Chapter 2 - The Calm Before the Storm

[dmronny]

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With the last of his strength the biker gives one last squeeze before his grip suddenly loosens and his body falls to the floor. Claire falls to one knees as the biker releases her. Feeling as though every organ and bone in her body had been crushed in the biker's grip, even as she can feel them quickly knitting themselves back together. (4 lethal for Claire. She can only use 1 blood/round so it will take her 3 rounds to heal the 3 lethal.)

The woman struggles viciously to get in a better position to try and bite River in the pile, as the man again manages to hit River with one of the bone spikes along his arm. All three of River's swipes manage to strike their targets as they all struggle in the pile on the floor. (2 lethal for River)

Raven continues to struggle in the huge biker's outstretched arm unable to say or do much of anything, though he doesn't seem to be hurt very badly if at all. The biker continues growling as Izzy manages to get in another bite on his neck while he's trying to shake her off his back. (0 damage for Izzy)

Jimmy seems surprised by the sudden ferocity of Fletch's attack as he does nothing but attempt to bring his arms up to protect what should be his face from the vicious claw swipes. All the while Alan sits up on the porch yelling something down at the pair fighting on the ground. (1 aggravated and 1 bashing for Fletch)

Meanwhile another crashing sound can be heard from the house again, though none of you can tell what it is.

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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On the floor Clair took in a gulp of air, instinct from her days alive, before remembering she didn't actually need to. Getting to her feet and finding her shotgun, Claire limped over to the biker, trying to keep her legs straight as bone marrow was sucked back into their hollows and ruptured organs pulled themselves back together.

Shoulder the weapon Claire aimed the weapon at the biker's head, cocked it, and without a word squeezed the trigger.

(yeah makes sense... I'll heal the next two points over the next two rounds then)

 

[Copper]

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Maybe once the fighting was over, they'd find amusement in the fact that the guy was trying to choke a vampire, but then again, if these guys were new, some instincts didn't go away all that quickly. Feeling her fangs meet flesh that's a little softer than pure muscle, Izzy tears with her fangs as she pulls back and tries to bite him again, working on patching herself up, too, just in case.

(1 bp spent to heal.)

 

[Shrike7]

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River keeps at it, clawing away in the tangle as she takes both of the hits with a pair of growls. It can't be much longer before she drops one or both of them so she focuses on healing the damage from the bone spike. Wasn't much she could do about the bite but time, she'll have to deal until then.

(Celerity, heal the one lethal, same attacks as before, unless the woman falls in one.)

 

[Rule 34]

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"I'll make you leave me alone," Fletch screeches in wild-eyed madness as he starts stabbing at the chest and abdomen of Jimmy with his blood-stained claws instead. "I'll make you, I'll make you, I'll make you... SHUT UP!" His head snaps up and he yells at Alan across the yard.

 

[dmronny]

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The shotgun blast blows the back of the biker's head off though he still seems to retain some semblance of life somehow. Her attention is quickly drawn away from the sight of the biker's body however as whatever is in the stall bashes against the door. The hinges and lock apparently unable to hold whatever is inside at bay much longer. (3 lethal damage, 5/12 BP)

The man still keeps bringing his spiked arms down on river this time hitting her in her vest. As river slashes the woman across the throat she suddenly falls still and stops struggling in the pile. One of her slashes at the man also manages to find it's mark, though he manages to block the other with one of the spikes on his other arm. (0 damage, 6/14 BP)

Izzy manages to tear a chunk of flesh away as she pulls back to bite again as the biker continues to squeeze Raven's neck for all he's worth. As her second bite finds it's mark the huge biker lets out a howl as he suddenly lets go of Raven, who falls in a heap to the ground, while the biker falls backwards on top of Izzy and stops moving. (1 lethal damage, 10/12 BP)

Jimmy suddenly stops moving once again as Fletch's claws slash at him, his arms falling to the sides. Alan steps forward on to the porch steps and looks down at the two. "Way to go there old buddy, you managed to get Jimmy killed again. It's okay though I'm sure he'll find a way to come back." (1 agg, 1 bashing damage, 5/12 BP)

As Alan is speaking Ronny comes stumbling out the door and steps right through where Alan stands to pick up the shotgun from where he dropped it earlier. The only sign of his fight with the Nossie being a large piece of wood sticking out through the side of his stomach.

