IC-OMAHA-Bus(Donald/Alvin/Rachel/John/Jack/etc.)

[Tabs]

Rachel stays where she is--sat in the bus, but draws her pistol carefully from its holster (so as not to be noticed).

[Mr. Handy]

In the parking lot-
On the fire escape landing, Rashad stood with his hands open and to the side, but didn't raise them. "What's going on?" he asked.

[Tabs]

Rachel holsters her gun, climbs down from the bus and approaches Rashad.

"Nothing is 'going on'. Are you okay?"

[Mr. Handy]

In the parking lot-
Up on the fire escape, John Lee turned and looked around. He raised his arms up and turned to look at the agents.

"You wont get away with it," he said loudly. "People know the truth now!"

Ann O'Neill kept the fire escape door propped open with her foot. "Spare us your paranoia," she said. "Turn around and put your arms behind your back so my partner can cuff you. Then we're going back inside."

"Everything's fine now!" Miles Graham called down to the people in the parking lot.

John Lake and Gretchen Ehrlich stepped out onto the fire escape.

[kouchpotato]

Rashad raises his voice so the people down below can see. Why are you arresting him? What did he do?

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,[b]Rashad[/b], you're in the wrong thread. You're still in Detention, which I'm updating now. I'll cross-post your statements and actions to this thread as well.

In the parking lot-
John Lee looked at the approaching lady from up on the fire escape.

"I have the proof, it was you and your groups," he yelled. "You caused this all! They will kill me, as they did my contact. The guy that gave me the proof." He looked towards Rashad.

[ImpInTraining]

Donald shoots a glance to Rachel, then back to what's going on. "What's he talking about?" Donald inquires. "And why are you detaining him? Has he done something that warrants this?"

[Tabs]

"I'm not 'detaining' anyone."

ooc,What's happening? Is it Rashad who Rachel is talking to? I forget. :)

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,I think [b]Donald[/b] said that last part to the FBI agents on the balcony, not to [b]Rachel[/b]. [b]Rachel[/b] was talking to [b]Rashad[/b] earlier (he's in another thread, but I'm crossposting all dialogue between the two groups).

[Tabs]

Rachel-

"Rashad, are you in trouble?"

[Mr. Handy]

In the parking lot-
"Yes, what is this about?" asked Gretchen Ehrlich up on the fire escape.

"We're not detaining Rashad, ma'am," said Ann O'Neill. She pointed at John Lee. "We're detaining this man for questioning in a homicide in Cheyenne with national security implications. He was spotted removing evidence and fleeing the scene." She glared at Lee. "Now put your hands behind your back. I'm not going to tell you again."

[ImpInTraining]

Donald looked at John Lee. "Is this true, John?" the janitor asked. He had seen John around the school and he seemed harmless from what Donald knew. It just didn't seem to fit the profile.

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,[b]John Lee[/b] isn't from here. He only arrived an hour and a half ago, and [b]Donald[/b] hasn't met him before today.

[ImpInTraining]

ooc,Whoa, sorry .... I assumed he was a student from this school since it said in his character info he was a freshman and you didn't correct me the first time I jumped to that conclusion. Sure it says from Cheyenne ... but I just thought that meant he came from Cheyenne prior to being in school here. Scratch the part about me knowing him then... but I still ask the question.

[Tabs]

Rachel replies to Ann O'Neill:

"John Lee must have done something terrible for you Agents to take the trouble chasing him here--there are so many awful things going on."

Rachel says to Donald:

"Maybe it's best we don't get involved--there is still the bus to fix."

[ImpInTraining]

Donald awaits an answer from John, merely holding up a finger to Rachel, telling her to wait a moment. "Did you kill someone, John? I mean... someone not a zombie?"

[Mr. Handy]

In the parking lot-
"It has to do with national security," Ann called down to Rachel. "I'm not at liberty to say any more."

"I didn't do it!" protested John Lee. "They're the killers! Don't let them take me, they'll kill me too!" Miles Graham grabbed his arms, pulled them behind his back, and handcuffed him.

"Nobody's going to hurt you," Ann told him. "We're going to take you someplace safe and give you your pills, and then the voices won't talk to you any more." She nodded to Graham, and the two of them marched John Lee back inside.

[ImpInTraining]

"Hang on a second," Donald said to the others. "On what jurisdiction are you acting? In case you hadn't noticed... the world is in the crapper. The government probably doesn't even exist anymore, which means your authority is no more valuable than the plastic identifications you hold in your wallets. If I am going to sit by and watch you strip this man of his freedom, I need to know the facts... I need proof." He knew what it was like to be repressed, and he wasn't about to let it happen on his watch. "So how about we all go into a nice quiet room where we can hash this out?"

[Tabs]

In the parking lot-
"It has to do with national security," Ann called down to Rachel. "I'm not at liberty to say any more."

"I understand, no need to say any more."

"So how about we all go into a nice quiet room where we can hash this out?"

Rachel withdraws from any confrontation.

"I'm going to focus on getting the bus fixed."

[Mr. Handy]

In the parking lot-
Up on the fire escape, Rashad moved to block the agents. "Wait a second, just hold on," he protested. "There is no nation to secure anymore, in case you didn't notice. What are you doing to him, this isn't right!" However, the agents were faster than him, and they hustled John Lee through the door and back into the stairwell, ignoring everyone who told them to stop. He had to settle for following them. John Lake and Gretchen Ehrlich were right behind them.

The other people hiding behind the bus came out once everyone went inside. "Well, now what?" asked Becky Clarke.