The moment the Captain orders your arrest you raise you hands up into the air, and allow your self to be cuffed by the two bodyguards without any form of resistance as you are assured that the event had nothing to do with you thus guaranteeing your innocence. Once the cuffs are firmly on the two of you the Captain, and his escorts drag you through the soldiers flowing through the center of the camp towards a dull concrete building across the plaza from where you came in with a simple sign over it reading "Internal Affairs Office", and as you could easily guess the inside turns out to be a makeshift prison with several rooms that lock from the outside. Across from the doors are a few desks behind which several soldiers are dealing with quite a number of reports that are coming in along with one soldier who appears to be cursing repeatedly into a satellite phone as he attempts to get into contact with someone.
You look over to Carl for a moment, and find him looking at you with a massive grin spread on his face as he pipes up,
"Look on the bright side Chris, at least we're not human shaped lumps of charcoal. Now we get to sit in a cushy room with no work, and free food until they find out we're innocent along with potentially receiving a nice reparation check."
Upon hearing Carl's comment the Captain actually laughs as he opens the third cell door,
"Yeah, and when the higher ups give you that reparation check I'll get a nice big bonus for having to deal with your sarcastic bullshit."
Carl nods to the Captain before walking through the doorway whereupon the Captain slams the door shut, and throws the bolt into place before directing you personally to the fourth cell with a look of gratification on his face that makes you suspect he's had to deal with Carl quite a few times before this. You enter the cell as directed and take your time observing the rather small space as the door slams shut behind you, all that occupies the room is a rather clean toilet and a simple bed in the corner along with a window set into the opposite wall near the ceiling (and thus out of reach). With a light sigh you throw yourself on the bed, and try to find a comfortable position to wait out the investigation ...
You're not sure when you actually managed to fall asleep, but before you know it you're awoken by the sound of gunfire and screaming which causes you to jump out of the bed before staring up at the window in the wall. From the small section of sky you can see it's clear that something has moved into the space above the camp as the AA tracer fire tears through the air above towards faint black shadows that you can't really tell anything from as they fly through the sky above. It doesn't take long before the door to your cell is slung open, and the Captain who locked you in here storms in with full combat gear on,
"I would congratulate you on being cleared of all charges, but we have a few bigger problems at the moment. Ever since that explosion occurred we've lost contact with all branches of the UNSF outside of the few posts we set up throughout Midwestern America after establishing this camp, and even those outposts have become hard to get in touch with as something seems to be interfering with everything from long-distance radio to sat phones. On top of that we've got a host of creatures that look like the monsters from a damn b-movie horror film, roughly ten minutes ago our base has come under the assault from a force made up of large bat .... Dear god, I feel like this entire thing is like one of Carl's damned bad jokes ...
Our base is under siege from a force made up of large humanoid bats wielding primitive weapons made of solid metal; spears, axes, and hell I even saw one of the damn things throw a disc that embedded itself in a man's head. I hate to disappoint your desire for a break, but it looks like today we've got to fight for our damned lives, and hope whatever the hell these things are die quick."
With that the Captain reaches behind him, and a soldier passes him a loaded L85A2 with two mags,
"Now I'm going to give you a choice, something I'm only doing because that crazy bastard Carl seems to like you, and while he's annoying as hell I trust his opinion. The defensive setup on the west side of camp has come under the heaviest assault, last count we got was several hundred hostiles had engaged the roughly one hundred defenders, and I'm taking fifty men to reinforce them under the Major's orders. I need two more men, Carl is one and he suggested you for the last, so are you in? If you aren't I don't need someone whose going to piss themselves when they should be covering my ass."
Condition: Slightly Bruised, Couples of Scrapes and Bruises
Equipment:Bulletproof Vest [Made of Kevlar, meant to stop bullets]
UNSF Uniform [Burnt, and torn in several places though mostly intact.]
Snake Ring [The head and upper half of the snake are pure black while the lower half, and tail are unblemished white. It feels cool to the touch and has a feel similar to steel. It is a simplistic rendering of a snake biting its own tail. Worn on left ring finger.]
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Topic: When the World Changed (Read 4866 times)