((I think everyone is right now, I must have forgot to add some of the damage from before I took the break in. If I still seem off though go ahead and ask.))

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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Eyes snapped up towards the stall, Claire cocked the shotgun again, ejecting the spent shell, feeling her claws dig into her palms. She started to walk towards the stall, shotgun shouldered, stomping on the gory mess of the biker's head as she passed him.

 

[Copper]

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Letting out a yelp as they're suddenly going backward, the sound turns into a grunt as both Izzy and the biker hit the ground. It takes her a second to realize that he's not moving and it's about that time that she starts struggling out from under him, muttering curses and being none too gentle in her squirming. If he gets kicked a time or two in the process, oh well.

Once she's free, her attention is divided. She can hear Fletch yelling, that getting her immediate attention, and then there's Raven, who isn't moving at the moment, and then there's the fact that the last thing she wants is this bastard getting up again. He's not moving right now, though, so her coterie-mate and sire are taking priority. Ronny's over with Fletch, though, but if it looks like they need more immediate help, that's where she's going.

((Figure her round is getting up again. Will wait and see how other things resolve before she picks where she's going.))

 

[Shrike7]

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River's lips twisted into a cruel grin as the woman went limp in the tangle. Just to make sure, she took her left hand and dug them deep in her neck, looking for the popping sound that accompanies the spine being wedged apart. With her other hand she takes two quick swipes at the man, trying to separate them and get up again.

(Celerity, wasting one action with the corpse and two swipes at the Tzimisce)

 

[dmronny]

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The body of the woman immediately begins to rot as though it had been dead for quite some time when River jams her claws into it. The Tzimisce manages to block the first swipe from River's claws, but the second manages to incapacitate him just in the nick of time.

The doors to the stall finally splinter from the occupants repeated attempts to bash the doors down. Two very large and feral dogs come charging out straight for where River has just managed to stand up from the pile of bodies.

Ronny just looks around at the others from the porch without saying anything, he probably looks a little apprehensive about approaching any of the others.

Izzy finds the biker's body a little heavy but she manages to kick her way out from underneath it. Raven finally gets to his knees as well, opening his mouth to say something he finds his throat is crushed too much to actually make a discernible sound.

Alan steps through Ronny and stands in front of him as though annoyed by the interruption. "Hey what's the matter buddy cat got your tongue, you'd think you had never killed anyone before this or something."

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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"Shit," Claire hissed, stepping forward and aiming at one of the dogs, moving closer to River as she fired, hoping to draw some of the beasts' attention away from the other woman.

 

[Rule 34]

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"I... I was hoping you'd be gone by now," Fletch murmurs as he raises his head to look into Alan's mutilated face. The horror sneers. "Well, bad fucking luck. You and me are gonna spend some more time together, buddy. I ain't leaving."
"Well, I'm not going away, either." Fletch can feel a hand (or something like it) on his shoulder, but he doesn't turn around. Instead he sighs and slumps. "Chris." The scent of burnt flesh starts to fill the air, and Alan sneers. "About fucking time you show up. I'm just about sick and tired of doing all the reminding myself."

 

[Shrike7]

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River again has to divide her attention the moment she finally puts the Tzimisce out of comission, spinning around to watch the two dogs exit the stall. "God dammit..." She curses under her breath, stabbit into the man once more as she uses the leverage to push herself to her feet. "Claire, you hungry yet?" She yells immediately after the shotgun blast.

(No Celerity this time. Didn't see that one coming, did you? XD )

 

[Copper]

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Things seemed to have quieted down in the immediate area, though she found herself cocking her head to the side at what sounded like a gunshot coming from around the back of the house, where the barn was. Claire and River could do all right for a little while longer, she hoped. No sign of Eve, though.

"You guys all right?" she calls to Fletch and Ronny as she scurries around the biker to help Raven up. "Easy," she murmurs to him. "Just take it easy. We won. So far." She adds the last bit with a chuckle, not quite expecting this to be over just yet. There were still too many things unaccounted for, some of the coterie being one of them.

 

[dmronny]

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Claire's shotgun blast tears through the side of the dog closest to her drawing it's attention for only a second as it turns it's attentions back to the more dangerous predator in the room. Both the dogs slow a little as they get near River and begin circling her in opposite directions.

