Black War Syndicate(Started. Open. PM the GM)

[WhyBotherToTry]

The shockwaves went right through Calvin, even standing behind the tree as he was. When he opened his eyes and looked around at the bus, where once its bullet-ridden form had stood, was just a smouldering ruin, a pile of melted metal disfigured beyond recognition by the force of the blast.

Never mind being able to tell how many people were aboard it, judging by the wreck the cops will be lucky if they can figure out what the fucking thing is from looking at it.

"We're done here then. Now we run."
"Agreed", Calvin said.

He turned, and plunged through the trees after Stefan. Branches whipped at his face and roots threatened to trip him as he ran. Rain dripped down from the canopy overhead and splashed onto his head and shoulders. The forest was dark and murky, but thanks to his eyes he had no problems. Thoughts raced through his head, about the others, about the voice on the radio, about what lay in store for them all.

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

Oliver now knew that he shouldn't have doubted Robin's idea. The exploitation was over quickly, a ball of fire went up into the sky but there was not enough material left over from the initial blast to sustain it. what was left on the bus was collapsing in on itself, half of it semi melted the rest melting. The only thing that might have given them away was the loud boom, next time he would tell Robin to give him some warning, it startled him.

It was past time that they got moving, they should have left as soon as they were freed. But their infighting, which he had been a part of, had slowed them. Some of the others in the group seemed to sense it too, unable to stand still they had already started to depart before the bus had been obliterated.

"Jacob, we should get going" He said and started heading away from the wreckage towards the rendezvous point.

As he walked he sent a message to his French contacts, sending it though proxies around the world and encrypting it with a code that would take years to crack without the correct cipher: Does anyone know anyone political or in an underground gang that might want me and oppose President Black?

 

[Floris2123]

Jacob ran behind a tree he knew what kind of effect an explosion had, and didn't want to feel the effects of one. He came out from behind the tree after the loud explosion, he walked over to Oliver. "Jacob, we should get going" Jacob nodded. "I agree let?s get going." He looked over to the now destroyed bus. It seemed that Snow was indeed as skilled as she had showed him last time, in fact she had probably learned a few new techniques.

Jacob looked at Oliver waiting for him to finish his message. "You determent the speed I will follow you." Jacob knew he could easily outrun Oliver, but he wasn't about to leave his friend behind. So he adjusted to his speed while trying to force him to run as fast as he could. Jacob felt chilled to the bone but he ignored the coldness as much as possible. He pushed himself forward while looking around for any hidden enemies. He still had the gun and he wasn?t afraid to use it.

 

[Hansinkdu]

The ground shook violently as light momentarily blanketed the pitch black forest. His ears erupted from the detonation that removed the bus from existence. Like cracking the neck of an unruly patient, the vehicles presence was snuffed from the world permanently. While the hum of falling rain being interrupted by the sharp tearing of metal was amusing it was short lived. Truly the arsonist had the credentials to back up her claim, and with an assassin, an ex-cop or two, an experienced gunmen, a clever conspirator, and a handful of other criminal archetypes all let loose into the forest with a similar goal in mind, there must be someone very daring to want to instigate our escape.

 

[Shadowstar38]

At the current pace that half the group was running, they were approaching the point of 130 meters away from the road, and source of the explosion. Police sirens blared in the distance. No doubt the back up for the other buses. Out in distance, Stefan, Oliver, Jacob, The Doctor, and Calvin spotted a flicker of grey light. It was if a man was appearing and disappearing between the trees. Those with keen eyes could tell it was no more than a buggy hologram.

The hologram faded the moment anyone got close enough. Behind the spot wear it once stood was a man sized pipe jutting out of a cement wall. It was covered by a rusted barred gate. It would have looked like a dead end if not for the gate clicking and folding open. It was a clear invitation to come in.
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As Stefan ran, the com device he had in his possesion began to ring and change color again. His hidden friend looked to be making another attempt at contact.

