Author Topic: Shadowrun Chapter Six - Once More With Feeling (Read 100171 times)

Trellin · « **Reply #150 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:26 am Paranormal Breeder Ranch, running his ass off - Stalker

'The man could shape shift for fucks sake, go, go, go', he thought to himself, and Stalker went. He holstered the Predator in a smooth motion as he ran. He kept his knife drawn and in his hand. He called on every once of speed and ounce of parkuor he had to get over that fence as quickly as possible with his hide intact.

Maxx · « **Reply #151 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:26 am Paranormal Breeder Ranch, getting his ass chewed off

Stalker almost cleared the fence unscathed but he felt the teeth close on his pants. He hung for a second, feeling himself pulled backwards before the cloth ripped and he felt himself falling again.

Shroom cushioned his fall.

On the other side of the wall it was clear that an epic battle was taking place. The dwarf was, at the very least, holding his own against the partner of the beast that now owned the seat of Stalker's pants.

Trellin · « **Reply #152 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:26 am Paranormal Breeder Ranch, running his ass off - Stalker

"Godamnit, that was a good pair of pants!!", Stalker bellowed. "Everyone's clear and the other one's coming in. Time for us to go!", He yelled.

He clambered off of Shroom and checked his pulse and breathing quickly before turning to check the true damage of any of his wounds.

Maxx · « **Reply #153 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:27 am Paranormal Breeder Ranch, looking at his ass

The damage was more to his clothing and his pride than his flesh, which was more than could be said for Shroom. The side of his head was liberally punctured with bits of wood and metal. His shotgun lay on the ground, a useless hunk of twisted metal.

There was a sudden moment of darkness and Stalker was barely able to dodge aside in order to avoid being squished be the sudden appearance of a lion leaping over the fence. Pepper wasn't looking too healthy either, with at least a dozen bite wounds on his neck and shoulders. Likely only his choice of a shape with a heavy mane had kept his throat and spine safe.

Cassie · « **Reply #154 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:27 am Paranormal Breeder Ranch- Possible the safer side of the fence... maybe... - Draven

"Thank the gods," gasped the young elf as he lay there catching his breath. Alive was the way to be as long as one was free. However, all the noise from the battle had the small elf sitting up and backing away. He did not want to get to close; not with no means of protection. "Holy shit.... Where the hell was I to go now?" Draven stood up but wobbled. However, he manage to keep his footing while looking for a safe place to go.

Trellin · « **Reply #155 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:26 am Paranormal Breeder Ranch, at the vehicles - Stalker

'Shit!', he thought, this went south faster than piss runs downhill.
He took another look at Shroom, making sure he had a heartbeat and was breathing. "Pepper, if you can make sure he won't croak on us in the next half hour, we need to move. We can put Shroom in his van and one of us can drive it. The other takes the kid in your ride", he said as he sheathed his knife.

Maxx · « **Reply #156 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:26 am Paranormal Breeder Ranch, at the vehicles - Pepper

"I am a doctor, nothing more," Pepper said. "I heal with my skill and my hands and my heart but I have no magical skill to heal. My totem forbids it." He did however pull off his silk tie. "Press this against the worst of the wounds and with luck he will not bleed to death before we can get him to a place of safety."

Trellin · « **Reply #157 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:26 am Paranormal Breeder Ranch, at the vehicles - Stalker

"Good enough for me", He said as he gathered up Shroom and stood. "You gather up the guy we just rescued and I'll get Shroom in the van. Straight back to town, yeah?"

LadyJallyn · « **Reply #158 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:26 am Paranormal Breeder Ranch, at the vehicles - Ice

"I can stabilize him with magic but we need to get somewhere with less heat, since it takes a while to do. Lets get the hell out of here and meet up somewhere down the road away from here. Sound decent?" Ice asked as she fished out her car keys.

