Everflame (Finished)

[KittKat chunky~]

"Medic! We need a medic over here! Annie shouted, pressing down hard across Kate's stomach... she looked up at the marines, almost all of them empty-handed and looking worried... "Oh... yeah... no medics right now, huh?" Kate coughed deeply, blood still oozing out beetween Annie's paws...
"Dont worry 'bout me... i pulled through from worse.... takes more than that..... to take me out..." Her voice fell quieter as the pain receded to a dull, muffling blanket of darkness... Annie continued to try to stop the flow of warm blood as Kitt ran over to Tina...
"Kate's been hit... and we could have guards on us in minutes.... whad'we do?" He clutched a minor bullet wound in one brown, stained red, furred leg....

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

Tabby ran back for the vibro-blade, picking it up and gripping it tight, before looking back through the entrance, watching Korius and Afgha fall. She smiled in tears.
"I love you!" From the stairwell beside them, new troops could be heard. Asia ran back to the cat and pulled her along, as she held the weapon close to her.
"We've got to go! Come on."








"We... we have to... no, no we can't stop now." On the GA Demolition, Tina looked around. At her captain, at her lynx, at the marines who helped her save her friends. The meerkat stumbled to his feet.
"What? Where am I... Tina?" His voice was hoarse. He coughed, and shook his head out of the dazed confusion.
"We're getting you out of here, sir," Tina said. She watched Kate bleed, a thousand thoughts running at once. "We've got to go." Looking back at her lynx, she was silent for a moment. "We have to leave her." Without another word, She turned to the scientists huddled in the corner. "Let him down," she said, pointing to the lynx. They immediately did so, unclipping and deactivating restraints. He fell the floor unceremoniously, but was soon stirring to wake. Sidling past Kitt, Tina moved to the doorway, keeping her eyes diverted away from the marines. She peeked through the doorway, down the corridor, watching bullets shoot past. Stepping back, she looked at Kate, looked at her wound. "She'll be fine."

The meerkat captain moved over to the Lynx, holding him, shaking him to wake up. The cat's eyes flickered in his lethargy.

[KittKat chunky~]

Annie looked up at Tina, and then back down at Kate... blood soaked both her own paws and Kate's uniform, but the flow had now almost completely stopped... she drew her paws away, shaking..
"We can't just leave her... we cant!"
She shouted, paws clenched into fists... Kitt lay a paw on her shoulder and she swiped at him, shoving him away... her bushy tail flicked as she growled in frustration...
"Annie you prat! Do what you gotta do, Kitt... you where second in command, you'r responsible for the team now... i'l get fixed up by whoever finds me... just go, thats a direct order!"
Kitt looked, shocked, from Kate to the rest of the marines... Annie whimpered, laying kate to rest against the frame of the door... Kitt put an arm around her, and nodded to Kate...
"Yessir... it's been an honour..."

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

"That's very good of you." Tina stood, seperate from the rest, and her voice was small. She was silent for a while, looking at the walls. The captain prodded the lynx again, he stirred but didn't move.
"Hey, come on, get up we're getting out." The lynx still lay there, unresponsive. Tina looked over to him, her face draining as she predicted disaster.
"Daray, get up, come on baby," she said, going to his side. He murmured incoherently.
"Daz! Get your tail moving, let's go!" The meerkat yelled, and the lynx reached out, grabbed him tight. His eyes opened a crack. He opened his mouth and whispered.
"Don't call me that." Tina smiled, an honest wide smile as she hugged him, then got him to his feet. She grabbed a gun from the floor and thrust it into his hands. He looked at her, confused at the situation. "What are you doing?"
"We're getting out of here, I'm saving your life," she said with a nod and a grin, before looking around the room. "There's no other way out, Kitt, use those grenades to screen our escape." She turned to the scientists, who still had their gasmasks. Walking over to them, she grabbed their masks and pulled them off the quivering pandas. The new masks were given to the captain, the lynx and the few marines who still had none. Looking back at those pandas, her face loosened in relief. "You lot," she said to them. "Take care of her," she said, pointing to Kate. "Make sure she gets taken to the medbay. They nodded, frightened.
Daray, the lynx swayed a little still confused, raising his hand.
"Wait so... you did this all yourself?"
"With a little help," she looked at him, swimming in his presence. "I'd do anything for you," she moved to him, holding his chest, kissing him. When the kiss broke, she practically giggled in spite of the situation, which clung to her thoughts. "Now come on, we're not free yet."

