Altitude: Islands in the Sky

[acgifford]

Price grinned at the sound of JP's voice inside. "What a pleasent surprise Romesco. to meet you here tonight." his vocie was but a whisper, and he pulled the blade from his arm. stepping back from the house Price studied the building before him. He noted the sturdiness of the door and the curtained window to either side of the door. Price gauged his chances of survival if he threw himself through the window and into the midst of them.

Price knew his chances were slim, but with an amused grin and a soft chuckle he knew he'd do it anyways. to Marcus Price the world was grey and dull, it was only the daring, and life threatening that added color to his world.

Taking a deep breath he charged the house with all his might, his momentum carried him through the glass window with a clatter. As he landed on his shoulder he heard and felt it pop out of socket. rolling to his feet in one continuous motion, Price threw his arm around the nearest person.

Price's blade was immediately pressed against the ribs of his victim, he glanced only once at her face and knew he'd been lucky enough to grab the one and only Adele, Truce's Second.

Price grinned evily, he pressed the blade tighter as he backed himself against the wall near the window. "be a peach, my dear and relocate my shoulder would you?" he whispered in her ear. he then looked at Truce and said, "i would like to parley a bit with you, sir."

"Wait a minute," Truce said, pausing mid-step as JP ran to the door as soon as he heard the person's voice from outside. Turning to get a better look at Juan, he put things together and came to a realization. "You're Romesco, aren't you? You must be. Well, that's wonderful. For me! Have fun dealing with our friend out there!" With a smile and a turn of his heel, he continued towards the back door.

The front window next to the door exploded with a shatter]"I would like to parley a bit with you, sir,"[/I] the white-suited fellow said, as if that would somehow make this more acceptable.

"Don't do anything stupid, Adele," said Truce, trying to calm himself down before he responded. He recognized the guy, and indeed, it was the man he thought it was. "Li-listen, what's past is past; it was nothing personal... Whatever problems you've got with this Romesco person, leave me and my crew alone and go deal with that instead! All right?"

Price started to chuckle, then outright laugh, the amusement he was getting from all this was nearly unbearable! Price slowly drug the knife across Adele's ribs, just hard enough to cut the outer clothing. "Romesco is nothing to me, worse than dust. what i'm interested in is you Captain Truce, by by taking this.... lucious darling here captive.... again. I have saved your very life. You, Truce, and your crew of vagabonds."

Price hugged Adele closer, his knife still to her ribs, he took a deep breath of her hair and sighed. "you've got yourself a winner here Captain Truce, don't let this vixen from your sights!" Price spoke smoothly over Adele's shoulder.

OOC: i did not intend for Price to be this..... shall we say.... Crazy? Paranoid? Completely off his Rocker? lol

-Adele-

As Adele thought these thoughts, she heard a large crash in front of her not to far off. As she looked up, things seemed to move in slow motion as she watched a man burst through the window rolling to his feet in one fluid motion, and catching her by her waist almost throwing her off balance. About as soon as he had grabbed her, he had his knife at her ribs. Adele had not taken a breathe since the crash and now took a gulp of air trying to strangle the scream that seemed to want to errupt from her. The horrible man then whispered in her ear that he wanted her to relocate her shoulder. As he did so, Adele's blood ran cold.

Just then he adressed the captain who apparently knew him. Adele silently fumed inside as she realized that this was Truce's fault she was in this situation and whats more is that Truce told her not to do anything stupid. She was so angry right now it almost overcame her fear for a moment. The man called Price laughed as Truce tried to get the crew out of the mess. As he did so, Price maliciously slid the knife across her ribs. Her heart skipped two beats as she gasped and her body tensed in horror. Had he cut her? She could not tell. She started to hyper ventalate, but tried to calm herself. The man continued to tell the captain what he wanted from him. As he did so he hugged her closer too his body and took a deep breathe as he smelled her hair. All the hairs on the her body stood on end and her blood ran completly frozen in her veins. She cringed at the feeling wanting so badly to get away from the man. Price then spoke to Truce as if she was some prize. She felt sick to her stomach by now, and her head was spinning.
Durring these feelings, Adele remembered that Price needed his shoulder relocated. Her thoughts rushed as she planned what to do next. Weighing the aspects of what could happen, she took the risk and decided not to help the man. What was he going to do? Kill her? No no...don't think of that. she thought clenching her jaw in fear. Just don't think right now. she told herself.

[Mister]

Price grinned inwardly and outwardly as he felt the girl tense. he knew that she must be terrified and angry. there was a faint "tap" behind him and a whisper onyl audible to Price and Adele, "sir? Watari has his team entering the town now. he's ordered that if you get in their way to kill you." Price began to laugh, "audacious, isn't he?" he shoved Adele away and in the same motion shoved his own shoulder into place. he grinned at Truce and said, "i'll see you very soon my friend. please, intertain me more, you realy are a bad host."

Price turned suddenly and stepped right up to JP, "and as for YOU Romesco, i will deal with you later, but you'd better sleep lightly and with one eye open. Quinton has been reserving a torment just for you. oh... and as for the child... she'll not be hidden from us for long."

