The Only Hope

[Poison Shot]

*Wandering around, i guess our hiding spot was good enough, since i cant even seem to find it myself... *
Lucian... where are we.

Lucian: About 30 feet from the gate and 60 from the Site.

how can you remember this stuff?

Lucian: Photographic memory. comes in handy sometimes. Follow me, i know a shortcut

Alright...

*I follow Lucian and we get back to the camp. Bun isnt there yet... where could she be... *

I guess she's not back yet?

Carmen: nope, should i just fetch some power pup?

Sure, but we wont eat till she gets here. We're a family now, we dont leave anyone out or behind.

Claire: sure sure.

*I pick up the base schematics and start doing the last final details on my plan to invade*

[bunny killightly]

*Radio crackles. I speak quietly* Poison? Retro? Anyone? Its Bunny, haven't got long. I was captured by dracs. I'm in the tower *drac moans* I'm ok for now. I'll help if I can but I have to go now. Poison, just promise you'll get your sis out and you'll get as far away from here as possible. Stay Shiny Killjoys, never give up!

[banditbreaker]

*I bang my radio against a rock a few times*...Um...*static*....Anyone out there?....It's been pretty empty in Z3 and I was wondering where-*Fizzle*...Everyone is...Radio back ASAP....I'm a little freaked.....*Radio Dies*...

[Poison Shot]

*the food gets eaten, bunny is gone, we know what has happened... but we can't stop now. Lock shock and barrel can see if they find her while lucian and the rest of us find Sarah.... we get up and pack up, time to get out there on the road... i hear the crackle of another radio transmission but it died before i could get to it*'

Lucian: OI! We're up and packed. lets get to it then?

Carmen * from directly behind lucian* : Ive got the vans started, weapons loaded!
*lucian freaks out at the sight of her*
Lucian: GOOD GOD WOMAN HOW DO YOU DO THAT.

Carmen: if i told you that, it wouldnt be a secret, Love.

*i look over at them* You all quite finished? Its time to head out.
* Gets in the van* This should be the perfect time to head out and into the plaza and buildings... broad daylight will be our friend in this strike. Against the sun we're the enemy. But today, we ride alongside it! Now raise your hands up in the air! *raises fist up* ITS TIME!!!
VENGANZA!

Lucian/Carmen/Claire: VENGANZA!

*we all get in and drive towards the BLI complex, No Looking Back!*

[Poison Shot]

*driving through the city, its quiet. The sunlight stays strong, a few dracs are walking around, a few tumbleweeds roll through*
Everyone ready?

Carmen/Lucian/Clare: READY, SETO, GO!

*I snap my fingers and grin* We're almost there guys... keep an eye out.. start the radar jammer Lucian, and claire start getting ready for when we get out. We need to do this quickly... There's a checkpoint before the battery city tower, claire! we're going to need your voice masking skills, you ready?

Claire: Oh all night baby!

*the van pulls up to the checkpoint, the drac behind the counter looks at claire in the drivers seat with her drac mask on, her Id clearly pointed out*

Drac: Oi! Lemme see your identification.

*Claire hands over her stolen Drac ID*

Drac: Kevin? Is that you! Oh sorry mate i heard you were on a mission out on the east block of zone 3!

Claire: *in the familiar male voice, almost exact to that of the drac she slayed to get that ID* Im doing fine! Just got out, a few punks from zone 3 and 4 were causing a stir! Damn Killjoys!

Drac: Ahaha! I feel you, but id rather be in your position actually killing them stupid killjoys rather than working on paperwork and all this crap. I get NO action!!!

Claire: Alright pal, I gotta go inside and clock in and do my report.

Drac: Alright Kevin. Talk to you soon i hope!

Claire: *waves and goes off*.

*we get past the borders of the city and BLI tower, we're closing in on the garage and the inside of the complex just a few more steps, we have our radar jammers on and ready to go thanks to Lu, Sarah... We'll be there soon*

Lucian: I'll NEVER understand how you can do that Claire... you're almost as bad as carmen!

Claire: *blushes* LuLu dear hehe
Carmen: haha, got some potential. Lets just get this done with now.

