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Post by Michael Guarnere on Aug 7, 2015 9:06:21 GMT -5
Michael slung his rifle from bis shoulder and holstered his handgun. He located most of Stephanie's attackers and shouted over "Ill cover you. Keep low and get your freakin' ass over here, once I fire my first shot you'll have six or seven seconds."
Michael held his rifle and looked down the barrel waiting to leave cover and fire. He had in site the one man who was wearing a national guard uniform. He kissed his dog tags and was now ready to fire.
(Stephanie you can NPC post michael shooting in your post if you wish. Saves some time and gives you some control over your actions)
Michelle watched everyone and looked at Kevin . He took her hand and she smiled. She glanced at Roman and Tory, then rose up and still with Kevin, ran like hell.
She heard bullets shooting, but kept her gaze focused straight ahead. She wanted to get to the lead cars broke down on the bridge. She ran and moved in a pattern between the scattered cars leading up to it. She held tight to Kevin's hand. Half way she crouched and looked around. More shots range out. They had to hurry. Up and going again. She hit the broke down truck and stopped. She looked back and glanced around, then motioned for the others to come to her. She let go of Kevin and looked at him. She motioned for him to get the supplies from the truck.
Al followed the group. Staying close and staying low, he watched Michael run off to cover Steph and was tempted to follow himself. He didn't tough, knowing that doing so would probably jeopardize the group. Making it to the bridge he took cover next to his truck. "Alright." He said to everyone else that was with him. "That blue car, that bus, and that mini van are where I stashed some supplies. Grab what you can." He said, pointing to some vehicles and then making a break for the bus himself. Prying the door open he climbed in, staying low. He picked up a duffel bag and one of the gas cans he'd put there before returning to the truck and putting his things in the back.
Post by Stephanie Harrington on Aug 7, 2015 14:26:58 GMT -5
Pausing to reload her shotgun, Stephanie made a quick count of how much ammo she had left, hoping her luck hadn't finally run dry. Then, before she raised up to fire once more at their attackers, she heard Michael shouting over to her... "Ill cover you. Keep low and get your freakin' ass over here, once I fire my first shot you'll have six or seven seconds."
Looking around, she caught sight of Michael, rifle at the ready, and thought to herself, Fire, dammit! Fire, you sonuva-- Just as that thought passed her, Michael did just that, opening up with a small fusillade on the attackers. Without hesitating, she took off at a dead run, throwing caution to the wind and just making a dead-cover run for the rest of the group. Run, Stephanie Jean, she whispered, move your ass!
Eventually - and after having to duck a few times in the process - she made her way to the rest of the group, who were gathered around a couple of vehicles on a bridge, a bridge she hoped would lead them to safety. Taking a moment to kneel down so that she could catch her breath, Stephanie looked around and said with a flat, laconic voice, "Well...that was entertaining, wasn't it?"
While running Kevin heard all the gunshots, he hoped Mike and Steph would pull through, but he had fate in them. As they reached their goal, Kevin watched Michelle signaling the others. After that she tasked him with getting supplies from the truck. Kevin nodded in agreement. “Be careful though and keep the others safe.” He said with a wink and opening his mouth enough so Michelle would understand.
Kevin nodded as Albert spoke about getting supplies. “Don’t get too far from each other that never ends well.” He said. Kevin was getting supplies from the vehicles Albert pointed out as Stephanie reached them. “Good your safe, where is Michael?” he asked partly worried partly happy. “We should be about done here btw.” Kevin said as he looked at Albert, referring to the supplies.
Post by Michael Guarnere on Aug 7, 2015 19:12:43 GMT -5
Michael looked for a solution to distract the attackers seeing that they would be followed. He yelled to Stephanie as she passed "I have no room in my pack, gather the others with supplies. Ill hold them up a second." He fired at the attackers and killed one with a shot through the throat ducking back into cover whilst he anticipated they would care for the man he killed.
Michael then ran around the vehicles towards the others seeing the bridge "Okay we need to move quick... Its now or never. This place will be swarming in minutes"
Post by Tory Bournell on Aug 7, 2015 23:58:27 GMT -5
Tory ran with the others to the bridge sticking close to Roman, glancing over her shoulder only to see if Michael and Steph were coming. She was overjoyed when they made it safely, the explosion of gun fire behind them had shaken her nerves to the core, but it was shortlived. Michael brought with him a warning.
"Where do we go?! Are we taking the cars?!" They couldn't keep running forever on foot, could they? Her backpack was full but she still wanted to do her part so she grabbed something small she could carry from anyone handing out the supplies before dropping her bag and hopping onto the hood of a vehicle. A few seconds rest to wrap her head around things while the others came up with a plan was better than nothing. Those people want to kill us. Why?! She rested her chin on crossed arms over folded legs. She just couldn't understand how people could be so evil. The thought scared her senseless.We have to get out of here. "Mike, I don't wanna die."
