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Jacob looked out of the window at the cold, red planet, and at the base that was placed on it's surface. It used to be so much smaller until all of the settlers moved in. Now it was a flourishing Utopia, full of work, friends, and endless possibilities. The worst thing that happened was a detachment of guards got lost out on a search for rebels and had yet to return. The Halycion will be docking shortly, please leave in an orderly fasion and please do try to be off quickly." Jacob looked over and grabbed his things. This would be an interesting experience, especially since he was sent to replace this sector's last Lieutenant.

david lead his group onto the small area granted them on the halcion. he sat next to 3 other soldiers and looked at mars through the viewport. he watched as a small cargoloader vessel loaded the crate of suplies onto the ship. a second and then a third loaded the remaining things on. david pulled a laptop computer ut and scratched his goatee. "this is gonna be a long ride." he sighed and started surfing the internet.

Kayla sat looking unto the red dessert known as Mars just before returning to her medical book.She had heard that Mars was now an booming planet which only ment more sick people which ment an new job.

Exene was wandering the halls of the ship, tossing a racket ball back and fourth from one hand to another. She couldnt sit still or sleep. God this ride was way too long. Her RLS was acting up. God she wanted off thing! She sighed heavily and slammed the ball down to the floor, catching it as it flew up past her face. "Oy... I'm so flipping bored! Oh my god!" She stopped at the room she was given and reached into her pocket... Just her luck... Her key was gone. She rolled her eyes and sighed heavily, lifted one heavy combat boot and kicked the door open. "If ya woulda opened up in the first place I wouldnt of had ta scuff my damn boots." She muttered as she walked in, put the ball away, left, and carefully closed the door behind her. Not locking it might I add. "Now where did that key go?"

A quick repeating beap sounded and a heavy jerk spread out through the ship. Jacob walked over to the main door as an attendant rushed over and made sure the locks were secure. The door opened and no one was sucked out, so it meant anoth successful landing. "Here goes my first days on the Red Planet." Breathing deeply, Jacob stepped off of the ship the made his way to two other Marines, dressed exactly like himself, but missing the main patch. "Welcom Lieutenant Jacob, This will be easy since the main plaza will be your district. Basically just keep the peace, and make sure the guards are in order and we will have no problems." Jacob saluted and turned around to the other guard to recieve his sidearm, and Data Pad. They were the essentials and that is how he liked it, simple. With a quick stroll down the street and into an alleyway, he witnessed something he was warned about. It was a guard who was accepting a bribe from a citizen, and for a crime that Jacob felt should be punishable by death. Jacob could see from behind the guard and the man, there was a woman that had been attacked. From what he assumed, he believed the man was going to rape her. Jacob approached from behind the man, once the guard left and spoke. "Sir, you have one minute to step away from the woman and come with me." The man just looked back. "I already paid up so piss off." Jacob drew his gun. "I am the Govenor of this sections son so I do what I want!" A single shot fired and the man fell to his knees.

Loran Rek Mirez, a Lieutenant in the Mars Internal Security Division quickly ran passed the shuffling crowd to where the shot had come from. He turned a corner and skidded to a hault at the foot of a man with a gun. "Whoa! How the hell did you get that weapon past security checks?!" The Lieutenant demanded as several other M.I.S.D personell turned up behind him. "Who are..." He saw th insignia. "Mars Marine Corps! You have no authority here, this is a M.C.P.D (Mars Colonial Police Departmant) matter! And now you have made it an M.I.S.D matter." Loran motioned on of his officers. "We have to confiscate that weapon and place you under the eye until you have officially reported in..." He read the file that was handed to him. "Lieutenant Jacob E Book." Loran smiled as they took his weapon and then glanced at the woman. "Get a med-team to docking station nine-twenty three and then escort Lieutenant Book to his command section to officially document his arrival. Only then will you give him back his weapon."

"Sir!"

"Oh, and nice to meet you, Mr Book. Hopefully the law will be upheld while you are here... See you later." The M.I.S.D man turned on his heels and left as the med team rushed in to help the lady. The two Internal Security officers lead Jacob towards the nearest turbolift to central.

"Sorry about the Lieutenant, sir, he is normally very nice but his friend was the person you are replacing and he is kinda hit hard by it! Dont worry in a few days he'll be ok wit'ya" The lift shot sideways out of the ship then headed for command. By-passing security checkpoints and the new arrivals alltogether. It brought them outside for several moments where the barran red landscape coud be seen streathing across the horizion before shooting down and stopping at Command Central Control one. 'CCC-1 Reception' The lift chimed and they stepped out. "Sign in here sir. Here are your weapons back." The lift closed and the M.I.S.D people disappeared.

The man at the main desk already had the forms ready on the counter and all Jacob had to do was sign them. "You're telling me that I was taking out of MY authoritative zone, by Mar's pathetic little police force?" The man at the desk just nodded. "I am not going to forget this." Jacob sighed and left a signature on the line and quickly headed back to the elevator, though first off stopping by a weapon mount. It was basically a very small armory built into a wall, but had very tight security. Jacob punched in his code and the wall slid open, to one section. "Good enough for me." Retrieving an assault rilfe and some ammo, he now looked identicle to every other guard on the station. Another guard walked up behind him and put his hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry, we all have an ongoing grudge with the M.C.P.D. and with the M.I.S.D., but don't let them know that you know exactly what they are or you'll be sorry. They're very secretive." Jacob laughed and steppped onto the elevator with the man. "I'll show you to your quarters, ElTee"

Kayla Stepped off the ship.She took an quick glance around befor posting herself on the ship."Why did I come here.She looked off into the distance where earth could be seen."I miss you already."She walked into the sign in sector of the city."Kayla Windsmer. I'm here with the Army's Medical unit."

Man:"Oh yes Miss.Windsmer,Your file says that your one of the best that the Army has to offer.Well your living quarters are in that building,7th floor room 27."

"Thank you"As she walked toward the building her suitcase wheeled behind her.An few moments later she found herself in anok sized room."I'd better go find my commander."

