Ties of Blood: Of Fire and Steel

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Coraline heard Shinzuu yell to her but with all of the gunfire, she was unsure of where his voice was coming from. Holding her hands with her palms together, she swiftly spread them apart. This move pushed the dust cloud away from the area surrounding her so she could see where Shinzuu was, but it also revealed that there were a bunch of guards close to her. "Oh..." She said as she quickly moved her hands back together, causing the dust cloud to cover the area again. In the cover, she quickly ran towards where she had seen Shinzuu only to find him collapsed on the ground. Bending down, she lifted him up, slinging one of his arms around her neck. She started to run after the others again but was slowed down from having to carry somebody else. A bullet grazed her waist and she clenched her teeth together as she otherwise ignored it and kept moving forward.

[Entaru]

Yamataru put on his mask as the dust storm rose higher.  Flipping a few switches, the goggles went to infrared and the rebreather in his mask started up.  It was a hot day already, so the infrared was a bit blurred, but he could see people running to and fro.  As he scanned, something strange caught his eye.  A figure...who was perfectly still...was floating and bobbing through the debris.

"What the hell?"  He thought for a moment and remembered one of the inmates.  His favorite, cold-blooded, inmate.  "Oh, I have you now frauline."  Yamataru jumped into the dust and, drawing his katana, made a dash for Coraline.

[x]

Being tugged so forcefully, if anything, made Rana at least a few times more energized....she tried her best to keep up, and, as the terrian turned from concrete and steel to foliage and dirt, the girl immeadiately felt a long lost sensation of joy rush to her head, like a bullet to her brain. Just as quickly as she felt this, Rana established a connection with every plant she possibly could. "How far are we going to run? Shouldn't we wait on the others....?" She shouted to Ryan as he dragged her along.

[Armalite_]

Ryan just kept moving. It was a miracle that they had made it this far. "The others will be fine! Keep moving!" Ryan said. His words didn't mean anything. He didn't even know if the others were behind him or if they were even alive. All he heard was his heart racing, heavy breathing, and his boots running through the brush. He pressed onward through the woods. He hoped that the others were following close behind but he atleast still had Rana with him. There was a panic though as he remember how easily the forest floor could become a mine field at any moment. He wouldn't have put it past the Bloodline to do something like that. However, it was life or death. He decided that stepping on a landmine for freedom was worth trying to escape. He could hear shouting from guards back at the camp. He didn't know how far to run and the chance of being cut off by the Bloodline was extremely high. Suddenly the ground was solid below his feet and he looked down. He and Rana had reached a road. Ryan ran with Rana all the way to the other side of the road and jumped into the ditch. He pulled her down. "Stay low." Ryan said.  He peered over the ridge and into the woods from which they'd came. There were footsteps. Ryan prayed they belonged to the others.

[Necrosis]

Tanner stumbled through the forest, cluthing the PSG-1 to his chest tightly. He desperately wanted to find Ryan, or any other of the escapees, but his chances were dim... if he didn't have the rifle, of course.
"Let's see. If this is the model I'm hoping for it to be, it should have..." he muttered as he pressed a button and looked into the scope, seeing only red and yellow specks on blue. "Yes! Thermovision!" Tanner grinned as he searched the area with the rifle to find two covering shapes.
"I hope they're okay..." Tanner thought as he padded over the road to the ditch where Ryan and Rana were hiding.

[Gabag]

Juno and the other squad members were swept away by the flood of water, but immediately picked themselves up to continue the hunt. Juno stopped running and took aim, even though the targets were too far out of range.

"GO GO GO, DONT LET THEM GET AWAY!" he yelled, waving his arm in their direction before firing off another burst. He cursed to himself as they bolted towards the forest.

"Get some Helicopters to sweep overhead and get a visual on them!" he yelled into his comm.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu groaned as he slowly awoke from his fainting. He noticed blood from Coraline's wounds and touched his blades to her back. A small wad of water separated from the blade and spread throughout Coraline's body. They entered her wounds and froze up, stopping the bleeding. Shinzuu watched as the soldiers started getting back up. Dammit.......

