|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:45 pm
Sometimes there are moments, when the world has stopped. All time has frozen and for one heartbeat, the only thing that still exists is what I can see in your eyes. How do you have this power? And am I the only one that has experienced such a phenomenon? Tell me your secret. How did we get to this point? Where do we go from here? And will it happen again?
(a collection of moments where two people come together in unexpected ways.)
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:19 pm
Fire flew through the sky, splitting the otherwise clear heavens. Ash and sparks flitted to earth as explosions sounded in the near distance. A few miles away a three story building collapsed in a cloud of dust and flame. The sounds of gunfire punctuated the air, accentuated by screams and the pounding of feet across cobbled roads.
Rebels darted along empty streets, diving behind available covers and blending with the constantly shifting shadows. Their guns are aimed low, but they work in clear formations as they work their way to the rendezvous point.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:31 pm
Pressing her back to a crumbling wall the brunette woman look at her surroundings. She couldn't tell where she was or were her comrades were. Low on bullets she held the blade in her hand just as tight at her pistol. Dust filled her vision as she used her sword to peek over the corner.
Seeing to men in the street she quickly ran for the opening. Stabbing the first with a clean cut before quickly shooting the second. Was she a head or behind the group. Either way she needed to make it to the designation point or she would fear being left behind. Sitting on the ground her back against the car. Surly no one saw her, and the dead bodies that littered the streets helped hide her recent kills.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:39 pm
Sitting propped on the corner of a sagging rooftop, a man covered in non reflective black watched the progress of the woman as she dispatched two men. He whistled softly as he adjusted the angle of his shot. It was an impressive display, one he didn't think those rebel dogs were capable of.
Letting out the last of his breath, he squeezed the trigger gently. The rifle recoiled, the shot being lost in the noise of other fights nearby and the rockets that littered the sky. His target, a man that had been sneaking near three of his men, having the misguided hope that he would ambush them, fell as the shot hit him in the head. Slowly the man in black took a shallow breath as he slid the empty casing out and reloaded. Then he went back to watching the woman's advance.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:57 pm
Only tacking a moment to catch her breath. Looking for her next escape she saw an ally on the other side of the street. Taking a deep breath she once again gripped her weapons she she darted out on the the wreckage. Trying to keep her bullets she held the gun at her side and the sword crossed over her body.
No time to look back as quickly stabbed a man standing in her path. No remorse or sadness crossed her as she darted to the safety of the ally. Catching her breath she reached into her bag. Only taking a moment to thin abotu her decision. All was fair in love and war. Quickly ripping out the stopper she chucked the grenade at her enemies. Diving further behind the wall she covered her ears and watched the flash shadow across the walls around her.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:03 am
The sniper had to avert his eyes as the grenade detonated. He cursed softly, the bright light completely ruining his night vision for a few moments. There was nothing he could do to prevent the deaths of his comrades, those that had been caught in the blast, but there was one thing he could do to stop more from meeting the same fate.
Readjusting his position on the rubble strewn rooftop, he lay as flat as he could and looked once more through the high powered scope. Her long brown hair was flowing in streams behind her, so uncommon a feature in this area. He pegged her for a merc, or maybe one of the out of town sympathizers.
'Girl knows her way around guns, knives and explosives,' he thought with a conspiratorial grin. He watched as she unknowingly drew closer to his nest, and fought the shiver of anticipation as he kept perfectly still. 'Let's see how she handles this.'
Following the tail of that thought, he pressed a button on a panel near his hand. He had rigged the whole area himself. Time to see how she handled booby traps. The instant it was triggered, a rigged automatic started spraying bullets half hazardly down the lane the girl was working her way along.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:00 pm
As the smoke from her grenade littered the street. Running into the streets she needed to get as far as she could, she had to find the meet up point. Know the out line of the city only from maps she was quick to adjust. There wasn't time to think only to move. As bullets started spraying down she tried making it a little further diving behind a piece of concrete her explosive has thrown. Biting down on her tongue as she tried not to cry out in pain. Looking over at her arm she realized the bullet wasn't lodged, but it had taken more than skin off. Looking at to see the same injury on her opposite side. No major organs were hit, but she was losing blood, and infection would be prone in this godforsaken environment.
Not knowing what had sprayed the bullets she could only wait until they stopped or ran out. Sealing her sword she quickly took her knife survival knife and cut her sleeve off. Quickly wrapping the worse wound on her arm tightly. It was all she could do for now. If she lived through this she could live with a scar.
Putting her knife away she looked to see she still had some smoke bombs. Taking a quick peak to see where to closet ally was. It was on the side she had just come from....she could always back track and hopefully find some more of her comrades. Taking out three she quickly threw them in three directions to hide her. As she quickly put on her mask she threw the smoke bombs in three directions to fully cover her. In a split second she noticed that there was a alley a little further off. With out thinking she ran for the opening. Diving in to the cover she pressed her back to the was and set down. Okay maybe she was losing more blood then she thought. Feeling light headed and dizzy she tried to catch her breath. She only needed to go a little further.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:35 pm
He watched her reactions with glee in his eyes, seeing her dodge the worse of the bullets and work her way down an alternate route than her original one. But that he unintentionally used some of his men in the crossfire made him curse. Setting his rifle gently to the side, he slipped his ear piece out of his ear and slipped down the crumpled vantage point into the floor below. He was still a story up, at least ten feet up from the ground level when he peered out the window to see her crouch against a wall.
