KS Solutions and Company A Prime Capture - RPLOG
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Date
29/6/2013
Log
The meeting time for the prime specimen capture mission had finally arrived, those brave enough being directed to rally within the briefing room of the K&S Solutions building. The mission promised danger and urged extreme caution, but also gave the guarantee of a rather large paycheck upon completion. Inside, the building seems to stink of sex and general dirtiness, as if the place hasn't been cleaned in months. Furniture is astray and tipped over, dust cakes the floor, various things lay broken and scattered... Overall, an absolute mess!
Inside the briefing room is a large, wooden table, complimented by a large amount of chairs gingerly pushed in and awaiting a welcome rear. The faint hum of a projector gently echos through the silent room as an even more silent silver lion, dressed in semi-formal attire, rests in a chair beside it, his eyes closed and feet upon the table as he awaits anyone crazy enough to tackle the job.
Walking into the room, Glein had her gear rigged up, armor on, and at this point, she'd managed get ahold of Edel for this mission. So at the very least USHC was proving that they wanted to find the means to help restore the country as best they could. Granted, her expression soured at the smell and sight of the room. "Pleasant." Glein says, wondering why they'd picked this room.
Edel slinks in behind Glein, fairly quiet, apart from the click of her blunted claws on the ground. "Yes, this place could do with a cleaning, I think. And coming from me, that's saying something." The husky shoves her hands in the pockets of her coat, sighing softly. "Hopefully we can manage this without too much... Trouble."
Selina is a human standing around 5'6", wearing a heavy suit of power armor equiped with a wide array of nanotech modules, including a lightweight scattershot. She has long fawn-colored hair and blue eyes. The armor appears to be powered down at the moment, with most of the accoutrements in sleep mode. She introduces herself, standing with her hand on one of the seats, "Greetings. I'm afraid I've not met everyone. My name is Selina. We're on a mission to capture a prime specimine, as I understand it?"
Dio's eyes slowly crack open, his ears twitching to the sounds of new arrivals as he plants his feet back onto the floor and swivels about with a keen eye. "Ah! You're here. Wonderful," Dio exclaims, rising out of his seat and dipping into a gentle bow. "I see some familiar faces. Glad to have you aboard. Please forgive me for the mess. It appears that after a long period without maintenance, our security managed to fail and let in a rather large amount of nasty ferals. Luckily, the hole has been fixed. But the mess..." The lion pauses, taking a short moment to look about the room. "Not so much."
Retracting from his bow, the feline walks towards the projector and picks up a nearby remote. "Yes ma'am, that is correct. My name is Dio, and this is the K&S Solutions building. We typically do missions that are more on the dangerous side that the big three factions don't wish to tackle themselves. However, many of our members have been quite absent for the time being. For some reason or other, I received a request for this mission. I suppose you could call me a mercenary contractor at the moment. Rest assured, you will all be paid handsomely."
The lion hits a button upon the remote, bringing up an image of a rather tall and powerful looking wolf beast, projected on a white background. "Our mission is clear: Capture a Prime Specimen alive by any means necessary."
Glein nods at Dio. "Pleasure to meet you again Dio." She says, turning her gaze to the new girl. "Corporal Glein Herrick, pleasure to meet you." She states, before focusing on the task at hand. "Prime Specimen huh? Are we looking at this one specifically, or the first one we can snag?" Glein asked.
Edel tips an imaginary hat to Selina, flashing a smile. "Hello. I'm Edel." She looks back to Dio and tilts her head. "Capture? That's a new one. Well, I'll do what I can to help out. I don't have much of my tech with me today, but maybe we won't need it, yeah?" A snicker escapes from the short canine as she rubs the back of her head. "Maybe we can bribe them into coming with us, or something."
Selina nods to Edel, "It's certainly outside the norm... And I have to wonder what sort of reputation we agents have developed with these ferals. Some may enjoy the challenges, but others may feel a bit of spite. We might have best success targeting a prime that would feel it all more of a game..." looking to Dio, "Do you have a particular species in mind?"
