Screed smiles at the jest and returns in kind, "Yeah, you bullies don't wanna make fun of me for taking typing in summer school after the 7th grade now, huh?"  He chuckles, never taking his eyes from the screen.  The pistols lay to either side of the keyboard as he punches keys.

As Screed goes to the computer to begin typing in his info, he notices that the servers are lined up like a warehouse.  Each server has a label with a name and number on it.  The nearest one to the main terminal says: "Tokyo, Akasaka, 2-31576."

Screed looks at the label rather confused.  Into the radio and out loud, he asks, "Tokyo Akasaka, what's that?"  He starts scanning the labels trying to make sense of them.

The labels all seem to indicate a place, followed by the numbers 1 through 5 or A through E.  In the rear of the room, the labels no longer have numbers or letters.  However, you do find an aisle labelled "Da Vinci."

Speaking of which, Da Vinci is now awake and looking up at you.  He is very quiet.


The bell dings next to Dracos and Codec.  Just as the door opens for them, they see across the hall in the normal elevators that two well-dressed men in suits and sunglasses step off of the other elevator.  Each is holding a pistol.

"Watch him.  No name.  Kill him if he moves."  Screed moves down Da Vinci's row.  He sighs, "It's too bad.  It would have been interesting getting some of this stuff."  Raising his blaster, he starts firing into the delicate pieces of the servers, the important ones.  Moving back and forth, he will continue until he is satisfied that he is done.

Da Vinci yells before Screed can start shooting, "NO!  Don't do that.  You'll destroy everything.  Thousands of people will die.  The Code will shut off parts of the city, portals will leave people trapped!  You must not do this."

Screed stops and nods, "Okay, which one has the genetics research?  If I don't find out which one, I blow them all.  Hell, I might as well blow all of them in the room."  He starts pondering that very thought.

I run into the the elevator and duck low into the upper corner of it near the panel and I will hit whichever button that leads to the garage. Once Dracos is in the elevator I will hit the close door button.

Codec hisses, "Dracos move!"

"We're going up, not down, kid," he mentiosn to Codec as he enters. Almost literaly pushing the kid away, he presses "call cancel" and then the nearest floor below the hall of doors he can get to.

All the while he raises his gun towards the door of the elevator, just in case.

The hall of doors was on the 11th floor, you are on the 10th now.

Hits door close button.
"Fine...What do your people have up there anyways? A chopper? Parachutes? Wingsuits? If we went down we could have snagged a car."



OOC: Just for those who may not kno. Wingsuits are specially designed sky diving suits. They have tail flaps that cover the entire area between your legs and some between your armpits. This allows for more control and longer airtime. They do NOT allow you to fly.

"Well since we are going up, how about this...we pull the fire alarm in the elevator as soon as we reach the top and the doors open. That way we can stall any pursuers we have and cause some panic that will give us a better chance at getting away."

"We're not leaving, and we aren't drawing any more attention to ourselves from the fire alarm."

He presses the elevator's button for elevator's button for Eleven, planning on going from the top instead of the bottom, since they are already one floor below it.

Shadow glares down at DaVinci,  "Tell the man what he wants to know!!" and grinds his boot into his chest.

The two Agents spot Dracos and Codec as they step into the elevator.  You hear shots that hit the wall where you were just standing...and footsteps.  The elevator doors start to close...

...but the Agents arrive and one sticks out his arm to stop it...

...and that's when Dracos fires into the closing doorway, sending the Agent reeling back to avoid the shot.

The doors close and the elevator opens on the 11th Level, where there is an empty hallway and the emergency exit door straight ahead.  The normal elevators are to your right, and a hall of offices crosses the elevator hallway like on the 10th floor.


Da Vinci says to Screed, "You would destroy such valuable research?  Why not use it instead of destroying it?  The power contained within is immeasurable, and nothing will be gained by destroying it."

Shadow presses a boot into Da Vinci's chest, and he squirms in pain.  Hands still bound, Da Vinci points to a black server in the corner.  "Over there," he say.  "If you must do this, be sure to--"


It is 8:08.

The lights in the building suddenly go dark around all of you, although the servers remain on some sort of backup power.

You hear a door open, possibly door G, and footsteps like jackboots striking the hallway floor begin to approach.  There is more than one person approaching.

No time to talk... be sure to what?  be sure to what?  Blast what was he going to say?  Screed wracks his brain trying to figure out what he was going to say as he moves to the indicated server.  Pull the hard drive?

He points at Shadow and then at Da Vinci indicated kpicking up.  He then does the little 'fingers-do-the-walking' sign to move around the servers and the intruders in order to escape before moving on to the servers.

Screed goes to the black computer to look at it.  There is nothing remarkable about it.  It is marked "DVGEN."

"Be sure to..." Da Vinci continues.

Shadow tries to drag Da Vinci to hide.

But it is too late.  Three figures step into the doorway.  They are clad in militaristic uniforms -- futuristic looking and ominous. Each carries a rifle the likes of which you have never seen.  They raise their rifles with military efficiency.  You cannot see their faces, which are hidden behind masks.

"...to close the door," Da Vinci finishes, defeated.

"Leave him to us," the man in front commands you, his rifle pointing at Da Vinci.
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Screed finishes his move behind the servers and speaks out loud and into the radio, "How did you get into here in door number 3.  We know you won't shoot, there's too many servers in here with too much stuff that can be destroyed.  Take one more step and I start blowing things up."  He punctuates this with a blast of the blaster into an operating terminal.

Turns to Dracos, "Emergency Exit or the other elevators?"

OOC: Can we get to the rooftop somehow?

Codec and Dracos hear the commotion behind the emergency exit doors.

OOC:  You are many floors below the rooftop from here.  The building has 34 floors.

"We aren't escaping. We've got a job to do."

Dracos crouches and begins to move towards the emergency exit, wanting to peak into it.

"Cover the stairs."

He keeps his guns ready and pointed at the emergency exit, just in case.

Shadow drags DaVinci towards Screed behind the servers.

"Who the hell are these guys?"
"Gotta start taking notes during briefings."

Leaning in to Screed, shadow whispers,
"Think you can get that device to work in here?  I can handle one or two of them but three might be a little tough, even for me."

Codec rushes to the stairway. His gun is drawn as well as his shield. If a door is in front of it he will listen for any commotion/conversation etc. If he sees what appears to be hostiles he will fire a burst shot if only 1 is present. He will fire a sweeping shot of cover fire if multiple hostiles are evident.

Dracos bats Codec's gun down and whispers harshly, "Cover, not fire. Only shoot if they come this way."</b>

Screed replies, "I dunno.  I thought they were friends of his," indicating Da Vinci.  "I thought they were shadow.  I might be able to morph out a wall, though I have no idea where we will end up since we are tecnically between programs.  Since his hide is on the line, why don't we let him open a doorway.  Again, strange to be able to open a doorway in here.  I would imagine we'd just pop up in the hallway outside though."  He is still waiting for a reaction from the strangers.

Did the other teammates hear what I am saying on the radio?  I'm keeping it turned on just in case someone else is still alive, ie Codec and Dracos.
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