Changing tactics, Emilio lifts Kate up and hurries north. He checks for any walkers on the street, and cuts across the street to take the next street west. The plan is to head south on the next parallel.
East of the warehouse- Ron heard Darnell reply: "Coach Moore, why did you try to attack us when all we want is to lead like you all taught us to do on the football team?"
"Shit, Darnell" Ron said "I was coming here to try and prevent all of this..... nonsense. When I heard they were coming to look for that young lady, I tried to get here before them and talk to you to prevent all this shit from happening. Looks like I was too late."
"This isn't leading, Darnell. Kidnapping that woman was not the character of the young men I raised on that field."
East of the warehouse- Darnell and a Jamaican man appeared at the mouth of the alley, at the southern end. Darnell pointed his pistol at Ron, and the Jamaican trained a shotgun at him. "I did not want to kidnap her," said Darnell, "but you all want to put me in jail for killing someone who had to face justice, I was God's hands in that deal and He protects me. Now who is going to protect you?" Darnell spoke to the Jamican, "Looks like we got another hostage, one that we can use to get the others back here. Down on your knees hands behind your head, sir."
OOC,[b]Ron[/b] is moving to the thread linked below. Please stop reading the current thread at this point. Everyone else remains in the current thread.
In the street- Emilio scooped up Kate in his arms and carried her north to the end of the block, where there was another four-way intersection. The streets looked deserted, littered with parked and wrecked cars, the occasional dead body, and various debris. The way to the west was clear.
Emilio continues west hoping to find a way south at the next intersection. The police officer starts to wear him down, though. Just a bit more..., he pants.
In the street- Emilio carried Kate west for a block before he reached another four-way intersection where he could turn south. So far his back was holding up, but the school was over a mile away. Still, he was young and strong and should be able to make it. It wouldn't be pleasant, though.
"Thanks for getting me out of there," said Kate weakly. In addition to having a broken leg, she had lost a good deal of blood. "Where are we going?"
He puts her down and lets her rest against the wall of the building. At the same time giving himself time to breath. "I´m figguring we´d better make it back to school by taking the long way. That way we won´t be cut off by the Jamaicans. We wouldn´t want that, right?" He says that in a hushed voice not to give their position away.
Emilio helps Kate to her feet and gives up the task of carrying her and lets her use his shoulder as support for her bad foot. This way they both can have one hand free to shoot anyone or anything coming up on them. They start off southwards.
In the street-
Setting Kate down and having her lean on him slowed down Emilio, and it was taking him much longer to walk south. Further, he would need both hands free if he were to fire the shotgun.
"Yeah," said Kate, gritting her teeth due to the pain. "The doctors there can look after me. I'm just sorry we couldn't save Erica. Maybe whoever tries next will have better luck - if they're even still there. I can't help thinking about what's going to happen to her now. It would have happened to me too if we hadn't gotten away. I don't know who's going to be able to anything, though. As far as I know, I'm the last cop in the city now." She took a breath. "Miguel was really an undercover police detective. I didn't know it myself until the principal told me earlier this evening. And now he's gone, just gunned down..."
"I see. But I guess everyone counts at the current state of things. They took what they wanted. Killed my boss and kidnapped that pilot. I don´t know what those guys have going. Are they gang members, or what? When we get back, we´ll stay at the school and hope the ones who don´t want to live with those killers, come back. If we can muster a larger crew to break Erica out, we´ll do it. But as I see it, we´d better stay at school. Which we´d probably should from start. It was my loud mouth and my affection for my car and all shit with the Lubacheks going on that clouded my judgement. I´m much better fixing a generator than getting a hostage out. You´ve seen that first hand. Now let´s get our asses home." He supports Kate and adds, "We do need to keep a ceremony for the lives lost today, do you know who would be suited to boost morale now that Principal Adler is still at the lions´den?"
Shit, not only didn´t I help anyone get rescued, I wound up getting Emily and a girl killed. An undercover detective lewn away and the Principal left behind. What a disaster!
In the street- Emilio and Kate reached the next intersection. They were now about a block west of the warehouse and a mile north of the school.
"Principal Adler is still back at the school," said Kate. "He's done a fine job of leading us so far, and he'll continue to do so. You're right, we do need to stay at the school until we can muster enough force to free Erica. I won't be going with them, not with my busted leg. I can't bear thinking about what they're going to do to Erica in the meantime, though. That could have been me..."
OOC,I think you got the principal confused with [b]Ron Moore[/b], who stayed back at the warehouse. [b]Principal Adler[/b] never left the school.
It will take twenty minutes to reach the school while walking. If you carry [b]Kate[/b], you can reduce that to ten minutes. There are time-sensitive things happening in other threads in Omaha, but I hope I can speed things up once they are resolved.
"Ahhum. I mean Ron. Let´s get back to school, safe and one step at the time. We don´t want to trip, do we?"Emilio will try to get back to school by moving at a controlled pace rather than carry Kate and risk dropping her or falling over. This way they´ll have a chance to spot anyone trying to ambush them.
In the street- Kate grunted and nodded, still in obvious pain from her wound, but she continued slowly. "It'll get dark before long," said Kate. "Maybe that will work to the advantage of whoever tries after us. But who will that be? Who's left that can go? There's Rachel Cohen, but she's there to protect the scientists, not to go on the offense."
"Hey, I don´t know. Maybe we´ll just have to wait. Let´s get to the school."Emilio continues onwards helping Kate the best he can without carrying her.
In the street- Emilio and Kate reached the next intersection. They were now nine blocks north of the school. "I just hope nothing bad happens to Erica in the meantime," Kate said.
As it starts to get darker, Emilio considers the option to look for a car that would start. An old model being parked on the sidewalk. That would get them back faster. And he´d be able to hotwire it, at least he thinks so. "Let´s see if we can find a classic and get some speed, this sucks."