"If you prefer a different strain of infected, then it's possible we can change the focus. However, I've chosen the wolf beast for the time being. He should provide a powerful sample for the researchers," Dio nods, looking towards Glein. The lion clicks the remote a few more times, causing the projection to cycle through various other candid photos of primes, including that of a skunk beast, husky, blue gryphon, and a few more.
"While agents in the field have brought about primes and done battle with them, never in our history has a group managed to restrain one. What makes them that powerful, more intelligent than their kin... There are many things we can learn about the nanites with a good subject." The picture on the white screen flashes to a familiar looking device for those who've done battle against a prime before. A picture of a PSAS and primer device used to summon particular specimens. "I can't imagine they're happy with us," he returns, nodding towards Selina. "Despite this however, primes haven't been reported to randomly attack agents. Instead, they only seem to attack those who summon their presence with the use of this device," he explains while pointing towards the device on the screen. "They seem to believe it's a meeting of sorts with their kin, or perhaps one of their own is in danger by the powerful scent emitted by this device. This provides us with an inherent tactical advantage if you can imagine."
The screen flicks to a new picture, a seemingly normal looking post P-Day street with rundown and decayed buildings. "We have the advantage of surprise. An ambush will be what we need to throw the odds in our favor I believe. A straight up fight could be dangerous."
Glein looks over the images. "Alright. I'm guessing it's just the four of us then, if we're doing an ambush. Unless there's additional support planned?" Glein asked, wondering what was planned.
Edel glances down at herself, then back to the projections. "Well, if we have no luck with the wolf beast and want to try the negotiation route, we could always try the husky. I'm not sure how they'd react to one of their own. Might help, or it might make things worse. Hard to say. I'll leave it to you, since you're leading this operation."
Selina thinks, "If they're expecting to meet with their kin, why not get our forms to match those expectations ahead of time? Do you believe that would allow for a diplomatic solution? Or, at least, a better surprise?"
Dio looks towards the projector once more and then sets the remote back down as he slowly begins a path for the table. "I'm afraid we're on our own for this one. However, they did give us a few toys to play around with." Reaching under the table, the lion pulls out a rather large looking metal box with a lid and sets it on the table. With a clank, the metal lid falls to the table and reveals three identical and interesting looking devices. A bit larger than a pistol, but still shaped similar to a gun with a trigger and all. However, a needle lays where a barrel would be, complimented by a container filled with a strange substance. "This is an experimental drug developed by the Zephyr scientists for just this mission. This injection here should knock a prime out within a couple of minutes or so. It's quite potent, or so I am told. The prick is painful, and you must be in melee range to use it I'm afraid, so hitting the prime with it will cause alarm until he falls asleep. We also managed to secure a few flash bangs."
The lion smiles towards Edel and nods at her idea. "I also have the materials so summon a husky. If you're willing to risk yourself for the sake of the mission, that's certainly an option. Do you think you can handle it?" Digging into the box, Dio pulls out one of the devices and holds it in front of Edel. "If you decide to, please keep this just in case things go sour. Stab, trigger, done. It's possible you'll need to trick the prime into thinking the injection is good. I doubt he or she will happily walk into Zephyr..."
Glein hmmms as she thinks. "I do hope we're not on the clock for this. A properly laid ambush is going to take a bit of time. And we're going to want to position ourselves in a location that'll make it not only difficult for regular ferals to get to us, but also make it easy to overtake the Prime if it comes to that." Glein says, pulling up a map on her armor's tablet of teh Fiarhaven, and looked for areas she'd marked as good ambush points for her patrols on occasion.
Edel looks down at the device and offers another shrug. "Well, like I said. Maybe as a last resort. Last thing I want is to risk being abducted by a bunch of other huskies and ending up in one of their little packs." The needled device is tucked into one of her pockets.
Selina takes one of the devises, "These should help... But who is the best candidate for approaching that close to the specimine? I will say that my skills are mostly focused upon bringing an opponent down. Getting in close, I might go down relatively quickly."