Post by Stephanie Harrington on Aug 8, 2015 1:28:27 GMT -5
"Michael's back that way a bit," Stephanie said, pointing back to where Michael was at. Getting up, she holstered her pistol, figuring there was no sense keeping an empty weapon out. On the other hand, though, she mused, walking over to where Albert kept some of his supplies, maybe he's got some extra nines for the pistol. Quickly rifling through what looked like extra pistol rounds, her face lit up brightly at finding extra 9mm rounds for her pistol. Loading both magazines with rounds, she quickly reloaded and reholstered her pistol; looking back towards Albert, she asked, "Okay, Albert, which vehicle do you want us to take? The car, the bus or that mini-van? We need to decide so that if we need to leave, we can do so," pausing to look around, asking, "Hey, is everyone else here now?"
Post by Michael Guarnere on Aug 9, 2015 16:57:45 GMT -5
Michael looked at the vehicles seeing that there was no route for the assailants to approach from the rear. He heard Tory speak and crouched down a moment "Tory, I know this is scary right now but you need to trust me, stay calm and keep within three feet of me at all times. Can you do that for me?" He could understand the fear Tory had, she was obviously not accustomed to fire like he was.
He looked forward "Albert your in charge of getting us a vehicle. Stephanie, use Roman to keep a watch and return fire..." He then saw Kevin "Kevin, we need to be sure there's no obstructions ahead. We need you to keep watch for our root ahead". Michael stood keeping near Tory and looked above the car they were hid behind trying to spot the assailants"
Michelle watched as everyone moved and started doing things. She tried to watch their faces, their lips, but it was difficult. Sure , she could hear what they were saying, but they didn't know that, and if she ignored them completely , it would look off. She glanced at Tory. She was scared. Michelle reached out and grabbed her hand, giving it a squeeze, before letting go. Micheal was giving instructions, and she looked back to find Kevin. She had sights on everyone , but him. She saw him then, and moved over to him.
She pointed to herself and then to him, and crossed her fingers. She was gonna stick with him, like glue, she meant. She moved with him to do as Micheal instructed, to scope out and keep watch of their escape route.
Kevin nodded to Steph as she spoke about Michael being back. Mere seconds later he heard Michael his voice. “Good that you are both safe.” He said with a little smile. Then Michael started to give everybody their orders, they all trusted him so it was logical that he would tell what needed to be done.
Kevin was tasked with keeping the escape route open and safe. He nodded as Michael spoke. “Ok.” He said. Then his attention went to Michelle who was next to him. She pointed to herself then to Kevin and crossed her fingers, it didn’t take long before Kevin knew what she meant. “Yes we are going to stick together.” Kevin said with a smile. “Follow me.” He said as he once more opened his mouth big enough so she would understand. Then he grabbed her hand and he started running towards their escape route.
At first it seemed ok Kevin didn’t seen anything unusual and the road was open. But he kept going, getting further and further away from the group, but he just wanted to be sure things were safe. Kevin saw some movement a bit more further, he already thought something was off. He was right too. All of the sudden eight men appeared blocking their exit, they were pretty close to Kevin and Michelle and had guns. “No, go warn the others!” Kevin yelled as he pushed Michelle back so she could run away. He turn around and wanted to run off too, but he tripped over some rubble on the road and fell, hitting his head on the cold hard ground. Blood pouring out of his head as his eyes slowly closed. For now he was unconscious while the attackers slowly made their way towards them.
Post by Stephanie Harrington on Aug 10, 2015 23:07:57 GMT -5
Hearing Michael's callout, Stephanie looked over towards Roman. "Roman, on me," she said, taking up a position right next to the others so that she could keep an eye on them while watching out for bad guys. Spotting one who peeked his head out a few too many times, she dropped the man with a couple well-placed shots, causing the others near him to pause for a few moments; this gave her a chance to load another pistol mag and stash it in a jeans pocket for later.
Keeping an eye on the bad guys they'd gotten around and were holding off, she yelled, "Hey, anyone find a route off the island yet?" pausing once more to drop another bad guy to the ground.
Post by Roman Hughes on Aug 11, 2015 6:57:07 GMT -5
"On it!"
Roman made sure to grab some shotgun shells that thank god matched his gun before he ducked and sprinted for Stephanie's cover. He slid right next to her before peeking over and firing at one of those bastards attempting to fire back at them. He wasn't sure if he hit him until the man waited a second before lifting his head over his cover again. This time he aimed a bit higher for his head than his chest, this time the man dropped and didn't get back up. He ducked back under cover and looked to Steph as she asked her question.
"If we're gonna leave it better be now, by now these guys probably called in for backup. And with all this gunfire we might as well dip ourselves in BBQ sauce and hold a sign saying, "Here Eat Me!" "
This was turning out to be the worst case scenario coming to life, but atleast it wasn't all bad. Everyone is alive and no one got captured, just got to survive and finally we'll be out of here
Lucy's men closed in and noticed the group were attempting to exit Manhattan. Lucy was over viewing the operation from her building and spoke on the walkie talkie. A few vehicles now descended upon the area. The men advanced towards Kevin and picked him up by the arms. Bullets were now kissing the top of the cars. The bullets bouncing made a metallic clanging sound. Lucy radio'd that for now they should contain the stragglers on the island suspecting they were spies or members of Franseca's group.
