The Sharing: Rebellion From Within

[yrkd88]

Denise remained crouched behind the dumpster keeping tabs on both the girl and the little group. What the??! she thought as she picked up most of Mike's conversation. Aliens? empire? terrorism?! Was this some kind of weird cult? At this point, Denise was seriously considering this to be another of her infamous life mistakes, when she heard Mike call out to her.

It was then that she realized she was partly visible to the little group, and most likely the girl who was spying had probably noticed here too if she didn't before. D*mn it!!! she cursed inwardly, clenching her fists.
Not only that, but it appeared that Mike was reaching in his pocket for something.

Oh my god Denise thought frozen with fear. He has a gun!. She felt a sinking sensation of dread in her stomach. What was she going to do now? What could she do? She knew she needed to get away and get help...but how?

For fear that they'd recognize her, Denise remained in her spot, still as a statue. At least the dumpster would provide some protection against bullets if he were planning on shooting her. Or so she hoped. She could feel the thundering of her heart all the way into her ears. Denise hated this feeling of helplessness, and was partly angry at herself for being so stupid as to get caught.

But nonetheless, she knew she was alone in this and had to take matters into her own hands. Denise waited, silently, unmoving...waiting for an opportunity to strike back and run.

[morfowt]

"So where are we going?" Michael asked, "and what about our families?" He was going to ask more but was stopped short by Mike yelling. He glanced back at the direction of the Sharing and noticed someone at a nearby dumpster. "Hey, that sweatshirt sort of looks like the one that girl we met had on."

[Qwerty the Charliecorn]

<They're traitors. I knew it!> Illrid hissed.

<No, you suspected that they might be traitors, so you followed them.>

<I knew Corliss was a traitor from the very beginning.>

<I'm sure you did,> Kaitlyn replied sarcastically. Lately, she'd been a lot less quiet. She was tired of listening to her egotistical Yeerk brag and complain. Illrid found this very infuriating. Kaitlyn was beginning to like it. What was the worst she could do, after all? <So,> she said, continuing their short coversation. <Are you going to march over there and confront them?>

<I'm going back to The Sharing to alert Iniss. Hopefully, he will listen when he hears my story.>

<That'll be really easy, especially now that you're in a corner and they're right in front of us. I'll be surprised if you can make it out of here unseen.>

Mike turned, facing her, but not quite directly, as if he were staring at something--someone--else. She held her breath. "Who is that?" he said. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a Dracon beam. "Alright, mate, show yourself and you won't get hurt. Slowly."

Illrid froze, unable to control her host momentarily. The boy suddenly spoke. "Hey, that sweatshirt sort of looks like the one that girl we met had on," he commented. Her stomach twisting with a terrible dread, she stood and stepped from the shadows into the light. It wasn't until she thought for a moment about what the boy had said that she realized Mike was not talking to her. But it was too late to turn and run.

[morfowt]

Michael noticed something over to the side. "Hey, I think someone's over there too."

[Terenia]

"What the heck is going on?" Aurora asked. She recognized the girl who stepped out as the one who had confronted them earlier...what had she said her name was? Katie...Kaitlyn? Something....and the other person, the one crouched in the shadows. If Aurora squinted she could see that Michael was right, her sweatshirt did look familiar. Then again, hooded gray sweatshirts weren't exactly unique. Still, she very suddenly felt surrounded. It didn't help that she noticed Mike reaching for something in his jacket, not for the first time that evening. "Do you have a gun!?" She hissed.

[Whammy]

Eventually Chapman finished out his meeting. There wasn't anything new going on, just the usual stats and such on the expansion of the Yeerk Empire. Overall, a total waste of time. Madat just followed behind everyone who was leaving the full members meeting, but once back in the main building he thought he heard some kind of commotion from the alley.

<<Think the other guys are in trouble? Five bucks say that they've been caught.>> Will commented to his Yeerk.

<<I think that may be the case. For our own survival I suggest we leave, but for the survival of the Peace Faction we may have to intervene.>>

Will agreed with the idea, and soon they started to make their way towards the alley door. They weren't going to go out just yet. They would observe the situation from inside the building and then proceed from there.

