Coldcry (IC)

[Gorbaz]

Rosalie's attention was firmly fixed on Silent as he questioned her over what she was. "A synthetic?" she replied, while giving a glace to Zan beifly and then back. Her face was kept still, with almost no emotion being shown on her young features. "No, I'm not a synthetic, Officer, although I do contain inorganic components". Rosalie rolled up the sleeve of her ruined top in order to reveal her unadorned metalic arm and hand, and also indicating where the limb attached to the flesh of her shoulder. "I'm sure that this is not the most oppotune time to discuss my origins as I know them, but suffice to say, no. I am not an android, nor wholly synthetic, sir".

At the sound of glass breaking and everyone's attention going to the cause of it, Roaslie took it as her cue to find something else to wear. Turning sharply on her heel, she scanned the various stores and made a bee-line to the one that was most likley to contain a top of some kind. It was really starting to get... unnerving with the glances the men had accidently given her

[Zender_Solarheart]

"Roger that." Zan replies to Officer Silent, then takes a look around for a quick head-count. Hakkyou and Rosalie remain present, that much is for certain...but where did Cassie and Jessi go? Oh right...the women's lingerie store. Well, with Rosy heading over to a clothing store for some..."patch-ups"...

*ahem* "Hey Hakkyou, how's about you and I find Cassie and Jessi? We should tell them the coast is clear." His reasons for asking Hakkyou to accompany him are two-fold. First, from a tactical perspective, having everyone moving around too far from each other will only reduce their survival chances. The second reason...is that he feels a tad "awkward" heading into a lingerie store alone to find two girls...something about it would just make him feel too much like a creepy stalker...

[berserkerhorn]

Cassie goes around the clothing store grabbing clothes here and there for the rest of the group. She uses her wings as a clothing hanger. She hangs all varieties of clothes on her wings. Her bras and panties are White and blue. She takes off her outfit and exchanges it for a black tank-top that gives her wings a bit of room to move so she can hang more outfits on her powerful wings. Her jeans are a gray color. “Hey Jessie? I’m going in to the hardware store again!” Cassie calls out amongst the coat racks. She holds her gardening tool weapon tightly in her hands and moves back towards the hardware store looking for anything else that’ll be useful in a fight

[shinox23]

Hakkyou walks out of the clothing store and hears Zan's request "Hmm? Oh, alright, but I think you should stay back a bit..." She takes a deep breath and smells a familiar smell in the air coming from the lingerie store "Erm... Zan... Scratch that... They are in there alright... I think we should let them come out when they're finished... 'Talking'... With each other... Just trust me on this... Their alright... Just..." Her tail starts to wag and her face starts to blush a little as she thinks about it a little more "Just let them come out on their own... I'm positive they have each other's back"

[Sortaix]

OH NOES! multiplied by a HOLY F***! and added to a WE ARE TOTALLY SCREWED, squared:

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Officer Silent had begun to walk toward the two holes that the Cerberus creatures made, only to run back, nearly tackling Zan.
"Shit! We have an entire battalion worth of hostiles milling about outside, and they are starting to wander in this general direction. If one of them sees one of us and alerts the others, we are all screwed, some in more ways than one. Hakkyou, get Cassie and Jessie, then go try to get that crazy woman out of the store she is in. She has a gun on her so beware. Zan, go tell Rosalie to hurry up. Those things didn't see me, but we don't want to risk too much. Besides, those Furs out there, could probably smell us if they tried. Get everyone and get ready. Our evac is not that far from the holes in the wall. I can security override the rig, but we have to hurry!"

(Note: meet Silent at the evac zone. The story line, won't offer any normal way back to the group, if you miss this one.)

[daxtinator396]

Jessi exited the store holding a bag of clothing that she had taken from a store and was now using as a backpack just as she heard Steve shouting to them about enemies outside waiting for them,"Squeak!" Was her only response as she grew frightened again. What was she to do! She ran towards Hakkyuo as she was supposed to get her anyway,"Here I few things for everyone and the rest are field bandages. Cassie is in the hardware store let's go get her please." She said having regained her composure as she got to Hakkyuo. Her voice still carried fear but it would have to do. She grabbed her hand and started to lead her to the store,"Come on please hurry!" She said anxiously.