"Don't worry, we'll have all the time we need. A sloppy ambush could leave us in an even worse situation than a regular fight." Handing the device over to the husky, Dio walks over towards the projector once more and points towards the picture of the street. "I believe this is a good spot to ambush our target. Plenty of roof and windows, fire escapes, along with escape routes in the various alley ways if need be. Zephyr has agreed to secure a perimeter of sorts, but it's never been reported of any other ferals attacking agents when a specimen is challenged. However, sometimes underlings of the same type are summoned by the prime itself when it realizes danger."
With a crouch, Dio leans down and picks up another metal box, this one a bit smaller in comparison as he lifts the lid to reveal four grenades. Flash bangs. "You won't be abducted. This would mean mission failure, but I'd kill the prime before something like that occurs. My plan is this..." The lion looks towards the group, his stature prideful and commanding as he crosses his arms. "Edel here pretends to call for the prime in a meeting. She will attempt diplomacy and for whatever reason, convince her that the shot is worth taking. If this fails, we will be laying close by in ambush. Throwing one of these flashbangs will blind our target, giving us plenty of time to inject the drug if need be. After that, we hold our ground until the prime is knocked unconscious."
Glein chuckles. "So you got a Plan A, and a Plan B. What about Plan GTH?" Glein asked. "Besides, we don't know that flashbangs will have that great an effect upon the Prime, or that it can even be convinced Edel is one of it's own kind."
Edel rubs her neck and nods, slowly. "That sounds like a plan. I'm not too concerned with getting in close to a prime. I like to think I'm fairly well trained in close quarters combat, so if it comes to that, I'll be fine." Her dull claws drum along the surface of the table. "I just have to come up with something to convince her. That should be the hard part, but we'll see how it goes, I suppose."
"Plan GTH? I'd say run and shoot. Probably not the best of plans, but it'll have to do," Dio chuckles, digging into the box and holding up a flashbang in one hand. "Primes have eyes just the same as ours, but perhaps a little sharper. It will be either blinded and deaf or closed eyes and deaf. Either way, this provides us with the window needed to inject the prime." Picking up the box of grenades, Dio walks over towards the group and holds it out in front of them.
"There's no such thing as a one hundred percent fool-proof plan," the lion returns. "No matter what we choose, we'll be in severe danger regardless. I believe you can do it, Edel. If things go sour, we're going to back you up. Teamwork and trust is necessary in this mission."
Looking towards Selina, Dio nods and replies. "If we manage to inject the prime, it doesn't matter if it runs or fights. Either way, it's going down. The shielding should indeed help though. If we all agree and there are no more questions, we can get to setting up."
"Right, well, I'll try to disable, since my weapons don't have a less than lethal setting on them." Glein states, taking one of hte flashbangs, and sliding it into a long empty grenade pouch on the MOLLE straps of her armor. Been a long time since she had a grenade of any kind in her kit, it was an odd sensation, having that extra little bit of metal with an explosive heart on her armor again.
Once sure all her kit was good, Glein nodded. "Call up Zephyr, tell 'em to prep the area. I'm sure it's gonna be a fun party we're hosting." Glein says, holding her rifle in a low ready position.
Edel stretches out and folds her arms over her chest with a nod. "I'm ready to go, yes. And I've been working on some less lethal things for you, Glein. Soon enough! Where is this all going to be taking place, anyway?"
Selina looks around, "So, my skills are mostly focused upon doing damage. What about yourselves?"
"Right then," Dio nods, walking back over towards the table and picking up his shotgun. "We're going to the location pictured on the projector here," he says, pointing towards the screen. "As for my skills, I simply do what it takes. That is all." The lion grins heavily as he checks the weapon, making sure its loaded and ready for battle. With long strides and a grenade attached to the rim of his pants, Dio walks towards the door and opens it, letting in the musky scents. "It's about a half hour's walk. We'll set up our positions and prepare there. Shall we go?"
"I'm a Marine. My job is breaking things and killing people usually." Glein says, following Dio out of the room.
Edel turns and shuffles off after the others, pulling down her goggles. "I'm an arms manufacturer. I use what I make, though, so I guess you could say that I hurt things." One the goggles are down, the hood goes up.