Price turned his back to the group and opened the door. "Quinton!" he shouted suddenly, "we're out of here!" He stepped briskly through the door, and past the line of mercenary specialists outside. Price never looked back as he gave the signal for the specialists to open fire on the house. raising their Rifles high they cut loose on the house, aiming high and not letting off the triggers.

[Diamond Dragon]

Child? What does he mean by that? thought Denkou. For some reason that comment had made he nervous, though she had no idea why. Maybe it was the way he said it. Suddenly bullets started to strike the house, making Denkou fall in shock and missed narrowly missing being hit by sheer luck.

[AtmosBreak]

Whilst Juan had believed he had prepared himself for anything, he was still just as shocked as any off them as Price suddenly jumped through the window, grabbing Adele and taking her hostage. He had glanced over to the captain just a moment before it happened as he called out his last name. "So they were taking about me but what about?" JP had no idea how exactly he knew his name but he didn't like the way the captain called him out as he came to the realization. In all this had barely noticed that Isabella's hand was on his shoulder, that he was supporting her, something that would have made his heart pound though, the mood just wasn't right for that sort of thing.

Just purely out of instinct, JP moved over so that his body was shielding Isabella from any attack that might happen as he instantly reached behind his back only to discover the thing he was looking for, missing. "Argh, right, I left my knife back at the plane". Without his knife, JP stood still as the angriest of scowls appeared on his face as Price began to speak.

Clenching his fist, the only thing stopping JP from running over to send Price to an eternal sleep was the fact that he had a knife on someone. No more people were going to die because of him. No more and no one, he had to protect and save as many people as he could, even though he couldn't save most of them. As the captain spoke, it confirmed to JP had he believed and what he thought the others were thinking, it was all his fault. He never should have come on the plane. He put everyone in danger just by being there with them, most importantly, he put the love of his life in danger.

JP was all the more taken back when Price what he said next. It wasn't exactly his fault but why did he feel it still was? Juan wondered. Keeping up his scowl, the name the captain had called out to the woman held hostage kept on ringing in his ears. "Why is that name so familiar?" Getting a better look at the woman, her face also seemed uncanny, like someone he had been close to long ago but had completely forgotten. Juan couldn't put his finger on it, but the Adele woman just looked so familiar.

JP's mind snapped back to the situation as Price began to walk up to him. Juan kept eye contact, scowling at him eye to eye, anger filling his face more and more. No other emotion entered, his face staying the same the whole time Price spoke. JP clenched his jaw as Price mentioned the child but didn't let it show externally how he was feeling internally. As Price left the building, JP began to shake, his clenched fists trembling as he walked over to the nearest before he pounded against it with all his strength, making a hole in the wall.

"Da..DAM....IT!" He cried as he punched the wall as hard as he could before turning around and leaning against it, breathing heavily. Whenever Price was around, he could barely keep his cool, not after the incident. The incident where he received his scars, where all those deaths happened. "Mina.... I won't let them find you" he muttered before exclaming out once again. "PRICE! HOW MANY MORE LIVES ARE YOU GOING TO DESTROY?" As he finished exclaming the last of it, the first bullets struck the house. "Quick, we gotta go ahora! NOW!" he called out to the crew, even though he wasn't technically a member of it, he would stick with them for as long as they let him. He was sure of Mina's safety for now, she was far, far away from Treyard and from Price.

As JP ushered everyone to get out through the back door, he placed himself behind Isabella, as to shield her from anymore bullets. JP let out the slightest of groans as he felt a bullet enter his left shoulder, though he didn't want anyone to know, he would be fine as long as Isabella wasn't hit. A few moments later and JP was hit again, this time in his right thigh though he wasn't going to let that stop him as he continued to limp out the door behind the others, a trail of blood coming from him.

OOC: Ok so basically, bullet in right thigh, is more like a flesh wound, just mainly hitting the meat of the leg and passing right through, whilst the one in his shoulder is lodged in there.

Oh and I should mention that, whenever i put something in "quotation marks" and in italics, that signifies my character's thoughts, so as long as your character can read minds, they won't know exactly what his thinking but hey, psychology and woman's intuition can at times be useful in having an idea xD.

[Diamond Dragon]

ooc: I feel kinda useless whith everyone else making such long posts. -_-
BIC: Denkou crawled across the floor, trying to avoid the bullets. As she was about to go out the door, a bullet grazed the side of her cheek. She cried out in surprise, but didn't stop.

[Nami]

OOC: WHOO! Excitement!!

IC: Isabella was stunned when JP stepped in front of her, no one had ever put themselves between her and danger, her brother had always stood beside her, a fighting force hard to beat. Her eyes widened, and she stared at Juan's back, before peeking around. Anger boiled in her eyes, when Price finally shoved Adele away she gasped and wanted to grab her. Only, she wasn't sure what JP would do.

When JP Yelled and hit the wall, Isabella jumped a little, she was about to comfort him, if she could... but bullets started flying. "AH!!" she screamed, as one whizzed past her head, she turned and saw Gabriel, panic was in both of their eyes.

