Play@YSDC

On the road-
"But there is a difference," said Julie, lowering her head and trying not to cry. "If these guys are anything like the bunch we ran across before...those women are in for a worse time. Isn't there something we can do for them?"

"Maybe they'll get away," said the major. "That's the only chance they have."

"But they're on foot. Can't we pick them up?"

Thinking of when she was abandoned herself, with the skins Lara points the gun at the major. "Da, we do something. Go back!" Some kind of guilt comes over Lara remembering being stuck in that barn.

In the wilderness-
Since Lara was in the shotgun seat and the major was in the bed of the pickup truck, she either had to lean out the window to aim at him or point the pistol at him through the cab's rear windshield. "Ma'am, please put the gun down," said the major, raising his hands. "You don't need that to get me to try to pick up my own people." He spoke into his radio. "Sergeant, once you get down, start heading due south and maintain radio silence."

Clyde stopped the pickup truck, and other vehicles stopped behind it. "The chopper's position is under attack," he said into the CB radio to let the rest of his family know. "We're going to swing around south of it to pick up anyone who might get away. The rest of you wait here." He swung west and headed off-road in the direction of the plateau.

OOC,[b]Caitlin[/b], [b]Sven[/b], [b]Mary[/b], and [b]Veronica[/b] are moving to the thread linked below. All other characters remain in the current thread.

Waiting

"Good. Good..." Lara leans back repeating the words as a mantra. The handgun resting in the palm of her hand on her lap. Stress and anxiety had left her lost for words - letting the gun do the talking. She might have to wind down to get through this.

"Good."

In the wilderness-
The journey continued in silence for a couple of minutes.

OOC,Everyone, please roll Spot Hidden. [b]Lara[/b], please roll Luck.

Katarina goes paler still and says in a small voice, "Why is it only the good people die? I wish I wasn't weak..."

In the wilderness-
"You're not weak," said Julie. "You killed Mutt with that grenade, remember? That also proves that it's not only the good people who die. Bad guys can die too."

OOC,Welcome back! I still need that Spot Hidden roll, and you might as well roll Luck too, since [b]Lara[/b] hasn't done it yet.

Lara is oblivious to all things around here. Talk about the skins makes her skin crawl. She scratches her arm and looks out the window.

Looking out the window, she´s not really seeing anything but her own reflection in the glass.
Lara remembers the motel and what had happened there. "They gone now, for sure..."

In the wilderness-
Katarina gasped and pointed into the distance ahead. "I see them!" she cried. "Four skinheads, and they just captured two people! A short black man and a tall woman."

"Oh no!" said Julie. "We have to save them! We can't just let them..."

In the wilderness-
Katarina gasped and pointed into the distance ahead. "I see them!" she cried. "Four skinheads with a white pickup truck, and they just captured two people! A short black man and a tall woman."

"Oh no!" said Julie. "We have to save them! We can't just let them..."

"So? Follow them now!" Lara looks at Clyde. "Go, now, yes?"

In the wilderness-
"I'm on it," said Clyde, turning in the direction Katarina had indicated and gunning the accelerator.

"No, it's too risky," said Major Harris. "I can't chance anything happening to you. We've got to turn back."

"Like hell I will!" Clyde ground the gas pedal into the floor of the cab.

The major reached towards his pistol, but Jake patted the rifle he held. "Don't even think about it," he said.

The truck zoomed through the wilderness, and soon the four skinheads, their two captives, and their own pickup truck were visible to all. Two of them were searching the prisoners, the one with the black man roughing him up, and the one with the woman fondling her. Julie cringed with disgust. Then one of the skinheads turned towards the approaching truck and started to raise his AK-47.

OOC,[b]Clyde Bell[/b] is the one driving. If you want to shoot, you can get one shot off before he fires. You are at normal range. All shots are at half skill because the truck is moving and bouncing around.

"Noo!" Lara shouts as she fires at the moving car. The bullet is off by a fraction. She keeps on hitting the trigger hoping for her next shot to hit home. She was certain she had the shot, but due to the bumps of the car she missed.

In the wilderness-
Katarina fired a wild shot. Julie reacted quickly, just a hair faster than her target. Firing through the windshield, she drilled him with her pistol, causing massive damage and hitting him right in the heart. He collapsed to the ground, his finger locked around the trigger and sending a stream of automatic fire off into the trees.

A burst spat out from somewhere in the brush, narrowly missing another skinhead who was standing near their pickup truck. Jake squeezed off a shot at the same man, but he missed badly.

OOC,The skinheads are on foot and in the open. It's the vehicle you're in that's moving. [b]Lara[/b] and [b]Katarina[/b], you may each fire another shot if you like, under the same conditions as before. Two of them are very close to their captives, and a missed shot at them will require a Luck roll to avoid hitting their prisoners. The one near their truck is by himself, so you can shoot at him without any worries.

Lara aims at the closest skin, hitting dirt. "Stop the car! I not hit!"

In the wilderness-
The female captive suddenly whirled and decked her captor, socking him hard in the gut! Then the major quickly drew his pistol before Clyde could react and fired at the skinhead near the truck, missing him by inches. Then Clyde tried to run the man down, but he leapt out of the way of the truck. At this point he was very close, and Katarina turned as he went by, pointed her pistol right at the Nazi, and squeezed the trigger. The gun jammed. "Nonononono..." she sobbed. Before anyone else could act, Julie also took a shot at the man, this time missing. The black man swung at his captor, but the man ducked.

OOC,We're now at the top of a new combat round. [b]Lara[/b], you get one shot before the enemies get to act. The truck is still moving, but the range is point blank now, so the bonus and penalty cancel each other out in this case. The man who was almost hit by the truck is by himself, so there is no risk for firing at him if you miss. However, the other two are very close to their prisoners. A missed shot at either of them will require a Luck roll to avoid hitting their captives.

Astounded but determined to get the target right, Lara sends off the third bullet. It slams into the right thigh. The Ruger packed quite a punch. "Try running, now, skin..." She turns her attention to the the remaining two. "You next!" Lara waves the Ruger in their direction.

In the wilderness-
The major snapped off another shot at the wounded skinhead, but that missed too. However, Julie put a bullet in him, crippling his arm and dropping him. That only left two of them.

Another shot zipped by from the woods and struck the black man, shattering his right leg and leaving him bleeding out on the ground before he had a chance to move. "NOOOO!!!" came a woman's scream from the brush from which the muzzle had flashed.

His captor blinked in surprise, which redoubled when Jake shot him in the left arm. Down he went.

OOC,[b]Lara[/b], it is now your turn to fire a shot if you wish. The same rules as before apply. Only one Nazi is still standing, the one guarding the woman. If you miss him, you must roll Luck to avoid hitting her.