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Post by Bacon on Apr 18, 2009 20:54:34 GMT -5
Dean removed his hood, revealing a face that appeared younger than it truly was, marred only with a scar stretching from the outer edge of his right eye-socket all the way back to where it tore a hole through his right ear. He pulled a piece of gum out of his pocket and started chewing it. "Two birds with one stone? My dear Bella, I'm offended you think so little of my skills. I've once killed five men with a single bullet, a feat I've duplicated many times." The marksman chuckled, winking at her with a broad grin. "What 'birds' you wanna kill, anyways?"
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Clint looked around him. It felt good to be back, although his journey wasn't exactly over yet; he still had to make his way back to the old Merc headquarters.
"Howdy, stranger," A voice behind him said, "What's new?"
"Stella. What are you doing here?" Clint growled as he turned to face her.
"General Richter said I should come with you. Keep an eye on you." Stella replied with a smile.
"I didn't think she could spare any more personnel." Clint scoffed, "So she sent a field medic to keep an eye on me?"
Stella smiled flirtatiously. "A smoking hot field medic." And with that a small blue-black flame ignited between them.
Clint waved the smoke out of his face. "Must everything you say be peppered with fire puns?"
"Ha. 'Peppered', that's a good one." Stella smiled.
Clint grumbled to himself. "Well, hurry up if you're coming. I've got a gut feeling that something's not quite right."
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Post by Cyborg on Apr 18, 2009 21:24:44 GMT -5
"Oh. not an insult at all. Merely stating only two targets are going to be found there. A telekinetic girl, and a healer. They are fairly powerful. But not the strongest. Do you always show off about your big old guns?" Bella stated, in a seductive tone.
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Post by Bacon on Apr 18, 2009 21:34:52 GMT -5
Dean smiled again at Bella, "Only whenever there's people around. We take out the nurse first, then the mover. But surely a woman of your intellect already knew that?" He walked over to a crate, pulled out a rust-covered sniper rifle that was missing a scope, and shoved it into a holster he had slung over his back. Offering Bella his arm, he asked, "Shall we be off?"
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Post by PFA on Apr 18, 2009 21:39:18 GMT -5
Jernath narrowed his eyes in confusion. A tragic accident? Which old friend? And who was this John to be telling him? This was very suspicious...
"Okay, um, just give me a minute," he replied.
With this, Jernath walked across the house to his bedroom. He stopped in front of a locked drawer, for which he pulled a key out of his pocket. Unlocking and opening the chest, he was greeted with some things he hadn't seen for almost five years now: a bow, a quiver full of arrows, and two daggers. His old weapons. He grabbed one of the daggers, just in case, then closed the drawer.
Putting the key back in his pocket and holding the dagger behind his back, Jernath walked back over to the front door. Taking a deep breath, he turned the doorknob, and slowly pulled the door open...
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Post by Cyborg on Apr 18, 2009 21:45:27 GMT -5
" Ofcourse I did." Bella said with a smirk. " Oh what a gentleman." she added as she accepted Dean's offer and linked arms with him. " Let us be off" she stated.
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Chaos slipped the explosive into a pocket as the door opened, time to kill stealthily instead. " Hi, it's about one of your friends from the mercenaries. She had a bad fall during a mountain climbing accident and didn't make it. I'm sorry for your loss. The name's John Doe" Chaos lied offering a hand.
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Post by Bacon on Apr 18, 2009 22:52:52 GMT -5
Dean led Bella to the building's stables, where his forest green Eagle IV was parked. He opened the passenger-side door and helped her inside, then tossed his rifle, holster and all, into the back seat before entering his own door. He backed out onto the dirt road, and dust slapped the dirt-stained mud-flaps.
"Away we go. I hope you don't mind navigating," Dean said as he shifted into first and pushed down the accelerator.