Originally posted by Just Jacob
The man at the main desk already had the forms ready on the counter and all Jacob had to do was sign them. "You're telling me that I was taking out of MY authoritative zone, by Mars' pathetic little police force?" The man at the desk just nodded. "I am not going to forget this." Jacob sighed and left a signature on the line and quickly headed back to the elevator, though first off stopping by a weapon mount. It was basically a very small armory built into a wall, but had very tight security. Jacob punched in his code and the wall slid open, to one section. "Good enough for me." Retrieving an assault rilfe and some ammo, he now looked identicle to every other guard on the station. Another guard walked up behind him and put his hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry, we all have an ongoing grudge with the M.C.P.D. and with the M.I.S.D., but don't let them know that you know exactly what they are or you'll be sorry. They're very secretive." Jacob laughed and steppped onto the elevator with the man. "I'll show you to your quarters, ElTee"

Loran briskly walked along in a clipped military fashion along a catwalk that ended at a slanted stairwell. He exited the stariwell and walked across the white marble-like floor, through busy colonists and the like. Two Colonial Police officers were patroling the local area, but when they saw the Internal Security Lieutenant the altered their path to head away from him. Loran smiled. He thought it funny that the M.C.P.D, the M.I.S.D, the M.M.C, and the assorted other divisions were against each other. It was stupid, he thought, to fight. Not that we would get along really but... hey!

"I.S. Lieutenant, Mirez. Report to Command Central for assignment update and orders." Came a voice over the nano-com in his ear.

Loran tapped his wrist control. "Complying."

***

PA: "Emergency. Level 5. Medical teams to security stations nine-eleven to nine-twenty one. Secter nine is now under security lock-down. Any personel who have been in secter nine within the last hour please proceed to your nearest decontamination centre. Bio-Hazard teams to sector eight - sector nine blastgates. Repeat..."

***

Medical teams rushed past the denizens of the colony. Suddenly in a disarray, the people started to panic, not knowing which sector was which as they fumbled to find the decontamination facilities. As Loran watched, a stream of lightly armed M.I.S.F. (Mars Internal Security Forces) squads, carrying body armour and stun batons, entered the throuts and started getting the croud under control. Loran quickly hurried to the nearest turbolift to Command Central.

***

At the entrance to sector nine, several squads of Bio-Hazard units, carrying scanning equipment, and other sensitive stuff stood ready. One armed squad of M.C.T.P.'s (Mars Colonial Tactical Police) with assualt rifles and basic S.W.A.T styled armour and uniforms waited for the go signal. "Hold for the signal. Gas-filters on."

***

(A Bio-Hazard... I wonder... Dont worry, i'm just making background noise really, feel free to use any unspecified M.C.P.D characters for the breach.)

((There are parts of factions. For example: M.C.P.D. are normal police including the department, and the M.C.T.P. are special armed police like SWAT. The M.I.S.D. has the M.I.S.F. and even more than that. etc. M.M.C. Patrol areas that suit them, Internal Security dont really patrol but are there in the background, keeping an eye on things, The Colonial Police are the prominent peace keepers (visually) but they dont deal with any specific problems. All work for their own reasons, to their own causes. Just like piracy in utopia, lol, sorry Jacob if you had plans for that bribe bit but I thought we should have more than military here.)

((Don't advance too quickly please.))

Jacob heard about he security beach and turned around to face his other Marines. "Double the watch in our sector and make sure that no one that hasn't been screened in. I don't care what clearence they have." Jacob turned around and grabbed his weaponry. "Alpha Team, and Charlie team, you'll be accompanying me and Delta into the breach. We're doing this by the book. Do not divert from the mission to save anyone who is in trouble. I refuse to lose ANY of my men for the ungrateful lot who live here. Is that clear?" A rousing responce came from his soldiers. "HOOAH!" Jacob and his fellow soldiers grouped together by the main district door. On the other side will be the Sectore Nine lobby. No telling what will be in there and no telling if we can even get in. The place has been locked down so I am going to try my luck with my security override. Also, if there is already other teams on sight, allow them to move in first."

Exene gasped and dodged the crowds of panicking people as she slowly made her way through town. She couldnt count the number of times she was cursed at or nearly stepped on. "Charming town." She thought. "I wonder what's going on.." She bit her lip and looked down at the paper in her hand. Written on it was an address. She had reserved an apartment room before she left earth... Now all she had to do was find it.. Where ever it was. My god what is with all the military people all of the sudden?!

Kurt walked slowly with the crowd of people in the town. His jacket was slightly crumpled, due to the excessive time spent in the suitcase. Inside the right coat pocket was a crumpled up bill to the apartment room he had gotten. With the money Kurt had saved up he could survive on Mars for about ten years, then he'd have to find another job. Maybe they'd give him a job in security.

Ahead of him was a woman looking at a sheet of paper. She had slowed down to look at the paper and she was in his way. He bumped into her and stopped. Kurt glared at her and hissed," Move out of the way sweet heart."

The blastgate between eight and nine slowly opened and the Tactical Police unit moved forward towards the blastgates inner airlock. Once in the outer door closed and the squad seargent exchanged words in his com. "Safeties off people! We are going in hot!" As the Tactical Police squad flipped the catches on their weapons several jets of sterile air and some neutrilizing chemicals sprayed across them. After this the second blastgate opened to sector nine. "Go!" The squad fanned out and spread into the lobby between sector eight and nine. Behind them the blastgate closed, and double locked with a hiss. As the squad spread out into the eerily empty lobby the squad leader frowned. "M.C.T.P-five, to, control. How many people were there in sector nine at the time of lockdown?"

"One hundred and six registered colonists."

"Central. The lobby is code-one, clear." The Seargent replied. He then motioned his squad towards the inner sanctum of the lobby before entering the main housing blocks. "Advise on posible location of Bio-Hazard."

"Refueling station nine-twenty three. We think one of the tanks ruptured and caused a gas leak."

The squad sweaped onto a high overhang viewing the docking stations and admistration stations below. It was empty. Sickeningly devoid of human forms. "M.C.T.P-five, to central."

"Go ahead."

"Docking station is empty. No sign of colonists. Squad. Search pattern Xizor."

The M.C.T.P squad seperated into six, two man groups. Each heading off in a search pattern that would have them X over and rejoin at the far side. "T.P-five this is central, our survaillance systems are down in the docking bay area. The problem is at that location. Find and report damage."

The seargent nodded then lead his second in command down a flight of steps to the marble-like open ground below. Service and information stations dotted the 'land'. "Lets check the power regulator's in the security station's.

Jacob and his team were standing at the Section 10 door and were waiting for him to hit the switch. With a deep breath, Jacob tapped the switch down and raised his weapon. Seeing the scary sight of nothing. It's not that he was scared, more like surprised to see such a sight in the industrial area.

"Seargent Odihiru, be advised, we read a security breach between the blastgate at sector nine and ten. We have dispached C.P officers to that location. Be prepared for company."