Without hesitation, Gabriel had scooped Felix up and rushed out the back door, his eyes spoke of the hidden fear, and the knowledge of something Isabella had forced from her mind. But here, in this nightmare, it was coming back...

Isabella squeezed her eyes shut as she tried to make it go away, uselessly she struggled against the images that flashed before her eyes, a knife, tears, wide-eyed fear, gasping. Suddenly, she heard a bullet hit flesh. Her eyes flew open and she turned her head and saw JP limping.

"Crap!" She growled, she grabbed his arm. "You fool!" She shouted, pushing her arms under his and around his shoulder, she tried to drag him along. She shoved him to the right as a bullet whizzed by and she slipped onto one knee before standing again.

Isabella heard someone else cry out and glanced back, the little girl....

Gabriel was already ahead of her, somehow he had put Felix somewhere safe, and he rushed back in.

"GABRIEL!!" Isabella shrieked as fear coursed through her.

He jumped into the house and bent down, his arms came around Denkou.

"I got'cha!" He whispered, "hold on..." he grabbed her tightly and then breathed before running like a bullet again, just as he jumped out the back door, a bullet grazed his side, he gasped, stumbled, but didn't fall and continued ahead.

"Go go!!" he shouted at Isabella, who nodded and ran faster with Juan.

OOC: XD Gabriel ish a hero! xDDD

[Diamond Dragon]

ooc: Yay! X3 Though Denkou isn't exactly a little girl...she's 14, lol.
BIC: Denkou suddenly felt a pair of strong arm wrapping around her. Then she heard the man whispering to her, then feeling him run. Denkou felt something that she never felt before. She felt safe. All of a sudden, another bullet sank into the back of her heel. Denkou restrained herself from crying out again, but the pain with almost unbearable. Tears started to stream down her face, but she angrily brushed them away.

[Seto_Sora]

-Quinton-

Quinton heard Price's command to retreat. With a bound he was on a stone fence, with another he was on the house's roof. treading lightly like a cat, he swiftly made his way to the front of the house and was at Price's side silently. He looked back only to see a squad of Ronin First Years take aim at the building. He looked away darkly, disapproving of their ignoble lust for wealth. Honour meant nothing to them.

-Felix-

Dazed at the shock of the man holding Adele hostage, Felix couldn't react. All his senses were numb from the doctor's anesthetic. He could barely tell which way was up. Little knowing what was going on, he heard gunshots. He could vaguely tell he was being lifted away but he couldn't make out how. "Gun shots!" he thought, "I just escaped this, I don't need more lead!" His babbling was little comprehensible.

SDG

[Mister]

Price stoped suddenly and placed a hand on Quinton's shoulder. "Quinton," Price spoke low and smooth, "Watari has been pressing his borders lately, it may be that i will need to.... placate, his lust for more power. i hope that i can depend on you, we do have a contract and you'd do well to remember that when the time comes, as will I."

Price shucked the coat from his back and tore the sleeve off his wounded arm. the blood had stopped flowing, and had clotted up. his sleeve and coat were now red from his own blood. making as if to cast them aside he paused.

Just down the road from them was a small girl, crouched in the mud with her brother. their clothes were torn, and threadbare. their skinny arms hugged their knees tightly, trying with desperate effort to fend off the night's cold chill.

Price started towards them, still holding the coat. to their left, shielded by the corner of a house and some barrels, was a taller, thicker, and older boy who, when given the opportunity, would steal the very clothes off these kid's backs. Price gently drapped the coat over them, and met their eyes when they looked up at him, startled.

immediately the older boys eyes gleamed and he shifted eagerly. noticing this, Price stepped over and crouched by the boy. drawing out a knife he took the boy's hand and pulled the child closer. the boy naturally resisted with all his might, but Price's grip was solid iron, and his eyes were cold as steel. Price's eyes never left the larger boy's eyes as he deftly severed the smallest finger on the boy's hand.

the wound was not enough to cripple him, but it had the effect Price wanted. the boy was terrified and in agony. Prive grabbed the boy by the mouth to stifle the scream that wanted to erupt form it. "that was for THINKING of stealing form those two children. next it will be a HAND!"

turning Price knelt by the two siblings and whispered, "i have just given you an edge in this world, a gift of mercy. use this, and learn from it, or you will die. do not depend on anyone but eachother, because you will recieve no other mercy from me nor anyone." Price drew a sheathed knife from his belt and laid it before the two. then standing he smiled gently at them and walked away.

[Davidizer13]

Truce grabbed Adele's hand as Price shoved her away. "You're all right, aren't you?" he asked, watching Price leap back out the window. Before she could respond, he heard something click outside. "Hold up; beg pardon for this!" With a quick motion, he shoved Adele to the ground, then dropped to his stomach next to her, covering his head with his arms. Not a second later, the front of the house exploded in gunfire. They were machine guns, lots of them, firing for what seemed to be an eternity.