Selina nods "Alright then. We'll do what we can. I know that I can't stand in front of it, but I can hopefully do enough damage to keep it down. At the very least, I agree with Dio, the primary objective is to make certain everyone survives. Otherwise, I'm ready to go."
After leaving the K&S building, the group heads south down the dreary streets of Fairhaven. After about a half hour's walk, they manage to find the area that looks quite similar to the one featured in the picture just before. A regular looking street surrounded by buildings with various alley ways and sewer entrances. On the sidewalk is the familiar PSAS device with a primer ready and loaded, most likely prepared by another Zephyr agent upon the lion's request. "Here we are," Dio says, holding out his hands as if he were showcasing the area. "I suggest someone take a high ground, either on a roof or peeking through a window. You'll find fire escapes handy if you wish to quickly retreat or return to the ground."
The lion looks around for a bit and spots an area nearby in an alley way a bit far from the device. "I shall watch from here," he points. "Edel will activate the device, someone goes topside, and perhaps two more on the ground. We can also have two topside. Your decision," he says, looking towards Glein and the human. "If things look sour, flashbang, inject, and prepare for battle."
Glein looks over the area. "I'll take the high ground. I've got a rifle to aim with, and considering the situation, Might be better for me if I'm high. Easier to fly when I have less above my head." Glein says, pointing towards the third floor of what looks to have been a building at least 4 stories tall, now much smaller.
Edel rubs her hands together and takes a deep breath before approaching the PSAS. "Just give me the signal for when to begin, and I'll start it up. Here's to good luck!"
Selina stays on the lower level, with Glein going up to. She keeps herself hidden where she can find cover, until it looks like she's needed. "All set."
Dio walks towards the husky and plants a reassuring hand upon her shoulder. "Quite brave, ma'am. Thank you for doing this. We'll do everything we can to keep you safe." The lion starts a quick jog towards the alley way he once activated, briefly looking over his shoulder as he shouts, "Activate it!" Residing behind a corner, the lion occasionally peeks out, but mostly conceals himself to avoid detection.
Glein gave her wings a few good flaps, before lifting herself into the air, and basically using her wings to 'climb' up to the third story floor, and pulled herself in. After about 10 minutes, a quick and almost sudden flash of light as if off a mirror came from one of the windows, Glein signalling she was ready and in position.
In an effort to make herself appear less threatening, she pulls down her hood, and pushes her goggles back up to her forehead. "Well. Here goes nothing." She activates the device and takes a few steps back, watching and waiting for the target to show.
Selina watches quietly as she can until she's needed, keeping her eyes out for any intruders.
The machine whirrs and churns right after the button was pressed. The smell of female husky fills the air in a dense, invisible cloud of pheromones. The husky nearby the machine would certainly get quite a whiff and notice the familiar scent.
For a few minutes... Silence. Only the buzzing of the machine and gentle breeze of the wind did any sort of damage to the surrounding silence. But suddenly, footsteps. And then a figure. A rather tall looking female husky begins her journey down the street, naked and rather well endowed upon her chest. She seems to carry herself differently than that of other huskies seen. The aura of strength radiates around her figure, almost palpable as she uses powerful and strong strides with a proud looking expression to approach Edel.
Finally, she arrived, looking down upon the smaller husky and analyzing her features. She bent down, only to allow her muzzle to poke into her skin, sniffing strongly at her fur in curiosity.
Edel smiles at the larger husky, tail slowly swaying from side to side. "Hello there, miss!" There's no anger in her voice, fear, or even nervousness. She sounds pretty genuinely happy. "I must say, I've never seen a husky quite your size!"
The large husky finishes her curious sniffing, stepping away slightly and looking down upon her with a somewhat blank expression. She cocks her head to the side as she listens to Edel's words, however it did seem like she understood them from a glance. Suddenly, a slight scowl appears on her face, a gentle growl erupting from her chest in sign of slight agitation. "Why," she mutters in her growl, anger seeming to increase by the second.
Glein tensed up, her rifle resting against the upturned desk, the aim pointed at the Prime's legs. Glein didn't doubt it could smell the rest of the team. It WAS a husky. Basically a dog.