The C.T.P officer checked the transfer circuts on the security stations monitor, and then looked over at the interface. "Central, the problem is cosmetic, a power conduit in sector nine-thirteen meintenance room has been severed. We will head there after we check the fuel tanks."

"Rodger that, T.P-five. We are sending in back-up, rendezvous at security checkpoint hatch 'nine-jay'."

"Estimated time of arrival at security hatch 'nine-jay' is four minutes... Seargent Odihiru, out." Raising his assault rifle he darted out of the security station and headed for the industrialized section of this sector. Each sector was about a kilometer in length and about five hundred meters in width with the same amount of roof clearance.

***

M.I.S.D Headquarters. 'Central-one'.

Thirteen minutes ago.

"Mirez, I want you to read through Lieutenant Book's files, and the same goes for the other newbies in town. Now, take a special squad of the M.I.S.A.F (M.I.S. Armed Forces (Slight name change, means nothing.)) out to security hatch 'nine-jay' to back-up a Colonial Tactical Police squad."

***

Six minutes after the Tactical squad were informed, they had met Rek and his twelve man squad and were both now proceeding to the meintenance section.

Jacob went down on one knee and looked forward. There was no movement whatsoever. "House, McClean. You two stay here and make sure this lobby stays secure. The only way into here is through this security clearence door. Don't let anyone past it without my permission." They both accepted their mission and took a defensive stance aiming at the main door. Jacob and the rest of his team moved forward.

In the middle of section nine, a small teenage girl was moving forward into the empty streets. "Mom!? Where are you!?"

"LT! We got a young woman alone on the street about sixty yards through this door." Jacob looked a little angry until he saw who it was. Without a word he tore through the door and started sprinting down the road. "Sarah!" The girl turned around and looked at Jacob. "Dad!? What are you doing here?" She ran at him as fast as she could.

Lieutenant Mirez reached the plaza corner ahead of the squads when a shout of "Dad!" echoed across the space. Then the sound of running footsteps... "Seargent Odihiru, get to meintenance station nine-thirteen and report as ordered," he whispered and got a nod.

"What are you gonna do?"

"Find some colonists. A.F-sixteen, I want six men, the rest go with Colonial Tactical Police."

The squads seperated and Mirez went forward towards the noise.

Odihiru went down onto a survice walkway and quickly proceeded for 'nine-thirteen-M'.

***

Loran reached the processing plant to see Jacob and a teen girl hugging. 'Dad?' "Secure the area," he ordered, "discreetly." As the half-squad disappeared Loran slowly, and alone, walked forward towards his M.M.C counterpart. "So you must be Sarah Book, am I right... Nice to see you again Jacob, do you mind me calling you that or would you prefer, Lieutenant Book." Loran raised his assault rifle then let his eyes quickly dart across the room. "I'll tell you something Mr Book," his voice echoed, "you've been here two hours and they already have you dreadging the bowls, so to speak." He stopped thirty meters away.

Originally posted by android217
Kurt walked slowly with the crowd of people in the town. His jacket was slightly crumpled, due to the excessive time spent in the suitcase. Inside the right coat pocket was a crumpled up bill to the apartment room he had gotten. With the money Kurt had saved up he could survive on Mars for about ten years, then he'd have to find another job. Maybe they'd give him a job in security.

Ahead of him was a woman looking at a sheet of paper. She had slowed down to look at the paper and she was in his way. He bumped into her and stopped. Kurt glared at her and hissed," Move out of the way sweet heart."

Exene stummbled and looked up at the man. She bit her lip and thought to herself. 'Why dont you go around dumb ass. You saw me there. Or are you blind? Maybe you're just retarded, cuz you must be able to see me considering you knew I was a girl. Is that it? Huh? Are you slow? I think there is plenty of space for you to walk, and other people you could have bumped into.' She descided against saying that, considereding she only just got here, and went with something a little less harsh. "And if I dont?"

Some of the M.I.S.A.F troops rushed in and pushed the crowds apart and started shouting orders. One forcefully pushed both Exene and Kurt back into an orderly line. In a filtered voice he said. "Please procede to your designted living area given upon arrival, if you have not yet officially documented your arrival procede to the administration station through those glassine doors over there, please."

"You should know better than to mess with a police officer," Kurt showed her his old badge. " And I was crippled saving little women like you. Took a gunshot to my leg and now I can barely stand." Kurt put the badge away and coughed into his hand. "Now you can just move."

Exene smiled coldly. "And you should know how to properly speak to little women like me, and no thank you I like it right here, officer." She stummbled back into the line as the soldier pushed them over into line. 'My god why did this place have to be so orderly. And again what's with all the soldiers?!' She thought.

(You can ask them, though they aren't soldiers, they are Security officers, a step up from normal police.)

Jacob looked back at Loran. "Actually I ordered my men here to take some of the stress off the other teams. And I knew that she was somewhere on this station." He looked at Sarah and then back at Loran. "And you can call me Jacob if you like. Mr. Book is my father." Jacob picked up his assault rifle as well and then put his hand on her shoulder. "Come on, I'm taking you to someplace safe until all of this blows over. Go find your mother once you are out."

Lorans expression hardened. "I'm afraid she will need to be decontamiated before that. Okay Jacob, lets find the other one hundred and five people. Maybe after this, I'll buy you lunch." With a hand signal, two M.I.S.A.F officers approached and waited to gain custody of the girl, they both smiled gently.

"This way miss. We'll take you to decon station ten-one."

Loran (Rek in another life) stepped forward. "Lieutenant Loran Mirez, Mars Internal Security," He offered a hand, "nice to meet you under official obligation to the colony." He smiled.

((i'm lost, what happened since i was gone. and asctually, army personnel have a barracks Originally posted by Shalimar_fox
Kayla Stepped off the ship.She took an quick glance around befor posting herself on the ship."Why did I come here.She looked off into the distance where earth could be seen."I miss you already."She walked into the sign in sector of the city."Kayla Windsmer. I'm here with the Army's Medical unit."

Man:"Oh yes Miss.Windsmer,Your file says that your one of the best that the Army has to offer.Well your living quarters are in that building,7th floor room 27."

"Thank you"As she walked toward the building her suitcase wheeled behind her.An few moments later she found herself in anok sized room."I'd better go find my commander." just as a quick note to her. we are the mcmf mars colonial military force.))

