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"Let's start circling the building," suggests Rosa. "A broken window would be hard to miss."

The agents can see a broken window near the back of the building when they circle around. The height of the window keeps agents from seeing inside.

"Well damn, that opens to the offices on the upper floor of the gym. I knew the damn things had got in." says Sheriff Williams.

Gavric

“We need to get inside there then. Sheriff, get men on every exit with automatic weapons or shotguns if you have them. I’ll lead the way inside. Do we have any volunteers?”

"I'm right behind you," says Rosa. "I got your six."

"Officers Martin and Lopez, cover the front entrance. I'll be here at the back with a shotgun in case the thing tries to escape back into the trees."

The two officers heed his orders and cover the front entrance.

The gym is littered with people all around with blankets and sleeping bags. The only light comes from a few lanterns, leaving the place dim and full of long shadows. The roof of the gym is out of sight, nothing but darkness. It's late but many of the people are still awake and look scared, parents try to comfort their children. Everyone looks dirty and unkempt, depression and exhaustion mixed in with their fear. The stairwell to the second floor is clearly labeled.

Gavric looks around.

“Wait Sheriff! We need to get everyone out quickly and as quietly as possible” he says. “If we start shooting there’ll be mass panic. Please, can you announce to everyone that we need to move them, and that they need to get the bare minimum of stuff and come to the door where the other Officers will meet them. Families with children first. Let’s try to lay on some transport and take them elsewhere. Me and Rosa will cover you. What do you think, Rosa?

"Yeah, let's get them out of here before all hell breaks loose," says Rosa, "but we'll need to keep them quarantined and under observation in case any of them are already infested."

"You're both probably right, but we don't have enough vehicles that can make it through the ice and the debris, a couple trucks and the cruisers but not enough the move fifty people." He stops to think. "Maybe we could keep them in the school buses for a little while but they couldn't handle that very long."

Gavric

"It doesn't have to be for too long, just until we kill that thing. At least get the children away. We can't risk opening fire with all these people around. When they're gone, maybe we can get the lights working and spot that thing more easily. Come on, let's get moving" he says gently but firmly. "Before it decides to attack.

To Rosa he says, "Anyone infected should be easy enough to spot."

Sheriff Williams begins yelling to the frightened people.

"Everyone, wake up. We have an emergency situation, and its important that everyone evacuate for a short time. We have found lice infected with dangerous parasites at another shelter and everyone needs to get checked out. This is a precaution but a vital one. Now, we're going to put the children in one bus and the adults in seven other buses. We will try to do this as quickly as possible but bring sleeping bags and jackets."

The people look terrified as they all wake up. Some people are openly refusing to go outside at this time of night in this temperatures, others refuse to be separated from their children. Some of the people are willing to leave but are hurt or elderly. Though the majority of people are up and ready to go there are still those few groups who refuse. Children are crying as they are dragged from their parents by the officers, one person tries to punch one of the cops and is roughly tackled and handcuffed. After that, it goes more smoothly, and people are lead to the cars.

Gavric is relieved that the civilians have gone, although he thinks the decision to separate the children from their parents was unnecessary and risky.

“Alright, is it possible to get the power going in here? If we get the lights on, we should be able to find the ape pretty quickly. Does anyone know where to look for the building controls?”

"If not, we'll need flashlights," says Rosa. "I could duct tape one under the barrel of my rifle."

Gavric

“Okay then, let’s do it. Everyone, lock and load.”

He readies his pistol and the sonic weapon, and strides over to the closet to turn the breaker on.

Rosa holds her rifle ready, covering him.

The light reveals the creatures swinging across the rafters of the old gym. There are two fully grown Amante, who hesitate for a moment before the hum of the lights alerts them to whats happened. One of the two has an arm that looks red and irritated, even slightly stunted. Neither of them has a seeder organ currently attached.

The first creature hurls itself down from the rafters at Sheriff Williams, pinning him beneath it.
The second,the one with the ruined arm, launches itself at Rosa, pinning her down beneath it.

Gavric barely has time to think "Two of them" - he immediately rushes over to the creature on top of Rosa and begins to empty the contents of his pistol into its head.

Firearms,Firearms 50 + 20 point blank range: [url=http://orokos.com/roll/574175]Firearms[/url]: [u]1d100[/u] [b]26[/b] Damage 9mm 1d10 [url=http://orokos.com/roll/574176]Firearms damage[/url]: [u]1d10[/u] [b]6[/b] [url=http://orokos.com/roll/574177]Firearms damage[/url]: [u]1d10[/u] [b]1[/b] [url=http://orokos.com/roll/574178]Firearms damage[/url]: [u]1d10[/u] [b]9[/b]

"Get your paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" shouts Rosa.

OOC,Am I unable to take any actions while pinned? Can I use Unarmed Combat to try to break free?

With a determined shove, Rosa flings the beast off of her.

OOC,Unarmed Combat roll (80% skill) to throw off the creature: [dice]0[/dice]