[17:39] <Reve_Hunter> <sits down on a rock, watching the carvers reunite and watches dez from a distance>

[17:41] <Herusu_Hunter> <finishes putting all of his stuff in his car>

[17:41] <Reve_Hunter> <sighs> great going Reve, you find a guy that you really like and you almost kill him...if that's not just totally stupid.

[17:42] <Dez_Visir> <Stands off by himself in the distance, kicking at a bit of dirt.>

[17:45] <Reve_Hunter> <"dez, sometimes people make mistakes...and I made a huge one...hopefully you don't think that I'm a mistake."> <kicks a few stones and rests her head in her hands>

[17:48] <Herusu_Hunter> <gets in his car> hey, not only am I moving back to my own place, but if any French girls and their boyfriends show up, they won't be able to find me

[17:48] <Herusu_Hunter> That's a plus <starts the car>

[17:49] <Dez_Visir> <Folds his arms, looking off at Reve through the corner of his eye>

[17:51] <Reve_Hunter> <"and besides dez...if you don't forgive me, who will keep you amused? I know I make you happy, it'll be just you and maria...and I'll program her to play "selected" recordings...">

[17:52] <Herusu_Hunter> <opens the door to his apartment and looks around> my furniture... It's in Reve's storage place.... And she's the only one with the combination! Damn it!

[17:53] <Herusu_Hunter> <takes out his phone and dials the number of Reve's mobile>

[17:53] <Dez_Visir> <"Fine...just get over here already.">

[17:54] <Reve_Hunter> <"huh"> <realization sets in and she runs to dez, jumping on his back> I knew you'd forgive me!

[17:55] <Reve_Hunter> Oh...hold on one sec sweety.

[17:55] <Dez_Visir> Argh...alright.

[17:55] <Reve_Hunter> <takes her cellphone from out of her deep skirt pocket>

[17:55] <Reve_Hunter> Reve Hunter.

[17:55] <Dez_Visir> <Rubs the back of his neck>

[17:56] <Herusu_Hunter> Yes! Thank you! Reve remember when I needed you to hold my furniture in your storage place when my place was being sprayed?

[17:56] <Reve_Hunter> Yeah, wassup?

[17:56] <Reve_Hunter> You need the combination?

[17:56] <Herusu_Hunter> yeah

[17:56] <Reve_Hunter> Are you ready?

[17:56] <Herusu_Hunter> Yeah

[17:56] <Reve_Hunter> Have a pen and paper?

[17:57] <Herusu_Hunter> yes

[17:57] <Reve_Hunter> It's 1...2...3...4

[17:57] <Herusu_Hunter> 1, 2, 3, 4?

[17:57] <Reve_Hunter> Got it?

[17:57] <Reve_Hunter> <nods> yep

[17:57] <Herusu_Hunter> You certainly are a master of home security

[17:58] <Herusu_Hunter> Ok hold on.... <enters the combination, and looks inside. Nothing is there> DAMN IT!

[17:59] <Reve_Hunter> What do you mean nothing is there?

[17:59] <Reve_Hunter> Hmm...i could have sworn I paid my storage fees for a year...

[17:59] <Herusu_Hunter> Oh wait I see something.... It's a cobweb... Of course nothing is there!

[18:00] <Reve_Hunter> Are you sure you're in my storage space?

[18:00] <Herusu_Hunter> Who else would have the combination 1, 2, 3, 4?

[18:01] <Dez_Visir> <Mumbles to himself> 1 2 3 4....?

[18:12] <Reve_Hunter> I don't know what to tell you Herusu...

[18:13] <Reve_Hunter> That's my combination...

[18:18] <Reve_Hunter> <the phone gets disconnected>

[18:18] <Reve_Hunter> Oh well...

[18:18] <Reve_Hunter> <puts the phone back in her pocket>

[18:23] <Dez_Visir> What was that all about?

[18:23] <Reve_Hunter> Herusu wanted my combination to the storage space in my flat...

[18:24] <Dez_Visir> Oh....<Shrugs, figuring it was just some personal business.>

[18:25] <Reve_Hunter> Unfortunately, it's empty, perhaps someone stole all his stuff...

[18:25] <Dez_Visir> Huh...that's weird.

[18:25] <Reve_Hunter> Do you think 1 2 3 4 is an easy combination?

[18:25] <Dez_Visir> .....Yes.

[18:25] <Reve_Hunter> OH...well, I hope he didn't have anything too expensive

[18:26] <Dez_Visir> Eh...

[18:26] <Dez_Visir> <Sighs> So what now?

[18:26] <Reve_Hunter> Perhaps we should wait in the carrier? I think catherine has some business to settle with her family, we can wait there in case they need help with anything later.

[18:27] <Reve_Hunter> I feel we should stick around just to make sure things are alright...

[18:27] <Reve_Hunter> Just a feeling you know?

[18:27] <Dez_Visir> Alright. I guess we can hold off on that vacation for a little while longer.