[shinox23]

Hakkyou's jaw dropped for a split moment and then she respectfully, went into the lingerie store "Cassie, Jessie, we got a shit-storm headin our way, silent says it's go time, NOW! So please, I'm sorry for barging in, but he said meet him at the evac point so we can get the hell out of here before more hell comes out way... Thank you!" She then ran over to the store where the armed woman was, taking precaution and keeping her arms raised "Hi there, my name is Hakkyou Jigen, I'm a female officer that works here on this station... I can see that you're in a state of paranoia and all, but right now, we ALL have to go, this may seem like bullshit, but believe me, having more than one of those undead bastards on you is NOT fun, now you have a choice, either come with us so we can fill you in on our way to a safer area, or stay here, and try to find your own way off this hell-station" She turned towards the woman with the gun "We are no threats to you, we're all just trying to get off this station and live... Please come with us, there is strength in numbers if we work together... If not, then good luck with the impending horde that's waiting out of that hole in the front there." She points to the hole the hounds left and starts to move back from the woman "If you don't decide soon, we're going to leave without you... I don't mean to be rude, but you better decide... And fast..." She bows her head and leaves the woman to make her decision, heading back to the clothing store to get her loyal partner "Dash, it's time to go, go to Silent and stick with him, I'm gonna see if anybody else is lagging behind, if I don't come back, then get out of here without me... Got it boy?" She scratches behind his ear so he can understand her through her touch "Go, we have a cluster-fuck of a storm heading towards our current position..."

[Angel_Slayer_Alcatraz]

She sees the girl run in and as soon as she begins talking her eyes lit up
without another word she ran after her a little happier than earlier

[Zender_Solarheart]

Without missing a beat, Zan replies to Officer Silent with a "Yes sir!" and takes off to find Rosalie. Arriving at whatever store she went to (never was specified...), he calls inside:

"Rosy, not to sound pushy, but we need to go, and FAST! I don't wanna be here when the "You're Fucked" Brigade comes crashing in, and I don't think you would, either."

With his message given, Zan waits only for a second or two for Rosalie's response. If he gets none, he'll go in there and get her out himself, then rendezvous with the others. His military comrades always followed a strict "no one left behind" policy, so it's mostly habitual.

[Gorbaz]

Having managed to find a loose cotton top that did the job of covering her chest, Rosalie started to rummage around for more odds and ends until Zan's voice rang out just outside the store. "Go? Fast? Hmm" she said to herself as she abandoned her search and stepped outside, now much more presentable than before. "That brigade does not sound particularly appealing, I must admit" she stated, before tipping her head to the side slightly and managing the smallest of smiles. "Well then. We had best move along then, hadn't we". A quick stretching of her neck muscles indicated her readiness to head off with Zan and the rest of the crew

[Sortaix]

Crazy Car Ride:

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Eventually the entire group got ready at the evac zone. Once they were all prepared, Silent lead them through the cars at a slow and quiet pace, until the reached the cargo vehicle. The trailer on the back was silently pulled open and the group was shuffled inside, as they were not wearing armor, and the bad guys would most likely shoot at the vehicle heading towards their barriers. They couldn't see much in the cargo container, at least not for a bit, but once Silent got into the cab, started the engine, then started blaring the radio as loud as he could, it got the attention of the baddies nearby. He then hit the gas and the vehicle took off, quickly accelerating to its top speed. Officer Silent was singing along as the radio blared at top volume, echoing through the remains of the dead city.
"With the buildings crashing all around, it's Armageddon again. I'll drink this poison and make a toast to the end!"
The group, however could see little, until a few arrow-like bones pierced the hull of the container. Once the bones fell out, the group could see behind them, a scene from a nightmare. Their was an entire city worth of undead, monsters, demons, and every type of horror they could imagine chasing them, with hunger in their eyes.
The vehicle continued on however with the monsters chasing them. It didn't not stop or slow down, even when the distinct sound on gunfire could be heard. They could hear bullets hitting the front of the vehicle, and Silent laughing out in the crazed state of blood lust that can consume any soldier.
"Everyone get ready! I am going to flip this S.O.B. right on top of those bastards! If I do this right, you'll all have a straight shot to the tramway entrance. Run, no matter what, run and don't stop.!"
It was only a few moments after this was said, that the trailer turned and flipped over onto its side. The group had a little bit of trouble getting out, but Silent helped them get out and back on their feet and running. Only a few looked back behind them, and what they saw gave them a burst of speed from fear, as the monsters and undead claimed the lives of the mysterious mercenaries and the scientists that were with them, their screams of pure horror echoing almost above the dwindling sounds of gun fire, and roars. Fortunately for the group, using the monsters as a distraction worked, and the people responsible for the horrors, then got a taste of their own medicine, while the survivors slipped into the tramway station, and the bulk heads were sealed.