At last, there was a break in the barrage. Slowly, Truce pulled himself up, brushing the chunks of masonry from his coat. "Well, now that that's over, let's get out o-" The door burst open, and a huge fellow with a gun stepped in. Their eyes met, and for a moment nobody moved. Truce reacted first, dragging Adele with him towards the back exit; the thug fired a burst from his gun that spattered against the wall. "Can't have you die yet! You're the only one who can do the books..."

He rushed through the back doorway and to the darkness, flickering with firelight, with Adele in tow. Around the other side of the house, he saw the rest of the gang members, loosely filing into the house; behind him, he heard their angry shouts growing closer. Ahead, he saw a series of shadows stealing towards the Tiamat. Hopefully nobody had sneaked in when they were outside; Gavin had gone out there for some reason earlier, but they didn't know how many goons were out there - anything could have happened. Taking a deep breath, he decided to take the risk. The thugs would be out here soon enough, and they had friends up ahead. "Get ready to run again!" he whispered to Adele, just before running towards the plane as fast as he could.

[acgifford]

Price grinned inwardly and outwardly as he felt the girl tense. he knew that she must be terrified and angry. there was a faint "tap" behind him and a whisper onyl audible to Price and Adele, "sir? Watari has his team entering the town now. he's ordered that if you get in their way to kill you." Price began to laugh, "audacious, isn't he?" he shoved Adele away and in the same motion shoved his own shoulder into place. he grinned at Truce and said, "i'll see you very soon my friend. please, intertain me more, you realy are a bad host."

Price turned suddenly and stepped right up to JP, "and as for YOU Romesco, i will deal with you later, but you'd better sleep lightly and with one eye open. Quinton has been reserving a torment just for you. oh... and as for the child... she'll not be hidden from us for long."

Price turned his back to the group and opened the door. "Quinton!" he shouted suddenly, "we're out of here!" He stepped briskly through the door, and past the line of mercenary specialists outside. Price never looked back as he gave the signal for the specialists to open fire on the house. raising their Rifles high they cut loose on the house, aiming high and not letting off the triggers.

[quote="Davidizer13 (post: 1479178)"]Truce grabbed Adele's hand as Price shoved her away. "You're all right, aren't you?" he asked, watching Price leap back out the window. Before she could respond, he heard something click outside. "Hold up]

-Richard Pierce-

Suddenly everything seemed to happen at once, as the man from outside burst through the front window taking the first one he saw hostage. The crew seemed to be in some trouble. More trouble than the good doctor had first thought. The lunatic called Price seemed to have a quarel with the Captain and his crew. What have I gotten myself into? he thought fearfully as he looked on. Richard's thoughts went to his wife in an instant. He quietly slipped away to find his wife. Once he found her in the bedroom, he explained to her what was happening. Richard then went to the wall near the left side of their bed and opened a secret door to a panic room they had hidden there. The two of them went inside and closed the door, hiding them from outside eyes.

-Adele-

Adele heard Price and another voice she could not recognize behind her. She dared not turn to look for fear of being hurt by the maniac. Just then, she was shoved foward by Price, sending her stumbling foward. Price then adressed the captain and Romesco, threatening them both. As quickly as Price had come he was saying his farewells. Spmething was not right and Adele knew it. It seemed odd he would leave in such a hurry. Just then Truce grabbed her hand and asked her if she was alright. Truce paused momentarily and shoved Adele to the floor apoligizing as he did so. Just then, gunfire exploded from around them. It seemed to last forever as Adele held her hands down on the back of her head to protect herself. As soon as the gun fire ended, Truce helped her to her feet dusting himself off. As Truce started to speak, a large goon with gun burst through the door. Truce as well as Adele and everyone else froze. In a moment the man fired upon them as Truce towed Adele out the back door. The shots barely missed them. The two of them ran out into the night. The only light that could be seen was from the fire. Adele and Truce watched as shadowy figures walked around near the Tiamat. Truce told her to get ready to run. In moment they both ran as fast as they could towards the Tiamat.

[Mister]

OOC: I SHALL NOT LET THIS RP PERISH!!!

hidden behind two hills on the floating continent Price and Truce's Gang now reside, a large white mansion gleamed in the moolight. the fountain in the brick square bubled lazily in the night. the bushes to either side of the drive were trimmed and perfect. the field of flowers carefully cultivated by the staff swayed slightly in the breeze.

but this manison was more that just what it appeared to be, this mansion in particular was one of a hundred private residences of Marcus Price. But it was not Marcus Price's figure silhouted in the window of the third story balcony. the figure was not tall and lean, no rigid stance or absent minded pacing.

but rather that of a thin figure seated upon a chair, and close beside the figure, that of a nurse, a maid to attend the figure's needs. as the breeze passed through the slightly open window the Figure's long Brown air fluttered gently upon her shoulders. Eliza Price was spending yet another restless night in wait for her Brother's return from a "Business Kink" he had to work out os late at night.

Marcus Price tried with all his might to conceal his inner savage form his sister, she was not just younger and more innocent, but she was his one weakness. to Marcus Price the value of his sister far exceeded that of his empire and is life. once as children Price had vowed to destroy the world if he had to to keep Eliza safe. to this present day he has made plans to do just that if the need arose.

