Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-24260323-20150805012917/@comment-5426254-20151023033804

''Yeah, heard about that extraction team I was talking about before? Here they are. Also, it's a bit long. -GL'' --- Aegle and Bertha were on their way to the crew quarters, past the littered corpses of their comrades, laying there by the dozens. When they ran past the hallways, they stumbled upon the remnants of the ammunition blocks, its contents and metal walls ripped apart from from the floor, with scraps still levitating upwards. They could see a giant, bulky golem, strapped with demolition charges getting ripped to shreds by one of the Huntsmen.

"Uh boss? We've got some good news and some bad news ... "

As Alicia and her buddy Memories jumped off the cliff with the parasol, the wind did guide them safely onto the ship deck, though they did land with a few bumps. As the opposing Squad Leader was surrounded by the team of Huntsmen, the sudden roar of twelve turbine engines caught them off guard...

Lorelei was pissed.

Aegle and Bertha had reported that they and their two escorts had regrouped near the crew quarters. However, they also saw her demolition charges near her partner, which meant that the cargo was probably close to him as well.

''Shit. Why do you always have to be so stubborn? Why do you always have to cause trouble for us?''

She was concerned that the cargo and the object would be discovered by the enemy, which probably meant that she would lose her job and her head if that were to happen. But, she could still benefit.

She could detonate the charges in a last-ditch effort and frame the Hunters for the damage.

But first, she had to salvage the cargo her group carried. And to take care of the overlooked object.

"You four head to the crew quarters as planned. And make it back safely."

Now where is that extraction team? Lorelei wondered. She had safely blown a hole in the side of the hull facing the sea, which meant that she had done her part.

"Lieutenant Stanford, do you hear me?"

"Loud and clear."

"This is Blackbird Squadron. We've received your request for extraction. Stand by for exfil."

"This is Blackbird Two," another voice was heard on the frequency. "What's the LZ?"

"See that hole on the ship facing towards you? That's where we're at," Lorelei replied with a smirk. Her plan was now set in motion...

Alicia was at first amazed at how there were six Bullheads at the site.

"Awesome! Are these things ours?"

But she became shocked and annoyed now that they started firing rounds on the ship deck, forcing her to open up Wonderland to take cover and protect her ship buddy.

"Seriously!?"

As the Huntsmen scrambled for cover, the extraction team then deployed some of their soldiers to cover the escape of their still-living comrades, engaging with the Huntsmen to buy them some time.

Argi and Midori had woken up, and were now ready to take the opportunity to flee.

"Come on, Midori! We're leaving!"

"Screw this, we're outta here!"

One of the extraction grunts had spotted Alicia, and decided to pin her down with his assault rifle, despite being useless thanks to the Kevlar fabric.

I didn't expect this at all, Memories thought as she opened a channel.

"Dirtnap, this is Memories," a voice came onto the comm. "We have six enemy Bullheads filled with White Fang reinforcements firing at the ship deck."

As the comm finished, she decided to hurl Retriever with her string, causing her to knock an opponent off his feet.

Meanwhile, Alicia continued blocking the bullets before firing a burst of rounds at her foe. While he dodged the first with a backflip, the next two knocked him backwards and into the sea, falling into the jaws of the black shadow.

A second foe quickly rushed in, sword at the ready. Alicia then closed Wonderland, blocked the sword with its blades, and countered with a smack to the gut, knocking her over.

She then blocked, parried, and retaliated with blows as she continued fighting the WF grunts. An opponent armed with an axe swung furiously at Alicia, causing her to dodge, left, right, and backflip. The grunt blocked the follow-up swing from Wonderland, before being kicked in the stomach and smacked on his right side. A second grunt opened fire with an SMG, though Alicia blocked the bullets and closed the distance, knocking him over with a leg sweep and finishing off with a kick that sent him overboard to his watery fate.

The third was a trickier opponent, wielding two pistols. His agility gave him the edge when he backflipped over Alicia's low blows and landed a few kicks on her stomach. In response, Wonderland was separated into Tweedledee and Tweedledum, as Alicia kept landing swings on the grunt that knocked him onto the floor. But there was still a lot more to be done... --- Aegle and Bertha were leading their group to the crew quarters when they saw Rowan and Travan in another corridor.

''Shit. They're looking for the object too!?''

"Uh Boss?"

"Yes?"

"There appears to be two enemy Huntsmen nearby. Should we engage?"

"Your objectives are to secure the object. Avoid them if possible; engage if necessary."

The group had an uneasy feeling as they planned their next move... --- The battle on the ship deck raged on as the Huntsmen and the White Fang goons were engaged with each other, pinned down with machine gun fire from the six Bullheads.

"This is getting insane, is it?' Alicia muttered. Still, she was finally able to go on the melee as she continued to whack grunts with Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

"Stay focused," Memories retorted as she incapacitated her opponent with the skillful use of her knives.

The six Bullheads had done a good job of evacuating a dozen or so White Fang members, barring their leader, from the ship deck. Victory seemed imminent as a few of Lorelei's goons began lifting the cargo into the Bullheads' bays, as Lorelei herself climbed the rope to one of the Bullheads.

But what neither of them knew that they were in for a surprise as a big, long, black head rose up behind the ship, jaw opened, ready to devour and consume the mere mortals brawling on the ship.

And then, a terrible roar.