Tramway Terror:

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These images burned their ways into the minds of the survivors, as the giant bulkheads to the tramway were sealed behind them. These large doors designed to seal out the cold death of space, now sealed out something much, much worse, a fate worse than death. Now, however the group had a tram to catch. There were no enemies to be found as they boarded the tram and Officer Silent overrode it. Silent took this time as the tram was turning on to access it's computer and see what had developed.
The tram sprang to life and slowly began it's journey onward, it was a slow tram, which did give the people a moment to breath.
"Alright, all we have to go is get to the second level and get to the camouflaged security hanger. From there, we can access the emergency cargo lift and get to the fourth floor for weapons and munitions from security, then we're off to the sixth floor for food supplies, from cargo. Then last of all will be maintenance at floor eight, to get space suits so we can set charges all around the hangar. We want this explosion to look like a thermal pipe accident, so they don't look at it too closely, that way our shuttle can drift along until we get far enough away to kick in the lightspeed engines. Hmm... Aparently, we have already lost all power on floors nine and ten. Oh well, we didn't need anything from those anyway."
As officer Silent explained the plan, he happened to look down and find a datapad, with an emblem on the back. Jessi would recognize it from her medical training as the emblem for Phoenix Pharmaceuticals Corporation. He then looked the datapad over and then gave it around for everyone too look at. It revealed that this was all indeed an intentional experiment, to see the combat effectiveness of these creatures. Apparently, the plan was to use these creature to cause a galactic wide panic, which would allow Phoenix Corp to make a fortune selling cures for this mutagen, as well as their budding weapons branch.
The tram then continued on for a little bit more as no one really payed attention until it stopped in the middle of its route. Silent then looked down to see that it had bogged down in, what appeared to be white cables. He then reached out to try to move the cables, only to find them very sticky. It was during this that a few unusual noises could be heard from above, and it was at this point the the group looked up to see a very large black orb floating up above, next to the inactive main reactor. The orb then unfurled eight excessively[long legs from its body and climbed down, what was apparently webbing to within three meters of the stuck tram.
"Come into my parlor said the spider to the fly."
Said what was apparently a giant spider. The creatures fangs dripped with what could only be venom as she spoke, giving her the look of her mouth watering at the sight of the group. Officer Silent then reacted, by pulling out his two hand cannons and using them to blast away at the thing, shouting back to it.
"I got a better idea. How about you die?"
The spider withdrew and shrieked in pain as the projectiles pelted her exoskeleton, which she then uses four of her legs to shield her face. These legs evidently, had a stronger shell than the other parts of her body, as the bullets then just deflected back. Silent then turned to his molotovs and threw one at the creature. IT was fairly effective as she shrieked and screamed, before the flames got to her webbing, burning it up quite rapidly. Spidey then lost her balance and fell onto the tram, which was evidently too much weight, as the tram line creaked and groaned before breaking. The tram, then fell down, spinning wildly as it was now suspended only by the burning spider webbing. Zan and Rosalie were the first to be thrown out of the tram, to land rather harshly upon a tram station waiting area, then came Cassie and Jessi. Ak'vit and Hakkyou, were the last to be thrown as the tram stopped just above the station they got out on. Dash was having a difficult time with this, so Silent picked him up to throw him out with the others, but just before he could, the tram and the spider both fell into the dark abyss below. The survivors are now all split up, each on different floors. They knew they would have to go to different floors to get the stuff they needed for their shuttle, and they all knew where the shuttle was waiting.Looks like they will have to fight to get out of this alive, and to the shuttle that meant their rescue.

[Zender_Solarheart]

(during the crazy transport ride...)
Zan vaults into the cargo trailer, helps the others inside, then takes a carefully-concealed position from which he can fire with his Beam Pistol, if necessary. Fortunately, the majority of the monsters are drawn far more to the front of the transport, as that's where the radio's blaring from. Officer Silent could've picked a better song, though...those lyrics aren't really the type to inspire hope. When the officer gives word that he's gonna flip-bash some nimrods, Zan braces himself, then vaults back out, pistol in hand, quickly helping the others out, and takes one last look back during their rush for the tram station.

The sight is grisly. The numerous mercs and scientists that sought to tame their beasts, instead become lunch for them, and he could've sworn he saw a severed arm get tossed at one point...well, whatever. Serves the bastards right.

Zan's combat training allows him to reach the bulkhead a slight bit sooner than the others, and he waves them in with his hand, keeping point from the cover of a wall corner. As the bulkheads seal, he smirks and flips one last birdie in the monsters' direction, just to spite them. This soldier is living to fight another day.