Eliza let out a sigh, the burden of knowing her Brother's wicked heart was harsh to bear, even more so that he still believed her ignorant of it. she loved him dearly and would die for him, he was her only family left. Eliza detested the savage nature that drove Price to kill, and hurt. but it had been that drive that had carried them out of the gutter and into the palace.

Again she sighed, this time her nurse moved up beside her and asked, "Miss? shouldn't you retire? the sun will be rising soon and you need to rest." Eliza smiled sweetly up at the nurse, "it will be alright," She replied gently, "i will see him home and safe before i am allowed to rest my self."

the nurse smiled and sat back down nearby, it would be a long night, but noone ever tired of caring for Miss Eliza. she was truely the polar opposite of her elder brother.

[Darth_Kirby]

OOC: Okies, here I go!

IC: Ulairez Maiz was loitering around the airfield in search of a ride off of Bristol. His attempt to glean information about his mother from the locals bore no fruit. All that anyone remembered was that someone had given birth to a boy about 23 years ago. No one knew more than that. He was done here.

"Back to my epic quest," He said sarcastically.

His eye caught a glimpse of a good sized cargo plane when he heard a crash. He jumped instinctively and looked to find an aircraft in flames on the runway.

"Dear heavens! What in the blazes is going on?

When the situation was finally clear to him he groaned to himself.

"Great! Juuuust Great! Now it will be at least until tomarrow before the officials authorize any plane to take off."

That's how it was. The laws in Bristol were very strict when it came to air safety. Ulairez had learned that when he arrived. They would want to know what happened before they let any plane into the air. If Maiz had to venture a guess about what happened it would be the magnetic flux that was occuring nearby. Those storms were really nasty. Maiz looked back at the plane he had spotted prior to the crash.

"Well, old bird, looks like I won't be riding you off this little rock anytime soon. But even so..."

He walked towards the plane. At the very least he wanted to reserve a seat if possible on the plane. He carried a backpack, that now almost spilled its contents cause of a gust of wind. He promptly shoved a few official papers back into the backpack. They were his "qualifications" should he ever find the "soul job" that he was looking for. Seven lousy pieces of paper that he spent six years of his life earning at the institute. They weren't doing him much good now. Another gust of wind made his unbuttoned collar flap about in his face excentuating his untiddy appearance. Fortunately for him he had his trusted windbreaker on. The wind picked up again and he noticed that the wind also added to the power of the fire that was already being put out by airfield personel. He pulled out a book entitled, "Recent Discoveries in Cosmological Studies" and sat down near the plane. It was going to be awhile he figured.

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Maiz jumped again when he heard gun shots being fired.

"What in the devil?! Why do these things always have to happen arround me?? Am I some black cat or something?" Ulairez said to himself.

He didn't know what was going on and didn't care to as long as it didn't involve him. He put his book away and stood up. It sounded like a gang fight or something. At least 20 or more guns involved. Maiz was packing heat too. A '50 cal hand gun. More for show than use, but he knew one shot was all he needed with it, and he needed that assurance since he wasn't a marksman. Maiz hoped the ones involved in the gun fight were not the crew of this plane. If so someone might mistake him for one of the crew. Even so, he lingered...

[Seto_Sora]

OOC: Hey guys, sorry I haven't been on in a little while. we had a family emergency which has kept me from the RP. I will be coming back, but it may be a few days yet. Sorry about that. :/

SDG

[Diamond Dragon]

ooc: It's ok Seto. Will be looking forward to your coming back! (Nami needs to post too! XO)

[Nami]

OOC: DIA!! *huggles* I don't know why but I wanted to do that. :3 I was kinda waiting on Atmos, but I'll go ahead. Oh, Denkou is 14? XD well, compared to Gabriel I suppose she's young XDD;

IC: Isabella saw that her brother was safely away and then continued toward the Tiamat, when she and Juan finally reached it she pushed him into it. Gabriel was well ahead of them. He was already taking Denkou to the nursing station. Not that they had a doctor on board. They all sort've served as doctors. Isabella breathed deeply, her heart pounded ferociously in her chest.

It was all she could do to keep from passing out as her head spun, Price...the word brought something like a stabbing pain into her head and she felt the unwanted memories come back. In a flash she snapped her eyes open and turned angrily to Juan. "We need to get you cleaned up." she growled, her twin-colored eyes unreadable.

Isabella pushed Juan into a chair, "stay here." she stepped away and walked to the nursing station. Pausing to listen to Gabriel.
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Gabriel hadn't missed that Denkou had been shot in the heel. He winced as he gently set her down on the table. "Let me take a look," he bent his head, twisting his neck so he could get a better angle of her bleeding heel. He sucked in a sharp breath.

'Oh man, this is bad.' He lifted his head and smiled, those shocking eyes shining brilliantly in the small lighted space. "Well, its not so bad." he reached around gathering things he would need to remove the bullet. "After all, they are only flesh wounds."

