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 Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:59 pm
Koko batted John's hand away, not wanting anyone else to touch her when she was in this kind of state.
"Oh, shove off, I... don't need your.. help. Just.. lemme wrap this up with somethin', I can... sort it later..."
She used one hand to keep the cotton pressed against her neck, though she was still a little shaky. With her other hand she reached towards the medical supplies & took out a roll of bandage. After about twice as long as she would normally take, Koko managed to wrap the bandage round her neck to keep the cotton in place & stem her own bleeding. Now she pushed herself unsteadily to her feet.
She didn't register whether John followed her or not after this point, she didn't really care. But, with a shred of common sense, she headed for the crew's quarters to find her clothes. Wandering around in just a towel was not going to help her if she needed to defend herself. So, with great difficulty, she managed to stagger into the crew's quarters & grab her now dry clothing. She slumped onto one of the beds, pulling on some underwear & trousers - that was the easy part. If she was going to get a shirt on, it would require putting her arms up & slipping it over her head, not a good idea... so, instead, she just settled for her bra. Getting up now proved rather hard, & it took the mercenary several attempts before she managed to get herself onto her feet again. With the bleeding in her neck stemmed somewhat, she was beginning to function a little more normally - but her body could still go into complete shock.
She began to try & stagger her way back towards the cargo bay. She wondered what had become of Zed & couldn't help but worry. It was just as she reached the cargo bay that she saw Zed leap out of the open hatch & she raised one arm out in front of her, unable to speed run in her injured state.
"ZED! Zed you idiot! NO!"
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 3:26 pm
Jackal grunted as Zed tackled him through the opening in the floor, embracing the sudden rush of adrenaline as the high-speed freefall towards hard ground began.
The raider wrapped his arms around the pilot, bringing his legs up to wrap them around Zed's torso.
He began to laugh, the vile sound drowned out by the rushing of the wind.
Screaming out to the captain over the chaotic rush of the wind in his ears, the raider resigned himself to his fate, "Ah! But if I go Zed, I'm taking your do-gooder a** with me!"
Jackal gripped his scalpel tightly, forcing his arm up over the mass of g-force keeping it down, the muscles in his well-toned arm straining under the pressure.
He stabbed at the pilots neck three precise times, grinning with bloodlust at his final act of brutal violence...
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:37 pm
Zed yelled in anger, the pain not yet regestering due to the adrenaline coursing through his body. He swung his head forward into Jackal's nose, then again into his throat, sending them both spinning.
The pilot manouvered his cannon-arm so that it was pressed against the raider's stomach, the blue flames building up in the barrel.
"Just die already!"
The cannon fired, separating the two of them with the recoil.
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:00 pm
Koko had managed to stagger over to the open cargo bay floor & look over, easily spotting the two freefalling figures. She watched Jackal latch onto Zed & put one hand over her mouth, feeling helpless. Before she could see the pilot fire his cannon at the raider she'd already turned away, spotting another jetpack lying on the floor of the cargo bay. Without thinking through what she was about to do, the mercenary grabbed the jetpack & the weapon she'd discarded earlier. She was feeling weaker all the time, the wound on her neck was still bleeding, despite the cotton being there.
With all the strength she could muster, Koko stumbled as towards the open hatch & leapt out. Immediately after leaving the ship she angled herself into a dive, quickly gaining on the other two. She wasn't really sure what she was going to do, but she had to do something. With a single, piercing yell, she aimed herself at the raider - unaware that he had previously been shot with Zed's cannon - & smashed herself into him. Even as they spun in the air she clung onto him; if he couldn't shake her off, he wouldn't be able to drag Zed to his death. She had a feeling the pilot had his jetpack, so he'd be able to save himself.
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:07 pm
Jackal grunted as he heard the distinct popping noise that told him Zed's head-butt had broken his nose, he squinted, instinctively bringing one hand up to clutch at his battered face.
Even mid-freefall, the raider instantly knew he was in trouble as soon as he heard the loud whirring of the captain’s cannon as it charged, and braced himself for the impact of the savage weapon.
Letting out a guttural scream as the cannon-fire glanced his stomach, leaving a large ragged wound on the right hand side of his torso, the raider felt his grip on the pilot break, making one last slash across the man's face with his scalpel before losing sight of him as his body flew off in another direction, the ground coming dangerously closer with each passing second.
The raider’s face contorted with pain, unleashing a primal scream as Koko smashed into him in midair, one of her flailing limbs smashing into the wound inflicted by Zed’s cannon.
The raider saw red as he grabbed hold of the girl, his hands snaking around her throat, crushing her windpipe, his grip even stronger in his enraged state. He screamed into her ear savagely, as he jammed his finger into the wound he’d inflicted upon her earlier. “Die you b**ch!”
