In media res - INCURSION (All players in Team Bravo)

[ImpInTraining]

Collins stood up and faced Weiss, "Wait a second, you're telling me they put an unstable leader in charge of us on purpose? Whose brain child was that?" He turned away from the doors, obviously secure from what was outside. "Freakin' kidding me. You expected this? Don't you think giving us a little more heads up might have been a good idea?"

He shook his head and walked past Weiss toward the blood splatter Hale noticed, gun up and ready for whatever might jump out at him. He called over his radio, "Be advised ... Nohman is unstable. If necessary, someone needs to assume command to regain control out there, you understand me? Weiss said they knew he'd crack!"

[Dave Syrinx]

Weiss stares Collins down, "We sent him as he has first hand experience with this kind of situation. Understand that he lost his entire team on a similar job. I´m here to see to that he is not repeating that mistake. So far he´s doing fine, he couldn´t be sure this would happen. Proceed and find that doctor!"

The three of them entered the room where the bullet holes came from. Inside on the floor in a pool of blood, a woman lies motionless. You recognize her from the briefing as Dr. Luis Sanchez.


Collins swipes his scanner at the doctor, it indicates that his vital signs are near zero, but she´s not yet dead.

A warning sign makes Hale check the position tracker again.

Her mouth goes dry when she sees the vital signs of Dr. Carl Smith drop and stop suddenly, leaving only the signal of a straight line that goes piiiiiiiii.

"According to the scanner, Dr. Smith has just died." Hale reports.

[Dave Syrinx]

The Escalator situation

"These stores are filled with them!" Nohman screams in the comm. "Move out along this wall and exit through the emergency stairs! Then we head down to the basement and plant the bomb. Full auto on those closing in on us! Fire at will!" He lets the last eight bullets of his MP5 slam in to the group from the north. All rounds miss and the gun clicks empty.
He pulls his .50 and runs for the exit doors to the east. Straight at the five infected coming from that direction. At least his right flank is free.

[ImpInTraining]

"Save your excuses for someone who gives a shit, Weiss. Our ass is on the line now. Yours too," Collins retorts as he kneels next to the body of the doctor. He checks the bullet entry sights and estimates which vital organs were damaged and if stabilization is even worth attempting. He takes a sample of her blood to see if she has been affected by the neurotoxins as well.

ooc,Must wait for further information before proceeding Collins' actions.

[Dave Syrinx]

Weiss mumbles and moves away from the room Collins entered. "I´ll secure the rest of this area." He moves along the corridor checking the doors as he follows the blood trail on the floor. "Got a locked door!" He reports over the radio. "Adjacent to the one where dr. Sanchez is at." "Fire alarm hub - it says on the door. I move on further in. Following the trail."

Hale waits by the shot up door, watching the double doors to the mall.

As Collins checks on dr Sanchez he takes in the scene. It looks like a simple storage, with a few metal shelves on the walls with office supplies. A large reinforced metal sliding door sits in one of the walls, protected by a magnetic lock with a code pad.

After examining the scene, it seems clear that the doctor had an exchange of gunfire with someone at the entrance. The signs are that both were hit. Beside the doctor, in a pool of blood, lies a Glock pistol.
The reason for the doctor´s condition is a result of having been shot in the abdomen by examining the back, the bullet is still lodged inside. The bleeding has caused her to lose a lot of blood, too. Although Collins has some medical supplies, Dr. Sanchez has little chance of survival. Collins best option would be to induce a coma and get Sanchez transferred to a hospital for blood transfusion in an ICU unit.

On the other hand, he has some drugs that could restore consciousness for a couple of minutes. But of course, that would probably kill Sanchez from the added stress to her heart.

At the moment her pulse is very weak and the blood pool is spreading.

[Dave Syrinx]

Nohman, taking point draws four of the crazies to him. Heather moves away from C.L. and rushes after Nohman towards the exit. None of the crazies pursue her, but four set their hungry sights on C.L. Crawford sees how she gets the attention of one of the crazies from below the escalator. Larsen is not bothered by anyone and stays by Crawford and C.L. for support. No one is left alone - one of Ferrer´s rules of engagement. Something Nohman didn´t seem to have.