 

[Ganath]

Stefan stopped at the pipe, the device had changed back to a purple colour and was making noise. He was glaring through the opening gate, feeling a little crept out but he could hear sirens now and there was very little time to waste. He flicked it on and spoke into it.

"We're here. We see a pipe jutting from a wall. Got an update for us?"

He waited anxiously for the answer. They couldn't be far from their pursuers, that was certain. What wasn't certain was if they were even being pursued but they couldn't take chances. He shifted his body slightly and tried to shut out the cold. Twigs and leaves had stuck to his pants and shirt, making him look rather messy, if he wasn't already that is. He was also breathing lightly. It would take a little time to get used to running again. He took a steady breath and waved the others over, gesturing at the now open gate.

Spoiler: OOC

I think Oliver had the device. But can just pretend I got it back earlier, eh. As to keep the RP moving. Also Captcha: Ask questions. Stop creeping me out, captcha.

 

[Yokillernick]

Byron closely examined the pipe. It seemed big enough for the group to crawl inside it one at a time. Hearing the sirens in the background, he knew that there was no time for any of the fluff that Stefan was doing now.

"Stefan, you can chat with your buddy once we're safe. I recommend we all quickly enter the pipe and get a move on. Unless you fancy getting caught up by the police."

So without waiting for any feedback, Byron climbed inside the dark pipe and started crawling, praying to God that he didn't just walk into his doom.

 

[Ganath]

He wanted to let the others in first. But perhaps he should rush it, he figured. Besides, it could be a trap and he somehow felt obliged to check first if that was the case. Even if the idea of it being a trap after all this was absurd. He nodded lightly at Byron and went right after him.

"Ugh.. Still no response. Careful, Black. Might still be something we're not expecting up ahead."

 

[WhyBotherToTry]

The pipe was too dark to see down. Even Calvin's eyes couldn't see clearly beyond 20 feet, or more accurately, beyond Stefan shimmying his way along.

"Will the others see it?", he wondered. Surely they must have noticed the hologram. If not, too bad. He wasn't there to make sure they got away safely.

Climbing into the pipe, he crawled forwards on his hands and knees, and soon caught up to Stefan. "Nice ass, Almberg" he muttered sarcastically. "The pipe doesn't get any narrower up ahead does it?" Calvin had no problem with enclosed spaces, he'd used pipes like this several times to reach targets, but narrow pipes were absolute torture to back out of if you went too far in.
I really hope this thing doesn't lead into a sewer, he thought to himself.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Caspian began to run immediately after hearing the explosion, which was followed by the sound of police sirens. No doubt they were for back up for the remaining prisons buses, and now they had to investigate a loud explosion. As he made his way through the forest, and leapt over a fallen tree trunk with a single bound, he briefly caught sight of a flickering grey light that was moving between the trees. Upon further inspection and his eyes adjusting to his surroundings; he saw that it was in the shape of a man.

"What the hell is a bugged out hologram doing in the middle of the woods? Could it be something from our saviour? *sigh* No time to answer that now, for we have more important matters to deal with, mainly our escape." Caspian asked to himself, then continued to run, catching sight of some who were in front, and others who were lagging behind.

After a while, he came across a large pipe that was jutting outside a cement wall. Caspian already saw several people climb into it as he arrived, whilst Robin looked like she was waiting to do something. He then looked back at the pipe.

"Well, through the rabbit hole it is." Caspian thought to himself, with a chuckle afterwards as he made sure that both the gun and his coat were secure before heading in as well.

 

[Hansinkdu]

Winding through the trees Edmond picked up the sound of sirens heading to origin of the explosion. "I knew they took too long with the bus", he muttered under his breath, before he could dwell further on the issue Edmond noticed the flickering of static off in the distance. He continued walking towards the disturbance, before he could get a good look at it the others from the bus who have been running caught up to him and blocked his view. The inmates stopped up ahead at the point where the static should have been located, instead what was found was a man size pipe connected to a cement wall and a question, "What now?". As if the wall was omnipotent the answer was given, the entrance to the pipe began to open for entry. A deep dark enclosed tunnel with no end in sight, Edmond did not approve. His experiences with tight spaces have not been pleasant. As much as he did not wish to move forward, he resigned himself to pushing onward as the last man in. Thankfully the others were eager to go blindly into the tube.

