Wick

After the Asteroid-Closed

Harlow Grey (Harley)

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Interacting with @December&@kurai assassin and anyone else

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Harley woke up slowly and kept her eyes shut a moment. She could hear the flames of a fire and the scraping of rocks against the rock walls. Her head hurt. She had been hit over the head and her hands were tied behind her back. When her eyes opened she almost screamed. Instead she froze in fear. There was a snake right in front of her about a foot from her face. Harley felt the breath in her lungs stop moving and she couldn't even think to work on her bindings. After watching it slither into a crevice in the wall of the cave she felt the air rush back into her lungs. Panicked she hurriedly sat up and started to wiggle her hands in her bindings while looking for more snakes.

There was a lot of fighting going on outside and she needed to get away. She had no idea who these people were but she knew they needed help. They appeared underweight and some were sickly. None of them appeared to have powers. That made her feel more scared and she wondered why they were attacking the bunker at night instead of in the early morning. She could feel the bindings cutting into the soft flesh of her wrists as she worked at them loosening them enough to eventually get her hand free. From there it was easy to free her other hand. She tied the rope through the loop on her jeans and got to her feet.

Harley couldn't help but jump when she saw the woman at the entrance of the cave putting a bucket of brownish water into a large barrel. The woman apparently didn't see her until Harley got close to her. Then the woman watched her as Harley realized that they were drinking the brownish water. She walked over and gave the barrel a huge shove and knocked it over spilling the water out of the cave entrance. The woman jumped at Harley drawing a knife out and swiping it at her. "Wait! Wait I can help you!"

The woman hesitated and eyed her. "How do you intend to help us? What can you do to help us?" She asked with venom dripping from her words. Harley grabbed the barrel up and righted it.

Putting her hands over it she started filling it with water. "This. I can give you fresh water." The woman nearly fell backwards over her own feet trying to get back. Fear and shock were plastered on her face as she watched Harley fill the barrel with sparkling clean water that she appeared to have flowing out of her hands.

When Harley was done she nodded to the woman. "Can you help me get home?"

Thinking that Harley was some kind of witch or alien being she shrunk against the wall and yelled. "Go! Just Go!"

Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth she ran out into the fighting and ducked behind a tree. There appeared to be more than just one group here fighting and she didn't see any of her people here. In the dark Harley wasn't sure which way would lead her home so she took a left and decided to wing it til morning. She followed the smoke in the distance and hoped it wasn't her bunker that was burning. After a while it appeared that the fire had been put out.

She was wandering through the woods wondering what she was going to do about the mess she had made. In less than twenty four hours she had made out with Grayson, whom she had liked for almost a year now, and she had told Mikey she would stay with him. She knew he liked her and he considered her his new girlfriend and she had had a crush on him before all of this had happened but Mikey had never even kissed her.

She was so focused on her totally confused love life that had come out of nowhere, that she didn't see the ravine had widened and she was currently stepping through the underbrush and there was nothing on the other side of it but a drop that was at least 50 feet. She didn't see it in the dark until she was falling. She had forgotten about her powers until she was thrust upwards by the waves. Her heart was pounding so hard she thought she might die of fright. Once she was back on the ground her legs gave way and she sat down for a moment and leaned against a tree weary and exhausted.

@King Tai@RumikoOhara@Kyrisse@December@alexfangtalon@POOHEAD189@FunnyGuy@kurai assassin

After the Asteroid-Closed

@December

Ok, well you need to post more often. Im going yo write for Harley tonight.

After the Asteroid-Closed

@Kyrisse

Lol I wasnt sure what you would want to do with Jae so I had Cody give him options and run off. :P

Conspiracy-Closed

~ Celerity ~

Celerity took a deep breath and dove into the air and she vibrated so fast her body picked up the pace and caught up as she raced down the side of the skyscraper in a blur of blue. She was trying to top out her speed and see if she could maintain her fastest speeds at different gravitational differences and if not what was the difference in speeds. The problem was she was running so fast that the asphalt beneath her would get so hot from the friction that the shoes that R&D developed for her would melt and so she needed to get them to make her new ones.

