((Well 5th thread, pretty good.

Summary: The group found the vault and desecended into it, finding out more about the creature that was hounding them and accidently releaseing some immature ones as well. Most of the group has had servere wounds at one point or another and are not at their peak condition. They had also found the G.E.C.K but Starr has run off with it to give to Roy who has threatened her if she does not, the rest are chasing her.))

IC: "Well we best head to Orlando, thats the place she will be heading," Demetri said, "Hopefully beat her there if we take this route, she would of been side tracked." Demetri waded across the river, the place where they camped undisturbed it seemed.

Mark said, "Alright, let's get back to Orlando, the only semblance of civilization in this area other than maybe Miami to the south, though I doubt we'll be going there." He then thought, "I wonder if we'll ever get to see southernmost Florida, I'd love to see the Keys." Mark then waded across the river and started walking behind Dimitri deeper into the jungle.

"We arn't here sightseeing," Demetri snapped, he hadn't ment to, but Demetri was tired, in pain and had just been betrayed, he wasn't in the best mood right now. Demetri pushed forward, pushing some branches out his way, he wasn't going to let up and hopefully get to Orlando by nightfall.

Henry arrived at the outskirts of Orlando after following the fresh trail that Starr had made. At one point Henry thought he could see Starr running in the distance. Now it seemed like she had made it to Orlando. "We need to find a way to make it inside Orlando and get that GECK back, but how?" Henry considered calling up the last of the reinforcements for a final surgical strike into Orlando. However they lost her trail at the river and didn't know where in Orlando she was or whether she was still there, it would be pushing it to request more reinforcements after losing them all in the meat grinder."Nathan do you think we're in the right place?"

Mark looked hurt, but said nothing. He then started using his machete to hack through the undergrowth while thinking, "We can't stop yet, not until we get back to Orlando."

Demetri just walked on in silence for the rest of the journey, he was annoyed and just wanted to get the G.E.C.K, go home and collect his bounty for the object. The whole mission had gone down hill from the start, Demetri shouldn't of been to suprised that something else would of gone wrong.

As the sun was setting they could see the outline of the City on the horizen, "Think we can get in undetected?" Demetri asked, "If anything Roy will be on the look out for us."

Mark said, "Don't know, our best bet would probably be to see if they're still friendly or not before trying to sneak in."

Roy was pacing his room waiting for his breakfast when his computer sent out an alarm. He rushed over to it and saw a small dot was nearing the town, Starr had brought home the bacon. He smiled and congratulated himself. He sent out some of his men to escort her into town seeing as she was in jumper territory.

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Starr pulled out the first clip in her pistol and loaded her last one. She had been ambushed by a few jumpers, but her pistol had proved enough for the job.

"Roy better send an army out here," she said aloud.

She began walking towards the civilized part of Orlando when she saw some men walking towards her.

"'Bout time you got here," Starr said to them.

One of the men smiled and said, "Follow us ma'am, Roy wants to see you."

Starr nodded and walked with them. The men surrounded her in a protective circle as they made their way to Orlando.

It didn't take too long for the group to reach Roy's tower. Starr noticed that Orlando had been attacked by someone. She figured Roy would tell her what happened when they met. As she walked into the tower she took a seat in the lobby. She was approached by one of Roy's servants.

"Roy is ready to see you, but you'll need to change, your clothes have been prepared for you in your room. May I take your suitcase ma'am?" the man said.

"I'll be taking it with me, thank you," Starr said as she got up and headed off to her room to change.

Minutes later she was at Roy's door in the familiar skirt and business suit she had worn on her first visit with the man. She knocked on the door and it was answered almost instantly by a doorman. Starr walked in and was seated at the table where a large breakfast sat. Roy walked in seconds later.

"Ah Starr, I've been expecting you and my GECK. I take it Duran and the others didn't make it back?" he asked with a little sadness in his voice.

Starr nodded and said, "It wasn't a walk in the park, and I believe you still need to uphold your part of the bargain."

Starr held up her left arm showing the explosive bracelet he had snapped on her a few days ago.

Roy sighed and pulled out a small flexible rod, he slipped it into the bracelet and turned it. The explosive fell off Starr's arm onto the floor.

"That's better, the GECK is on your couch. Let's eat," she said, grabbing a fork and putting a large heap of food into her mouth.

An hour passed and the two had finished eating Roy pointed out towards his city. "This section of the city will be under your command," he said excitedly.

Starr was thinking about everyone she had left behind. She'd gotten the bomb off her wrist, and now had her freedom. She got up to look at the ocean.

"I'm going to find Demetri and everyone else," she said emptily.

"Is that what you want?" Roy asked, "Well then I guess I'll bid you good night."

"Its morning are you just barely going to sleep?" Starr said.

"No," Starr felt a hypodermic being inserted in the back of her neck, "You are," Roy whispered to her.