He hummed thoughtfully, "what's your name again? Den...something?" He smiled sheepishly, "sorry, I didn't really get to hear it." he took her arm and picked up a needle, "and don't worry, I used to remove all sorts of stuff from my sister's body and my own when we worked in a mechanic shop. We're both really good at it." he grinned, "I'm going to give you a numbing serum and that should keep you from feeling the pain." He lifted the needle and waited to see if she would be alright with it.

[Diamond Dragon]

"It's Denkou." replied Denkou in a low voice. When she saw Gabriel pick up the needle she cringed slightly, but her expression was unreadable except for her eyes, which glared with a small hint of fear to them, especialy in the red one.

[Nami]

Gabriel watched her carefully, "Denkou, that's a pretty name." he smiled, taking that she didn't answer as an 'O.K.' to put the needle in. "How is it that you got on the Tiamat?" the needle slid effortlessly into her skin, causing a slight pinch, hardly noticeable and then it was gone.

He pressed a swab of cotton on it and pondered her red eye. 'How interesting.' he thought.

[Diamond Dragon]

He's prying information out of me isn't he? thought Denkou. But she decided to answer anyway. "I just found the door to the ship open and I went in." she replied. If he wasn't satified with that answer, that was his problem, because Denkou wasn't going say much more than that.

[Mister]

Price walked steadily to the car waiting for him by the tavern, as he approached he smiled. sitting in the back seat of the car was a small girl of around twelve or thirteen. her eyes were blank, and her face a portrait of concern. As Price drew closer she turned her head to look at him, instantly, as if a switch was turned life sprung into her eyes. she threw the door open and lunged into his arms, her own going around his neck. she giggled and laughed, and Price swung her around twice. Price set her down gently and knelt before her, "Hello Julliana." Julliana smiled and replied, "Hello Papa Price, i'm so glade your alright!"

Price smiled and then a sober look crossed his face. "Julie," Price spoke calmly and cooly, "i need you to do me a favor, Papa Price needs you to do something very very important for him, ok?" Juliana smiled even brighter and nodded vigorously. Price then leaned closer to her and whispered in her ear, Juliana's lively, spunky eyes died immediately. she nodded slowly and Price drew away, Price's own eyes had a deep, deep remorse in them, one even he could not hide.


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Juliana


Juliana ran, stumbling, and looking behind her frequently as if followed. she approached the runway and paused at it's edge, casting about as if lost, and seeking shelter. fixing her eyes on the Tiamat she surged forward, running desperately towards it. once atit's entry door she pounded on it fiercly crying as if afraid, her eyes a flood of tears and a portrait of fear. "Please! help me! let me in! please! he's coming to find me! please help me!"

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Watari

Watari arrived at the estate not long after he had decended the hillside, already his men were burning and destroying everything. he stepped from his car as it pulled to a halt at the front doors. a butler who had opened his door also opened the door of the mansion as well. Inside he paused in the parlor and poured himself a glass of brandy.

a soft rustling alerted him of the nurse wheeling Eliza into the room. Watari did not turn to face her as she sat silently behind him. he lifted his glass after a while and said, "You know? your brother has impecible tastes in good beverge. i am never dissapointed." Eliza sat silently regardless of his words. a little annoyed, Watari continued, "Its a shame though, he does not appreciate such things, they are only here as a political show for any guests who might visit." Watari paused for a moment and then continued, "though whop would want to visit the home of a Sadistic Mass Murderer is beyond me!"

To this Eliza could not hold her tongue, "You had better watch your mouth Thug!" Eliza's words were quick and sharp, "remember your place, if my brother hadn't allowed you to taste true power here under his wing you would still be in prison, an underling to other thugs. remeber, you are scum."

Watari wheeled on her, throwing the glass of brandy across the room, causing it to shatter upon the wall. immediately he was before her staring hatefully down at her. he had fancied himself to have risen above the resta nd achieved the postiton he had through skill and patience. "bold words for a cripple without her 'Precious Brother' here to protect her! it's be easy for me to do as i pleased when he's not around! and you'd not be able to stop me!"

The sound a hammer being pulled back made him freeze. the nurse who had retired to a distance away byt he door stood there now beside the butler who had opened the doors for Watari. Both held pistols, their eyes keen and deadly, there were both Assassins and desperately loyal to both Eliza and Price.

Watari grinned and said, "ok, so that's how its gonna be? fine, be that way." with a growl he strode swiftly from the room and retired to his room in a seperate wing of the mansion. Eliza sighed and smiled at the two assassins, "thank you two soo very much." they simply smiled and helped her to her own room.

[MomentOfInertia]

OoC: I'm trying some first-person perspective on this one.

IC; Gavin:

After seeing Felix and the others safely into the doc's office, I returned to the Tiamat, sent of for a fuel truck and started checking for damage.
Everything was in more or less working order, some systems were a bit iffy, but the she'd fly.

Then the other plane crashed. She looked like a fairly small bird, from the way she was burning she must have had a canvas skin, heck it might've been one of those mosquitoes with the wood frame and everything, at least there'd be that much less wreckage for them to clear of the runway when they got it out.
I figured with the ruckus and all the fuel truck wasn't showing tonight, which was fine we had enough for one more short hop and maybe we'd get lucky and even be able to hang around till morning 'n fill up then. I settled in to the cockpit to watch the blaze and rest up a bit.