Celerity came in barefoot and irritated. She looked at the girl in the office and her mind went blank. She had forgotten her name...again. "Order yourself a name plate for your desk. I'm going up to R&D." She mumbled under her breath as she left the room hoping she didn't realize that Celerity had forgotten her name again. She got into the elevator and halfway up and remembered "Courtney!" She sighed at her trivial idiocy as he memory played with her. She was tired and needed to get more shoes made before she had to go out on a mission. She only had one pair left.

Earlier when she had gotten back from her sudden flying lesson with Kieran she had spoken to Bell and she had been given news that the one person that she wanted to speak to refused to come back to the HQ. It looked like she really was on her own with this league of heroes. Other than the other HQ's that were in various states of decay or reconstruction she had no backup nearby. She put in her pass code and the machine did a retinal scan before allowing her inside. After a few minutes she emerged with a new set of speedster shoes on her feet and she took the stairs all the way down and she went to the kitchen to get a drink.

@king tai@rumikoohara@dabombjk

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@King Tai@Wick@RumikoOhara@Kyrisse@Spinosaurus@December@alexfangtalon@POOHEAD189@FunnyGuy@kurai assassin

Okay I need to know who is still in here writing. I have not heard from Spinosaurus or December recently so unless they answer me here I will assume they are not writing anymore and are no longer with us. Is everyone else okay?

After the Asteroid-Closed

Commander Cody Varicke

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Where the hell is Harley? And who the hell are these guys? The commander thought to himself as a burnt cinder glowed while the beam it was holding shifted and he ducked the punch that was coming at his face. He landed a solid hit in the attackers throat. The smoke was thick and he coughed hard as the other man went down. He noticed his tattered clothing and that he was very dirty and thin. Survivors from the other bunkers? Maybe? He headed back out of the room and stopped and grabbed the guy and tossed him over his shoulder. He couldn't question him if he was dead from smoke inhalation. He ran by the cafeteria and whistled. "Ryder! Come here boy!"

The boxer ran towards Cody and stayed with him and he whined when he got outside and didn't see his mistress. Cody looked up at the group outside and most had gotten out and others were still straggling out of the bunker. Cody threw the man he was carrying on the ground and wiped the hair out of his eyes. Pulling it back out of his face he secured it. Standing over him he said "Who are you, where did you come from, and why did you attack us?" He looked up at the upset dog and called him over. "Ryder, hold him down." The boxer wrapped his jaws around the man's throat. "I don't even have to kill you. If you lie to me I'll have him do it for me."

The man on the ground could not take his eyes off of the dog as it's teeth seemed to tighten around his throat. He struggled to breathe and gurgled and Cody had the dog let go a moment.

The man took several deep and painful breaths before answering. "We needed supplies and knew you would not likely give them up." The man refused to say anything else.

Cody glared at him with true anger vibrating through him. "Where is the woman you took? The one who has water..." Cody left the question a little vague and open ended since he didn't know if they had powers or not although it didn't look like this guy did.

Oddly the man tried to laugh and it sounded more painful than like laughter. "We did not take her she came to us!"

Cody yanked him up by the hair. "Where?" He demanded roughly. The man turned his head in the correct direction and he groaned when Cody dropped him and yelled "I'm going after Harley." One of the others pulled the guy up and tied his hands behind his back.

There were a few others still fighting and Cody went over to Audrianna and Jae. One of his soldiers was nearby and he waved him over. "Audrianna? I need you to stay here where I know you are safe. Use your powers and stay safe, please." He looked up at Jae and nodded to him. "Jae, if you want to stay with Aud that is fine. If you want to come with me keep up." He nodded and those not fighting took up guard and were trying to keep the bunker from collapsing from the damage. Cody gave Aud a peck on the cheek and he turned and ran into the forest.

@King Tai@Wick@RumikoOhara@Kyrisse@Spinosaurus@December@alexfangtalon@POOHEAD189@FunnyGuy@kurai assassin

After the Asteroid-Closed

Commander Cody Varicke

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Cody had grinned sheepishly and kind of chuckled at the guys' comment's on his kissing Audrianna so publicly. He didn't want them to realize that he was a little insecure when it came to her. He felt himself blush and then he heard Jae ask if the bunker was on fire. "What?" He panicked and turned around. The blazing fire was near the trees and the outer part of the bunker door was being kissed by the flames.