Starr would have fallen to the floor if Roy had not caught her. Starr went limp, she saw the ceiling before falling unconscious. Roy picked her up and handed her to the doorman, "Lock her in her room," he said.

They had entered the city cautiously as Roy's men may still be waiting for them. Henry peered down th street and were surprised to find the tribals they had fought off earlier and Henry prepared for a fight. However they shocked him by hailing them as gods and bringing them back to their homes. A plan slowly formulated in his mind "Nathan we can use the tribals to attack Roy's tower, in the confusion we'll sneak in and snatch the GECK!" However it would take some work to organize the tribals as a fighting force. With his brains and their brawns they had a good chance of succeeding...

OOC: Whoo... Forest Redshirts always a good thing to use.
also 5th thread, nicely done people. although I don't think this will last much longer. we seem to have reached a final confrontation here.
"I'm pretty sure Roy has fought these guys off before but they would at the very least be good fodder." he replied to Henry
"Warriors! I require your help" the growing noise of gathered people stopped immediately " One of my former allies has taken something that I wish returned she has fled to the people of the tower for protection."
Voices murmured descent and fear, Nathan shot his pistol into the air. "Gather your weapons and come, those of you brave enough to assist me will know victory."
"I hope that will be enough" looking to his left he saw a smaller tribal man covered in ink tatoos holding a necklace of bones, Nathan looked questioningly at the man "Is Necklace of Strong One, leader of clan wears to battle" Nathan almost shrugged but took the trinket and placed it on him 'wouldn't do to insult the people I'm making fodder out of' Nathan though grimly.
Looking at Henry he asked "So, I've got these guys behind me but we still need a plan for after we get in, any ideas?"

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It followed the fearful one, this creature had the Heart.
The Heart of the forest was in an outsiders hands, this would not stand
It was the Elder and King of this land and It would not allow this outsider to change it.
The Elder walked and creature fled in terror and It stopped at the barrier that had held it away from this petty Man's domain
It moved on, the grating sounds that had previously kept it from this place becoming a noise to drive it onward like the crack of a whip
It would tear and shred until this construct of Man fell and It would be King once and for all.
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Roy grinned, He had it, his prize was finally here.
The deluded girl had though that bringing him the thing would be enough.
No he would finish off the rest of this group either by death or glory they would be removed from play.
Roy did not much like the idea of leaving loose ends.

"And take that risk?" Demetri said, he didn't doubt that Roy would have Sentries stationed to keep watch for outsiders. "If we are killed now, then what we have been through is for nought," Demetri said, they needed the G.E.C.K, "First it looks like we are going through the eastern part of the city again, dam spiders..."

As they walked, Tom reflected on his fond memories of the jumpers, most of them involving vertibird crashes and their guts splattered across a hallway. As they walked through the east part of Orlando, Tom noticed that the Enclave had hit this area pretty hard, craters where buildings used to be. He doubted that Roy would have any reason for watching this desolate part of Orlando, other than the obvious; them. Tom slowed his pace a bit until he was walking alongside Demetri "Did you notice the bracelet Starr was wearing?" he asked, keeping his eyes ahead of them, scanning for sentries "I don't remember her having it when we got on the train." He said it loud enough for Mark to hear as well.

Demetri nodded, "I noticed it," Demetri agreed, "I just thought I didn't notice it when we first met up." Demetri thought about it, it didn't have any intresting features on it, but maybe that was why he wrote it off as always being there, "You think it has something to do with why sStarr ran off with the G.E.C.K?"

Tom shurgged, "I'm not sure." he said, thinking back "I just remember thinking that it looked like the wrist version of a slave collar" He thought he heard something ahead, seeing rocks skitter down the side of a building. He looked up, not seeing anything before bringing his eyes back in front of him. Tom's instincts told him that something was there, but he couldn't do anything until he saw it.

"We'll just ask Roy and Starr about it when we get there," Demetri said, "Lets hurry up, the more time we take the more time Roy has to prepare for our arrival." Demetri pushed through the eastern city, it was strange that they hadn't seen any jumper activity yet, the last time they were here the place was crawling with them

Mark said, "It's possible, Roy seems resourceful enough to do something like that. As for the absence of the jumpers, it could be because the battle caused them to hide, or maybe they're scared of us because of what happened the last time we were here. I'm personally hoping it's the latter."

Demetri led the group through the overgrown part of the city, the vegetation crunched underfoot. The group came to their first encounter with the jumpers, their corpse's gone, most likely eaten by the others or other scavengers. Demetri looked to the rooftop and saw something move away, he swore the jumpers were watching, maybe they were more intellegent then he first thought. "Eyes open," Demetri said, "Seems we could still be a possible snack."

Mark could hear scuttling all around him. He said, "I hope not, I'm still not in top condition to use my Plasma Rifle, i'll have to use my knife and Dart Gun."