*I laugh, the sun shines bright and the garage is in sight... *

[Poison Shot]

*with a big sigh, we park the car... everything is quiet... no suspicions have been aroused... the light of day remains, 109 in the sky, but we wont quit*

Thanks everyone. You can all leave if you change your mind. I won't ask any of you to die for me.

Carmen: We aint dying for you love, we're dying for sarah. 'course we love you too!

Claire: She's right! nothing is going to keep me from going on!

Lucian: I think you see the point mate, we aint leaving.

*I smile and look at them*
Then as we used to say back in the thieving days...

Poison/Lucian/Carmen/Claire: *puts hands in* Take all that you can, give nothing back!

*Cocking our guns, and loading the remote hacks, we open the door into the brightly lit corridor, into the lobby and finally on our way to sarah*

[Poison Shot]

*opens another door to a different hallway*

Lucian, there are security camera's to the east and north, whats our status?

Lucian: De Ja vu. Ive got the security camera's on an endless loop. so we're good for a few minutes before the security detail gets too suspicious.

Alright... you guys know what we have to do from here... the plan is set and we're all ready to go.
Carmen you go to the security circuit and disable all alarms, then get to the main offices and find out the codes for sarah's cell, we've got all the door codes but Sarah has an undocumented code. Claire, you go to the armory and use your impersonating skills to sabotage all the weapons and vehicles.

Lucian, you're with me. We're going to need to hack as i go along, and it'll be easier to fight our way out with two people rather than by myself.

*nali looks up at me happy and ready*

Yeah Nali, we're stealing her back.

[Poison Shot]

Alright, we have to go to the secondary janitorial elevator. Its the only one that reaches where we want to go. We have to be quick about it though. To get off onto the right floor we have to do an emergency stop between levels B-8 and B-9 But we cant or else we will raise suspicion and trip an alarm that goes straight to the department that works there.

Lucian: so... we squirm out through the ceiling of the elevator and jump out of the elevator onto the right secret floor and not stop moving while doing it. Alright. Doesnt sound too bad.

Yeah, but theres also an infrared system you need to hack down so we can get through without being detected.

Lucian: still not bad. Can do that in my sleep!

.... And We're also going to have to go through a retina scan, blood test, voice analysis, and put in three keys into the locks simultaneously at different parts of the room.

Lucian: Oh. well... Thats more like it! I enjoy a good challenge. The camera, infrared, and other test should be simple enough, the blood will be the hardest, i can hack the hand print and voice analysis to just replay the last successful entry.

*The elevator doors open... DING*
Ready?

Lucian: I'll do all that i can my friend.

I know Lu, I know. If something goes wrong Lu...

Lucian: I know, you can count on me.

*they walk into the elevator, a black side bag for each of them, as they walk into the heart and center of the Bli underground division. Very well the most dangerous mission they've taken on yet*

*Poison and Lucian enter the elevator, put on their drac mask, look at each other... and nod their heads*

*doors close*

[Poison Shot]

*the elevator is going down, slowly as ever, lucian has the motor system jammed so that it doesnt stop for any floors, the surveillance camera's already under his control*

Claire: *rb* *whisper* Poison, psstt Poison*

*rb* hear you loud and cleare Claire, whats going on in your end?

Claire: *rb* I've got almost all vehicles and Weapons on lock down, they wont be able to use these in a pinch if we get caught.

Carmen: *rb* I'm almost to the main offices. There aren't many guards, the camera's are on loop so no worries just yet... you may have been right after all. Broad daylight was probably the best way to do this.

*rb* Me and Lucian are on our way down as we speak, be ready guys.... Carmen, i'm going to need the cell number and password asap.

Carmen: *rb* No problem
Claire: *rb* i'll have some backup weapons and a van ready to go when you guys are.

Lucian: Poison, we're closing in on the right floor, we need to get back to work.

Poison: Understood. *rb* We've gotta go guys, carmen please hurry. Lucian, hows the blood sample coming? What are we going to do for the finger print and retina scan?