(Actually I did see that coming so nah )

Ronny sneers a little before responding to the comment he thinks is aimed at him. "Tough luck Fletch, but I'm not planning on getting taken out that easily. No matter how much you would like it." Stepping down the stairs he walks right past Fletch and purposely bumps him out of the way before he continues on towards the others.

(Ronny pulled the bump so you didn't go flying across the field or anything.)

Raven finally stands up and says in a very rough voice says. "One last thing before we decide we won this battle." Reaching down he picks up the handgun from where Izzy dropped it before and unloads the last of the clip into the biker's body before turning back to look at Izzy with a look of concern. "It's always better to make sure they're going to stay down. Are you alright, I-I can spare some blood if you need it?"

 

[Copper]

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Watching the exchange on the porch with furrowed brows, Izzy keeps her attention divided between the two alphas and Raven. She winces a little at the shots going off, but knows it's necessary. As he makes his offer, she shakes her head. "I'm fine." A slight wince belays that, but she doesn't seem to be too injured. "If anything, I should probably be making that offer to you."

If he's satisfied the biker's done in, she'll start for the house, since that was their job, also wanting to check on Fletch and Ronny, if she's able. "Any more surprises in there?" she remarks. "Or do we go help with the barn?"

 

[Shrike7]

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"Stupid dogs..." River mutters as they begin to circle her, moving her head to keep them in her peripheral vision. She focuses on the one the Claire didn't shoot and starts growling at it, trying to force it to stand down.

(Animalism this time )

 

[Rule 34]

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The happenings around Fletch are... disconnected. He is unable to really concentrate on them, too absorbed in the visions forced upon him. As such, he is taken by surprise as Ronny bumps into him. He is turned halfway around by the push, and for a moment Chris comes into his vision before he frantically turns back forwards. Alan looks at Ronny over Fletch's shoulder, a frown showing on his face. "What a dickhole. You should kill him, like you just did with Jimmy." "SHUT UP," Fletch yells as he raises his fist. "I didn't want any of this, alright? Not Jimmy, not Chris, not you." "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU WANTED!" Alan steps forward and grabs Fletch's collar. He shoves his mutilated face right into Fletch's. "You still failed us!" Fletch raises his hands and pushes the apparition away. "How about you start taking some responsibility of your own," he yells. "If you'd been a better soldier, you would've seen them coming!"

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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"Oh, I'm getting there right quick," Claire responds to River's question, pumping her weapon again and firing once more at the dog... four shots now. That had been her last shell. Shit she should have taken the stopper out of the magazine, why hadn't she been thinking about that?

With a shrug she drops the shotgun after firing, her claws would do more damage than an empty weapon, even used as a club.

 

[dmronny]

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As the shotgun blast tears through the smaller of the two dogs, it turns and begins growling. It looks back and forth between the two Gangrel before deciding that it should keep an eye on Claire as well. (1 lethal, 3/12 BP.)

The other dog stops circling as River makes eye contact while arching it's back and lowering it's head and tail. Finally it growls back at River with it's eyes still locked with River. "Give food, go away." (no damage, 6/14 BP. Have fun Dr. Doolittle.)

"I should be fine," Raven says in response to Izzy, his voice now back to normal, "I'll just n-need to f-feed a little more than n-normal is all." He adds as he follows her towards the house. When he sees Ronny making his way towards them he moves a little closer to Izzy. More like he's just trying to be protective than confrontational. (1 lethal, 10/12 BP.)

When Fletch begins yelling Ronny turns quickly the shotgun in his hand raised slightly, he quickly lowers it when he sees that Fletch isn't even looking his way. Backing away toward Izzy and Raven he mutters under his breath, "What the...who the fuck are Chris and Jimmy?" (1 aggravated 1 bashing, 5/12 BP.)

Turning around when the others get closer he answers Izzy. "Well the first floor and the basement seemed clear as far as I can tell. I thought I would check outside before venturing upstairs though. Mostly to see if someone could pull this chunk of wood out, since I can't reach around to where it went in." He turns around so that they can see it went through his back and that only a small sliver is sticking out front. It seems to Izzy that he's not actually all that worried about the wood. More like he wanted to check on the others and just doesn't want to admit it.