[EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)
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				Title: <strong>[EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>21-02-2010, 02:40:54</strong>
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				&nbsp;Cole sat silently in the military transport remebering the events which had brought him to this point. 'I must be fucking insane to be going back there,' he thought to himself, 'but then evidently I must not be the only crazy mutha fucka here.' He glanced around at the the other Agents that were mixed in with the ordinary grunts aboard the transport, most had not even been miltary before the outbreak. 'The alternative was probably worse for those who didn't volunteer for the mission and stayed behind to be tested to figure out why they didn't try to eat anybody when they were infected.' The thought sent chills through him remebering the thing that were done to him after he had been retreived after escaping the facility. The flight had been routine like so many he had taken before and his thoughts begin to drift to how it all begin. <br><br>&nbsp;He had been off duty when the shit hit the fan and woke up to the sound of alarms going off everywhere. He had worked an extra half of a shift the day before due to some sort of stomach flu or virus that was going around. He very seldom ever got sick and hadn't worried about it too much,he figured they would pass around shots and everything would be back to normal in a day or so.<br>&nbsp;Cole jumped from the bed at the sound of the alarm and quickly dressed then raced to his designated area in case of an emergency. When he made it to the research area and opened the door his blood ran cold. The windows between himself and the laboratory were splatted with blood and he could see body parts littering the floor and tables. He noticed two scientists kneeling on the floor facing away from him like they were talking to someone on the floor and spoke through the intercom to them. They turned to look at him simaltaniously and that's when he seen what they were actually doing, they were eating.<br>&nbsp;He seen a door open on the far side of the lab and security poured into the room in containment suits. He was donning his own suit when additional security came into the room with him along with his commander who immediately started spouting off orders.<br><br>&nbsp;Turbulence brought Cole back to the present as the transport was rocked violently. The lights within the transport went red and feit the bottom drop out, they were going down. He could hear the luetenent screaming orders but they were garbled and then nothing.<br>&nbsp;He was floating in a sea of red and somewhere in the distance he could hear his name. "Cole! Cole! Get your ass up! They're coming in!" Clarity returned in the sound of gunfire and Cole began unstrapping himself and looked towards the cockpit where they were shooting. The cockpit had been opened up as if by a giant can opener and those things like he had seen in the lab were coming in through the breech. Cole was on his feet as an automatic shotgun formed in his hands and he opened fire desintergrating the head of one with the first shot as a spray of the thick black liquid they called blood errupted in a spay. The stench of death mixed with the sweet fragrance of roses filled the transport, he would have gagged if not for his conditioning. "What the fuck happened?" he screamed while he continued to fire round after round. Somewhere behind him he heard somebody yell back. "Lightning! Fucking lightning! Can you believe we were struck by fucking lightning? What's the fucking chances?"<br>&nbsp;Cole continued firing into the horde that was now climbing over the bodies of their fallen to get inside the transport at the meal that had just fallen into their laps. He hadn't heard a word from the luetenent since he had awakened and assumed he was unconcious or dead but he knew they couldn't stay here. "Hold this line, I'm going topside to get a visual of our situation." He backed away and was replaced by another Agent who opened fire immediately.<br>&nbsp;The shotgun disappeared from Cole's hands as he jumped then teleported thirty feet straight up where the momentum from his jump kept him suspended momentarily. The situation wasn't bad as it seemed from the inside, they had already taken out most of them and only around half a dozen or so remained. Cole teleported to their flank with a pair of machine pistols and opened fire into the crowd and between himself and the Agents inside they made short work of the horde.<br>&nbsp;Cole went to the hatch on the side of the transport and pulled off the cover to the control panel. The wires didn't seem to be damaged so he hooked into his XM Suit for a power supply and the hatch slid open. "Lets get away from here before it desides to blow. Somebody grab the luetenent and drag his ass out here and see if you can wake him up. I'll contact Central command and see if I can get a lock on our position."<br>&nbsp;The transport had went down in the middle of a dessert somewhere and Cole could see a city several miles in the distance and some kind of structure a quarter mile or so away. He figured they must have been held up in the structure away from the heat awaiting nightfall. He was still too far to make out which city it was even with his enhanced vision but figured they would probably be headed that way. He hated going into a city because there would be a lot more of those fuckers but it was the most likely place to find what they needed. They needed to find tranportation that could carry them all with enough fuel to get to their destination. They had barely made it out the door and the mission was already going to shit.
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				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>21-02-2010, 05:44:12</strong>
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				Aislinn held on for dear life as the transport went down. When the zombies starting coming in at them she automatically drew a high powered, semi automatic pistol and began blowing their heads off. It was hard to believe before this virus hit that she had been a simple artist and singer. She had found her steady hands to be perfect for handling weapons once her military training had begun. They had trained her to be an infiltrator and given her an XM suit that could render her invisible. She was the scout, the spy, and the sniper. Once they were clear another of the Agents grabbed the lieutenant and the group rushed away from the transport before it blew up. After they were settled a bit she walked up next to Cole and nodded toward the city asking, "You want me to go check it out?"
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				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>21-02-2010, 11:51:21</strong>
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				Kaileigh closed her eyes as the the transport fell, breathing deeply before her hands found the firearm at her side. When they saw the zombies she wasted no time in shooting. She was a shoot first, think later type and was more than happy to blow out their brains before taking orders. When the lightening struck she cursed under her breath. That shit keeps happening. She pulled at her XM suit briefly before firing a few more rounds. <br><br>Once the situation seemed under control her eyes followed the other two agents before attempting to clean her weapon. A fucking hard thing to do in the bloody suit. "Fuck this". Shaking her head she joined the other two, saying quiet, she had nothing to say but didn't feel like hanging back...she wasn't an idiot.
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				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>22-02-2010, 02:34:13</strong>
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				&nbsp;Cole raised Central Command on his com device and was quite irritated when they wanted confermation of who they were speaking with and to put Lt Barker on com. "This is Sgt Cole, Lt Barker is taking a fucking nap. He got really tired when our fucking transport was struck by lightning and crashed in the fucking dessert! Would you happen to know where in the fucking dessert we crashed?" There was a pause and then a new voice came over the com. "Sgt Cole, this is Gen Sax. You are very close to being subordinate Sgt." Cole hated the fucking officers, they were hard as hell to get any information from if you weren't kissing their ass. "Begging the General's pardon but unless the punishment for subordination is worste than cashlanding in the dessert in the middle of fucking zombieland, then I am more concerned with our location in relation to our target destination."<br>&nbsp;There was another short puase then the original voice returned with the requested information. Cole turned back towards the group just as Ash came up beside him offering to check ou the city. "No, not yet. We need to see how bad Barker is injured and if he is going to be of any use. Then we are going to move on that structure there and get out out of the open to plan our next move. That city looks several miles away so in the dessert that means it is probably further."<br>&nbsp;Cole turned and walked briskly back towards the group while Ash seen to Barker. "Well get your thumbs out your asses and set up a perimeter! You two," he barked at two of the normal grunts, "check out that transport and make sure there isn't anything left onboard that we can make useful! Lets go people, this is not a fucking vacation! We still have a mission and it would be nice if at least half of you lived to help me complete it! Asses and elbows! You know the drill!"<br>&nbsp;Cole knew the drill too and he hated being in charge but unless Lt Candyass woke up, he was the highest ranking officer.'I should have worked harder at getting myself demoted before we started this mission.' He walked over to where they were tending to Barker. "Well, what's the verdict. Is he coming with us or do we pop two in his brain pan and pack the suit?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>22-02-2010, 18:41:37</strong>
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				Kay kicked some blood stained dirt from her boot as she listened to Cole berating the grunts. Looking up at the sky she scowled at whatever force may be up there. "No fucking rain huh? Fucking bastard". Barker was out cold, and the cynic in Kay doubted he would come around again, but Cole seemed pretty damn hopeful. Her eyes scanned the debris of corpses; various limbs had been strewn about in the carnage and she sighed at the response. Nothing. Just some more fucking zombies. Ruffling her hair she strolled over to where the others had huddled. She didn't care much for standing out in the space alone, besides there maybe something of interest to her. She snapped her fingers, a new habit he had developed after being issued her suit, her eyes picking up on the brief flickers of energy between her fingers.<br><br>As neared the group she quit, knowing it wouldn't be welcomed after the crash. She spoke up, a rare event. "Cole, I hate to interrupt but do you think we could decide a little faster? Lightening just doesn't strike like that for no goddamn reason. I think it may be an idea to get away from the big metal thing right about now." she finished, gesturing to the fallen transport. She looked down at Barker. Shit, he didn't look good in her opinion. Even if her was wounded, they couldn't afford a casualty surely, poor guy.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>22-02-2010, 20:17:24</strong>
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				The dozen or so bodies that has assaulted the fuselage laid still, their heads broken open by the agents. By now it was common knowledge that the victims brains acted as an energy store. Destroying it was the quickest way to deprive the zombies of the ability to act, essentially killing them again. Something that the new arrivals just proved themselves adept in doing. While the special agents evacuated the rubble of their ship two bodies were observing them. A single body laid face down in the desert sand. It was completely motionless as if inanimate. The whole time though it was actively listening to the commotion brought on by the new arrivals. <br><br>Another was hiding behind some rubble trying to stay out of the agent's peripheral vision. It lent it's eyes to the hateful force inside of it. After so many of the shambling dead has fallen to the agents a single zombie would pose no problem. So instead of attacking it watched then, analyzing them for what they were worth. Common people with families and idyllic lives were better just killed outright. Military agents like these though were fun to toy with. It hated them more then anything and so patiently waited for them to come.&nbsp; Break their spirits, melt their steely resolve, watch them suffer, and make them beg for a mercy they would never give in turn, after that they would be purged and rendered just like all the others. 
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				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>23-02-2010, 00:55:06</strong>
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				"Kay is right Cole (Jasper said as he jumped out of the open door of the transport) There aint nothing worth shit in that heap.&nbsp; Lets just grab Baker and get the fuck out of here before we get stuck in some kind of freak storm."&nbsp; As usual Jasper was covered from head to toe in zombie gore since one of his favorite weapons to manifest was a large club with wickedly sharp spikes.&nbsp; Or sometimes a very large two hand sword.&nbsp; Either way if there were zombie parts flying all over the place chances were he was right in the middle of them.&nbsp; "I'll carry the poor bastard for now that way the medics wont be hindered."
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				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>23-02-2010, 01:18:14</strong>
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				&nbsp;Cole kelt next to Barker and checked his pulse which seemed strong enough then opened one of his eyes which seemed glazed and staring into nothing. He shined a small light into it and found Barker's pupils unresponsive. Kay had a point about the lightning, it seemed to strike them out of almost cloudless skies.<br>&nbsp;"You're right about that Kay, we need to put distance between us and the tranport and get out of the open. There was something unnatural about a lightning strike on an almost cloudless day." Jasper exited the transport about the middle of Cole's reply to Kay and was covered in the rank black liquid that passed for zombie blood.. "Me and Kay were just discussing that and don't worry about Barker, the grunts will take care of him. I want you and the other Agents with me. Damn Jasper, did you bathe in that shit?"<br>&nbsp;Cole turned and spoke up to everyone. "Okay here's what we're going to do. Agents your on me, we're going to move in on that structure and get out of the open. Good chance that's where the 'zombies' were held up so no telling what we'll find in there. Ash I want you to run point and recon the building, if you can spot any type of transport it would definitely be a plus. Do not engage the enemy alone if it can be avoided, scope it out, report back. We will engage them as a group, and with any luck the building is empty and we've already killed them. Lets try not to destroy the building, we plan on making use of it for the time being. You grunts(non-infected soldiers) follow in behind us and drag Barker's ass with you."<br>&nbsp;Cole was bringing the Agents in first because they could move at a much greater speed than the grunts and the advantage of their augumented abilities should make short work of anyone inside. The Agents would most likely have the building secured before the grunts even arrived. Cole brought the Agents within a hundred yards of the building and awaited Ash's report. There was no way to hide in the fucking dessert but at least with Ash's recon they would have an idea of the numbers.
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				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>23-02-2010, 03:23:38</strong>
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				Aislinn nodded to Cole then vanished. Very light footprints could be seen in the sand, running off toward the building. She smiled to herself when she saw the building was actually a large car dealership. The bottom floor was filled with fancy cars but was also crawling with zombies. The upper floor was offices but each room had a glass wall that overlooked the showroom floor. Scaling the outside wall she found an office that didn't have any zombies in it and manifested a glass cutter. Ash cut a hole large enough for her to fit through, carefully handling the glass so it didn't make any noise. Then she went over to the window overlooking the showroom floor. She activated her com and reported to Cole and the other Agents, speaking in a whisper because she knew they would be able to hear her perfectly, "Ash here. Enough cars here for us to each pick our own. Enough zombies here for us each to take at least 20 or 30. I'm in position to act as a sniper both inside and out. They're mostly concentrated on the bottom floor but there are some in the offices on the second story too. I say run up and call them out so we can try and damage the vehicles as little as possible. They're such pretty cars... we don't want to get zombie junk all over them. It'll be easier to lure them out than to take them on inside anyway. It would be easy to get swarmed. Of course that's the way Jasper likes it.... Come on over to the party whenever you're ready."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>23-02-2010, 12:41:14</strong>
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				Kay raised an eyebrow as Jasper emerged. Just like him to get covered head to toe in that stuff. Staring off into the direction of the building she felt herself buzzing a little. Since the virus she'd found a great delight in handling zombies. Sure they stank and looked like shit on legs, but she'd discovered an enjoyment of disposing of them. <br>She picked up at Ash's report. Playtime. Maybe she could blast a couple...yeah, that would be good. "So Cole, any idea? You want formation and strategy or can we just go in and have some fun?" Her hands were sparking up an ethereal glow as the energy started to build. "I'm sure Jasper here would love to add a second coat", she added with a mischievous gleam in her eyes.
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				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>23-02-2010, 21:40:50</strong>
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				"An all out frenzy eh Kay, now that sounds like one hell of a party to me.&nbsp; (Jasper looks down at himself then looks back up at Cole with his typical grim half smile) yeah I guess I am a bit of a mess but I saw some&nbsp; of those bastards munching on my best friend... now all I wanna do is squish the bastards till there isn't anything left to be squished."&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>24-02-2010, 23:26:10</strong>
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				Large open lots inside the city limits were expensive, the car dealership did well for itself by using the much cheaper desert land outside of the city. Not that the owners had to worry about such things any more. Aisilnn's ability to vanish was noted by the slimy undead eyes that watched the group. The girl was stealthy though and the conscious guiding the zombies lost track of her once she started moving. It was aware that through some quirk or fate there were people who the virus did not kill but simply altered. Naturally those people were the favored tools of the government to use in places consumed entirely by the roseblood virus. <br><br>Baker had been of interest for a while, fighting off his injuries as the virus coursed through him. It had been to short a time for him to die of the virus but luckily internal hemorrhaging resulted in a fatal blood clot. It would be a shame to let such a fresh and functional body go to waste, one that was not even marred by the black ichor that the virus so often replicated. "Don't be so quick to abandon me." Baker groaned out as he seemingly rose to consciousness. "Twas just a flesh-wound"&nbsp; he added in a mock-British accent to mimic a popular old comedy trope. "And I'm glad I don't have to be dragged along by Jasper, no offense man but you smell like a zombies twat!"
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				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 00:56:57</strong>
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				Jasper chuckled and said,&nbsp; "None taken Baker... but then again I can always wash this shit off where on the other hand no matter what you do you'll still look like a zombies twat... Sir."&nbsp; Jasper then turned back towards Cole and said, "So whats the plan bro there are some zombies out there just waiting to get up close and personal with my club."
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				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 02:38:41</strong>
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				&nbsp;Cole listened intently to Ash's report of the situation and had decided on a course of action when he heard Barker's voice and turned to his direction. "Lt Barker, didn't realize you had come around, sir. You still seem in pretty bad shape, it might be best for you to hang back at the moment and let us clear out the building." Cole turned to the eager group of Agents, they certainly seem to enjoy killing zombies and he couldn't say he blamed them, he found it pretty fucking exhilerating himself. "Alright people, Ash just reported in and what we got is a building full of targets. What we also have is is some transportation if we can manage not to fuck them up. Ash suggested we draw them out into the open and that sounds like a solid plan. Ash will aslo be covering our backs from her vantage point with a sniper rifle so no zombies sneak up on anybody or somebody get surrounded. The plan will be simple, shoot out the windows and get their attention and let them come to us, after that just do what you do and try not to shoot each other. Most importantly, don't shoot me. Lets move out."<br>&nbsp;Cole hung back a moment ond spoke softly to the commanding officer of the grunts. "Keep a close eye on Barker, something don't seem right about him to me, if he starts acting suspicious then you put two in his fucking head. Don't let him get the jump on you." Cole the turned and headed out after the Agents teleporting to the front of the group.<br>&nbsp;Cole and the group of Agent sprjnted up into the parking lot of the dealership and immediately the zombies turned in their direction and began beating at the large windows of the building to get out. There quite a few, much more than you would expect to find in a car dealership, eveidently they fled the city only to get trapped here and become infected anyway. "Looks like they want to come out and play, how about we oblige them."<br>&nbsp;Cole pointed the two machine pistols that appeared in his hands and began firing into the mob behind the huge plate glass windoows. Large sections of glass rained down on the undead mob slicing off limbs and impaling others. Cole decided he wasn't letting Jasper have all the up close and personal fun and manifested twin short swords with wickedly sharp duel edges and teleported behind the mob. Cole began slicing through their heads inbetween jumps and making sure to hit brain with each slice. The zombies were falling at an amazing rate as he and the Agents tore through them giving them no quarter, for being non-military the Agents were certainly some zombie slaying mutha fuckas.<br><br>&nbsp;Cole's mind kept falling back to Barker, something didn't seem right about him but he didn't have time just then to hang around and figure out for sure what it was. His terrible attempt at a british accent wasn't what set of his alarms, it was something else he couldn't quite put his finger on but he intended to keep a close eye on him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 04:41:30</strong>
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				Ash watched the Agents as they came running across the sand. She manifested her quick fire sniper rifle which would be perfect for this situation. It didn't pack quite the punch of some of her others but for this range it was ideal. It didn't take much to explode a zombie head anyway. She kept an eye on all of the Agents, especially those in the thick of the zombies. She had twelve shots before having to reload and that only took her all of two seconds. She quickly picked off the first twelve covering Cole's back as the zombies began coming down the stairs behind him. Aislinn ejected the empty clip while she manifested another and quickly snapped it in place and began picking off more with perfectly places shots. It was times like this she wondered if she had ever really been that simple artist.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 11:01:42</strong>
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				Kay felt the rush of anticipation as they neared the dealership. Kill the zombies, don't fuck with the agents, don't fuck up the cars. <br><br>Simple. <br><br>As they shattered the windows and the zombies poured out Kay rolled her shoulders, ready to do what she loved. As they set upon the group, that black blood flew in the air. Kay decided against the gun and let a jet of energy shoot from her left hand, shooting straight through two zombies who were in the way. A devilish smile spread across her face as she continued to plow down the fodder, getting pretty covered in various parts. Her entire body was buzzing from the electricity and adrenaline and for once she thanked her god awful suit. "So Jasper? are you having as much fun as I am?" She shouted over the brawl, knowing he'd be somewhere in the middle up to his waist in guts, bashing some poor sod in the face with that club. 
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				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 16:28:22</strong>
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				"You bet your sweet, pretty little ass I am!!"&nbsp; Came Jaspers reply from just to the right and slightly in back of Kay.&nbsp; "Nothing could possibly make this day any better... well... unless of course you might be willing to share a ride with me into the city then later tonight we can ditch everyone long enough to have a night of celebration on the town."&nbsp; This comment was followed by a battle roar of "Eat this walking pile of horse shit!!!"&nbsp; And the unmistakable sound of a head being bashed in.&nbsp; &nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 16:49:31</strong>
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				Kay laughed at the comment. She was enjoying herself more than she had done in months. Spinning around she caught three with a single swoop. Feeling pretty damn proud of herself she jumped up onto a desk where she took down a few more. "Maybe steal a car from here, hit the town. So long as you have a shower, I'm not being seen with a pile of zombie shit on legs." She continued firing her charges of electricity into the diminishing mass, only ever hitting one car...she was still working on her aim.
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				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 17:46:06</strong>
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				"I hate to be the one to break such bad news to you my dear but you don't exactly look like Snow White at the moment.&nbsp; But now that you mention it I really could use a long soak in a hot tub followed by a long hot shower.&nbsp; Only I have one small problem... oh wait..."&nbsp; "Batter up!!!"&nbsp; A zombie head went flying through the air to splatter against the side of an SUV.&nbsp; "Home Run Baby Home Run."&nbsp; Jasper laughed as his returning back swing took out two more of the dwindling numbers of zombies.&nbsp; "Anyway like I was saying I got one small problem their is this one place on my back that is hard as hell for me to reach.&nbsp; Maybe you should come help me get clean.. you know to make sure I don't miss anything."&nbsp; 
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				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 18:03:26</strong>
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				"You may have a point there" she said as she caught a glimpse of herself in one of the windows. "But as for your hard to reach places, why not invest in a sponge on a stick?" She laughed, jumping down from her perch on the desk, landing rather gracefully for someone covered in guts. she took a mock bow as she looked around. They'd done a damn good job and she flicked her hair frm her face in satisfaction, her hands softly glowing.