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:12 am
John heard the commotion from the cargo bay a minute or so after Koko refused his aid. He ran from the cockpit to see Koko fall from the cargo bay. John went wided-eyed at the scene below, unable to do anything, except watch as from the ship.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:03 am
Koko began to choke, her mouth opening in a desperate attempt to breathe. More pain from her neck began to surge through her body & she feebly kicked her legs to try & dislodge him. Even as she began to flicker in & out of consciousness her grip on the raider tightened & she kept hold of the gun she'd taken with her. Angling the weapon she squeezed the trigger, trying to shoot him. Her vision was going black at the edges & her body was failing her, loosing strength second by second. Her lungs felt like they were burning after being starved from oxygen. But, despite all this, the mercenary continued to keep hold of the raider with one arm, wrapping it round his waist. The ground was rushing up to meet them & she was determined to take the raider with her.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:14 pm
Jackal recognised a farmiliar thumping sensation in his chest, telling him that the bullet that Koko fired, had indeed hit home. However aside from the first initial sensation, the raider barely noticed the pain that radiated from the area, his rage making him virtually unstoppable in the moment.
Jackal maintained a strong grip on the girls neck, clutching as tightly as possible. The landscape was clearly visible now, features such as lakes and cliffs coming closer with each passing second...
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:41 pm
Syuzanna had covered his mouth with one hand, trying not to laugh at demitri's new style of speech. He finally broke out laughing.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:52 pm
The pilot counted the seconds of freefall he'd have before he had to activate his jetpack.
... 11... 10... 9... 8...
Zed charged his cannon once again, firing in the opposite direction to Koko and jackal, sending him flying towards them with the huge recoil. He tapped a small button on the back Koko's jetpack as he flew past, powering the unit up and igniting it's small -yet powerful- propultion system.
The moss-covered planet below getting very close now, and very quickly.
2... 1... IGNITION!
Zed's jetpack spluttered into life after a short delay, meaning that he'd hit the ground much faster than anticipated, but the cunning, yet moderatley mentally unstable man had a plan.
The pilot tore his shirt open, revealing his poncho that had been tucked underneath.
Zed grabbed the ends of his poncho as it caught the wind, slowing the pilot down to a slightly less life-threatening speed.
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SCF_Pinstripes Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 1:11 pm
Thane tilted his head.
"Hmmmm? what's so funny?"
When the elevator reached the bottom and the doors opened, Thane stepped out looking around.
"We should be in one of the main cryo pod chambers.....If i'm right that is..."
He shone the flashlight around, sure enough through yet another pair of doors was a large chamber filled with Cryostatis Pods. Walking though to the chamber he was kind of surprised to see how big the room actually was.
"You two can have a look around if you want......"
Thane wandered over to one of the pods and looked through. The person inside was as they should be, perfectly preserved until they wake up. This brought some relief to the young man and he began to look at some of the people inside the pods, as if searching for something.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 1:15 pm
Koko had released the weapon she'd been holding on to, freeing up one of her hands. Before Zed activated her jetpack, she'd begun to push her thumb into one of Jackal's eyes - using one last, desperate attempt to make him let go. When her jetpack suddenly spluttered into life, she had no idea what was going on, she could just feel her body getting thrown in a different direction than before.
Without any way of controlling which direction the jetpack was going to send her, she & Jackal ended up travelling nearly parallel to the ground. However, a slight angle on their flight path meant they were still heading towards the ground, just more slowly. Plus, there was still the issue of Koko's asphixiation. She couldn't last much longer & was nearly unconciousness now - if she didn't get oxygen soon, she knew she would die.
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Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:09 am
Jackal let out a bloodcurdling scream as his eye was gouged into by the mercenary, the pain only causing his to grip on the girl's throat to tighten dramatically, crushing down on her windpipe, a murderous glint in his uninjured eye.
Jackal was completely thrown when he felt the girls jetpack kick in, causing one of his hands to lose grip on her neck, instead grabbing her shoulder to maintain somewhat balanced given the situation. However the hand that remained on Koko's neck maintained a firm grip.
He screamed in the mercenary's ear as the ground grew nearer, "Go on girl, try to scream!"...
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Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:34 pm
Zed pulled the poncho in, speeding him towards Koko and jackal once again.
He wrapped one of his hands around Koko's waist then aimed his cannon down at Jackal.
The blue flame blasted out of the cannon, closely missing Jackal, but the recoil was enough to loosen the raider's grip.
They were only tens of meters above the ground at this point.
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Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:00 pm
Koko felt the grip on her neck loosen somewhat, but not enough to breathe properly & she flailed weakly, her vision going dark. Since she couldn't see what was going on (she basically lost consciousness) the mercenary had no idea that it was Zed who grabbed hold of her. As soon as the pressure on her neck was released she panicked. Inhaling as deeply as possible she thrashed around, breaking the grip of whomever was keeping hold of her.
"Let go of me a*****e!"
Her jetpack caused her to swerve off & she had no idea how close the ground was. Her neck was still bleeding, she couldn't see & her lungs ached from being deprived of oxygen for so long. She just wanted to get away from whatever was hurting her, the flight or fight response in full effect right now.
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