[Myitt]

Corliss blinked, slowly drawing his Dracon and setting it at his side, ready.  He instinctively stepped in front of Michael and Aurora, both wanting to protect them and in a feeble attempt to conceal their identities.  All at once there were not one but two new arrivals.  One, the young woman in the sweatshirt, he didn't know.  No way to tell if she was a Controller or not.

The other he knew very well.  His attention immediately turned to Kaitlyn. 

"Hello, Illrid," he sneered.  "Spying, eh?  How very noble of you.  Think you can run and squeal before I shoot you down in front of all these nice people?"  He nodded toward the last few stragglers leaving The Sharing building.  The little band was still well within view, or at least hearing, if lasers started to fly.

[morfowt]

"Well" Michael said to Aurora "I guess that answers your question of whether he has a gun" Michael watched to see how it would end, but then noticed something about what Mike said. "Hey Aurora" he said, "Did you notice Mike just called Kaitlyn Illrid? What's that mean?"

[yrkd88]

Denise remained in place, listening to the little exchange between Mike and the girl who, much to Denise's surprise, had come out of hiding and revealed herself.

Instinctively, her hand went towards her own jeans pocket, where she usually kept a small bottle of mace for self-defense. After all, given that her job wasn't exactly in the nicest part of town, it made sense for her to carry it. Argh she groaned mentally when she felt its lack of presence.

Duh, of course she reminded herself. She had left it in the car, figuring it really wouldn't be needed at some wholesome community club in the suburbs. Denise felt like seriously kicking herself for her continued idiocy.

Whatever, too late for that now...I gotta figure a way on getting the hell outta this place. Then suddenly an idea sprang to her head. It wasn't exactly the brightest or most original plan in the world, but it might have to do.

Slow and careful as not to catch the guy with the gun's attention, Denise began to quietly slip back into concealment, figuring that the other girl would provide an adequate enough distraction for her to make her get-away. And with 'gun guy' blocking the view of the two kids...it would allow her even better odds.

[Terenia]

"Yeah. Definitely a gun." Aurora squeaked, eyes wide. It took her a moment to register Michael's comment, "Oh, yeah. I don't know, maybe thats a nickname or something? There is something seriously twisted going on here." She lowered her voice so that hopefully Mike and Tia won't hear, "We need to tell the cops or something..."

[morfowt]

"um, if we leave, don't you think Mike might shoot US?" Michael said. "I'm in no mood to go against someone with a gun. I do not plan to die at the age of 14."

[Terenia]

"Yeah, okay. I agree with you there. Death is not a good option," Aurora said, "But someone needs to do something. This is out of control!"

[Qwerty the Charliecorn]

"I'm not stupid, Corliss," she spat. She fought down the urge to smile. She needed Corliss and Norpo to know that this was no laughing matter. She didn't let Corliss respond before continuing. "Don't even think about firing. You know how loud Dracon fire is. There are still over fifty of us in that building, some of them armed. Go ahead, kill me now. You're just begging for Kandrona starvation."

Kaitlyn began pacing, keeping her eye on Mike, and the gun in his hand. Then she focused on the normal humans. "This man was not lying when he told you of the invasion. He wasn't lying about the danger, either. I know this is all very confusing. Don't worry, though. Everything will make sense to you, soon enough. We will not kill you."

[morfowt]

"Well you can either do something right now and hope you get lucky, or wait for a better opportunity." Michael said. "Personally, I'd rather just wait and see before I do something." Michael turned his attention to Kaitlyn. "Croliss? Dracon? Kandrona? What does that mean?" he asked Aurora. "I'm very confused here. And who's supposed to be the bad guys?"

[Terenia]

"Somehow, I don't feel reassured," Aurora mumbles under her breath at Kaitlyn's remarks. To Mike she asks, "Corliss? What is that supposed to mean? What is Kandroona? And will you please put the stupid gun away?" Her voice is higher pitched than normal from nerves and she continues to look around in a frantic, almost schizophrenic fashion.