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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 20:05:26 GMT -5
Finch stood quickly, eyes widening. "Charlie?" He called, not too loudly not loud enough.
Since she was holding a gun, Jack didn't seem to have a choice. He stepped forward to go with her, though not happily.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 20:08:34 GMT -5
"Er...no...who's Charlie?" A confused and British male voice spoke up, and a tall man with slick black hair stepped nervously out from behind the hedge. "Um...hullo, my name's Tom." he introduced himself awkwardly.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 20:12:36 GMT -5
Finch narrowed his eyes, tilting his head slightly forward in confusion. "What do you want from us?" He asked, his tone taking on a significantly colder note.
"Hold on." Reade held up a hand, studying Tom. "You're not with them, are you?"
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 20:15:49 GMT -5
"Er..." Tom paused, trying to figure out how to phrase this. "Not exactly. If you wouldn't mind...why are you locked up?"
"You tell us." muttered Eli, clearly suspicious.
"He's not lying." said Reese with a glance at Finch.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 20:20:35 GMT -5
Finch glanced at Reese for an instant before turning his tired blue eyes back to Tom, believing what Reese said. "We crashed here." He tried to explain to the younger man. "We're not a threat to you. These people kidnapped our children in the middle of the night, and locked us here with no explanation."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 20:23:50 GMT -5
Tom frowned, perching himself on top of the small boulder that sat to the left of one of the cages. "See...my brother would have me trust these people. Give them the benefit of the doubt. But what can I say...that was never my strong suit. Something's wrong here." He narrowed his eyes, trying to work it out. "Why would they attack you? Had you met in the past?"
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 20:28:46 GMT -5
"No." Finch gazed sincerely at him. "We don't know who these people are, or why they're doing this. If you don't believe us, you can find a young boy here, by the name of Zach. Talk to him."
"You're not a part of this yet, kid." Reade put in cautiously.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 20:33:11 GMT -5
Tom's eyes widened, too taken aback by Finch's comment to acknowledge Reade's. "How do you know..." Then his eyes narrowed suspiciously again. "What's his last name?"
"Zherova." said Reese instantly. "He has a sister, Emma Zherova. She wasn't captured.
Tom turned his gaze to Reese, looking thoroughly confused now. "How do you know all of this? Zach was the sole survivor of the plane he crashed on."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 20:37:16 GMT -5
"No, he wasn't." Finch latched on to this piece of evidence. "We were on that plane. They tried to take his sister too, but my friend in the other cage stopped them."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 20:40:01 GMT -5
Tom nodded slowly, taking this in. Then he jumped, instantly on edge, as the clang of someone coming towards the cages sounded. "Alright...I'll try to help you. But I can't stay here now...I'm not any use to you locked up." And with that, he was gone.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 20:42:25 GMT -5
Finch turned towards the noise, when he glanced back Tom was gone. He turned away from the spot, meeting Reese's eyes for a second.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 20:47:59 GMT -5
"Well, there's one ally. Two if Charlie pans out." said Reese. "We might have a shot at breaking out of here if they didn't have so much leverage."
Charlie was walking towards the cages. Just as she came into view she stopped abruptly, frowned, and pulled out a radio. She put it to her ear, eyes wide in apparent confusion.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 20:52:34 GMT -5
Finch saw her, standing very still. The bottle cap was clutched in his hand, but it was useless without more information. He hoped she had a good plan.
Reade saw her but didn't react, guessing they were on camera. He didn't know if she was supposed to be noticed yet.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 20:57:16 GMT -5
Clearly whatever she was being told over her radio, she wasn't expecting it. After a moment of shocked silence, she turned and headed quickly in the other direction.
"What was that about?" asked Reese, puzzled.
Cas stood in the corner of the room, watching Patterson stare down the hall through the glass. "If Jack is performing a surgery, he could be gone for some time." he advised.
"And when he comes back, I wanna be ready." countered Patterson.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 21:07:28 GMT -5
"Nothing good, judging from the look on her face." Finch said grimly, staring after her.
Jane was leaning against the wall, arms crossed. "He has to be back sooner or later."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 21:12:01 GMT -5
Charlie entered the room, still pressing the radio to her face. She walked steadily past the glass cage, eyes glued straight ahead, and exited out the other side, not even glancing at the prisoners.