Jacob stepped in front of Sarah and raised his weapon. "There's nothing wrong with her." She grabbed him tightly and hid behind him. "Don't let them take me away dad!" Jacob's face hardened into a deep anger. "She's all I have left, I am not going to lose her again." Jacob honestly knew he would be taken down if her tried to fight back. Two other soldier approached but did not walk out directly.

a military squad led by david, all wearing full body armor including helmets ((looks like metro cop armor from hl2, but with a different gas mask and in gray camoflauge)) , made their way too the blast gates. as they made their way through david briefed them. "alright ladies listen up! a bio contaminent was detected here and now 106 citizens have gone missing. we're backing up the squads that have gone in. get your guns ready, this is a live fire excersise." he closed his helmet and his hud activated. squad bio signs appeared and they all checked in. several green lights appeared next to their names. his voice came out through a filter. "let's move people." the second blast gate opened and they moved through, clearing every room. comms went live. "lieutenant jacob book, do you read?"

Loran faultered when Jacob pointed the gun at him. He understood. "Your own men may escourt her if you like, but she must be checked." He motioned and two other I.S.A.F officers appeared.

david and his squad came up from the way jacob had come. they crouched and raised their weapon to jacob. "freeze!" david's hud blinked as he scanned jacob. "lietenant?" he turned to loran. "whats going on here?!"

Jacob looked towards David. "Just protecting my family." Jacob lowered his weapon and pulled her to his side and put his arm around her shoulder. "I'm going to take you to the decontamination room. I'm going to be by your side the entire time." She gave a weak smile and grabbed his hand. "Thanks dad." Jacob tapped his comm. "Alpha, Charlie, You'll be taking orders directly from Lt. Loran until I say otherwise. Delta, hold your position in the lobby."

((Whoa, dont you know that I have enough with two squads, let alone gaining more.))

Loran turned to David (what? no Carlos) and smiled. "Great. Now M.C.M.F want a piece of the-"

The Lieutenant was interrupted as his com beeped. "M.C.T.P-five, to Lieutenant Mirez. Sir, I think you should see this... In fact maybe I should pretend I never found it."

Loran was slightly startled and recovered quickly. "Cut the crap, Seargent. What have you found." Loran demanded as he turned away from the others and gave the Internal Security men a hand signal.

"Sir, nothing I can say will humanly describe this, you should see it for yourself... Our location is maintenance section nine-thirteen."

As the six I.S.A.F people, armed with assault rifles, gas filters and the like, headed back across the white reflective floor, the Lieutenant replied. "On our way." He flipped frequencies to an M.M.C spctrum. "Alpha, Charlie. This is Mars Internal Security Lieutenant Mirez. 'Loran' Mirez." He cast a hard glare at Jacob for giving his first name. "Procede to floor seven, section thirteen maintenance area." He then turned back to David. "Do as you will..." He spun and quickly followed his retreating half-squad of six men, although normal squad make-up was actually six, this particular op' covered a kilometer of ground, so with an influx of unused personnel twelve seemed more suitable. Also one hundred and six people was still a rather small amout for even one colony sector, it would be more closer to three hundred since the population boom. It ment that two thirds had gotten through the blastgates before they closed.

***

Seargent Odihiru of the Mars Colonial Tactical Police, stood at the entrence to maintenance station thirteen, his squad of twelve spread out across the gantry that acted as the entrance to each station from the main colony and it keeps the stations hidden from living (hosts, uh?) colonists. The dead ones... well he'd show someone soon. The gantry rattled. "C'mon."

*as i wait for android217's response.)
Exene tapped one of the officers on the shoulder as he passed by and smiled sweetly. "Um, excuse me. Would you mind me asking what's going on here?"

The officer paused for several seconds then said. "Sure." He nodded to his companion, who quickly glanced over Exene then smiled devilishly at her and continued past. The officer looked pointedly at him then back to her. "I'm sorry ma'am but he thinks I'm trying to score with you... and I won't be modest when I say 'you are hot!!'." He quickly pulled Exene out of the crowd and smiled. "What would you like to know, miss...?" He frowned.

Exene blushed and looked down at the ground. "Um well.. Thank you I guess." Shecleared her throat and glanced over at the other man. "I was wondering what is going on in town. Why are there so many officers running around?.. Was someone shot?"

"No, although that posibility can't ruled out. What has happened is our security system detected a bio-hazard in sector nine and we have been sent out to make sure everyone is screened for contaminants. Anything else?" He asked, smiling understandingly as she blushed. Easily affected by what people think of her.

She blushed again when he smiled, her smile fading into a frown as she up at him. "Biohazard... as in nothing but a little chemical spill, right?" She smiled, hoping she was right.

"If that is what it is... It could be an air leak, fuel fracture, infection, anything... We dont know yet. Can I help you with anything else... miss?" The officer asked her while trying to stay professional, he wasn't a sexual predator. "What is your name, by the way?"

She smiled and quickly looked him over. "Exene Vadana. I'm new to Mars.... And I was wondering, if you could help me find my apartment." She smiled and handed him the sheet her address was written on. She normally wasnt like this around men, but hey it wouldnt hurt to try something new. You know, fresh start and all.

"Ah..." The officer looked over at his duty offcer who was currently contending with decon teams. "This is secter two, you want sector four. I'm off duty in fifteen minutes, once your screened, I'll take you there, or at least point you in the right direction, miss Vadana." He smiled and his eye's kept darting across to his duty officer. (I unfortunatly might be going now, sorry, goodnight!)

aww ok night! xoxo ))
She smiled and took the paper from him, her fingers lightly brushing his. "I would like that. Being escorted by a real officer," As she said this she glanced over at Kurt. "Would make me feel so safe. And I see you eyeing your partner over there so I'll let you get back to work. See you in fifteen minutes." She smiled sweetly and made her way back into line, quite pleased with herself.

Jacob made his way back to the main door with his daughter and was greeted by two of his teammates. One was an old friend, Johnson. "Hey Aaron, been years. Guess I'll see you back at he barracks." Aaron gave his usual shrug and moved forward with the others. "Everyone, we'll just hold here until relieved by Lt. Book." All the other agreed and took positions.

(Wont be online...)

davids 8 man squad dispersed into the shadows, clearing the area. slowly, as the lights changed from a normal color to a blue color, showing that the area was clean, the squad continued. david and 2 team mates ran along a wall, following fuel pipes that went to another wall. they went through with the others in their squad. davids radio bleeped once as he began talking. "maintenance area 9-15f clear, proceeding with second objective." it bleeped twice and turned off. the squad followed loran and his squads.

Loran's squad reached the maintenance gantry for nine-thirteen and met up with Odihiru. The seargent directed Loran's attention to the open room beyond. "Sir, there is something you should... see."