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				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 18:16:37</strong>
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				Jasper chuckled and said, "Yes well now that you mention it I think I do have one of those things somewhere... but hey you can't blame a guy for trying."&nbsp; Jasper looked around to see if there didn't happen to be a zombie they had missed, seeing none he made his club vanish as he said, "You know sometimes I think we do to good of a job making zombie mush.&nbsp; Come on sweet cheeks it looks like we are the first ones in so we get first dibs on whatever car we want."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 18:19:57</strong>
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				"I'm almost sad it's over" She stepped over a few bodies, grimacing at the sight of their mangled bodies. She looked around and saw the open office door. Flaring up one hand she pushed the door open and smiled as she saw the rows of keys. <br>"Hey guys? take your pick, we got everything. Jasper? you strike me as a big red truck kinda guy..." She emerged from the room, covered to head to toe in god knows what, with an armful of keys. "So, anything catch your eye?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 18:49:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Yeah well fortunately for us zombies are like roaches for every one you step on there are 50 more in the woodwork just waiting to pop out.&nbsp; I guess that's what you would call job security."&nbsp; It just so happened that when Kay came out of the office Jasper was standing in front of a large red truck with chrome wheels and couldn't help but chuckle as he said, "Hey I can't help it that no one has ever bothered to build a sports car that was designed for a large muscle bound zombie killer like myself." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 18:52:22</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay raised an eyebrow at the coincidence. Throwing him the key for the truck she jumped the counter, leaving the pile of keys open to anyone who cared to go for a drive. "Cole, I've left all the keys there, grab what you want, though you&nbsp; ight want to check the cars first, I have a feeling I hit one...sorry"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 19:01:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole seen the Agents had things well in hand and decided to do a little recon of the facility. He moved through the hallway kicking open office doors and finding them empty and eventually made his way to the mechanics garage in the back of the building. There were a few stray Zombies which he took out with head shots but there was also a semi that caught his attention with a trailer hooked to it. He thought with a little modification it could be made into an impressive armored transport. There was plenty of grating and sheet metal hanging around that was being used for the new construction on the back portion of the building. He sprinted to the truck and to his good fortune found the keys inside the ignition.<br>&nbsp;Cole teleported back to the lobby arriving about the same time as Kay had dropped an armfull of keys on a desk. "That's no problem Kay, I put a bullet hole or two in a few of them myself but we may not need them. I've found an additional option to splitting up in separate vehicles. There is a semi back there with a trailer and plenty material to modify it into an armored vehicle. There are a few welding machines and Kay could probably do some welding with her energy blasts."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 19:42:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper sighed and shook his head sadly as he said, "Yeah sure leave it to the military minded to come up with some kind of super Mad Max killing machine.&nbsp; Guess we'll just have to put our date on the back burners Kay.&nbsp; At least until this latest mission is over... unless you really feel like arguing with Rambo over there."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 21:06:32</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				A disembodied voice from above said, "You really know how to ruin a girl's fun you know that Cole?" Then in a shimmer Aislinn appeared out of thin air, in the middle of thin air, as she jumped down from the second story window she had been shooting from. She landed lightly and walked over to the small group. She was the only one not covered in zombie blood. "I was looking forward to racing across the desert in a pretty little convertible." Ash sighed and looked longingly at the pretty blue car she'd had her eye on, "Oh well... maybe some day... I guess we should get to overhauling that truck. Maybe we can have it done before the grunts get here."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 21:14:48</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"Just for the record, Rambo was a pussy. I could take him in the middle of a piss and never break the stream. I got something better for you anyway, look what I found. They must have hired a biker gang for a mechanic crew." Cole pointed over to a row of Harleys parked outside the shop. "A few of us will be riding those so we can scout ahead for the main group. We'll throw extra fuel and tires into the semi since they are already handy here so we won't be searching later." Ash appeared out of thin air as she often did, luckily Cole had grown accustommed to her sudden appearances. "Don't worry Ash, I'm sure you have plenty of convertible cruising days ahead of you. Hey, look on the bright side, you'll be riding a custom Harley instead. I gotta contact the grunts and have them haul Barker.ls ass over here. How the fuck you figure he got in charge."<br>&nbsp;Cole contacted the grunts and had them move in with Barker. He put Barker where he could watch him and had the grunts set up a perimeter so nothing could sneek up on them while they modified the semi and trailer. He still had an itchy feeling about Barker and thought about about killing him now but held off. He was hoping that decision didn't come back to bite him on the ass. He did take the time to mention it to Kay, Ash and Jasper who in his opinion were the most reliable of the squad. He told them to keep one eye on Barker and not to hesitate to take him down should he act suspicious in any way, shape or form.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>25-02-2010, 23:47:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				In response to his question of how Barker got in charge Ash replied, "Ass kissing. Possibly some cock sucking. Only ways I can think of that someone would put him in charge." She grinned over at the bikes. That was even better than a convertible. Riding across the desert with one of those beast-machines between her legs? Yeah, that was going to be fun. She took Cole's advice and kept an eye on Barker while they worked. One of the mediums she had experimented with as an artist was creating statues from welding metal. It hadn't been her favorite but at least she knew how to weld metal and that was useful in this situation. She was glad to use her hands to do something other than shoot.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>26-02-2010, 09:39:03</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay beamed at the thought of riding the bikes. "Cole...you really do spoil us. First we get to have fun with those buggers and now bikes? Tell me I'm dreaming" She ran her hand along the smooth metal and sighed, it was a beautiful piece of machinery. She didn't want to get too close first, perhaps a wipe down before hand, she wasn't gonna cover the thing in zombie shit.<br><br>"Do you think they have a hose around here? My suits covered in filth and it would be a shame to get any on these. Besides I'm pretty sure the grunts are gonna hurl any time now...that guy there looks pretty green" Kay didn't really have any problems with the smell as they had been through intensive training to make sure they wouldn't be bothered with it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>27-02-2010, 01:42:57</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper smiled as the saw the bikes for the first time.&nbsp; "How in the world did I ever miss these beauties... Hey Kay you still want to share a ride or do you want to have a crotch rocket all to yourself?&nbsp; I think I saw a door on the way in that said employees gym.&nbsp; Where there is gym a shower is sure to be near by."&nbsp; With his control over the element of fire he would be able to help with the welding as well so the conversion of the truck really shouldn't take them all that long.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>27-02-2010, 03:29:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole gave Kay a rare smile when she commented on being spoiled. "Maybe you're just fun to spoil, Kay. Don't worry about that shower, let me show you a little trick I learned." Cole placed his hand on Kay's shoulder and teleported them several feet away leaving the zombie gore behind. The rank black zombie blood and flesh stayed suspended in the air a breif moment and then fell to the ground in a splash. "Started practicing with that one right away, I wasn't about to be running around with zombie shit on me till the mission was over. Can't never be sure there will be water everywhere we go out here in zombieland."<br>&nbsp;Cole was talking with Kay and watching as the Agents modified the semi and trailer when he seen Barker walking to them out of the corner of his eye. "Excuse me a moment Kay, let me see what this fucker wants. I'll be back to check on things in a minute." Cole turned and walked towards the approaching officer whom he noticed had a strange expression on his face as he drew nearer.<br>&nbsp;"You did a fine job of handling things while I was incapacitated Sargent Cole but you can stand down now, I'll be taking command again." Barker looked uneaasy on his feet and Cole could see a twitch in his left eye, he knew something was definitely not right as he spoke back to him. "All due respect, I don't feel you are fit to lead and that you would compramise the mission. I won't be standing down, you still need recovery time." Barker by then had reached Cole and the anger in his expression was obvious as he put his finger in Cole's chest while he spoke with his voice raised. "You will stand down Sargent, I am in command of this mission and wil obey my fucking orders you insubbordinate son of bitch! I am your commanding officer!" Cole caught a scent from his breath and it smelled rank, it smelled like....... it smelled like a fucking zombie. That was when Cole noticed a black tear had begun to seep from his left eye that was twitching.<br>&nbsp;Cole reacted immediately as the large bowie knife he carried behind him appeared seemingly from nowhere and he slashed at Barker's face. Barker acted just as quickly he avoiding the blade and hit Cole in the chest with his own suit's ability which was some sort of repelling force blast and knocked Cole backwards off his feet. Cole landed nearly a dozen feet away and manifested a Sig 9mm in his free hand as he rolled and came up firing which Barker deflected upward through the ceiling using the same repelling force. Cole was already running towards Barker as he fired the weapon and disappeared as the bullets were repelled away. Cole appeared behind Barker slicing through the back of his neck, effectively severing his spine and followed through with the short sword that had replaced his firearm during the teleport, and completed Barker's decapitation.<br>&nbsp;Barker fell forward while his head rolled away and the already blackening blood poured from his decapitated body. Cole looked at the head as it rolled to a stop and the eyes looked back at him as the lips silently mouthed a curse directed back at him. Cole walked slowly towards the head and picked it up by the hair while its eyes stared at him angrily and its lips continued to curse him. Cole walked over to a barrel of old burnt motor oil and dropped the head into it before turning and only then noticing the crowd of eyes on him. He didn't say anything as he went to Barker's body and began stripping the suit, he couldn't leave the suit behind and risk someone getting hold of the suit's technology. He then stuffed Barker's suit into his backpack and stapped it once again to his back. "I never did like that fucker," he said to nobody in particular, "I say good riddance, he would have probably gotten us all killed anyway."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>27-02-2010, 11:41:19</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Share a ride? No way, I'm riding my own bike. And Cole...I'm not complaining. If you want to spoil me, be my guest" After Cole had cleaned her off she jumped on the nearest bike, making a noise which could only be described as purring as she flexed her hands over the handle bars. Her small moment of bliss was cut short by Barker's decapitation.<br><br>"Fuck Cole. What the hell was that? I know Barker pissed us all off but..." Her brain was working quickly as she saw the pool of blood forming by the body. "Fuck. He was a fucking zombie?" Her eyes instantly roamed over to the grunts who had been looking after Barker. They looked alright but she was now nervous as to the security of the group now.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>27-02-2010, 19:54:18</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper could understand Kay wanting her own bike but he still couldn't help but feel a little disappointed that she wanted to ride solo.&nbsp; he walked over to where Kay and Cole were standing next to Bakers body and looked down at their former commander.&nbsp; He was silent for a moment then said, "Never like him anyway... the man was a big prick."&nbsp; Then turning he headed off towards the gym hoping to find some showers.&nbsp; Cole had teleported him once before and that had been quite enough for Jasper who had been very sick for two days following the teleportation.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>27-02-2010, 20:05:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay shifted uneasily on her bike, the feeling of enjoyment now removed from the situation. Sure it was better for Barker to be dead than amongst them...but the whole thing made her restless. She ran her hands through her short hair and shivered. Chewing on her bottom lip she looked around the dealership one last time.<br><br>"So Cole, you want me to blast some tin cans together and make up a flux capacitor or something? I'd like to move on and out if possible...I don't feel all too safe to be honest". Her eyes followed Jasper who she assumed was going for a shower in the staff gym. She could see the advantages over being teleported. She supposed Cole had got used to the odd queasy feeling afterwards.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>28-02-2010, 19:10:34</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				When she saw Barker and Cole fighting Ash had pulled out one of her pistols, ready to shoot Barker if for some reason Cole got into trouble. She could easily kill one without even grazing the other. Something was clearly wrong with Barker and she'd always hated the asshole anyway. Cole was a much better commander in her opinion even if he hated the position. After Cole killed him and had his armor squared away she walked over to him and whispered softly so only he and possibly the other Agents could hear, "What about the grunts? Do you think they're still ok or could they have been infected while they were alone with Barker?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>28-02-2010, 23:27:29</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor woke up in her room above her dad's old bike shop. She looked over to the tatty calander she kept by her bed. It had been a whole month since everyone left. She got quite lonely at times, especialy since her phone stopped working and she couldn't check on her friends. She got dressed in baggy black jenes that had a tear in the left knee and a long black shirt with the collar ripped off. Over that she pulled on a leather jacket that came to her calves. <br>She got down to the shop to see all the barracades still in place. Some blood stains were on the floor, she had tried cleaning it up with disinfectant but it wouldn't come off. She sighed and looked at the picture of her and her dad on the wall aboce the counter, the glas had broken but the picture was still clear. She missed him deeply, she had no idea where he was. She headed to the kitchen out back and looked around at what rations she had left. She made a mental note to take one of the bikes out to grab some food in the supermarket, if it wasn't infested, her dad always left a hand gun at the front dest, she'd only looked at it but never used it. Deciding she would get more food tomorrow she picked up a packet of pasta shells and put them to cok in one of the remaining saucepans to eat later. Conor moved into the garage in the basement and started working on her custom built bike.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 00:01:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole acknowledged Jasper's opinion of Barker before Jasper headed off towards the showers. "I think his infection may have been a blessing in disguise giving us a reason to be rid of him. I don't think doing everything by the book is going to work too well out here in Zombieland." When Jasper walked off it left Cole and Kay alone for a second and Cole couldn't help think of a comment she had made earlier about spoiling her. "I think I would enjoy spoiling you as much as you would enjoy being spoiled. We get out of here and into the city, I think I may have to devote some attention to spoiling you more. We'll have to find a place to hold up for the night so there will be plenty time for spoiling then, and I wouldn't mind being spoiled a little myself." Cole was listening intently to Kay's reply, completely interested in what she had to say when he noticed Ash headed their way.<br>&nbsp;When Ash neared them she brought up a point point that had crossed his mind and he was sure had become a point of interest to some of the others as well. "I would imagine there is always the chance one or more of them could have become infected while they were hauling Barker's ass around. We'll just have to keep an eye on them and weed out any that look suspicious. I noticed with Barker that his skin had started turning an ashen geyish color and his eye was twitching like a mutha fucka right before the black shit starting oozing out. If anybody starts looking pale other than being nauseated by the zombie guts, give me a heads up and we'll look into it right away before they can infect others. I know according to what they told us at base during training that a mixing of body fluids have to take place in order to become infected so any grunts with open wounds would definitely be suspect.<br>&nbsp;I am also curious to how Barker was infected in the first place, the Agents are supposed to be immune because we were already infected. I'm starting to believe he was placed among us with ulterior motives and it stands to reason that there may be others. We need to watch out for anything along those lines as well, it figures there would be some kind of secret government bullshit involved in our mission. There always is."<br>&nbsp;Cole remebered Kay saying something about a flux capaciter which was like talking Greek to him. "I think I may have been absent that day in science class Kay, but doesn't that have something to do with a plasma cannon, if so then by all means build us one, please. Anything that will kill a zombie is more than a welcome addition to our arsenal." Cole then looked over at the progress on the semi which was in its final stages of completion. They would be on the road within the next hour or so and he was glad of it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 01:31:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper had indeed found the showers and had managed to wash away all the zombie blood from his suit and hair.&nbsp; The suit itself had been designed to dry very quickly so it was only a matter of drying and combing out his long hair before he rejoined the group in making the last adjustments on their new transport.&nbsp; Jasper had seen Cole talking to Kay and even though he and Kay really didn't have anything going together Jasper could not help but feel jealous and a bit angry at Cole for moving in on the woman he had been hoping to get to know.&nbsp; Sure the other women agents on the team were all beautiful as well but there was something about Kay that Jasper felt more of kinship with than the rest.&nbsp; Probably because both of their powers were very similar in the way they were used and the amount of destruction that could be caused with them might have been part of it.&nbsp; If it did turn out that Kay chose Cole then Jasper would worry about finding another but he didn't simply plan to roll over and let Cole win.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 18:11:33</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay raised an eyebrow at Cole's suggestion. Of course Ash showed up before she could respond, which in a way Kay was thankful for as she was pretty damn unsure of how to react. "Clearly Cole you haven't been watching your 80's pop culture movies. 'Back To The Future' happens to be one of the few films I ever saw. Otherwise, me and science...we don't really work well. I'm a fighter, not a thinker."<br><br>Sitting back she leant on the big red truck, quietly observing the grunts. She was still wary about them and wouldn't hesitate to blast them if any showed even a tiny hint of the virus. As Jasper walked over Kay smiled inwardly. It was kind of strange seeing him not covered head to toe in guts, and it took a little while to adjust. "I hope you reached that hard to reach spot Jasper. Although, I think next time I may go for a shower...Cole's method is...hard to get used to I think".
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 19:26:03</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor finished tuning the engine on the bike and wiped some of the oil off her hands with a rag. She hopped onto the seat and started the engine up. It roared to life then made thre loud bangs like a gunshot going off. 2Shit, shit shit, not good." She cut the engine and ran around the building blocknig all the windows and doors. She grabbed the handgun from the draw and headed back into the garage. She got on the bike and made a few adjustments so it wouldn't backfire again. She stayed silent and held the gun upwards just in case she needed it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 20:44:18</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper chuckled hearing Kay's comment as he walked the last couple feet to reach her side.&nbsp; "Not really but then I would have had to take my suit off for that.&nbsp; All I did was step in fully dressed I'll get a proper shower some other time when I'm not so pressed for time.&nbsp; I know what you mean about that teleport thing Cole does.&nbsp; I have only had the displeasure of doing that once and I hope to god I never have to do so again.&nbsp; Unless my ass is completely knocked flat out and I don't know the difference anyway.&nbsp; That shit made me sicker than a light weight who can't even hold down so much as half a beer without spewing his guts out.&nbsp; I'd rather bathe in zombie shit for a month than have to go through that again."&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 20:48:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				It was Kay's turn to laugh now. "Oh come on! it wasn't that bad was it? I've just got a dodgy feeling...nothing about spewing my guts." she pushed herself up to sitting on the bonnet of the truck, relaxing against the windscreen. Sighing she shook her head. "I don't know about you but I'm feeling restless here. I hope Cole lets us move the fuck on. And I don't trust any of those grunts either. Barker got affected pretty damn quickly...who knows if any of them got it too."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 21:00:52</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper chuckled again, "Yeah well maybe your right and I was exaggerating just a tad or maybe longer trips have a greater effect... what ever the case is I still don't ever want to have to go through that shit again."&nbsp; Jasper looked over at the grunts frowning.&nbsp; "Ditto on the grunts sweet cheeks, but it's not like we can just walk over there and pop em for no good reason.&nbsp; We'll just have to keep an eye on em like Cole says.&nbsp; Looks to me like the truck is done all were waiting on now is for Cole to give his approval so we can hop on our crotch rockets and get the fuck outta here." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 21:05:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Mmmm I can't wait to rev up that baby." She looked longingly at the bikes, her fingers itching to get going and find a safer camp. "And don't worry about the grunts. I'll find some way of controlling my urges" She winked at Jasper before sliding off the truck and going over to the pile of keys, fishing out the keys for the truck and the bikes.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 21:32:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"Well you don't have to wait any longer people. Saddle up and lets move out. We should reach the city by dark with no problem. Grunts in the trailer any Agents not on bikes on top the trailer." Cole looked around and spotted one of the Agents he remembered from training who was supposedly a cross crountry truck driver before the outbreak and pointed in his direction. "You. You're driving the semi. Load up." Cole climbed on his bike and fired the motor then pulled slowly out of the parking lot so as not to get too far ahead of the semi yet.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 22:01:05</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay was more than happy to get going. Chucking various keys to people she hopped onto a bike, revving the engine, shivering at the purr it produced. Shaking out her hair, she too pulled out, not too close to Cole, so the group didn't become too separate or staggered. "I've been waiting for this all morning" Feeling the wind through her hair she looked back to see how the others were coming along, figuring they wouldn't take too long.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 22:22:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper hopped onto his own bike and revved her up then waited alternately revving the bikes engine and letting it idle as he watched Cole and Kay move into point guard.&nbsp; Two bikes went to one side of the semi and another two to the other side.&nbsp; He and another agent that he didn't know all that well took up rear guard as the semi finally pulled out onto the open road.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 22:30:18</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor had fallen asleep on her bike and heared the revving of engines in the distance. At first she thought she had been dreaming. She climbed the stairs and onto the roof of her shop. She looked around for a sign of any headlights or trail of smoke. A few Zombies were roaming about in the next street over. As long as she staes quiet she should be safe. She took another look around and looked at something in the distance. Lights? no really? It sure looked like it. She ran back inside and grabbed a flashlight and came back up. She flashed it towards the lights in hopes they'd see it, whoever it was.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 22:41:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash gladly jumped on the bike and revved it. A pleasurable little chill ran through her body as the bike roared to life and vibrated between her legs. She took position behind and a little to the side of Cole and Kay. As they roared across the desert she couldn't help but think of the times she had ridden on her bassist's bike. They'd had so much fun together. She was brought out of her memories when she saw a light flashing in the distance from the city. She muttered, "I don't believe it..." then she called to Cole and Kay over the roar of the bikes, "Do you see that? Someone's flashing a light there! We should check it out!"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 23:08:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"Yeah we're most definitely going to check it out. A few of us will ride up ahead while the rest hang back to assist if its necessary. Ash, Kay, Jasper you're with me and the rest hang back. Lets go." Cole gunned his engine and pulled out heading towards the light. He spoke over the suit's radio to the others as he raced towards the light. "Stay sharp, those fuckers are pretty quick."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 23:13:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Yes Boss" Kay let go of one of the handles on her bike to flare up her left hand, which glowed with energy. She was glad the grunts were off their backs finally and hopefully, nothing too bad would come of this. Mind you, she wouldn't object to another zombie-fest. Looking either side of her to check for zombies or Ash and Jasper's bikes she found the anticipation growing, her adrenaline pumping through her body once more as they drove closer to the light.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 23:23:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor smiled and kept flashing her light at the other lights. She could remember some morse code from school and tried sending an s.o.s signal. She wanted to get out of here as soon as possable, no one was left who wasnt dead or the un-dead anyway. She kept flashing till she was sure they knew her location. She remained on the roof to guide them if they needed it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 23:27:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;They pulled up to the source of the light which turned out to be a bike mechanic shop. The sound of the Harleys as well as their lights had attracted a few unwelcome visitors as a small crowd of zombies came running down the street towards them. Lucky the zombies knew nothing of stealth as they roared insanely as their hunger drove them in a manic rush to consume their newly delivered meal. Cole quickly manifested an M-16 and started popping off 3 round bursts in their direction.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 23:32:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay could hardly hide her secret delight at the hoard as she let an energy ball fly from hr left hand. She shouted with glee as the head of the aimed zombie evaporated before her eyes. Swerving to the right, careful not to crash into the other bikes she let off a stream of electricity which hit a fair few of the fuckers, before she came back around from behind the group. "This has to be my lucky day!"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 23:34:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				From the seat of his bike Jasper lifted his left arm and forgoing his usual bludgeoning routine he shot a long stream of fire at the oncoming zombies incinerating the ones his flames touched instantly.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 23:35:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor fired her handgun at the Zombie horde and got a few of them before her bullets ran out. She pocketed the thing then ran downstairs. She opened the barricades to the garage doors and shouted. "In here, in here!"