ch. 12 Family Ties

[shiivster]

*having grabbed her blades, a change of clothes and then some food is soon ready near the car. then at Dexy's comment, closes the eyes tight against hte heat of embarassment 'yeah .. not a biggie. i'll keep 'em alive. don't know where this other place is .. but i'll keep them safe. i'll hit the tunnels if i have to. *then follows Dexy for a moment and comments with a lowered voice 'go to the city's resevoir. to the north wall and among the boulders, above the white on the trees, there's a shaft leading down. i'll meet you there with the others if it all goes bad. park in the quarrey about 200 yards away. i'll get there by tomorrow night. that should give you enough time to get there. k? ... '

*the worry shows in the eyes for a brief moment 'oh its got rats there .. so take lights and go to the round room to the left of the shaft .. got it?' *then backs up to the vehicle and drops in her items in. Maria then looks away, knowing that if anything goes wrong, she'll have to get these ones to safety and then go gather the others and then get the two groups together. a heavy sense of pressure seems to settle on her shoulders, and only the troubled look in the eyes gives a hint to whats in her head.

*then opens the shirt and comments to Dexy 'besides .. i'm covered this time. not like i had a lot there anyways .. but hey .. its still mine and none have touched ..' *then gives a cocky grin that doesn't quite touch the eyes* 'sides he's not driving now, is he?' *then turns to look at the others 'ready anytime now. and i need a map of the city .. i got two pens .. the blue is the B's hideouts .. the black is the tunnels that i know of. that part will take a while .. but i hope that it don't fall into the wrong hands. anyone see my cap? .. god .. time to go kick butt and i lo ... ' *the last of her comment is lost as she trots into the cabin to go find it and then rejoins the othes once again 'blade safe all .. catch you on the farside of the jump' .. *then hops into the back seat of the suburban and waits, munching on an apple.

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[Renekin Skywalker]

"Wow." He calls back. "You're getting faster in your response times. I'm glad to see that." He adds, very congenially and encouragingly. "Have you covered the rear, yet?" He asks, looking out to the rear. "Also, have you contacted Control? Could be there's a pretty powerful mutant in here. Maybe even that guy that caused the fire downtown." As he waits for an answer, he pulls out an old bullet-proof vest, and a gas mask. Also, upon finding the cash reserve, he pillages that as well.

[Mierin]

Alice's face falls even more, though it seemed impossible a moment ago and she sputters "Fine! Next time they want to beat you to death, I'll let them!" After a minute, she snaps "I'm crying because I'm scared. People get scared because they have feelings! Didn't your alien leaders teach you that before they sent you here?" She stands up, but is instinctively careful so Jason doesn't hurt himself when she moves away to the other side of the room, where she curls up and cries to herself, hiding her face in her hands.
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[shiivster]

*eats the apple slowly and then offers the others a random piece of fruit when they come in. having grabbed the perishable stuff instead of canned foods, takes the time now to throw random things between 2 slices of bread and then hands them out to the others.

'yeah i know .. it looks gross, and i've eaten worse. its still food ain't it? .. better than having nothing in the gut. *shrugs and then starts in on her crusts that are stuffed like the others* 'yeah .. i've had much worse'

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[dakota]

Jason rolled over onto his stomach, and rested his chin on his crossed restraints. He tone, though meant to be comforting, nearly failed the attempt as he tried to hide his pain. " I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. And my parents were'nt aliens, dad had a work visa." He forced a grin.


Sparks, that just nasty Mikey replied, curling up his nose.

"Cool." Eric said, grabbing the offered snack and digging in. " Not bad. " He said with a mouthfull.

Trevor was the last to get in the car. He tossed a six pack of sodas between Maria and Eric. " Looks like you two will need them. He started the engine and pulled away from the house. " He looked up in the mirror. " There should be a map tucked in the back of the seat. Most rentals have a tourist package there."



