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[Thugren]

"oh you are far too interesting muffin.."

 

She says with a smile as the buggy is brought around and jeckel steps out.

 

"Now...lets start making  a plan of action.... "

 

he places a map on the table.

 

"We know that cain and krieg are operating somewhere in the central united states..and some sources say hes on his way to Detroit."

 

He points to an area in south dakotabefor espeaking.

 

"We have no way to verify this....SO i beleive the best course of action would be to go to his house and see if there are any clues."

 

Caitlyn nods as thrass just watches the gate listlessly, his eyes foggy and unfocused.

 

"What do you think aella?"

[Oce]

Aella didn't seem to react to the words. She quite possibly missed it, or perhaps she deliberately ignored it. Her eyes focused on the vehicle instead.

She didn't understand why Caitlyn would bother to ask for her opinion, much less so willingly listen to the Jeckel guy. But still, she spoke her mind.

"There would be no point in going to his house. You're expecting him to leave a post it note on his fridge saying 'going to Detroit. Be back in a few days, Xoxo', aren't you Jeckle? And we would be wasting time, ensuring we don't fall into traps and the whole trip itself."

She ran a hand through her hair, annoyed by the idiot. It was only after her hand fell back to her side that she realized she had just smeared blood over her scalp.
Ah well, her hair was already crimson.

"Besides, do you really think that he would keep sensitive information in a known location? He couldn't be stupid enough to only stay in one house for an extended period of time. Arrogant and powerful or not."

[Thugren]

Jeckel smiles at this , but only rolls up the map without a word

 

"Than well head to their last known location... Good thinking Aella."

the group funnels into the buggy and heads out into the wastes.... The adventure beginning without a hitch.

 

It takes almost a weekbut soon enough  you come to what looks like an old world campsight.  Time wasnt kind, most of the cabins where in disrepair, but as you look around you can see that a large amount of people had camped here...and they where definitely silencers.

 

"We know that kriegs black company parked here during the frost of winter.... It may be a good idea to look around. SIlencers arent immutable..They may have left something."
 

Caitlyn says as she looks around.

 

"Aella...Do me a favor and go look at the head cabin."

 

She points in the distance to a well kept cabin, deeper into the woods than the others.

"Dont do anything stupid.. SIlencers protect their assets with ghouls sometimes to deter snooping."

[Oce]

A week was enough time for Aella to solidify her distaste for their stealthy member. She couldn't exactly come up with a precise reason why everything about Jeckel screamed 'don't trust him'. His temperament was slightly off, and since Aella still didn't really trust Caitlyn, she definitely didn't trust Jeckel. She honestly expected him to nonchalantly step over her corpse to speak with their target. Spending more time with him, even though a greater portion of the trip was silent, just gave her time to learn to hide her distaste better. 

 

The deserted camp was ominous. She half expected to find a stray Silencer lurking in the dark, ready to catch her off guard, and as such, her hand remained close to the hilt of one of the machetes. Still, she nodded at the order and headed over to the cabin without a complaint. When she reached the door, she half pulled out one of her weapons from its sheathe, prepared for the possibility of attack. And then she opened the door.

[Thugren]

the moment the door was pushed, you heard a slight click, and hell poured fourth from the door. There was a loud bang, the door slammed into you with bone jarring fource, and inside you saw something stir. you land, at least 10 feet away from entrance and the door comes down on you, pinning you . Inside, a large bipedal beast with a horses head and large scythe like bladezs rouses and letys out a inhuman cry, leaping forward and clawing at the door to get at the naive tender flesh just under it.

[Oce]

"Oh god da--" the breath was knocked out of her as she landed harshly on her back. Her head collided with the ground with enough force to daze her, until a heavy weight settled on top of the door. Struggling for breath, she wasn't really able to lift her arms up to remove one of her blades. Not that there was enough room to even be able to bend her elbow. 

 

"T-thrass!" she called, her voice trying to go for nonchalant but failing miserably due to both the shouting nature and the fact that she was struggling for breath. "A little help he-here?"

[Thugren]

the beast snarls, covering your face with rancid spittle , and its long tongue slithers toward your face. The slimy appendage is sculpted much like a viper, with barbed hooks for securing the breeding appendage, and it strains to latch it to your flesh or mouth to begin its natuiral impulse to breed.