Loran's feet shook the gantry as he followed the Tactical Police seargent over the walkway to the entry. Beyond was the maintenance station. "What have you found?"

"I don't know, sir."

Loran turned a corner and his eyes widened. In the station room, blood covered the walls and floor along with severed body parts. "What the-"

McClean approached another building with a squad mate and opened the main door. There was nothing but an creeping calmness. Just as they turned their backs to walk away, they heard a noise. It was what sounded like a wounded moan. They both turned around to see a man stumble out of his room. The man was ghostly pale and seemed to be sluggish. "Sir, how long have you been sick?" There was no response. The soldier approached the man and grabbed his shoulder. "Sir, I need to know immedia-" A scream ensued as the man bit into the soldiers wrist.

davids squad looked in horror at the gore. "uuuuuuuuuuh... we shopuld leave... now!" the squad backed out of the room just as they heard the scream. something running at high speeds charged at them with a deafening roar. they blasted it away before it got there. "lets get outta here man!" yelled the youngest of davids squad members.

((To explain my lack of posting I'm having one major 'writers block'. Sorry guys.))

Loran spun as David's squad opened fire, and looked through the glare of the gunfire to see, in the shadows, the panic stricken and frozen shocked face of a woman. Blood soaked her gray maintenance uniform and her own wounds now added to that mess as bullets tore through her skin and caused a fretless spray of blood and haze. She screamed in both horror and pain as the impacts knocked her wounded body back, the white of her bones beginning to show between the blood sprays, then with a final stare of open mouthed confusion, the maintenance worker fell to the ground. A hole ripped completly through the lower half of her chest. Loran stood in a frozen reverie, his eyes rivited to the sight ofthe dead woman hidden again in the shadows, the sound of dripping blood sickening to hear, then his mind caught up with him and he turned to David. His anger welled up and his face bore a hard scowl. "You... you rookies! You just killed un unarmed women dont eve-" The sound became even more sickening as the sound of sludgind footsteps followed. A moan, that echoed through his bones and chilled his heart. "Aww s#it, weapons ready, fire on 'my' command! No adrenalin charged fireing..." He looked at David then looked at the approaching man as he came into the light slowly. "Sir, wait, sir please identify yoursel... what the hell!" The man's skin was paste white and blue veins crossed his forehead, his arms were limp and seemed rather bone like, then there were the eyes, opaque and unseeing. Blood covered the lower half of the lips and stained down its jaw. "He's infected with somthing volatile. Try and disable. FIRE!!"

The soldier kicked the man back and removed his weapon. "Son of a *****!" He fired twice and the man fell back. The soldier jumped back in a startle as the man once again started to get back on his feet. Firing again, the soldier started to back against a wall, but was greeted by two other men, who proceeded to bite into his shoulder. The man let out a fearfull scream and opened fired in the dark room. The rest of the squad moved to the doorway but did not enter, as they heard the sounds stop. All was quiet as they looked into the blackness. Jacob heard the commotion and turned around. "Get her to sickbay Delta in the Marine HQ, now." Jacob made his way down the hallway until he reached the lobby again. The sight was a horror as he saw all of his men firing into the building. When all went quiet for a second time, Jacob and the other soldier noticed more of the people coming towards them.

Originally posted by Jedireaper
Loran spun as David's squad opened fire, and looked through the glare of the gunfire to see, in the shadows, the panic stricken and frozen shocked face of a woman. Blood soaked her gray maintenance uniform and her own wounds now added to that mess as bullets tore through her skin and caused a fretless spray of blood and haze. She screamed in both horror and pain as the impacts knocked her wounded body back, the white of her bones beginning to show between the blood sprays, then with a final stare of open mouthed confusion, the maintenance worker fell to the ground. A hole ripped completly through the lower half of her chest. Loran stood in a frozen reverie, his eyes rivited to the sight ofthe dead woman hidden again in the shadows, the sound of dripping blood sickening to hear, then his mind caught up with him and he turned to David. His anger welled up and his face bore a hard scowl. "You... you rookies! You just killed un unarmed women dont eve-" The sound became even more sickening as the sound of sludgind footsteps followed. A moan, that echoed through his bones and chilled his heart. "Aww s#it, weapons ready, fire on 'my' command! No adrenalin charged fireing..." He looked at David then looked at the approaching man as he came into the light slowly. "Sir, wait, sir please identify yoursel... what the hell!" The man's skin was paste white and blue veins crossed his forehead, his arms were limp and seemed rather bone like, then there were the eyes, opaque and unseeing. Blood covered the lower half of the lips and stained down its jaw. "He's infected with somthing volatile. Try and disable. FIRE!!"

((i said deafening roar, not horrified scream she was infected.))

david smiled. "what rookies?" he turned to the newbie "we hold position." he turned back as slowly a large group... a horde of the infected colonists appeared out of the shadows. "well now we know what happened to the colonists." he shredded ones face with his assault rifle. as it fell more took it's place. "actually, i've changed my mind." his team backed away slowly. his comm beeped. "mission control, we have a problem."

((ominous music))

((Yea I know what you said, and the woman only screamed when she was shot. The roar still came from the Zombie dude, and darkxbox, you have no sense of suspense; after the first one silence followed, ect... I actually didnt really want to fight the Zombiz yet, I actually wanted the population to just disappear. That would have made for better story telling, people would wonder why, then question's would ensue, it would also give us time to form bonds between our characters while off duty. Then evidently, I'd leave Jacob to figure the rest out... lol ignore this! I don't mean to be blunt))

((Actually I was thinking that we all clear this section of the infected, and all go back to the main area and celebrate the victory with each other. Then our injured squadmates turn.)

((Ok!!))

Loran gave David a 'no-kidding' look and sheared the head off of one.

Jacob and his team backed up to the main wall and raised their weapons witha defiant look on their faces. "Are we going to let some crazy people tell us how to run OUR city!?" A rousin "SIR, NO SIR!" rose from the marines as they all took arms against the new found enemy. "What are we going to do!?" The marines all charged forward after screaming. "Kick some ass!"