Lucian: The blood is almost ready, its cooking up in this bag as we speak. Im duplicating part of Korse's blood that we skinned off him in our last encounter. KNew it would come in handy some day. As for the retina and finger print, im going to use a projector type hologram to impring a fake digital fingerprint and eye that the machine can read. It wont cause any suspicions, but thats only if we take out the three guards waiting there.... and then our chances to open the door with the three keys at once are kind of gone... thats the difficult part.

*nali pops out of poison's side bag, looking up and eager*
Lucian, what about Nali? I think she can do it. If we get her a suitable thing to stand on, im sure she can put the key in! After all, she makes me my coffee while im driving haha.

Lucian: How is it?

How's what?

Lucian: The coffee nali makes. I haven't had a good cup of coffee since the days before the blast.

Its pretty damn good. If we get out of here, you should try it.

Lucian: If... When my friend. When we get out of here.

Haha Right, well enough of that. We best get locked and loaded to take out those dracs at the entrance. Weve gotta do it as quick and quiet as possible.

*Poison pets Nali and holsters the guns, ready for combat. He puts his infamous weapon the gunblade into his holster. Only the most serious mission require its use, and he has a feeling... he's going to need it.*

[Poison Shot]

*The elevator continues downward, its a long way down to where they're going... the heart of the flame itself. The testing and captive facility, where they keep the test subjects and keep all the ransom captives they use to lure killjoys in. Poison could be considered one of them, but he's much smarter than the rest. He won't allow his little sister to be taken as a bargaining chip, they're going to regret the day they took her*

Lucian(red): Preparations are complete, we're going to have to take out those sneaky little bastards the second the top part of the elevator starts to pass.

Yeah, i got that. We'll stick to the outer rims to reduce visibility and once we can get a safe footing, we attack.

*They break open the top of the elevator and climb out, all materials in hand, guns at the ready.... they stand to the side and wait.... the elevator reaches the mid ground between levels, its time*

Drac: What time is it Mark?
Drac2: Half past shut the fuck up and get back to work.
Drac: Ah, i thought it was quarter till your mom. Geez, was just a question.

*The elevator gets half way, Poison jumps out into the hallway shoots the first drac and steals his key*

Drac2: WHAT THE! *shoots at poison*

*Lucian jumps in and shoots the drac in the foot, poison takes the opportunity to knee the drac in the head followed by a shot right between the eyes*
I thought you said there was three dracs poison?
*third drac enters hallway with a cup of water*
Drac3: WHAT THE HELL!? KILLJOYS! *starts running for alarm*

*poison runs at the drac, jumps off a wall, wraps his legs around the dracs neck and in one fluid motion snaps his neck and throws him against the other wall in a flip.*

I see you still use that move i showed ya!
Haha, yeah, comes in handy some times!

*Nali walks towards the body of the third drac, lifts her leg and pee's on the dead body*
Nali! ... Good girl.

[Poison Shot]

alright, ive got the key in position.

As Do I

*Nali Sits on top of the dead drac with the key in position, she makes a howling noise*

1, 2, 3!
*They all turn the keys, a clicking noise resonates, a screen comes out. Time for the retina, blood and hand scanner*
Leave this one to me mate
*Lucian inserts the cable into the machine and inserts the information codes to replay the last entries. He grabs the generic blood sample and drops a few samples into the tester, the light turns green, and the doors open*

From now on, Its kill on sight.
Dont have to tell me twice, mate

[Poison Shot]

*The doors reveal a corridor, there are no camera's this site is too top secret for documentation. If anything happens here, it gets covered up, nothing happened. Nothing existed. The duo walks through the corridor, guns in hand and ready to kill*
*rb* Poison, i found the file your sister is in room B842
Got it, thanks Carmen. Come on down when you can. We're gonna need your help getting out of here.
Im done too poison, i'll be there asap too.
Thanks a bunch Claire. We're gonna get a move-on and- - -
LUCIAN! *shoots a drac coming from the end corridor behind lucian*
Got to go! Hurry guys!