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 23:39:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"Cole teleported from his bike next to the woman and continued to fire into the crowd. "Are you ok? Have you been betten or scratched?" Cole wanted to be sure of no surprizes later.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 23:50:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Im fine, I've been locked in here since this wierd thing started happening, I've never been touched by the zombies." She turned back for a moment to relode her gun and came back to help fire at the thinning hordes of zombies. "Where are you all heading?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 23:57:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"We're headed to try and get a pure sample of the virus that started all of this so some scientists can make a cure. How about you, got anything planned for the next few days?" Cole grinned at his own little attempt at humor in the face of the rushing horde.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>02-03-2010, 00:10:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				With the combined effort of kay, Ash and Jasper in one direction and Cole and the mysterious person in the other they were beginning to make short work of the mindless horde.&nbsp; Steadily closing the distance between the two groups. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>02-03-2010, 00:16:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Just survival at this point. Can i come with you?" She said between firing rounds at the zombies and kept reloading. "I have a few bikes you could use..and I can build weapons from them if you want." 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>02-03-2010, 00:24:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"That was sort of the plan, we sure can't leave you here. Having a bike mechanic around will certainly come in handy and more weapons are always good."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>02-03-2010, 00:32:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The newcomers displayed such vile disregard for the one that had been their commander. It seemed that there was no hesitation or hint of unease as they as they decimated the animated bodies of those who had once been like them. Not that such emotions would do anything more then get them killed. The apostolic intelligence that exerted it's will over the dead had used people's hesitation to dispatch the specters of their loved ones as the chance to strike them down. Sometimes it felt sadness when it watched a particularly emotional scene through the eyes of the recently departed. It seldom mattered, the virus and the being that was part of it could justify destroying anyone. It took no self deception to wish to kill the agents however. Perhaps the nature of the virus was to kill and the mind that guided it was affected by that. When it came to the military and others that bore the governments stench Black Rose took a much deeper level of satisfaction from making them it's own mindless shambling slaves. <br><br>So they had killed the only fresh corpse around them. They also were out of sight of the two zombies that had been observing them. For a few minutes after they secured the car dealership they existed in a blind spot when it came to the sentient virus. That ended with the arrival of atypical undead, rats and birds, vermin of all sorts. As it analyzed the group some of it's observations were of a more human perspective. It found the strong man with a lust for poisoned blood physically attractive but even more personally repugnant then the others. The teleportation of the de-facto leader was a truly powerful mutation if used dynamically and the others clearly counted on his guidance. The more outgoing "blaster" type woman brought on a slight pang of jealousy, she seemed both independently strong and well liked by those she favored.&nbsp; The invisible one evaded notice at first for obvious reasons. There was something very enticing about her and the way she thought. Oh well perhaps something would eat her brain. <br><br>Then of course there was that annoying girl that lived so far out of town. Black Rose had noticed ages ago how she seemed to avoid rampant brooding and depression at her situation. Killing her has become a game by now, death was not the goal as much as torturing her and making her break down was. So far the only causality of note to the new group was a person they didn't care for. Perhaps if it could just procure a single grisly demise for one of the agents the others wouldn't be so matter of fact about everything. <br><br>Interestingly enough none of them seemed too bothered by the fact that Baker had been speaking to them after his body had died. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>02-03-2010, 03:16:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Don't lean to your left Jasper!" Ash called then quickly fired off several rounds into a group of zombies. The bullets whizzed just past Jasper's head. He could likely feel the wind and hear them buzzing past his ear. Aislinn smiled and thought to herself, <em>'33 heads exploded.'</em>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>02-03-2010, 18:04:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay had let off a few free wheeling balls of energy into the crowd, helping to rake up the head count. She considered starting up a competition with Ash and Jasper. <br>Focussing her mind back on the issue at hand, she caught sight of Jasper's streams of fire and Ash's amazing shots. They really were a group of well trained agents...no wonder they'd been sent on this mission. As the group continued their attack the group of remaining zombies diminished quickly, their messy work done with relative ease and gusto.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>03-03-2010, 01:10:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Cole and the stranger picked off the last two zombies as Kay, Ash and Jasper pulled up on their bikes.&nbsp; Jasper switched off the motor set the kickstand and stepped off his bike.&nbsp; Walking towards Cole and the woman he said, "Looks like we got them all.&nbsp; Who's your new friend Cole?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>03-03-2010, 03:12:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor looked up at the approaching male and smiled up at him. "My name is Conor sir, I've been living out here for a while now. What happened exactly. Why is everyone turning into zombies?" She had no clue what to think of the situation and just did as her instincts told her, and that was stay the hell away from anything walking that has body parts missing or looked dead. A life of watching horror films paid off for something at least. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>03-03-2010, 19:08:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay killed the engine and made her way over to the others, not showing much emotion as she saw Conor. "It's a virus, it infects most, turning them into those" she pointed back to the corpses that lay behind them. "We got infected too...but we got these weird powers instead. Something about a genetic mutation" Shrugging their apparent powers aside she offered her hand, "I'm Kay by the way"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>03-03-2010, 21:13:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Nice to meet you Conor I'm Jasper.&nbsp; The woman still on her bike is Ash... (in a conspiratorial whisper he added) watch your self around her.&nbsp; She's a damn good shot but takes some wild chances at times... I know cuz I just narrowly escaped having my ear lobe pierced by three of her shots."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>03-03-2010, 22:27:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Yeah...Ash is not to be messed with when she has a gun in her hands" Flashing a quick smile she looked around their surroundings. "How long have you been here? I mean..it can't have been easy if you're on your own...you are on your own right?" Kay paused, hoping she hadn't said the wrong thing, she'd never been one to think before speaking.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>03-03-2010, 23:05:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aislinn hopped off her bike and joined the others. She smiled at what Jasper said and replied, "And I always have a gun in my hand. I always warn people when I'm about to shoot next to them. As long as they follow my orders they won't get shot. Of course some piercings in your ears wouldn't look too bad Jasper. Maybe some pirate-like gold hoops. Too bad you didn't lean over a little." Then she turned her attention to the young woman to hear her answer to Kay's questions.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>04-03-2010, 03:49:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole escused himself from the group and walked over to a table while removing his backpack then then unfolded the map he pulled from it and laid it on the table. He marked their present location and then their destination on the map and plotted a course. He then produced a 3 inch metal ruler and calculated the distance they would have to travel before calling the group over to the table.<br>&nbsp;"Here is our location, Lone Pines and this is our destination between Death Valley and the Naval weapons center in this mountain range. I have plotted the shortest course with the transportation available and its about 75 miles. Now excluding traffic this normally would be a pretty quick trip but we have no idea the condition of the roads or what kind on blockage we'll run into in the urban areas we we'll have to travel through. Regardless of whatever situations we are most likely to encounter, I don't see why we can't make it there by sun down tomorrow if we leave at first light. That means we'll be bunking here if Miss Conor here has no objections. Be ready, there is no telling what types of mutations we will encounter at the facility, it is afterall, ground zero and it was a research facility. There is no telling the nature of the experiments that went on there besides the Black Rose Virus."<br>&nbsp;Cole left the map on the table for a moment for them to study if they needed to then folded it up and replaced it in his backpack. "I think its time we call in the rest of the troops." Then if as on cue, the communicater on his wrist began to vibrate. "Cole! We're under attack. Its a fuckin slaughter, man. We need backup, now"<br>&nbsp;"This is Cole! Can't you fuckin pussies handle a few zombies! Do I need to breast feed you too?"<br>&nbsp;"Its not zombies Cole! I don't know what the fuck they are but they are strong, fast and hard as fuck to kill. They got claws that ripped through the plating on the trailer like it was cardboard!"<br>&nbsp;"Hold that line soldier! We're on the way! You heard the man people, they need help. Lets roll out.<br>&nbsp;Conor, you need to come with us, it may not be safe here with this new threat if they were to show up while we were gone. You need to stay close to one are all of the Agents you see in this room. The others could already be infected and we can't be sure untill we deal with this new enemy."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>04-03-2010, 08:20:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Before Cole could even give the order to roll out Aislinn was on her bike and speeding off. She shimmered and disappeared bike and all. The sound of the bike roar could still be heard speeding off into the distance. Moments later her voice came over the coms sounding rather shaken, "Holy shit... this is bad... I had to use my highest powered sniper and blew half that thing's head off and it's still going..." Then she shrieked and there was an explosion as her bike blew up. "I'm alright. That thing went after the noise of my bike and just destroyed it with one swipe." she said shakily, "Ditch the bikes and run here. I'll take Conor and we'll stay invisible at a safe distance while you guys do your close up things. Be careful!"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>04-03-2010, 09:29:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper laced his fingers together and cracked his knuckles as he listened to Cole and his convo with the grunt.&nbsp; "Fuck an A!!!"&nbsp; When he heard Ashes bike blow and her saying to run not ride he muttered "Fuck that!"&nbsp; Putting his hands to his side palms facing the earth he shot extremely hard bursts of flames at the ground that had the effect of launching him into the air using a stead stream of fire to rocket him towards the direction of the Semi.&nbsp; When he saw the creatures silhouetted against the moon light he exclaimed "Holy fucking mary mother of god!!!"&nbsp; Before manifesting a huge battering ram held with both fists the front of which was covered with 2 foot long spikes.&nbsp; He crushed two of the creatures because of his sudden unexpected appearance.&nbsp; Once the element of surprise was gone he manifested two long swords and began to whirl about in a wicked dance of death.&nbsp; His own great physical strength enhanced 10 times over by the suit made Jasper a deadly weapon in his own right.&nbsp; But these creatures were different than anything they had ever fought before and seemed to adapt and adjust themselves to Jasper's style of fighting.&nbsp; "Fuck this shit!!!"&nbsp; He screamed as his swords vanished to be replaced by high power bazooka's one in each hand.&nbsp; "Adapt to these you sons of Bitches!!!"&nbsp; He roared as he sent volley after volley at this new threat. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>04-03-2010, 10:02:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor answered ay quickly. "Yea, Im on my own, have been for months now." She turned around when the bleeping went off and nodded towards Cole. "Ok." She followed close behind them as they ran to these new monstors and gasped at the sight of them. "Jesus christ, what the hell are those?" 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>04-03-2010, 19:05:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				An invisible arm wrapped around Conor's waist and Ash's voice said, "Nothing you could hope to survive an encounter with. You stay back with me. I'll look out for you." For the first time since becoming an agent Aislinn actually felt fear. Those things were huge; 8 feet tall, all muscle and 6 foot claws. She jumped backwards about 50 feet with Conor held tightly in her arm. "Just keep in physical contact with me, put your hand on my leg or arm or something and I can keep you invisible too. Watch my back and keep an eye out around us for anything that might be coming. That'll let me focus on those things..." she said as she took aim and shot at the head of one of the monsters, taking the other half of the head off the one she had gotten earlier. It continue swinging it's claws around frantically and randomly for a couple minutes before finally falling.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>04-03-2010, 20:27:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay ran after Jasper on the ground and skidded to a halt when she saw the monsters. "Fucking hell..." She ducked as one tried to swipe at her, spinning on the ground and shooting a blot of electricity to the face. "So you guys play dirty?" She shot out a few more blasts, but like the others had problems with them adapting. Manifesting a machine gun she ran like lightening in front of one creature and aimed at what she blood well hoped was the heart. Blasting a stream of energy downwards she managed to shoot more rounds as she avoided the claws in the air, passing over them as she did. Her landing however didn't stick and she found herself tumbling to the ground. "Shit...shitty shit shit shit" She repeated her bizarre mantra and she manifested a flamethrower and shot at the same creatures head. Lying on the floor she tried a different angle, managing to take one down.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>04-03-2010, 20:48:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor yelped feeling an arm wrap around her but relaxed just a bit hearing a familiar voice. She clung tightly to Ash's arm and choked out an "Ok." She looked around and saw one of these monstors flailing around with chunks missing off it's arm "Ash, over here.." She raised her small handgun and fired pointlessly at it. The bullets hit but seemed to have little effect.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>04-03-2010, 21:24:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Save your ammo Conor. It won't do anything to these things." Ash said softly and when the monstrosity turned in their direction she grabbed the young woman again and jumped to the side about twenty feet. She aimed her high powered sniper at the giant and shot it's eye. The back of it's head blew out in a grisly shower of blood, brain matter and bone but it still turned to where it heard the loud noise of the gun go off and charged at them. Aislinn cursed and grabbed Conor again, jumping once more just in time to avoid the attack. They were faster than they looked. She felt the wind from it's claws. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed one of the creatures going after Kay laying on the ground and quickly shot at it, slowing it down at least.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>04-03-2010, 21:30:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Fuck!" Kay rolled to the side, thankful Ash had deflected them long enough for her to stand up. She fired another round but it didn't seem to do much damage. "How the FUCK do we fucking kill these things?" She manifested a M-16 and fired, switching to blast a few energy blasts, trying to stay inconsistent. Looking over to Ash she could see that she had Conor...or rather, couldn't see. REassured she tried to run, finding her ankle a little sore from her fall. Shrugging it off she blasted the back of the head of one creature, making it stumble enough for her to deliver a fatal blast. "Fuck yeah!"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>04-03-2010, 21:54:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor stared at the monstors for a few minutes as Ash jumped around them and called back to her. "Can you get me close enouth to something with an engine? I can make a bomb that I can embed into these things." She was manifesting a design in her head and cursed when she thought about tools she'd need. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>04-03-2010, 22:00:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole grabbed his backpack then as he was strapping it back on he teleported to his bike and roared off towards the semi.&nbsp; When he neared the semi's locationhe could already see the boddies scattered about and the monstrousities that were attacking the truck. He gunned his bike headed directly towards one of the creatures then teleported backwards off the Harley letting it collide with the mutation. Cole appeared 20 ft behind the bike and fired rounds into the gas tamk timing it with the collision into the creature. The gas tank exploded knocking it off its feet and setting it ablaze. Cole immediately teleported above the creature driving the twin swords that appeared in his hands through the creatures eyes into its brain thinking this would kill the creature. The creature did not die to Cole's surprize and nearly nailed him as it swiped at him with its long deadly claws and nearly got him as Cole disappeared at the last instant.<br>&nbsp;Cole appeared on top the semi's trailer holding a 50 caliber machine gun loaded with explosive rounds and began unloading into the creature. The rounds tore into the creature's body and head exploding on entry and blowing out chunks of its flesh which finally stopped the creature.<br>&nbsp;Cole continued firing rounds into the creatures at random concentrating on each until the explosive rounds had done their job. He noticed Conor appear then sudenly disapear again and 'jumped' down to their position knowing Ash was there as well. When he landed next to them he hollered, "Explosive rounds!" and then continued to fire into the new monstrousities that were attacking them. Cole then seen Kay down and teleported near her to lay down cover fire while she regained he feet. He manifested a second identical gun and began firing into the horde trying his best to hit heart and heads. "Kay, the explosive rounds seem to be working if you pump enough rounds into them."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>04-03-2010, 23:56:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hearing Cole's comment of exploding rounds Jasper switches out his bazooka's with two fully automatic Uzis with high caliber exploding rounds.&nbsp; Seeing that a few of the creatures had taken note of Ash's and Conor's location Jasper after finally dispatching of one more of these beasts from the depths of hell started to slowly make his way to a position where he might better help draw the creatures away from the two woman.&nbsp; Without a suit of her own Conor had no real chance against these things.&nbsp; It would take team effort to bring all these creatures down.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>05-03-2010, 07:30:00</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Aislinn quickly switched to explosive rounds and began tearing gaping holes in the monsters. She was blasting their limbs off after their heads. "Everyone either ditched their bikes or exploded them Conor, I'm sorry. Cole is the one who can teleport, not me. I'm moving us with my own legs hon." said Ash. Then something occurred to her and she quickly manifested a very high powered pistol and loaded it with explosive rounds then handed it to Conor, "There, that'll do damage and it has a long range without the kick of a sniper. I'd give you one of my snipers but it would likely at the very least shatter your arm." Ash cursed and quickly raised her rifle again and shot several rounds into a monster that was coming up behind Cole and Kay. "Behind you Cole, Kay." she said into the com, resisting the urge to shout at them because she knew they could hear her clearly. "On your right Jasper." she said shooting a gaping hole in that one's leg to slow it down. "Where are they coming from?" she whispered to no one in particular.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>05-03-2010, 19:19:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay stood up, following suit and adopted the explosive rounds. Manifesting herself two AK-47's with the heavy duty rounds she shot first at the feet, trying to immobilise the creatures, then aiming for the chest. She jogged over to the turned over transport, no longer able to move as fast as before, setting up a brief resting spot. She darted out using the same foot and chest tactic, seeming to work quite effectively. <br><br>She watched out for Jasper who was trying to divert the creatures fro the lesser protected Conor and Ash. She ditched one of the guns and began shooting energy blasts in a last ditch attempt to draw them away, leading them towards a group of empty buildings. She spoke into her radio. "Do you think if we corner them and blow up the buildings somehow it'll work, crush them under the rubble?" She knew it was risky, and may not kill them, but it was worth a shot.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>05-03-2010, 19:40:32</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Would be worth a try... anything is better than trying to fight these fucking things all day..."&nbsp; Jasper sent back as he systematically first disabled the beasts by shooting off a leg then filled its head full of shots untill the things just feel over.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>05-03-2010, 19:52:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She nodded and snuck out from her spot. Running over to in front of the group she shot energy blasts at their feet, drawing their attention closer to the buildings. Moving back she continued to taunt them, making sure she had her sides clear so she could get out of their path easily and quickly. AS soon as they seemed close enough she got out of the way by blasting a stream of energy from her hands, thrusting into the air and to the side, narrowly missing one of those perilous claws. Landing awkwardly on her band ankle she shot at their backs, manifesting the AK-47's once more to force them back.<br><br>"We need grenades or something. Some kind of explosive"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>05-03-2010, 20:51:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole spoke into his communicater as he seen their plan developing, " good plan Kay. I'll plant the explosives then help draw them to the building." Teleporting to the buildng, he began manifesring C4 packs and distibuting them about the base of the building in calculated areas that would drop the building on the creatures. He then rformed his 50 cal and stated firing at them from the base of the building to get the mutant's attention. "I can teleport out at the last second and blow the building if we can get them here."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>05-03-2010, 21:24:59</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper became very concerned seeing Kay limp so he made his way slowly but surely towards her as he drew the beasts on with him guiding and pushing them towards the building.&nbsp; When he arrived at her side he said, "Hey sexy lady don't go being all that heroic and hurt that ankle of yours any more than it is.&nbsp; Lean on me for support until one of us can take a good look at your leg." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>05-03-2010, 22:57:49</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor frowned not being able to get her hands on any machinery and accepted the explosive gun. "Ok.." she carefuly figured out how to fire it and took aim and an approaching monster, she fired her first shot and missed it's head by inches, luckaly it exploded behind it and made it confused. She fired again and hit it in the lower back, seperating it's spine from it's legs. "Yikes, creepy.." She saw it still moving.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>06-03-2010, 06:09:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aislinn smiled when she saw the creature flop over because it's spine was severed. "Nice shot." she said then blew it's head off, "You'll get used to the creepiness after awhile..." She heard the plan for blowing up a building and said, "We'll help draw them too." She put her arm around Conor's waist again then made both of them appear. She whistled loudly and shrilly to gain the monster's attention then held her ground as they started charging at them. When they were closing in Ash jumped back several dozen feet and whistled again. She continued doing that until she had led them to the target point then jumped back near Jasper and Kay and said, "Now Cole."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>06-03-2010, 06:29:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole popped off a few shots here and there gtting the creatures attention and watched as Ash and Conor led a sizable group to the target point. When the team had led them all there Cole teleported out and trigured the C4. The placement of the charges dropped the building right on the creatures heads. "I don't know if that killed them or not but it should damn well buy us some time to salvage what they haven't destroyed. I guess if Conor has no objections we will be bunking there tonight. Conor, if you see anything in that scrap heap that used to be our transport that could be of use to you then shout out and we'll see about hauling it back to your shop with us."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>06-03-2010, 11:15:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Although she hated having to admit it, Kay appreciated Jasper coming over. She'd likely just sprained her ankle or something, but this was hardly a time to do so. "Thanks" She rested her arm over his broad shoulders, which was tricky but it meant she wasn't having to limp anymore. As Ash and Conor came over Kay heard the go for Cole and crossed her fingers that it would work, desperately hoping it would kill whatever the fuck those things were.<br><br>She smiled grimly at the sight of the building falling onto the creatures and placed her free hand on her hip in satisfaction of a job well done. "Hey Conor, thanks a lot, you really helped us out there. And that shot to the spine...magnificent" 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>06-03-2010, 15:33:55</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor smiled at the compliments and nodded at Cole. "Of course, and Ash thanks for keeping me safe out there." she handed her back the explosive shooter and started looking around for bits of machinery she could salvage.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>06-03-2010, 22:11:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay squeezed Jasper's shoulder before slipping off and sitting down on a loose tyre. "So, what's the plan. Are we gonna set up camp here for the night and move on? And can we please get a suit for Conor? If we meet anymore of those fuckers I may die from worrying about her getting caught or something. Are they one size fits all...I mean (she pulls at the material around her chest) they're quite clingy."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>06-03-2010, 22:27:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Jasper chuckled as he snapped his own suit saying, "Not quite one size fits all... she'd be swimming in a suit this size."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>06-03-2010, 22:38:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Yeah I guess you're right there. I was thinking we might use Barker's old suit, he wasn't nearly as big as you Jasper. Add a belt and she may be alright." She brought her legs up to her chest and rested her chin on her knees. She snapped some energy between her fingers as she thought. "What the hell were those things any way?" she said to no one in particular.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>06-03-2010, 23:02:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"I don't know if anybody knows what those things were, Kay. The techs say the virus is mutating at an alarming rate. They will probably not be the worst thing we'll see before this mission is over. That's a good idea giving Barker's suit to Conor, he won't be needing it any more and she'll be needing the firepower."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>06-03-2010, 23:13:38</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"I'll go see if I can find it in the twisted remains of our former transport but someone should look at Kay's leg.&nbsp; Her ankle may be broke or just badly spranged... either way I wouldn't know... never wanted to be a doctor to much blood."&nbsp; Then he couldn't help but chuckle at the irony of those words considering that most often these days he was covered head to foot in zombie blood.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>06-03-2010, 23:18:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay frowned. "Hey it's fine. I probably just twisted it when one of those fuckers swiped at me when I tried to land. I can walk, just give me a few minutes. Besides, I wouldn't be surprised if the virus meant we healed up faster or some shit like that" She tried to stand up in vain, as she wobbled a little trying to get her balance back. "Oh fuck...fuck all" Sitting back down she rested her foot on a piece of metal that was near by. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>06-03-2010, 23:46:36</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor came back kicking a decently preserved tire and a few essential engine parts and an exhaust pipe. 2I found a few things still in workable conditions, If you guys want to rest up at my shop for the night your al more than welcome. i think my dad had some camp beds stowed away somewhere for people waiting on over night repeairs." She smiled around at them.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 05:07:32</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash went to kneel by Kay and said, "Let me see your ankle. They also trained me to be an emergency medic just in case our medic got put out of commission... which I think it's safe to say he is." She gently ran her fingers along Kay's ankle, pressing here and there, "Yeah, it's just sprained. With your increased healing rate it should be fine soon. You probably want either Cole to teleport you or someone to carry you though. If you try to walk on it before it heals it's just going to make it worse. Here, this will help too." She manifested a rolled up item and unrolled it then she massaged it. It made a crackling sound and became cold. She put the cold pack on Kay's ankle and secured it in place with a strap that had Velcro on the ends. She gave her a little smile then went over to Conor. She picked up the large tire easily and put it over her shoulder. She also took the heavy exhaust from her putting it over her other shoulder. Aislinn was by no means muscular and shouldn't have been able to pick them up so easily but thanks to the mutation she could. "Thanks Conor, that would be perfect." she said with a smile. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 07:54:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Jaspers voice came over everyone's com, "Fuck this place is a mess!&nbsp; Hey Cole let the new gal know there's quite a bit of good tools and other shit in here she might be interested in.&nbsp; Still looking for the suit though... damn it's like finding a fucking needle in a haystack."&nbsp; Then a crash was heard from the wreckage of the truck as Jasper tossed a large piece of sheet metal out of the way.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 08:18:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash chuckled into the com and said, "Hey Jasper just to warn you your blondness is showing... Cole has Barker's suit in his backpack..."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 08:20:03</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"&nbsp; Followed by an illiterate stream of incoherently placed swear words among a tapestry of angry grunts and more sheet metal crashing around was the only reply.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 08:29:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aislinn looked at Conor with a smile and said, "Jasper says he's dug up some more tools and things at the truck you might find useful. If I were you though I'd wait until he's done throwing his fit and the sounds of crashing in the distance have died before you go check it out. We wouldn't want you surviving the zombies only to be crushed by a piece of sheet metal. Besides, Jasper would never forgive himself."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 13:16:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay looked down at the ice pack sceptically but didn't say anything. She did however laugh at Jasper's attempts to find the suit. "Yeah, he'll calm down in a little bit. -saying a bit louder- Hey Jasper? do you think you could find me something like crutches after your finish your tantrum? Cheers" She rubbed her temples and looked around the dusty area. It was hard to believe she had been a difficult and stubborn girl a few months ago and now she was working with normal people and fighting zombies. Okay so she was still stubborn, and she could be tricky, but she liked these people. she clicked a few more times, enjoying the tingle of energy on her fingertips and looked up to the sky. "I still don't know why there was fucking lightening. It's really bothering me. It's as if it came out of no where, just for us"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 17:58:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole couldn't help but laugh out loud at Jasper and his temper tantrum only helped to extend his laughter further. He needed a good laugh, it had been awhile, months actually. He looked around at the corpses scattered about while he laughed at Jasper and the surrealism of the the whole scene and something sort of snapped inside him. He had developed another personality early in his childhood from the traumatic experices he had lived through as a child. He had manage to supress it, to hide it from others which was easy since he never really associated much with anyone and eventually it had faded away.<br>&nbsp;From somewhere deep inside him he heard a familiar voice that was his but at the same time wasn't his. '*Hey Cole, remember me. We used to be such good friends and then you were gone.*' Cole looked around him trying to figure out who was talking to him and it didn't seem like none of the others had said anything. '*No in here. You're looking the wrong way. Where the hell you been?*' Cole spoke aloud seemingly to nobody if you happen to be watching him from the outside. "I didn't go anywhere, I been right here. You're the one who left, left me to deal with all the bullshit."<br>&nbsp;Cole didn't find it strange at all to be having a conversation with himself as the voice spoke to him once again. '*No Cole, I've always been here, you just wouldn't talk to me anymore but I forgive you. You can't be ignoring me anymore, I can help you with this mess you've gotten yourself into. I want to help you, least I can do for an old compadre. Afterall if you go and get yourself killed then I'm pretty much fucked.*'<br>&nbsp;"Yeah, I guess I can see your point there. I guess we'll give it a shot and see how it works out, it is kinda cool that you're back. I'll have to get back to though, right now I have shit to deal with out here, then we'll talk about how you can help."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 18:02:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay noticed Cole's 'conversation' with himself and frowned. It carried on for a little while and she looked about to see if anyone else had noticed. "Yo Cole...everything alright over there?" She didn't smile...you could never be sure around people these days and she was more than a little skeptic about Cole's behaviour.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 18:10:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"Yep, everything is about as good as it can get under the circumstances, Kay. How about you, that ankle felling any better yet?" Cole manifested a staff and walked over towards Kay. "This isn't as good as crutches but maybe it'll help till we can find something better."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 18:22:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She raised an eyebrow but dismissed it. Maybe if it happened again she would bring it up with the other agents. "Yeah thanks. That should work fine." Taking the staff she stood up and walked about as she got used to it. "My ankle's fine, it should be better than ever in a few hours, what with our super powers." She looked over to Jasper who seemed to still be throwing a fit and she tutted under her breath.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 18:35:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole noticed her glance over to Jasper and looked that way as well. "Yeah, we do seem to heal up pretty fast now. Don't worry about Jasper, he'll work it out soon enough. I think we should play it safe and decapitate rhe dead grunts and Agents. We need to get those suits off the Agents too, we can't leave those hanging around for just anybody to find."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 18:40:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Out in the wreckage of the truck there was the sound of one last loud crash followed my one loud statement that none of them needed their com links to hear.&nbsp; "No fucking way!!!&nbsp; Ooooh right on baby!!!"&nbsp; But even before any one had time to wonder what was up the unmistakable sound of a Harley roaring to life was heard by all.&nbsp; "Wasn't all a total loss boss, found me a new toy and a couple more along with it.&nbsp; Couple of em look a little banged up but salvageable.&nbsp; Oh and Kay I found some actual crutches in what was left of a storage locker.&nbsp; I guess one of those grunts was a little more on their toes than one would have expected of them."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 18:46:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She grimaced at the thought of getting rid of the grunts. Zombies were one thing, but actual humans? It made her feel sick to her stomach thinking about those poor bastards. "Yeah I guess you're right Cole. I'm thinking we give them a proper send off if that's okay though. It ain't right to just burn 'em"<br><br><br>Kay looked up at the unmistakable hum of the Harley engine. The delight was clear in here eyes as she heard Jasper over the com link. "Thanks Jas, and good work on finding the bikes. I may have to take you up on the offer of sharing a ride now. If the offer is still open of course" 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 19:12:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				One could almost hear the wide smile form across Jasper's lips, "Well sweet cheeks I might have to think about that for a sec... hmmm... ok I thought about it and that sounds great to me."&nbsp; Using some of the sheet metal he had thrown around as a sort of road out of the wreckage Jasper rides the bike over to where the group is talking stopping in front of Kay with a wide grin on his face.&nbsp; "Well it's not a big red truck but it certainly is red."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 19:16:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"I know its fucked up Kay, but it has to be done." Cole heard the Harley fire up and smiled when Jasper stated there was more where that came from. He definitely needed another ride after blowing up his. '*Now that's what I'm talking about. If you gotta ride the highway to hell then you might as well do it in style.*' "Damn straight!" said Cole aloud answering the the voice in his head. He teleported to the trailer and picked out another ride then climbed on to see if it would fire up.<br>&nbsp;'*Why haven't you called me by name yet Cole? Have you forgotten my name?*'&nbsp; "No, I haven't forgotten your name, its just a stupid fucking name and you need a new name."<br>&nbsp;The Harley roared to life and Cole teleported himself and the bike to the outside of the trailer and left it running on the kickstand to warm up. '*That hurt Cole, you used to like my name.*' Cole walked away from the Harley and began decapitating the corpses of his dead allies. "That's becuase I was fucking ten years old. BrainMaster C sounded cool then, now it just sounds stupid as fuck. You want me to address you by name then find another one."<br>&nbsp;'*Fine then, I'll get a new name. By the way, you seem to be having fun decapitating your dead friends there.*'<br>&nbsp;"Well I wouldn't exactly call them friends and you're the violent one. I guess you eventually rubbed off on me."<br>&nbsp;'*Hehehe, it is kinda fun. When do we get to cut the heads off some live ones?*'<br>&nbsp;"Soon enough I'm sure, just stick around awhile, there will be plenty heads rolling."<br>&nbsp;'*Oh, I'm not going nowhere Cole. I'm here to stay now. I guess I'll be using your first name since you don't seem to care for it, you can call me Des. That should be easy enough for you to remember*'<br>&nbsp;"Fine then, you can have it. I never like that fucking name anyway. Des it is." Cole continued cutting the heads from the dead and packing the suits as he went. Those fucking creatures had thinned out the squad pretty good.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 19:22:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay grinned as she saw Jasper ride out on the bike. "ooh, it's amazing" She said as she walked over. Running her hand along the bike she bit her lip. "And the bike looks great as well" She dropped the staff on the floor and got up on the bike behind Jasper. Wrapping her arms around his waist he got comfortable. "I could get used to this you know"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 21:49:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole watched Kay discard the staff to the ground without even having the courtesy to return it to him. '*Quite the rude bitch isn't she Cole?*' The sword disappeared from Cole's hand as he was done with the decapitations. "Quite. No matter I've more important things to tend to than playing nursemaid. Putting and end to this fucking virus is more important than any of us."<br>&nbsp;Cole teleported to the trailer and began digging around through the rubble. '*What are you looking for, didn't the big guy just go through all of this stuff.*' Cole found what he was looking for and pulled it from the rubble and checked to see if it was still operational and found that it was. "Yes he did but he didn't find this." Cole laid out the suits and one at a time connected a cable from the device he held to each suit besides one he saved for Conor. '*Ah, I see. Will the XM be able to handle it.*' Cole then plugged into his own suit and pressed in the codephrase and within 30 seconds the data was downloaded. "They can handle this and lots more with ease." He packed the remaining suits and balled the others up into a wad as his hands began to glow and then the suits. He placed the suits on the floor of the trailer and teleported outside a good distance from the trailer.<br>&nbsp;"Check this out." He checked to make sure everyone was clear of the trailer and with a mental command the suits exploded taking out the ass end of the trailer. He hooked the device to his belt and teleported to his bike that was warmed up and ready to ride. "Fucking cool, aye."&nbsp; '*Aye, fucking cool.*'
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 22:33:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper chuckled lightly as he looked over his shoulder, "I know I could.&nbsp; I... The the tail end of the trailer blew in an explosion that rocked the ground beneath them.&nbsp; The blast could even be felt over the low rumbling vibrations of the Harley.&nbsp; Jasper turned towards the trailer saying, "What the fuck?&nbsp; I didn't find anything in there that could blow like that."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 22:51:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She raised her eyebrows as she took in the explosion. "Yeah, but it looks like Cole did. Bloody hell" she shook her head as she saw Cole get onto his bike. "That's one way to dispose of shit. My kinda style no less."<br><br><br>Kay nudged Jasper a little and nodded towards Cole. "Hey,you think we should follow him? I'm beat and can't wait to bunk." Purring she thought of the one thing she loved more than blasting zombies...sleep. "Come on, I can barely wait."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 23:14:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Alright but we really don't need to follow Cole we'll all be bunking down at Coner's shop from the way I understand it.&nbsp; Besides we don't even know if he will go straight over there or not."&nbsp; Jasper revved the bikes engine before taking back towards the bike shop.&nbsp; Absolutely loving the way Kay's arms felt wrapped around him.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>07-03-2010, 23:18:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sighing to herself she resigned herself to clinging onto Jasper as he revved the engine. "Yeah I guess you're right. I may take a nap then if you don't mind" She smiled inwardly and rested her head on his back, letting her eyelids droop. "Maybe we should just go over to Conor's if that's where we're bunking. Mind you...I'm trying this new thing where I'm not such a pain...so maybe we should ask or something" Her voice was dozy as she relaxed around him, enjoying the chance to relax. The past few hours had been intense on them all and she needed a damn good break.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 00:09:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aislinn watched as Cole took off on a bike as did Jasper and Kay leaving her and Conor by themselves. She sighed and said to Conor, "I guess we're walking..." She didn't want to ask Cole to go get them a bike or anything, he was acting strange for one and it wasn't like her to ask for help like that when she was able to do something herself. She quickly stored the tire and other objects Conor had picked up and grabbed the staff Cole had given Kay and put that away too. She'd give it back to him later. She knelt down in front of Conor and said, "Come on, I'll give you a piggyback ride home. I'll be able to get us there faster. Maybe even faster than the others can get there." When she felt Conor climb on her back she grabbed her legs and stood up saying, "Hold on tight, just not so tight I can't breathe please." Then she took off, running at about 70 miles per hour. She could go faster but with carrying Conor she was slowed down.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 02:49:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				At the sound of a harley speeding closer Conor smiled happily, she loved that sound, even if it did sound a little beat up it wasn't half bad. she could always fix the bike up later. Conor jumped when the truck exploded and started feeling a bit uneasy with Cole. She watched as everyone headed back into town and turned to Ash and hopped onto her back. She linked her hands together around her front in a strong but gentle grip.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 05:53:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole came cruising into town and a few blocks away from the bike shop he tried one of the features he downloaded into his suit. He should be able to absorb the sound of the Harley and store it to be released in a sonic blast, at least that was how it was supposed to work. He gave it a shot but he did something wrong and amplified it even more and immediately shut off his newly aquired power. '*Well I'm pretty sure that was loud enough to wake the dead. Nice move exlax.*'&nbsp; "Shut the fuck up. I don't need any smartass remarks from you right now." Cole came to a sliding halt in front of the bike shop and after leaning the bike on the kickstand, he teleported to the roof of the shop. He quickly manifested a sniper rifle sure that he had in fact woke the dead, and he was right as he seen them coming in the opposite direction that he had pulled in. He began laying down cover fire for the others that he knew would be right behind him.<br>&nbsp;"Whenever we get inside I'll be able to download this data into everybodies suits. There is no sense in letting this power go to waste."&nbsp; '*I think you should keep it for yourself, they may not be able to deal with the extra power.*'&nbsp; "I think you should shu the fuck up like I told you. I may have obviously gone fucking nuts but I'm still one of the good guys and good guys don't fuck their their friends. This is not every man for himself out here, nobody will last long where we are going alone."<br>&nbsp;Cole continued popping off shots as he heard Jasper's Harley roaring down the road in his direction. He stole a quick glance and seen him and Kay on his bike and saw Ash carrying Conor coming up fast. He turned back towards the zombies and doubled his efforts to hold them back till the others made it inside then he could always teleport down to meet them.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 06:11:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash heard the shots and pushed herself even more. She ran into the bike shop and set Conor down. She manifested two of her machine guns and handed them to her and said, "Here, this will help you." Then she ran up to the roof to join Cole. Her legs felt weak after that run plus all that jumping and running she had done avoiding those monsters and protecting herself and Conor. They decided to go out from beneath her as she came up beside Cole and she crashed into him, throwing off one of his shots. She ended up laying on top of him. She blushed and quickly pulled herself up and got off him panting, "Damn it... I'm so sorry Cole... My legs just went out... from beneath me." She quickly got into position, crouching down and facing the hoard. She manifested one of her sniper rifles and began quickly taking down the zombies.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 07:06:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole heard Ash come up behind him but was surprzed as hell when she came crashing down on top of him. He was even more surprized when he seen her blush. "Well, fancy meeting you here Ash. We need to stop running into each other like this, people are gonna start talking." He gave her quick smile and a chuckle then followed her lead and continued laying down cover fire for the others. '*I think she likes you Cole.*'&nbsp; "Hush Des." He knew she had definitely heard him talking out loud to what sounded like himself. He looked at her and shrugged his shoulders with another smile. "I'll explain later, I got a surprize for everybody when we finish cleaning this mess." He gave her a wink and continued firing.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 07:36:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aislinn glanced at him when he spoke to himself. She popped off a couple shots, debating whether to say anything. Finally she took a deep breath and said softly as she kept firing, "I didn't know you have a second personality... Sam, my drummer had one. It was rather eccentric but mostly harmless." a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth, "He used to actually get into shouting matches with her... yeah, his was a girl..." she looked at him again, "Why has yours suddenly popped out? You haven't ever talked to it before... You ok?" Then she turned her attention back to popping the heads off zombies. She was interested in Cole but he'd never given any hints the feeling was mutual so she'd left him alone. She wasn't one to enjoy chasing after guys, letting them come to her instead if they wanted. "Oh, and I won't tell the others if you don't want me to but if you plan on not explaining you'd better stop talking out loud. I'm sure Kay noticed out in the desert too... she gave you a strange look. Just so you know..." she said.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 09:25:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor ran to the basement and fired at the zombies through a small window up at them. She couldn't get a headshot but she was getting rather goot at taking out a few legs. That way they were still targets for Cole and Ash.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 09:45:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Shouting over his shoulder to Kay, "Sounds like someone stirred up some trouble again already.&nbsp; Hold on tight I'm going to see what this baby can really do."&nbsp; Jasper opened up the throttle even more and off the sped faster towards the Bike shop.&nbsp; Jasper rode into the garage portion of the bike shop and put the kick stand down on the bike before getting off of the bike himself and Helping Kay off the bike by picking her up off of the seat.&nbsp; He could heart two sniper rifles from the roof and someone down in the basement firing up at the zombies.&nbsp; Jasper figured Ash and Cole were up top so he took Kay down to the basement where he found Conor.&nbsp; Toggling his com he said, "OK were in, gonna leave Miss sweet cheeks with our new friend.&nbsp; They can take the low road you two take the high road and I bust some heads straight down the middle."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 09:53:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash toggled her com and said, "Wait a second Jasper! I gave Conor a couple of my Uzis and she isn't as good a shot as we are. You sure you want to go out there?" 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 10:04:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper glanced over at Conor who was firing out of her little window and thought only for a few seconds.&nbsp; "I saw her hit those spine shots... not an easy thing to do your first time out. I'll just set my shields on high... if she is going to be on our side I'll have to start trusting her sometime...might as well be now."&nbsp; Jasper walked over to where Kay was sitting near the half watching what was going on outside half watching him.&nbsp; Or at least that's how it appeared to him.&nbsp; He bent down next to her and said, "Cover my ass babe I'm going in."&nbsp; Looking at conor he added, "Hope you got a shower round here those things are damn messy up close... wish me luck..."&nbsp; Jasper stood and ran back up the stairs and out through the main lobby out the&nbsp; exit to confront the zombies.&nbsp; After those devils from hell the zombies were almost a let down as he plowed through them with his large clubs swinging and bullets flying everywhere.&nbsp; &nbsp;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 17:21:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;The zombies had moved in a little closer and Cole was glad because he wanted to play with his new powers. The sniper rifle disappeared to be replaced by a shuriken in each hand. "Cheeck this out Ash." His his figers where he touched the throwing stars glowed for a second and then the stars did as well, he chuckled slighty. "Hehe. Fucking cool, huh. All of us will be able to do this and more, soon as we take out the rest of the deadheads." He turned and slung the stars each finding a home in a zombies head and watched as their heads exploded.<br>&nbsp;After they had cleared out the zombies cole turned toward Ash. "You know, about that split personality thing, I'm not gonna try and hide from anyone. This is not something new for me, he actually first came around when I was ten and hung around for several years till I joined the military. Back then I usually managed not to talk to him out loud, he just kinda surprized me showing up after 10 years. He is pretty much a prick but he helped me through some hard times back when I was living in orphanages. I always managed to keep him a secret so they wouldn't lock me away in an institution, they do that to crazy orphans."<br>&nbsp;'*Why the fuck are you telling her all of this? That's our secrets, they are not going to follow you if they think you are loony toons.*'&nbsp; "No secrets Des, our lives depend on each other and there has to be trust if we are gonna live through this." Realizing he was doing it again he he kinda shrugged his shoulders and smiled at Ash. "Doing it again ain't I? He thinks I'm making a mistake telling everybody, he says ya'll won't follow me if ya'll think I'm loony toons. I think trust is more important and I can't be trusted if I'm lying to everybody. That's more important than who leads the team. We need to depend on each other to make it out of here alive, already we have lost most of the squad and we have only just started."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 18:11:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay resented being dumped by Jasper in the basement, but kept her grumbling to herself. Smiling weakly as he bounded out to fight the hoards she resigned herself to making sure Conor didn't shoot the wrong people...or, thing. She turned back to Conor and smiled to herself as she saw that she didn't need any help. Instead she crossed her arms and watched intently out the window as Cole, Ash, Jasper and Conor easily plowed through the mass of corpses. "Time's like these when I wish I had some popcorn" she said absently. God she wished she could be out there. She considered for a moment shooting a few blasts herself...but she was no where near as skilled a shot as Ash was...or apparently Conor and didn't want to take any risks. Instead she manifested a sniper and began to systematically take down a few at the edges.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 21:20:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aislinn put her gun away when all the zombies were dead. She smiled at Cole and said, "I can't speak for the others but I don't think you talking to yourself changes anything. You're still the best one to lead us. I know I can't do it and Jasper and Kay aren't really leaders either. And just for the record, they don't just send crazy orphans to institutions they send kids with families too. It's where I met my band mates. We called ourselves The Psychs at first. The school I was going to pressured my parents into putting me there when I was 16 because I have OCD. They really didn't help. They made some things better but others worse. The best part was the friends I made. Other 'crazy' kids. After a year stuck there I finally got a doctor who had a brain and knew there's no 'cure' for someone as severe as me and no matter how much I talked about it and they tried to train me I wasn't ever going to be 'normal'. They released me. When the idiots who are in charge of the agents found out they weren't going to train me saying I was unstable which I'm not by the way. That is until they found me sneaking out of my room to obsessively fire my gun trying to get my shots perfect because it bothered me so much that I couldn't." She chuckled, "I hated that the holes didn't line up when I shot the target. Yeah, I can laugh at myself because I find it just as ridiculous as everyone else does but I can't help it." She walked over and patted his shoulder, "So don't worry about it Cole you're not the only crazy one here. I know it makes <em>me</em> feel better. You're right, it's just the four of us mutants and one Human left now to finish this crazy mission. No secrets." She surprised herself by how much she had opened up and spoken to him. Ash had always been the quiet one usually only speaking when it was necessary. "Well, you should probably go down and talk with the others and all. I'll keep watch." she said with a smile. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 22:00:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor finished firingat the zombies and sighed heavily. She was concentraiting hard not to shoot the wrong places and slumped against the wall. The first day she gets a gun to fire and she damn near slaughters a few zombies and a monstor. What a day. She smiled at Kay who looked bored out of her mind. "You doing ok?" she asked quietly.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 22:14:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Yeah, I'm doing good" She smiled and looked back out to the mess of a fight. "I just kinda wish I was out there you know? It's fun. Like...in a weird way." <br>Pushing her hair back from her face she shot a few more rounds, taking down another three zombies. "I just like the hands on approach, that's all. Bullets are okay...but where's the atmosphere?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 22:16:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"It must be a feeling that wears off, I felt pretty tense then..I never handled a gun so much as fire one before today.." She admitted, at least&nbsp; things were quieter now.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 22:20:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She laughed softly and turned to face Conor. "Well, you're doing a damn good job anyway. I could hardly tell it was your first time with a gun" She shrugged and put her sniper down, relaxing a bit as the others seemed to take care of things. There were only a small handful left, and they were likely to come face to face with Jasper's club soon enough.