 

THere is a load booming roar and thrass charges the beast, startling caitlin and jeckel who where on the other side of the camp ground. The beast stands up and roars atr thrass and leaps at him, meeting blade to blade with the frenzyied headtaker before ignoring you completely

[Oce]

It was probably the single most disturbing thing that Aella had ever seen. Not the corpses that were torn apart limb from limb, the stench of infection and the sight of *CENSORED* intermingling with blood. It was right above the one time one of her brothers decided to waggle his tongue out at her. That suggestion lost him that muscle.

 

Aella refused to turn her head away in order to gain that extra inch of space. This was her mistake, something that could have been avoided easily had she just had enough sense to just check the damn door for wires. Her teeth were bared in disgust- and then the ghoul was using the door as a launch pad to lurch at something. The roar of Thrass finally registered in her mind, though the force of the beasts leap likely stole the little bit of breath that she had recovered. 

 

Still, she pushed the door off of her with a shaky arm before getting to her feet, her hands already moving to remove the two machetes at her side. "Sorry for this, Thrass," she called. Aella tried to figure out how to join into the fray, before deciding that attacking from the back was impossible due to the spikes. She had no desire to become a kebab. It was not one of her fantasies. Though... She spent a full second thinking about Caitlyn with needles. Swallowing away the saliva build up, she muttered another apology before trying to go attack one of the ghoul's arms, attempting to sever it above the elbow while trying to stay out of the way. 

[Thugren]

it was in these moments, that the slow, purposesful beast that was thrass dropped his mask, and becamee waht years of training had sculpted him into. WHen blood was in the air he became a living engine of carnage. His muscles bulged and expanded, and his normally calm voice became ragged and beastial. He matched the beat blow for blow, but it wasnt until the beast made an ill decided lunge did you see an opening.

 

Roaring in defiance, thrass allowed the beast to rap one of its arms into his side, trapping the bladed side in his flesh as be began to batter it senseless with the pommel of his axes, completely impervious to the pain. Behind you, drawn by the sounds of combat, four ghouls, ancient, decrpit creatures crawled out from under a trailer and began lurching towardxc you, grabbing your arm and bearing down on you as they piled on one another, trying to get their teeth into you.

[Oce]

The only thought she had before being attacked by the four ghouls: "Ah, fuck me.." 

 

Fortunately she already had her weapons drawn, and she tried to hack the first one's heads off with her machetes, while kicking another one away to buy her a second of time-- but the other two still swarmed and forced Aella to withdraw her blades from the neck of the first. "Fuck" was repeated in rapid succession in her mind as she blindly tried to push them back with her blades and legs. 

[Thugren]

the ghouls strength was far less powerful due to its age, so your strikes and frantic swinging managed to evicerate them  and send them back to the ground in peices.

 

you stand , and see that ciatlin and jeckel are surrounded and fighting off more ghouls but theu are gaining ground. But the one in the worst shape is thrass. He and the predator continue to bash at one another, the wound he had made to get the predator close is torn open and his suit damaged, exposing muscle and bone as the two haplessly batter each other with their fists. The predator headbutts the headtaker vicously, knocking him unconcious as he slowly mounts him, opening his maw to crush his skull, leaving the cracked and damaged carapace behind his heart exposed

[Oce]

"Ah shit," she felt her lips move, but no sound escaped as she was already was rushing forward. She wasn't completely stupid as to throw herself into the spikes, so she didn't bother trying to tackle the creature. She slowed down as she thrust one of her machetes into the exposed heart and twisting as she did so to maximize the damage. 

[Thugren]

the blade bites deep and the creature lets out a horrible scream, slimping over on top of thrass hard as its body twitches. Caitlin finally breaks free and runs over but she cant pull the body off as she winces.

 

"THrass..No thrass no!"

 

jeckel comes over and tries to pull up the  predator up and below the body a crimson pool begins to spread, covering the ground in the headetakers fluid

[Oce]

Removing her blade from the ghoul, Aella absently wiped it clean from the gore with a spare piece of cloth that she had attached to the sheath. "We need something to stop the bleeding before we pull the blade out." Aella made to pull Jeckel away lest he kill their squadmate, but reconsidered it. "Leave it for a second." 

 

Aella owed Thrass, as much as she loathed to owe anybody anything, and she wouldn't let him die without repaying the favor. 

[Thugren]

with a deft flick of her arm, caitlin cuts the predators arm free from the rest of it and jeckel pushes the body off. The predators blood seems to soak into the blade and it pulses hungrily, as if something within is being awakened.