Originally posted by Jedireaper
((Yea I know what you said, and the woman only screamed when she was shot. The roar still came from the Zombie dude, and darkxbox, you have no sense of suspense; after the first one silence followed, ect... I actually didnt really want to fight the Zombiz yet, I actually wanted the population to just disappear. That would have made for better story telling, people would wonder why, then question's would ensue, it would also give us time to form bonds between our characters while off duty. Then evidently, I'd leave Jacob to figure the rest out... lol ignore this! I don't mean to be blunt))

the roar came from her, not the infected dude. doi.))

davids squad backed away while firing into the crowd. slowly, his squad began moving faster and faster. "run!" yelled the newb. at that moment, a vent above him burst open and two zombies crashed down on him. "ohhhhh gooooooood! help meeee! ahhhhhhhhhhhh!" he bashed away at them pointlessly as the rest of the squad ran in seperate directions. the three most experienced stayed together. "home base, home base! requesting immediate back. somethings spurred the civilians here into some kind of violent protest!" another scream sounded from the direction a squad mate had taken.

((You said it was an infected that roared when something charged (ran freightenedly) towards you, you said it because your char's didnt know what it was, it was an un-infected 'maintenance worker'/woman too scared to scream, running from the un-dead who roared (they can't do that as far as I know, groan, yea!) and followed her. Your guys shot her with-out really looking because the roar made them jumpy, and they couldnt see in the shadows. So I had you killed someone innocent, just used a little reworking of the scene in my post, eg. what the reader was seeing as they read the posts. They expect a zombie, so suprise them. My god... read some books, better yet, upgrade your imagination lol joking. I may be leaving KMC because school work is swamping in and my finals are up in two weeks... the off to pre-College after summer. ))

((well, if you think about it, they SHOULD be able to speak fluently, however, the infection dumbs them down. even a baby can make a small roaring sound.))

((Brain mush))

"Confirmed, please stand-by, reinfor..." The signal became fuzzy then cut out.

((And yes people im still alive!!))

~I forgot I was apart of this.I don't have time to read the 3 pages.so it would help if I could know if anything major has happened~

(we arrived on the planet, some kind of biocontaminent leak happened, now marines and military are attempting escape from a zombie horde. jacob impregnated a woman when he was 16 and now hes trying to get his daughter out of the infection zone. *pants*))

~oh wow~
Kayla was in an rush to find some type of help.All she had was her gun

(oh, almost forgot, the area was already evacuated, so unless youre a zombie or a soldier, you shouldnt be in any trouble... for now.))

A calm wind spread across the area, it was a synthetic wind, one that you could tell was pushed by the giant fans spread all across the district. Jacob stood with six other members of his squad. They all stood over map that was set up on an ammo crate. A cigarette hung from Jacob's mouth as he studied over the map. Red marks covered the map, and marked the placement of his own troops. "How defended is our perimeter?" One of the other six looked over. "Well, sir. Nothing can get by us without being seen by one of our groups." Jacob nodded as a smile slid across his face. "Looks like we just sit back and wait for us to be cleared. I'll be going out to the bridge to survey the area, see if we need to double out guard. There are a hell of a lot more civilians on the other side." A soldier that was standing with a group of about eight others leaned in for a second. "Sir, if it's alright with you, I'll take my team and clear out the buildings within our perimeter." Jacob thought for a moment. "Well, Sergeant, you've got my orders to do so. Get to it Marine! We founded this station, we're sure as hell going to keep!"

~well Kayla is an Army Medic so I'll just stick her Jacob if thats ok with him~

Kayla was now stuck with these Marines. In truth she felt safer with them then with her own sector of the arm forces."Ok. who's in charge here?"She held her kit close to her left side an pistol on the right.

david, carlos, and jack walked past a patrol as they made their way over to jacob. "hey, lietenant book. 2 of my men are still in their. feel like going back in?" he grinned inside his helmet, though the voice filter showed no change in the tone of his voice.

Jacob looked over to Kayla. "That'd be me. Lieutenant Commander as of ten minutes ago." He then looked over to Carlos. "That depends on how close they are and if they were infected." Marines were all around kicking doors in and pulling out groups of people. Most of the people looked frightened but knew not to try and challenge the already jumpy marines. Jacob thought for a moment and then flicked the cigarette out into the street. "What the hell, I'm in."

david smiled. "let's do this then." as they arrived at the security gate he turned back. "listen up team, 2 or more men are behind these walls defending themselves from the infected. from what they've told me over comms, they're holed up in a lobby just 100 meters from the second gate. we've got to go in, retrieve them, drop a radar node, and clear out before the infecteds get to the gates." he cocked his rifle and slung it over his shoulders, the strab keeping it from flying away. "so who else wants to join us. the more the bloodier i always say." he grinned widely under his helmet.

((*comic twist not actually part of the post* suddenly he suffered a massive bowl movement. unfortunately his suits colon filter made it sound much deeper and louder than it actually was. not only that but everyone back at base heard it over comms. *truly humiliating* ))

"I'll go with you"Kayla walked up to him. "They may need medical attention."She looked down at the gun."I just need to stick with you at all cost...I'm not the best shooter.Besides, I'm not sure how many bullets this thing can hold."

" Lieutenant! I know I'm not under your force but I'm requesting permission to help with they recon mission of your men."

"Mount up then. Stick with us and you will do fine." Jacob turned around and looked over at his second in command. "You're in command here. If I don't return, take the connecting bridge out so that th infected won't cross into the main area." He then turned around and cocked his shotgun.

carlos and jackson moved to the sides of the first secyrity gate as it slid open. as per usual, it was empty. they scuttled in and sweeped it for any sign of a breech. carlos turned as jackson walked over to a control panel. "all clear sir." he turned to jacob, giving a silent nod.

Jacob moved in ahead of the rest of the soldiers and made his way down a dark alley way. He began to set up a beacon, so that his troops could follow his position. While he was setting up the frequency, a voice came from behind him. "Light, good to see your not dead." A slight chuckle came from Jacob. "As well to you, Vengeance." Without a second of hesitation, Jacob spun around with his combat knife drawn, slicing at his feet. Vengeance stepped on Jacob's hand and brought his other foot into Jacob's face, sending him flying. "Still no where near as good as me, like always." Jacob jumped back onto his feet from his back and raised his fists. "Come on, Light, use 'your' knife. Not this Marine issue crap." Jacob put his hand into a small leather satchel on his lg and removed a large, long knife, and the handle was in the shape of a Dragon. The dragon's eye was a Diamond. Vengeance pulled out a similar knife, but the dragon, had an amnythist as the eye. Vengeance charged Jacob with his knife drawn. Jacob responded with a narrow dodge and brought his own knife up. Vengeance left the ground as he jumped over Jacob, forcing his knife into the wall, to lift himself up. Jacob attempted to respond, but was stopped by Vengeance's boot once again. Jacob hit the ground like a socket wrench, but drew his side arm. Vengeance turned around and faced Jacob. "Oh Vengeance, I don't play fair anymore." Jacob pulled the trigger twice, before his hand was pinned to the wall by his Marine knife. Vengeance fled the scene holding his shoulder, escaping into darkness.

david stopped outside of the 2nd gate. as jacobs soldiers left, carlos closed the first gate but left the second open. jackson pulled up his hacker light machine gun. david turned to them both. "a;right team, uploading locations of the survivors to your hud." both of their acknowledgement lights blinked green to indicate that they had gotten it. "the infected are attacking from all sides of the building, so we need to get there from above." carlos light blinked red. "but won't there be infected in the building?" david smiled. "but thei'll be focusing on the survivors, so we'll go in unnoticed and slice right through, but first." he changed his comm frequency to jacobs. "luetenant, you do realize their is still a population of fixers in this area, all uninfected, don't you?"