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Post by Cyborg on Apr 19, 2009 8:19:58 GMT -5
Bella climbed into the vehicle. " Ofcourse. Now when we get there, I want you to stay far away, but keep that gun aimed at the healer. I'll go in closer as a distraction for you, plus I can't let you have all of the fun." She stated with an innocent smile. " We go about 5 miles up this road and turn left, and then we just go for about thirthy minutes, but then we'll be on a large hill, the university is at the bottom of that hill." she added.
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Post by PFA on Apr 19, 2009 10:21:03 GMT -5
"Esme?" Jernath asked, the first name that came to mind upon the man mentioning the mercenaries. He wasn't sure he should be believing this story... especially seeing as the one to tell him this introduced himself as John Doe. Jernath took a step back, tightening his grip on the dagger behind his back. "Just who are you, exactly?"
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Post by Cyborg on Apr 19, 2009 19:04:40 GMT -5
" I told you my name is John Doe. It's short for Jonathan Doeherty. Yes it was Esme, she was with her friend, but the rope snapped, and she fell. I'm very sorry." Chaos stated keeping his hand out.
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Post by PFA on Apr 20, 2009 17:48:18 GMT -5
Jernath narrowed his eyes. This guy just wasn't right somehow.
"Alright, Jonathan," he said, taking out his dagger and striking a vaguely threatening pose. "Tell me then. How do you know about this accident? How do you know about Esme?"
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Post by Cyborg on Apr 20, 2009 18:24:17 GMT -5
" Woah calm down, I mean no harm. I know about this because I was hired by her friend to tell you. When she said Esme's love, I expected someone taller, but that doesn't matter" Chaos stated.
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Post by Bacon on Apr 20, 2009 22:57:33 GMT -5
Dean stopped the Eagle IV near to the top of the hill, reasoning that if he got too close to the university, people might notice. "We'll have to make our approach on foot. Caution is a marksman's best friend." He commented to Bella before engaging the parking brake and opening his door.
He retrieved his rifle from the back seat, put it on his back again, and then locked the doors once Bella had exited the vehicle. "I should be able to get a good shot here of almost any of the windows on this side. What do you think?"
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"...and then Eli punched the lieutenant right in the jaw. That's when things got really messed up." Stella concluded as the two of them walked through the town.
"Sounds like fun. Too bad I missed it." Clint mumbled, partially to himself as a familiar structure came into view. "Here we are. Good ol' Merc HQ."
The bunker-complex building looked relatively the same as when Clint last saw it, except for some moss growing on the outside concrete and rust on the door handle.
Walking inside, Clint noticed a considerable difference from his last visit. The HQ had always been run-down, but this time it looked like Scarven had sold the place to a family of overgrown mice. A few mice of the regular size scampered across the floor towards what used to be the kitchen.
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Post by PFA on Apr 23, 2009 9:47:35 GMT -5
Jernath raised an eyebrow in confusion. Did this Jonathan just imply that he was short?
After a moment of consideration, he relaxed a little, lowering the dagger slowly. But he still planned to keep an eye on this guy--he was just a bit too suspicious. "I'm sorry, I just... I guess I'm a little shocked, is all. When did this happen?"
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Post by Cyborg on Apr 23, 2009 18:23:11 GMT -5
" We need to get closer. I will go in. You stay further back. The will be too focused on me to notice you and you can kill the the little mercs." Bella stated.
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" It happened about two weeks ago. She fell right on her head. The bright side is, it was determined that she died a very quick death, most likely not feeling pain for more than a second or two." Chaos stated. "I am very sorry."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2009 7:24:21 GMT -5
((Sorry for delay, studying for my ACT coming up.))
Tiberius nodded gravely. Another lycanthrope on the job would be more than sufficient. "You may come, Dr. Lupe. Together you and I can hunt them down easily." He stood, glancing once more around the room. "So we go our separate ways for now." He dipped his head curtly to everyone else, then motioned to Dr. Lupe. "Let us be off."
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