Scuffling at the back door on cue told Will that he had called the police's actions correctly. Obviously, there was a good size stakeout team in place waiting for him. The loud crashing of a battering ram against the door echoed through the safe house, but MacColter's foresight to install reinforced doors was giving them difficulty.

As Isamu walked along the block, a heavy hammering on one of the neighbor's houses grabbed his attention. when he looked for the noise, he could see a pair of police officers attempting to force their way into the empty home. More stood ready, armed heavily waiting. On officer rushed up to Isamu and grabbed him by the elbow. " You can't be here, you're in danger if the criminals inside try to escape. You have to come to safety with me."


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[Mierin]

Alice sniffles and wipes her eyes, looking up at Jason. She crawls over to him, and sits beside him to his left, looking over at him. "Where was your dad from that he needed a work visa?" she asks as she lays on her stomach beside him. The movement makes her nudge Dmitri's text messenger in her pocket and she pulls it out and shows it to Jason. "Dmitri gave me this. Is there anyone we should try to contact, do you think?"
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[dakota]

" Dad was from France, but he emmigrated to Canada. Tyler said he knew Will and introduced them." Jason answered. His eyes went wide as he saw the mesager and forgetting himself, nearly knocked it from her hand with his restraint. " Uh yeah, sorry. send a message to Malloy*357. Type in Mr.R needs a taxi at Wraith's pad. Then leave the connection open so he can trace it. " Wriggling around until he managed to be (sort of) sitting against the wall. " We might get out of this yet." It was the first Jason had sounded optimistic since they'd been grabbed.

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[Mierin]

Alice nods and types in the message into the messager quickly and sends it. She keeps the connection open and then puts the messenger back into her pocket. She moves so she's sitting next to Jason and cuddles quietly, hoping someone will come soon. "Who's Malloy*357?" she asks "Why MrR?"
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[dakota]

" That's Ryne's account number, the guy that sent us the warning at the movies. He works for Mac." Jason explained, gingerly putting his arm around her. " He's about as subtle as a bull in a chinashop, but his straightforwardness is what we need to get out of here. And Mr. R stands for Mr. Roboto, an inside joke between me and Ryne from back when we worked together. He called me that when I first got outfitted for my exo-suit, even sang it so poorly he cleared the room. It's an inside joke that will tell him the message is legit." He pulled her closer and kissed her forehead. " Don't worry, he'll find us soon enough. I just hope Will and Ty haven't panicked and started tearing the city apart. Last thing we need is for them to get worked up and then find out I went to Mac's people for help."

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[Renekin Skywalker]

"You know, this is... or was a CIA safe-house." William calls back. "So, give up on the back door. "Oh, and avoid the rear windows. I think they installed tazers on the sills before the stopped using this place."

William makes himself visible in the window. "Tell you what, you get Control down here, and I'll go peacfully. Mostly because there are enough booby-traps built into this place to prevent forced entry, and I don't want you guys getting hurt doing your job. Cheers." And he disappears back into the house, scrounging around for the false wall that leads to the hidden room.

[shiivster]

*eyes flick to look up at the others in the vehicle .. the food turning to taste like ash now .. ' ... sorry. wont try to help again with food' *then throws her sandwich out the window and then curls the arms about the bent knees and the frown of pain coats the face and then vanishes .. Michael still able to pick up on the emotions sinking quickly as her mind starts with self badgering 'dont worry .. i'll make sure to eat further away from the rest of you from now on. not everyone had the ability to go to the nearest take out and get food the easy way. i had to dumpster dive most of the time. so, i'll just have to make sure that i get the little flecks of whatever away from the next meal i bring back' *the tone now without emotion as her chin rests on the knees again.

*then leans forward to pull the map out and hands it to Michael 'there .. mark yours .. *handing him the correctly colored pen* 'and ill make the marks of the ones i know .. mine are lines .. sorry' *the mental wall of bricks slams back into place in an attempt to keep others out of her mind and to basically hide behind for now. the head turns to look out the window, and meets Dexy's for a moment before the vehicle is out of sight. is about to mention something, but then chooses to not bother, as she's already made too much about nothing already. but her mind goes back to replaying her last view of light when she was so young and when she was first grabbed off the street and the tears start sliding quietly and without force

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[Mierin]

Alice chuckles as she cuddles closer to Jason "Too bad he hasn't had years of singing lessons like me," she remarks with a grin "then he wouldn't have butchered that poor song."

