GESB: Cursed Pride adventure

[Chad32]

"I'm right behind you, Morgan."

[Midnight_Huntress]

"Not a problem, holograms are my specialty remember?" she smiled.

[Hunter]

Following Morgan, he quickly whipped his old Colt 1911A1 pistol out from where he'd stashed it, and he snapped a round into the chamber with a 'click'.

Keeping back a few paces from the rear, he felt the hairs on the back of his neck begin to stand on end.

[Gaz]

(I'm so sorry this has been neglected. I've been understandably busy lately. But with summer, I'll have a bit more time)

Morgan glanced around the corner.

"We're still clear so far," he said quietly, "if you see or hear something...try to act like you belong here. We want to avoid trouble as long as possible."

Reaching into his pocket, Morgan pulled out something that he handed to the others.

"This is something I got from Asda before we left," Morgan whispered. "Just inject it into any workers in the holding room and they'll be out for at least 3 hours. Personally, I think getting just knocked out is too good for these people, but Asda insisted I take these."

At the other end of things, Gaz also glancing down the hallway towards the room that held the main database for the facility.

"Ok," she said, "that's what we're aiming for. There's a bit of activity. Morgan said we should avoid trouble as long as possible. What do you think the best way to approach this is? I'm a pirate, I don't do quiet entrances."

[Midnight_Huntress]

~~Haha pirate has a point, and no biggie, people have lives to keep as well as things to do. (=^_^=)~~
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Silver frowned at the injections, but shrugged and slipped it into one of the many loops on her belt under her cloak and looked around non-chalantly.

[Chad32]

"Sometimes it's best to use nonlethal methods if it decreases the chance of being pursued after making a getaway." Temrash said, also quietly.

(Yeah, this is going very slowly. Someone mentioned somewhere that it would be best if we took a break from taking the off planet trips and just stay at the bar for more than two minutes before taking off again.)

[Gaz]

(Yeah, I'm going to try and pick things up so we can finish this. lol. It's been going on a while. That's what I get for starting this during student teaching. lol)

Morgan clenched and unclenched his fists for a moment before he said, "Ok, let's get this over with. I'm hoping that we won't find anyone in that room."

Morgan strode forward and walked into the room. As he did, an elderly doctor turned around and said, "You shouldn't be in here! The construction work is at the other end of the facility."

There was a stunned silence before Morgan spoke again. "You don't recognize me. Do you, doctor?"

Morgan was getting close. He was right next to the Doctor before the elderly man said, "It can't be! You were...."

"Tortured?" Morgan offered before he plunged the injection into the man's arm.

"Let's see if there's anyone in those holding rooms."

Meanwhile, Gaz was trying to think of a strategy. As stated, stealth was not her strong point. Pirates weren't known for being sneaky. They were only sneaky when trying to get away.

"Well," Gaz said, "I suppose let's go for it. We just gotta get things started erasing."

[Chad32]

Temrash began checking the holding rooms, but there wasn't much light entering them to see with. He was hesitant to just open the door, as any prisoner might take that chance to rush out noisily and possibly harm them.

[Darth Revan]

Parker put a hand in front of Gaz and said, "With respect, I think a seven foot shielded barricade might be safer going in first. He stepped in front of her and started off in the direction Thor had placed the waypoint marking their destination.

((Gaz, maybe you should say what, if any, forces come out after us. I'll respond accordingly to attacks, but alarm activations and reinforcements are all yours to call. Is that cool?))

[Midnight_Huntress]

Silver had stood statue still in the doorway while her father had jumped the doctor. She moved to check the holding cells as soon as the doctor was down. "What did he mean by 'construcion'? They cannot seriously be adding on to this Hell hole..." she said as she checked. The first one was actually empty.

[Chad32]

"To them, this is an acceptable business practice. As with all businesses, they will want to expand their facilities to make room for new and bigger projects. The key is to not think of these victims as people." Temrash said with irritation in his voice.