 

THrass is in bad shape, the warrior is no longer even bleeding, and his breaths come in very short and shallow. He looks at everyone in front of him with confused eyes and reaches out to something, a delusion of his dying mind and ciatlyn runs to the buggy, coming back with a first aid pack.

 

"Secure that room now."
 

jeckel tells aealla, removing his suits synth skin and beginning to cut away at the arm so that only the blade is lodged inside.

 

"Krieg is a worrywart..If he left that ghoul there he probably left supplies for the person so they can patch up.. Make sure we have a stable bed and running water please."

Thrass reaches out to you, as if a he was being dragged under the water by an unseen force....

 

"ahau ... mate ka i he reira toku wa? "

ahau ... mate ka i he reira toku wa? "

[Oce]

Aella watched with mild interest as Caitlyn removed the beast's arm, her mind elsewhere. She wasn't sure what to make of Thrass's gesture, though she had a sinking feeling that it was too late to save him. Too much internal damage and too much blood loss. It wasn't a pleasant feeling, having someone die on your behalf. Especially after a mistake that could have been so easily avoided. 

 

She was gritting her teeth as Caitlyn ran back to to the buggy. Her muscles were rigid as she realized how useless she was at the moment, until something within her seemed to snap. She instantly relaxed, her fingers uncurling from the fists she hadn't realized she made. The redhead merely nodded at the order, not bothering to protest the order. There probably would be something useful inside, though she wondered whether or not there would be any more traps. Aella would be more careful from now on. 

 

As she went to move into the cabin, Thrass's hand stopped her. She had been around the man long enough to be able to translate some Maori. You my death. Aella couldn't meet his empty gaze. She didn't comment or linger, instead moving towards the cabin. She believed that there was nothing that she could possibly say. 

 

She was much more careful when she stepped into the threshold. Her hand returned back to the hilt of the machete on her right hip as her eyes scanned the walls and floor- and ceiling for anything that seemed off. Wires, suspicious rugs, strange electronics. She aimed to clear the entire house before she returned to her squad with the news, ensuring dragging Thrass inside wouldn't set anything off. If, of course, she wasn't attacked.

[Thugren]

the silemcer had rigged this place like a deathtrap. By the time you where done, you hd disabled over 20 traps and snares that would've caused you to get stuck or maimed, making the situation worse. There are three beds, each are sweeped and cleared quickly and while you where working, the others bring thrass in and begin setting about to work. In the corner of the room you see an oidd box, it is marked with a headtaker symbol... A Uhele ... A battle dancer mark- a higher ranking member of the tribe. You open it and find a note.

 

"Youve survived the predator... So youre either lucky or trained... We have four headtakers with us. Proceed at your own risk."

 

The words weigh like a stone. Whoever this was that was assisting cain and krieg was of the tribe, and they had four of them, this information would be incredibloy important if...

 

your eyes fall on the computer that was hidden under the desk, almost camoflaughed by rubble and blankets. You pick it up and see its in good condition, but before you can power up you hear thrass let out a grunt of pain and caitlyn yelp

[Oce]

Aella shoved the note into her satchel, figuring it would probably be better to have it than to forget it on the slim chance. Four headtakers wasn't the most intimidating, but Aella had no idea how experienced they would be. Still, it was better to be able to prepared to fight a few of their own then to go in blind. It wasn't nearly as intimidating as it was helpful. 

 

She wouldn't set the laptop down as she rushed to investigate the noise, her brow furrowed as she stood in the doorway. "What's going on?" slipped out her mouth, rather uselessly.

[Thugren]

the shard of bone the predator had used was gone, but thrass was breathing. The part that had caitlin confused and caused the outburst was jester. In his arm where four ivs, draining the blind headtaker quickly as he pumped blood back into the ailing Maori.

 

"Cauterize..his wound or ill die.."

 

He grunts, the color draining from his face as he points to a metal cylander he had put on a fire.

 

 

"Press it into the wound or it will keep free bleeding.."

[Oce]

Aella shoved the laptop into Caitlyn's arms, lingering just long enough for the headtaker to react to ensure the data wouldn't be destroyed by rushing. Her strides were long as she moved to the fire, picking the canister up from the top while simultaneously turning on her heel to face the bed. Stepping to Thrass's side, she didn't hesitate to pressed the hottest part of the metal into the large wound, using her other hand to pinch the flesh as close as she could.  "Why didn't you call me for this?" Her eyes flickered to Jeckel for a moment.