Alice looks worried as she hugs Jason "Wraith.. he.. he's as mad as a hatter, isn't he?" she falls silent before asking quietly, "If someone doesn't get here soon, he's going to kill us isn't he?"
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[shiivster]

*sighs andthen looks up as Michael finsihes his marks on the map and then taking her pen out asks 'where's the *insert snazzy amusement park* on here? .. i dont read good. *then after Mikey pooints it out .. nods and then looks at the map or a while and then as her pen makes contact with the paper says 'its okay .. i had a good sleep, i wont be taking anyone head off today' *continues drawing her lines but only the most accessable ones* 'these are the safe ones .. the rest are falling down or already down and sealed off.

*having finished her part [only about 15% of the tunnels are marked down] hands the map to another person .. 'if you want a better map, i'll have to take someone down there to do the marking of where the entrances and passages are in the buildings. *the destination of where to met Dexy and the others if something goes horribly wrong is in the mind .. but only the 'round room' part of it .. where that room is, who knows*

*having run out of things to say to anyone just now, does the safe thing and goes quiet. her golden eyes staring out the window, the sorrow and hurt showing in the face. the look vanishes in a moment at seeing something out the window she hasn't seen before .. a gator .. 'walking logs? .. wow .. ' *then looking at the others .. decides to say nothing else and pulls the cap down hard to hide from view and the eyes close .. followed by a light snore.

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[Dome]

Isamu looks slightly concerned and says in very good English with a slightly noticable Japanese accent "ah, but officer that house has been empty, many months now. If however you still want me to go with you I will."

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[dakota]

" no, his elevator stops a few floors from the top." Jason laughed, only to stop with a cough. He loooked at the forearm he had covered his mouth with concerned look before trying to hide the blood by changing his position slightly. A trickle of blood also had started from his nose. " Don't worry, we'll be okay. It's just like that movie, no matter how bad things look, the good guys always win."


The trip into the city is fairly quiet until Jason pulled into traffic on the highway. As Maria dozed, Eric and Michael had what sounded like a phone conversation as the pair of them marked off the known gang hangouts. When she happened to look up, Maria could catch Trev watching her in the mirror. After a while, he stopped the Charger in front of a fire station and parked. " I'll be right back, gotta go talk to dad and get the keys."

Eric held up the fairly doodled up map for Maria to see. " We came up with a few, but not all of them are the Brethrens. I remembers a bunch from the gang I used to hang out with."


" Look kid," the police officer replied to Isamu, releasing his hold on him and motioned beyond the several police cars parked together, " I didn't ask what you know about that place. Now I need you to stay beyond... oh great. " His tone dropped as a black sedan pulled up, " just what we need . The freak police are here."

A short, middle aged and balding man in a suit got out of the passenger seat, accompanied by a lanky guy in a jumpsuit of some sort. A 'tomboyish' woman dressed similarly got out of the back seat, her movements almost mechanical as she strode passed Isamu.

After a hushed talk with the officer in charge, the man in the suit pulled a cellphone from his pocket and dialed. Inside the safehouse, the phone rang once before the answering machince cut in. " Will, is that you in there? "MacColter asked, sounding perturbed. " Look, it's already a crappy day today. Half my people are frelancing and won't answer my calls and now you make a scene in one of my safehouses. This better be important, we're coming in. " He hung up and started walking towards the door, but aftre a glance at Isamu, he motioned towards him. Carrie-Anne, watch that kid. He looks an awful lot like one of those Brethren punks.

Carrie Anne nodded and about faced, walking over to Isamu. " We'll just wait here until Mac is done, then you can answer a few questions for him.


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