The Console Wars: Blackout

[Merc]

"Next!"
"Yeah, hi, I can't seem to be able to get this memory card into my Xbox."
"You put it in upside down, Next!"
Hearing the kind of problems people were having, Alexa was glad to still be on her break. Too many people walked in with problems that could be solved if they weren't scared of getting figerprints on their brand new console. She was also glad that her boss hadn't realized she wasn't on the job, he wasn't an angry person, but she'd rather not hear the lecture again. As such, she pretended to be paying attention to the news report which was playing in the cafe infront of her, but as it turns out, it was something that was important to her.

"...So, do we know who made this broadcast yet?"
"No, like most of it, there was static over the name."
"Alright, well why don't we play the recording one more time, and see if any viewers can call in and see if they know who it is."

The recording started with 5 seconds of static, and cut to another 10 of a long beep, before getting into a very muffled voice, but still understandable.
"To any..... who gets th....ame is M......y Se...nty....t, I'm being held captive by... ackout in....Sahara. I don't...ve...uch time bef... ey figure out what i've done, so list...arefully. They are not sim.... orists. They keep.... rhythimic attacks to cov....... eal purpose, and they......ot...t...onl... ones, no it's so much bi...r. Ev.... sec...ive........ we've fac....a... part in this." *footsteps are heard, followed by banging on a door* "SH......e've foun...e, HEED MY WARNING, ST... EM, STOP .....ALL..." *Louder, more aggresive banging is heard, followed by a collapsing sound* Al.... Laur......ve you!" *Gunshots are heard, and the recording ends*

"Well, there you have it, and once again that was the broadcast picked up by one of our camera crews in Cairo, Egypt. Once again, if you have any idea...."

Alexa couldn't understand all of what was said in the recording, but there were 3 things that she picked up: Her father's voice, Cairo, and stop the Blackout. She could sense her boss right behind her, and simply said, "Sorry, not now." and walked to the elevator to see the only man she thought could help.

((If you can actually piece that together, please don't reveal it out loud, kthx.))

[Whalio Cappuccino]

Edin was sitting in dad's work office now. He was looking through all his things. There were books everywhere. Books about cars, how to properly finance a house, basketball, and so much more. Dad loved to know about everything. One time, Edin saw his dad ask the cable guy questions that made it seem like he knew more than the cable guy.

But Dad was gone now, its been almost a year now. But Edin just can't let it go. He can't shake the image out of his head. Why did it have to be Dad? Why not him?

None of it made sense.

Edin got up and sat on the chair Dad would sit on when he had work to do. He shook the mouse and the screen came back to life.

Welcome John!
Locked

Edin typed something onto the keyboard...

The username or password is incorrect.

Edin tried everything. Names, jobs, favorite foods. Everything. For days and still nothing. He was getting frustrated. He turned around and looked out the window where he used to play football with his family. He remembered all the family get-togethers and barbecues. And even though Edin rarely played with his brothers and friends he missed all of it now. But you know what they say...

You don't appreciate what you have until it's gone...

Edin turned away from the window. He couldn't bare it anymore. He started looking through the shelves for anything, anything that would help Edin know why it happened the way it did. He noticed how the books went in alphabetical order. He always liked that about Dad. Organized.
A...
B...
C...
F...
G...
J...

Edin stopped.

He noticed something he never saw before. Dad's journal. Eleven months. Eleven freaking months and he never bothered to check the shelves. Edin started to shake.

He sat on the floor and looked at the journal. It looked so old to him now that Dad was gone, like an ancient scripture. He looked at it in more detail. It was old! It was covered in dust, Edin blew it off and turned to the first page. It smelled like a library book. The pages were crisp.

Presented To:

My beloved boyfriend John.

From:

The love of his life.

On:

...

The date was scribbled out. Edin smiled. He turned the page.

Entry 1...

[gdn001]

[butter-kicker]

Present day
12:00PM
2 hours before letter arrival
lieutenant and Sergant Lounge
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- Alex enters and looks around for his target, he spots him Sergant Gillmore,
he walks over too him.