[18:27] <Reve_Hunter> <nods> well, we can begin the vacation right now?

[18:28] <Reve_Hunter> <averts her gaze>

[18:28] <Dez_Visir> Hmmm? <Doesn't really get it.>

[18:28] <Reve_Hunter> Mm...<whispers into dez's ear>

[18:30] <Dez_Visir> ..............Oh....you mean like that......why, you're absolutely right, we can begin the vacation now.

[18:31] <Reve_Hunter> <giggles>

[18:31] <Reve_Hunter> <as they walk back to the shuttle> Does Maria record everything?

[18:31] <Dez_Visir> Not if I turn her off....

[18:32] <Reve_Hunter> No need to, just wondered if she does visual too. <laughs as the shuttle door closes behind them>

[18:33] <Nathan_Carver> <Back in his office, he sits alone, staring across the room at a glass shelf that lies in a small alcove. The threat is unsettling... but not totally unexpected. Still...>

[18:37] <Nathan_Carver> <Getting up, he walks across the office. The shelf, usually obscured by a cabinet door, contains a variety of small objects. A Preventers uniform patch, an OZ unit insignia, a handful of books, folded engineering diagrams, and a small pair of plastic concept design models.>

[18:38] <Nathan_Carver> Hmph... nothing new at all...

[18:40] <Nathan_Carver> <He turns, and walks back to the window> Threats. Well, two can play that game.

[18:41] <Dez_Visir> <A red dot of slides down the top of Nathan's head and rests on his forehead>

[18:41] <Nathan_Carver> <He pages the receptionist, and asks to have a call placed to Reve Hunter.> ((Wb.))

[18:42] <Dez_Visir> <The dot holds still...the sniper prepares to fire.>

[18:42] <Nathan_Carver> <he moves back from the window, putting his back to it> We'll see who's threatened...

[18:42] <Reve_Hunter> [Receptionist] Very well Mr. Carver. <puts the call through>

[18:43] <Dez_Visir> <The sound of the rifle is loud, but somewhat muffled. A single bullet flies through the air and cuts through Nathan's back within an instant. The sniper grumbles, obviously having missed the lethal shot....>

[18:43] <Reve_Hunter> <in the middle of going on "vacation"> Picks up phone, Reve here

[18:43] <Nathan_Carver> Ahh.... ! <Caught off guard more then in pain, he falls forward. Even before he reaches the floor, a crimson trail weaves its way from the wound.>

[18:44] <Reve_Hunter> <hears the scream and looks down at her phone, the number on call display belonging to thinline>

[18:44] <Nathan_Carver> Damn it! <he begins to drag himself away from window>

[18:44] <Reve_Hunter> Dez! Put your clothes back on...i think something is going on in Thinline...

[18:44] <Nathan_Carver> <Every moment seems laboured... pain... darkness> Come on...

[18:44] <Dez_Visir> What?! Damn it....not now.

[18:45] <Reve_Hunter> I heard something like a shot and a scream of pain...please..

[18:45] <Dez_Visir> <Gets dressed, obviously not in the best of moods.> Today just isn't my day...

[18:45] <Catherine`Carver> <Catherine knocks on the door to Nathan's offce and let's herself in> Dad, I just wanted- DAD!

[18:45] <Reve_Hunter> <the shuttle door opens and Reve runs out> Dez, bring some sort of weapon....

[18:46] <Dez_Visir> Right, right...

[18:46] <Nathan_Carver> <He fumbles a comm device, and drops it> Cathy... get out of here!

[18:46] <Dez_Visir> Maria, open up the armory.

[18:46] <Reve_Hunter> <picks up her mobile and tries to call Thinline's main number>

[18:46] <Dez_Visir> <He walks towards the dining room. A wall of the room opens up and several weapons appear.>

[18:46] <Dez_Visir> Let's see....

[18:46] <Catherine`Carver> <takes a step forward> Dad, you have to get out!

[18:46] <Dez_Visir> No time to be picky.

[18:46] <Reve_Hunter> [Receptionist] <lies in a pool of blood at the receptionist desk>

[18:46] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] <He walks down the hall, and here's a shout> Huh?

[18:46] <Reve_Hunter> Shit....

[18:47] <Dez_Visir> <Takes a modified SPAS-G Shotgun and closes the armory doors, exiting the shuttle and checking to make sure it's loaded.>

[18:47] <Reve_Hunter> <tries to call sean on his phone, dialing her speed dial she tries to get hold of him>

[18:47] <Dez_Visir> <The shotgun's barrel folds down and retracts, so much that Dez can put the weapon inside of his jacket.>

[18:47] <Nathan_Carver> <He begins to crawl across the floor, holding back another scream. Pain rakes his back, a red trail follows him> Get out!

[18:47] <Dez_Visir> <Catches up with Reve> What's going on?

[18:48] <Devon_Allester> <is walking through thinline, oblivious to whats happening>

[18:48] <Reve_Hunter> <running into the lobby of thinline she sees the dead receptionist> shit dez...