"well if it comes to a fight," Demetri paused for a moment, "Well, we will just leg it, get to the safety of the other part of the city." Demetri put his hand on his belt, a few sonic grenades still attached, "Plus I have these."

The group was getting closer to the city, Demetri told everyone to stop and looked at the area, seeing the best way to go in, "If we take some of the ally ways maybe we can sneak around," Demetri said, he took a few steps forward and started thinking again. Looking up he could see a jumper was staring at them, then another, and another, "Or we just run," Demetri said, the jumpers were building up in numbers, "Go! Now!" Demetri unholstered the Assualt rifle he grabbed earlier and ran towards the other side of the city, hopeing that the other two were following.

Mark saw the Jumpers and immediately started running after Dimitri, while yelling, "Damn, those Jumpers are fast." He could see them jumping at least six body lengths as they chased them through the city.

After some time Henry had made up a plan. Calling on the remnants of the Enclave forces still alive here in Orlando they would sneak in and make their way to the tower. The tribals would launch a massive coordinated attack that would hopefully draw Roy's attention away from the small team making their way to Roy. Then he told the plan to Nathan, "The attack will start with a barrage of smoke grenades that will spread confusion and provide concealment for the first wave of attackers. The first wave will all have fire bombs, molotovs, and whatever homemade explosive that we can get our hands on to. They'll throw it all then they'll charge with the rest of the tribals and penetrate the walls using the c4," Henry held his hand up to show them," We'll make 5 entry points and then it'll be a free-for-all. That should give us enough time to get to Roy, get the GECK, and run away. Afterwards we'll regroup here in camp and hold it until a vertibird extraction arrives. We'll lose a lot of people though, " Henry paused to let it sink in and said "Any questions?"

Nathan grinned and adjusted his helmet "Lets move then, we've got a box to steal."

(OOC: I don't know why, but i guess i'm in a ninja mood today. If its godmodding, or messing with what you wanted to Blackmane, tell me and i'll edit it)

Tom ran, holding his assualt rifle in front of him. Every now and then he'd aim and fire a burst into the face of a jumper, dropping down from the buildings above. He heard a deep thump behind him, followed by the rapid scuttling of eight legs. In a feat of sheer coordination, Tom turned, not breaking any speed, running backwards, firing at the jumper behind him, and turning back around. The thing collapsed head-first into the ground, breaking its speed with a crunch and flipping it, dead, onto its back. Demetri and Mark were in front of him, as he had started running after they had, only after realizing more jumpers were dropping from the ruined rooftops than he could mow down in the air. As he ran, Tom noticed an overpass ahead of them, overgrown with vegetation. He also noticed that the plant life was all that was keeping it intact. Jumpers swarmed on top of it, climbing down the pair of buildings or simply jumping down at them. One particularly large spider moved forward, preparing to jump, The breezeway groaned audibly before the spider jumped. The force of the jump sent a shockwave through the building, and the breezeway started to fall. "Move!" he yelled at the others as he put on a burst of speed. The giant spider landed in front of him, raising its forelimbs, but Tom had his sawed-off out, and he slid under the thing, firing two shells into it's face, skidding out the other side before it fell. Tom managed to get to his feet, and just make it past the breezeway as it fell, crushing the pursuing jumpers. His lungs, burned as if they were on fire, and his ribs ached, but he kept running.

As they were running Mark said, "I guess you're feeling better if you can do what you just did."

Demetri ran, the jumpers were starting to get ahead and cut the group off from the other part of the city. Demetri pushed harder but to an avail, the jumpers were building up and they would most likely have to ight through. Pulling up his assualt rifle he fired a couple of burst, killing a few othe things. After firing the rest of the mag he reloaded and kept firing, trying to mvoe through the spiders.
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A man sat on a bench, he and his group had been tasked as one of the groups to make sure not major jumper attacks occured. He looked up and could see gunshots and a large amount of spiders a little bit away. The man gathered the men and rushed off to help who ever took the idiotic route through the area.
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Demetri watched in relif at the site of more people coming to help them, armed with a multitude of weapons they were a big assistance at killing the jumpers. One armed with a spear held of a jumper that attacked him andpushed it onto it's back, the man raised his spear and brought it down into the jumpers body, twisting it to finish it off. Demetri started to fire more controlled now that he wasn't surrounded, and after awhile the jumpers backed off, again they had been thwarted from their next meal by the same people.

Demetri holstered his rifle, "Thanks, thought we could get through before they amassed to many," Demetri said looking at the men that had assisted them. A man stepped forward, most likely their leader, "Shame it was all for nought," he said, all the men raised their weapons, "We were told to watch for any outsiders trying to get into the city."

Demetri put his weapons to the floor, outnumbered and outgunned they had to let themselves been taken, though they could maybe get closer to Roy this way and get the G.E.C.K.