Alex - Sergant Gillmore!

Gillmore - lieutenant Hawkins, How have you been?

Alex - Good, thank you, I have something to ask you.

Gillmore - What is it Hawkins?

Alex - Were you aware of A Nintendo convoy which drove around New Natal 3 times yesterday?
codename: Wii U

- Gillmore holds his breath

Alex - Well there was and that convoy was carrying a New device that could apparentley put the sales of the Nintendo
Wii through the roof. We were unable to seize the Device but I know that it is still luckily in prototype stage.
As well as this You were apparentley aware of this due to a email from The CEO of Nintendo.

Gillmore - excuse me Hawkins...I have to leave

- Gillmore tries to slip past but Alex isn't letting him go anywhere.

Gillmore - I am Telling your only Once hawkins stand down! or face the consequences!

- Alex lets him past, he has too but what is Gillmore hiding?

((I would write more but im brain dead for now))

[gdn001]

The helicopter cut throught the sky, approaching the state of Florida. Rico started to guess where he should look first. He finally decided to land in Orlando. When the airport workers saw a military helicopter land nearby, they quickly gathered around in curiosity. Martinez decided to use this as his advantage.

- Hey, that's a nice uhhh... Helicopter you got there...
- Thank you. Hey, do any of you, by any means, know this girl?

Rico showed them the PDA with Zim's photo on the screen. Apparently, nobody knew her, but then someone in the middle of the mob approached and looked closely into the picture.

- She looks familiar... I might have seen someone alike in my town.
- Really? Tell me about it.
- I live in a smaller town called Ocala. I remember when I went camping into the forest, and I discovered what seemed like an abandoned village. There were lots of houses, some of them completely destroyed.
- And?
- And I swear to God, I saw this figure. It looked like a sackperson with a cap and a bengal on its hand. As soon as it saw me, it hid into the woods. I only had a quick glance, but I'm sure that it was the same person as the one you got a picture of there.
- So, you think she's living in that village?
- Yes.

Rico opened the PDA's map application, and told the man to mark where he thought the village was. He placed a marker in the map, then reminded Rico that he wasn't sure of the location. Rico thanked the man and got back into the helicopter. Then he took off towards the marked location.

[nerzdadestroyer]

Ivon walked casual-like through the store as best he could. he tried to stop himself but it was too much and he started whistling a strange made up tune. he started to have doubts, he wasnt sure if he could do this. he wouldnt be in this mess if that drunk outside hadnt dared him too.
" bet you cant.. *HICK* get into the staff area of that technology store there.. *HICK*...dimwit"
" oh yea? huh, watch and learn you smelly ,slightly scary drunk guy"
he had reached the counter, the woman behind it looked at him with a smile, which faded when he continued whistling and walked straight past her and through the staff doors. the corridor was long and dully lit with white washed walls and a plane navy blue carpet. there was doors on the left and right and Ivon went through the first one on the right. he encountered another corridor, which he proceeded to whistle down. meanwhile the woman had alerted her colleagues and they had gone straight to the boss using the stairs in the left hand corner of the store.
" James, there's a fat kid who just walked through to the restricted area"
"huh? and you let him! has he gone to.. you know where"
"sir?"
" THE NEW PRODUCT, HAS HE GONE TO THE STORE ROOM!"
" um.. um.... i should check right?"
James nods slowly giving her a sarcastic and slightly restless look.
Ivon stood outside a large black door with [PRIVATE] written on it. there was a combination lock and Ivon just looked at it blankly. then he hit it. then the door opened. inside there was a large crate tied down with massive thick rope.
"big... DVD player? " Ivon said confused. he walked closer and cleared the dust off the black printed sign on the side of the crate that said: [ CAIRO ][ THIS WAY UP ^ ]. at that moment three staff members came running into the room followed by two of the local policemen, one of which Ivon recognised. the policeman looked at Ivon.
" you just cant settle down can ye lad?"
" um... its the drunks fault"
" ere we go again, ur nonsense indnt gunna work ere luv, wacha doin then? eh, lookin for a bed eh? tryin to find a better bin?" the policeman laughed. " ja wanna come with me now mate". the two policemen held Ivon as they cuffed him. then the policeman lent into Ivon's ear and said " ur in the s**t now encha?". they walked Ivon out of the room. as they left the second corridor, Ivon noticed the 'drunk' kneeling behind a bin. then they pushed him out into the front of the shop and then put him into their police car.