[18:48] <Dez_Visir> <Another bullet cuts through the back of Nathan's leg.>

[18:48] <Reve_Hunter> I think someone is down...i'm afraid it's uncle nathan...

[18:48] <Dez_Visir> ....What? <Looks at the dead receptionist.>

[18:48] <Reve_Hunter> <looks on the wall directory for nathan's office>

[18:48] <Nathan_Carver> Arrrrgh! <He pounds a fist on the floor, biting back the pain.>

[18:48] <Catherine`Carver> <tears running down her cheeks, she lets out a scream as she sees her father being shot down. She runs out of the office, there is nothing she can do but get help>

[18:48] <Reve_Hunter> Let's go Dez, this way.

[18:48] <Devon_Allester> <hears the muffled noises coming from the direction of the offices>

[18:49] <Catherine`Carver> Someone, help!

[18:49] <Devon_Allester> <runs down the hall>

[18:49] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] <Stops, skidding to a halt at the office door...> My god... dad!

[18:49] <Reve_Hunter> <hears catherine's scream>

[18:49] <Dez_Visir> Reve, wait....just stay behind! You might get hurt.

[18:49] <Reve_Hunter> OH my gosh...<nods> I'll go call the authorities.

[18:49] <Devon_Allester> <stops outside the door, looking in horror> Jesus Christ... what happened?

[18:49] <Nathan_Carver> <he pushes himself back against his desk, allowing for cover.>

[18:50] <Catherine`Carver> <grabs Sean and turns him away from the scene of violence>

[18:50] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] Hey! We've got to help him!

[18:50] <Dez_Visir> <Runs up to the door of the room where Nathan is in...he sees Sean and Catherine> Hey, what's going on you two?!

[18:50] <Catherine`Carver> <her eyes, however, stay on the display filled with horror>

[18:50] <Catherine`Carver> He's..Dad's in there...

[18:50] <Catherine`Carver> I don't think....

[18:51] <Catherine`Carver> Help him!

[18:51] <Dez_Visir> <Leans around the corner, reaching into his jacket. He sees Nathan shot...> What is it? A sniper?

[18:51] <Jeremiah_Ward> [Lucien] <Doing the best he can in the sudden surge of chaos, he seals off the Thinline Research Department and helps a pair of security guards watch the entrance, calling in wandering employees to keep them safe>

[18:51] <Nathan_Carver> <He looks up, and then to the window> Get down!

[18:51] <Devon_Allester> <pulls out his pistol> it looks like it...

[18:51] <Dez_Visir> <Slides back around the doorway...>

[18:51] <Dez_Visir> I have an idea...

[18:51] <Devon_Allester> <nods>

[18:51] <Dez_Visir> <Grabs a metal chair and puts it over his shoulder.>

[18:52] <Reve_Hunter> <frantically dialing emergency, with ragged breath she tries to make a coherent sentence> Help...we need...help at Thinline Medical...one person dead and another may be....<her voice trails off>

[18:52] <Nathan_Carver> <Coughing, he looks back at his hand, seeing the mire of red along it> Damn... <clutching the wound, he simply shudders>

[18:52] <Dez_Visir> <Walks into the room, keeping the metal chair covering his head and upper torso>

[18:52] <Devon_Allester> I hope you know what you're doing...

[18:52] <Dez_Visir> <Very carefully approaches Nathan.>

[18:52] <Dez_Visir> ...Mr. Carver, sir...?

[18:52] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] <Outside the office, he feels infinitely helpless... no gun, no way to get inside... can't even offer advice or warning... useless.>

[18:53] <Nathan_Carver> I'm.... the window, Dez! Across the complex...

[18:53] <Catherine`Carver> God, please don't let him die. Good people don't die. Let Dez kill that sniper...

[18:53] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] <A cold, sickly feeling creeps into his stomache> Dad...

[18:53] <Catherine`Carver> ...Let Dad live.

[18:53] <Dez_Visir> <Shots violently hit against the side of the chair, almost causing Dez to drop it. Before he can panic, he grabs Nathan with his free hand and drags him with all of his strength away from the window.>

[18:54] <Devon_Allester> <looks around the room for something to cover the window with>

[18:54] <Nathan_Carver> <Breathing laboured, wounds at their worst, he remains still.>

[18:54] <Reve_Hunter> <on the other end, the receptionist takes down all the details, tracing the call and assures that the authorities and medical crew has been dispatched, reve then crumples to the floor and then dials the carver residence> Please Auntie Kit... Answer the phone.

[18:54] <Catherine`Carver> [Kit] <answers the phone> Hello, Carver residence.

[18:55] <Dez_Visir> <Finally drags Nathan out of the room, leaving a trail of blood in the process. He tosses the chair aside> Someone take care of him!

[18:55] <Reve_Hunter> <tears stain her face and her breathing is choppy and laboured> Aunt Kit?...<sobbing> Uncle nathan....shot...