[KittKat chunky~]

Annie fired off a loud burst of bullets at the feet of the pandas "And you better give her the best damned treatment you frackin' can!"
Kitt grabbed her shoulder, she growled and pulled away from him... still aiming the gun threateningly at the pandas..
"Soldier, get a grip!" She looked at him, surprised by his authority, and turned shooting the pandas one last filthy look... Kitt sighed, ensuring his mask was secure...
"Alright... three... two... frack it, go!"
He pulled the pin, and threw two grenades through the doorway and raised his gun... "Keep it tight, fire on valid targets only marines...."

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

Tina pulled the Lynx along while the captain followed behind, gun ready. They advanced into the thick smoke, while the guards moved back and shot off a few rounds, anticipating the prisoners. From the heavy fog, figures grew as shadows. Tina caught a glimpse, identified, and fired, taking down a guard and moving ever onward, towards the turn that would eventually lead back to the interogation rooms. THe lynx shook his head, gunfire sparking up his brain, getting him running, getting him thinking. He spotted a guard and took him out, almost in one movement. The scream pierced the smoke.

Post Merge: May 14, 2010, 10:50:56 AMOn the planet's surface, Tabby and Asia ran to the stairwell that led to the docking bay, but the sound of boots echoed down to them. They moved back, guns ready. Asia had a smile on his face, practically a grin.
"Do you feel that, Tabby?"
"Feel what?" she said. Her lips were curling.
"I feel good." A grenade clinked down the stairs. Asia and Tabby ran for cover, giggling back into the hallway around the chamber. "I think we did it."
"Did what?"
"The mission, the everflame." the rabbit smiled wide and open. "The government would extend the everflame range around the capital sphere; I extended it over the entire alliance. Every inhabited planet!" Gunfire filled the stairwell, bullets shooting past, ricocheting off walls and shattering windows back into the chamber.
"But if we're happy, shouldn't they be happy too?" Tabby said
"They have their orders, they're just happy about carrying them out," Asia leaned out from cover, assault rifle firing off a few shots, hitting a fox in the shoulder.

[KittKat chunky~]

The marines followed through, almost all had scavenged weapons by now and they fired off precise bursts of fire... "To the left, ten-four" The marine closest to Kitt turned and gunned down a guard who had been readying a flash-bang grenade.....
"if they throw a flasher, everyone close your eyes and cover your face with an arm..... keep close and.." A burst of bullets tore into the group, a canine marine screamed in agony as he was hit in the chest.... "Frack, straight ahead!"
Three marines levelled guns and sprayed the guards with bursts of fire....

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

The lynx ran ahead, picked the flashbang from the fallen guard and armed it.
"Flash out!" He threw it, and it burst in heat, light and a deafening bang. "Go go go!" Grabbing Tina, he led the advance, moving forward, picking off guards, watching others pull back for cover. They reached the turning to the interrogation cells. Up along the narrow corridor, they heard the roar of engines in the hangar bay.

[KittKat chunky~]

Kitt ran up to the edge of the corridor turning, leaning up against the wall... the other marines ran up behind him, all half-crouched and ready to move at the moments notice...
"Right, up ahead should be the cells, and by the sounds of it the hangar too.... keep it as tight as we have been, and this should go smoothly...."
He leaned around the edge of the corridor, ready to duck back behind as soon as bullets started to fly....

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

Tabby ran ahead, popping off a few shots from her pistol, to clear the stairs, before pulling out the sniper rifle, watching the door. A guard looked in, and she fired. Lumps of his head spread over the docking bay. Asia moved forward, popping his head out. Two shots zipped passed. He pulled his head back, reading his rifle, looked back out with quick aim and a shot. The last guard fell, out in the sky, he caught the sound of an incoming force.
"Let's go, come on."








On the GA Demolition, the captain smiled, wider, bigger.
"This is great," he said, looking to the lynx, who was smiling right along with him. The big cat opened his mouth, coughed.
"That's strange," his voice as always, was barely a whisper. He looked down the narrow corridor, and guards filled the hangar. The hangar doors were open as the latest troop carrier returned from the planet, with soldiers waiting to be picked up. The lynx turned to the captain, grabbing his arm and showing him the sight. The meerkat tapped Kitt.
"We're a bit screwed."