(on the tram...)
As he gets the datapad and skims it over, Zan grits his teeth with anger. So, this is how Phoenix does business? Well, if he finds one of their jackass higher-ups, he'll have a real good time taking them apart...literally. The sudden stopping of the tram, however, gets his thoughts back on present situations, spotting Silent messing around with what appears to be large cables of a white, sticky substance. Looking up with the officer, he spots a giant...spider? And it speaks in rhyme? The hell?

Zan himself points his Beam Pistol up at the spider, but doesn't fire yet; he's unsure of what on the nearby reactor he might damage if he misses. Officer Silent, on the other hand, wastes no time in going Rambo with his two hand cannons. That, combined with the follow-up molotov seems quite effective, but when the spider sends the tram tumbling, he doesn't even have time to click his XL System back on, before him and Rosalie are catapulted to a harsh landing on God knows what floor. Mid-flight, he quickly pulls Rosalie in, and twists his body in the air to have it land on the platform first, using it to cushion the young lady. If asked why at that very moment, he wouldn't be able to answer; his body just seemed driven by instinct.

"Unnnngh..." Zan groans in pain after the landing, with a grimace to match on his face. "You...you alright...Rosy..?"

[Angel_Slayer_Alcatraz]

Dallas landed face first after the tram crash
she sat there for a second in pain
"ugh....."
she looked up to see if she landed with anyone

[berserkerhorn]

Cassie begins to feel nauseous and pukes a deadly cocktail of flames that sets ablaze on the ground. It leaves a long trail of flames due to the vehicles speed. The flames might have stopped some of the creatures but many more charge past those flames. However, Cassie rolls back into the vehicle and has a more greenish coloration to her orange scales. “Too…fast…” she says while suppressing another cocktail from coming out of her mouth. “Urrrrgghhhh….” She moans in agony as her head swims with dizziness from the speed of the ride. When the vehicle stops she is the first to get off and release her held back load. “Don’t…ever…make…me…go…on one… of those… again…” she says staring at the flames she made pointing to the turned over vehicle. She gets up and crawls quickly like a lizard to the tram. She sits inside with a flame-resistant bag just in case her body decides to release another load.
When the tram door closes she looks at Jessi “Sorry… I think… this dragon side of me… isn’t used to fast speeds…” she says. She looks down in shame at her weakness.
Then the tram stops and she somehow manages to fly out the window with Jessi. Luckily for Jessi she lands on Cassie’s body and does not receive that many aches and pains. “Ow…” Cassie says as she gets thrown from the tram and has Jessi land roughly on her belly. “Hey… Jessi… I think you have some bruises to attend to…” Cassie says teasing despite the pain and rage she is holding back about her pain. She lays there trying to calm herself long enough for Jessi to escape her rage.

[thealchemist]

Ak'Vit closed her eyes during the entire car ride. The sound of the creature behind them and the massive vibrations from the music was pounding her sensitive flesh, making her feel sick. When the car stopped, she gratefully ran out of the car and into the station. Closing the doors of the tram, Ak'Vit sat back on the chairs and closed her once more. The next time she opened them, she saw the tram falling further away. It took a moment to figure out that she was falling. Looking around, she immediatly grabs Hakkyou. Twisting, Ak'Vit positioned them so that her harder back scales would take the impact. Groaning, Ak'Vit tried to focus her blurry vision and silence the deafing ring. "Hakkyou... are you alright?"

[shinox23]

(During the crazy car ride...)

Hakkyou was the last to get on the trailer, keping a close eye to make sure that there was nothing that saw them, along with making sure to keep watch for any other survivors, since there weren't any, she closed the door and took a seat and took a small sigh "So far, so good..." when she heard the sounds of the undead being ran over like road pizza, for some reason, she felt so happy that she literally took her shirt off and swung it around in the air, revealing her giant breasts for everyone to see "WOO!!! Whoop dat zombie ass Silent!!" The notice of him going to flip the trailer got to her a little late and she was wondering why her face face flying into a nearby wall of the trailer, going face-first into it, feeling dazed and stupid afterwards "Ugh... Who left these gallons of Egg Nog here?" She wobbled onto the tram and fell on her stomach, still a little loopy and dazed from the flipping

(On the Tram...)