(Hey guys!)

Lorans squad of IS officers and Tactical Police soon followed their universal counterparts ou0A
(i havnt read the recent events so i may be off but im going with tha flow.)

(oops you guys went back in.. scrap this post )

hey you! *hugs tight* get your officer off duty and come play with me :P ))

Just lurched out of the alley way holding his hand, and holding himself up using the wall. His weapon was gone, all but his specialized knife. "Piece of crap.. you haven't been sharpened in years." He let out a horse laugh as he resumed his walk.

The officer spoke to his commisioner then returned to find Exene Vadana had finished with the hazard scan. He tapped her on the shoulder. "You needed a guide, miss." He smiled and looked her over. She was about his height though her body was stella, actually the correct word was 'interstella' but he wasnt concerned. "Shall we.." He gestured towards an elevator leading up to the less crouded overhangs and several garden areas which cut across the crowds of scanees'.

Jacob moved ahead of all of the other soldiers and tried his best to stay out of the view of the security cameras. When he felt that he was far enough away from the other soldiers, he leaned up against the wall and surveyed his situation. "Unknown amount of the outbreak, which means we can never one-hundred percent sure that we got all of them.. I guess we'll just take as man-" Jacob hit the ground as a spray of flood hit the wall, and an infected slammed to the ground. The shot had come from the bridge up ahead, and he instantly knew who fired it. "Roberts! When did you get transfered to Mars?" A female voice came through over the other line. "Two years ago, baby. When you resigned from the team, the new leader put us into too much danger, so we all resigned and got transfers."

Loran caught up with Jacob just as the shot penned a zombie. "Who... oh."

Exene turned and smiled sweetly. "Hey you. Yes I would love a guide, if you're not busy." She smiled and looked him up and down as well, turning to walk beside him. Other then the greeting she said nothing. She was still shy, just like she was on earth. But she was trying hard to think of something to say, or build up the courage to. She was blushing brightly as she walked beside him. Eventually she stopped nibbling on her lower lip to finally say something to him. "I.. um.. I never caught your name back there. You asked for mine but I forgot to get yours."

Jacob looked back towards Loran and raised his weapon, but quickly lowered it when he realized who it was. "It was reckless coming here.. Sir." He turned his back and started to survey the distance to the bridge. "Bout twenty or so yards.. bet I could run it."

Originally posted by DangerousBeauty
Exene turned and smiled sweetly. "Hey you. (Would you really say 'Hey you.' tosomone in real life?) Yes I would love a guide, if you're not busy." She smiled and looked him up and down as well, turning to walk beside him. Other then the greeting she said nothing. She was still shy, just like she was on earth. But she was trying hard to think of something to say, or build up the courage to. She was blushing brightly as she walked beside him. Eventually she stopped nibbling on her lower lip to finally say something to him. "I.. um.. I never caught your name back there. You asked for mine but I forgot to get yours." The officer smiled. "Oh.. sorry miss, I'm Steve Evans." He stood aside to allow her onto the elevator first. "Please.." He nodded to the MCTP officers that were stopping colonists from leaving the area and pushed through the crowd to the elevator ramp. "So how old are you 'xene?" He started, trying to start some general probing small-talk.

*%

Originally posted by Jedireaper
The officer smiled. "Oh.. sorry miss, I'm Steve Evans." He stood aside to allow her onto the elevator first. "Please.." He nodded to the MCTP officers that were stopping colonists from leaving the area and pushed through the crowd to the elevator ramp. "So how old are you 'xene?" He started, trying to start some general probing small-talk.

***

Loran nodded. "Yea well, anyway.. who are these guys?" He gestered across the infected to the sniper on the walkway above. "So do you think this could have been more than a simple fuel rupture?"

the pitter patter of hooves from tiny animals began to be heard, and as it slowly got louder, a vent above began to hiss as if a welding torch was cutting it. just then, 2 mejen, bilo and hige, fell from the vent, while a 3rd, drec, flew around the corner. their blazer helmets warmed up, but the held fire. ((when you see ** it means it is being translated from their language. you can understand them, and they can understand you.)) **what are you humans doing here, this zone is quarantined.** drec jumped next to loran so they were looking directly at eachother. ** or would you prefer to die.**

Loran spun to the new voice and replied in their language. "Fudkra dres!" **F#ck you!** He then shot the first alien in the head swung around and landed a solid rifle butt into the others skull. "Neofudkra mila shionask!" **F#cking sh#t-heads!** He shouted. "Eespelo gra venakak!" **Go experiment on your own!** Everything now made sense with the aliens involved. He avoided the yellow-ish purple-ish plasma shots at him and tackled the third to the ground and ripped off the creatures breath mask. "F#cking alien sh#t!" **Neofudkra esemilo gra!** Loran started bashing the creatures face with his assault rifles butt. "F#ckers!" Calmed, now that its face was bloodied, another was shot and dead and the other had its skull cracked, he turned his attention to the flying one.

(That was fun interstella war, wooohooo! Anyway regard my post as you normally would.)

After the unusual amount of calamity, Jacob took his chance to get by unnoticed and onto the bridge. Two other soldiers stood next to Roberts, who had watched the entire ordeal. "No one just puts up with crap anymore." Jacob grinned. "It's the planet, or so it seems. This place seems to add in a little taste of pride."

~i'm out of this one.just not my style of rping~

Originally posted by Jedireaper
Loran spun to the new voice and replied in their language. "Fudkra dres!" **F#ck you!** He then shot the first alien in the head swung around and landed a solid rifle butt into the others skull. "Neofudkra mila shionask!" **F#cking sh#t-heads!** He shouted. "Eespelo gra venakak!" **Go experiment on your own!** Everything now made sense with the aliens involved. He avoided the yellow-ish purple-ish plasma shots at him and tackled the third to the ground and ripped off the creatures breath mask. "F#cking alien sh#t!" **Neofudkra esemilo gra!** Loran started bashing the creatures face with his assault rifles butt. "F#ckers!" Calmed, now that its face was bloodied, another was shot and dead and the other had its skull cracked, he turned his attention to the flying one.