[KittKat chunky~]

Kitt pushed the tapping hand away, ducking back out of sight... "Yeah, yeah... i know, trying to work it out....."
Annie popped her head around the corner, and then ducked back to the group... "Okay... well i dunno what we do now, we dont have the numbers to win through an outright firefight... maybe we could sneak onto one of the closest ships?"
Several marines sniggered, earning themselves a smack around the head from the still stern faced Annie... "Whats funny eh?.. Look I... Kitt, what the hell... stop smiling so much!"
She whacked Kitt around the side of the head with the palm of one hand, frowning... "Oh i give up..."

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

Asia pulled out the auto-tracker and PDA.
"Ok, let's see if this works." He activated the recall function, and in the distance the stealth streamer flew into view. It whirred as it came to a stop at the docking bay. Up above, a troop carrier roared in descent. Tabby and Asia piled into the ship, and ran to the cockpit, taking the controls.
"You know how to fly this, right?" said Tabby, as Asia powered up the engines.
"Basically, yes." The ship lurched forward and shot into the sky. "Now get on those weapon systems."
"Basically?" she said as she sat in one of the chairs, activating the console, watching the sky flood past them, and the troop carrier zipping past. They broke the stratosphere and the stars opened up, with a fleet of ships filling the darkness. The GA Demolition was straight ahead, screaming towards them, lighting up with activity.
"Tab, we're gonna need those weapons!" Asia turned the ship a fraction, and skimmed over the Demolition's hull.
"We almost crashed!" Tabby set up the targeting, warming up the guns. "Your basically flying sucks!"






Tina whacked Kitt on the shoulder,
"Have you got a better plan? We can't stay here." The meerkat captain moved between them.
"Getting to the closest ship. It's a possibility, but it's risky." He looked to Kitt. "What resources do we have left?" The meerkat peered around the corner, assessing the place. He watched lights fill the hangar that started to flash. Alarms began to wail. The soldiers and guards sprinted to the ships strewn around the hangar. Engines powered up, lifting the crafts off the hangar floor, moving out. The whole area was alive, and across the hangar mouth, a new ship, different and fast streaked past the open door. "We could use a distraction."

[KittKat chunky~]

Kitt held up his paws in defence against the sudden onslaught of slapping to his head and shoulders... "Sheesh, what am i in a firing line?... Stop with the slapping!" Annie smirked, and slapped him once more across the side of the head... "That's cos your still smiling.... and because i needed somthing to let my anger out on..." she shrugged, loading her rifle...

"Hmn.... distraction is just what we needed... i dont who or what is on that ship, but they may just have given us our way out... right, we move towards that ship there.." he pointed to a ship smaller than most of them and draw out the imaginary route they would take to it...
"Looks like a troop carrier, it's weapons are already warmed up so we just get in there, DONT shoot the pilot, we may just need 'im.... keep to the crates and other large objects... once we get spotted, i'l throw the last smoke grenades and you sprint your fluffy tails over there.. gottit!?"

The marines looked slightly taken-aback for a second... and then, with a slight hint of doubt, replied with a quiet unison "Sir, yessir..."

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

"Alright," Tina turned to Daray, her lynx, and kissed him deep. Once they parted, she looked over to the hangar. It was emptying fast, but there were still a few guards left, two of which watched the corridor. She flicked round the corner, on her knee, aiming her assault rifle, and shot down one of them, while the other moved back into the hangar for cover. "If we're gonna do it, do it now."

[KittKat chunky~]

Kitt looked from Tina and Daray kissing, and then to Annie, raising an eyebrow and winking... She slapped him across the side of the head again "Ye gad Kitt... focus please...." Kitt shrugged, still smirking, and raised the rifle to his shoulder..
"Fine Annie.... but i think you wanted to as well" He earned himself another slap, this time to the back of the head, though not as strong as the last time... "Alright, alright... no more hitting, please... okay, we'l go in three... two.."
Tina jumped round the corner, the sound of gunfire and muffled screams burst into life...
"Oh, what the heck... just go!"
The rest of the marines followed up behind Tina and Kitt, taking out several more guards as quietly as possible...