Edel holds up her hands, empty and palms up as a gesture of harmlessness. "Why what? I'm not here to hurt you. I'm here to learn. About you! You're... Very interesting. You're a much larger husky than I am, there's nothing to fear, from me. I just want to talk, for now. That's all."
The husky continues to scowl and growl at the smaller husky, soon closing the distance with large, stomping steps. She seems very on-edge, as she knows how various agents enjoy summoning those like her, only to be beaten upon. She grabs at one of Edel's outstretched hands, giving them a firm and powerful grip, perhaps a tiny bit painful. "Talk what? Talk now," she growls once more, increasing her grip.
Crouching a little lower, Glein kept the sight picture of her weapon on the leg, the tension in the air almost physical. Glein had the rifle stock pressed tight against her shoulder, though she was keeping her earpeice live, letting the discussion between Edel and teh Prime in an ear while they talked down below.
Edel winces a little at the force of the grip. "Well, what I want to know about is why we're always fighting. I can't discuss this kind of thing with normal ferals, that's why I called you. You're smart. You can speak, and you're a husky like me. I figured you'd be the best shot I had at learning." Her expression takes on a hint of sadness. Though not feral, she still regretted having to mislead the other husky, even if she wasn't really lying. She had her own reasons for this, as well.
Selina holds per position given that Edel isn't calling out.. she watches carefully, listening for any change in her reaction..
The grip does not loosen, not even slightly. It even seems to increase in strength by the moment! The husky's agitation continues to become more and more evident on her expression, but now... A hint of curiosity, and slight bit of slack in her iron fists, but still needing quite a bit of strength to break out of. Something still didn't seem right... She looked towards the building Glein and Selina were stationed in, giving it a firm and and analyzing glance. The dragoness was very well hidden, practically almost invisible in her hiding spot. However, something seemed strange about the area Selina was in. The husky couldn't sworn she saw or heard something over in that direction. "Talk now," she snarls. "Is this trap? What want to know?"
"Shit." Glein whispers, noting the glance towards the building she was in. Had she been found out? It was hard to say. It didn't seem like the Husky was looking up at her, but that didn't mean anything to her. Any suspecion meant that they risked getting blasted by an errant attack.
Edel doesn't make any move to pull away from the husky, but instead gives a soft sigh. "I'll tell you the truth, because I want you to trust me. I'm not here alone, no. But we're not here to attack you. Quite the opposite, in fact. If anyone tries anything unprovoked, I will defend you. I don't want a fight from either side. We're here to learn, like I said. I don't remember, exactly, what they want to learn, just what I want to know! And I can tell you that I can't learn any of this if we attack you." She leaves out the details of how many she's there with, and where they want to take her. "There's no danger."
Selina tries to remain hidden, lowering herself a bit more. She'll have to rely upon her hearing rather than vision to react, though.
The husky continues to listen to Edel speak, a look of shock crossing her expression as she reveals the pair aren't alone. She looks about the streets, scanning them with a quickened pace until she spots what seems to be a lion's mane in the distance. "NOT ALONE?" She shouts, making note that the husky was indeed telling the truth upon seeing a bit of Dio's outline. The husky grabs at Edel and pulls her to her torso, using her as a shield and holding a claw to her neck. "How many? COME OUT NOW AND DROP WEAPONS ON FLOOR," she echos into the street. "OR THE GIRL DIES."
From the alley way, Dio grumbles and slowly walks out from his hiding position, holding his shotgun in the air and walking towards the pair. Slowly, he sets the shotgun down on the floor and takes a few steps back. "Alright alright..."
Glein grunts. There'd been no sign that the husky knew she was there. But she'd focused below her position... Selina maybe? Touching the send button on her earbud, Glein hopes Selina's listening on a earbud and not a radio unit. "Step out. she seemed to have noticed your earlier. I'm still in position to assist if needed. Let's calm this husky down." Glein says, quickly and quietly.
Edel scowls a little and calls out, "It's alright. Just stand down." She closes her eyes and lowers her voice again, to converse with the larger husky. "Look, you don't need to do this. I was feral, myself, not so long ago. There's no need for the two of us to fight like this. I want to help you, and I told you I'd protect you if they make the first move, unprovoked. You're not an animal, you're capable of rational thought, I know you are. You are a leader among huskies, so act like it."
