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 Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:24 pm
John gunned the raider bike, hearing the engine whine. He pushed the engine further, hoping to make it to a town before the engine cut out.
After a little while, one of the floatation devices imploded and threw John and the rest of the bike over the edge of the dune. John tumbled to the bottom, winded. The bike flew over the dune and exploded as it landed into the next down. He coughed and spluttered, trying to regain his breath.
After John regained his breath and started to walk in the direction of the town he was heading. What seemed like hours when it was minutes, John was panting and gasping with the heat.
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 9:59 am
As Jackal sped away from the bandit ship, he spotted the man he'd seen the mercenary trying to free, his keen raider eye sight deduced that he was some sort of soldier, possibly ex-forces (due to the combat suit, and military grade weaponry) heading in the opposite direction, on a faulty looking bandit bike.
Jackal smirked behind his bandana, only one thoughtcrossing his mind: "Profit, he'll make a nice consolation prize for the bird"
Putting the ship out of his mind, Jackal tapped the interface of his bike's computer system, instantly, the large tyres retracted, to be replaced by a powerful hover system, spinning 180 degrees. Knocking his mph down a few, Jackal waited until the man was a distant speck on the horizon and then maintained a steady speed.
After a while, Jackal saw a small explosion, followed by a churning up of the desert sand. Grinning, he jacked the accelerator back, speeding up, the dot of a man becoming ever closer.
As Jackal neared the, now very tired looking man, he pulled his Bren gun out of its storage compartment. Once within about 15 metres, he tapped his computer screen, his tyres reappearing along with a LMG mount, clicking the huge gun into place, he cocked it, hearing the satisfying click of one of the large bullets snapping into the breach.
Jackal fired off a burst, as a warning shot, bullets peppering the ground around the man. Taking more precise aim, Jackal screamed at the man menacingly; "Get your f***in' hands up! I see one twitch and I blow your f***in' allans off!!!"
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 1:37 pm
Just as she was about to slice up the last plant, Koko thought she heard an explosion & gun-fire in the distance - since sound travels quite far over these open plains. Her head snapped up & she looked around for a few moments. Using the uplink she spoke to the pilot,
"Zed! Did you hear that? Something interesting must be going on."
She smirked & made a running motion in the direction of the Aiolos, then appeared again moments later, now carrying a semi-automatic rifle.
It isn't mine, but it'll do....
The mercenary looked towards the direction the sound came from, slinging the rifle over her back with a belt.
"I'm going to investigate. Follow with the Aiolos if you want."
With that she was off, sprinting over the desert sands & soon disappearing from sight.
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 2:15 pm
Zed hadn't heared a sound but had been watching the action through one of the turret cameras.
"It's just some bandits, leave 'em be."
He watched koko disspear into the distance and sighed before quickly overtaking in the Aiolos.
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 4:33 pm
John hit the deck, so to speak, as bullets peppered around him. He rolled over, seeing the bandit who threatened his escape route on the bandit land-ship, sat on a heavily modified bike, screaming at him to drop his weapons.
John felt rage build up inside him. He let out a wordless yell of rage and defiance, pounding the sand once with both fists. "So f***ing close, so close." He yelled. "I've been shot, stabbed, clubbed, frozen, to be then shot, almost stabbed, beaten, captured and NOW I'm going to be captured, enslaved, beaten and then probably starved to death." John stood slowly, his face a mask of rage and anger. His rifle was slung on his front, hanging by its lanyard so it was dangling in front of John's chest.
John slowly unslung and put down his sniper, and then did the same with his pistol. He ejected the clip in his rifle and examined the mag. 9 bullets. 3 Bursts John thought. He reloaded the clip and pulled the hammer to c**k it. He took the rifle in both hands, looking at the bandit. John looked the bandit dead the eye with the 'Thousand Yard Stare'.
"If you want me... come and get me." John spoke loud enough for the bandit to hear him.
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 12:07 pm
Jackal smirked, sizing the man up as he began dropping his weaponry
"Clever boy" he taunted, looking at the high-tech gear as it dropped to the desert sand.
Jackal's eyebrow raised as he watched the soldier eject his clip, examining it, and instantly knew what the man was planning.
He shouted over the distance between them: "You're either very brave, or incredibly stupid, my money being on the latter."
Jackal squeezed the trigger of his Bren gun, muttering to himself as the man started to shout: "The defiance of a soldier, pfft, at least his weaponry will sell at a high price"
Jackal fired a precise and lengthly burst from the guns huge clip, swaying his shot to the left and right of the soldiers position, firing at possible escape routes.
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 12:13 pm
As soon as the bandit started firing, John legged it forward in a straight line, ready to change direction in an instant. He brought his rifle to bear as he run, yelling as he let off the last 3 bursts in his clip, aiming for the bandit himself.
Not waiting to see if the shots hit, John dropped his rifle, drawing his Tac knife for his pistol, ready to lunge
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 12:16 pm
Koko appeared over the top of a dune, quickly taking in the scene & those involved. As soon as she realised the guy firing was the same one from the land ship, whom she'd fought with, she whipped the rifle off her back & took aim.
