator frequency to the CPF main channel, "this is Senator Bard, looking for orders from command." The fighting outside seemed to get even more intense, and there was random chatter through the communication channel; suddenly, a voice replied to Sophia's question, "high command is compromised, we're receiving similar attacks at all other districts, you're in charge Ms. Bard."
"High command is gone?!" Sophia exclaimed.
"Completely wiped out, and the few remaining commanding officers are in no position to lead. We're waiting for orders commander."
"All right," Sophia took a deep breath, thinking of what she should do first, "focus on repelling the invaders, and attempt to evacuate civilians from the area."
"Yes ma'am!"
"Asuka, we need to find out what they're after, so I'm counting on you to help me break out of this building," Sophia tapped her forehead with her pen, "contact Danika and Carmela, they're probably the only officers that aren't currently engaged."
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Umi remained still, standing in front of Vulcan, his body was still aching badly, so he tried not to engage the enemies if he didn't have to, "traceurs always fight together Blakely, even if it means death." He noticed the new presence in the area, it was a welcome addition in his current predicament. "Focus Blakely, you can do this, you can defeat them," Umi lectured. He tried to think of why they were attacking, it must have involved Blakely, she was probably a runaway, or was part of an important family, but that didn't matter to Umi, all that mattered was if she had the will to become a traceur.
Vulcan felt silenced from Umi, he believed that he couldn't change his mind, I hope you know what you're doing Umi." He rummaged through his bag, looking for the extra morphine he prepared just in case, he knew something like this would happen, so he came prepared. "Umi, take this!" Vulcan tossed a smalled needle, hoping that it would at least alleviate the pain.
"Thanks," Umi jabbed the needle into his thigh, letting the content flow slowly into his veins, "I'm warning you four, you're not skilled enough to take me on."
The CPF officers glanced at each other, affirming that they'd continue the fight -- it seemed the prize was big enough to risk their lives for it.
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Meanwhile...
The CPF secure transport left the Parliament building, carrying Senator Hessler. There were two escort cars, with several armed CPF officers accompanying the transport. The CPF high command took extra precautions to ensure that the suspect did not escape. After travelling for about thirty minutes, they arrived at a blocked intersection. Rocket propelled grenades smashed into the CPF escort in the front, killing the passengers instantly.
"CPF command! We are under attack!" an officer shouted into the microphone, exiting the rear escort, "I repeat, we are under attack by unknown hostiles."
"Take him out. Make sure none are left alive."
"Affirmative."
"Team two is busy engaging all the CPF branches. We should use this time sparingly before they catch on."
"What about team three?"
"Change of orders. Attack CPF HQ... scorched earth."
"I'll relay the command."
"Good."
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:33 am
Asuka nodded, already reaching for his cellphone with his free hand. Flipping the block out, Asuka immediately dialed in Danika's number, reasoning that Camela should be with her. Asuka tapped his foot impatiently as the phone rung. The situation was clearly getting on his nerves.
Pick up...
While the phone continued to ring, Asuka decided to see if Ms. Bard had a plan.
"Ms. Bard, so what is your suggested course of action? You have authority over every Officer within this building. Now would be a good time to form a plan."
The shooting gallery was empty now. All the officers had moved to the upper levels to defend from the aggressors. One can see the rush they were in too. Pieces of rubbage lay everywhere, ranging from empty coffee cups to pistols and magazines. Gunfire could be heard from the upper level, and shouting were swarming the CPF channel.
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:30 pm
Danika was huddled with Carmela behind a wall some hundred yards or so away from the building. They couldn't see much from that far other than the ongoing violence. After wishing she knew more, Danika felt her phone vibrate. She pulled it out and saw who it was. "Asuka? You alright? What's going on?" she asked. Seeing Carmela turn around and look at her questioningly, she answered the unspoken question. "Carmela, its Asuka.." She explained.
"Asuka? Does he know what's going on? It doesn't look too good from out here." Carmela said loud enough for her voice to be heard over the phone.
Alli saw the girl get hit in the head, almost missing the fact that another one of the officers were coming after her. She swiftly ducked, leaving her leg stuck out for him to trip over. It wasn't long before he was getting to his feet. "What did you do to make them want you so bad?" She voiced aloud, trying to dodge around the officer again. After taking and giving a few hits, she managed to maneuver herself so she was able to sling the officer into the nearby wall, knocking him out temporarily. .
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