Cassie · « **Reply #159 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:26 am Paranormal Breeder Ranch, at the vehicles - Draven

In spite not really knowing what the hell to do, at that point, he just moved to the closest vehicle and waited a moment. When it seemed that everyone was over the wall, and a plan was made, he groaned and looked them over. "Look, can we just go. Please? Before someone.... you know.... Dies."

Trellin · « **Reply #160 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:26 am Paranormal Breeder Ranch, at the vehicles - Stalker

He moved as quickly as he could to get Stalker into his own vehicle before climbing into the drivers seat, "Head back to town, I will stop as soon as we get clear or unless Shroom just can't wait. Pepper, you got him?", he said as he pointed to the former prisoner.

Maxx · « **Reply #161 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:27 am Paranormal Breeder Ranch, at the vehicles - Pepper

The dwarf pulled the elf into his pick-up truck, allowing Stalker to wedge both himself and Shroom into the tiny car not exactly designed for easy occupation by two large men. They were off down the road in a cloud of dust, leaving the gates of the compound and the creatures contained inside far behind.

It wasn't hard to find a place to pull over and check Shroom's condition nor was it hard to determine that his injury was serious but not life threatening. The head wound had rendered him unconscious but, other than needing some minor surgery to extract some of the pieces of his shotgun, he seemed likely to be able to fully recover with time and proper care.

Cassie · « **Reply #162 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:27 am Pulled over somewhere away from the ranch - In a Truck - Draven

The elf gasped and softly as he was pulled into the truck. At that moment, nothing could make him happier then getting the hell out of there. He peered out the window to watch that horrible place disappear behind them. What the hell was that place? And why was he there? Whom captured him and for what purpose. Draven took a deep breath and sat back. Soon, the elf, do to the strain he had been under before, fell asleep.

LadyJallyn · « **Reply #163 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:37 am - On the side of road

Ice had driven out of there lickety split. This job was going to be one of those... She thought to herself as she drove down the side roads and emerging back onto the highway.

They stopped near a greasy dinner all night truck stop, however Ice was smart enough not to conduct bussiness right out back the joint.

Ice had called Pepper and advised him where to stop. At the edge of the highway she told Stalker to climb out and strech his legs while she took a look at the elf to see what she could do for him. "You want to tell me where the worst of it is so I can save the once over get him patched up faster?" Ice asked bluntly.

Trellin · « **Reply #164 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:26 am Paranormal Breeder Ranch, at the vehicles - Stalker

"He's seems to be mostly fine. He's groggy as hell and fell asleep so the biggest worry for now is probably concussion. They obviously wanted him alive so I'm not too concerned but other than that, nothing obvious that I've noticed. He still has the rest of the drugs to work out of his system but that should be fairly quick, I'd think. I'll leave you to it, gonna go check in with Pepper and see how 'Shroom is doing."

Maxx · « **Reply #165 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:27 am Down the road - Pepper

"Obviously Shroom's head injuries are the most troubling," Pepper said, not looking at Ice as he tended the decker's wounds the old fashioned way. "You'll have difficulty doing much more than superficial healing, however," the dwarf continued. "His aura is black with cyberware, n'est pas? We may need to park him somewhere to recover as we continue with the field work."

OOC: Stalker was driving Shroom's car and the elf was in with Pepper....

Maxx · « **Reply #166 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:31 am Near an all night truck stop - Pepper

The dwarf looked at Ice. "It seems to me like he is reacting to being drugged," he said. "I can't say for certain without blood tests and this is not the best place to conduct such tests."

Pepper looked at Stalker. "I believe we have found our perpetrators and they guard themselves well. I cannot swear that we do not need to investigate our last options but I am comfortable with abandoning that branch of our task. What say the pair of you?"

LadyJallyn · « **Reply #167 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:31 am Near an all night truck stop - Ice

The young blond frowned as she mulled over the options, "Hmmm.. retreat and regroup, we can't have this guy in the back of the vehicles playing half dead half drugged hes a detriment. Either we take him out of here and you can play doctor with him when hes better you can either send him on his way or interrogate him, or get him to join your cause for some pay back. Personally hes cybered so hes likely tougher than your average joe, we could use him as cannon fodder if nothing else."