[18:55] <Reve_Hunter> Thinline...we're at thinline...please hurry...

[18:55] <Jeremiah_Ward> <In-house security begins to swarm at the entrances to the complex, letting out employees and guiding the emergency response team towards Nathan's office>

[18:56] <Devon_Allester> jesus, you would think thered be a doctor or something... i mean wer in a medical facility

[18:56] <Dez_Visir> <He leaves Nathan with Sean and Catherine outside in the hall, then runs down a hall that leads towards the other side of the complex.>

[18:57] <Catherine`Carver> [Kit] <silence for several moments> Oh god....

[18:57] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] Hang on dad... please... <he begins checking the wounds, trying to recall his studies> Oh... Catherine... it's... bad....

[18:57] <Catherine`Carver> Daddy, don't die!

[18:58] <Nathan_Carver> <tries to laugh, but instead he coughs more blood> Hey... don't worry... ah.... <his knuckles whiten as his fist clenches>

[18:58] <Dez_Visir> <Dez eventually goes around the corner that leads into the other half of the complex. The lights have been dimmed, purposely. The fresh smell of blood is in the air....if these people were still alive, there would be panic in their hearts.>

[18:58] <Catherine`Carver> [Kit] <she hangs up the phone, grabs Lain, and drives to the entrance of Thinline>

[18:58] <Dez_Visir> <He removes the SPAS-G from his jacket and flicks it with his wrist whole holding down a button on the side. The barrel telescopes and locks into place.>

[18:58] <Dez_Visir> Come on, you bastard....where are you....

[18:59] <Reve_Hunter> <picks herself up from the floor and walks towards where sean and catherine stand>

[18:59] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] It's bad.... he has to get to a ward, right now! <tears begins streaming down his face>

[18:59] <Devon_Allester> Are you two ok here with Mr. Carver?

[18:59] <Reve_Hunter> I've called your mother...she's on her way...the authorities are on their way too, I hope the get here fast enough...

[18:59] <Catherine`Carver> <holds her father's hand>

[19:00] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] We can't move him... damn it...

[19:00] <Dez_Visir> <He thinks he can sense something, just behind him...as he looks over his shoulder, the sense becomes stronger. He spins around with the shotgun and takes aim at the sniper, who was just about to sneak around and shoot him.>

[19:00] <Dez_Visir> <"Wrong move...">

[19:00] <Nathan_Carver> It'll be okay.... all okay... <he gives them a reassuring smile>

[19:00] <Lucien_Vellenstadt> <Stumbles into the receptionist's office, tired from the walk but still formidable> Make some room.

[19:01] <Reve_Hunter> [Paramedics] <the ambulance arrives on the scene, men in orange suits come in with a stretcher and all their other equipment>

[19:01] <Dez_Visir> <The sniper ducks back into the room he was hiding in as Dez fires. The resulting blast is extremely loud, and for a good reason; the door in the gun's path of fire snaps in half under pressure from the gun's power.>

[19:01] <Devon_Allester> what the hell is taking those paramedics so long?

[19:01] <Catherine`Carver> [Kit] <getting down from the car she half drags Lain inside, the latter now running to keep up with her mother. After several minutes they make it the sound of shots, Kit keeping Lain behind her at all times as they slowly make their over to Nathan and company>

[19:01] <Catherine`Carver> Dad, you'll be alright.

[19:01] <Lucien_Vellenstadt> <Concentrates hard, letting the medtechs file in behind him as he slows Nathan's bleeding to a crawl>

[19:01] <Dez_Visir> [Sniper] "Shit....what the hell is that kid using, a tank cannon?"

[19:02] <Reve_Hunter> [Paramedics] <rushes to the the reception and notices the dead receptionist, thinking that this is the person down, they take her away on the stretcher>

[19:02] <Devon_Allester> <stands up as Kit and Lain approach>

[19:02] <Dez_Visir> <The sniper runs through the rather large room he's in and dives through the window, rolling as he hits the railing of a fire escape.>

[19:02] <Reve_Hunter> [Medic #1] the young lady mentioned two down, bring another stretcher with you and follow me.

[19:02] <Dez_Visir> <Dez looks around the corner of the doorway, shotgun at the ready. A volley of bullets go his way, one scraping past his hand as he moves out of the way.>

[19:02] <Nathan_Carver> <he coughs again, looking up> Alright...

[19:02] <Catherine`Carver> [Kit] <slowly sinks to Nathan's side> Oh, darling, why did you have to get shot?

[19:03] <Dez_Visir> <He checks his wound. Minor...ignorable with all th edrenalline flowing through his system>

[19:03] <Reve_Hunter> <as the first set of paramedics wheel the receptionist into the ambulance, the second set rush behind the medic in charge and charge down the hallway trying to find the scene of the second accident>

[19:03] <Catherine`Carver> [Kit] You akways do the stupidest things...<tries to manage a smile for her husband, but fails>

[19:03] <Nathan_Carver> <He manages a smile> Hazard.... I <he stifles a scream> I'm sorry...