[abyssalassassin]

Ivon walked casual-like through the store as best he could. he tried to stop himself but it was too much and he started whistling a strange made up tune. he started to have doubts, he wasnt sure if he could do this. he wouldnt be in this mess if that drunk outside hadnt dared him too.
" bet you cant.. *HICK* get into the staff area of that technology store there.. *HICK*...dimwit"
" oh yea? huh, watch and learn you smelly ,slightly scary drunk guy"
he had reached the counter, the woman behind it looked at him with a smile, which faded when he continued whistling and walked straight past her and through the staff doors. the corridor was long and dully lit with white washed walls and a plane navy blue carpet. there was doors on the left and right and Ivon went through the first one on the right. he encountered another corridor, which he proceeded to whistle down. meanwhile the woman had alerted her colleagues and they had gone straight to the boss using the stairs in the left hand corner of the store.
" James, there's a fat kid who just walked through to the restricted area"
"huh? and you let him! has he gone to.. you know where"
"sir?"
" THE NEW PRODUCT, HAS HE GONE TO THE STORE ROOM!"
" um.. um.... i should check right?"
James nods slowly giving her a sarcastic and slightly restless look.
Ivon stood outside a large black door with [PRIVATE] written on it. there was a combination lock and Ivon just looked at it blankly. then he hit it. then the door opened. inside there was a large crate tied down with massive thick rope.
"big... DVD player? " Ivon said confused. he walked closer and cleared the dust off the black printed sign on the side of the crate that said: [ CAIRO ][ THIS WAY UP ^ ]. at that moment three staff members came running into the room followed by two of the local policemen, one of which Ivon recognised. the policeman looked at Ivon.
" you just cant settle down can ye lad?"
" um... its the drunks fault"
" ere we go again, ur nonsense indnt gunna work ere luv, wacha doin then? eh, lookin for a bed eh? tryin to find a better bin?" the policeman laughed. " ja wanna come with me now mate". the two policemen held Ivon as they cuffed him. then the policeman lent into Ivon's ear and said " ur in the s**t now encha?". they walked Ivon out of the room. as they left the second corridor, Ivon noticed the 'drunk' kneeling behind a bin. then they pushed him out into the front of the shop and then put him into their police car.

((I find it really interesting how all the American policemen talk like they're English... Or is your character based in England at the minute? ))

[gdn001]

The helicopter soared above the great forest, scanning for any signs of the ghost town. When it reached the area marked in the map, it came to a stop, and kept hovering above the trees. Martinez spotted what seemed like an abandoned house on the horizon, then headed towards it.

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The helicopter landed in an opening located at what seemed like 800 meters from where he saw the house. Rico marked the landing zone in the map, then started to wade in the deep forest towards the location of the village. In less than half an hour, he spotted the first of many old buildings. He walked to a fountain in the middle of them, and took a look around. The buildings were either totaled or about to fall down. Plants had taken the whole place, as if they wanted to make it their new home.

- ZIM??? ZIIIIM!!!

Rico's voice just echoed throught the woods. He took another glance, and noticed a building that was still somewhat intact. He entered it carefully, his footsteps making a loud noise on the old wooden floor. Other than that, the place seemed quite clean for an abandoned home. He went upstairs, and was shocked to see piles of newspapers stored in one single room. He checked them out: "Sony Commander GDN retires after fourth war", "Ex-Sony Commander GDN went missing", "Last link with dissapeared Commander GDN is gone", among other related news.