 

[Ganath]

"Appreciate a good view while you're getting it.. Sir."

Almberg grinned, but truth to be told. His unmodified eyes couldn't see shit in the narrow and dark space. Even if they could, he would only see Byron's advancing form. Much like he couldn't see here, he hadn't seen the static of a hologram before. Still, he couldn't complain. He was a purist through and through and had managed fine without modifications before.

"I have no clue, though. As far as I'm concerned this is our best bet for now. Besides. We had to be nearing our target location, the device started ringing. Eitherway, I can't see shit."

Stefan's knees and hands were already filthy from the crawling. Though, he didn't mind too much. The smell was not too pleasant either, but that too was not a problem. He had lived through worse. It brought him back to some of his earlier years, they had cornered a criminal who decided to make his escape through the sewers. It would've been a brilliant escape if he hadn't slipped and fallen down into a larger antechamber. Poor guy broke his neck on the concrete down there. Still, he couldn't help but remember such things, as this dark tunnel reminded him of it in both smell and it's lack of light.

 

[Floris2123]

Jacob ran towards the pipe keeping in mind that he ran slower so that Oliver could keep up. Jacob had seen the strange glimpses, and during one of them he had seen that the person seemed unstable. Jacob was guessing that it was an hologram or something like that. He also heard the police sirens. He knew that they needed to flee the scene before they searched the premises, so he urged to go Oliver even quicker. He saw the pipe it wasn't his first time taking such routes but Oliver would be less pleased. Jacob looked at the other inmates going in, he looked at Oliver with an worried look. "I will go first and clear the way just stay behind me and you should be safe." Jacob went into the dark filthy pipe.

He couldn't see much but he was going at an steady peace, making sure that he did not collide with the person in front of him or behind him. The place was very filthy and Jacob was guessing it had been used as an sewer pipe or to move garbage around. He couldn't see much but he managed not to collide with something. He still held his gun ready in his right hand, just in case he had to shoot to any surprising enemies.

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

Oliver ran in tow with Jacob towards the rendezvous point, he saw something flickering between the leaves, probably just a buggy hologram. At least it was more substantial then a trail of breadcrumbs. The sound of sirens in the background alerted him to the arrival of the police, they had taken too much time deciding what to do, but Robin's bomb had eliminated all the evidence buying them all the time in the world. He wondered what they would put on his gravestone for a moment, but remembered Black had already buried them the moment they stepped on the bus.

He arrived at the pipe with Jacob, it looked like the were the last to get there. "I will go first and clear the way just stay behind me and you should be safe."

"I wonder if this'll take us to the centre of the world" He mused, "It'll be hard to find us there"

The pipe was dark and filthy, probably an old sewer or storm drain. He wouldn't be able to see anything but Jacob's arse and he didn't want to know what he was crawling in so he refrained from turning on his night-vision. None of his contacts had responded yet, that worried him, he made sure that they were punctual, maybe they hadn't got the message but that was impossible. Just in case he sent the same message again.

 

[Shadowstar38]

At the end of the pipe a ladder that took anyone who used it down to the main tunnels. For a sewer, it was strangely well kept. All the old waste had been regulated to about 20 feet from where the ladder dropped in at. Forwards and to the right of the ladder was a large steel door with a vault like lock on the front.

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The information started pouring from Oliver?s contacts. Any information one had that the others didn?t were only on small time gangs or terrorists. The obvious suspects for anyone trying to get rid of a politician. However, three groups always came up, no matter what.

Popular republic union- Primary opposing side against Black during elections. Majority of party members assassinated.

Brazilian independance group- One of the many countries against those taking up Black?s policies. Are suspected of harboring escaped former gang members from France, England, and the United States.