[19:03] <Devon_Allester> <runs into the hall>

[19:04] <Reve_Hunter> <reaches for sean's hand, trying to offer some sort of comfort>

[19:04] <Dez_Visir> <Dez senses the Sniper's presence fading...which means he's escaping. He runs out into the room and onto the fire escape.>

[19:04] <Devon_Allester> stupid paramedics... HERE <under his breath>you stupid morons... OVER HERE!

[19:04] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] <He merely looks forward, tears burning in his eyes...>

[19:04] <Reve_Hunter> <the paramedics see the crowd of people and they bring the stretcher in>

[19:05] <Nathan_Carver> Kit... please... <he coughs again>

[19:05] <Dez_Visir> <The chase leads down the fire escape, and all the way towards a street. The sniper aims his gun at a man in his car alone.> [Sniper] "Get out, now!" <The man, obviously in mortal terror, does as he is told. The sniper gets in and attempts an escape.>

[19:05] <Reve_Hunter> [Medic] <looks at the lady called kit> Dr. Carver...<recognizing her from various medical documents she's published>

[19:06] <Reve_Hunter> [Medic] Dr. Carver, we must take him to the hospital

[19:06] <Dez_Visir> <Dez looks around at the crowd in their various vehicles....there's a man getting out of his sleek Jiron Mirage '226, with custom silver detailing....an Arkangel limited edition all white motorcycle........but he finally makes his decision.>

[19:06] <Catherine`Carver> [Kit] <blinks back her tears> I understand.

[19:06] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] <Shakes his head, finally. He submerges the sorrow, trying to retain the medical objectivity he's been taught> Alright, get him on to the stretcher...

[19:07] <Nathan_Carver> <He holds Kit's hand, tightly, trying to smile> Please... I'm... sorry...

[19:07] <Reve_Hunter> <the medics carefully get him on to the stretcher> [Medic] We have room in the ambulance, if you'd like to come, please follow.

[19:08] <Catherine`Carver> [Kit] Yes.

[19:08] <Dez_Visir> <Dez cruises down the street at an astounding 170 mph in the amazingly designed concept car known as the Efreet 20, a car that looks like it's made entirely out of diamond. Even the wheels have a surreal, opaque look to them.>

[19:08] <Catherine`Carver> I'm going too.

[19:08] <Reve_Hunter> <the medics run nathan towards the ambulance, one of them making sure he has an oxygen mask on and is trying to make sure that they cover his wounds>

[19:08] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] So am I.

[19:08] <Catherine`Carver> [Lain] .....<looks at the ground> There's not enough room for me.

[19:09] <Reve_Hunter> [Medic] <turns around> alright. <he leads them into the ambulance>

[19:09] <Reve_Hunter> Lain, come with me.

[19:09] <Reve_Hunter> I'll take you to the hospital.

[19:09] <Lucien_Vellenstadt> <Grumbles as Nathan is moved, but keeps the pressure over his wound steady until a bandage is applied>

[19:09] <Catherine`Carver> [Lain] Okay.

[19:09] <Dez_Visir> <Leans out the side with his shotgun, taking aim at the sniper's car. Right when he's about to fire, a civilian's car gets in the way. Dez tries to lower the barrel at the same time he fires the trigger, not enough time to totally miss. The shot shreads the civilian's tires and sends them rolling off into a side embankment.>

[19:09] <Dez_Visir> Damn....

[19:09] <Reve_Hunter> <takes lain's hand and rushes towards the parking lot>

[19:09] <Dez_Visir> <Sits back down into the seat, reloading the gun while trying to keep control of the insanely fast car.>

[19:09] <Devon_Allester> <follows Reve>

[19:10] <Nathan_Carver> <He lets himself rest, closing his eyes, still fighting back waves of pain.> Owww...

[19:10] <Catherine`Carver> [Kit] Nathan, I love you. I will always love you, remember that.

[19:10] <Devon_Allester> Reve, are you ok?

[19:10] <Reve_Hunter> [Medic] <the ambulance door closes and they rush to the hospital>

[19:10] <Reve_Hunter> <nods, still in shock>

[19:10] <Devon_Allester> Are you going to the hospital?

[19:10] <Nathan_Carver> <Smiles, eyes still closed> I love you, Kit... you're everything... <he shudders>

[19:10] <Dez_Visir> <The Sniper's car eventually makes it to...> The hangar? Why the Hell would he be going there? Security's going to be on lock down...

[19:11] <Reve_Hunter> <notices a thinline employee coming out of a company truck> excuse me, I need to borrow your car for a bit.

[19:11] <Catherine`Carver> Dad?

[19:11] <Dez_Visir> <The sniper does a hook-slide through an island in the middle of the street, totally sliding over it before leaping out and making a dash for the hangar.>

[19:11] <Catherine`Carver> [Kit] ......