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 22:23:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Thanks..uh, If you'd like I can help you upstairs so you can get first call on a shower. I'll bet those suits are really hot." She shut the window and locked it, moving around to see if she remembered where her dad stashed his canned food for emergencies. She was mentaly kicking herself for not remembering them before. Her dad was paranoid about storms and bombs and such so he stocked up pretty well.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 22:33:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Oh, yeah. A shower sounds great actually. I could definitely get out of this thing." she joked, pulling at the material, anticipating the cool rush of water on her skin. "Looks like they're pretty much done out there then."<br>Kay stood up, testing her ankle before wincing, picking up the crutches Jasper had found for her.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 23:06:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole sat with Ash listening intently as she opened up to him knowing it was uncommon for her to open up to anybody. "Thanks for the vote of confidence Ash. He doesn't control my action in any way, its more like an annoying child that won't shut up. Well anyway, before I go downstairs I got something for you." He unclipped the device from his belt and extended the connection cable. "I downloaded the data from the suits that weren't going to be used anymore and copied them into my suit. This gave my suit the abilities of the other suits but the downloading process wiped the other suits clean, that's why I destroyed them. That was the big boom that blew up the trailer. You'll be have Barker's force ability that he used in our fight and the ability to charge objects with explosive energy as well as some sort of sonic ability that I haven't got the hang of yet. Don't worry, you won't feel a thing. Since you will be up here keeping watch I would do you first then go down and do the others afterwards."<br>&nbsp;Cole hooked the cable to Ash's suit and within a few moments the download was complete. He unhooked the cable and fastened the device back on his belt. "There, your new abilities should be fully accessible now. Be careful with the sonic thing, that's how I woke up our company when I got here. Maybe you will have better luck with it than I did. First sign of trouble, you holler. Don't try to be a hero, we need all of us."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 23:41:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor lead Kay to her bathroom and got a shower ready for her. She found some clean towells and placed them on the long radiator. "I'll leave you for a moment while you clean up, give me a shout if you need anything, im just across the hall in my dad's room."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 23:45:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Leaning the crutches to the side Kay smiled. "Thanks, I won't try to take too long". As Conor left she set the water running and sat down as she peeled the suit off, limping under the hot water, and sighing in relief. she would enjoy this simple pleasure for as long as she could. There was nothing quite like a hot shower to lift the spirits.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 00:57:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper had seen the look of disappointment... no more like resentment Kay had given him for taking her down to the basement with Conor.&nbsp; He felt bad about doing so but he had just thought it would be a good place for her with her ankle being as bad as it was.&nbsp; After clubbing the last zombie in sight Jasper shrugged his massive shoulders and walked slowly back to the bike shop.&nbsp; Wondering what kind of tongue lashing he was going to get from Kay now that everything was over. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 03:51:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aislinn chuckled, "You know me Cole I'm not a hero. I'm the coward who stands back and saves all your asses. Don't worry, I'll call if there's any trouble." As he turned to go she said, "Oh! Wait I almost forgot. Here..." she manifested his staff and handed it to him, "Kay dropped this I wasn't sure if you wanted it back or not so I thought I'd better pick it up for you. Have fun explaining everything to them and if you need backup don't hesitate to call ok? Maybe if you have someone supporting you they'll be able to accept it better."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 04:59:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole nodded as he accepted the staff from Ash. "I could've easily made another but its the thought that counts. Thanks Ash for the satff and mostly for standing with me on this. I guess I need to get down there." The staff disappeared from his hand and with a smile he disappeared as well.<br><br>&nbsp;Cole appeared in the shop below to find Jasper entering from outside and of course he was covered in zombie gore. "Hey big man, looks like that shower earlier didn't do you much good for long. I got something for you, you might even like it."<br>&nbsp;'*Don't do it Cole. What if they all turn on you? You're gonna need that edge.*' This time Cole didn't even answer Des as he unhook the device from his belt. He explained the nature of the powers as he had to Ash then plugged into his suit and several moments later the deed was done. "I need to upgrade Kay's suit and I've already upgraded the suit I planned to give to Conor. Speaking of them, I wonder where they are?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 05:16:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Thanks Cole... I'm still getting used to my original powers but It never hurts to have more I suppose.&nbsp; Not really sure where the girls might be except maybe getting cleaned up again after this latest fight.&nbsp; &nbsp;You know sometimes I actually start to consider staying out of the middle of things at times but then I start thinking what kind of fun would that be and end up diving right in."&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 05:32:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"Yeah I kinda like trading in the guns for swords at times, not exactly a club but fun none the less. Gotta admit making a bomb out of anything in your hand has its good points too. I have something to talk to everybody about but I would rather wait till everyone is here. it might be considered important and I would rather tell you guys together."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 06:16:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Up on the roof Aislinn manifested a sketch pad and a pen and began drawing as she slowly walked around the perimeter of the roof, sitting down at times to rest her weary legs. For now she chose to forgo playing with her new skills. She didn't want to attract any unnecessary attention. They had finally gotten things to settle down a bit and she desperately needed the rest. She continuously looked up from her drawing to check for even the slightest movement. She was also worrying about Cole. She figured he must be under quite a bit of stress if that voice in his head had suddenly made an appearance after so long. <br><br>Ash wondered how the others were going to take that news. She hoped it wouldn't be an issue. They needed Cole to lead them. She looked down at the drawing she had completed and muttered, "Damn it..." as she saw she had unconsciously drawn one of those horrible new monsters they had just come in contact with. She carefully ripped the page from the book and was going to throw it away but stopped herself. If they got out of this she could show it to HQ so they could know what they looked like. She sighed and folded it perfectly and stored it. Aislinn then began to draw another picture only this time she forced herself to think more about it and worked on a very detailed dragon.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 06:26:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"No problem Cole, but do you think you can hold off on this grand secret of yours till after we get cleaned up a bit there's nothing worse than sitting still for to long when smelling like zombie shit."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 14:32:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole laughed a bit at Jasper's request. "Yeah man, of course it can wait. I'll pop back up to the roof and help Ash keep an eye on things till you guys are cleaned up and rested if you need to sleep. No problem."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 18:14:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				After her shower Kay managed to get out and dry herself without too much hassle. Getting the suit back on was a bit more of a challenge, but she did it okay. Her hair was still dripping onto her shoulders and she picked up the crutches and made her way downstairs, hearing voices outside she decided to make her way out. <br><br><br>"Hey guys, if you ask Conor very nicely she may let you use the shower. Hot water, nothing like it." Grinning she shook her hair about, narrowing her eyes as she caught sight of Jasper. "I guess I should thank you, both of you actually. But don't you dare shove me into a basement again! Do you know how dull it was? I mean, Conor's good company...but where was the atmosphere? outside. Next time, please dump me on higher ground so I can at least do some sniper practise" Her anger was betrayed by the small smile, but she was still pretty annoyed.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 18:55:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Looking sincerely contrite and apologetic Jasper absently scratched at the blood that was starting to mat and clump in his hair, "Sorry Kay, guess I just had another of my blond moments and didn't stop to think where you would prefer to be... I'll try to be more considerate next time."&nbsp; Then shuffling his feet some what he finally added, "Erm you said something about a hot shower... suppose I better find Coner and try to be a gentleman for a change.&nbsp; Cole has something big to tell us but I asked if it could wait at least till we got cleaned up.&nbsp; Don't worry I wont be long."&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 18:58:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She couldn't help but grin as Jasper, big, tough, zombie bashing, gut covered Jasper looked so told off. She grinned at him and shook her head. "Don't worry, I'll get over it" she moved to pat his shoulder, but she recoiled her hand as she remembered she was freshly clean. "Maybe...after your shower. What's this about something big? I hope it's good big, not bad big"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 20:26:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper shrugged his shoulders saying, "Well part of it has to do with these new powers he has to add to our suits as for the rest of it I have no idea but he seemed pretty keyed up about it... kinda scary in a way... I don't think I have ever seen him look so... I don't know... your the wordy kind of person... me I'm... well just simple.&nbsp; I'll try to hurry... I hope Coner has one of those back scratching&nbsp; things... that one spot on my back is beginning to itch like hell."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 20:31:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She laughed out loud. "Since when was I wordy? Hell, I'll take it as a compliment." she shrugged and laughed again as he finished. "You and your hard to reach spots. Maybe I should do you a favour one day and help you out with those" She winked, a gleam of mischief in her eyes and she turned to talk to Cole about the new powers.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>09-03-2010, 20:39:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Smiling somewhat sheepishly Jasper jogged off calling out to Coner as he went, "Hey Coner, I hear you got yourself a really nice shower around here somewhere.&nbsp; May I pretty please with sugar on top take a turn in there and get this nasty zombie shit off of me?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>10-03-2010, 10:02:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor came to the top of the stairs at the noise and looked to see Jasper standing there. "Yeah there is one up here and another in my room, first one is on the right here. "She pointed to one corridor. "My room is the other side of it." She smiled and came downstairs to see if everyone was doing ok. She also resumed searching for her dad's stash of canned food. She found it behind a picture in the living room and pulled a god few out. It was mostly soups. She seperated the veg ones into a large pan and the meaty broths into another. "If anyone's hungry I got soup going."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>11-03-2010, 23:15:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole was about to teleport out when Kay entered the room and turned back towards her. He explained the nature of the new powers to her as he had with Ash and then Jasper before hooking into her suit. The download was over in a few moments and about the same time he heard Conor mention soup.<br>&nbsp;Cole went up and fixed himself a bowl and found a place to set. "I have to admit Conor, I'm impressed that you have survived this long on your own. That's an accomplishment all by itself and to retain your sanity says something too." He took a couple bites of his soup before continuing talking. "Soup is pretty good, didn't even realize I was hungry til you said something. I have an extra XM Suit, its yours if you want it. It has some sort of neural interface which in english means all you have to do is think of what you want from it and it does it as long as its part of its program."<br><br>&nbsp;(Akumamika, you will have the powers I explained to Ash[Demik] plus one you can choose for yourself. Use your imagination and have fun it.)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>12-03-2010, 00:10:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor looked to see Cole taking some soup and smiled. "Yeah I've been eating very little just to keep going. As for staying sane, I been fixing up a new set of bikes in the garage in the basement. I think you'll all be able to have one..I fitted some rockets to the sides out of boredome but I guess they are good weapons for now. I need to fit the firing mechanisms on though." She put some more bowls out and left the soups to simmer while they waited for the others. "Thanks, the suits look very handy, will I be able to wear clothes on top of them or would that mess with the powers the suits have?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>12-03-2010, 00:33:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"Naw, I don't think it will mess with the powers any. I am kinda curious to see what else your suit will do besides the powers I downloaded into it. Whenever you put on the suit and neural connection is made you will know what the other power is. The information will be fed directly to your brain, its kinda weird at first but you get used to it.<br>&nbsp;That's a pretty cool idea with the rockets on the bikes. I can just about guarentee that they will come in handy. Do you need help with the firing mechanisms or would I just be in the way? I am not much of a mechanic but I can hand you tools and I follow directions pretty good."<br>&nbsp;Cole hadn't heard from Des in awhile and wondered what was up with that. He usually rattled off constantly but had been uncommonly quite and Cole wasn't really sure yet if that was a good thing.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>12-03-2010, 01:09:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Yeah I have become quite the pyro since first putting on the suit."&nbsp; Jasper says as he enters the room catching the last part of Coner and Cole's conversation running his fingers through his still damp hair using a low wave of heat to dry it as he does so.&nbsp; "Did I hear someone mention soup?&nbsp; I'm starved."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>12-03-2010, 01:19:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor looked to Jasper and then pointed out the pots of soup. "Yeah its all still hot, help yourself, but save some for the others." She smiled and turned her attention back to Cole. "I think I can get the mechanism's all working and attatched by mid-day tomorrow if I wake up at six...You ok you look worried about something?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>12-03-2010, 02:57:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"Actually its not a big deal but when I was young, I had an imaginary friend and he seems to have showed up again. I know, pretty weird and kinda funny in a way. Its not the type of split personality that takes oves over, just sort of won't shut up most of the time. He has been kinda quiet for the lasr hour or so and has me suspicious of what he is up to. That sounds crazy don't it, suspicious of the voice in my head." Cole had to chuckle a little at himself because it sure sounded crazy to him.<br>&nbsp;"Anyway, mid morning sounds great on finishing the bikes. I'll get up with you and help. Like I said, I'm no mechanic but I can turn a wrench and follow instructions."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>12-03-2010, 09:04:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Up on the roof Aislinn sniffed the air. Did she smell food amongst the scent of the dead that permeated the city? She took in another deep breath and was sure she did. She activated the com and said, "Hey, I smell food. If you've got it down there don't forget about me up here. Will someone bring me some please? And by some I mean as much as possible... I'm starving...." After all the jumping and running she had worked up an appetite. She counted herself lucky at least. Since mutating she could eat all she wanted and not gain an ounce. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>12-03-2010, 18:53:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay limped inside as the smell of soup caught her nose. Suddenly her stomach grumbled and she didn't waste any time getting a bowl for herself. "Hope you don't mind if I help myself. I tend to forget manners." Shrugging apologetically she sat down, easing herself into the chair and she enjoyed the time off her feet. She had caught the end of the conversation and smiled to herself. So that was who Cole had been talking to. She was worried they were gonna have to blast him, which would have been a shame. She didn't hate the guy.<br><br>Digging in to her soup she sat in silence happily going over the past events. It had been a very eventful day, and despite the pitfalls that had occurred, it had been generally positive.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>12-03-2010, 20:51:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor heared Ash over the inter com and excused herself from the table and made up two large bowls of soup. She'd eat up on the roof with Ash. She nudged the door to the roof open with her but and walked up to Aislinn handing her one of the bowls. "You feeling allright? You can have a shower if you'd like after your watch."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>12-03-2010, 21:59:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash smiled and took the bowl, "Thanks. Yeah, I'm ok. Oh I'll probably be up here all night. They wouldn't admit it but after all that zombie bashing the others could use a good night's sleep. Maybe I'll get a shower tomorrow. Thanks for the offer."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>12-03-2010, 22:03:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Your welcome." Conor smiled and sat with her for a while in silence. Eating her soup when it was a little cooler. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>13-03-2010, 11:47:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay finished her soup quite quickly and made a move to wash up the bowl. Leaning on the table she turned to both Cole and Jasper. "Hey, are we going to sleep now? I'm just worried about ash staying on watch all night, maybe we should do shifts. If she gets tired and falls asleep up there and misses something things could go down the drain very quickly." It was out of her nature to have this sort of thought occur to her, maybe it was being forced into socialising that was making her more aware of others. Her crutches were propped up on the table and she took her bowl and washed it up in the sink she found to the side. She was trying to walk as normally as possible, not wanting to baby her ankle.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>13-03-2010, 23:03:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"No need to worry Kay, I plan on going up and taking Ash's place right now since I am finished eating. I don't require much sleep, never did and after ten years of active military, I sleep less than I ever have. I'll watch and you guys get some sleep." He walked over and washed his bowl out then turned towards Kay and Jasper. "If ya'll need me then you know where to find me. Night folks."<br>&nbsp;Cole disappeared and reappeared on the roof with Conor and Ash. "If you girls want to get some sleep, I'll watch things up here or feel free to hang out as well. I doubt I'll be sleeping anytime soon so I might as well make myself useful."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>13-03-2010, 23:50:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay gave a small wave as Cole left and sighed. Ruffling her hair she glanced over to Jasper. "Well today was fun" Smiling gently she sat back down and relaxed into the chair, going over the days events in her head. it had been jam packed, full of zombies, Barker and those weird monsters with the claws. She considered hitting the sack but realised that the beds would most likely be upstairs.vPerhaps she should wait till the others had gone upstairs and then she would give it a go. Stretching out she unzipped the front of her suit just a little and stood up, figuring she'd head up now so she had some more time. Picking up the crutches she turned to Jasper, "I think I may try head upstairs now. I'll see you later."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 00:32:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper stood as well and walked over to Kays side.&nbsp; Smiling he said, "I know you really don't like or want to have to rely on anyone but yourself so how about you do a favor me.&nbsp; Please allow me the great pleasure of carrying you up the stairs."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 00:51:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aislinn ate in silence. She had never been the social kind, expressing herself better to the world in her art and singing. She tried to think of something to say or ask Conor but kept coming up blank or deciding she didn't want to ask. She was saved from her own awkwardness by Cole. She looked at him thankfully when he appeared then said, "I'm really not tired enough to sleep. I just need to rest my legs." She was used to keeping strange hours staying up for a couple nights in a row sometimes because she had an idea in her head she just had to get out. Her mind was still very active and she knew if she went to lay down it would simply keep her awake. "How did your announcement go anyway?" she asked.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 06:13:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"It went ok I guess, haven't had a chance to talk with Jasper yet but he doesn't seem like thetype that it would bother him much. He'll probably think its funny. Well if you staying up we might as well chill up here. I'm not going to sleep anytime soon. Hopefully the night will be zombie free but chances of that seem slim. (Grins)<br>&nbsp;Oh, the soup was good Conor. I know it was canned but after eating rations it tasted like a gourmet meal to me."<br>&nbsp;Cole walked over and sat with Ash and Conor kinda just enjoying the cool night air after the blazing heat of the day. Cole was quite awkward when it came to conversation, especially with women. He more than often put his foot in his mouth. ~*You know what I think?*~ "Don't care what you think. Oops, sorry about that ladies, I'm gonna have to get used to not answering him out loud. I promise to work on that so I will quit freaking people out. He went away once, hopefully he will again."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 06:30:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash laughed lightly and said, "It doesn't freak me out but I'm used to it. The trick is trying to figure out whether you're talking to him or us. You're right about Jasper though he likely won't care. And As long as <em>you</em> don't cause any more explosions it should be a nice, zombie free night." She turned to Conor on her other side and said, "He's right Conor the soup really was good. After nothing but military or hospital food for months it was excellent. Thank you." She leaned back a bit and looked up at the stars. With the lights of the city dead there were so many of them. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 11:53:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay chewed her lip in thought. "I suppose, I mean...I'm doing you the favour" Smiling at him she let him carry her, appreciating the gesture, yet still unable to get rid of that nagging feeling of being useless. But she kept quiet, enjoying the feeling of being in his arms.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 16:07:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor smiled at the two of them. "your very welcome, there should be plenty more for everyone for breakfast in the morning. I think I'll grab myself a shower while it's free. Cole you said you had a suit for me?" She asked as she stood up.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 18:18:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"Yeah, I do have you a suit, hold on a minute." Cole took off his backpack and pulled out a folded suit. "Here you go. Like I said, you'll have one power unique to yourself. I have no idea what it is but you will know once you put on the suit." He smiled and handed her the suit. "Have fun with it. I have a blast with mine." He watched as Conor left and then turned his attention back to Ash.<br>&nbsp;"I'll try to be good tonight so the others can sleep, but I'm blowing something up tomorrow." Cole smiled talking with Ash at another attempt of some of his dry humor. "We do need to get the hang of those sonic powers to absorb the sound of those hogs. They are nice but they draw the attention of everything around."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 19:12:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aislinn chuckled when he said he was blowing something up tomorrow, "Go ahead and blow up all you want tomorrow, I might even help you, but for tonight I'm tired of fighting. We do need to figure out how to use these other powers. We're all still going to have to look out for Conor too. Even with the suit she's still just Human she doesn't have our speed or strength. I'm sure she can make up for it in other ways but... we still have to look out for her." She stretched her legs out and then got up and walked around the perimeter of the roof to check for any trouble. She didn't see anything. She sighed as she sat back down next to him, "Nothing... Cole... you ever wonder if we're not done changing? I've been hearing a lot about the virus mutating quickly and those things today were proof. What if we change more?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 19:41:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"You're right, we will need to look out for Conor but she doesn't seem like the type that is going to want to be pampered. We'll watch her back but I think she'll want to fend for herself as well. I think she'll do fine, she's a survivor, that's obvious already."<br>&nbsp;He watched as Ash rose to check things out around the building and he checked out the opposite side then sat back down and she came back to join him. "Quite a few things have crossed my mind Ash, including that. I didn't really want to bring it up and freak anybody out but after seeing those things that attacked the semi, there could be that chance. I also wonder if the real reason they sent us out here is to try and stop the virus. They give us practically no information except for a destination and then we are hit by lightning in a cloudless sky and our transport destroyed. Those transports should be protected against lightning strikes plus, why won't they send us another transport? I know damn well we didn't take the last one, and Barker shouldn't even been able to turn into a zombie, we're fucking immune. I haven't put it all together yet, but something is not right. The only ones we can truly count on out here are us, the team, we can't trust anyone else including Command Central. I am including Conor as part of the team, she has proved herself to me.*