Selina steps out after Dio, though she isn't carrying a particular weapon to lay down as she replies to Glein over the com, "It might also be a show of good faith for you to come out."
As the two new individuals approach the pair, the husky tightens her grip around the husky and faintly taps a claw upon Edel's neck, making sure she has enough leverage to stop any potential ambush. "Lion and human... Is this everyone? No lies," she snarls once more, squeezing the husky, her heartbeats quickening in her chest. "What is our business?"
Somewhat close by, Dio still has his hands in the air, making sure to look as non intimidating as a lion possibly can.
Glein starts calming her breathing, letting her focus grow on the husky while her awareness opened up around her. Nice gentle breathing. "Do NOT reveal I'm here. If this whole thing goes south, we need every advantage we can get. I won't go for killing her unless it looks like I've no other option. Clear?" Glein says over the radio, hoping to god they listened.
Edel slowly and carefully reaches up to rest her own hand on the one of the husky. "Like I said, we don't need to do this. No violence. You know how agents do it. If we were here to attack you, we would have done it by now. We wouldn't be trying to talk to you, would we? I'm Edel. Do you go by a name, miss?"
"Not hear me, husky?" The much larger being squeezes powerfully on Edel's torso in a heavy bear hug. "I ask how many. Talk numbers. Is this everyone?" With her threat carried out, she slightly loosens her grip to allow the other husky to speak and catch her breath. "Perhaps not violent, but must make sure. Call me Alpha. What pack calls. What is business? Must have something..."
Edel grunts as she's squeezed, and coughs upon being released. "Ow. Yeah, that's everyone that was behind me." And it's technically true. "Alright then, business, yes. We want to learn from you, like I said. You're different. You're special. You're not like the others in your pack. We want to know why that is. Maybe if we can learn about you, we can establish relations with the rest of the 'alphas' like yourself. Maybe we can put an end to all the fighting and start working together, you know?"
"Still keep held," the prime being says in a commanding and loud booming voice. She eyes the other two individuals. A human and a lion. Certainly a curious bunch, and they haven't attacked like the others ones beforehand. Perhaps they were to be trusted? "Very well. No funny business." The husky thinks on things for a small while, proverbial gears clicking within her head as she mulls over the questions. "People attack US," she growls, a slight squeeze on Edel once more as she looks at the other pair. "Don't know why strong. Just am. Lead kin. They follow. What else? Talk quick."
Edel frowns and scratches at her side. "I'll be blunt with you. We wanted to see if we could get you to come back with us, so we could examine you fully. You would not be harmed, of course, to the best of my knowledge. And if you came with us perfectly willingly, that would set a very good example for others, I think. Both my people and other alphas, like yourself. We could show them that you're not mindless brutes for them to attack at will. We could show them that they were wrong. And it would all be thanks to you. You'd be helping us, but not only that, you'd be helping yourself, and your fellows."
"NO NO NO!" The husky begins to shake and thrash around, violently shaking the husky side to side in almost whiplash inducing shakes. "BAD! THEY ATTACK US!" She continues to shout and shake with little signs of stopping, the growling returning in full force as her grip strengthens upon Edel. "THEY DO BAD THINGS. NEVER COME!"
Close by, Dio, with his hands still in the air, looks upon the scene with an obvious sense of worry. Without saying anything, he points his eyes towards the injector device upon his rear, hoping she would get the signal that action needed to be taken quick.
Glein was worried about her friend, but the mission was to cature it alive... that meant it was going to be a fine line to cross on this. Open fire and screw up the entire mission, or hold off, and risk her friend being squeezed to death.
In the end, Glen chose to wait, hoping that Selina, Dio or Edel did something to correct this whole situation.
Edel yelps at the sudden shaking, but she quickly composes herself and narrows her eyes. "Then I am sorry." The left hand comes first, a spear hand strike aimed for the larger husky's neck, hoping to disorient, or at least catch her off guard. The other pulls the injector from her coat pocket and moves to catch her in the side, under the arm, to deliver the drug.