Hakkyou woke up, griping her shirt as she realized they were finally in a safe zone, the cool air getting to her last "Oh shit... Whoops, sorry, I got too excited back there..." She quickly put her shirt back on and looked around for an empty seat to sit in, she called Dash over to her and gave him a good scratch behind the ear "Tis a good thing that we all got out of that hell hole... I was starting to think that being in that room was better for me than going outside..." She looked up and saw Ak'Vit again, shaking her head to see if she was dreaming or not, but this time, she wasn't dreaming, it was really her "I think I'm giong crazy..." She pokes her belly to make sure it's really her "Ak'Vit? Where have you been? I've been looking for you back at the mall!" She gets up and gives her a nice big hug as her tail wags happily

(Meeting the giant Spider Woman)

Hakkyou looks at the giant spider woman and thinks about what they say about spiders and how they mate "Dear god... Excuse me!! Would you be interested in knowing that this station is being over-ran by zombies? I don't particularly think that you could run a proper nest with those bastards hanging around!! Maybe we can cut a de-" She was cut off due to the tram being sent off-track then she and Ak'Vit being stranded on a floor together

(On the floor with Ak'Vit...)

Hakkyou grabbed her head and rubbed it a little while looking at Ak'Vit "Yea... I'm alright... What about you? Are you ok?" She then remembered Dash and looked around for him "Where's Dash?" She saw Silent toss him to them and she was glad to see Dash alright, she tells him to come here and she hugs them both at the same time "I don't what would've happened to me if either of you had gotten separated from me... I'm so happy that I didn't lose you..." She kisses Ak'Vit first, then gives Dash a lick on the side of his face, but looking over Ak'Vit's shoulder, she looks around for an indicator to see where they were "Alright my lovely's, we've got to find out where we are, and find a way to the shuttle... and fast..."

[Sortaix]

Zan, Rosalie and Dallas:

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Little occurred as the three got themselves up and ready. There was no one else around, and fortunately no hostiles either. There was however, a terminal nearby, that happened to be able to inform them, that they were on the fourth floor, and it was all devoted to storage.

The brown areas are all rows of small rooms, I was feeling to lazy to draw them individually. The gray areas are all hallways, while large rooms are marked. All rooms have doors closed, so what is inside cannot be seen, unless the door is opened. The read area is the starting area, there are two doors at either end that lead to the hallway.

Jessie and Cassie:

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Little could be seen on the loading platform, as the two recovered from their adventure. There was a computer terminal nearby that was able to inform them, that they were on the sixth level, which was Medical. The terminal also displayed the outlay of the floor as well.

The brown areas are all small rooms, the larger rooms are all marked. The tram waiting area on the right is your starting point. The gray areas are all hallways, all areas are behind closed doors hiding what is inside.

Hakkyou and Ak'Vit:

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Little else occurred as the two collected themselves. They saw they were in the small waiting area, and that no one and nothing else was there, other than an info terminal. The terminal would be able to tell the two that they were on the eighth floor, which was security. Hakkyou would recognize this floor well, but there was a map on the terminal that displayed the layout.

The red area is the starting point, the grey areas are all hallways. The brown areas are all small rooms, in the hallway. I was just to lazy to draw each individual room. The larger rooms are marked.

[daxtinator396]

Jessi felt their escape all go by in a blur and only remembering flashes of her own legs pumping as fast as they would go and then the hellish truck ride which she kept her eyes closed for most of the time not wanting to see whatever was making the roars and growls. Then the tram ride and that... spider woman. She must still he around." She thought to herself as she managed to roll off of her love so touched that she had sheikded her with her body,"Cassie? Are you okay? You... shielded me. I love you..." She managed giving her a kiss and then checking her for injuries hut finding nothing major to treat. Then she checked the map and found they were on the medical floor,"Cassie. It looks like were on the medical bay floor. Let's go find stuff and maybe find a way back to the others." She said with a smile.

[thealchemist]

Ak'Vits eyes widen with surprise as Hakkyou kissed her. Her scales turning a shade darker in the cheeks. Ak'Vit muttered a small your welcome as she returned Hakkyous embrace. Slowly standing up, Ak'Vit carefully stretched out her back and turned to find an info terminal. As Ak'Vit scanned through the map, she would call Hakkyou over. "Hey come check this out! Its a map of the floor we are on, and not only that, but it tells us that were on floor 8." Grinning a slightly sadtistic smile Ak'Vit looked at Hakkyou. "We get first dibs on the goodies."

[Zender_Solarheart]

"Hmm..." Zan strokes his chin thoughtfully as he mulls over the map terminal. They're certainly on the fourth floor, which has a multitude of storage areas...but he finds the lack of records on the actual storage cargo...unsettling. It may be best to avoid the larger rooms until they clear out the smaller ones; easier to bottleneck creatures that way, if it comes to that.

"Well, considering what Officer Silent mentioned earlier about this floor, it sounds like a good place to stock up on weapons, ammo, and the like. From here, I advise we clear out the smaller rooms of anything useful, then tackle the larger rooms, since they're more likely to house...enemies. Any objections?"