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Rico was still checking the newspapers, when he noticed a shadow coming from behind him. He instantly turned around and pointed his two pistols at whoever was coming. It was her.

- Zim???

She used his distraction to hit his hands with her cane, sending both pistols to the sides of the room.

- So you think you can simply waltz into my home and get away with it???
- Zim, listen to me, I don't want to...

She ignored him and tackled him with the cane, sending him to the floor. She was about to smash him, but Rico rolled to the side right in time. He managed to recover one of his pistols from the ground and point it to Zim right before she was about to finish him off, making her stop.

- Listen, I don't want any trouble...
- Then what are you doing here?
- I came here looking for you...
- Then you are after trouble!
- What do you know about GDN?

Zim's expression changed to a surprised tone, and she slowly lowered her cane. Rico put his pistol away in an attempt to gain her trust.

- GDN... It's been 15 years since he dissapeared...
- What do you remember about him?
- He was a ***********... But a cool ***********... That is, until I found out the truth...
- What truth?
- Have you seen this place? This used to be a happy, lovely place... But then GDN and his "friends" came and burned it to the ground... He said that it wasn't his fault, but I never got over it... And I guess he didn't either...
- Oh.
- But, you didn't come here just to hear a story... You want something else... What is it?
- I want to find where GDN is.
- What??? Ha, you think you are going to be the one who will find him after all this time? Wake up!
- Well, with the help of someone who was close to him...
- I'm not helping you, Sony, Microsoft or whatever scum! Not after what happened...
- Please, it's not about him, it's about the world...
- What about it?
- Ascension is back into the scene. And Blackout too. I guess you might know that, judging from the collection you got there...
- And you think GDN is going to help? I don't know if you realized, but it's been a long time since he dissapeared, and judging from his state when he did, I can be sure he's no longer a problem to us.
- Oh, come on...
- No, I'm not changing my mind... You'll have to deal with it.

Rico couldn't think of what to do. Zim seemed pretty sure about not helping him. He simply picked up his other pistol, walked out the room and towards the stairs, then looked at her one more time and said:

- You know, I always thought you were someone who would do anything to help others. But now I see that you are just as egocentric as everybody else I run into...

With no more words, he left, leaving Zim thinking alone.

[Merc]

((GDN, are you going to go after other old guys to try and find GDN now? Because that might be a good idea.))

[gdn001]

((GDN, are you going to go after other old guys to try and find GDN now? Because that might be a good idea.))

((Uhh... Yeah! ))
((Maybe...))

[Dragonvarsity]

Heather: "We'd like to see a list of people who came in here."
Camera Guy: "Okay, although not to get in your business, but how is that going to help, it's not like somebody just camein and took our data like that."
Heather: "You'd be surprised how easy it is to do something like that, but that's not exactly what my purpose was for."

Heather and Isaac look over the list for a while.

Heather: "I'd like for one of your people to make a copy of this."
Camera Guy: "You want us to just make a copy of the list of people who came in for you to take for the SSO?"
Heather: "Actually, the opposite. We'll need the original, not just for name checking, but signatures too, and copies don't do it's just as much, but the copy was for you hang onto if you want."

Isaac and Heather took the original sheet with them out to the car which the crate had been moved in from Rico's to Heather's at a place between Isaac's house and the Camera Station. ((Might sound a bit plot twisting, but I asked gdn, and he said it was fine if I had it to where we moved it in Heather's car, just 'cause he took off for a heli, can't let it leaving in his car there)) Isaac and Heather went out to Heather's car, and Isaac knew he had to put it somewhere safe. So many places popped up but for all of them, he could imagine some sort of terrorists or government, or both of those rolled into one getting their hands on his crate. He couldn't really even trust the SSO, even though he was working with them.

Finally, though, he thought of it. He couldn't just let anyone drive him there, but it was the end of the week, well, weekdays, for them. Isaac asked for a favor for Heather, to drive him somewhere, the safest place he could think of, although it would take awhile. He would have to bury it, but where. So many forests torn down, military camps, traps, and although this Valley had it's traps, and was all where his dad died, and he could've too, he had to take this risk.

