Demetri clambered over the rubble, "You hurt?" Demetri asked as he got closer, Demetri had come off with only a few brusies. Demetri placed the bazooka on the floor to get it off his shoulder, "You seen Starr and Tom?"

Mark got up and said, "No, I'm fine, just some bruises, and no, I haven't seen Tom or Starr." He then sent out Det to try to look for them under the rubble.

Demetri looked up at the previous floor, a bit more feel off the edge where it was weakened, "Seems like Henry wanted to finish us off," Demetri said, "Means, if he has the G.E.C.K, he is trying to get away, and making sure we don't can't pick a trail." Demetri slumped down onto the rubble and sighed, it was getting worse and worse, all thay need is that creature to come and it will be a hayday.

Nathan had been riding along with Henry in the vertibird the selection of weapons in the thing was a bit overwhelming, Nathan had picked up one dozen of the plasma grenades having become partial to them along with changing out his knives for a set of rippers and there at the bottom of the box covered in a fine layer of metal shavings and rust was a 44. repeating rifle, Nathan had heard of these things before and there had even been a rumor about one being in the wasteland at one point but here was one right now in what looked to be a full repair condition, Nathan gripped it and pulled the thing from the bottom of the weapon box.
the ride to the tower had been uneventful other then Nathan finding his holy grail of weapons and minor worrying about whether or not he would get shot out of the air again by those slugs. the barrage of rockets was followed by the sound of fast ropes as everyone barring the pilot dropped out of the vehicle. The smoke was still black and heavy when Nathan got to what remained of the floor, he pulled the rippers from their cases and set them to idle the soft click of chains revolving slowly as the only indicator of his presence.
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OOC: Usurper is Roy by the way.

It had followed to the site the Heart had last been, yet again It was denied.
It would keep the heart here and there outsiders would be piled in front of it as a grisly warning to any others.
the air buzzed as It took to the skies, It would kill all of them and take pleasure in it, most certainly the one whom denied It the Usurper.

A pile of rubble moved. Starr slowly lifted herself from it.

"Over here," She said, "I'm fine."

She dusted herself off and regrouped with the others. She looked at the ak47 she had found, it hadn't been hurt from the rubble.

"Let's get out of this tower, I don't think there's that many more stories till we're at ground level."

Demetri pushed himself up, "Seems the best option," Demetri agreed, "Though Tom was outside the building when he were hit, think he survived?" Demetri looked for a door, if Tom was outside, either he was stipp out there, or fallen to his death, he hoped neither, being outside was more of a risk then being inside.

After finding a door, Demetri gave his bazooka to Starr, "Here, hold this for a few moments," Demetri told her, not even taken into consideration she might not be able to hold the weight, and started work on shifting the debris which had bloked the door.

Starr hefted the bazooka in her arms. It was quite heavy for her, but she would manage with it on her back. She slung it on her back and said, "I'm not sure where Tom is, he should be yelling if he's hurt. Maybe he fell to a different story?"

Starr was quite anxious to get away from Orlando, but she was still worried for Tom.

Mark said nothing but just observed the events going on. He thought, "Det hasn't come back yet, he must still be searching for Tom." Mark had just about had his fill of the Sunshine State, but he wasn't planning on leaving without the whole group, G.E.C.K. or no G.E.C.K.

Demetri finished clearing the rubble from the door, "There we should be able to get out now," Demetri told them, pushing on the door, Demetri found it was stuck. Pushing his shoulder into it, he slowly opened, pushing some debris which had fallen on the other side. Demetri almost fell through once the rubble had been cleared out of the way and the door swung open.

Demetri went back in, "Seems clear up ahead," Demetri said, turning to Starr, he took the bazooka back off her, "I'll take that back, now lets go, hopefully we'll find him, for better or for worse."

Henry moved out and sweeped the room he was in. No prisoners or Demetri, looking around Henry saw a door with a sign hanging over it saying " Jail". Henry ran over to it and kicked the door open. He was confronted by a guard who had flipped his desk over and armed with a shotgun. Henry ducked and they both fired at the same time.By the time the shell casings fell to the floor Henry was already walking past his fast cooling corpse and searching the cells. He found many various inmates and some tribals but he hit the Jackpot when he found a group of Enclave soldiers sitting in a corner of a cell.

"All of you! If you can hold a gun arm yourselves! With me!" Henry ran back outside with the rest of the squad only to hear sounds a few rooms away. That must be Demetri Henry set about preparing an ambush as fast as he could. He set up mines by the front door and took up positions around the room. With his SCAR-H Henry knew that the first one through the door would also be the first to get shot, possibly killed.

The group made their through the rooms until they came upon a door labeled "jail". Small sounds could be heard from inside. Starr's combat training told her they needed to breach. She put her back to the wall right next to the door and crouched very low.

"I'll go in first," she whispered.

"Be careful," Demetri said to Starr, "look before you leap though." Demetri watched her open the door slowly and he held his breath, worrying about what was there, what could happen.