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Coraline looked over at Shinzuu when he groaned as she was still running. She sensed someone approaching behind her and she stopped, turning Shinzuu and herself towards the oncoming attacker. She cussed under her breath. Of course it had to be that sleazeball of a guard. She pushed her hand away from her swiftly with her palm facing Yamataru and sent a very strong gust of wind at him. She then quickly turned Shinzuu and herself back around, commencing to sprinting after the others with a cushion of air underneath Shinzuu's feet so she wasn't bearing all his weight which made her able to run at full speed as she continued through the forest. "Thanks for the healing..." She said, remembering what she had felt him do before sensing Yamataru behind them.

[Entaru]

Yamataru conjured a small wind of his own and placed it around his blade.  Placing it between him and the gust, the wind enchanted sword acted as a wedge against the gust allowing him to continue unhindered.   With another burst of wind he propelled himself into the air and landed in front of Coraline.  "Come on,  leaving so soon?  We hadn't had a chance to get aquainted yet."  Smiling, he readied his pistol in one hand and his katana in the other.

[x]

((I'm assuming the footfalls were those of Tanner, since his post said he walked over.))

Rana gasped for breath as she laid quietly in the ditch, smock getting more dirty than it already was as it trailed in the gravel and dirt. She desperatley looked around at the others, trying to understand, trying to get a grip.....sure, her body was here, technically, but her mind....well....she had left it back there. "Are we gonna wait now?" she complained rather brattishly, not meaning to be rude, just a bit on the shaken side.

Rana let her head droop as she eyed a few yellowish tufts of cheet grass in front of her bill. "You guys were lucky to be on this side of the fence," the girl told the plants, and, as she spoke, they twisted and coiled on themselves, growing a few extra inches from her implied stress. "Oh, yes, you plants will always be my friends, won't you...." She probably sounded like a lunatic, but honestly, she did not really care.

[Armalite_]

Ryan looked over at Rana to answer her question. "Yes, we're waiting..." He then noticed she was talking to the grass. Ryan made a face of confusion. "What the hell are you doing?" He asked in a whisper and almost talking to himself. Suddenly there were footsteps on the road just above. Ryan peered over the top of the embankment to see Tanner just above. "Tanner! Get down here! Hurry!" Ryan said, loud enough for Tanner to hear but trying to keep his voice low from the potential guards wandering in the woods.

[Necrosis]

Tanner switched the thermovision off and ran to the source of Ryan's voice. "Yo!" he said quietly as he climbed down into the ditch and put his rifle over his shoulder. "So Ryan, you said you know about my lil' sister Sue?" he asked Ryan, but then his gaze trailed to Rana. "Oh, hey there. I'm Tanner. What's your name?"

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu rolled off of Coraline's shoulders and swung his blades. Niban, Suiha Ryu Jin! (Double Dragon Missile) Dragons emerged from the blades and shot at Yamataru to sweep him away. Shinzuu grunted as he hit the ground and his head pounded as he lost consciousness again from using too much energy into his attacks.

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Coraline scoffed at Yamataru just before Shinzuu cast his Double Dragon Missile at him. She made a sharp, slicing motion in the air, sending a slicing gust of air at Yamataru as he was swept away. Sighing, she lifted Shinzuu off the ground again and slung his arm around her neck. Forming the cushion of air underneath his feet again, she ran towards the others, reaching the ditch and slowly getting down in it with them as she was being careful with Shinzuu.

[Entaru]

Yamataru was blasted backwards as the wind and water slammed into him simultaneously.  He cursed as he bounced along the ground like a skipping stone, rolling into a tree before stopping with a crash.  "Ohhhh, owww...."  Yamataru rolled onto his back.  "Haven't been hit that hard in years...oww...ugh, the Bloodline is going to kill me."