Trellin · « **Reply #168 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:31 am Near an all night truck stop - Stalker

Stalker pondered a moment. "I'd agree it looks like we found the site of their next shoot. We still don't have any facts concerning the people involved, though. While it's likely that someone at the breeder farm knows something, especially given that this is a repeat site, they could have simply been paid cash for the silent use of their barn. We have no names, no direct evidence, and worst of all, they know we were there. Given how cautious and quiet they have been to date, they are likely burning the site of anything that even remotely what's been going on there if not at this very moment, certainly in the next few hours. When they relocate or go to ground, we need enough information to predict where."

He thought about the recently strung up elf and Shroom for a second. "We definitely need to question him", he said, pointing his chin at the elf, "and we should be watching that farm to see who comes in to clean up and try to get more solid leads on the players. I wish Shroom was functional enough to get some electronic surveillance in place for the phones and net connections."

He blew out a breath, "My recommended move would be to do as Ice suggests, pull back, get Shroom patched up, quiz the elf and put someone at the farm now, while the bee hive is still buzzing and see who shows. With luck we can get faces, scents, vehicles, maybe even one of the guys behind the curtain in this whole thing. It would be a pleasant surprise to find that it was only the guys that were at the farm."

LadyJallyn · « **Reply #169 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:32 am Near an all night truck stop - Ice

The gang member nodded. "I'm glad someone agrees. We should try to heal these two back up so that means likely you'd be the man left behind to keep an eye on things. You've proven semi proficiency at moving around unseen it would seem. Dr. Pepper your call we can all pull back and try after we get intel from the elf and patch up Shroom. Or we can head back and one of us can stay to see what happens." She shrugged not caring which option was to be picked.

Maxx · « **Reply #170 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:33 am Near an all night truck stop - Pepper

The dwarf nodded. "I agree. Stalker does seem quite able to handle himself. Keep an eye on them and let us know if anything unusual happens. I can't see us being any later than dawn, so you will get a chance to rest before too long. The Ice princess and I will take care of Shroom and our rescued elf. We'll let you know if we discover anything of an urgent nature."

Trellin · « **Reply #171 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:34 am Near an all night truck stop - Stalker

Stalker almost preened at the praise before he realized that he might have already missed something vital to their pursuit. He gave a curt nod, "Sounds like a plan. I need a vehicle to take me part way there. I'm fast but not faster than a car", he looked at Pepper and chinned towards the patients, "Can one of them take the time to get me near the farm or is it going to significantly endanger both of them? I can boost something here but I hate to do it without a compelling reason."

Maxx · « **Reply #172 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:35 am Near an all night truck stop - Pepper

The corners of Pepper's lips twitched. "Shroom, do you mind if Stalker borrows your car?" When the unconscious decker didn't respond, the dwarf shrugged. "He didn't say no."

Trellin · « **Reply #173 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:35 am Near an all night truck stop - Stalker

Stalker broke into a grin and nodded, "You're right, sounds like a plan. Maybe I can even find something in his gear simple enough for me to set up some simple electronic surveillance, record phone activity or something."

Hopping into Shrooms vehicle he said, "I'll be in touch", before he made for the road and headed back to the farm trying to think of a good place a reasonable distance from the farm to get the vehicle out of sight.

Cassie · « **Reply #174 on:** »

Wednesday, June 12, 2053 1:35 am Near an all night truck stop -Draven

Well, it had not been very long but it was kind of hard to stay asleep when the mind played tricks on the person. The elf shifted as he sat there; head leaned back. The state of REM had yet to begun and he was already flooded with images. However, knowing what was real and what was not was something that he could not say. Just what exactly happened to the youth; not even he could actually say. However, there was something mumbled about, "H-how long... How long... How did I....Why?" But, his eyes remained closed.....