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Post by Logan on Mar 3, 2007 15:24:42 GMT -5
ooc: Ever the galant hero... ic: BANG! Veronica bowled over, a shot clean through her stomach. Logan grabbed Matrixia and pulled her back with him, running for the door.
"Athan's got yer girl, they're in a car heading for who knows where. Gear's waiting for us, we gotta go"
"You handled yourself all right there, Matrixia" Logan said, running down the stairs, and turning back to aim his pistols at anyone following them. The Agent wasn't yet behind them, but he would be soon. "But yer still a newbie at this. I wasn't gonna let you die in there, and neither--"
"Was Hard's person" Logan cursed, realising that Hard had once again tracked them down. Turning to open the door, he and Matrixia bolted out into the street.
ooc: Hard, I don't know if you have plans for your Veronica person or something, or if you want to bring her back. If you don't want her to be shot, just holler.
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Post by brokenangel17 on Mar 3, 2007 16:00:34 GMT -5
" Oh cmon, a few more minutes and i would have had him." She joked as she tried to keep up with him, a hand over the bleeding mess on her shirt. " And quit callin me a newbie, u make me sound like a lil squirt!"
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INACTIVE - Hardencairnom
Agent
I will break everything you will ever become before you can even think of calling yourself it.
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Post by INACTIVE - Hardencairnom on Mar 3, 2007 17:30:45 GMT -5
ooc: Don't worry aobut gunshots... mostly because of this:
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Veronica just looked down at the ground. Blood had poured from her wound. She just moved away as the wound healed itself. Executive appeared just a few steps behind Veronica. Sis, he spoke. Veronica span round, handgun pointing forward. She lowered the gun as she realised who it was. "E!" Come with me, you're needed. Veronica smiled at Executive. "Oh am I now... 'bro'?" I used 'sis' as a way of shortening the term. Not gangsta. Veronica dropped her smile. "Right." Xavier's currently going for the others, but Hard's given us orders. We need to gather all the X programs for a meeting, pronto. If a man named Logan interferes, in which I am sure you have heard of him, then kill him. These duties aren't going unrewarded. Veronica took a few seconds to process the information. She then came back with her answer. "Tell Hard he's wasting too much air caring too much about things. He doesn't 'need' us. He just wants us with him. Besides, the Merovingian's a better place to be." Then I am afraid I must kill you. Executive had his gun directly at Veronica's head. Help us. Or you are my new target. And you know me... Veronica was beginning to think properly now, assessing the situation better. Executive had a gun to her head, which was one thing. Norph was now the new merovingian, and the X programs don't abide with redpills or any of the crew of the Fedora, which was also another mark. Finally, Logan was a dangerous man who would need killing without any hesitation at all. Executive gripped the trigger, the rubber gauntlet tightening on one end and relaxing on the other end. Then he began to pull it back. "Deal." Executive's trigger finger went completely loose. He proceeded to put away the gun, slowly. "For old times' sake." Thank you.
ooc: That's just one program, now I got 17 to go. Yes, there are 20 X programs in total.
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Post by Logan on Mar 3, 2007 19:17:16 GMT -5
"Mattie, you are a little squirt" Logan said with a serious face, turning to look back at her "And don't you forget it. The second you think you're a big shot, you'll wind up dead."
Athan pulled up in a car alongside them. Nix, Gear, and Zia were waiting inside. Jerking open the door, Logan took the shotgun seat, and Matrixia sat next to Nix. Athan put his foot down on the gas, and the car sped off.
"Dammit" Athan muttered, looking back as the Agent ran out of the building. He became smaller as they drove away, not pursuing fast enough, but Athan still seemed upset. "Dammit" he repeated. *** The Agent saw Athan's car racing away. It was moving too fast for him to run after, and in their current condition, few of the Agents could withstand the strain of intense exhaust of power. The Agent's vision was blurry, and the code that made up the Matrix seemed to be cracking, or warping. The Agent frowned. Something was wrong with all of them. *** "Tell me now" Athan commanded the little group "What you want our first order of business to be. We can go anywhere, do anything. We're a team now, and we have to set our objectives."
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Post by Norph on Mar 3, 2007 19:27:49 GMT -5
Gear looked awkwardly at Logan
"When did you become hero, Logan?" He asked, but his attention was pulled elsewhere when Athan asked where to go
"We need to find a safehouse, one that won't be destoryed or raided every second"
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Post by Logan on Mar 3, 2007 19:43:05 GMT -5
"Dammit!" Athan cursed again, his mind focusing once again on his unnamed problem "They've been hounding me... There's only one more place to hide, but I don't think you'll like it."
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Post by brokenangel17 on Mar 3, 2007 22:31:43 GMT -5
Mattie leaned heavily against the window. Zia looked at her, then poked her side. Mattie grimaced as she bit her lip. " Logan, look under the seat for a first aid kit, i seem to have nicked myself. And for the last time, im not a squirt."