"Hey! Charlie!" called Kurt, frowning when she didn't respond.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 21:15:59 GMT -5
Jane walked over to the glass, frowning. "Someone's talking to her." She realizes with a sinking feeling in her stomach. "It's not good "
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 21:18:21 GMT -5
"You mean they're threatening her?" said Cas, watching the door close behind her. "Through the phone?"
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 21:21:19 GMT -5
"That's what it looks like." Jane agreed, watching the door close. "She wasn't paying attention to us, she was extremely focused on going to a specific place."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 21:30:38 GMT -5
A few moments later, an alarm started to sound. The lights dimmed and were replaced by red emergency lights. Kurt stood up instantly. "What is that?" shouted Patterson over the noise.
The door opposite to the one Charlie had just gone through opened and three Others stepped through, guns at the ready. They looked around, wary, then headed towards Charlie's door. But just as they were about halfway there it swung open. Charlie didn't have her radio anymore, but her hair was pulled back and she had that same unfocused look in her eye. She raised a gun of her own, closed her eyes, and began to fire, somehow hitting her targets.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 21:34:10 GMT -5
Jane wasn't bothered but the noise itself, but when Charlie began hitting people perfectly, with her eyes closed, the FBI agent's own green eyes widened. "How is she doing that?" She shouted above the noise.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 21:40:06 GMT -5
Kurt shook his head, just as confused as she was. Once the last Other was dropped, Charlie's eyes flew open. She took a deep, shuddering breath, eyes wide, and stepped towards the control panel, entering the code. The door swung open. "Hey." she said quickly. "We gotta get out of here, there's more coming."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 21:41:28 GMT -5
"What happened? Who was on the phone?" Jane questioned, following quickly behind her.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 21:49:57 GMT -5
"Just trust me, okay?" said Charlie, leading them outside and towards the cage. "We have to hurry."
"Finch." said Reese, seeing Charlie's approach. "She's got some of the prisoners...not Root or Grace though. Dammit!"
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 21:55:05 GMT -5
"We can't move them." Finch answered hurriedly. "Maybe Grace, but if we try to move Miss Groves she will certainly die."
"We need to decide what to do, now." Reade said in a warning tone, watching Charlie get closer. "If we fail now we may not get another chance."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 21:58:27 GMT -5
Charlie ran up to the cages and unlocked them. Her gaze lingered on Finch, eyes widening slightly as if she recognized him, but she didn't have time to comment further. Suddenly she closed her eyes, turned, and shot an approaching Other down. Eli jumped. "What the - "
Reese raised his eyebrows at Finch.
Tom returned, dragging James along with him. "Hurry!" he said, glancing around nervously. "Now you see!"
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 22:02:22 GMT -5
"See what...Tom, calm do-" James' voice cut off abruptly when he saw the scene in front of him.
Finch stepped towards Charlie. "My friends. Where are they?" He asked, recognizing the signs from Root and hoping he was right.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 22:07:05 GMT -5
"On their way." said Charlie. "She says they're making it and we need to hurry up - oh, and she says hello." she said, gaze flickering between Reese and Finch. Reese took a gun off one of the downed Others. "We need to move." he said.
"Didn't I tell you?" said Tom, grinning. "We're staging a daring escape."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 22, 2016 22:12:04 GMT -5
"Come on." Reade had no idea what anyone was talking about at this point, but he'd ask later. Right now he took up the rear, guarding against anyone who tried to follow them.
Finch limped as fast as he could after them, trying his hardest not to slow them down. His mind was still spinning as he took in what was happening, that the Machine could reach them there.
"I didn't know you meant right now." Jane's protested, running to help the escapees anyway.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 22, 2016 22:17:12 GMT -5
They got about halfway across camp when Charlie spun around. "Look out!" The little group scattered in all directions as Others came into view - at least nine of them - guns blazing. Charlie dove into the bushes. "GET DOWN!"
Bang. Bang. Bang. Shot by perfect shot, the Others were going down. As the path cleared, there they were. Root, walking steadily down the lane, one arm around the barely-conscious Grace. She was clearly in God Mode, utterly focused on her task. Her throat was still heavily bandaged, and was slightly bloodstained.
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