Nathan looked up and shielded his eyes as the fluorescent tubes above him blared "I'm pretty sure the lights are still on..."

"Then that means that we simply have to reconnect the power to the doors and we're home free. Look for any wires or connections that have been destroyed" Henry searched frantically until he saw wires leading up to the control pane that was ripped up and said "I found it! Does anyone here know how to fix this up?"

"Why doesn't veryone else go through the vents?" Demetri asked annoyed, "If we can't get through the doors it means those things can't either." Demetri knew that was the best chance for them to get out, he may of not trusted Nathan or Henry but no one deserved to ripped limb from limb. "I can find my own way out," Demetri didn't want the idea of these people following, specially when it put them into more danger.

Tom had climbed up to the vents with the intent of entering as Starr had, however he was closer to Demetri's size, and he couldn't fit. He hopped back down, a little shock rocking his bruised ribs, which he ignored. "Won't fit" he announced, lifting his rifle slightly. He would be staying with Demetri wether he wanted to or not. Tom turned to the others "If you can fit, go," he said, looking at Mark before adding "If not, we'll figure another way out." Tom hadn't intended to stay behind in the Vault, but he couldn't fit, and one of his friends needed some backup, so he'd hang back.

"Well, Demetri, if that's the way you want it. Come on Nathan we have to catch up to Starr!" Henry jumped inside the vents and found it quite cramped but it was manageable.Henry felt a bit bad for leaving Demetri behind but he had asked for it.before he left Henry passed Demetri the rest of the sonic grenades. "You need them more than I do. Good luck" Then Henry continued crawling to get out of the Godforsaken vault.

Starr noticed that Tom had slipped out of the vent, she didn't blame him, these vents were quite small. She kept on moving silently through the duct. Part of the duct was dark, Starr popped open the GECK's case looking for something useful. She noticed a small pen light, she took it out and turned it on. It wasn't as helpful as she had hoped, but it was better than darkness. She snapped the suitcase closed and began crawling again. She was interrupted when she heard a loud clang in the duct.

What was that? Starr thought.

She decided it would be best to pick up her pace, although it would be a bit louder.

Demetri accepted the grenades without a word, turning to Mark, "You to," Demetri ordered, "Rather go this alone." Demetri noticed Tom had come, Demetri sighed but could see Tom would of had trouble in the vents. "I'll meet you on the other side," Demetri said, it was a hollow promise, he doubted he would get through but it might make Mark leave.

Mark said, "Fine.", and followed Starr inside the vent.

Demetri sighed at walked off, hoping to find a way out without resorting to the power. It was dark and the plantlife made the corridors treachous. Demetri cursed under his breath, the only door that remained open led towards the lab, Demetri just hoped that the creatures had cleared out.

Starr heard another person climb in the shaft.

Demetri must have convinced someone else not to come, I'll have to move faster, Starr thought.

She knew this was her best opportunity to get the GECK back to Roy, and get the explosive of her wrist. She didn't want to leave the others, but she needed to do it. She increased her speed a little more.

Henry knew that having Starr go off with the GECK was not the best thing so he sped up even more. He was getting tired but e knew that he couldn't slow down. "Come on Nathan ! We have to get the GECK!" At this point Henry was determined not to lose the GECK. Not after this long!

Mark heard Starr moving faster inside the vent, and thought, "Why's she moving so quickly?", and started moving faster to catch up.

The vents weren't as confusing as Starr thought they would be. It took her a few minutes of crawling to reach the vault's entrance. Starr reached to open the hatch in the ceiling, but it seemed stuck. She pried on it a few more times, but it wouldn't budge. Starr slammed her fist on it. It worked, and Starr dropped down to the entrance room. She looked at her hand, it was cut up quite badly now. She watched some of her blood drip onto the floor, she hoped nobody, or creature, would notice. She then walked out the vault's entrance with the GECK in hand.

((I have to go for most the night, use my character if you need to.))

Henry emerged from the vault a few minutes later, he noticed that Starr didn't wait for them. "I guess our little angel has has her own agendas after all," Henry looked down and saw blood. He began following the trail an it soon became clear what her destination was, Orlando. "Damn! I got shot at, stabbed, blown up, and had to come hundreds of miles just to lose it now! Come on Mark, you need that GECK too, Nathan, lets go!" Henry and the gang started running to hopefully get the GECK before it was too late.