"Hey jerk! Remember me?"
She fired off a few rounds from the rifle, hitting the sand just in front of the large 'turbo-bike', but away from the injured man (whom had been a prisoner on the same ship), as a warning. She had to admire the bike - seeing as how she loved machinery, ships & other high-tech things. Crouched on the sand dune, she had the advantage of altitude & cover, but she may need to dodge too. She'd left her trench coat back on the Aiolos, so manouvering would be easier.
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 12:29 pm
Jackal growled and rolled backwards off of the bike, seeking cover behind its large reinforced frame, which made satisfying pinging nopises as the bullets ricoched away.
Jackal grinned as he saw his favourite person atop a sand dune, firing at him from a good few metres away, thinking to himself: "I love a good gun-fight"
Jackal grabbed his Bren gun, ejecting its meaty clip, and replacing it with a new one, taking time to ignore the fray, and admire the craftsman ship of the huge weapon.
Still looking at the gun, Jackal laughed and shouted at the assailants: "It would appear that noone in this place can fight one-on-one"
Still laughing, Jackal popped up over the top of the bike, and fired off two bursts, one for the the soldier, one for the merc.
He screamed over the loud fire: "F***in' 'ave iiiit!!!!!!
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 12:37 pm
Koko rolled to avoid the shots & yelled back down at him,
"Hey! I can fight perfectly well on my own, but I don't think it's fair for someone to shoot at someone who's already injured!"
She lay down just at the crest of the dune, so that most of her body was hidden from view & took aim again. She knew she'd have to try & flank the guy - her speed should help her there - but she needed to wait till he was distracted, perhaps fire off a few rounds in the meantime. She was alos concerned about the injured soldier, but heck she didn't know the guy, so she wasn't about to put her life on the line for him; sneaking into a ship was one thing, running in front of bullets was another.
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 12:44 pm
John hit the deck as bullets wormed thier way around him and behind him. He crawled away from the bike, knife in hand, towards his weaponary. He picked his rifle on the way back to his sniper rifle and pistol. He looked up to see the female merc from the land-ship firing towards the raider/bandit. He hastened his pace, eager to help the merc.
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 12:55 pm
Jackal watched as the soldier dropped out of sight , he knew he hadnt hit him, he would have seen the blood, s**t, he'd been around blood enough that he could practically smell the stuff, he knew the guy had just dropped to the floor.
Figuring the guy had lost his bottle for the minute, Jackal focused entirely on the girl.
He contemplated getting onto his bike, and just driving past her position, spraying her with bullets, but he decided against it, bit too risky with two professionals gunning for him, he'd bare it in mind as a last resort.
Jackal popped up from behind the bike once more, firing off half of the bullets in his gun soley at the girl.
He laughed maniacally as he sprayed bullets at the girl. The chaotic scene, mixed with his obvious sadistic pleasure of violence making him look quite mad.
And lord knew, he was...
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 1:04 pm
Koko pressed herself down onto the sand, noticing the soldier crawling towards her. Sooner or later the guy behind the bike was going to notice him & then he'd be dead.
s**t.... well, guess I'm outta time.
Taking a deep breath, the mercenary slung the rifle back over her back, before 'flitting' again, running so fast she was down the side of the dune within a fraction of a second. She then banked off towards the bike, slowing down slightly so that she would be spotted. She mocked the raider slightly,
"Hey hun, thought ya wanted to catch me!"
She was attempting to draw his attention away from the soldier - perhaps he could get a few shots in while she distracted the gunman.
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 1:14 pm
John ran the last couple of steps, ducking down to pick up his Intervention. He turned, seeing the female merc attempting to distract the raider.
Taking his chance, John removed the clip of the sniper, emptied the breach and loaded one, heavy-looking, slug. He took aim at the raider and started to hold his breath, aiming at the raiders shoulder.
The sniper rifle kicked back slightly as the hammer slid to ignite the chemical reation which caused the slug to begin it's one way journey towards the raider
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 1:29 pm
Jackal grinned as the merc. ran at him. Looking directly down his sights he laughed, and prepared to squeeze his trigger, aimed straight at her torso, the shot was a sure thing, there was no way he could miss such an open target.
He laughed: "Hahaha, f***ing suicidal b**ch"
Just as Jackal went to squeeze the trigger, he was thrown backwards, his bren gun launched away from his grasp.
Snarling, Jackal instantly recognised that he had been shot, and cursed himself for taking his eyes off of the soldier.
Grimacing, he looked at the wound, and realised just how higher calibre the bullet was. It had torn a large hole in his shoulder.
Jackal laughed hard, not out of humour, but out of pure pent up malice, and aggression.
Grunting, Jackal dragged himself behind the cover of his bike, and drew both his sawn-off Mossberg, and his magnum.
Jackal sighed, and then a sadistic, angry grin appeared on his face
"F**k it" he said to himself
"Come and have some if you think youre hard enough!" the raider screamed. Defiant until what seemed to be his end...
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