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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1590039" data-attributes="member: 2205"><p style="text-align: center">"Exit 23"</p> <p style="text-align: center">VI</p><p></p><p>They all froze. Will Wheeler was muttering under his breath, "They ain't takin' me without a fight," as he tightened his grip on the stock of his M-16. Several assenting mumbles were heard. Even Dr. Akens reached into his large duffel bag, where to everyone's suprise he pulled out a long <em>katana.</em> He shrugged his shoulders at the surprised looks he got. </p><p></p><p>"Hey, everyone likes to collect something, right?"</p><p></p><p>Dr. Neary pulled himself up to look over the rubble at the black-clad apparitions in front of them. "We don't have the snow globe," he shouted. "It's gone for good." The faces in front of him grew harder, and many hands reached into black suits, re-emerging with pistols. </p><p></p><p>"Well, it was worth a try," he said. Wheeler was the first to move. With a shout he stood up and started shooting. Doug Nichols, now holding the shotgun from earlier, was next. One of the agents went down, while the rest hunkered for cover and started returning the fire. Wheeler took some shots and sank to his knees, but wasn't completely out yet.</p><p></p><p>Dr. Akens leapt forward with his sword, going through his moves as calmly and cleanly as if he were merely running through his forms in the <em>dojo.</em> One bloody agent body fell (<span style="color: orange">nasty critical hit, as it turns out</span>)and then another was hit as well. With a repeated <em>blam</em>, Akens took several bullets to the chest, and was knocked violently backward to the concrete where he lay bleeding. Dr. Neary didn't want to run out into the hail of gunfire to help him, but as a glazed look started coming over his eyes, he screwed up his courage and ran out to stop the flow of blood (<span style="color: orange">Phil Akens was at -9 HP before finally being stabilized; as close a call as you can get</span>).</p><p></p><p>With only two agents left standing, one of the cars made a desparate weaving motion to block off more gunfire, then it pulled away. All of the agents, even those who had gone down, were missing, leaving only the black tire marks, bloodstains, and one bullet-ridden Lincoln Town Car as evidence that they had ever been here. Dr. Neary looked up from his ministrations on the wounded. His eyes suddenly went wide.</p><p></p><p>The flame in the frier that had consumed the snow globe had spread. Most of the rubble of the convenience store was now aflame and spreading on the other side ... towards the gas pumps. "Everybody move it!" he shouted, dragging Akens towards his Volvo. Get to your cars and get the hell outta here as fast as you can!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 1590039, member: 2205"] [center]"Exit 23" VI[/center] They all froze. Will Wheeler was muttering under his breath, "They ain't takin' me without a fight," as he tightened his grip on the stock of his M-16. Several assenting mumbles were heard. Even Dr. Akens reached into his large duffel bag, where to everyone's suprise he pulled out a long [i]katana.[/i] He shrugged his shoulders at the surprised looks he got. "Hey, everyone likes to collect something, right?" Dr. Neary pulled himself up to look over the rubble at the black-clad apparitions in front of them. "We don't have the snow globe," he shouted. "It's gone for good." The faces in front of him grew harder, and many hands reached into black suits, re-emerging with pistols. "Well, it was worth a try," he said. Wheeler was the first to move. With a shout he stood up and started shooting. Doug Nichols, now holding the shotgun from earlier, was next. One of the agents went down, while the rest hunkered for cover and started returning the fire. Wheeler took some shots and sank to his knees, but wasn't completely out yet. Dr. Akens leapt forward with his sword, going through his moves as calmly and cleanly as if he were merely running through his forms in the [i]dojo.[/i] One bloody agent body fell ([color=orange]nasty critical hit, as it turns out[/color])and then another was hit as well. With a repeated [i]blam[/i], Akens took several bullets to the chest, and was knocked violently backward to the concrete where he lay bleeding. Dr. Neary didn't want to run out into the hail of gunfire to help him, but as a glazed look started coming over his eyes, he screwed up his courage and ran out to stop the flow of blood ([color=orange]Phil Akens was at -9 HP before finally being stabilized; as close a call as you can get[/color]). With only two agents left standing, one of the cars made a desparate weaving motion to block off more gunfire, then it pulled away. All of the agents, even those who had gone down, were missing, leaving only the black tire marks, bloodstains, and one bullet-ridden Lincoln Town Car as evidence that they had ever been here. Dr. Neary looked up from his ministrations on the wounded. His eyes suddenly went wide. The flame in the frier that had consumed the snow globe had spread. Most of the rubble of the convenience store was now aflame and spreading on the other side ... towards the gas pumps. "Everybody move it!" he shouted, dragging Akens towards his Volvo. Get to your cars and get the hell outta here as fast as you can!" [/QUOTE]
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