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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Oct 21, 2007 12:44:16 GMT -5
You sure about that?
**Raiden was lying on his back in a ditch in the path, Lars and Amathyst next to him. They had been out in the flat lands so that Raiden could get used to his new sword, but it had all gone sour when a party of assorted Vermin had emerged from the woods to the right and attacked. So now they were trapped in a ditch off the path, and with vermin patroling the area.**
I hope Linx and Archon are okey. They were gonna meet us around this time.
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Post by Linx Exotic on Oct 21, 2007 12:48:57 GMT -5
Archon fitted a magazine into his rifle and chambered a round. "You sure about this? I'm not elevated or anything, no vantage point means I can't guarantee no friendly fire."
"Just give me as much cover as you can," Linx requested while cocking his CAR. "I'll do my best to keep them off your back if you'll do the same for me. Let's go." They were taking cover behind a pair of relatively close trees just beyond the main treeline.
Archon nodded and as Linx sprung out from behind his concealed position, wreaking havoc on full-auto, he took aim with his rifle and started to pick off anyone who got too close to Linx for comfort. Hopefully Raiden and his children weren't hurt or anything, but the priority was to dispatch all the vermin at the meeting point.
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Oct 21, 2007 13:19:14 GMT -5
**The sounds of combat reached Raiden's sensitive hearing. Figureing it to be Linx and Archon, he rose to crouching.**
Lars, my sword please.
**Taking the sheathed sword from his son, Raiden motioned for the two teenage mice to follow him.**
On three we come out of the ditch, and head towards the sounds of battle.
**Before he began the countdown, Raiden hung the sword scabbard off his belt.**
One... Two... Three!
**Bursting from the ditch with muddy water cascading from his body, Raiden pulled the sword free. The blued steel flamberge blade was as long as the mouse's leg and almost as wide as his paw. Running from the basket-hilted pommel was a length of chain with a Kuni on it.**
Ave addo of mortis! Ave nox noctic addo!
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Post by Linx Exotic on Oct 21, 2007 13:26:16 GMT -5
Even with a CAR in his paws Linx was having trouble dealing with the vermin charging him. It was simply impossible to hit them all quickly and accurately enough while evading any ranged weapons and accommodating for fire support. He was actually backpedaling by the time Raiden emerged from the ditch. This startling event distracted the opposition around him long enough to... Get engaged in combat with a falchion-carrying weasel. He quickly shouldered his CAR, drew his rake sword and was immediately engaged in some fierce melee combat.
Archon braced the stock of the rifle against his shoulder and aimed directly at the weasel's center mass. The mouse only aimed for just under a second, with barely any time to line up his sights, and none at all to compensate for wind offset. Upon pulling the trigger he realized the bolt would travel too far to the right.
Fortunately, Linx didn't sustain a fatal wound, but the bolt entered just above his left pelvis behind him and burst out the other side. He was left conscious but temporarily stunned by the sudden shock of getting the corner of his abdomen impaled and the immediate blood loss. His own armor-piercing steel cap had worked against him to punch through his armor like it wasn't even there.
Archon's next shot did immediately kill the stoat but he was no longer interested in holding back. He tossed his rifle aside and ran towards the battle site, stepped sword drawn.
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Oct 21, 2007 13:39:53 GMT -5
No!
**Raiden hit the vermin lines as Linx was struck by the bolt. The Kuni flew out into the neck of a rat in the mouse's path, pulling the weapon free, Raiden continued on. The sword flashed repeatedly in his grip, claiming more and more of the vermin as he fought to Linx's side.**
You okey my fiend?
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Post by Linx Exotic on Oct 21, 2007 13:42:16 GMT -5
Linx had been knocked down by the bolt and was only now unsuccessfully attempting to struggle to a standing posture while tightly holding a paw over the exit point of the wound. "No..."
"Linx!" Archon raced to his side at a rather uncanny speed for a mouse in armor as heavy as his and briefly examined the wound. "OK, this is really bad. We have to move."
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Oct 21, 2007 14:03:03 GMT -5
Right. Wait... Where's Lars and Ama? Archon, have you seen them?
**Raiden hadn't seen his kids since he had burst from the ditch.**
You don't think that...
**He ran sheathing the sword as he did so. Back to the ditch, hoping against hope that every step closer didn't bring a pair of lifeless teenage mouse bodies into view.**
No... NO!
**There was nothing in the ditch when he got there except for an empty magazine for a repeater rifle and Lars's Rake sword.**
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Post by Linx Exotic on Oct 21, 2007 14:06:19 GMT -5
"Well..." Archon wasn't sure what they should do. Linx was in desperate need of medical aid and the kit on him could only do so much, but Lars and Amathyst were apparently gone. He cursed at his own foul aim while kneeling at Linx's side. "OK... What are we gonna do?"
Linx winced as he propped himself up on one elbow. "Where are they?"
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Oct 21, 2007 14:20:20 GMT -5
I don't know... There's signs of a struggle, but... You don't think that they might have been...
**Raiden's worst fears seemed to be comming true; His two children might have been captured... Or worse.**
We have to find them. Now.
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Post by Linx Exotic on Oct 21, 2007 14:21:26 GMT -5
"Yeah, but..." Archon was obviously torn between Linx and Raiden's children. He didn't want to lose either. "What about Linx?"
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Oct 21, 2007 14:35:23 GMT -5
**Raiden gave no reply, insted he tore a strip from his tunic.**
'old still Linx
**Wrapping the strip of tunic wround the wound in Linx's side tightly.**
Better?
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Post by Linx Exotic on Oct 21, 2007 14:37:28 GMT -5
It bled through in seconds. Archon gazed at the wound worriedly. "This isn't going to get better with just a strip of cloth. There's some real damage here, we're lucky it missed his intestines."
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Oct 21, 2007 14:51:43 GMT -5
By the pantheron! Archon, there's absolutly nothing I can do for Lix now... I was never taught how to heal wounds... Only how to cause them. Get Linx to the fort as quickly as you can. I've got some tracks to follow.
**Pulling the Kuni free from there it had been drawn to when he sheathed the sword, Raiden dragged the razor-edged weapon across his right paw so that blood freely flowed.**
On my blood, I shall not rest until my son and daughter are reunited with me. Blood is thicker than water. Until all ends and until all are one.
**Raiden's whispered oath purposely finished loudly as he had always learned. Wiping his bloddied paw across the right side of his snout, he looked at Linx and Archon.**
Go. Follow my tracks when you can, with all the warriors you can muster. I'll need help, but now is not the time for me tobe idle.
**With that, he was off. The direction he had seen the tracks go was his destination.**
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Post by Linx Exotic on Oct 21, 2007 14:54:33 GMT -5
"Go..." Archon wasted not a second more, immediately assisting Linx into a standing posture and starting towards the fort.
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Post by Captain Fishrudder on Oct 21, 2007 14:54:45 GMT -5
Fishrudder, Aral and Stealth had been out on a patrol when they heard the chaos, they appeared just in time to see Raiden disappear through into the woods. Fishrudder called out to him** Wait, where are you going? **Aral noticed Linx's wound and reached into a pouch in his belt and brought out a orange powder he said to Linx** Mind if I put this in there, it will slow the bleeding down, though it will hurt like going into the Dark Forest before your time.
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