I woke up to a crash that sounded like glass. The fire had burned itself out the wreck did have a wood frame... well had a wood frame. it was about time I went back to the doc's place, report to the captain, maybe find an actual bed for what was left of the night.

I had just made it to the main hatch when the shooting started. I ducked into the side of the door, pulled up my rifle, and decided that I might as well stay there for the rest of the night; or until someone else turned up to guard the plane.

A few minutes later the crew started straggling in Gabe and Isabella carrying the stowaway with the swords and the guy with the bike. I stepped back into the hatch's shadow to let them pass, then stepped back into position after they went by.

Edit: This is what I get for assuming that the villain's interludes don't need reading before I make my posts.

IC:
The rest of the crew hadn't shown up yet, I head a banging and someone yelling coming from the aft hatch. nobody had come to take over the fore hatch so, I called back towards the first aid station: "Hey, Somebody wanna check that!?"

[Darth_Kirby]

OOC: uh... guys... you totally missed the post I made, didn't you? Shall I edit my post to have my character inside the Tiamat?

[Nami]

OOC: I doubt it Darth, people just aren't involved with you yet. Give it some time. The crew is running for their lives, they wouldn't notice a new person right away unless said person makes themselves known. Give it a few posts. There are quite a few RPer's in this place.

IC: Gabriel glanced up at her, "I see." he paused and leaned back, giving the numbing serum time to affect her. "Well, its nice to meet you Denkou, I'm Gabriel." he pulled the bandana off his head and rubbed the braids that settled on the back of his head in loops. Then he returned the bandana.

"Man, we've had a fight." he sighed, "I'm glad we got you out of there." he grinned. "What a disaster ya?"

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Isabella came in, grabbed some things, ignoring her brother and Denkou. Then left. She walked back down the hall and heard the banging from outside. "Best you get it Gavin." she called back to him. "I'm a bit busy, the others should have already been here." she turned and came to Juan, her expression hardening.

"What kind of stupid idea were you trying to pull getting in front of me like that?" she asked, scowling fiercely, "you could have been killed." Isabella sat down hard on a chair next to JP. "As it was, you got shot anyway." She sighed heavily. "Doing such stupid things." Muttering, she set to work on JP's wounds, cleaning them first.

[Diamond Dragon]

"If you could call it a fight. All we were doing was running for our lives while the other guys shot at us." muttered Denkou. "If I ever see that crazed guy I'd run my katana through him." She paused when Isabella came to the room. She noticed her missmatched eyes for the first time. When she left again, Denkou fell silent.

[Nami]

Gabriel watched his sister enter and exit and then met Denkou's eyes. "Yeah...that guy was pretty crazy." A cold shiver went down his spine and he felt a pang, he wondered if Adele was alright. His chest had gone cold upon seeing her in such a position. She was important to the group, he didn't want to see her get hurt.

A fire, like a small match lit in his heart, it had always been there. It was the flame of his anger, the way he felt when things went bad. It had only ever reached a raging torrent of flames three times in his whole life. Once, when his father had been murdered (they said killed, but he knew it had been murder), second when his sister had been threatened by the gang at their own shop, and third when he had seen Adele taken captive.

Gabriel took a deep breath and sighed, almost forgetting where he was, his blue eyes glittered with the ghosts of his past. He wondered, if they ever went away.

[Diamond Dragon]

Denkou looked at Gabriel, sensing he was thinking deeply. Finally, she said, "So what's it like to have a sister?"

[MomentOfInertia]

IC;Gavin:

"sigh. Right I'll do it."
I leaned out the hatch and looked around, the rest of the crew still hadn't shown up, they must have gotten turned around in some alley. That kid was still hanging around; he looked nervous and had one of those big wrist-breaker handguns out. I figured he didn't know anything more about what was up than I did. I ducked back inside and started dug a piece of line out of my kit and tied it into a tripwire across the hatchway.

I Called back "I'm heading out 'n around" and dropped to the ground outside the hatch, glanced over at the kid, said "lovely night eh?" and headed around the plane in the opposite direction.
I could have gone back through the plane but this way was safer, I could peek around the corner to see what was there, I had room to move if there was trouble, and they wouldn't be expecting it. Plus I got to skulk. Skulking's fun, you get to start the fight on your terms.
I came around the corner and found a little girl, she was crying about someone being after her and banging on the hatch. She seemed to be alone so I slung my rifle over my shoulder and started walking towards her.
"Hey, are you alright?"

Ooc: Has anybody else noticed how enormous the underworld presence is on the tiny isle of Bristol? XD

[Mister]

Juliana


Juliana screamed and wheeled as Gavin approached her. this only made her tears increase. "Puh...puh.. please don't let him get me! he... he's a monster! do you know him!? his n...n...name is P...P...Price! please help me!"

