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"Only if they have enough explosives, and a way to shoot them upwards." Mike turned and jogged over to James to ask.
Bernon watched him go with a concerned expression. Then suddenly his eyes lit up. "Tanrial! My lightning powers! Do you think I could…?"
"Yes! Yes I think you could," Tanrial looked to him with a small grin then back towards the chopper, "It might take a lot of energy, though…"
Bernon squared his jaw in determination. "I gotta try. I'm not really being much use right now anyway." He turned and looked at Tanrial seriously. "But that probably means I won't be able to go into the base with you guys. Even if I zap the chopper in time, I might be too drained to help. And Tanrial, Mike and Rick are gonna want to resort to violence pretty quick. Please be my voice down there and make them use their heads, okay? I don't want anybody to get hurt."
Tanrial sighed through her nose and nodded, "I will. I can't make any promises but I'll try."
(I gtg to bed now T.T Seeya tomorrow!)
Bernon smiled. "Thanks. I know you can do it." He glanced at the sky. "I'd better tell Mike what I'm gonna do. See you when I see you."
He dashed off, and a few minutes later Mike returned–just as the ground crumbled away into a gaping hole and Rick yelled "I'm through! All clear!"
"Mike looked like he wanted to stop and clear his head for a minute, but instead glanced at Tanrial. "Okay, I guess Bernon's not going in with us. You ready?"
(Alright, I won't be on tomorrow due to sports day so I'll seeya sometime after that, bye bye!)
Tanrial nodded with a small side smile, "Ready as I'll ever be. Let's get this done quickly, yeah?"
(Okay, see you when I see you!)
"Right." Mike waved to Rick. "Let's go, Rick, you're with us. James, give us five minutes and then follow. Polla, we need your men to clear the rubble from this hole so it's easy to get back out when we return."
"Got it," Polla said. "Good luck in there."
"Thanks." Mike turned, made sure the others were with him, and leapt into the hole.
(Just dropping in for a few mins before the next event…)
James gave Mike a small nod of understanding before he turned and walked away. Tanrial followed Mike quickly, weapon at the ready if needed.
(probs missed you, but here)
They landed in a nondescript corridor, with only a few flickering wall-lights to show them the way. All was quiet, and no one seemed to be around.
Mike waited for Tanrial and Rick to join him, then beckoned and set off quietly down the corridor towards the door at the end. "The soldiers might be gone," he whispered, "but there should still be plenty of Ryker's other employees down here. They shouldn't be too dangerous, but let's try to avoid them anyway."
Tanrial nodded, "This place is creepy…" She muttered, taking in the old lights and dusty grey walls around them, "Does Ryker ever cl-" She was cut off by a low rumbled, followed by what felt like an earthquake.
Rick halted and glanced at the ceiling warily. "Hope that wasn't the sound of this place collapsing ahead of schedule."
Mike chewed his lip for a second. "We need to keep moving, but maybe someone aboveground knows what that was. Tanrial, can you try to get in touch with another psychic up there? I'm still not very good at it and I don't want to risk using the radio just yet."
Tanrial nodded, glancing around warily for a moment, Bernon? Thranion? Anyone? What's happening up there?
(sorry, guess it was my turn to not be on all evening ^^; )
After a few moments, Bernon's voice drifted faintly through the silence. Ey, Tanrial….I think….I think I got th' chopper down….but I dunno what else is going on cuz I can't seem to make my eyes open…sorry….how're you guys doing?
We're fine, but what do you mean you can't open your eyes? Tell me you're somewhere safe so you can rest properly. Tanrial frowned.
Um… Bernon paused. Well I can't move at all, actually. Never tried that much power at once before……I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be in a lot of pain later. I'm not sure where I am right now…are you guys okay? Did I already ask that?
Yes, you already asked that and I said we're fine. I'll see if we can contact James or someone to try and find you and move you.
Sounds great…thanks.
"What's going on?" Mike whispered as they reached a crossroads and checked for signs of life.
"Bernon took the chopper down but uh…" Tanrial rubbed at her neck, "He used way too much power and is close to blacking out. He can't move so you need to contact James so he can find someone to move Bernon."
Mike scraped his hand through his hair in agitation. "Okay. Okay. I'll do that, and you and Rick can scout out this crossroads. We need to find a staircase or an elevator leading down, okay? Don't go to far, I'll meet you back here."
Tanrial sighed through her nose and nodded, "Right, yeah, got it. Come on Rick." She inclined her head before setting off down one of the dusty grey corridors.
Rick was able to move with surprising stealth for a man of his size. He soon split off from Tanrial to investigate a different hall, keeping his knife at the ready.
This part of the base seemed deserted, although it was possible to hear very distant sound of commotion from deeper in the level. An abandoned cleaning station stood in the middle of the hall, shedding supplies and tangled in a soaking mop. The floor was wet and very slippery here, as f someone had been in the midst of polishing it when the attack started. This corridor made a T shape at its end. On the right, there was a glowing sign in the ceiling showing a staircase symbol.
(gotta go to bed, sadly….good to get some time in though! Seeya! ^^)
(Alrighty! I should have more time this week, bye! ^^)
Tanrial frowned a little and decided to try out the link with Mike, Hey, Mike. There’s a uh… staircase symbol here but uh, no staircase. You might wanna come check this out.
(yay! XD)
I would, except I don't know where you are. Why don't you let Rick know you found something so we can meet up, then you lead us back and show us. Sounds like it's worth checking out.
Tanrial sighed, Sounds fair. See you in a few.
Making her way back down the hall, memorising the way so she knew it for later- even though all these halls looked the same- she wandered back to where she had seen Rick go.