Cody dropped Aud's hand and ran into the flames. "Find Harley!" He ran into the mostly underground building and grabbed the intercom "There is a fire at the front door. EVERYONE OUT NOW! Harley if you are in here I need your help NOW!"

Cody ran into the cafeteria and ushered the now panicked occupants out and then he headed into the depths of the building looking for the others.

@King Tai@Wick@RumikoOhara@Kyrisse@Spinosaurus@December@alexfangtalon@POOHEAD189@FunnyGuy@kurai assassin

Vendetta Inc.

Done, hope y'all like it.

Vendetta Inc.

Paige Preston

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Assignment: Undercover- Infiltrate child kidnapping ring Interacting with Derek Stone

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Subconsciously Paige felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up. She lay there quietly trying to gauge where Francis was. She heard him unzip her purse and start digging around. Her purse was in the other room and she couldn't hear him in the bedroom any longer. Raising her head and finding him not in her sight she slipped from the bed and dressed quickly. She shoved her feet into her sneakers and snuck through the apartment. She found him waiting for her in the living room. Paige gave him a quiet smile and calmly took in his appearance.

Francis' eyes were darker than normal, almost brooding. There was a muscle in his jaw that was stressed way too tightly for her liking. She noticed the small gun and her purse contents dumped out on the table. He was becoming angry about something. That could be dangerous for her so she slipped into a carefree tone of voice and smiled at him as she walked across the room to him. She wrapped her arm around his waist and kissed his cheek and pretended to only then notice her things.

"Why is my purse dumped out? Were you looking for something?" She reached down and grabbed a stick of gum from her things and put it in her mouth. She pouted at his expression knowing that he was focusing on her full lips.

"If you are curious about the gun. I've always carried one. My mother insisted when I moved to the city. She made me take lessons just to make sure I didn't shoot myself."

She cocked her head sideways and gave him a playful smile all the while praying he wouldn't make her use her other skills. "What is wrong Francis? I can see it in your eyes. Has something happened?"

Francis reached slowly for the gun and she kept her demeanor calm as he looked at it. Turning it in his hands he raised it in the air to look at it better. "What else don't I know about you?"

Paige turned deliberately allowing him to wonder what she was about to say. He caught the tension in the air and glared at her accusingly. "You don't like babies and yet the doctor said you were going to fight to save the impure child of your dead friend. You are meta and you carry a gun." He shoved her gun into his left pocket and took a step towards her grabbing her arm and bending it backwards.

Paige went into survival mode and she turned flipping him over her shoulder and onto his back. She slammed her fist into his face and she felt the butt of a gun hitting the back of her head just before she landed on the ground. She hadn't looked throughout the entire apartment to know there was someone else there. She saw a man with dark hair and eyes as her mind slipped into the blackness.

Darric parked the beast around the corner a block away and he eased out of the leather jacket and put on a denim one and made himself look a little more common. He walked up to the church and he opened the door and went inside. The Cathedral was huge inside and there was a woman in one of the side rooms who appeared to be teaching a class. She was ordinary looking, nothing special about her that he could tell. She came out of the room and came up to him with a smile.

"Good day! And how does the lord find you this day?" She inquired. She offered him a seat near where they were standing. "Have you recently moved here? I've never seen you before." Mary asked.

Darric knew he had to make her understand that he was part of the cult as well. "I and my family are new to the area but not to the "church". We were part of the group at the Harrison chapter." He gave her a knowing look and she smiled genuinely.

Darric paid all of his attention to Mary and he took in every detail around him as he answered her questions about his made up family. She kept him on the first floor and took him up in the cathedral showing him all about the history of this particular building. She wanted to have Francis check him out before giving him access to the rest of the activities going on on the premises. Darric was watching people, mostly men coming out of different doors. Finally Darric asked Mary, "Are you Father Francis' wife?"

"Yes, he has three wives but I am the first wife. Why?" She responded with pride at being the first wife.

"I figured you were. Only one so knowledgeable could be his first wife." He complimented her. One of the others came out of the room and called her over.

"Please excuse me for a moment." He nodded and walked away appearing to meander into the more historical section of building while her attention was held elsewhere.