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Price

Price turned to Quinton and spoke softly, "Quinton, i suspect i will need you to kill Watari here soon enough. he's getting a bit.... rowdy. as of late." as if on a que a couple explosions rocked the town as several building were demolished in a gout of flames. "Oh! well looky there!" Price grinned and got excited suddenly, "it seems Watari has sent out his thugs to play! busy little bees." the troop of men who had fired on the house earlier had arrived whilst Price was speaking, to them he said, "Be a peach would you, and silence those mosquitos for me?"

the troop commander saluted him swiftly and they were gone, bleeding into the night. Price practically giggled, "bloodshed gives me shivers, dear Quinton! SHIVERS! AHAHAHAHA!!!!" after a moment his laughter died down and he asked, "your next in line to be head of the Assasin's guild, aren't you Quinton?"

OOc: oh you have no idea how massive Price's influence is!! *BREAKS INTO EVIL LAUGHTER* *CAUGHS* *FALLS ON GROUND WHEEZING*

[Davidizer13]

Truce half-stumbled, half-sprinted across the open tarmac, barely seeing anything except silhouettes by the orange fire-glow. Frantically, he waved his arms at Gavin, trying anything to get his attention. He was somewhere around here; that much Truce knew. "Get in the air! In the air!" he screamed breathlessly, growing louder as he heard small arms fire nearby. Was there someone else around the side of the plane? He couldn't tell...

Without breaking step, he turned around the back of the Tiamat and up the cargo ramp. "Brace up, brace up, we are...making an... emergency takeoff! That...that means you, Felix..." Truce panted. For a moment, he leaned down on his knees to catch his breath; instead, his eyes met Denkou's, as Gabriel worked on her foot. Before he could make any good response, though, there was another commotion outside - some poor girl was screaming, and it wasn't anyone he had heard before. Gavin would deal with her.

"You know what? Ne-never mind, I am going to go change, and before I am done, I want everyone on the plane, I want us in the air, and when I get back, I want some explanations. Clear?" he said as evenly as he could before storming towards his chamber at the nose of the plane, whipping off his jacket in mid-stride. The sounds of the outside became muffled behind the curtain he had set up across it. Twice in the same day, they had been shot at, and sent running away from their enemies to lick their wounds.

Apparently, he and JP had a common enemy. Truce had half a mind to go out and shove him off the plane right now, so their friend could deal with him. No, that would be even more dangerous - he needed to use JP as a mechanic to get those engines back to 100% right now. His next order of business was simple: give certain passengers good talkings-to, then set course for a place to lay low for a while - he had a place in mind, an old friend who could get them a few runs, too...

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Raven had made it back to the plane with the rest of the pack - it wasn't easy, it wasn't pretty, but they did it.

Then she saw Denkou - she was still here. She had been hurt, somehow, but she was still here. Setting herself up on a crate, she watched her and Gabriel silently, like a sphinx, listening to their every word. It was all boring: just shooting the breeze about their families and stuff, nothing about nearly being killed by a knife wielding maniac who jumped from a burning plane. Dull beyond reason. Finally, she had heard enough. "Listen, Gabe, how can you treat her like that? She's. A. Stowaway! She attacked me! She got in here and we didn't know it! How can you trust her so easily?! Both you and Kevin! We got shot up, and we are running and...and we can't take everyone aboard."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's just...it's that...I don't know. I can't think right now."

[Darth_Kirby]

Ulairez could hear people were going over to the plane but he was on the opposite side of the plane from them. Nobody seemed to notice him and they were all getting on board the plane frantically. He couldn't blame them he guessed, with the shooting that was happening nearby. He started to feel a little exposed himself next to the plane with only a handgun. He banged against the side of the plane to get someone's attention.

"Hey!! I'd like to speak with the captain, maybe the pilot?! I wanna buy a fare on this plane!"

After a few moments someone finally poked his head out a window and said, "Lovely night, eh?"

"Lovely night? Psh!! Either you're deaf or off your rocker! Don't you see the fire or hear the gun shots?"

Ulairez laughed a bit. Guess there's always a comedian among these crews. Almost have to have it to stay sane on a small plane for weeks on end, he guessed. The man disappeared just as quickly as he appeared. A few moments later Maiz heard what sounded like a little girl banging on the opposite side of the plane and screaming at the top of her lungs that someone was after her.

"Great! Someone that IS involved in the shootout."

Maiz felt a little guilty for wanting the girl to go somewhere else. Chances were that she had no where else to go but off the rock.

"I'm definitely getting off this rock as soon as possible now! Maybe I'll bribe to the captain to make an illegal takeoff."

He figured a few grand would get the captain to see things his way. He looked into his back pack. He had several bundles of 100 drachmae, each bundle was worth ten thousand. Maiz figured half a bundle would do the trick if things got desperate, 600 drachmae might do if the captain was in a good mood. Suddenly Maiz heard the crack comedian talking to the girl, "Are you alright?"

Maiz had to chuckle again, "What do you think? She's screaming like a nutjob. Ok... guess he's not a comedian then. Probably he's just as flustered as I am by all this chaos."

Maiz figured he better go the other side of the plane. It seemed like all the action around here was happening there anyways...