Until he got more answers, and at least while Rico was gone, he would have it buried in Canniba Valley. He had to be able to go back to it, but not with a marking, no special tree, he thought hard until he thought up the perfect place to put it.

((...Next time on Dragonball Z))

[Speedynutty68•]

After winding their way through the caverns, Rhym noticed a change in the area around him. The rock seemed more like it was carved out now and ahead he could see a light. Once they got to the light, Rhym was blinded for a second after being in the darkness for so long. Once his eyes adjusted, he realized that the entire inside of the mountain had been carved out and replaced with a high-tech facility.

"Don't worry kid, you'll be seeing this place a lot," said Muscle Girl. Rhym decided on calling her Muscle Girl because nobody gave their names. "This is our Command Room. We base all our operations out of here."

All of a sudden an alarm blared. "What's going on?" asked Rhym.

"Well, apparently another person has decided to trespass on our property. Come on guys, let's take Newbie here out on his first mission."

"My name's not Newbie. It's Rhym." Rhym felt that he needed to show some authority or he was going to get walked on like dirt.

"Whatever. Let's go."

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They got to the place where the alarm was set off and found the ground disturbed. Rhym didn't care though. He was just biding his time until he could escape.

"That's weird. The GPS should be tracking their movements... They couldn't have just disappeared." Muscle Girl looked surprised.

"How about we split up? We could cover more ground." Rhym knew this was suspicious but he gave it a try. "What? Do you think I'm going to run off to the people who captured me? Think again"

"Alright. But just remember, we can track you."

So the four searchers went their separate ways. Rhym went down the mountain to where he had crashed. He knew in the back of his mind that that noise he heard while blacking out had something to do with this. After a mile or two of walking, Rhym started seeing smoke in the air. Not a forest fire. But more of a controlled camp fire.

Rhym slowed down so he could sneak up on the camp. He didn't want to be surprised by a bunch of people now, did he? He got up to the bank that looked over the camp and looked down on it. He saw two guys and a girl. He also noticed the bike leaning against a tree.

Rhym smiled knowing he just found his escape.

((So yea... Abyssal, you get to do your pre-stuff so this makes sense... :P Good luck with that))

[nerzdadestroyer]

((I find it really interesting how all the American policemen talk like they're English... Or is your character based in England at the minute? ))

((yea i decided writing for a British policeman would be funnier so i made one British . also dragonvarsity, im being held at the local police station ( near your house ) so yea... if it wasnt too much trouble could i possibly come with you? or you could just get me out and let me wander on my own again but my plot isnt very interesting lol ))

[Dragonvarsity]

((@nerz: I'm actually on my way to bury this crate for safekeeping for the time being, you hang tight in the police station, I might just drop by in the morning ))

[gdn001]

As Rico was about to enter the deep forest and go back to where he had landed the helicopter, he noticed an aircraft fly above the village. It wasn't Sony, Microsoft or anything. The aircraft turned around and hovered above the fountain. Then the door opened and an entire squadron rappeled down, into the village. Martinez hid behind a wall, and could see the squadron breaking into the building Zim was left in. He could tell that wasn't going to end well.

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Two of the five soldiers entered the building, between Rico and Zim. He needed a distraction. Rico attached his grappler onto the support of the building's balcony and pulled it, making the whole thing come down on the head of one of the soldiers. The other two noticed Rico, but he quickly armed his two pistols and fired one shot into each soldier.

- Not bad... Now to take care of the two inside...

Rico was about to go inside, when he noticed from the window in the second story that the two soldiers had already captured Zim. He walked back outside, aimed the hook at the top of the window, and pulled himself with speed into the room, kicking one soldier on the head. The other was about to fire, but Zim recovered her cane and hit him on the back of his neck.

- You alright?
- You set me up, didn't you?
- Why do you think I set you up if I just saved you?

The two got back outside, and more aircraft had arrived. They ran into the woods, avoiding the gunfire coming from above.

