We Are Our Avatars IX: Act V: The Sabotage of the Scandolous Saurian Scoundrels (Open)

[Gearhead mk2]

Kenna fell suddenly as Joanna's body disintegrated, propping herself with her hands on the large bloodstain. She stood up, stunned from the blood everywhere, and stepped back. "Oh fuck..." she breathed. She tried to shake herself out of it. "She-she said something about needing a bonfire. She's a zombie, right? I'm guessing the fire helps somehow... Do we have any scrap wood?" she said, to herself as much as the others.

Samus slowly stood, somewhat shakily.

 

[Outisakanobody]

"Well..." Seras said stalling before making her decision. She decided to take it in small steps to gauge Steve's, and her own, reactions. "My father was a police officer. That's one reason I wanted to become one myself. The other reason...is because he and my mother were murdered." she said, taking a few deep breaths to calm herself.

Faro easily delt with the bot coming at him with a shotgun blade to the chest.

 

[Slenn]

Winona disengaged her QFT form in a flash of green light. The sisters took a look around to see who was wounded and soon spotted Joanna, who they sprinted over to.

"Someone said something about needing a fire? Maybe there's some wood inside the base."

<color=purple>"I think it might be too late for that." Gwen pointed to the pile of ash that was Joanna.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"I have the plasma whip mode on my Paralyser. I can light it." Samus piped up.
"Well she said to make one with her dying breath, so I think it's kinda important." Kenna told Gwen.

 

[Zepherus14]

"You're right but- damn!" Sophia started to protest, but stopped as she heard how dreadfully close the robots actually were. She looked behind her as they came charging into the room. Without a means to get away at this point, she was only left with no other option. She let go of Matilda's arm, pivoting with her feet as she got into a better position. She then gripped the bat with both hands, her knuckles white as she swung the bat at the two bot's heads.

Matilda would smell the distinct increase of chocolate in the air as Sophia let loose the swing, and with the bat's longer reach the robots wouldn't get too much of chance to get more than a grazing. The amount of force in the swing would be able to easily send the robots off their feet, if not remove their heads too.

 

[Random berk]

Previously:
"Oh. That... wow. I'm sorry, that's horrible." Steve said. "Did they ever catch the guy responsible?"

 

[Slenn]

<color=green>"If it's her last wish, then I'll locate some wood from the base." And Winona went off to scout for wood.

<color=brown>"Do we know how many others are down?"

 

[Outisakanobody]

"Yes. They weren't very smart criminals. They...they left plenty of evidence behind." Seras said, avoiding saying exactly what she meant.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"I think everyone else is well."

 

[Kirke]

The two robots fell forward under their momentum, with their heads flying off sideways. Two more spy-bots came up right behind them and slashed, but the two who had run to the flank were gone. There was but a shimmer, telling of their location as the continued around the flank. Above, two more were sneaking through the airducts, but it would be hard to hear them over the alarm of battle.

 

[Random berk]

Steve stared at Seras, lost for words. It didn't take a genius to guess what she meant.

 

[Outisakanobody]

Seras saw Steve's expression and thought she had done something wrong for sure. "I-I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought this up." she said as she looked away and started wiping at her eyes.

 

[Slenn]

<color=brown>"And Dr. Gray Mann?" Sara asked no one in particular.

<color=purple>"I'll try and locate any masses that might be his, nearby." She closed her eyes and entered a trance state to locate masses.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Joel kept smashing the broken Huntsman-bots into the machinery until the carrier was completely broken, then lay down on the cold metal floor.

[hr]

Matilda raised her gun and fired at any robots getting nearby, locating them by the sounds they made. [color=006d5b]"I smell chocolate."[/color] she said.

 

[Random berk]

Present:

"Feeling better?" Captain America asked, bemusedly watching Joel dismantle the robots, machinery, and their surroundings in general.

Previously:
Steve reached out and gently gripped Seras's shoulder.
"I should have known better than to raise the question. I'm sorry." He replied quietly, in a comforting voice.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

[color=003399]"I need some fucking ice."[/color] Joel said, slowly starting to cool down.

 

[Outisakanobody]

Previously:

Seras turned to look at Steve, trying hard to keep herself under control. "It's alright. You didn't know and I was the one who decided to say it. It's not like not talking about it will make things any different...The past is past, right?" she said, trying to act stronger than she felt. In reality the memories still hurt immensely, but she consoled herself with the thought that they were only memories.

 

[Zepherus14]

Sophia would still be following through with her bat swing, so she wouldn't be able to stop the robots that were trying to attack, hopefully Matilda would be able to get the two before they had a chance to hit her.

 

[Slenn]

Winona came back with some lumber used for some construction in the base. She set it down and propped the wood up properly for a fire. Sara split apart some of the wood into smaller bits for kindling. EMily set fire to the wood with electric sparks.

"There we go, a nice fire."

 

[Outisakanobody]

Seras and Faro walked over to see the blood-splatter that was the remains of Joanna. Then they saw the Mason's making a fire. "What's going on?" Faro asked as the two walked over to them.