[19:11] <Reve_Hunter> <the employee seeing lain and seeing the ambulance take off in the distance nods and hands the keys to reve>

[19:11] <Reve_Hunter> <turns to everyone behind her> get in guys...and buckle up.

[19:11] <Reve_Hunter> <"be careful dez, I'll be back for you sweety">

[19:12] <Reve_Hunter> <loads lain into the passenger seat beside her and makes sure she's buckled up securely>

[19:12] <Devon_Allester> I'll take that as an invite... <gets in the back of the car, clicking the seat belt into the buckle>

[19:12] <Catherine`Carver> [Lain] Hurry.

[19:12] <Dez_Visir> <Dez would need that advice right about now. He runs into the hangar, shotgun at the ready.>

[19:12] <Reve_Hunter> <as everyone loads into the thinline car, they speed up, following the ambulance. Meanwhile, in the ambulance...>

[19:12] <Reve_Hunter> [Medic] His vitals are waning...

[19:12] <Nathan_Carver> Kit... listen... we have to... <he sighs, feeling the ease of a painkiller>

[19:13] <Dez_Visir> <The hangar seems to be filled with Colonial Army officers> What the Hell is going on here?

[19:13] <Reve_Hunter> [Medic #2] <looks up at the other medic, a silent understanding passes>

[19:13] <Dez_Visir> [Sniper] "There's some crazy bastard with white hair right behind me!"

[19:14] <Nathan_Carver> <He looks back to Sean and Catherine> They have a right to know, everything. <he finally regains some composure, the pain subsiding>

[19:14] <Dez_Visir> <Dez hides behind his carrier as the guards scramble to stand by all of the entrances to the hangar.>

[19:14] <Catherine`Carver> [Kit] I understand.

[19:15] <Catherine`Carver> [Kit] We should now.

[19:15] <Reve_Hunter> [Medic #1] <applies pressure on the wound, and watches nathan's heart become weaker and weaker..>

[19:15] <Dez_Visir> I'll show these bastards that they can't get away with this....<Whispers> Maria, auto-start Tiamat...

[19:15] <Nathan_Carver> <He looks to the Medics> A moment.. please...

[19:16] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] Dad...?

[19:16] <Reve_Hunter> [Medics] <a simultaneous nod and then they go towards the front of the ambulance, a field, meant for total privacy in times like these is brought down, making anything said on either side indecipherable to the other>

[19:17] <Dez_Visir> <Tiamat, inside of the carrier, hums to a start and all systems engage. Dez goes into his carrier through a side entrance, and vanishes therein.>

[19:17] <Nathan_Carver> Catherine... Sean... where do I begin...? <he winces again>

[19:17] <Tiamat[Dez]> <The bay doors to the carrier open, Tiamat walks out in a slight crouch before standing up.>

[19:17] <Tiamat[Dez]> [Guard] "Oh my God...."

[19:18] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Over the loud speakers> I'm going to give you five seconds to put down your weapons.

[19:18] <Tiamat[Dez]> [Guard] "What?! We're the army, you can't talk to us like that!"

[19:18] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Over the loud speakers> Correction...3 seconds now....

[19:18] <Tiamat[Dez]> [Guard] "Eh?! I think he's serious....."

[19:20] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] <holds on tightly to nathan's hand> shhh...darling. You need to conserve your energy, you'll be alright...

[19:20] <Nathan_Carver> The beginning... thirty years ago, our history changed... <he winces>

[19:20] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] <tears stream down her face, and it's obvious that she doubts her own words>

[19:21] <Reve_Hunter> [Catherine] Dad...

[19:21] <Nathan_Carver> <A dark shadow lifts from the back of the facility... stirring. A pair of sensor eyes flare to life.>

[19:21] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Looks to the right on his visual screen> Eh...what's that?

[19:21] <Nathan_Carver> <Then, all around Tiamat, out of the darkness, a dozen sets of crimson eyes begin to smoulder...>

[19:22] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Starts to sweat> What the hell is this thing...?

[19:23] <Nathan_Carver> <A squat, lanky form begins to step into the light, no more then 10 feet tall. It retains an almost alien construction, with a rounded, humanoid form. A visored sensor head looks up at Tiamat.>

[19:23] <Reve_Hunter> <their car reaches the hospital before the ambulance does, having for sure broken speed limits and taking shortcuts>

[19:23] <Reve_Hunter> <places Lain on a seat in the waiting room and paces the hospital floors impatiently>

[19:24] <Tiamat[Dez]> ........

[19:24] <Nathan_Carver> We... a few people saw it fit to help "evolve" the human race...

[19:24] <Tiamat[Dez]> You've got to be kidding me. Ha...

[19:24] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] The PSC...

[19:24] <Devon_Allester> <leans against the wall of the waiting room>

[19:24] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Launches a foot forward and punts the small suit away. It crashes into the wall.>

[19:24] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] <nods> yes...but this is all in the past nathan...why are you bringing it up now?