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 20:07:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash nodded, "Yeah, she's a part of our team. I wonder with the whole Barker thing. I wonder if it was because he was close to dying or maybe even did die. They refused to tell me about other test subjects and experiments when I asked. Did they test that with others do you know? We are infected we just retained our minds and mutated in a different way. Maybe when we die we turn." She shuddered, "Quite the unsettling thought... I wouldn't be surprised if they sent us out here for some other reason. Maybe to test us or even to get rid of us though I don't know why they would want to get rid of us after investing so much in us. Its more likely a test. Who is strongest, who can survive? I wouldn't put it past them or be surprised. We're new tools, new toys, so how are they going to know the best way to utilize us other than to test and use us?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 20:38:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"Those are definitely points to ponder, Ash. What if their intention are not to gauge our abilities but the offensive and defensive capabilities of the virus? They may not intend for us to succeed, they may still control the virus and we are just a test for it. Haven't you noticed how the zombies don't attack as a brainless mob but actually as a unit, a poorly organized unit but as a unit, not a group of individuals. I'm not sure what's up yet but we'll figure it out before its over, till then we need to be careful what we report back to Central Command. We don't want to give them any info that they could use against us. I think they put Barker here with the intention of him turning, I may just be paranoid, but I would rather be paranoid and still alive. They say its not paranoia when its true and we may not be too far from the truth."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 21:52:38</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash nodded again, "I have to agree with you there. I'd much rather be paranoid than dead. Besides, it's a little more justified when you aren't the only one who's having the same paranoid thoughts. You might be right, they could just be testing the virus. Throwing us at it and seeing what kind of damage we can do and what it does to us... Those things... they're likely just the beginning." Then something occurred to her, "Hey Cole... can they track us with these suits? And if they can is there some way to disable it? You know... in case we have to in the future..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 22:16:19</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"They can track us alright, the suit's power source is through a signal bounced off of a satelite.the suit has a battery that's good for a day and a half maybe two days at the most. Maybe instead of blocking the signal, we can figure a way to send false readings back so they will think we are somewhere else. I'm no tech by any means but have been black ops for most of my military career, I have worked with some of the military's most high tech gagets, I picked up a few things. Conor has a knack for building things, she may have an idea or two as well."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>14-03-2010, 23:07:05</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor thanked him and headed to the shower. she washed up and enjoyed the warm water. She padded back to her room in a towel and got into the suit. It felt comfortable enough. She lay down on the bed and read a book.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>15-03-2010, 02:34:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aislinn nodded, she didn't like the idea that they could track them like that but she wasn't surprised. "It would definitely be something to look into. I'm no tech either. I could hardly keep my computer running much less figure out how these things work." she held her hands up in front of her, "I do have delicate and skillful hands though in case you need small fingers to mess with the circuits and stuff. As long as you can tell me what to do I can do it." She smiled at him then brought her hands down to rest on either side of her again. She sighed heavily, "I never thought I'd be using my hands like I have been. Never had any intention of ever picking up a gun. Oh well... life has ways of turning upside down just when you think you've got things figured out. At least in my experience. I might not be as strong as you others but at least I'm not useless and you know I always have your backs.... and fronts and sides..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>15-03-2010, 03:12:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Smiling Jasper lays Kay down on one of the bunks then kneels down to help her with one of her boots as he said, "Thanks Kay my arms needed the exercise even though you weigh very little every bit of lifting helps.&nbsp; So what do you think of Cole's uh... little friend?&nbsp; I kinda think its creepy in a way but mostly just funny as hell.&nbsp; Wonder if we should start calling him something like two face.&nbsp; You know get some white grease paint slap it across half of his face while he's sleep... hehehehe now wouldn't be a kick." 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>15-03-2010, 03:33:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"Well I am far from the strongest, jasper has us all beat in that area and to be honest, you are probably faster than me. I guess my advantage would be my training." He watches as she holds up her hands and could imagine her hands being talented at many more things than killing. Her hands drop back down to her hips whose curves the suit do little to hide. He tries to fall back on his training not to think of her in that sort of way but finds that his will power eludes him. He misses half of what she says afterwards but hears the part about her having their backs. That is one thing he never doubted of Ash or any of them but especially Ash, he knew she had his back and she as well as the rest could count on him, to have theirs.<br>&nbsp;"That's one thing I know for sure in all this insanity Ash, your loyalty is beyond question." He knew his lust shown through in his eyes even though he fought deparately to hide it, to push it away. He knew it was improper to think of someone under his command in such a way, but then there wasn't much proper about this whole situation they were in.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>15-03-2010, 04:00:26</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash smiled and looked at him again. She saw that unmistakable look of lust in his eyes even though she could see him struggling to contain it. "We're all in this together. Us crazy freaks have to stick together and look out for each other. I don't think anyone else is..." she said then she leaned over and lightly pressed her lips to his. Her cheeks turned a little pink as she blushed. She hoped she wasn't being terribly forward or something or worse - that she had read him wrong. She wasn't military so she didn't have the reservations about him being her commander like he did. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>15-03-2010, 04:22:57</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;His eyes closed as their lips touched, a&nbsp; cascade of thoughts flooding his mind. Her lips were warm..soft. The gentle sweetness of her kiss was felt throughout his body like tiny electric shocks. So long it had been since he had allowed himself the pleasure of a woman's touch.<br>&nbsp;Their breif kiss ended and he opened his eyes to gaze at her noticing the slight blush in her cheeks. He was at a loss for words and raised his hand to lightly brush her cheek instead. His hand slid behind her head into her silky locks and pulled her to him so he could taste her lips once more. Their kiss this time was longer, rougher, with more passion. Driven by lust, he no longer cared about wrong or right, only to feel her touch.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>15-03-2010, 04:43:21</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash was glad when he returned her soft kiss instead of pulling away. She was even more glad when he gently brushed her cheek and pulled her into another kiss. This time she wasn't hesitant. He obviously did return her feelings or at least wanted her at that moment. Either way, she didn't care at the moment. She moaned softly into their kiss and when she felt his lips part a little she slipped her sweet tongue into his mouth. Her right hand came up to run through his hair and trace the edge of his ear. She pulled her tongue from his mouth for a moment to nip lightly at his lip then resumed exploring his mouth with her soft tongue.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>15-03-2010, 19:13:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay watched him intently as he helped remove her boots. Never being one to accept help this was progress for her. "Glad I could be of help. If you ever need anything else let me know" Pulling her hair to the side she wiggled her toes and laughed at his comment. "Yeah, his little friend seems...interesting. At first I thought we were gonna have to get rid of Cole. But now I definitely think we can have some fun with it. Kind of like an ebony and ivory skit." smiling to herself she patted the space next to her and she slid along the bunk. "We should make some plans. Draw it out, nice and long. Start off with little things. Then build up so it starts to nag him....then we should have one almighty prank. Now that...that is how we should do it." She giggled, like an excited school girl. She was going to enjoy plotting with Jasper. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>15-03-2010, 20:14:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper smiled broadly as he took advantage of Kay's invite and sat down next to her on the bunk and chuckled heartily at her plans.&nbsp; "You know come to think of it there is another small favor you might be able to help me out with.&nbsp; You see my arms where not the only part of me that could use a bit of a work out.&nbsp; Perhaps you wouldn't mind turning around a bit so I can flex my dexterous digits&nbsp; on your back, shoulders and neck&nbsp; for a bit.&nbsp; While we make our most interesting plans"&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>15-03-2010, 20:19:58</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"I suppose I could help you out there" She shifted her body so her had better access to her back and thought a bit more about Cole's new friend. "Does he have a name? He must do right? So weird. I swear there's some kind of name for that sort of thing. Hmm...we should find out the name" She could tell she was rambling, she always did in isolated situations. She could handle herself perfectly well under fire or any other kind of pressure, but in social situations she always managed to fuck it up somehow.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>15-03-2010, 21:00:24</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Chuckling lightly Jasper began to use his strong flexible fingers to kneed out the stress from Kay's back and shoulders that he had felt there as he had carried her up the stairs.&nbsp; "Yeah I'm sure it does.&nbsp; &nbsp;I knew this chick who would come down to the beach and read books as she lay out in the sun.&nbsp; Can you believe that she actually hauled her pretty little ass all the way to the beach just to read a book.&nbsp; Never could figure that one out.&nbsp; Anyway one day I thought I would go over and see what she was reading.&nbsp; Turns out she was reading a book about this chick that has like 20 some odd people all living inside of her.&nbsp; These different women and girls of different ages would just pop out and take control when something was going on that the girl couldn't handle or they just popped out cuz they wanted to take control.&nbsp; The crazy part is just like what you said, all these others in her had names of their own.&nbsp; &nbsp;But in a way having one of em take control is a very scary thought... what if something like that starts happening with Cole?&nbsp; Could mean bad news if one day we are wading knee deep through zombie shit and the fucker just suddenly flips or something.&nbsp; I'd hate to have to squish his head like a bug but if he became more of a liability then I guess I would have to do what had to be done.&nbsp; Would be a shame though... the guys alright for a military jockey and god knows we have all been through enough shit together to know that we all have each others backs."&nbsp; Jasper fell silent for a moment as he continued to massage Kay's back thinking about how good her back felt under his fingers.&nbsp; Kay had a strong beautifully formed back that began to arouse&nbsp; him.&nbsp; "Your hair smells very nice... which shampoo did you end up using?"&nbsp; Jasper heard himself say.&nbsp; He really liked Kay but never really knew quite what might be the best things to say.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>15-03-2010, 21:35:40</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Just to read? Fuck...what's the point of that?" she shook her head as he carried on, enjoying his take on things. They shared a lot of the same thoughts clearly, maybe thats why she felt more comfortable around him. Cole and Ash were great but...well, she felt rough around them. And Conor was cool too, though she still felt uneasy, it took a while to earn that kind of trust. "Well, as long Cole keeps his shit together we'll be fine. I don't think he's going to need a straightjacket any time soon." she paused as a moan passed her lips, he was doing a good job and she could feel the knots in her back being kneaded away with ease.<br><br>"Fuck that feels good Jasper. I don't know which one I used...um...the purple one I think. Lavender." She sighed as he worked her back, closing her eyes she finally began to truly relax and after a long day it was needed. "I'll have to repay you somehow for this..." Kay was letting her guard down now, something very rare and she hoped he realised how much she clearly trusted him to even let him touch her like this.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>15-03-2010, 23:56:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper paused for only a moment while working an a particularly hard knot on Kay's shoulder, "There is no need to repay me.&nbsp; I asked for a favor and you were more than kind of enough to help me out.&nbsp; Especially when I think about how your not usually the touchy feely type.&nbsp; If any one's gotta pay it'll be me paying you."&nbsp; Jasper went back to work on Kay's shoulder feeling damn lucky to have found such a good friend.&nbsp; 45 minutes later with all of Kay's knots, aches and pains all worked out Jasper lightly patted her back saying, "Well my fingers feel a 100 percent better now thanks.&nbsp; Your back and shoulders gave me just the kind of exercise I really needed."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>16-03-2010, 00:12:46</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"No, I should do something for you...and I think I could get used to the touchy feely thing if it feels that good. Trust me, you have magic fingers." Smiling she stretched out and sighed happily. Turning around she ran her fingers through her still wet hair. "If there's anything else that needs exercise let me know, I'm your girl". <br>She didn't feel tired anymore, just comfortably chilled. Everything seemed to be going well, she wasn't fucking up her first decent conversation with another person, she felt relaxed, and despite the slight ache in her ankle she was on top of the world.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>16-03-2010, 00:36:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper smiled lightly.&nbsp; Very happy that he had been able to help Kay feel better.&nbsp; When she asked if there was anything else that needed exercise to let her know he couldn't help but smile even broader.&nbsp; Not particularly to interested in leaving her side just yet but until then not having any real reason for doing so said, "Well now that you mention it I don't think my thumbs got quite all the exercise they need and now that my fingers are all warmed up they could be pushed a little harder.&nbsp; Maybe if you wouldn't mind I could borrow your legs."&nbsp; Part of him half expected for her to laugh then just kick him off the bed which he thought would actually be pretty funny.&nbsp; Another part of him wondered what it would feel like to kiss her beautiful lips but he was not about to try anything like that and ruin this new trust and friendship that was being developed between then.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>16-03-2010, 10:19:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She thought about his request. Silently she lifted her legs onto the bed and adjusted herself on the bed. "I did say if you needed anything didn't I?" She was glad he didn't plan on leaving, she enjoyed being in his company. She wondered how far Jasper would push this little game they seemed to be playing. She knew he could be a cocky bastard when he wanted to be and she was curious to see what he planned on doing with her. Perhaps that was why she had decided to go along with his little favours.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>16-03-2010, 11:16:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Between the fact that Kay's legs really didn't need to be massaged and the fact that this felt different maybe even some how wrong from the first two rounds Jasper made short work of finishing up massaging her legs but instead of getting up he just sat there for a few minutes looking straight ahead.&nbsp; Then finally he did turn and look at her for a moment then looked away as he asked, "You ever get scared Kay?&nbsp; I used to think I couldn't be scared... today I found out I was wrong.&nbsp; Today I was plenty scared for all of us.&nbsp; Those fucking creatures... what ever they were... they had me scared.&nbsp; I've seen a lot of shit... starting with my friends going ape shit and eventually munching on each other.&nbsp; What the thing that had been my mom did to my dad... attacking my mom to save my... my sister but I had come to late... I made through all that, I made it through wading up passed my ass in zombie gore and blood... but those last things we fought.. those fuckers was bad news and for the first time in my life I was nearly scared shitless."&nbsp; Jasper held his hands out in front of him and it was quite obvious to both of them just how badly he had been shaken and only now that they were all safe was his body reacting to it.&nbsp; His hands were shaking so bad it started to make the bunk shake until Jasper put his hands under his legs and just sat there on them.&nbsp; Finally when he did look at Kay again he winked and actually managed a week smile, "Guess you human tank ain't quite all that indestructible after all."&nbsp; &nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>16-03-2010, 11:37:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay listened intently, frowning at his words. She wasn't sure how to react to this sudden admission and for a moment she just sat there. Moving closer she put an arm around his shoulder and stroked him, if a little hesitantly. What he said about him mom hit home for her and she realised how much he'd been through, maybe she did think of him as a human tank. Maybe they put pressure on him to be the indestructible one in the group. His shaking hands took her by surprise and she found herself hushing him, trying to reassure him somehow.<br>"Of course your aren't Jas, we all get scared shitless. Today I was convinced we were gonna get nailed by those things. Seeing those grunts on the ground brings you back to reality. You don't have to be the big macho 'I-ain't-scared-of-anything' guy that you are all the time." Smiling back she looked hard at him, looking him straight in the eyes. "Don't feel like you can't get scared, fear can be good, stops you from doing stupid things...but remember, we're all here. You get scared you've got me and the others watching your back...unconditionally" she added. She wrapped both arms around him now and rested her head on his shoulder. "It's gonna be okay, I promise. Sure we're facing a fucking zombie apocalypse, but, we'll get through it"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>17-03-2010, 10:00:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper was almost stunned by Kay's response.&nbsp; But what had he expected?&nbsp; Laughter? Scorn?&nbsp; Slowly he lifted his arms and wrapped them around her as well.&nbsp; Jasper was relieved to feel his hands stop shaking as he held Kay in his arms.&nbsp; Softly whispering, "Thanks Kay... you and the others... we're all like family now.&nbsp; So I'll be a broken super human tank... but I'll still have your back." <br><br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>Deeper in the city perched upon the roof of one of six 10 story buildings set in a circle with a large circular square in the center the woman glares down into the night sniper rifle (one of four weapons carried on her person) for the moment held loosely in her lap .&nbsp; At one time there had been a beautiful large man made cement pond in the center of the square.&nbsp; Oh the pond was still there but only the edges of it could be seen through all the piles of dead and rotted headless corpses that littered the ground.&nbsp; Minerva Nightingale was the last of a small group of survivors who had been first thrown together then one by one had been torn apart.&nbsp; Minerva was a 28 year old bomb shell of a beauty.&nbsp; Stood 5'10 inches with a lithe muscular build.&nbsp; Decent sized breasts shapely hips and ass.&nbsp; Her hair was dark red with some golden highlights.&nbsp; Minerva knew something was different about her from the start but none of the others said anything about feeling different so neither did she.&nbsp; Before all the crazy shit had begun Minerva had been a very successful small arms dealer, developer and demolitions expert who had an intimate knowledge of how to use all of the weapons she made and traded in.&nbsp; &nbsp;Made a hell of a lot of money off the military charging them an arm, a leg and then some for her ideas.&nbsp; It was her way of saying fuck you to the bastards who said she couldn't join just because she also had a dick in her pants.&nbsp; She was wearing her own specially made form fitting black suit.&nbsp; No it didn't give her any special powers but it was both bullet and fire proof.&nbsp; Over the bottom of her tight fitting suit she wore black loose fitting pants and black leather riding boots.&nbsp; She was also wearing a black leather vest were she kept a lighter along with a pack of Newports in one of the pockets.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>The whole top floor of large apartment/office complex belonged to her.&nbsp; The place had been built as under the new concept of live and work at home.&nbsp; Well actually she held the title to all 6 buildings but she only claimed the top floor of one of the building as her own.&nbsp; After having to shoot down the last of her surviving friends after he had turned zombie on her Minerva had barricaded herself in her 10 floor fortress.&nbsp; With enough supplies to last several years if need be.&nbsp; The emergency generators would only last a couple years without being finding more fuel for them.&nbsp; <br><br>The night was quiet with nothing stirring yet down below but then again the night was early.&nbsp; Soon enough more of those zombies would spill out into the streets in search of food.&nbsp; Atop her building with her sniper rifle, high power pistol, sub machine rifle and heavy laser cannon (think of the weapons used by Shepard in Mass Effect) all with self regenerating ammo Minerva was more than ready.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>17-03-2010, 14:47:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay laughed at his response. "Sounds like a plan. And look, you've got me hugging someone. This is major physical contact for me, well done" She gave him a squeeze before leaning back a little. She wasn't sure how he'd done it, but she wasn't on edge for once in her life. She felt relaxed, like everything was so much easier now. It was like a weight had been lifted and she silently thanked him for opening her up.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>17-03-2010, 16:07:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=61323.msg2839971#msg2839971">Quote from: Demik on 15-03-2010, 04:43:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Ash was glad when he returned her soft kiss instead of pulling away. She was even more glad when he gently brushed her cheek and pulled her into another kiss. This time she wasn't hesitant. He obviously did return her feelings or at least wanted her at that moment. Either way, she didn't care at the moment. She moaned softly into their kiss and when she felt his lips part a little she slipped her sweet tongue into his mouth. Her right hand came up to run through his hair and trace the edge of his ear. She pulled her tongue from his mouth for a moment to nip lightly at his lip then resumed exploring his mouth with her soft tongue.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>&nbsp;Cole let himself fall into their kiss as he felt her fingers in his hair and tracing behind his ear. His own hand slides into her locks holding her lips pressed to his, lingering in the kiss. His kiss moved to her cheek then her earlobe, tugging gently at it with his teeth. He hot breath danced across ear and neck before he broke away and leaned back a slightly with a little chuckle. "We pick a hell of a time to get aquainted, we're supposed to be on watch. Hehe. We might even be caught up here on the roof, though that is actually a turn on more than anything."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>17-03-2010, 17:30:15</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper chuckles lightly and shakes his head, "I fall apart and you get all fixed up.&nbsp; You know somehow that sounds like a fair trade to me."&nbsp; Jasper holds his hands out in front of him once again almost afraid that they'll start shaken again.&nbsp; When they stay steady his smile grows a little bigger.&nbsp; "Well would you look at that?&nbsp; Looks like your hugs are pretty magical... maybe you should try it more often."&nbsp; Jasper drops his hands and looks over at Kay.&nbsp; "I don't know about you but all this talking has made me a little thirsty.&nbsp; Why don't I go downstairs and see if Conor has something to drink around here besides water.&nbsp; If not hopefully she'll at least have some ice.&nbsp; I can't remember the last time I had a nice cold drink.&nbsp; How does that sound to you?"<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>A couple of zombies make a showing only to be easily picked off with the sniper rifle.&nbsp; Minerva holsters the rifle on her back and stands stretching out her legs and arms.&nbsp; "Forget this boring routine."&nbsp; She mutters to herself as she walks over to the utility shed that leads to the stairwell which will take her back into the building.&nbsp; All of the rooms facing out with windows are left in darkness.&nbsp; Looking at the outside her tenth story looks just as dark and foreboding as the other near by buildings.&nbsp; The central rooms however are a different matter.&nbsp; One of the first ones that she passes through looks like a scene from enterprise bridge with several video displays showing brief snips of what is being recorded by the security cameras that are set up throughout the halls and outside of the building.&nbsp; All of the camera's along with several strategically placed laser turrets are now controlled fully from this room.&nbsp; There used to be guards that took care of that detail but they were all long dead and gone now.&nbsp; Another room contained three 2,000 gallon aquariums which were actually set in the walls so they could be seen in three other rooms as well.&nbsp; One was a salt water reef tank with all kinds of living coral and an assortment of fish associated with reef life.&nbsp; Another held a two year old tiger shark that was constantly on the move from one end of the tank back to the other.&nbsp; The third tank was filled with a fresh water community of a wide variety of fresh water wish who all pretty much got along well with the others.&nbsp; The first tank shared a wall with her living room the second tank shared a room with her work out room and the third shared a wall with her bed room.&nbsp; It was this last room that Minerva headed to next.&nbsp; In the bedroom she took off all four of her weapons putting hem away in one of the&nbsp; gun cabinets.&nbsp; In actuality there was not a single room in the house that did not have at least 4 different weapons hidden somewhere.&nbsp; With two rooms fully dedicated to storing her most advanced weapons.&nbsp; After storing her weapons she stripped out of her suit and padded softly to the shower.&nbsp; After standing under the hot water for nearly 30 minutes Minerva finally gets out drys off and slips into a pink satin nighty.&nbsp; Not long after wards with a tub of popcorn in one hand and a cold beer in the other she sits down on a plush sofa and turns on the dvd player.&nbsp; Hitting the play button she takes a swig of bear as the title screen of Sleepless in Seattle begins to play.&nbsp; Not for the first time she cant help but wonder why she is such a sucker for these so called chick flicks as she glances over to the coffee table to make sure she has enough Kleenex for the tears that are sure to fall even if she has seen this movie at least a thousand times.&nbsp; &nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>17-03-2010, 19:03:58</strong>
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				"I'm not so sure, I'll have to fix you at some point. But yeah, I'll have to hug people more" Laughing to herself. "Ha! can you imagine how freaked out Cole and Ash would be if I hugged them? I'd pay to see those faces." Smiling at him she lifted her knees to her chest. "Oh that sounds great, I would come with you but obviously..." she trailed off as she glanced at her ankle, it would be better soon, already the swelling was going down thanks to her mutated genes.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>17-03-2010, 19:15:20</strong>
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				Conor was tired but the suit was just too god not to test. She put her book down and opened her window, climbing out of it. She closed it quietly and walked a few blocks away. She hid from passing zombies and stayed in shadows, she opened her hand and thought about what the others could do. After a few seconds a powerful hand gun appeared in her hand. She smiled at it and then looked up at the building she was hiding behind. She crouched down and jumped with all her strength, she shot up like a rocket and landed in a very feline pose. "Whoa..super jumps." she grinned and looked over the edge of the building. A couple of stray zombies were walking under her and she took aim. she fired one..two..three shots and they all fell. She grinned at her new ability and did a little victory dance. "Yes I did it I did it."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>17-03-2010, 20:30:15</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper smiled and laughed so hard picturing Cole and Ash's face after being hugged he actually feel on the floor and continued to roll around for a few moments laughing till he cried.&nbsp; Finally with his sides hurting not able to laugh anymore.&nbsp; Jasper sat up and looked over at Kay with the widest smile on his face anyone had ever seen.&nbsp; "I would pay to see that too... great laugh just thinking about it."&nbsp; Jasper stood and looked at Kay sitting on her bunk, "If you ever feel like you need some practice hugging you know where to find me."&nbsp; Then chuckling lightly he went downstairs to see what he might find.&nbsp; <br><br>Several minutes later Jasper returned carrying two large glasses of iced tea with a few ice cubes floating in each glass.&nbsp; "Looks like ole tank hit the jack pot sweet cheeks.&nbsp; &nbsp;Not only did I find the ice cubes but I also found some instant tea mix to stir in with the water.&nbsp; Wat?&nbsp; Don be given me that look sweetie... I swear I'll never understand why people seem so shocked by the idea that I might know my way around a kitchen just a little bit."<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>Minerva was so startled by the gun shots that came from her roof that she threw the tub of popcorn in the air and was in her bed room putting on her suit before the popcorn even hit the floor in the other room.&nbsp; With practiced grace she slid her suit over her shapely legs up under her nighty then slipped the top over her head.&nbsp; Pausing only long enough to put on some pink fuzzy slippers.&nbsp; Not stopping to think that she pretty much looked like she was wearing a two piece wet suit with the bottom half of a pink satin nighty sticking out of the bottom of her black form fitting suit top.&nbsp; <br><br>Utilizing the monitor in the utility shack she located the trespasser who was looking down into the square pointing her gun in the same direction.&nbsp; "What the fuck?"&nbsp; Minerva muttered in a very un-lady like fashion.&nbsp; She never had been one to swear all that often but once in a while she managed to surprise herself with a few choice words.&nbsp; Without a sound Minerva leaves the shed and practically floats from one shadow to the next as she makes her way to where the woman is standing on the other side of the roof.&nbsp; Leveling her handgun in a position to shoot out the woman's kneecap if need be.&nbsp; "Do you mind telling me what... never mind what!&nbsp; How the Fuck did you get up here on my Roof!"&nbsp; There was that horrible word again... 'gawd don't tell me I'm going to start my period again so soon.'
