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Post by Paroxysm on May 21, 2015 18:05:56 GMT -5
Ash did not respond. Her jaw was left agape, as her stomach and chest slowly overflowed with dread. The voices of her friends did nothing but panic her. All of her focus right now, was attuned to the monsters ripping her home from her, and trying as hard as she could to plan through it, work past it, something, so that she would not lose hope. What did she have without it?
Crane, was not nearly as shocked, or upset as the others. Survival mode has turned on in this one. He was able to look away from the house (he had been for a while, actually, to find the others) and lo and behold he was able to see Sheridan and her car nearby, loaded up with stuff. Without asking Aleenya, he slowly, trying to be inconspicuous, brought their own car over to hers, drawing everyone's attention to each other, hopefully.
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on May 21, 2015 18:20:47 GMT -5
"Guys, we have friends again," Izzy said, gesturing to Crane's car. "Also, how to we just drive away without attracting attention from the ninjas. And the people with guns. HEY WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH YOUR CAT?"
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on May 21, 2015 18:25:59 GMT -5
Cate stared at the cat as it got shoved roughly into a crate. "Kitten," she whispered. She was half-tempted to run outside and try to save it, but that seemed like a very bad idea.
Aleenya took out her gun. "I'm going to shoot someone," she told Crane. "I am definitely going to shoot someone."
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Post by Paroxysm on May 21, 2015 20:54:28 GMT -5
"Put that thing away!" Crane hissed. "I am not about to let you get us all killed." He rolled down the windows, to try and talk to Sheridan, who was very much not paying attention. "Sheridan!"
"No.. No, no, no no no," she was whispering to herself. "Acrobat, I'm so sorry honey.." Her hands had covered her nose and mouth as she tried and failed to hold back tears. She had nothing without that home. She had nowhere to go, no way to protect.. she thought about her two friends in the back of the car. They were going to die, weren't they? She couldn't do anything to stop this, and she had gotten them involved. And without a safe place.. she couldn't help anyone, she couldn't help her dearest friends, she couldn't help Aleenya, she couldn't even torturously support Crane. She was pointless, and worthless without it.
Needless to say, she was not quite aware of Crane at that time.
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on May 21, 2015 21:03:10 GMT -5
"Ash, we have to go. We have to leave it, there's nothing worth dying for in that house, come on we have to go," Izzy said urgently.
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on May 21, 2015 21:06:13 GMT -5
Cate reached forward and rubbed a hand against Ash's head. "If we still want to get out of this alive," she said gently, "then we have to move now, and feel bad about it later." She thought rather sharply of losing her own beloved apartment.
Aleenya kept the gun out but didn't shoot anyone.
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Post by Paroxysm on May 21, 2015 21:15:09 GMT -5
Ash looked forlornly at the two of them. "There's no where to go," she whispered, her breath trembling."
Crane hissed. "Moss, grab what we need from this car." He got out of the car, and opened the drivers side of Sheridan's car. "Hunter, Tennant, remove anything not necessary from this car. We need to leave now." He looked at Sheridan, who did not pay him any attention and grumbled irritably to himself. "Sheridan, move."
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on May 21, 2015 21:22:19 GMT -5
"Everything in this car is necessary. I mean, I guess I could throw out the clothes." The books, though, were not going anywhere, Izzy thought to herself. "Besides, you can wedge in back, there's room."
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on May 21, 2015 21:29:43 GMT -5
"The books are not moving," Cate said firmly. "They're all I have left of home. I will sit with them in the trunk."
Aleenya hopped in the trunk with her.
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Post by Paroxysm on May 21, 2015 21:39:47 GMT -5
"There's no point. We're done," Ash murmured, half to herself, and half in response to Crane.
Crane rolled his eyes at them all. "Whatever. If you all can fit the food in the car with it, then be my guest, but hurry up." He looked at Moss. "Get her to move," he commanded, Moss. "She's not driving."
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on May 21, 2015 21:41:45 GMT -5
Izzy got out of the car and started shoving groceries into the trunk with their things. "Where should we go? This was the safe house. Cate, can you come stack your books more efficiently?"
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on May 21, 2015 21:43:25 GMT -5
Cate started to pile her books a bit more neatly and didn't say anything.
Aleenya stared off sadly towards the home. "We can go to a warehouse for now," she said. "I have a bit of a specialty in finding decent warehouses to live in. And then... maybe we can find something better."
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Post by Paroxysm on May 21, 2015 21:54:07 GMT -5
"Moss!" Crane called harshly. "I will drag Sheridan from this seat if you don't find a nicer way of getting her to move."
"You're an idiot," Ash sneered at Crane, shoving him out of the way on her own, taking care to make sure he lost his balance and fell to the ground. "Scarlett's won." She looked back at the house. She had the intent of joining the rest in the car, but found herself unable to move as she watched them shove the struggling Acrobat into an uncomfortable cage-- and saw Scarlett personally overseeing the mission.
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on May 21, 2015 21:58:34 GMT -5
"Ash*!" Izzy snapped. "Do you want to get us killed, immediately? Get in the back, or drive!" She slammed the trunk shut. It just barely closed.
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Post by Paroxysm on May 21, 2015 22:07:44 GMT -5
Ash hissed wordlessly and shoved herself into the back of the car.
Crane huffily fixed his shirt as he stood, and then said, "Moss, passenger's side. You're telling me where we're going."
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