- Where are we going?
- I landed my chopper somewhere around here!

They found the helicopter at last, but the enemy aircraft also found them. Rico rushed inside and yelled at Zim to get in. He took off right before the gunship blew the opening up, then proceeded to fight back. Using the helicopter's missiles, he blew up one of the attackers, making the others retreat. Relieved, he turned around towards São Paulo and went on.

- Who were these people?
- You think I know? Well, they didn't have any emblems or identification, but I suppose they are from Blackout or Ascension.
- Why would they want to kill me?
- For the same reason I went after you... They want to cut all the loose ends regarding them... And if GDN's still alive...
- Then he's their priority.
- Exactly. We need to find him before they do. And you're going to help us.

[sheepysean13]

"Captain," Smith explained, "Scans indicate that enemy forces have already taken the highest level and the roof." The trio rushed up the flights of stairs, stopping outside the door to the top floor. "These guys really don't mess around do they general?" muttered Johnny, "How many enemies on the top floor Alex?" Corporal Smith looked at his Nintendo Power Glove, "Scans show 2 Spartans, 5 COGs, 5 ODSTs and 4 Helghast ,sir." Johnny sighed. "How far away are reinforcements?" he asked. "They've been pushed back to the third floor by invading troops from the ground floor, so I wouldn't expect any help here," Smith explained. "Guess we're gonna have to do this the hard way," said General Price gruffly, "On my mark, we open this door and blast them all to heck!" The trio prepared themselves. Price started the countdown. "Three. Two. One. CHARGE!!!" They bolted through the door, catching the enemy off guard. They killed a few COGs and dived for cover. The blackout forces also found cover. The two sides continued firing, with COGs, Helghast and ODSTs all falling one by one to Johnny, Price and Smith's superior combat training. The two Spartan soldiers however, did not. These were Elite Blackout Spartans, the best of the best. The Spartans hammered down on the trio's position with assault rifles, before one pulled out a spartan laser. "Take him out!" Johnny screamed, and all three simultaneously fired at him. The Spartan fell down, but not before firing his laser directly at Price's position. "Price!" Johnny yelled. He ducked and dived past the remaining Spartan's bullets to Price's position. He was bleeding. Badly. The Spartan pulled out an enegy sword. Smith fired at the Spartan, but it's sword blocked the shots with ease. Seeing no other option, Smith drew his katana. It crackled with energy, and he charged at the Spartan, locking swords. "How bad is it?" Price asked. "Doesn't look to good, but you've been through worse." Johnny replied sadly. "Maybe my time is up eh, Williams" Price said weakly. "Don't say that general, we can get you to a medic, you just have to hold on." Johnny encouraged. "No, it's too late for me, it's been an honour fighting with you Williams". Price mutterd, then closed his eyes forever. Smith and the Spartan continued their duel to the death. The Spartan had strength but he had agility on his side. Sparks flew as the two swords clashed, battling for superiority. Smith lost his footing, and the Spartan used this to his advantage, shoving him to the ground. The Spartan raised his sword, readying himself for the kill.

[nerzdadestroyer]

((@ dragonvarsity: thanks lol, my character is so very unreliable )

[nysudyrgh]

((Wow, This thread goes fast! Its a good book too. ))

[abyssalassassin]