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>17-03-2010, 20:47:55</strong>
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				Conor jumped hearing another voice and fell flat on her rear end. She stared speechless at the woman who stood before her holding a gun. "Uh.. well believe it or not..I jumped." She smiled sheepishly and thought. 'Shit im in real trouble.'&nbsp; she wanted to stand but the gun pointed at her ment keep still. "I'm not here to hurt you or anything, though I doubt I could..Im just practising with some new uh..abilities.."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>17-03-2010, 21:04:25</strong>
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				She laughed along with Jasper, clutching at her stomach which began to ache. Wiping the tears from her eyes she had finally calmed down when he came back up with the iced tea. "You? you know your way around a kitchen? Shit...you're just full of surprises aren't you?". Taking the glass gratefully she took a long drink before leaning back on the wall. "Oh, that hits the spot just right. Great idea Jas." Purring like a cat she settled on the bed, "It's pretty damn quite all of a sudden, I guess after today it's nice to have a break from reality"
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>17-03-2010, 21:24:48</strong>
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				"Jumped!?!?&nbsp; Abilities... listen here... I wasn't born fucking yesterday... 'damn that word again' ...I have abilities too but none of them have turned me into some kind of freaking super woman that can leap over a tall building in a single bound, or in this case find their way to the top of a 10 story building just to shoot at fucking zombies!&nbsp; ...'Damn it, I hate that word'...&nbsp; You better start coming clean with me.&nbsp; Who are you and where did you come from?&nbsp; And I swear to gawd if you make me say that filthy f word just one more time I will put a cap in that pretty little ass of yours so fast it will make your head spin!&nbsp; Savey?!?!"<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>"Reality?&nbsp; More like the never ending nightmare from hell if you ask me.&nbsp; But your right it really is nice to get a break for a change.&nbsp; And yes even meat heads like me have to eat.&nbsp; You don't really think I put on all this muscle just by eating spinach do you?&nbsp; But speaking of breaks look what I found while looking for something to drink.&nbsp; (Jasper pulls a deck of cards out of a pocket in his suit)&nbsp; The only game I actually remember ever playing is war and 52 card pick up but maybe you know some other games you might be willing to share now that you have turned out to be quite the socializer." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>18-03-2010, 04:04:58</strong>
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				Aislinn tried to give him a serious look and she would have succeeded if her eyes weren't twinkling so much, "And just who ever said I was going to do anything more than just kiss you huh? Though on that note if we were to do more are you just looking for some fun and I happen to be here or are you interested in more than just a fuck?" She couldn't say she didn't care what his answer was because she did like Cole but she had to know so she'd know his position on this. Either way she'd do him because she really wanted him. She just needed to know whether it was just one of those meaningless things or not.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>18-03-2010, 10:05:09</strong>
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				Conor paniced and thought hard, looking around quickly. "You don't believe me huh? What If I could prove I can jump ten stories?" She stood up slowly and backed up to the edge of the building.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>18-03-2010, 10:10:48</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Minerva smiled and said, "Tell you what sweetie if you can prove it then I'll cook you the biggest steak dinner you've ever had as a way of saying I'm sorry for not believing you."&nbsp; Minerva attached her gun to her hip and held out her hand to the young woman whose name she still did not know.&nbsp; "What do you say?&nbsp; Do we have a deal?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>18-03-2010, 10:20:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor grinned and took the woman's hand and pulled her cloe and jumped straight off the building. She kept a good grip around her and as they landed on the ground making a small crater she lept upwards again and straight up the building again, her secong landing was a bit off and she stumbled a little but remained upright. She panted from the excitement and looked up at her. "That proof enough?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>18-03-2010, 10:29:04</strong>
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				"Honey after that performance you can have the whole damn cow.&nbsp; Come on I owe you one hell of a dinner.&nbsp; My name is Minerva Nightingale but you can just call me&nbsp; Min if you wish.&nbsp; But come on and you can tell me all about you while I slave away behind a hot stove."&nbsp; Inside Minerva was positively thrilled at the prospects of playing host to her entirely unexpected but very welcome guest.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>18-03-2010, 19:42:40</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Hmm, I still have trouble believing this. Maybe it's cuz I'm trying to imagine you in an apron"Giggling she clutched her still aching stomach and calmed herself down. In all fairness the idea of Jasper in a floral frilly apron was enough to have her in stitches. Kay grinned at the deck Jasper had been carrying. "Snap...that's it. Like I said, I don't really do socialisation. Well, not before now. When I was younger I was doing more illegal activities as a way to pass time rather than a game of cards." Shrugging her shoulders she turned towards him and watched as he dealt the cards. "Oh..how about poker? I might know that one"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>18-03-2010, 19:56:40</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor happily followed Minerva and looked around her home with great interest. "Well..I should really get back to the others..but im sure i wont be missed for a while..I'm sure they'd love to meet you." She smiled at the older woman and nearly jumped when she noticed a shark swimming past the wall. "Whoa..you keep that thing here?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>18-03-2010, 20:29:50</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=61323.msg2850717#msg2850717">Quote from: Demik on 18-03-2010, 04:04:58</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Aislinn tried to give him a serious look and she would have succeeded if her eyes weren't twinkling so much, "And just who ever said I was going to do anything more than just kiss you huh? Though on that note if we were to do more are you just looking for some fun and I happen to be here or are you interested in more than just a fuck?" She couldn't say she didn't care what his answer was because she did like Cole but she had to know so she'd know his position on this. Either way she'd do him because she really wanted him. She just needed to know whether it was just one of those meaningless things or not.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>&nbsp;Cole bowed his head a little, he had seen the twinkle in her eye but still felt ashamed that he had made the implication. "I appologize Ash. I really got a way with the girls don't I?" he raised his head and gazed back into her eyes as he continued speaking. "I can't honestly say where such an encounter may take us. I have never been in an actual relationship and not even sure I am capable. I have never loved anyone before, in a way my life has not permitted me to but I do know this, you are not meaningless to me in any way. Should we go beyond a kiss or never kiss again won't change that, I will still hold the same respect for you that you have earned from me."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 02:29:58</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper smiled and chuckled lightly as his cheeks filled with a deep blush, "My apron if I ever choose to use one is a simple dark blue affair nothing particularly funny about that.&nbsp; I only played poker once... by the time I lost my pants the game somehow became quite forgotten... but I wouldn't mind learning how to play all over again.&nbsp; I am sure we can find something around here to post our wagers with."<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>"Others?&nbsp; I had not realized or thought you might be with friends.&nbsp; Forgive my asking but do they look almost as half starved as yourself?&nbsp; I mean... you look good and healthy but you lack the luster of one who is not eating quite as well as you should."&nbsp; Minerva couldn't help but laugh lightly at Conor's reaction to her baby tiger shark.&nbsp; "Yes he's been one of my favorite pets.&nbsp; I have two other tanks all three of them can be seen from one room.&nbsp; I don't believe I have caught your name, although I could always just keep calling you honey, sweetie or any other off the list of endearing terms."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 09:52:31</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor felt her cheeks heat up as Minerva listed off some pet names. "I'm Conor, Minerva right?" Her attention was back onto the tiger shark, her eyes following it's path around the tank. "And yeah I havent ben eating that much, I tried to save my supplies of food, and recently found some soup to share with the team.."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 10:06:24</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Well Conor don't you worry about that any longer ole Minerva here has enough supplies to last a good couple years before she would have to looking for replacements."&nbsp; Noticing Conor watching the shark again, "Sure is a beauty isn't he."&nbsp; After rummaging around in the fridge she pulls out a package with a couple of large t bone steaks.&nbsp; "What do you want with that steak I promised you?&nbsp; A nice crisp salad, baked potato all of the above?&nbsp; Oh and how would you like that cooked?"&nbsp; While digging through her spices Minerva adds over her shoulder,&nbsp; &nbsp;"Group eh... what kind of group?" 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 10:10:35</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"He sure is.." She took her gaze from him and watched Minerva rummage about the kitchen. "Uh just a salad please, I dont think I could handle a big meal after such a long time." She found a seat and sat down, still watching her. "I'm not sure I can say too much about them, I may have said too much alredy...would you like to come back with me and meet them? Im sure they could use someone like you on the team."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 10:35:31</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Minerva smiled, "Then a nice large salad it shall be." Turning back to the fridge to rummage around again and started to pull out the fixings for a really nice salad.&nbsp; "So whats the big mystery behind this group they some kind of top secret Nazi's or something."&nbsp; Then turning her smile dropping, "Care to clarify that someone like you bit?&nbsp; Last person that said something like that to me had to go to the hospital to have his balls repaired after I kicked him." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 16:39:57</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=61323.msg2853847#msg2853847">Quote from: Nim on 19-03-2010, 02:29:58</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Jasper smiled and chuckled lightly as his cheeks filled with a deep blush, "My apron if I ever choose to use one is a simple dark blue affair nothing particularly funny about that.&nbsp; I only played poker once... by the time I lost my pants the game somehow became quite forgotten... but I wouldn't mind learning how to play all over again.&nbsp; I am sure we can find something around here to post our wagers with."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>She loved seeing him blush, it was a whole new side to him. "Okay, okay you wear your manly apron" Hiding the last remains of her laughter she continued "As for poker I think I can remember the main rules, but like you, the last time I played I was left pant-less." Getting up she looked around the room hoping to find something to bet with. "How about these? They might work" she held up some old dusty jar lids. "Not sure what they were use for but they'll do. Unless you want to play by your previous standards" Smiling she came and sat back down, piling up the lids in size order. They would do fine until they could find something better to wage with.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 16:59:45</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jarvis chuckled lightly truly enjoying this opportunity to really get to know Kay and liking her more and more with each passing moment.&nbsp; "Yeah those will work just fine unless we run across something that works better.&nbsp; As for playing by my or should I say our previous standards I think perhaps that should wait till after we've had a few dates before we take that kind leap in discovering new things about one another."&nbsp; Jasper picked up the deck and began to shuffle more than a few cards flying out where they were not supposed to from time to time which either made him chuckle or blush depending on what kind of look Kay happened to give him at that time.&nbsp; "I guess I forgot to mention the part about sucking at this shuffling shit.&nbsp; Anyway your the one that remembers at least some of the rules so go ahead and spill them out.&nbsp; If something happens during the game were unsure of I guess we'll just have to make something up."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 18:20:12</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She did her best to hide any amusement as he tried to shuffle the pack. "Don't worry about it, it's just cards, no need to be perfect about it". As she tried to pull out the memories of the game rules they slowly came back to her. Once she as sure she'd explained them properly, having gone over the different flushes and so on, she picked up her hand. "Okay, first to the right of dealer goes first, seeing as there are just two of us, that'd be me" the game was slow to start but soon Kay go back into the flow of it. The game was easily taking her mind off the quietness of the place. She figured Cole and Ash were on watch with Conor somewhere. Maybe it was her training and conditioning but she felt ill at ease in such an empty surrounding. At least her game with Jasper helped.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 19:08:49</strong>
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				Conor was taken aback by the sudden change in mood. "I only ment a strong woman who clearly knows her guns...I ment nothing wrong by it..honest." She looked at her appologeticly. She normaly never offended anyone at all, unless she was picking a fight. "And..well these people don't seem like nazi's..they just kill the zombies.." She added trying to change the subject.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 19:35:44</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				As Kay and Jasper continued to play their game of cards they talked about more of the rules that came to mind.&nbsp; Jasper even tried to see how far Kay might open up by asking her what was her favorite color, what kinds of music did she like and if she had any favorite movies.&nbsp; Jasper in turn had told her that his favorite color had always been purple.&nbsp; Some of his favorite bands consisted of Pink Floyd, Nightwish, Santana and the Eagles.&nbsp; As it turned out Jasper was also a big Star Wars and Star Trek fan as well.&nbsp; They had been playing for a while when Jasper noticed that both of their drinks were empty.&nbsp; "Would you like some more tea or maybe just some water since it is kinda getting late.&nbsp; Don't know about you but to much tea or coffee before going to bed gives me night mares."<br><br>_________________________<br><br>It was Minerva's turn to be very apologetic, "No... it's alright I guess I have been alone so long now I forgot how to have a civil conversation.&nbsp; Plus... well... there is something about me that makes me rather touchy when someone says something like that.&nbsp; I... I was born with both male and female parts.&nbsp; My father... the big... well never mind what he was.&nbsp; My father hated me before I was even born or I guess actually he hated the fact that my mom went and got her self pregnant when he had told her that under no condition did he ever want to have children.&nbsp; Well when I came out the way I did and the doctors suggested that something could be done about it he declined.&nbsp; Just one of his sick ways of getting even with my mom.&nbsp; In a lot of ways I have learned to live with the fact but it hasn't ever been easy and as you just saw certain aspects of the situation can really set me off.&nbsp; All my life I've had to put up with peoples phobias as my shrink used to say people like me.&nbsp; I got so sick of her saying that one day I just flat out bitch slapped her so hard her glasses flew off her face then walked out of her office declaring myself cured."&nbsp; All the time she had been speaking Minerva had been cutting up the different veggies she had found to put in the salad she paused mid chop while cutting a tomato it being her turn to change the subject, "So your friends kill zombies big deal I do it all the time nothing so special about that unless they all top of the line special suits like the one your wearing.&nbsp; Looks kind of like one of the designs I sold to the military for two arms and leg.&nbsp; If it is then that thing your wearing is rigged with at least one tracking device probably cant use the bathroom without someone knowing.&nbsp; I always did feel sorry for what ever poor sole they eventually stuck one of those on.&nbsp; Sorry no offense."&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 19:44:45</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				At first she had been a little apprehensive, but it was Jasper, and the game helped to loosen her up. Her favourite colour was purple, thats why she had it dyed into her hair. She didn't listen to much music but would always stand by Jimi Hendrix She was a big sci-fi fan and Star wars had always been her favourite film, although she disclosed under terms of the upmost secrecy that she had always loved The Notebook and whenever she felt sad she would curl up and watch it with a jar of peanut butter and some kleenex. <br>She'd lost track of time and flexed her legs a bit to get the feeling back in her feet. "Yeah, water may be a better call. And I would have thought by now that I'm the wrong person to talk to about nightmares, you'll give me ideas" grinning cheekily as she spoke she picked up the glasses, wanting to come downstair with him but knowing that he would most likely refuse to let her walk. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 19:47:12</strong>
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				Conor listened to her story with some interest, she'd heared about people being born with both genitals and found the idea fascinating rather than repulsive. Hearing her mention the suit she looked down herself. "You invented these?" She was very surprised and moved over to her. "You made these?" she pulled the material then let it snap back. "We could really use you then."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 20:16:03</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper admitted that he had never seen the notebook but had heard it was good.&nbsp; Just to be fair however he also told Kay that parts of Sleepless in Seattle and Fried Green Tomatoes could make him wish he had remembered to make sure he had a couple boxes of Kleenex on standby.&nbsp; Noticing the way Kay looked at the glasses as he stood up made him think that she probably would want to go with him course he didn't really blame her Cola and Ash had vanished to the roof and hadn't been heard from in a while.&nbsp; Come to think of it Conor seemed to have mysteriously disappeared as well.&nbsp; This place was creepy enough with being so quiet and all let alone being left by yourself.&nbsp; "Actually you know I think I could use another favor.&nbsp; You see my legs are kinda stiff from sitting down for so long.&nbsp; Maybe if you put your arm around me you know to help me keep my balance and all it sure would be a lot easier getting down those stairs."<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>"Well not exactly those suits in particular but I did design something pretty close.&nbsp; Being the military and all they kinda went half assed on them if you really want to know what I think about em both the suits and the military that is."&nbsp; Minerva looked over both Conor and the suit for a few minutes before saying, "You really don't strike me as the military type but obviously these friends of yours are.&nbsp; Maybe you should go ahead and tell me about these people if I like what I hear you can use that little switch there to call em up on what ever frequency that suit is set to.&nbsp; You can let them know you found Bat Girl or something along those lines.&nbsp; God knows I have enough toys here that would even give Bat Man a hard on."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 20:31:31</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Smiling to herself she stood up and hooked her arm over Jasper's shoulder. "If you think it will help, who am I to deny a friend in need?" Her ankle was feeling much better, though it still twinged every now and then as she put her weight on it. As they came down the stairs the dingy area gave Kay the creeps. "Damn, this place is eerie in the dark. Did I ever tell you that I hate the dark?" She let go of him for a second as she whipped a torch from the utility belt she had on, soon enough finding the light switch on the wall. As the bulbs flickered into life she sighed, "Much better"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 20:42:19</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor blushed when Minerva looked her over and even more so when she mentioned 'toys'.&nbsp; She wasn't sure why ut she did. "Uh well..Im asuming they are from the millitary like you said, mayby a special devision sent to find a cure for this zombie stuff going on..They all wear these suits and can do some amazing stuff." She went on about how she found them and how she got the suit, til how she got here. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 21:02:55</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=61323.msg2852736#msg2852736">Quote from: cajundave on 18-03-2010, 20:29:50</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> Cole bowed his head a little, he had seen the twinkle in her eye but still felt ashamed that he had made the implication. "I appologize Ash. I really got a way with the girls don't I?" he raised his head and gazed back into her eyes as he continued speaking. "I can't honestly say where such an encounter may take us. I have never been in an actual relationship and not even sure I am capable. I have never loved anyone before, in a way my life has not permitted me to but I do know this, you are not meaningless to me in any way. Should we go beyond a kiss or never kiss again won't change that, I will still hold the same respect for you that you have earned from me."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Aislinn smiled softly at him and lightly ran her fingertips along the back of his neck, "Well that's all good to know. You mean a lot to me and I respect you too. There isn't a way to know where it'll take us but I'm sure it will be fun." She leaned forward and kissed him again for a bit savoring the feeling. Then she pulled back, "We should make our round though." She got up and walked around the perimeter, using her keen sight to try and pick up any movement. It was all eerily quiet and still. She couldn't help but wonder if something was brewing or if it was just a still night. Either way she got chills and when she and Cole were sitting together again she muttered, "Something doesn't feel quite right... I don't know what it is... Do you feel it or is it just me being paranoid?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>19-03-2010, 22:54:45</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper smiled, "Really?&nbsp; Your afraid of the dark?&nbsp; Now there is something I never would have guessed about you.&nbsp; But I agree this place is kinda creepy with as quiet as it is and all."&nbsp; After they had gotten themselves some water Jasper turned to Kay, "You know I was just thinking.. yeah I know another surprise... but I was thinking maybe my legs need to stretch a little more.&nbsp; Would you care to help me get up to the roof in one piece.&nbsp; We should probably check and see if we are needed to take a shift at watching."<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>"Well Conor I must say you lead a rather exciting life there.&nbsp; After seeing your little demonstration earlier I'm not about to start calling you a liar now.&nbsp; Why don't you go ahead and call your friends.&nbsp; At least let them know you are ok so they wont worry about you if they find out you've gone MIA on them.&nbsp; Smiling Minerva turned to start the steaks but then remembered Conor hadn't told her how she liked hers cooked.&nbsp; "Say Conor you never did mention how you wanted your side of cow cooked."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>20-03-2010, 02:13:58</strong>
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				Conor looked up. "Hm? Oh Uh im easy." She cursed in her mind and looked at her again. "I mean I dont mind how it's done." She moved away mentaly kicking herself, she wasn't normaly so messy with her words. She shrugged it off and used the intercom on the suit. "Hey guys this is Conor, I've found another survivor, will be returning soon uh..over." She felt a bit dull using the intercom and turned it off agian, heading back to the kitchen.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>20-03-2010, 06:14:22</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Minerva smiled brightly when Conor returned, "Well since your easy I figured I'd just cook our steaks medium rare so they shouldn't take all that long to cook.&nbsp; Were you able to get a hold of your friends?"&nbsp; While speaking she had flipped the steaks adding a little touch of garlic salt and black pepper.&nbsp; "Well I know how you happened to be on my roof and you've told me about your friends but what about you personally?&nbsp; You must not live all that far from here but I think I would have remembered seeing you around before."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>20-03-2010, 06:18:00</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor looked at the steaks then back to Minerva. "Oh uh well I used to work in the bike shop with my dad then I was on the road for a few years. then when this outbreak began I came back and sort of kept fort in the shop till I found the team." She smiled up at her.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>20-03-2010, 06:27:03</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Bike shop?&nbsp; You mean the one that's just outside the city limits.&nbsp; I bought one of my Harley's there about 9 years ago.&nbsp; Still purrs like a kitten to.&nbsp; Had to make some modifications to the mufflers tho... the noise attracts those damn zombies to much.&nbsp; Aw to be out on the open road again... last couple of years before all this stuff with the virus started I was up to my eyeballs in blue prints for this huge contract.&nbsp; Made me quite the stash... not that it looks like it is going to do me any good now.&nbsp; What kind of salad dressing do you want if you name it chance are I've got it.&nbsp; I just happen to be a large fan of salad I even have a green house up on the roof."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>20-03-2010, 06:29:32</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Yeah thats the one. So you bought my first hand built Harley huh, cool." She smiled happily. "I dont mind, whatever your having is good for me." She yawned a little and tried to cover it with her hand.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>20-03-2010, 06:38:54</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Alright then we'll be having some spicy Italian.&nbsp; I don't really know why but recently it has become my favorite.&nbsp; Aw so your the one.&nbsp; Your father could not quit telling me about how proud he was of you for putting together that bike at such a young age.&nbsp; I said you were a regular chip off the ole block."&nbsp; With the steaks done Minerva served them onto some plates and left them on the counter for a moment while she brought the salads over to the table.&nbsp; "I hope I don't sound to forward but if you want your welcome to stay here for the night even with your special powers and all it is still quite a ways back to your shop.&nbsp; But if you really have to get back I can always take you there.&nbsp; We'll take my modified Mustang that is now built to withstand more fire power than an armored car.&nbsp; Good for squishing zombies with without having to get all bloody myself."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>20-03-2010, 06:53:21</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor laughed and smiled at her. "I'd love to stay here. Im sure they can get on without me, and they know Im ok so they shouldn't be too worried." She ate some of the salad and sighed happily. "It's good."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>20-03-2010, 06:57:54</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole closed his eyes when Ash leaned in to kiss him again, savoring her taste and scent then all too soon the kiss was broken. He was still feeling the effects of her kiss when she mentioned making their rounds. "Yeah that probably a good idea, can't never be too careful out here in zombieland. He scanned the perimeter on his side of the building and seen nothing out of the ordinary.but something was bugging him as he went to sit back down with Ash. She muttered softly to him words echoing his own feelings of uneasiness. "Don't ever disregard a gut feeling thinking it paranoia, that could get you killed one day. Always trust your gut, Ash, it'll save your ass. I do feel something is not right, I'll check in with everybody over the com."<br>&nbsp;Cole was about to activate his com when he heard Conor's voice in his earpeice. He looked over at Ash shaking his head. "I'm sure you got that over your com. That girl gonna get herself killed sneaking off like that. We should go check it out. I'll see if Jasper is up and around maybe he and Kay can take over the watch."<br>&nbsp;Cole punched in Jasper's personal frequency and spoke hoping he was awake. "Hey big guy, sure you just heard Conor over the com, me and Ash are going to check it out, you and Kay may want to take over watch up here." Cole waited for a response from Jasper as he glanced over to Ash."You ready girl? Thought we would track her transmission and get a closer look before we broadcast on an open channel to her, check out this new survivor."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>20-03-2010, 07:15:36</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"I'm glad you like it wait till you try the steak.&nbsp; No I didn't kill and butcher my own cow but I can guarantee its a 100% grade A beef."&nbsp; Minevera was silent for a moment as she took a bite of her own steak.&nbsp; &nbsp;"That suit of yours doesn't look like it's all that comfy... after dinner if you want you can look through my night gowns and see if you find something that would be better for sleeping in."&nbsp; As she was talking she happened to look down to see her pink satin nightie sticking out her suit.&nbsp; "Looks like I forgot all about the fact I was wearing mine."<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`<br><br>"Yeah sure Cole we heard.&nbsp; And we'll be up there in a bit.&nbsp; You two go on ahead and go.&nbsp; Nothing is going to attack this place in the time it takes us to climb up a few stairs.&nbsp; But ha Cole... be careful out there..."<br><br>Jasper turned to Kay and said, "You know I think my arms could use a little more exercise why dont you hop on the ole Jasper express so that we can cover Coles back."&nbsp; Jasper wasn't sure what Kay was thinking as he picked her up in his arms and carried her upstairs but he sure didn't like the sound of there little friend being out there with some unknown person who might not really be a friend. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>20-03-2010, 07:32:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash was concerned too when they got Conor's message. Maybe the fact that she wasn't in the building was the thing that had Cole and herself thinking something wasn't right. While he was contacting Jasper she was tracking Conor's transmission. That was something techy she did know how to do. She chuckled lightly when he said that was his plan and she said, "Exactly what I was thinking. Conor is in that direction I think in one of those tall buildings... It's about that distance. They did teach me how to track transmissions and stuff." <br><br>She couldn't resist leaning over and kissing him one last time, really enjoying it. It didn't last nearly long enough but they had to be going. She smiled at him and said, "Let's fly." then she stood up and ran to the edge of the building. Once she was right at the ledge she crouched a little one one leg then jumped toward the next building. It was a little taller but she had no problem landing on the roof and continuing the run. She didn't move as fast as she was capable of so Cole could keep up. They had to stick together now. It wasn't long before they were sitting on a building next to Minerva's. "It came from this area..." Ash said to Cole quietly.