A few moments later she didn't see him and assumed he had left and would come back later when Francis was available.

Darric had slipped into a side of the church that she had avoided taking him to and he went into an old hallway. The walls were made of stone and the flooring was more of a cobblestone. It was cold in there and dark. The lighting was sparse and dim. The voices he heard appeared to be coming from the depths of the cave-like dungeon. Darric felt a wave of fear when he heard Paige's voice waft towards him. He began to move faster. He pulled out the knife he had used earlier on the Caretaker and he approached the room that he heard voices coming from. Darric took no prisoners as he attacked the men hurting the others. He would leave a trail of bodies if he had to, he would kill anyone between him and Paige.

Paige had woken up in great pain. Her head was pounding like it might explode. She remembered hitting Francis and someone bashing her over the head. After that it was broken in flashes. She remembered someone ripping her clothes off of her, leaving her in her bra and underwear. Then they had tied her hands together. Once she was lifted onto the hook she blacked out again. She was beginning to become aware of her surroundings and realized that she had a black eye and someone had hit her while she was out cold. What cowards she thought to herself.

Just as she came out of her sleep state she realized that there was a wad of material in her mouth keeping her gagged so her voice would be muffled. Her eyes opened and Paige began to realize where she was, the torture room where you tried to redeem yourself through pain. She screamed as loud as she could in fear of what was coming next. It was at that moment that the knotted rope hit her delicate yet firm back and buttocks. The fire that ripped through her instantly made her eyes weep and her body spasmed in agony. When the second swing hit home she gritted her teeth and shrieked but managed to get the rope with her foot and whipped it around her leg and yanked the abuser off balance. She could hear more screams, some louder and surprised ones coming towards her. Paige stood on tiptoe to reach her arms up high enough to get off of the hook.

Unfortunately, she couldn't just lift off. They had raised it so there was no chance of an easy escape. She looked at the man and the other woman that they had already beaten and realized that they were dead. Her torn muscles in her back kept her from pulling herself up to lift off of the hook and she forced herself to try again. She gritted her teeth as she pulled her body up. Exhausted she could only hold herself up for a mere second or two. Her adrenaline rush held as she managed just barely to slip the ropes over the hook. At that moment her energy physically depleted she blacked out from the pain and fell to the floor.

Darric was a bloody mess. When he rounded the corner he had startled two of the congregation who were abusing children at the moment. After he killed the men he set the children free and they followed him. The next room Darric passed was the sacrificial room. The executioner was in there and there was at least seven or eight men in there with him. He shushed the kids and they slipped passed that closed door and went further down the hallway. The instant he saw her back and her lifting the ropes off of the hook he ran to her and caught her head just before she would have slammed it onto the ground in her unconscious state.

Darric held Paige and the little girl grabbed a blanket from the corner and she gave it to Darric to cover her with. "Baby, wake up, it's time to go home." Paige thought she was dreaming for a second. There was no way...

"Darric?" she murmured. He held her tight a moment thankful that she was still alive.

"Yeah, it's me. Can you walk? I need to be able to fight our way out of here."

Paige nodded as she came awake. "I'll find a way. Let's get out of here." Paige showed him the way out that would cost them the least amount of time and energy. She knew that they would be found out soon if they didn't hurry. Francis would come back to check on her. The kids held onto her and kept her on her feet while they let Darric fight the way out. There were several times that Paige cried out in pain and had to stop a moment because of the damage to her back. Once they were outside Darric picked her up and told the kids to keep up as he ran her to the car. By the time he got her inside the car she was passed out again and the children were there and so were some of the more violent of the men. Darric pulled his AK out and shot them down in the street as his own body took several bullets. He got into the driver's seat and told the kids "Put your seat belts on and stay down!"

Darric didn't stop until he got them back to the bar. He called his friend Mike who was a doctor that wouldn't ask him any questions and he came right away.

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@King Tai@Necrophage@FantasyChic@Wick@Vashonn@RumikoOhara@pugbutter@alexfangtalon

Vendetta Inc.

@King Tai@Necrophage@FantasyChic@Wick@Vashonn@RumikoOhara@pugbutter@alexfangtalon

I know I said I would post for Paige today but I'm not feeling too well so I'll work on getting it done tomorrow.