The prime husky continues to flail about, squeezing with an INCREDIBLE amount of force upon Edel's torso, almost choking the breath out of her and more than likely causing faint bruising upon her muscles. She squeezes and squeezes and rapidly shakes until her attention is suddenly caught by the oncoming human! Her muzzle shifts to the side for but a moment as Dio seizes the opportunity to grab at the prime's arm and pull with all his strength! The arms budge slightly, giving Edel just enough wiggle room and surprise to land a somewhat strong blow upon her neck, stunning her slightly and dropping Edel to the floor. The injector lands clean within her fur while the insides sink into her veins.
In sheer anger and rage, the husky howls and screams out to the sky as she gets into a pouncing fighting stance.
Glein growls, knowing what that meant. Now Glein wasn't focused purely on the Prime Husky anymore. She wasn't sure, hell, she couldn't tell what happened in the mad melee down there, but now her gaze started watching for any friends that might have heard that roar, because when that sort of thing happened... More hostiles arrived. "I hope to god you guys managed to inject that thing, because we're due to get a LOT of unwelcome friends!" Glein hisses into her radio, glad she picked a section of hte building that gave her view over the entirity of the intersection.
Edel sighs softly once more, shaking her head as the goggles go down over her eyes. "Why did it have to come to violence? You could have just said no. We didn't need to go this far." She was reluctant to draw weapons on the huskies, but she had to do something. She pulled her sword free from its scabbard, flipping it around to bring the blunt edge to bear. "The sooner we can get out of here, the better."
Selina will attempt to keep her eyes out for newcomers. With Dio and Edel having closed in on the prime, she hopes to keep any addition ground targets off of them. She prepares to use a Prism Storm to intercept if a large group comes her way. Otherwise, she'll focus upon one at a time.
With all the commotion and seeing perhaps an opening, Dio runs for the shotgun he had placed down upon the floor, showing his back to the husky prime. He bends down to pick it up swiftly and suddenly hears the the rapid charge of the prime herself. The lion swiftly turns around and steps to the side to dodge the attack, but unfortunately the husky manages to land a powerful momentum filled punch on Dio's right arm, causing extreme pain. "SHIT, THAT FUCKING HURT," he yowls out as he attempts to take a more favorable position with the group and away from the prime in a rapid sprint.
And soon, the impending sounds of a group of ferals approach down the street, many feet away from the group and rapidly approaching! "Flashbang! Someone throw a flashbang at 'em," he commands, still clutching at his arm. Selina's prism storm goes a bit off to the side, however, one or two manage to smack a feral in their side, slowing them down for a short bit.
Growling as the pack came around a corner, Glein flicked the safety lever on her rifle from SAFE to SEMI, and began taking careful shots just ahead of hte pack, her plan to frighten them and make them think twice about coming this way.
Edel glances towards the oncoming huskies and frowns. Flashbangs weren't lethal, at least, so she takes Dio's advice and hurls one towards the crowd. "This is not a good situation to be in. Get ready to grab the prime and flee, when she falls."
Selina will draw out her flash bang and toss it into the crowd coming her way, going after the ones that haven't already been slowed down--but she'll take more if she can.
The feral growls and snarls, anger growing as she turns around and witnesses three of her kin being mowed down by rather accurate gunfire from away. Three feral huskies lay on the floor, growling and bleeding in pain. One flashbang manages to blind two huskies, while the second blinds the remaining one. They growl and roll around on the street, blinded and deaf as they thrash around in vain.
In the meantime, the Prime husky prepares to pounce another foe! She coils back, barks, and... Slips to the floor, the drugs starting to take effect on the poor prime.
"Let's nab her and run," Dio shouts as he looks towards the prime husky. "There's a control point I had setup with Zephyr before hand just down this road. They'll take and restrain the prime." The lion still clutches at his right arm, in possible need of medical examination. "I can't carry anything in this state I'm afraid."
Glein nods, not that anyone could see. "GO! I'll cover you from here!" Glein barks into her radio, maintaining her withering fire, her focus not to kill but rather disable now. Granted, as the 30th bullet left the muzzle of her rifle there was a short period of time without a single shot fired while she went through the motions of speed reloading and reaquiring her targets.
