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 Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:29 pm
Alaric raised a hand. This was something he specialized in. He could hack the security door from before, so he could probably hack this.
"Take this and be ready for opposition, and make sure to keep watch for anyone behind us," he said to Madeline, offering her the gun. He trusted her not to shoot him in the back at this point. If she did... Well, there were worse ways to go. And he was proud of himself for getting this far.
Once he handed off the gun, he went to work on the panel, taking off the keypad to expose the wiring, then beginning to strip wires and work as best as he could to force the door to allow them entry.
With enough time, he would figure this out. He would weld through the bloody door if need be...
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:37 pm
"Alive?" Kurtis exclaimed, horrified. He nearly dropped the vial trying to get away from it while holding it. "What do you mean? It's some sort of symbiote or parasite? How... what...." He started at it in shock, his normally-pale skin almost totally white.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:41 pm
"That substance," Connor said, his eyes growing wide, "shows all of the signs of a living, biotic organism."
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:49 pm
Kurtis slowly made his way to the table and set the vial down. He turned back to Connor. "Meaning... what exactly? I saw that s**t go into those guys."
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:51 pm
'Meaning...that substance is living within them!" Connor's eyes were positively huge with excitement.
Tiki shivered a bit.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:52 pm
"I... that.... urgh. What's it doing to them?" Kurtis asked, wide-eyed.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:56 pm
While Alaric attempted to hack their way in, Madeline chose a more primitive manner. She walked a bit away from the door and then started to run for it. Evidently, she would fly kick it open. "It's not gonna work, but I feel better doing something," she said as she went to repeat the process.
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:02 am
A smirk came to Alaric's lips.
"You know, for a scientist..." he said, not bothering to finish his statement, since he had no doubt that she knew where he was going with that.
A few fly-kicks later, some minor electrocutions, and some time after attaching and circuiting wires together, he finally got the green light. It wouldn't open until he pressed the entry confirmation button on the pad itself, and so he took the opportunity to make sure they were set. He reattached the keypad, wiping the sweat from his brow as he watched Madeline continue.
"Keep doing what your doing, we need to make them think we're not able to get in so we can surprise them. Are you at all trained with that, or should I take it?" Alaric asked, pointing at the gun.
He hoped he didn't activate some security measure in the office, or worse.. He hoped they weren't walking into an ambush. His mind was set though, and he showed no hint of fear as he spoke to Madeline, awaiting her response...
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:09 am
Connor was once again interrupted as an internal light lit up, showing that those outside had cracked the door.
"We need more time..." he said, looking around. His eyes fell on the vial Kurtis was holding, then Kurtis himself. "We can't let those people have it!"
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:16 am
"Got any hydrochloric acid?" Kurtis asked. Connor shook his head. "Well, s**t. This then." He grabbed a flask of water and poured it on the door's control panel.
ERROR
ERROR
ERROR
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:16 am
Madeline looked over at Alaric. "I'm trained with a gun and very good at hand to hand. I was once a soldier," she replied. She continued to kick. "By the way, the name's Madeline. What's yours?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:19 am
Connor groaned. "Kurtis, you fool! Now the failsafe is going to open the door!"
Indeed, a 3-second digital timer popped up on the keypad. They were almost out of time.
"We can't let them have it!" Connor said, almost pleadingly. Before Kurtis could understand what he was saying, Connor grabbed the vial out of his hands and crashed it over his head.
The substance flew out, latching onto Kurtis, and sinking in quickly. Kurtis fell to the ground, unconscious, just as the door opened.
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:25 am
"I know that, but it was going to open anywweaaaaaaaaargh!" he screamed, clawing at his back. "Get it off," he whimpered. "Please, make it...." before he drifted into unconsciousness.
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:28 am
"I'm-" Alaric started to say, caught off guard by the premature door opening. He instinctively went to draw his gun, but then realized Madeline still had it. He instead decided to rely on old fashioned tactics, hefting his toolbox before rushing into the room, nearly tripping over the unconscious man as he went to strike Connor with his improvised weapon. He caught himself on a desk, catching his balance and looking at the man.
"The hell...?" he asked, more to himself than to anyone else. There was glass, and on the man's head...
"No!" Alaric shouted, crouching down and examining the substance as it found its way into the unconscious man, "... No! I was so close! So... So close..."
He didn't dare touch the substance directly, as he was well aware that such stupidity could easily be the death of him. Instead, he watched it fade away, as did everything he came here for.
He shortly after stood, grabbing Connor by the collar, rage in his eyes.
"What did you do!?" he shouted, nearly lifting the man off the floor as he held him, angry that his answers would be taken away... But glad that the source of his answers was in his hands.
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:32 am
Madeline immediately went to the unconscious man. "No! What have you done!" Now she wasn't even thinking of the substance - she was more worried about the man's life. "You don't even know if this could kill you...stupid man, I'll make sure you live if only to smack you senseless."
Alaric was busy with Connor, so she immediately busied herself with Kurtis. "Still has a pulse...eyes dilated...pale skin but seems amazingly hot." She wasn't sure what to do.
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