[19:24] <Tiamat[Dez]> Pathetic....they're making midget suits instead of mobile suits....

[19:24] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Another one of the smaller suits crashes a beam blade into the back of Tiamat's left knee, causing it to bow.> What the?!

[19:24] <Nathan_Carver> I... I was a part of that... <his gaze wavers> They should know. I was involved... not willingly, but I was there...

[19:25] <Nathan_Carver> I could have stopped it...

[19:25] <Reve_Hunter> [Catherine] Dad? You were part of that? <looks to her brother in disbelief> It's alright dad...

[19:25] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Several more of the small suits charge at Tiamat, activating their boosters and taking aim at its head with their beam blades. Tiamat rolls out of the way as one makes a pass, and swats another away with its prehensile tail.>

[19:26] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Tiamat does an overhead ax handle smash onto one of the small suits, sending it plummiting into the ground hard. Upon impact, the suit disassembles and causes a relatively minor explosion.>

[19:26] <Nathan_Carver> The PSC... was the legacy of the Heiliger family... my family... an endless history wrapped in sorrow...

[19:26] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Spins around and fires its Shot Claw at another one of the smaller suits. The Claw is big enough to grab the suit and crush it with ease.>

[19:27] <Nathan_Carver> <He smiles> Try not to think any less of me... but I would understand... if you did. <his features twist as he braces against the pain>

[19:27] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Just then, a large beam blast sends Tiamat sailing backwards through the airlock.>

[19:27] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] <holds nathan's hand reassuringly, unable to speak>

[19:27] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] ..... Dad.... you.... I don't...

[19:28] <Reve_Hunter> [Catherine] Dad! <holds on to the same hand her mother is holding>

[19:28] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] Nathan...finish what you need to say.

[19:28] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] <understands that Nathan has to do this, for himself if anything>

[19:29] <Nathan_Carver> There were 4 of us... Joshua... Kristina... Elisa... me... <he winces> Joshua... is gone... but Kris...

[19:29] <Nathan_Carver> <He nearly rises, his back arcing from the pain>

[19:30] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] Nathan, don't overdo it, try to relax...<squeezes his hand>

[19:30] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] Just try to speak slowly...

[19:30] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] <watches the vitals, she the only one truly understanding just how far gone nathan is>

[19:30] <Nathan_Carver> <he manages a smile> I'd like to say something.... to your mother... please...

[19:30] <Reve_Hunter> [Catherine] <nods> alright dad...

[19:30] <Charles_Walter> Good bye. [Cathlyn]Good bye.

[19:30] <Nathan_Carver> [Sean] Dad... alright...

[19:31] <Nathan_Carver> <he steps away, moving back out of the ambulance>

[19:31] <Reve_Hunter> [Catherine] <knocks on the field and the medics let them behind it>

[19:31] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] Oh nathan....

[19:31] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Once through, the auto sensors close the door...but not before the smaller suits and their larger master suit. The pilot inside is the sniper Dez was facing before.> [Gott, Comm] "Not so tough now, are ya?"

[19:31] <Tiamat[Dez]> [Comm] What's that? A new military model?

[19:32] <Nathan_Carver> <looking up at Kit, he places his lifts his hand, moving the outside of it against her cheek> I've caused you so much grief, huh kiddo? <he smiles>

[19:33] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] <manages a weak smile> It's been worth it...I'll never stop loving you nathan.

[19:33] <Nathan_Carver> Kit... look after them. Please... don't give up, ever.

[19:33] <Tiamat[Dez]> [Gott] "Top of the line....built right from a Gundam. Nothing faces the Sui Juris and lives!"

[19:34] <Nathan_Carver> I want you to be happy... <he smiles>

[19:34] <Tiamat[Dez]> <The auto sensors engage the outerlocks of the colony walls and the doors open, leaving Tiamat to escape at top speed as a wall of beam blasts chase after it.>

[19:34] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] I won't give up on them...I will try to raise them to be as good a man as you have been Nathan.

[19:35] <Nathan_Carver> Yeah... <he smiles> Just make sure they... don't make the same mistakes...

[19:35] <Tiamat[Dez]> <More blasts make their way towards Tiamat, some of them crashing into its back. Luckily, they were from the smaller Imp mobile suits.>

[19:35] <Nathan_Carver> You'll be fine... <he looks back up, meeting her eyes>

[19:35] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] Nathan...the happiest I've been has been with you...I'll never be untrue to your memory...

[19:35] <Tiamat[Dez]> <He turns Tiamat around, drawing its 208 mm Rail Gun> We'll see about that. <The Rail Gun fires, sending its shot barreling towards the group of suits.>

[19:36] <Tiamat[Dez]> <The Sui Juris easily maneuvers out of the way, but one of the Imps can't seem to make it in time. So far, there are now 7 of them left. They all dive in a V formation towards Tiamat.>

[19:36] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] <staring at him her love for her husband shines through, it's evident that despite all their trials and tribulations, and whatever more will come to their family that Kit will always remain faithful>

[19:37] <Nathan_Carver> It's just good bye... we've managed... worse...