Ziggy gradually opened her eyes, her sight blurred and fuzzy; but she could vaguely make out the shifting outlines of two people standing around her. They were leaning towards her; unable to withstand their curiosity.
"Jak, she's not dead!" Her ears began to ring; with a rough grunt she rolled over and curled her body into a ball.
"Tell her from me that she's a jerk!" Jak's voice made the pain worse. Ugh.
"Ziggy; you're a jerk." At this point she had felt well enough to stand up and grab the short, slightly chubby, light brunette haired boy by the collar and lift him a foot in the air with her good hand. He began to struggle but to no avail; Ziggy was alot stronger than Dynamo. "Don't shoot the messenger. Just, let, let me go, okay?" He was panicking like a little girl, not a fully trained soldier.
"Whatever you say. Just next time I suggest you think for yourself." She never called him Jak except when no-one else was around. Any other time, it was protocol for codenames to be used and therefore, he was Wolf. "Now leave me alone. I need to rest for a few minutes." And with those words she threw him down onto the grass beneath their feet. Ziggy barely walked a few metres before Dynamo had attacked her from behind, clinging onto her neck and attempting to strangle her. She struggled for ten seconds, her face turning pale and her pupils bulging out almost comically. But there was nothing comical about this situation. She threw a right hook at his left cheek, making him release her throat, but Dynamo was ready this time; dodging the attack and countering by grabbing her broken arm and throwing her to the floor in what should have been a weak, basic judo hold. But her arm was already severely broken and as much as tapping it lightly made her wince; this was a hundred times worse. She was about to rush him headfirst when Jak came running out of his tent and threw an irridescent glowing ball into the air, which enclosed Dynamo inside a 2 metre wide sphere, his fists thrashing at the insides of the giant, transparent bubble like he was an animal. And in those eyes Ziggy couldn't see even an ounce of humanity left.
"Tell him from me that he's a jerk." That was Jak.
"No. That's what started this whole mess in the first place. You're the jerk Wolf, why didn't you split us up yourself instead of using that weird egg... what is that thing anyway?"
"It's a prototype, based off the glowing sphere on top of the PS Move controller. Pretty cool, huh? And more importantly-" Jak turned to Dynamo emenating frosty hostility. "It was our only one. It was meant to be used as a defense for any incoming attacks from other factions. We're supposed to be a unit, one of the most trusted fireteams that has ever been formed in Sony's history. Everyone has their job, everyone does it well. Except for you; you have to mess it up don't you Dynamo? Or "Teh 1337 Haxxor" or whatever you like to call yourself now. She told you to leave her alone, and you have to go for the jugular. Do you really think that when you've got a bullet lodged in your chest she'll actually help you now? I doubt it. You're lucky I don't court marshall you for that little act you pulled back then. And Ziggy..." He turned back to her and locked eyes, unlike Dynamo she didn't look away but met the stare; her eyes now blank and emotionless. "You're getting reckless. Get a grip on yourself before you end up five feet under... Gecko, what's up?" The mute albino boy previously camouflaged in the shadows was wearing a black balaclava, but his baby pink eyes were clear to see. His gaze was alert and wide awake, unlike the relaxed, calming expression he usually projected outwards.
"There's someone behind you." His voice was controlled and quiet.
"Co-ordinates?" Jak used this opportunity to press the button on the remote control he was holding and release Dynamo; who muttered a brief apology towards Ziggy and took the Uzi out of his belt, his index finger gently massaging the trigger.
"6 metres away, 5 o'clock, aiming for the bike." No-one doubted him. If Gecko had picked up on something you hadn't, you listened. Because if you didn't listen to him, there was nothing anyone could do for you. Because you were already dead.
"I'll try to-" Jak tried to create a plan of action but Gecko interrupted him.
"Trust me." And with those words he evaporated like smoke into the surrounding foliage.

((Hope that was good enough for you Rhym. ))

[Speedynutty68•]

((Yes. That was perfect, Ziggy... xD Now let's hope I understood this right, Gecko is about to attack me right? Oh well. That's how I'm writing it. :P Also, You said he was a 'Mute albino boy' but he talked... o.o Did you forget to say he had a computer or something? Or did you mean a different word? Oh well!))

It took Rhym about 3 seconds to figure out what was going on. He could see 3 people who looked like they had just finished fighting, but he heard the faint voice of a fourth. He couldn't make out what they were saying though.

Once he figured out what was going on, it was too late. Somebody jumped on in from behind and started going for his throat. Instinctively, Rhym jumped up and landed on his back. He heard the faint 'Umph' that came from his attacker. Within seconds, the other 3 were on him. He saw one aiming a gun at him and Rhym knew it was give up or die.