OOC: so the group minus Blackmane has followed through the vents? if so then Norman has lost his armor again.
if not then I will need to edit my Creature post

Nathan followed the group as they hounded after the raider girl, Nathan prepped his weapon and clipped two of his remaining sound grenades to his jacket knowing that at the very least one fight would occur up here if not more.
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It had found the Usurpers, Those that would covet the flesh that was rightfully It's
One of the outsiders had tricked It and for the trouble It had lost an arm, after having eaten the Usurpers though It was recovering nicely.
The Outsiders were beyond It's reach right now a great door of Iron blocked the path, but like all things It could not be denied Its prey by a door and the metal hissed as It melted it slowly and methodically
There would be death in this place for these creatures and It would be the deliverer of such.
Noise above It gave It pause, the last time that notice had been heard the tight skinned Man had escaped, listening carefully It left the door and ventured in the direction it heard noise
Having followed the outsiders to the forest It hissed in displeasure as a group of them rushed into the underbrush It would catch them though the forest was It's domain.

Starr knew that the others would be hot on her trail if she didn't keep up her pace. It pained her to go at that pace, but it was important to get back to Orlando as soon as she could. As she moved through the jungle she tried to stop the bleeding from her hand. She hoped she wouldn't run into any creatures, but that was a lofty dream in this jungle.

Demetri entered the lab, the place looked like it had been hit by a bomb. There were a few of the younger creatures dead, seemed the older one didn't take to kindly to their arrival, Demetri carried on through the next door having been jammed open by one of the creature's corpses and Demetri crawled under it followed by Tom.

After walking for a few minutes the came to a door, looking through the window next to it they could just about see that was where they needed to go. Demetri looked at the door for a moment, the window was though and could take quite a bit of damage before it would show a sign of a major crack. Demetri went through his pack, grabbing what was left of the explosives, "Lets try this," Demetri muttered. Placing it on the door Demetri added te fuse and set a time. Igniting it he pulled Tom and himself away from the door and waited for the all mighty bang which should signal their advancement.

Demetri held his breath, seemed the detonation had been delayed, and with that thought an explosion sent the door flying across the room they wished to enter. Demetri looked in, they had made it to the entrance and could see the tunnel which led up to the base. "It'll be good to see daylight again."

After navigating the jungle for a while Starr came upon the river the group had crossed earlier in their adventure. She knew she couldn't cross it. She sat down for a bit and thought about what to do. Then she remembered Demetri joking about building her a raft next time.

Anything is worth a shot right now, Starr thought.

She quickly snapped three large branches from a tree and tied them together with some vines. The design was very weak, but she only needed it for a few moments. She put the GECK on top of the makeshift raft and pushed off into the river. The current began pulling her down stream, but she kicked her way across the river. The river pushed her quite off course, but that would make it a bit harder for the others to track her. Once she got to the other side she pushed the raft back down the river, hoping to throw them off even more. The broken limbs of the tree would hint at what she did if anyone noticed.

Starr's speed had decreased, she pulled out her Glock 26 and tried to pick up her speed a little.

As everyone left through the vents, leaving Tom and Demetri inside the vault, a small memory came to the forefront of Tom's mind. 'Where did she get that bracelet?' he asked himself, not remebering it when they had set off on this journey, it was only there when they had reunited at the Vault-Tec headquarters. He wondered wheter or not to ask Demetri about it, but he kept silent as they moved through the vault, to the lab. They detonated the explosives on the door, and Tom whipped around with his assualt rifle, seeing the very same tunnel they had arrived by. Tom smiled before starting ahead as point, moving his gun slowly back and forth, using his periphery to catch any movement. "Almost out" said Tom, mostly to himself.

EDIT: Grammatical mistake

Mark climbed out the vents and walked outside the vault. After getting some more medical supplies he walked outside the fort. Once outside he saw a blood trail leading back to Orlando. Mark thought, "I don't want to consider it, but I think Starr betrayed us. The question is: Why?" He then waited for the others to show up.

Demetri went up into the base, he didn't head straight for the entrance but to the armory, he couldn't use his Minigun and had left it in the Vault. Getting to the armory he grabbed some more explosives and an Assault Rifle which was far lighter with a few magazines of ammo. Nodded to Tom he signaled for him to follow him outside.

Coming out of the Bae Demetri saw Mark, "Where is everyone else?" Demetri asked concerned.

Mark said, "Starr cut and ran with the G.E.C.K., probably to Orlando, and Nathan and Henry should be showing up sometime now."

"What? Why?" Demetri asked, he was suprised, he didn't expect this to happen. "We won't wait for Henry and Nathan, they want the G.E.C.K as do we," Demetri said, "Come on." Demetri led the way into the Jungle, the sun was low and was rising, seems they had come out early morning.

Mark said nothing, he too was shocked by Starr's betrayal, and just followed Dimitri deeper into the forest. As they continued walking, he noticed some broken branches and said, " It appears Starr was through here not too long ago. Det, let's see if you can get her scent." Det then started using his antennae to sniff out Starr and the group started following the woodlouse deeper into the jungle.

The small group came to the river they originally crossed, shallower then it used to be but still too deep for Starr to cross easily, "Think she would of come this way?" Demetri asked, "It's still to deep for her."