Edel stares at the prime, then looks to Selina, again cursing her size. "I'm going to have a hard time carrying her. Can you get her?" She stands next to the larger husky, sword at the ready should any of the reinforcements make it through.
Selina moves back toward Dio, Edel and the Prime, calling up to Dio, "You two can manage it! That wound isn't bad, and you're stronger than the rest of us. Help each other while Glein and I keep the rest of them off your backs! Move!"
The prime husky continues to slip further and further into unconsciousness, her strength and energy leaving the body and in much too poor shape to put up any further of a fight. A gentle whine emits from her muzzle as she slumps against the cold street of the city.
The other ferals continue to writhe around in pain and or confusion, much too distracted to do any sort of competent attack upon the group. "Yeah yeah, I got it!" A surge of confidence and strength flows through Dio as he takes a giant breath and bends down to slip the prime over his back with his remaining arm! "Let's... Let's get out of here," he grunts, beginning a path down the street to the checkpoint.
Edel slides her sword back into place and turns to flee the area with the others. "Let's hope they're gentle with her. I'd rather her not experience any more pain than needed."
Selina leaves one last bit of cover fight before following the others, since they're moving a bit slower carrying the prime. She raises her hands and puts up a fire screen between the huskies and herself--lingering for a bit in their path, while the smoke hampers their sensitive scent-tracking noses.
The group continues to run down the street, the ferals held at bay due to their injuries or being pushed back by the combined covering fire of the dragoness from above and the fire dance from the human. After about a half hour's worth of running and gunning, the group finally makes it to the barricaded checkpoint.
Upon arriving, the group would notice a barricaded setup with a large van in the back. The walls are simply sandbags, mounted with machine guns and armed agents.
"You actually fucking did it?" A rather large looking skunk beast dressed in camouflage garb walks up to the group, giving them an astonished expression. "You can say that," Dio mutters and pants, dropping down to one knee and setting the prime on the floor.
Edel pants softly as she jogs up behind Dio. "Well, I wish it had gone smoother, but we did it, at least." She glances towards the skunkbeast. "Do try to be gentle with her, please."
Selina follows up last of all, "Dio... I believe he needs medical attention..." breathing rather heavily from the rather long run.
Not 5 minutes after the rest of hte team made it back to hte line, a shadow seemed to droped from the sky in a semi-controlled dive, before breaking with heavy flaps of wings. Landing on her feet, Glein chuckles some. "Okay, that was a fun run. Next time though, let's not cause hte prime to freak out, huh?" Glein quips, ejecting the empty magazine and putting it into the catch slot that she opened up on her left thigh. Glimpses showed 4 other magazines already in it.
"It's probably broken," Dio mutters, still stuck on his knees and panting in exhaustion. "Well, that was certainly something. You people are crazy, but this specimen will provide valuable data," the skunk beast nods, looking towards the others as two humans dressed in a lab coat rush to the scene and pick up the prime on each end. "Don't worry, we'll keep her safe. Thank you for your service," they say as the load up the prime in the van.
Additionally, another human walks from the checkpoint with a first aid bag in their hand and holds Dio's arm. "Seems broken," he nods, starting to wrap up the arm. The skunk beast nods, walking in front of the group once more. "The payment has been sent to K&S Solutions. Please distribute as you see fit." With a nod, Dio presses into his communication unit and beings a transfer of credits for the party. "It was certainly something," Dio says, completing the task. "Thank you for being crazy enough to come along. Mission successful."
Edel pulls her goggles up and inhales sharply. "Well. Sorry, guys. I did my best to talk to her. But she was just a bit too paranoid." She rubs at her arm and shrugs. "I'll need a nice, long, rest after this."
Selina nods "You did better than could have been expected, I was impressed with how long you kept it from frenzying"
Glein nods. "That's better than most can attest to Edel. You were actually getting her to listen for hte most part." Glein says, walking over to Edel, and clapping her on the shoulder. "Be proud of yourself for that. First person to manage almost peaceful negoiations with a Prime."
