[Delta Green] Operas and Avatars: Tapeworm

[Gomez]

Marcus raises his pistol and fires through the front windshield as the truck backs up into the street. ((16)+3=19 Hit!, (20)+3=23! Hit! Crit confirmed on a (17)+3=20, (7)+3=10 Miss!: Damage 1st shot (4+7+1)=12, second shot, (6+5+5+8+5+8+1)=38!!). The first shoot hits the man in the chest and the second right between the eyes. He slumps down on the passenger side of the trunk. The truck continues to roll backwards and hits a parked car across the street.

Jonathan ran down the street to Marcus' car but he stops as he hears the gunfire and crunch of the truck hitting the car.

 

[Committed Hero]

Marcus runs up to the driver's side and make sure the suspect is incapacitated. Shortly he holsters his weapon and grabs his oozing arm.

"Doc, do you have any bandages?"

 

[Hrothgar]

Jonathan stares dumbly at the stalled truck before remembering Marcus' wound. Putting the safety on the shotgun, Jonathan rushes to Marcus and tears a few strips of cloth from his shirt to clean and bind the wound. Jonathan also inspects the amount of damage and seeis if the bullet is still in Marcus. Jonathan also keeps an eye out on the house, unwilling to let his guard down.

While working, Jonathan speaks to Marcus. "Marcus...I'm sorry. I just couldn't fire your weapon. I had thoughts of you getting into serious trouble if your superiors found out someone else was firing your weapon in the city. I...I also...I just couldn't fire at the man. I made an oath to preserve life...an oath I don't take lightly. Still...I almost did it. If that truck hadn't moved and he still had that pistol on you...I was so close to pulling that trigger...ugh...you could have died...think I am going to be sick."

 

[Committed Hero]

"Doc - Jonathan - it was wrong for me to put you in such a charged situation like that without considering your experience. And since you probably saved my life by brandishing the shotgun, I won't hold anything against you" Marcus smiles wanly as his wound is bandaged.

He hands the doctor his cell phone. "Why don't you call the cops while I see who we were dealing with? Or if you're up to it, perhaps Dr. Hardiman is in the house."

 

[Gomez]

Marcus looks over the two men. Both appear to be dead. The man in the truck is lying down on his side on the seat. Papers and folders are scattered in the cabin. The man on the front lawn has several computer discs stuffed in his pockets. Checking their I.D.'s the man in truck is George Rush and the man on the lawn is Alex Duncan. They both have the same P.O. box here in Harrisonburg as an address. They have no other identification or papers in their wallets just about 30-40 dollars in cash each.

 

[Committed Hero]

["Here in Washington" - thought we were in WVa]

Any registration info in the truck glove compartment?

I assume the woman we are looking for isn't in the truck either

I'll enter the home if the truck looks secure.

 

[Gomez]

["Here in Washington" - thought we were in WVa]

Any registration info in the truck glove compartment?

I assume the woman we are looking for isn't in the truck either

I'll enter the home if the truck looks secure.

OOC: Your right. It's not Washington. I have edited the post.
The registration names a Patrick Pierce of Harrisonburg, VA as the owner and it is 24 years old. And nope no woman in the truck.

Searching the house you find no one else. Though it looks like it has been ransacked. The study and computer desk seems to be the worst hit.

You find a set of keys laying on the computer desk.

 

[Hrothgar]

While Marcus searches, Jonathan follows slowly, calling the police and alerting them to the crime scene.

When done, Jonathan folds up the cell phone and hands it back to Marcus. "Marcus, could I see those computer disks?"

OOC: Any writing on the disks that would indicate ownership or filenames?

"So, Marcus. Why would these men, which I assume were behind the attack at the morgue, ransack the examiner's home? What would she have kept here that she wouldn't keep in her office at work? I think I would really like to see what is on those disks, especially if they belonged to Dr. Hardiman."

Jonathan also opens the back door slightly, and allows the setter to sniff his hand and while Jonathan speaks reassuring words. If the setter does not appear dangerous, Jonathan slips out the back door, trying to keep the setter outside, and searches the fenced-in backyard.

 

[Gomez]

The CD computer discs are labled Rockingham County Coroner: Autopsy #396 - Doe, John #23 and Rockingham County Coroner: Autopsy #396 Adendum - Doe, John #23.

Searching the backyard you don't find anything out of the ordinary.

 

[Committed Hero]

"That's half of what we're looking for, I guess. Depending on what the police have to say, it looks like our next stop is to find out why Patrick Pierce is letting dangerous men borrow his truck."