Tom held on for his life. His hand was grasping the ragged edge of the wall, having been blown apart from the rockets. He whipped the Browning up ahead of him, getting both hands on the wall. Tom's chest throbbed, pain shooting through him with every heartbeat. "[censored]" he coughed as he attempted to pull himself up. He heard the vertibird fly around behind him. Tom gave one more good pull, his arms shaking as they hefted the full weight of the man, eventually allowing him to push himself up and back onto what was left of the floor. The vertibird passengers started firing out, plasma fire painting the ground around Tom. He rolled, grabbing the Browning, tripod still out, set it on the ground, and let loose. Tom barely aimed, but rounds slammed into the vertibird. A lucky shot caught and Enclave soldier in the neck, and he fell out of the vertibird. The vertibird rose higher in the air and flew back, out of the Browning's range. Tom coughed blood once again and rolled over behind the only remaining part of the wall. He would have to rest a while before he could go find the others.

Mark readied a Gammon Grenade and said, "Just in case." Something told him that he wasn't going to like what was hiding behind the door. If things got too nasty, he'd throw in the Gammon Grenade and kill everything in there, or use it as a barganing chip to ensure their survival. At the same time, Det was crawling on the ground and found Tom behind the remains of a wall. He then stayed there until Tm was ready to go.

Starr slowly opened the door, noticing a mine. She instictively shot it, unaware it was a plasma mine. The mine went off destroying the wall, door, and throwing Starr back. Weapon fire soon erupted from the room. Starr recovered herself and began firing and moving closer rapidly. Not much could be heard over the gun fight, but Starr noticed she couldn't hear the hum of the vertibird. Tom must have had something to do with it. Starr just hoped they'd be able to hold out against the new found soldiers.

Henry decided to rush them while they were still confused and hopefully subdue them. He threw a flashbang and moved half the squad around for a flanking action. When they were in place Henry jumped out and yelled at the top of his lungs "PUT YOUR GUNS DOWN! HANDS IN THE AIR NOW!" There were 10 men including Nathan and the rescued prisoner, and only 3 of them. The smoke and debris settled down and it revealed Mark had a Gammon grenade. "We've got you surrounded, you don't have the guts to kill us all Mark!"

Starr cursed when the flash grenade went off. She couldn't hear or see anything. She wasn't an idiot though, she put her gun down and raised her arms in the air and stayed silent. A soldier came up to her and restrained her. Another soldier came up to her and knocked her unconcious. She slumped over and the soldier took her away. Where she would wake up she didn't know. Hopefully they were taken back to the Wasteland with the GECK.

Mark said, "Damn it, you win." He then dropped the Gammon grenade and was knocked unconsious shortly afterwards. His last thought was, "I hope Det and Tom are ok, they should be together.", before drifting off.

Demetri struggled as the men tried to retrain him, he elbowed one in the face knocking him over, blood gushing from his nose. For Demetri's efforts he recieved the butt of a gun to the back of his head and went into darkness.

Henry was absolutely stunned that he had actually won the fight. He expected them to fight to the death so now he was faced with the problem of what to do with the prisoners. Henry decided that he would present Demetri with 2 choices. Go back to the wasteland and have Henry's superiors deal with them. Or they would be left here in Orlando without their weapons and a timed charge on a locked door that would only release them 24 hours after Henry's departure. Of course Henry could always just execute them. But it wasn't his style and he just didn't have the heart to do it. "Well that's my idea, if you have a proposition you had best say it now. After so long I have finally prevailed! I'll be going off to hunt for that XM-800, you'll be kept here in the jail cells until I return." Henry knew that it could fly and would present further threat to him unless he killed it here. Grabbing the Gammon grenades from Mark he said "This will come in handy," and locked away Demetri, Starr, and Mark. It was in the moment of Henry's greatest victory that he forgot all about Tom.

Demetri pounded on the door, cursing at Henry as he left, calling him everything under the sun. After a few minutes Demetri turned around and slumped to the floor, looking at the floor.

Demetri placed his hhead into his hands as he thought about what to do. Escapeing wasn't easy, the door was heavy and thick, and being in the center of the building, no windows to get out of. Demetri muttered a few things under his breath, knowing that if taken to Henry's superiors, Mark and Starr are in for treason, Demetri himself, that and a court martial for desertion.

Starr slowly came to. Her head was pounding with pain. Still, she got up to see where she was. To her surprise she was on the other side of the room she had tried to breach a few minutes earlier. She walked over to Demetri, even the simple task made her head throb.

"What's the plan Demetri?" Starr said quietly, putting her hands on the heavy jail door.

Demetri shook his head, he had no idea, they were locked in a room, only one way in or out. Demetri just wanted to let his frustration out. Demetri was locked in a room, and had the stress of filling a leadership role, everyone was looking to him for answers. "Seems we are dead," Demetri said, laying the back of his head against the wall behind him.

"Demetri we're not..." Starr trailed off.

Her spirit was crushed. They had come so close to the GECK, and Starr had ruined their chances of getting home. Even Demetri had given up hope.

"I'm really sorry guys," Starr said lowly.

She slowly slid down the wall.

Demetri sighed, seems morale had broken, "Don't worry about it," Demetri said to Starr. Demetri ment it, they were in the mess now, they had to deal with it. Demetri closed his eyes and wondered about the things he wouldn't do.

Start a family was the main one he regreted, he never knew people more then about a week, himself being on the move almost constantly, and people's expect survival rate wasn't high in the wasteland anyway. Demetri had also wanted to go west, to see the area the enclave came from, where his father grew up, and his mother... Demetri let out another small sigh, atleast h'd only live with these regrets only a little while.