[ImpInTraining]

Collins slid the pistol away from Dr. Sanchez, over by Hale. He calls over the radio to Weiss, "Be careful, whoever you're running up against is armed." He pauses, then announces to the team, "Found Dr. Sanchez. She's in bad shape. Doubt she's going to make it. I could get some answers from her, but to bring her back to consciousness is surely going to kill her. Directions?" He waited for someone to respond, in the meanwhile did what he could to slow the bleeding.

[Dave Syrinx]

Larsen, Crawford & C.L. hears the message clearly. "You are the doctor, doc. We could use some answers. Where´s the samples? Use your judgment Collins. We´re swamped here. Surrounded." Larsen reports.
C.L. moves after Heather and Nohman with Crawford and Larsen at his side.

C.L.

Spoiler:

He focuses on the fact that they have confirmed Smith is dead and Sanchez is found. Apparently unfit to move. Next point on the agenda should be to arm the bomb and get topside. No need to risk more exposure. The stairwell should do as placement site. Then head up.

In the maintenance area-

Collins puts some pressure on the bullet wound and dresses it with bandages.

Spoiler:

Roll first aid 63% to see if he successfully stops the bleeding.

[ImpInTraining]

ut-oh,I think I might have killed her. [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2894502/]First Aid (63%) (1d100=100)[/url]

[Dave Syrinx]

Collins applies the bandages as well as he can considering the circumstance. It´s soon evident he didn´t stop the bleeding at all. Having drawn a sample and fed it to the scanning device he awaits the result. It´s crystal clear that dr Sanchez will perish within a minute. Her pulse is growing more feeble for every second.

ooc:

Spoiler:

Well, the procedure didn´t go as planned, but she was almost dead already.

[Iggy_Pop]

Syrinx:

OOC,Just checking to make sure that [b]C.L.[/b] has all the equipment that you outlined in the draft character sheet in the PM? inc. grenades, firecrackers etc?

[Dave Syrinx]

ooc:

Spoiler:

Yes, that´s correct.

Things that go boom:

Explosive charge 5kg C4, damage: monumental.

Box of firecrackers, 20pcs

Three smoke grenades.

Two regular grenades, damage 6d6 (5m radius) 3d6 (10m radius) 1d6 (20m radius)

Two door placement charges, takes away the lock in a neat directed boom.

Arming and handling the explosives goes under Demolitions @50%. Throwing a grenade goes under Throw @25%. A failed demolitions will render the explosives malfunctioning. A critical failure will cause a mishap in the handling 97-00. A failed Throw will cause the grenade to veer off 1d20 meters, rolling or bouncing off target. A critical failure will mean a dropped grenade - RUN!

[ImpInTraining]

Collins sighs and says "With the blood she's losing, she'll never make it to a medivac." He was mostly just talking to himself, but said it loud enough so Hale could hear. He reached in his kit and pulled out the concoction that should allow Dr. Sanchez to regain some consciousness briefly. Maybe she'd give them straight answers, since he couldn't rely on his team leader to be so obliging.

[Dave Syrinx]

By the escalator-

Crawford sprays at the four closing in on C.L. Three rounds rip into the next last of the four, doing considerable damage. His left leg is severed by the knee cap and he goes down. Falling behind the others but crawls after them towards C.L. Two rounds thud into the abdomen of the last attacker, not impeding her much. What does stop her is the fallen target in front of her feet. She falls flat down on the floor. She falls on top of the customer before her and injures her abdomen even further. The two remaining crazies close in on C.L.

Larsen lets a ten round burst fly at the two remaining. The rounds hit evenly between the two targets. The left guy is caught dead in the centre of the chest, blowing him backwards. Quite dead. The other target gets the right shoulder blown away. He on the other hand is still moving forward.

C.L. is three meters away from the remaining customer. His wing men have taken care of business - with flying colours.

Further on in the mall, Nohman and Heather bolt forward with .50s raised, forcing their way to the exit before being caught up by the customers on their tails.

[Dave Syrinx]

Collins injects a series of drugs that relieve any pain so consciousness will return quicklier. Asit has got in to her system her heart will pump at full speed, internal injuries and blood loss will increase. So Collins applies extra pressure to the puncture area.


"Will she wake up?" Hale whispers.