The Steel Knights- Former vigilante group that fought against gang activity in several countries. Began fighting against Black?s militia for unknown reasons.

 

[Yokillernick]

Byron kept crawling along the dark pipe for a while. Just as he was about to give up, he saw a ladder leading down. Phew, I was actually starting to think I would die in this shit hole . Upon realising that he wasn't dreaming, he called out behind him.

"I found something! Seems like a ladder. All of you wait here for a minute, I will climb down to make sure there's no ambush and then I'll give you the all clear." he wanted to sound reassuring, but he himself was terrified to descend into the unknown.

Byron slid down the ladder and landed feet first in a sewer. Scanning the room for any ambushers, he found that the rubbish has been moved away to a separate part of the sewer. Hmn, some really tries to keep this place clean, oh hello...

He turned his attention to the huge steel door that seemed to block the way forward. Just then he remembered that the people in the pipe were still waiting for him to give the all clear.

"You can come down now. There's no one here, at least for now." he called back up the pipe and then returned in front of the door

 

[Ganath]

Stefan stopped at the edge of the ladders descent, looking down as Byron went down. He wanted to go down there and help the man out but he realized it was quite futile. If it was an ambush, it wouldn't make a difference. It was a pretty good spot for one. A kill zone, if you will. Byron wouldn't stand a chance and neither would Almberg.

Much to his relief, he heard Byron call out that they could come down and he wasted no time doing so, descending the ladder. He ended up in a surprisingly clear sewer chamber with a huge steel door to his right. It appeared to be locked by some mechanism Stefan couldn't quite place, but it reminded him of a bank vault, if anything.

"Still safe, huh. This is rather interesting though. I doubt they'll find us down here."

He looked down at the device he was holding again, having done his best to keep it clean and away from the grime in the pipe. Still no response. He decided to speak into it again but stopped himself. What if the cops could still listen in on the device? It would be bad to describe any more of their surroundings than he already had. Instead he remained quiet. The cops probably thought they were dead. But that didn't mean he couldn't expose them by talking into the device. He couldn't take that risk.

 

[WhyBotherToTry]

"You can come down now. There's no one here, at least for now."

Calvin slid down the ladder after the others and saw the door. Huge, grey and imposing, the door was about 7 feet tall. He ran his hands over the smooth, unblemished surface. There was no dial for combinations, no keyhole, no keypad. Just the handle for opening it.

"Good a place to have hideout as any", Calvin said aloud. He was careful not to say anything descriptive, in case the cops were listening in. He turned to the others.
"Give me a hand here. Help me look for a keyhole or something. I know a bit about locks, I could try getting it open."

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"You can come down now. There's no one here, at least for now."

Caspian slid down the ladder after Calvin had descended, noticing the door soon after. The tunnel in which the large, grey, and imposing door stood appeared to trail off for a few feet in either direction; with a slight turn a few feet to his left. He removed the gun from his back, and checked around the corner.

"Not to be captain obvious or anything, but it looks like no one has been down here for a while. At least we aren't in any present danger of being tracked down." He remarked to the others upon his return to the door. Caspian then looked at the door for a few moments, trying to find a means for opening. All there was in terms of features, was a lock one would find on most bank vaults.

"Damn, if I had my lock picking set, this might not be as big a problem as it is. Shame the cops took all my gear when I got 'picked up'." He thought to himself, adding mental air quotes at the end.

"Give me a hand here. Help me look for a keyhole or something. I know a bit about locks, I could try getting it open." Calvin asked the group, then turned back to the door.

"Alright then, I'll try and help; but sometimes the lock isn't so obvious." Caspian remarked, sounding a little cryptic, then began to search the surrounding area for any signs of a means to open the door.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Give me a hand here. Help me look for a keyhole or something. I know a bit about locks, I could try getting it open."

The voice on Stefan's comm device finally found a signal and chimed in.

"You could always try knocking. Honestly, why must criminals always do things the hard way?"