[19:37] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] Nathan...I wish I could just come with you...don't leave me...

[19:37] <Nathan_Carver> You'll live a long, healthy life... <he smiles> and see the years pass by one by one...

[19:38] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Dez tries to get out of the way as each of the suits fires off its mini beam blasters at the Tiamat, but the suits are so small that they're far more maneuverable than the Tiamat is.>

[19:38] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Takes aim with the Rail Gun once again as it boosts back and fires at the swarm. This time they all get out of the way before regrouping and attacking again.>

[19:39] <Nathan_Carver> <he begins to lose himself in the light of her eyes> And when it's all starting to come to its close... you'll be there, still as beautiful as ever...

[19:39] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Several of them take slashes at the Tiamat's arms and legs, disabling its left arm completely. Sparks fly from the wound.>

[19:39] <Nathan_Carver> Surrounded by a dozen grandchildren... <he gives a wry smile> and twice as many great grandchildren... never alone, always together...

[19:39] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] <continues to hold his hand> Dammit Nathan, don't go...<she looks at him through the tears>...You're the one that makes me beautiful, you're the one that completes me...

[19:40] <Nathan_Carver> And I'll be waiting...

[19:40] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] Oh nathan...<feels his hand losing it's grip> don't...hold on, we're almost there...

[19:40] <Tiamat[Dez]> Gah....I can't.....what? <He looks up just as the main suit, the Sui Juris, takes aim with its beam cannon at the Tiamat. The resulting shot plows right through Tiamat's upper torso.>

[19:41] <Tiamat[Dez]> <Sparks fly inside of the Tiamat as systems start failing at an extremely rapid pace.>

[19:41] <Nathan_Carver> Kit... I'll always be there... watching over you... you just won't have to put up with me... <he smiles> You'll do fine, kiddo.

[19:41] <Tiamat[Dez]> No! I won't lose to this bastard!

[19:42] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] Watch over me here, beside me, not in some lofty place, here...<brings his hand to her face> here...i want to put up with you...

[19:42] <Nathan_Carver> <Tiamat jerks as a grinding sound rakes over its cockpit. Someone is pulling the entire compartment loose.> [?] <Comm> Hit the bolts and eject it, you idiot!

[19:43] <Tiamat[Dez]> [Comm] What?! Who's that? Nevermind...I can't leave the Tiamat out here to be destroyed! Not again!

[19:43] <Nathan_Carver> You'll do fine... <he smiles, the light begins to grow> You're so beautiful... ((Hi Wen.))

[19:43] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] Nathan...wherever you go...remember, that I'll always love you...no matter how many years lie between us being together again, each day I live, each breath I take is still for you.

[19:43] <Nathan_Carver> <Comm> [?] Damn it... look, you've got about 3 seconds pal!

[19:44] <Tiamat[Dez]> Grrr....<Clenches his eyes shut> Today's just not my day! <He ejects from Tiamat inside of a black pod resembling a seed of some kind.>

[19:44] <Tiamat[Dez]> <The pod rolls away from Tiamat at an accelerated pace.>

[19:45] <Nathan_Carver> <A crimson hand snatches up the pod, and suddenly pulls it out of harms way. A mobile suit, completely red, with a visored faceplate, banks back> [?] <Comm> Hold on! This'll hurt like hell!

[19:45] <Tiamat[Dez]> [Comm] What? Who are you, anyway?

[19:45] <Nathan_Carver> <The suit's boosters suddenly erupt, pushing it forward and away from the colony at an incredible rate>

[19:46] <Tiamat[Dez]> Errrraaaaagggggh.....

[19:46] <Nathan_Carver> Likewise, kiddo...

[19:46] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] <puts her lips to nathan's cold hand, her eyes close, trying to freeze time in her mind, she tries to see nathan as she saw him 20 years ago, full of energy, vibrant, alive..>

[19:47] <Nathan_Carver> Likewise... you and me... <he smiles> It's so bright... <the sparkle in her eyes suddenly becomes all-encompassing... wrapping around him, warm, yet somehow sorrowful>

[19:47] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] <she raises one hand and puts it to nathan's face, his skin cool to the touch, she caresses it, trying to memorize his features, the feel of his skin>

[19:47] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] Nathan, no....

[19:47] <Nathan_Carver> I love you... Kit... <a faint tear... a smile... his eyes close...>

[19:48] <Nathan_Carver> <Silence....>

[19:48] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] Nathan...<she brings her lips to his cold ones> I'll always love you...wait for me....<she feels his last breath against her lips and then nothing>

[19:49] <Nathan_Carver> <The scene begins to darken... and soon, all that can be heard is a faint sob... alone in the night...>

[19:50] <Reve_Hunter> [Kit] <she sits back into the seat beside nathan's still body and then puts her head on the rail on the side of his bed, she's still, not a tear falls, giving a moment of silence to her beloved>