[Gaz]

(ok, sorry about delay. I was in the car driving back home. all day yesterday.)

Morgan walked over to a computer to check records before they were all wiped. He brought up a file and after reading it slammed his fist into the screen. The result was a spiderweb of cracks.

"They've already been moved!" Morgan growled. "There were people here, but they're gone."

Meanwhile, Gaz nodded at Parker's suggestion and waited to see who would come out of the room. She held up her weapon just in case.

Around the corner, Gaz glanced and saw a technician coming down the hall.

"I got this," Gaz said as she walked out to meet the man.

Smiling in a friendly way that was not normal for her, Gaz approached the man and flashed a badge quickly.

"Hi," she said, "I'm new here and am completely lost. They sent me an old layout and..."

The man was quiet a moment and said, "Uh...sure....I can help. What are you trying to find?"

"I'm trying to find the nurse's station," Gaz said with a sigh.

"Wow," the man said, "you really are lost. I can take you over that way."

"I would really appreciate that," Gaz replied with fake relief.

Before the man started walking he said, "I don't suppose you'd want to---"

He didn't get to finish his thought because in a flash, Gaz was behind him with a hand gripping his arm.

"Don't say anything," Gaz commanded him quietly. "I'm sure you know what's poking you in the back right now. Here's what you're going to do. You're going to let us into that room over there with no trouble."

"Us?" the man dared to ask.

Gaz moved the man forward a couple of feet and turned his attention to the others down the hall. Of course, his attention was focused mainly on Parker.

"You noticed him, huh?" Gaz asked. "See...if you give us any trouble...my friend over there is going to give you trouble of your own. Get my meaning?"

The man nodded.

"Good," Gaz said, "now...how many people are in there right now?"

At first the man was quiet, but was motivated to answer when the faint sound of Gaz's gun warming up was heard.

"Two," he said, "one tech and one guard."

"I hope you're not lying to me," Gaz whispered threateningly. "Now, open the door."

[Chad32]

"Probably moved to where they're doing the new construction. Maybe we can wake up the guy over there and get some answers. We might be able to get them all the faster if I made an inside job, if you know what I mean."

[Darth Revan]

Parker nodded to Gaz with approval and moved to the door. He put his hand to the security lock and commented to Gaz, "Keep him quiet."

Thor jumped into the security lock, rerouted security protocols and unlocked the door. He jumped back into Parker's armor and said, <That access point was too limited, I need to access the main console.>

Parker pressed the button on the door to open the door. When the door slid open enough for him to slip through, Parker rushed the guard, and grabbed him by the neck and lited him off the ground, with his other hand, he removed his shotgun and pointed it at a scared-frozen tech's head. Parker nudged the shotgun's barrel upwards motioning the tech to get out of the chair. The tech, still staring down the barrel, slowly stood up and raised his hands. Parker nudged the shotgun off to the side and the tech followed the unspoken command.

The guard, clutching Parker's arm in an effort to not suffocate, tried to squirm from his grasp. He kicked at Parker's side, only hurting his foot in the process. He coughed out a question, "Wha-what do you want?"

Parker ignored the guard and gripped harder closing the man's esophagus. He kicked and squirmed until he went limp. Parker released the guard and let him fall to the floor. He turned back to the tech, who jumped seeing he was again the center of attention, and said aloud to Elipir, "Watch him."

Parker lowered his shotgun and walked to the console. He hovered his hand over the console and Thor jumped from his gauntlet to the console. Parker turned to Gaz and said, "He's in."

Thor's image came up on the main screen and his voice came from the room's PA system, "So, Gaz, what do you want to know?"

[Gaz]

Morgan sighed and said, "I'm going to send Gaz a message. Maybe they can find out before they wipe the system."

Moments later, Gaz glanced at her pad and said, "Morgan sent a message. He says there's no one in the holding cells. All he can gather is that they were moved...yesterday. He wants to know if it says where they were transfered to. Then he wants us to wipe it clean."