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Post by Logan on Mar 4, 2007 16:43:30 GMT -5
"Just giving some o' the facts of life, Mattie" Logan told her, reaching down for the kit and handing it to her. "Where're we goin', pretty boy?" he asked Athan.
"The Merovingian disappeared at the beginnng of Quinn's war" Athan said, as if he were reciting from a history book "Only to return as it was winding down. He tried to reclaim his territory, but ultimately failed, and was overthrown."
"Whoop dee doo..." Logan said "But you didn't answer my question."
"Ever wonder where the Merovingian went?" Athan asked, turning to face the group "Ever wonder how he was able to hide from every single person that tried to come after him?"
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Post by Norph on Mar 4, 2007 17:54:43 GMT -5
"The Merovingian created his own 'matrix', he probably just went to the train station, it was probably nothing, besides, all the attention was on Agent Quinn" Gear replied, he wanted to get out of the car, he'd never liked driving and driving with six people in a car annoyed him
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Post by brokenangel17 on Mar 4, 2007 20:27:38 GMT -5
Mattie used a needle and thread from the kit to sew the cut from the dagger shut. " So what you're saying is...is The Merv retreated to club Hell? Puuuurfect. Its been a while since ive been there. Logan, if you're thinking of following him there, YOU ARE taking me. I used to be his body guard and i know the place like the back of my hand." She put duct tape over the stitches she made, to keep them in place.
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Post by Logan on Mar 4, 2007 21:10:37 GMT -5
ooc: Huh... I posted something before, but it looks like it didn't work. ic: "You're being simplistic here" Athan said "We'll be there in a few minutes. It's a place you've heard of, believe me. Although I doubt any of you have been there."
A few minutes later, the car drove to what appeared to be the edge of the city. There seemed to be a forest growing just at the outskirts of town, and it spread out from there, covering the rest of the visible world. Getting out of the car, Athan opened the doors for his guests.
"I don't like coming here" he said to them, waiting for them all to get out of the car "It's risky, and it isn't a 'feel good' hideout. Unfortunately, it's out best shot at retreating from the rest of the world."
"Where are we going?" Logan asked.
"Into the woods" Athan shot a glance at the redpills behind him "Follow me closely, or you'll get lost along the way"
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Post by brokenangel17 on Mar 4, 2007 22:03:44 GMT -5
Matttie picked up Zia, who had fallen asleep in the car, and held her close. She walked next to Logan so they could speak privately. " Logan, something doesnt feel right. I dont trust this guy."
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Post by Norph on Mar 5, 2007 11:34:40 GMT -5
Gear walked next to Athan as they walked through the forest
"You know that this group isn't bonding, Logan was never one for allies, and he had a few friends, not ones that just appear like you have."
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Post by Logan on Mar 5, 2007 13:09:06 GMT -5
"Trust me when I tell you" Athan said to Gear casually "That I know things Logan and your little party would sell your souls to find out... I already sold mine." *** "Join the club, Mattie" Logan told her in a hushed voice "This guy smells of conspiracy. You just keep yer eyes open, and leave the shootin' to me"
"The Merovingian had a prison" Athanasius said to the whole group, picking up his pace "Called Blackwood. It is purportedly inaccessible, save to him. No one except for the Frenchman's prisoners ever got in... and no one ever got out. Even the Matrix couldn't pin its exact location down. But as I told you before..."
"I have come across a certain knowledge of things" Athan finished, parting some foliage and leading the redpills into a small clearing "That men would kill for. The Merovingian locked himself up in his prison, Blackwood, because it was the one place he knew he would never be found."
"In my travels following the War, I came across this prison. I found the program equivalent of a 'tunnel', dug out from one of Blackwood's cells straight into the Matrix. It appears one of the Merovingian's prisoners had the mental fortitude to find a way through the airtight programming."
Before the group was a strangely colored tree. It was black as night, with an owl hole in the center.
"The entrance is this tree" Athan motioned at the tree, before turning to face the group "And before we enter, you should know a little more about this place. It houses the deadliest of the deadliest. Insane exiles, Agents that defected in their mad pursuit of the Frenchman, and the vilest cutthroats. Save for this 'tunnel', there has never been a breakout; but nonetheless, it is a dangerous place. The Agents have been hounding after me; even in their malfunctioning state, they pursue me. This is the only safe place I know of. If you come with me, you are pledging alleigance to my cause."
"And I promise that I will pay you back for that pledge."
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Post by Norph on Mar 5, 2007 14:42:23 GMT -5
Gear stepped closer to the tree, he had nothing to lose and felt strangely confident, however he did wonder how Athan just came across this 'tunnel'
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