One of the men went to shoot Kevin yet was stopped by the radio as Lucy ordered they bring him in for questioning.
Post by Michael Guarnere on Aug 11, 2015 14:40:02 GMT -5
Michael saw them grab Kevin and attempted to kill the men around him, however they had him out of sight and around the corner. The constant stream of bullets now headed in their direction made it seem like a hail storm was ongoing. He realized they would not be able to escape currently. They were under too much heat "We need to pull back. Escape now. They have Kevin!"
He was looking around and saw either an alleyway or a manhole cover nearby they could use to escape and tried to make a decision.
Post by Stephanie Harrington on Aug 11, 2015 22:13:23 GMT -5
"If we're gonna leave it better be now, by now these guys probably called in for backup. And with all this gunfire we might as well dip ourselves in BBQ sauce and hold a sign saying, "Here Eat Me!" "
"No kidding, Roman," Stephanie said deadpan, pausing to drop another attacker with a few well-placed shots to the chest. Ducking down behind the vehicle they were standing next to, she reloaded and got back up, firing several more shots at the enemy, who were still laying down a hellacious amount of fire back at them. Looking around, she heard Michael's cry for them to escape and get out of the area and saw a few potential avenues of escape. "Roman, let's give them one last fusillade and then, unless anyone has any objections, head for that alleyway over there," pausing to point out the alleyway she was talking about.
Looking over at Michael, she added, "That alleyway about hundred meters down from us; there's cover for us to hide and no bad guys nearby....should we head over there and try to figure out another way around?" She hated cutting out from the area under these circumstances but, at the moment, her first thought was survive and regroup later on.
Post by Tory Bournell on Aug 12, 2015 0:42:34 GMT -5
Tory listened as Michael tried to encourage her, "Yeah." Was all she managed to reply, but it helped. She quietly thanked Michelle when she touched her hand on her way to Kevin, forgetting she was deaf. Tory followed Michael like a shadow as he gave everyone jobs. That's when everything went south.
What's happening?! She could hear the crack of weapons and see the flash from the guns of her friends but couldn't see what was beyond the cars or make any sense from the chaos. Kevin?! Did they kill him?! They couldn't have gotten him...they just... And what about Michelle? the girl's tears began to roll down her cheeks and land upon the dusty pavement. She held tightly to the back of Michael's shirt so he could still fire and she wouldn't lose him.
She missed the first part of what Stephanie said but caught a little bit of the second. A hundred meters seemed like a long ways to run faster than a bullet. Tory was worried; she was afraid. Her legs were jelly, her ears were ringing, and the rest of her felt stiff as cardboard. Someone save us! She tugged hard on Michael's shirt, and looked up to him with a face of pure panic. "Where do we go??" I don't wanna die. I don't wanna be kidnapped. I don't wanna be... She just wanted her and the others to get away.
Post by Michael Guarnere on Aug 13, 2015 14:45:15 GMT -5
Mike was frustrated at having to retreat, he looked up to see Albert and nodded to suggest they had to fall back for now "Keep the keys Albert. We need to slip away". Mike then felt Tory's arm still grabbing the back of his shirt and turned around "We are going to slip away through some alleyways. I know a secure office round here." He then holstered his pistol "First Im going to get you out of here. Keep to my right and run as fast as you can" Mike then stood and waited for the men to reload.
As soon as there was a break in fire he started running hoping Tory was still to his side. Once he reached the wall he unslung his rifle and began to fire upon the attackers. For all he knew only Kevin was hurt. He put a bullet through a mans shoulder and kept firing.
Al nodded, pocketing his keys and throwing a duffel bag over his shoulder. "Guess we won't be able to keep all this stuff." He grumbled, firing a few shots at his attackers as he backed up with the rest of the group. He followed Michael, winding up on the other side of the street from him and Tory. When he got the chance he sprinted across the street and stood next to Michael. "Where to? Lead the way and keep Tory safe, I'll cover your six."
Post by Stephanie Harrington on Aug 14, 2015 23:15:46 GMT -5
As she made her way over to Michael and the others, Stephanie cursed their luck over what had just happened - not only had they not made it off-the-island, but they'd lost Kevin to their attackers. Muttering a few choice words, she got to where the others were at and kept looking around to make sure that no one else was getting close to their location. Pausing to fire a few shots at their attackers, she looked over at Michael and asked, "Alright, Michael, you lead the way, I'll help Albert cover our movement here." Looking at the others, she added, "Everyone else, get in between us and keep moving! Don't stop, whatever happens...don't stop!"
Shauna Kelly: That helped, thank you
Oct 4, 2021 14:40:44 GMT -5
Ayita Hunt: dang, January was my last post.. Jeez it's been a hot minute. o7 guys, sorry for the complete disappearance, life got.. a little interesting this year.
Oct 18, 2021 22:34:19 GMT -5