[Dave Syrinx]

Wincing, Dr. Sanchez opens her eyes. She slowly raises a blood-stained hand and touches her face.
"Oh, shit." She mutters weakly.
Then she looks at Collins, narrowing her eyes.

"Are... you UBCS?" She eyes your uniforms. "So I am totally screwed ... You´re not here to rescue me... right?"

"Good, she seems lucid." Hale comments.

[Dave Syrinx]

Hale is interrupted by gunfire - from the west...To the west of the maintenance area comes three quick shotgun blasts followed by rapid gun fire from a sidearm. At least twenty shots are fired, with a little pause between every double tap.

She gets the area scanner up and brings up the plans of the mall. "In the area the shots come from lies a Guns & Ammo store. Sounds like we have a late shopper."

[Dave Syrinx]

Nohman sees how Heather passes him. He shoots at the closest of the four customers running at him. He blows the brains out off his target, but is attacked by three ferocious crazies. One of them is too slow but the two remaining clings to Nohman´s protective suit. One got a hold on his left leg and tears it apart at the thigh. He munches at the tear, biting through the skin of the leg. Nohman continues to run cursing not at the pain but at the discomfort of the extra weight to drag. The other customer clings to his back and bites though at the right shoulder blade. Nohman reflexively tries to shake his attackers off by flailing with his arms.

"Aargh! You will not get me!!!" He screams as he tries to direct a shot at the one clinging to his leg. His control at this distance is acute and the clinger looses his grip and falls to the floor, with an extra breathing hole in the back of his head.

Heather reaches the exit doors to the stairs. Shakes the doors. But the light by the doors shines red. They are locked.

The crazy at Nohman´s head lifts his head to prepare another attack, holding tight as if drowning.

[Dave Syrinx]

Iggy_pop:

Spoiler:

Sure all things noted in the PM is in his pack or his harness, clipped on.

[Dave Syrinx]

C.L. advances after Larsen and Crawford, firing a three round burst at the customer continuing at him. As the customer is about to throw himself at C.L. he is hit in his legs making him fall down, struggling to get on to his knees.

"Shoulda stayed asleep, moron!" He catches up with Larsen and Crawford. Crawford has taken a knee and set her sights at the customer clinging to Nohman´s back. She has switched from her MP5 to the .50. The .50 echoes in the corridor. The bullet whizzes at the two struggling combatants. Just as the bullet strikes home, Nohman turns slightly as he tries to get free. Making the bullet miss its intended target. Instead it enters the left temple of the team leader and exits through the other. The two combatants go down in a pile and the customer greedily starts to feed on the fresh wound.

She gets up and moves on.

"He was already gone. They bit him. Move on!" Crawford hisses.

In the comm, she reports. "Team leader dead. He got bit. I retired him. Over."

She passes the feeding customer and rushes past. C.L. and Larsen pass the gruesome sight too.
When she gets to Heather and the doors, they click green and open. Heather pushes them over and the team exits the mall.

In the stairwell area, they back away from the doors stepping in the few puddles that remain in the hall. The lock goes red.
Still, the music from the mall can be heard. That and the shambling steps of all the customers from the escalator area and the phone store. Catching your breath the situation sinks in. This is no ordinary rescue mission.

OOC: One director is located while one is tagged as dead by the scanner. The survivor you have rescued is well. Now, what remain is to plant the bomb. Evacuate the mall via the roof and get back to head quarters. As far as team leader status goes, Larsen has senior rank in this divided part of the team. In the other part, Weiss has highest security level, but as acting as Nohman´s backup, he might be outside the equation? Collins and Hale are to par but that leaves that part of the team with two equal leaders. The same goes for the bomb-team: C.L. has the main responsibility as he has the activation code. What he says should be considered the most important.

At the medic situation, the team is stable. But the skills of Collins are the most valuable for the whole team. Obeying his command should be the safest bet.

As things are cooling down, roll a Sanity check each for having been subjected to the rising of the dead. A failure will result in a temporary insanity rolled by the keeper. Loss are at 1/1d8 a result of above 5 is granting an instability in some way. If above five is rolled, roll against IDEA. Above the character´s IDEA score the roll is successful. If the roll is below IDEA the instability will become longer and affect future situations more permanently.