At least she was wounded, or so he observed from her erratic movements. But this advance needed to stop here. He couldn't allow her to get closer to his employer. For what good was a merc who couldn't protect his designated target?
Flipping another switch, he watched as two more guns created a wide spray, preventing her from moving further down the lane, or crossing to the other side.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 11:04 pm
Looking either way the woman quickly realized she was trapped. Pulling herself to her feet with a muffled cry of pain from her side. She moved her sword's scabbard to rest on her back and her pistol now in its holster. Looking at the wall she had just rested against. Taking a deep breath she knew she wasn't done yet.
Walking backwards so her back pressed against the wall behind her. The woman was shot and petite such a figure that usually wasn't suited for warfare. Angling her feet she darted across the short ally way. Jumping she shoved her blade into the wall deep enough. Spinning of her momentum she let go in mid air and let her feet rest on the short and tiny platform. Quickly took a small piece of porcelain and threw it at a window across the ally. Silently shattering the window the woman leaped across the was gripping one arm inside the window as she reached back for her sword.
Ever second counted as she pulled her sword out before pulling herself into the window. Falling to the floor she let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding. Once she caught her breath she would need to reach the roof so she could hopefully free run across the roofs of the higher buildings.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 11:15 pm
The sound of breaking glass was all the signal he needed to crouch low and creep away from the window. He had expected her to move from the less protective street ways, but it was only a happy chance that she chose his building to hide in. It would make things all the easier, knowing that he wouldn't have to leave his nest.
As he heard the creaking of the floorboards, he tip toed towards the stone staircase that lead to the ground floor. There he waited, keeping his breath slow and even, knowing that she would make her way up at any moment.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 11:26 pm
Sword gripped in her hands she tried to move as quiet as possible. Though the side of her shirt was soak with blood now. She refused to be trapped in a corner, she came this far, by god she would get to her point. Her reaction time was slightly down, but she refused to let that stop her either. Moving to look through the room there was nothing she could use with out wasting to much time.
Most buildings had been long since looted, still it never hurt to check. Here eyes caught a desk in the corner. Things needed to die down outside.Putting her sword away she grabbed for her pistol just in case. Moving to the desk she began opening draws looking for anything she could use.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 11:45 pm
Scruffling sounds emanated to the second floor, which was little more than a bare living space. Slipping his tactical mask more securely in place, she crept slowly down the stairs. As he got to the bottom, he saw her dart towards an old busted bureau.
With motions well oiled from training, he darted the two feet that separated them, slipping his serrated knife from its sheath and sliding it cleanly against the stretch of neck that she left exposed.
"We really gotta stop meeting like this," he whispered, making sure the pressure on his blade was firm but not biting.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:07 am
Freezing in place as she felt the knife hug her neck. Carefully breathing as she she listened to the voice behind her. "I'm starting to think your enjoying it though. She said slowly raising her hands, showing she was willing to cooperate.
Staying silent she stared at the wall in front of her. She should have know this would happen. She didn't know when it was and wasn't a game, though as all children grow, she has long since out grown games.
Honestly she wasn't in the mood to see him. Not after her injury to her arm and side now knowing they were his fault. "If your going to kill me you might want to hurry up before hell decides to spit me back out."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:53 pm
He chuckled low in his throat at her comment. His knife tilted slightly as he positioned himself just off center of her back. She may have had her hands up, but he knew her better than to take that as a sign of submission. It was one of the things he liked most about her, that unpredictable and brash streak.
"Considering the last time we met you left me to die with that pole in my gut, I would be well within my rights to even the score," he hissed, his voice going soft with memory.
That time had been fun too. They were on opposite ends of a conflict that neither really cared about. A mirror to now, as it were. His stomach clenched in the spot above his navel where she had impaled that rusted piece of metal, twitching in remembrance of the old wound.
"But I can't deny that seeing you again was well worth the risk of letting you live," he added, letting the blade slide enough to create a small line of red on her otherwise perfect skin.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:13 pm
"Big baby, your alive aren't you. What did you expect me to do?" She kept her breathing even to keep calm. Really not in the mood to do their sadistic dance. Even though she knew she could deny it to either of them.
"So your going to slit my throat then run off leaving me for dead this time?" She asked with a hiss as he moved the blade that was resting on her throat. They really did love to cause each other such pain.
A small smirk crossed her face as she listened to him speak again. "Like wise." She muttered softly before feeling that the wound in her side had opened causing her to bleed more. "What do you want from me today?"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