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>20-03-2010, 12:52:30</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				As Kay was about to respond to his first offer she was cut off by the com. Conor had gone out by herself? Letting herself be carried upstairs by him her mind was whirring, hoping the zombie fodder had enough common sense to get to high ground. "I don't know what you'll do for exercise when my ankle's better." As they reached the roof she tested her foot as she slipped from Jasper's hold. "And to respond to the question, yes, I hate the dark. Always have ever since I was a kid. It's my weakness...well, that and motorbikes...I love motorbikes." Winking as she spoke she looked around warily before sitting down. Her eyes quickly adjusted to the light and it reassured her that she could see better with her odd traits. "Zombies I can deal with, perverted landlords, I can cope with. Those fucking monsters...I can just about cope with. The dark...scares me shitless. At least I can see now" Rubbing her arms in the cooler air she manifested a sniper rifle in one hand, just in case they saw something out there that shouldn't be there.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 01:16:08</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor smiled as Minerva went on and tried a piece of the steak herself. "God It's so good. I havent eaten like this in months." She ate quickly and looked at her suit. "Well it's a guy's suit so it doesn't fit me in the right places, and I think this guy may have been a bit bigger than me. I'd appriciate a change..if it's not inconvinient to you." She added, not wanting to sound rude. She giggled noticing the pink nightie aswell. "Its a diferent look, I must say."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 03:49:05</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Chuckling lightly, "Kay I fail to see what your ankle has to do with my arms needing exercise... besides to be honest it has been rather fun giving you a lift."&nbsp; Jasper&nbsp; manifested a couple of sub machine guns one for each of his fists as he walked over to the edge of the building then walked around coming back to sit next to Kay.&nbsp; "Don't worry Kay your secret of being scared of the dark is safe with me.&nbsp; I must say you really do have a great taste in bikes.&nbsp; Can't wait to be riding again.&nbsp; This sitting around waiting kinda gives me the creeps."<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>Minerva's laugh was almost a musical somewhat magical sound.&nbsp; It had been far to long since she had truly laughed out of a pure joy.&nbsp; "I hardly think it would win any beauty contests... but it has a strange allure all the same.&nbsp; Well since it looks like your going to be here for a while anyway why don't you let me take a look at that suit.&nbsp; I don't think it would be very difficult to alter it to fit better with your beautiful lithe frame."&nbsp; A slight blush came to her cheeks thinking 'how in the world did I let that slip?'&nbsp; <br><br>A red light started to flash on a panel by the door.&nbsp; "Shit!!!"&nbsp; Minerva said as she stood up from the table and went over to the panel and tapped in a code on the key pad.&nbsp; Instantly on the small display a picture of two people standing on a roof top of the next building appeared.&nbsp; "Hey Conor... would these be a couple of your friends?"<br><br>Even as Minerva was speaking the turrets on top of the other building began to silently turn and locked onto their target.&nbsp; They would not however fire on their own since Minerva had still kept to the hope that someone out there she might find someone that did not drool and smell like a walking piece of shit.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 13:07:36</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Glad to hear it, if I find out you've blabbed...it won't be pretty" Smiling carelessly she shifted on the roof. She got the feeling they were playing sitting ducks, just waiting for something to attack and it gave her the chills. "Yeah, it'll be great to be back on the bikes. Just sitting here makes me feel like we're making it easy for them." Shivering she scanned the horizon. She was sure that she would see a hoard any second now, though it was probably her imagination going into overdrive as it always does at night.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 14:01:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Seeing Kay shiver made Jasper realize that it was getting rather cold outside.&nbsp; These suits of theirs could do wonders but they sure weren't much help against a really cold night.&nbsp; "Yeah well we may look like sitting ducks or something but if anything does come near they shall soon find out we have one hell of a bite.&nbsp; I don't know if I'm running out of favors or not but maybe you do us both a little one.&nbsp; What do you say you scoot on closer so we can put our arms around each other. You know just to share some body warmth.&nbsp; No sense in us freezing to death just because one of little friends decides to go missing in action on us.&nbsp; Of course I could always run down real quick and get a blanket to share as well."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 14:04:53</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor finished her mouthful and ran over to Minerva, looking at the screen. "Yes that Ash and Cole, oh they must be loking for me.." She frowned. "I think im in big trouble.."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 14:12:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay spun her head around quickly. "No, I'll scoot" She hated to admit to it but she was intensely afraid of being out here on her own. Shuffling towards Jasper she rested her gun on her leg. She couldn't see much movement around the area and hoped that Cole and Ash had tracked down Conor by now. "Do you think they've found her? She's survived until now but the girl only fired her first round today. If she gets ambushed she's screwed."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 14:21:30</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Yeah I think they have either found her or have gotten pretty close by now.&nbsp; But she is a pretty tuff little cookie I'll give her that and her message did say she found another survivor... hopefully she's in friendly hands."<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>"Well then I guess we better go up to the roof and greet them.&nbsp; Their on the next building over so it should be to hard to shout out to them.&nbsp; Come on lets go."&nbsp; Without really thinking about it Minerva grabbed and held Conor's hand as she led her back through her house.&nbsp; Stopping only long enough to reattach all four of her guns. She really wasn't expecting trouble from them but that didn't mean that there weren't any zombies who had begun to gather in the court yard below.&nbsp; At this point she really didn't think much of Conor's friends.&nbsp; &nbsp;After all Conor had called them to tell them that she was alright.&nbsp; Back up on the roof Minerva let go of Conor's hand and lightly touched her on the shoulder.&nbsp; "Go ahead and call them over so we can find out why they hauled their asses all the way out here when you had already told them you were ok."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 14:28:14</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor hid her blush when Minerva lead her around and once outside she asumed she could blame it on the cold air. "Ok.." She got to the edge of the building and shouted over to Ash and Cole. "GUYS OVER HERE! IM OK!" She waved hoping to get their attention.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 14:39:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Minerva walking a couple feet to the right of Conor pulled her sniper rifle off of her back pointing it towards the roof of the building.&nbsp; As Conor called out to her friends.&nbsp; Minerva stared down into the court yard below.&nbsp; Even from this height she would be able to see anything moving. It was part of the special things she was able to do ever since that damn virus had been unleashed changing her world forever.&nbsp; Until she had met Conor Minerva had always considered a very nasty turn for the worst.&nbsp; Now she wasn't so sure.&nbsp; Of course it was still really bad but somehow... Minerva shook those thoughts from her head.&nbsp; Conor was a very attractive young woman who would make a very good friend but Minerva doubted that Conor would ever want to be anything more with someone like her.&nbsp; At this thought a frown formed on her lips as she looked over in time to see both of Conor's friends easily leap the gap between the building.&nbsp; &nbsp;Minerva gave them both a quick look over and said, "Ok your here you all might as well come back into the house.&nbsp; It's colder than a witches tit in a brass bra out here."&nbsp; Minerva's eyes lingered on Conor's for only a few moments longer before she led the now larger group into her home.&nbsp; Leading them all back into the kitchen where she started to make some coffee.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 22:25:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Shrugging Kay nodded in agreement. "That she is. I admire her for being able to hold her own out here for so long. And as socially adept and fascinating as we are, I can't imagine she's too happy to have her food eaten and her space invaded. But maybe that's just how I would feel." she moved closer, resting her head on Jasper's arm. "If Cole could just let us know they found her I wouldn't be so damn on edge"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 22:41:59</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				In an automatic reflex Jasper laid his head down on hers and sat silently for a moment thinking of what Kay had said,&nbsp; "Yeah I would to... we could contact them but it might not be a good idea to break radio silence if they are in the middle of sneaking around and checking things out."<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>Minerva turned from making the coffee.&nbsp; "Would anyone like anything else to go with their coffee?"&nbsp; Her smile returning as she turns her attention back to Conor, "How about you hon?&nbsp; Need anything special for desert or did you want to finish dinner first?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 22:46:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Yeah, thats a good point" She hardly realised he had rested his head on hers, all her senses focussing into the night. "Hey Jas? do you ever wonder what it would be like if we hadn't got picked up? You know in that film the matrix right? where the guy has to pick the red or the blue pill? Its like that. If I hadn't gone along with all this shit I'd be fucking about in some dank alley trying to find out what the fuck was going on"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 22:51:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor blushed again whenMinerva called her hon and just shook her head and declined politely. "Nothing for me thanks, You've given me enough and I dont wish to impose." She looked down shyly.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 23:28:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"I really don't think I would be alive today if I had not been picked up but not because some stupid zombie got me."&nbsp; Jasper fell silent.&nbsp; He had never told anyone what he was about to tell Kay.&nbsp; "The night before I was picked up I was despondent with grief over the loss of my family and friends.&nbsp; What I had to do to get the thing that had been my mother to finally stop moving...&nbsp; I laid awake all night in my bed staring at the ceiling as silent tears streamed from my eyes.&nbsp; By morning I had somewhere along the lines decided to end it all.&nbsp; Life just wasn't worth living anymore.&nbsp; That morning I hopped in my truck and drove down to the beach.&nbsp; I had every intention of jumping into the surf and swimming until I couldn't swim any further then force myself to keep going until I was either eaten by sharks or I finally drowned after passing out from exhaustion.&nbsp; When I got to the beach there were these zombies chasing a dog... a poor sweet little dog that wouldn't have known shit from Adam.&nbsp; Something inside of me snapped and I went crazy on the fucking things.&nbsp; I took one of my surf boards out of the back of my truck and just started smashing the shit out of em.&nbsp; I still don't know how or when they arrived but it was Cole's ugly mug that I first saw when my rage finally cleared.&nbsp; I don't know... maybe I really didn't want to die as badly as I thought or maybe I just believed in what he was telling me enough to give it a try."&nbsp; Jasper fell silent again as a tear fell silently and unnoticed down his cheek.<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>Minerva glanced over at Ash and Cole who as of yet had not said anything but she suspected they were just waiting for the right moment.&nbsp; Looking back over to Conor a soft smile spread across her face.&nbsp; "Honey if I thought you were imposing I would have just tossed all of you off my roof and been done with it."&nbsp; Minerva knew Conor wasn't looking and couldn't see the unspoken words that lay in her eyes so she added in a softer tone of voice, "I'll just go ahead and make us some good old fashioned apple pie... then I can fix up that suit of yours while it cools."&nbsp; Minerva shot a look at Ash and Cole that dared them to contradict her.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>21-03-2010, 23:38:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay too was silent as she listened to Jasper. she would never have thought he would feel that way. She sat in awed silence, hardly believing what he was saying. What he'd gone through was terrible...he'd lost so much that meant so much to him. Swallowing the lump that built in her throat she lifted her head and turned to him. "Jas, I'm so sorry. I know I can't say anything to help, I wouldn't know where to start. But...just know that...I'm damn happy to know that Cole came along. You're the only one I really understand in this group. I guess I'm grateful we met" Noticing the tear on his cheek, she automatically wiped it away with her fingers. "Aw god Jasper. Don't cry, you'll get me started, next thing you know Cole and the girls will find tow sobbing wrecks on the roof" Smiling faintly as she spoke she pushed her gun to the side, her attention drawn away from keeping watch.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>26-03-2010, 02:00:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole paid no attention to Minerva's glare, if Conor wanted Minerva playing with her suit that was her business, he was more concerned with the uneasy feeling he had in the pit of his stomach that still hadn't gone away. He thought at first that it came from Conor's new friend but he now knew that wasn't the case. He needed to be outside, the danger wasn't here, it was out there. "Don't ask me how I know but I think we're fixin to be under attack, either us or Jasper and Kay. I'm going back up to the roof, I'll holla if I see anything. Just trust me, be ready." Cole teleported back to the roof and contacted Jasper and Kay as he stared off in the direction in which they had came. "Hey Jasper, Kay..you guys ok over there? Keep an extra sharp eye out, I got a feeling company could show up soon."<br>&nbsp;Cole walked over to the other sisde of the building peering out into the distance but knew that wasn't right, it was definitely coming back from where he was before. He retreived a small cylindrical object from his belt and held it up to his eye and began scanning the area. He spotted them about 3/4 of a mile away as they moved out in the center of the street, creatures like those that had attacked the semi, possibly the same ones, who knows if the building killed them. They crawled on all fours sniffing the ground and air searching for a scent. Cole noticed the breeze at his back and moments later the beast looked in his direction and began to lope towards them with the others following.<br>&nbsp;Cole was activating his com on an open channel when he spotted the other creature. The spider/scorpion looking monster crawled around the side of the building four stories from the ground walking on the wall and another appeared right behind it. The bottom part of their bodies looked like a spider with the eight legs and a scorpion's tail. The top half was a female humanoid form with four arms and their eyes were bulging bug eyes. The creatures looked to be about the size of a compact car and moving quickly towards his location as well.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>26-03-2010, 03:34:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"No signs of trouble on this end.&nbsp; Been a real quiet night... to quiet for our tastes.&nbsp; Any luck finding Conor yet?"&nbsp; It was a little to quiet for Jasper's taste but he was certainly happy to have Kay by his side.&nbsp; <br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>The red light on the panel by the door started to flash again.&nbsp; Minerva went over punched up the code and on the screen there was a picture of the creature Cole was looking at.&nbsp; The spider woman thing.&nbsp; "Oh shit!&nbsp; Not those things again."&nbsp; Minerva muttered under her breath as she turned on the turrets in the lower court yard and adjacent buildings.&nbsp; Turning to Ash and Conor she said, "Let your friend Cole know I've turned on the turrets in the court yard and adjacent buildings so be careful where he steps."&nbsp; Then particularly to Conor, "I guess we'll have to worry about your suit later eh." 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>26-03-2010, 15:38:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor saw the creatures over Minerva's shoulder and stood up quickly, she activated the com. "Cole Minervas got turrets activated mind whee you are, dont get shot." She knew it sounded stupid but that would have to wait for a moment. "Can we shoot from the windows Minerva?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>26-03-2010, 19:48:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aislinn glanced at those creatures on the monitor then bolted for the roof where Cole was. She paused by him for a second saying, "We gotta get to Jasper and Kay. They'll be fine here." Then she took off running and jumping toward Conor's place. Behind her she heard the sound of the turrets shooting. She took up a position on a high roof and brought out her sniper rifle as she looked down at those huge monstrosities. <em>'This is not going to be good...'</em> she thought to herself. The creatures were really congregating around Conor's place then suddenly one slashed at the front wall, taking it down. Ash shot at it. She was using explosive ammo but it didn't affect it the way it had before. It only blew off half it's head like a normal bullet would have. Ash activated her com and said, "They've gotten tougher."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>26-03-2010, 22:23:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Minerva looked over to Conor half smiling.&nbsp; "We could but up on the roof would be our best bet.&nbsp; The windows tend to only give a one sided view.&nbsp; But it kinda looks to me like those creatures are headed out of town... Maybe we should do what ever damage we can do here then go and help your friends."<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>No sooner had Jasper clipped off the Com that the party started once again with a loud crash into one of the walls.&nbsp; "Holy fuck!!!&nbsp; What was that?"&nbsp; Both he and Kay sprang into action.&nbsp; With the sudden adrenaline rush Jasper no longer even noticed the cold.&nbsp; Suddenly a mini rocket launcher was in his hands and he began to rain heavy fire on the heads of the creatures below.&nbsp; &nbsp;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>26-03-2010, 22:44:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay shuddered at the sight of those things crawling towards them. As Ash shot at one her heart sunk as she saw how ineffective their bullets were. "How the fuck do we kill them?" There was fear in her voice as she realised that this would be something that was likely to cause a lot of trouble. Following Jasper's lead she manifested some heavy duty weaponry and jumped up. The rush had caused her to forget her ankle and as she ran to the side for a better viewpoint she noticed it was feeling much better. Smirking she took a shot at one of the scorpion-women...things. The damage wasn't great, though it did leave a nasty rip in the creature's arm. Switching on her com she buzzed in with the others, "COle what the fuck are we doing? I have a feeling kamikaze shooting ain't doing us favours, you want formation?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>26-03-2010, 23:00:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole was activating his come when Conor's warning of the turrets sounded in his earpeice. "Thanks for the heads up, girl. Wouldn't want to take one in the ass by friendly fire." Cole raised from his crouched position to stand just as Ash arrived at his side. "I agree Ash, those creatures could reduce the shop to rubble in nothing flat." Ash bolted from the roof and Cole folowed right behind her using multiple short teleports to accomidate for Ash's superior speed. They quickly arrived to find the shop under attack as Ash got off the first shot. "They are definitely tougher, the virus is still mutating!"<br>&nbsp;Cole barely had time to notice Jasper raise up with a rocket launcher when he heard something behind him. He was suddenly jerked off his feet in mid turn as he felt himself enveloped within some sort of webbing only it had a feel of flesh to it instead of the silky feel of ordinary webbing.&nbsp; He found himself being quickly drawn towards one of the spiderlike creatures and seen its tail poised to strike. He teleported to the spider's left flank just as the wicked stinger of the spider's tail struck the space he had previously occupied. He began firing explosive rounds at the creature to have them explode harmlessly against its armored exterior. He and Ash were too close to use heavier artillery, they had to create some distance.<br>&nbsp;Kay's voice came over the com and he replied immediately. "That's right Kay, we need to put some distance between us and them to regroup. Its gonna take heavier firepower than we can use at close range." He quickly teleported to Ash's six to lay down cover fire for her while she covered Jasper and Kay. The explosive rounds fired from his machine guns were doing minimal damage but was keeping the creature at bay for the moment. "We need to vacate this roof and form up with Jasper and Kay to concentrate our firepower before we get pinned down. We need room to fight."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>26-03-2010, 23:10:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper took note of Ash and Cole's position and changed up with his weapons to high caliber machine guns.&nbsp; Mini rocket launchers were fine for some things but not much good when your friends were stuck in the middle of the nasty critters you were trying to fight.&nbsp; Nodding to Kay when she came over Jasper had just enough time to comment, "Looks the days of asking you for favors is nearly over... shame I was really beginning to like carrying you around."&nbsp; Then he attention was redirected to the task at hand as he called into the com.&nbsp; "We'll try to cover you the best we can from here... Where the fuck is Conor?!?!&nbsp; I thought you went off to find her."&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>26-03-2010, 23:19:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Normally she would have acted more light hearted but Kay was feeling the pressure and was worried about the others. "Jas, you should know by now that you don't have to use my ankle as an excuse to carry me places. Just ask me okay?" Flashing a quick smile she turned to look at the scene cursing as Cole was dragged along, her heart in her throat as she watched the events unfolding. "I didn't fucking sign up for this" she murmured as she scanned the area, looking to see where Conor and Ash were positioned. "Where the fuck did these come from and where the fuck are the others? This is ridiculous!" 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>27-03-2010, 02:16:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash nodded at what Cole said and replied, "Okay." Then she said to Jasper, "Conor is at Minerva's. She's got turrets and stuff. She's safe." She switched out her ammo with some cryo freezing ammo. Figuring it was worth trying. She shot one of the spider women in the back and it began moving slower as the freezing solution spread through its body. She saw Jasper shoot it and the bullets made it fall to pieces. Ash smiled and was going to tell them of her find but then yelped as she felt the sticky solution attach itself to her legs then jerk her away toward the spider on a roof to her left. She managed to keep one hand free long enough to try that sonic thing Cole had told her about, shooting a massive ball of sonic energy at the spider woman just as the webbing completely enveloped her body. Ash suspected she overdid it a bit as she saw half the building being blown away with the spider woman. She had cut herself free as well but now had a big problem she was falling several stories and still wrapped in the sticky mess she couldn't break free from. Below her were several of those clawed beasts and above her were large chucks of building. She shut her eyes tight and screamed, "HELP!!"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>27-03-2010, 02:27:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Cole seen Ash plummeting still wrapped in the fleshy web and dove off of the roof after her. He teleported close and wrapped his arms around her then teleported again bringing them next to Jasper and Kay. He then touched her on an area not covered with the sticky substance and teleported her from within its grasp. "Ash, you okay girl?" He looked behind him to see Jasper and Kay still fighting. "Maybe we should head back to Conor and her new friend, at least we'll have the building's defences to help us."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>27-03-2010, 03:40:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash nodded, "Y-yeah... I'm okay. A little shaken is all. Thanks." She closed her eyes and took a deep breath to get herself to calm down. She looked at Cole and smiled a bit, "Remind me to thank you more properly later. I agree we should go back there. She has turrets and seems these things have attacked before. You can teleport them and I'll run unless you can take all three of us all the way there."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>27-03-2010, 03:58:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Jasper was keeping one ear and one eye on what was going on with his friends as he switched back to using some heavy artillery with one gun having cyro ammo the other exploding ammo since he had caught onto the idea of what Ash had been trying to do.&nbsp; "If you can't take all of Cole go ahead and take the women first.&nbsp; I think I can hold out long enough for you to get them safe and come back.&nbsp; Although I really cant say as I am really looking forward to being teleported... I really hate that shit!"&nbsp; Jasper fired off a few more rounds as he muttered under his breath, "So much for my first decent meal in weeks."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>27-03-2010, 04:11:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash looked at Jasper and said, "No way. If he can't take us all he's taking you first. It makes more sense. If worse comes to worse I can simply turn Kay and I invisible and get us out of here." 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>27-03-2010, 04:34:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"I'll have to remind you of that proper thank you later though can't imagine what that might be." Cole smiled breifly before speaking aloud to everyone. "I admire all of your bravery but nobody gets left behind. I can take all of you if I just make shorter jumps. I can have us on Minerva's roof with four or five teleports. Ok, everybody back to back in case we run into trouble. Don't lose contact with me, I'm going to try and make the jumps quick. Here we go." Six quick jumps later and they were standing on Minerva's roof and Cole dropped to his hands and knees.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Demik</strong> on <strong>27-03-2010, 04:48:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ash knelt down for a moment, feeling rather dizzy. She put her hand on Cole's back and said softly, "Rest for a bit. We're safe here." Then she got up and went to the side of the building and looked down. The turrets were doing a good job. She still pulled out her sniper rifle with the cryo ammo and fired one shot each into several of the creatures which the turrets then easily destroyed. It worked for now but they were sure to adapt to the freezing effect just as they had the exploding one.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>27-03-2010, 04:56:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Minerva had been turning to say something to Conor when the four people suddenly arrived on her roof.&nbsp; She ran over to them placing one hand on the man who she knew was Cole and a hand on another man who looked like he was turning 8 shades of green and about to puke his guts out which judging by the size of the man was likely to be one hell of a mess.&nbsp; "Hey you ok?&nbsp; How the&nbsp; hell did you all just appear like that."&nbsp; She said to Cole. <br><br>Jasper did indeed feel like he was about to loose his insides but was far to week kneed from all the teleport's to even stand let alone hurl up his food.&nbsp; Muttering something about going to be sick Jasper staggered over to the nearest wall and slumped down next to it with an audible sigh of relief.&nbsp; &nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kalab</strong> on <strong>27-03-2010, 05:08:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"Thanks Ash, I think I'll do that." Cole rolled over to sit down a moment. "Whew, that took more out of me than I thought it would." Cole heard someone else talking and looked up to see Minerva standing over him. "The suit...the suit lets me teleport, but not used to so many quick jumps with a group. Didn't think it would drain me, thought it would just drain the suit."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>27-03-2010, 05:34:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Minerva half smiling replied, "Yeah well that was one of the flaws in the original prototype I sold to the military.&nbsp; A flaw they were more than willing to overlook not wanting to wait for any improvements to be made.&nbsp; The other flaw being relying heavily on a satellite to power the damned things.&nbsp; Which essentially means the four of you can easily be tracked.&nbsp; The first flaw I'm not sure I can do much about on short notice but if you want I can fix it so who ever holds your leash wont see you every time you go to take a shit so to speak."&nbsp; Minerva watched the huge mountain of a man stumble towards the wall before turning her attention back to Cole.&nbsp; "What you say we get you and your people inside so you all can get some much needed rest.&nbsp; The turrets should hold off the nasty bastards until they finally decide we aren't worth the trouble and go in search of easier prey.&nbsp; What do you say?&nbsp; Sound like a good plan of attack to you?"&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Selene</strong> on <strong>27-03-2010, 11:25:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kay had kept quiet through the entire ordeal, trying to keep an eye on everything. As Cole and Ash appeared on the roof she realised along with Jasper that they too would have to teleport. Cursing under her breath she went along. It was worse than before and the constant jumping caused her stomach to churn. Closing her eyes a few seconds she groaned as her hand reached for her stomach, walking it off as best she could. she cracked one open to look at Conor's new friend. She wasn't sure about her, she looked like trouble in Kay's opinion. Keeping her distance she patted Jasper on the back, "Come on big guy, walk it off" Ruffling his hair she leant against the wall, taking in the surroundings.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [EX] Black Rose (Story Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Malgriff</strong> on <strong>27-03-2010, 13:12:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Conor nodded and followed everyone onto the roof top. She thought about what gun she wanted to use and got sniper rifle in her grip.She moved to the edge of the building and began firing at the strange creatures. <br>(sorry it's short, just wanted to post something to catch up)
			</dd>
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