[Poison Shot]

*The dracs surround us, we're at the ready, all looking to see who will be the first to pull the trigger*
...Fuck this.
*poison fires on two dracs, they fall to the ground, the other two fire at poison, just barely missing them by a few centimeters, Lucian slits their throats quickly with his dagger and gets back behind poison*

I was expecting more of these little bastards
Yeah... Me too... this place is completely empty... we're almost to her cell.
Poison, you better hurry. There's something going on out here, they're starting to look towards the vans
Claire's right, something done stirred up in the zones and the city.
We'll be out as soon as we can, we're outside her cell. Meet us at the entrance to this floor so we can all leave together.

(Claire/Carmen): GOT IT!

[Poison Shot]

*We reach the door, its oddly silent. We are extra careful today... anything can happen and we need to be on our toes. Especially if something is happening in the zones.*

Ready Mate?
yeah, I'm ready.

*we open the door, push it forward, its dark... Lucian gets the lights. There is a long walkway towards her... Sarah... She's in the center of the room... a circular platform. Nothing around her...nothing but another 50 feet of empty space free for falling.*

Drac: HEY, YOU CANT BE IN HERE

*Poison stares at him angrily... nothing will stop him now*
Go F**k Yourself. *He walks up to the drac, kicks him in the chest and sends him flying down the 50 feet chasm... hearing him scream all the way down*

Remind me to never get in your way mate.
No Worries there.
*they walk up the passage way*

Careful not to step on the Bli Faces. They will set up an alarm.

*they get to her. Sarah. Her long brown hair in front of her face, she resembles a lifeless zombie. An empty shell of a person thanks to the care of Better Living Industries. She is no taller than 4 feet. BLI will pay for this*

*Poison grabs cerberus, walks behind sarah and strikes the chords keeping her still*
Lucian, Get the cuffs off her
Aye Aye Cap'n
Just hurry.
*lucian gets the cuffs off Sarah, they lift her up but she's already gaining consciousness*
Big Brother? Noah?
Its me Sarah, Don't worry. We're getting you out of here.
I'm sorry... I cant control myself... they've done something to me... oh... a smiley face... *steps*
SARAH NO!
*An Alarm Goes off*
I'm sorry, i couldn't help it... they've drugged us to do this if we get taken out of here!
its alright We'll get out of here!
Poison! The Door!
*The doors of the room are starting to get covered by a metal panel, to trap everyone inside*

RUN!!!!
*They start running, sarah is struggling behind, poison picks her up and dashes towards the exit... its going to be close, there is less than two feet left between the blockade and the floor*
Slide mate! Its the only chance!
*They sprint for another second.. and slide. The door shuts on Lucians Strap and they are through*
Crap... I'm stuck!
*poison grabs the strap, kicks the wall back a few centimeters and they are loose*
Thanks a bunch mate.
Dont thank me just yet... we have to get out of here first.

[Poison Shot]

*walking back the way they came... its going to be a bit more difficult this time around since they have to wait for an elevator to go up, then break into it, then kill anyone inside*

We're almost out of here.
Oi, at the end of the corridor, hurry up mates
We're almost there, Claire. Where's Carmen?
She's in the elevator so that we dont have to deal with killing anyone or being caught in it on the way up!

Smart Idea. I was just going to blast my way through anyone and everyone.
*they walk farther down the corridor and meet up with Claire*
I guess if she didnt have those smart ideas, she wouldnt be able to escape detection for so many years.
*rb* It still confuses me how YOU found me poison. And being in this building aint exactly helping those odds
well, i have my own ways Carmen haha
* the elevator comes up*
Ready? 3...2... 1 Jump!
*the group jumps onto the elevator and the elevator slows a bit*
Poison, the alarm is still going what do we do. I can only keep the signal from going out for another 3 minutes. Nowhere near long enough for us to escape
*poison Grabs Cerberus and shoots at the circuit system near the entrance, the alarm weakens and eventually dulls down*
Well i guess that'll work... for now. I'll get started on a counter signal in the 15 minutes you just bought us.
(sarah color change) Noah, where are we going?
We're getting out of here Sarah. You're free again.
I get to see that ball of radiation again? hehe
Haha Thats right. The one we call the sun.
*the elevator rises up, and they make their way into the elevator joining Carmen*