"Alright! Alright... I'm done... Just... Don't shoot me..."

"Dynamo! Put the gun down. We don't even know who he is and you're already wanting to shoot him? What's wrong with you!?" shouted the girl. Rhym didn't know who she was, but she was already his favorite. He didn't like the guy who gave him a kick in the stomach and he definitely didn't like this Dynamo person.

"Sorry... Gecko just said somebody was here... Better safe than sorry, right?"

Rhym could now see why he hadn't seen the fourth person. Even now, he was blending into the forest background.

The girl came up and Rhym knew he was about to experience the second interrogation in a week. "Who are you? Who are you affiliated with? Why were you watching us? And why were you going for my bike?"

Since Rhym had just gotten the cr*p beaten out of him, it took him a second to remember the answers to those questions. "Well... I'm Rhym. I'm not affiliated with anybody. I was on watch for Blackout. And your bike was my escape from them. Good answers?"

"Wait... You're unaffiliated, you were on watch for Blackout, and the bike was your escape from them... That doesn't add up. Start from the beginning."

"Which beginning? When Blackout found me? Or when I ran from home?" Rhym didn't want to start from the very beginning. He didn't want to let these strangers know all about him.

"Just give us the first one. We don't need to know your life story." This came from the guy that kicked him.

"Okay then. Well, I had just crashed the helicopter I stole from Sony when Blackout fou-"

"You. Did. What?" The girl seemed on the verge of telling Dynamo to shoot me.

"Cool it Ziggy. Let him finish," said Mr. Kick-Them-While-They're-Down.

"As I was saying, I crashed and Blackout found me. This happened yesterday I think... Around noon. I blacked out when they started carrying me to their base though. I woke up..." Rhym didn't know how long he had been out. But it had to have been at least 20 hours. It seemed to him like it was almost the same time that he crashed. "I don't know... Maybe an hour ago? These 3 people came in and asked me a few questions then declared me a member of Blackout. They started showing me around when an alarm went off. I'm guessing that was you guys? The 4 of us were sent out to go find the people. All of a sudden, the alarm stopped and we couldn't track you anymore. So we decided to split up to cover more ground. I saw smoke in the air from that campfire and headed toward it. And I wasn't watching you guys. I had been looking over that ridge for about 20 seconds when that kid attacked me. I wasn't even going to attack you. I wanted the bike so I could get out of here and move on with my life." Rhym was desperate for them to let him go. He just wanted out. But he kept a straight face and didn't let them know of the fear he held inside. ((Agh... Long paragraph is long... D)

"Okay. Now you can explain how and why you stole a Sony helicopter," said Ziggy.

"Well the how part is easy. I ran up to it and jumped on. Nobody tried to stop me. I hit all the gunmen with a fire extinguisher and forced the pilot to teach me how to fly. Then through him out, too and took off. It was actually pretty simple to fly. Push a button to go up. Another one to go down. And there was a control stick that was for direction. It was kind of like a video game," Rhym paused to see how close he was to getting hit so far. He seemed to be doing pretty well, seeing how the girl had no change in reaction. "The why part... You might not like that... Judging by your reaction, I'm guessing your with Sony?"

"Yea... We are. So you might want to give us a good reason so we don't hurt you before taking you in," said Dynamo.

"Good luck. I'm never going back there. That's the reason I stole the chopper in the first place. You see, this guy named Rico had some other Sony operatives and him jump out of this building and take me down on the road. All on the suspicion that I was with a Microsoft Revival group. Which I'm not. I was stuck in there for what seemed like forever. I broke out and had to hide. Just my luck that my hiding place happened to be a Sony military base hidden in a mountain."

"That seems like a semi-good reason. Guess we won't have to hurt you right now," said Dynamo. "We are, however, taking yo-"

BOOM!

The world seemed to explode as all hell broke loose.

((I think that was a good place to stop since it was such a long post... xD I think this is also a good place for Ziggy to take over with her descriptiveness. Good luck with describing 'The world seemed to explode as all hell broke loose' >:P))