((their friendly, so could you please repost, as your character should know that they are. until then i will consider your post as void and mute oh, and they cant fly, plus, they have nothing to do with the infection. read all about them on the bio page.))

Originally posted by darkxbox
may i introduce a friendly alien species. if so:

mejen
small aliens, similar to elites but without armor. wear small helmets
mostly do maintenance work.
their helmet has a small laser torch emmitter attached as a repair tool and self defense weapon
are very dangerous in groups Originally posted by darkxbox
name: bilo (pronounced bi-yo )
mejen
3"2
age: 14
47 lbs
female
drecs first mate, bilo ha always liked the thrill of hunting and the taste of fresh meat. she was the first of his mates and has been with him ever since.
has a calm personality

name: hige (the g is silent )
mejen
2"7
age: 12
39 lbs
female
drecs second mate, only just joined his family, but loves to be around him and bilo. unlike bilo, dislikes hunting to a certain degree, perfers to trap the animal, then return it to the den alive, where drec can kill it.
has a clingy personality

Name: drec (dre-k)
mejen
2"9
age: 15
43 lbs
male
has a distinct scar over his left eye. as a mature adult, drec has been very defensive. he never was cared for as a young one, however, after a strike on his clan left him and his brother as the last remaining, he realized that he had to get along with his allies to survive. has been mating since he was 11. does not trust humans because of what they did to his previous clan.
has a defensive, rude, and selfish personaluity around humans.

notes about this species:
they mate for life
one male can have more than one female mate, and vice versa
they hunt in packs, like wolves. they have a superb jumping ability
average life expectancy is 45 years
many dont trust humans because at first they were brought to earth as slaves. have the same rights as humans.
they dont have gay people in their species, it goes against their natural instinct.
were discovered inside of one of mar's moons, where they were taken as slaves, many still live on the small research station on that moon. they named the moon meje (pronounced meej)

She smiled and stepped in before him. "I'm 21." She sighed softly and gave him another look over. "It's very nice of you to walk with me Steve."

as the elevator stopped short of its destination, 2 mejen walked in. the social one looked up at the humans as the elevator began again. she removed her helmet and spoke to the female human. **good morning. i havent seen you here before. are you new?** her small mandibles attempted to mimic a human smile. the male simply stood, occasionally glancing at the male human. his torch emmitter radiated warmth, and glowed as if it had just been used. he turned once more, this time to both of the humans, and in a raspy, almost mad voice said. **well what are you looking at, skinface?!**

Reki jumped and forced a smile back. "Yes, I only just arrived from earth. I've been here for just over Fifteen minutes." She stumbled back, pressing her back against Steve's chest, and shook her head when the male snapped. "I-I'm sorry, w-was I bothering you?" Steve would be able to feel her shaking. God she was scared. Never had she seen or heard of these things and now one was yelling at her. She was to shy of a woman to handle this.

Originally posted by DangerousBeauty
Exene jumped and forced a smile back. "Yes, I only just arrived from earth. I've been here for just over Fifteen minutes." She stumbled back, pressing her back against Steve's chest, and shook her head when the male snapped. "I-I'm sorry, w-was I bothering you?" Steve would be able to feel her shaking. God she was scared. Never had she seen or heard of these things and now one was yelling at her. She was to shy of a woman to handle this.


Steve simply glanced at the two Mejen and smiled at Exene, placing a hand on her shoulder lightly. "Dont be afraid.. They dont normally bite." He switched to a stern look and eyed the male Mejen. "And you should tolerate it, many humans havn't seen a Mejen before, and many still havnt gotten used to the idea of working with them, you remember Grijja, the Mejen's should be used to it." He squeezed Exenes' shoulder to remind her he was there.

***

Loran expoded. It killed the Mejen and several Zombies. His guts splatterd the floor and walls in red.

(sorry but he didnt attend the friendly alien convention. Joking over: :::::::: )

Loran spun to the new voice and took several steps back. "Restricted area... for you... yes. So you had better tag along because you might come in handy!"

"How did you guys get stuck out here?" Roberts, and the two others did not break the perimeter watch, but responded. "We basically were trying to reach the task force center down the road, when we got pinned here. We can try again, but we got no response from the Task Force." Jacob pulled his weapon out and shouldered it. "Run and gun?" The others laughed for a second from a memory before shouldering their weapons the same way. They all started to walk slowly down the bridge, to the Marine control station.

the elevator slowed to an early stop once more and the mejen debarked. it began moving to its final destination.

***

drec stared at the human, scowling. "maybe you havent heard," drec tapped on his helmets laser, "but we were sent in to fix any leaks in the system." drec paused and looked off to the side. "but now isnt the time." he backed away and began running towards a ground level vent opening "i would run if i were you human." a loud screech was heard in the distance.

"Damn! Jacob!! I'll catch up with you later!" Loran turned and sprinted towards nearest cover while tracking the Mejens location for future referance. He slid into the administration booth and quickly hid behind the circular counter between the desk chairs. The M.I.S.D officer quickly checked his breath mask to see how much air he had before he swapped his air compresser tank. "S#*t!" He double checked his assault rifle and cocked it and waited silently. His breathing almost ironically like Darth Vader's from that 20th centurary film, Star Wars, although much quieter. As he glanced to his right and saw one of the booth operators slumped behind the partition with half his arm ripped off and a pool of blood. Great! A f*#king eatery for the cannibal's. He edged over and kicked the patition closed then took a quick shot glance over the admin' counter. He saw... (something )

davids team rushed past the booth, away from the horde. the 2 survivors trailing behind. david panted into his radio, broadcasting to jacob and lorans groups. "alpha foxtrot uniform (military slang for all fu#ked up) has been recovered. requesting alternate route to base, repeat-" another screech interrupted him as several infected sprinted past the booth. as more came, 1, then another stopped at the booth. they began scratching and pounding on the door.

((zzzzzzzz sleepy night night! X) ))

bump))

She smiled and put her hand on his. "Thank you Steve. I just had no idea what to expect." She sighed and stayed where she was against him. "So... I've heard things about this planet. What's happening here?"

((dead on page 5. this post also counts as a bump))