The Searchers

[justin667]

Jayne shook his head at the group, not pleased with them all. Standing between Vincent and Dave, but across form James, he made to speak. “Hey, hey! Stop a moment ok?”

Pointing to Dave, then Vincent, he began to talk.. “Dave, if you want to lose all trust, flail that gun around some more. But if the feds don’t shoot you first, I will. And Vincent you need to cool it because with no Mal, you are the leader in this group.”

He then pointed to Haven and then James, a fatherly look coming to him. “And you. Don’t even think of touching her unless you want a angry father and three pissed off uncles all over you. Cause if you get shot, her father is the doctor and he may not be too keen on fixin you up.”


[[OOC: Sorry comps still Don. Ashley made me post before I left]]

[Haven Tam]

Haven nodded to her brother and shook her head. It was time for a more delicate approach to this situation. Moving forward, she took her hands out of her pocket and squeezed into the circle of men-half of whom were her family.

Speaking softly this time, she put her hands up and looked all around her. “Dave, I’m sorry I snapped. I shouldn’t have. We are all worried about Mal and we don’t want attention drawn.” Looking at Vincent, she peered at him with soft eyes. “I know you’re worried too, but don’t drag an argument on. We are losing time. If you need to, please walk ahead and cool off so we can have you back in focus.”

Done with the worst part, she smiled at James. “Sorry about my uncle here. He tends to get a little hot headed.” Haven had no clue what the boy had said, just it seriously ticked off Jayne. “And my dad wouldn’t hurt you-intentionally.”

[vincentmccloud]

Vincent was just starting to like James, but his comments completely changed that. Vincent could understand James wanting him to calm down, but the remark about being dead weight and making mistakes, that was on step too far. Not only was it an insult to him, it was an insult to all his sacrifices, to everything he's done and been through. Right now, James should consider himself lucky that Haven caught his eye, looking at him as she did, with that sweet and innocent voice of hers. Vincent was flooded with thoughts and feelings for his own family back on Londinum, he calmed down almost instantly.

Vincent spoke softly, "Sorry Haven. As you know, I don't usually work well with.......people." He turned to James and Dave, still speaking softly but with a hint of intimidation, "Now, I won't argue my point, but know this. The pair of you are standing on waffer thin ice and I will be there to pull you under when it breaks. Dong ma?"

[Dave Cassidy]

"It wont happen again" Dave said, glancing over to Jayne, he was quite sure that the man would follow through on his threat... Dave looked over to James, he didnt know what he said, but from what it sounded like, he made a mental note not to comment on the doctors daughter.
Looking over Vincents shoulder to a series of warehouses, dave spotted a lense flare in one of the windows, not much, but enough for him to realise that someone was watching, dave flicked the quick release lever on his scope once more, he raised it to his eye, and saw a man in a window looking through a spotter's scope. Dave simply said "Were being watched." before locking the scope back into place and rushing into cover behind a heavy shipping crate and shouting, just loud enough for everyone too hear, but not too loud for the feds to notice "Sniper!"

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Simon Tam

Simon walked up behind Jayne to hear him talking about not helping people on operating tables, and hearing Haven, he felt a little hurt, but tried not to show it "And what do you mean by i wouldnt hurt him intentionally?" simon then glanced over to Vincent, and then to Dave, before turning back to Haven, Just what has go everybody so annoyed?" He asked the group. Before anyone could answer, Dave was behind a crate shouting "Sniper" and Simon thought it only a good idea to follow him, by jumping behind a differnt one, before sticking his round the corner to shout "Haven, Daniel, over here!".

[james]

James looked at Haven, "It's ok..." James looked around as if literally looking for the correct words, and his eyes went back to Haven "At least he never promised to shoot me himself." James let out a grin, and a slight chuckle. James noticed a slight flare from one of the warehouse windows, but thought nothing of it. James quickly turned away from it, and said "Well if y'all done chattin, I'd like to start lookin for Mal..." James smiled big, "and Vincent..." James lost the smile, but never turned to look back at Vincent, and sighed, "Sorry..." James put his hands in his pockets, and casually strolled away from the others. James became lost in thought, he wanted to get to know Haven, but that wasn't something that was number one on his mind right now. Number one was to get Mal back, and then he had to do something he had been having trouble convincing himself to do for 4 years... he needed to clarify that him and Karen were completely over, He was sure that after the last Wave he sent her way that she wouldn't answer anymore, so he had to get there. He did have an easy idea on how to get there, he could pay Mal to drop him off there. His parents knew he was a wanted man, but they wouldn't turn him in and they could give him money, so being broke now wouldn't pose a problem. He was in such a daze he hardly heard David yelling that there was a sniper, so James kept on walking, and quickly turned around the nearest corner.

[justin667]

Jayne looked at Haven and nodded. “if he touches you…” Jayne didn’t need to finish the sentence. He just glared at James in a menacing manner. Then what Dave shouted, he moved quickly. “James, boy move!” Moving behind some bins beside a building, he peered between the cracks.

Cocking his gun, he looked about. “What in the gorram is going on here?” He looked up as he heard a shot. If Dave didn’t throw them off, they were close to where Mal was hidden.

[Haven Tam]

Haven looked at her father and smiled sweetly. “James said something that ticked off Jayne and Jayne freaked. I just apologized for Jayne. Just reassuring him you‘d never hurt anyone right dad?” Looking around, she nodded that is was time to go back to looking for Mal.

And then Dave welled. Haven didn’t react fast enough or in a smart manner. She instinctively shoved her hand into her jacket to reach for the gun. And then a shot went off somewhere behind her with a light ‘ping’. Covering her head, she moved as fast as she could as the bullet missed her. Sitting, her back to the crates, she looked at her father and then over to Jayne. “Silencer.” Pulling out the gun, she took the safety off, then hit her head with her other hand. “It was stupid of me. Stupid, stupid to reach for my gun in plain sight!”

[danieltam]

Daniel took a small step back while everyone made up, well, stopped going at each others throats at least. He was amused at Vincent's rapid response to his sister, someone as proud and stubborn as he was, listening to a 19 year old girl. But that sense of amusement didn't last long. Dave shouted out, his father shouting to hide, this was turning out to be a very bad idea. He was about to duck for cover, but he caught a glimpse of his sister panicking. He was about to pull her to safety but she already took up refuge. Unable to turn back, he ducked with her. Seeing her in distress was the most heart-wrenching moment he's ever endured. He put an arm round her, "Its ok, its ok. Everything will be alright, you'll see."

[vincentmccloud]

Vincent noticed Dave glance past his shoulder and saw the expression on his face dramatically change. He noticed the glare from the lens and shouted "EVERYONE, GET DOWN!" He pulled out his zweihänder and used it to protect his body and head. He pulled out on of his guns and fired a couple of pot shots at the window to draw the sniper's fire. Once everyone was safe, he ducked behind the nearest crate. Vincent took out his communicator in order to get hold of everyone, "Everyone alright?"

[james]

James heard the shots ring out, and froze for a moment. "I messed up... again" James quietly let out. He quickly went for his gun, but stopped short, realizing the Feds where in eye shot, and pulling out a gun now would be really bad. James took a few steps back, and leaned against the wall, peaking around he saw that everyone had gotten to cover, and that Haven was ok. He thought for a moment, "I can use 'em" James smiled, and turned so the Feds could only see his back if they were lookin. The pulled out is gun, and took out the clip. He removed two rounds out of the top, and double checked that the chamber was empty. He reached into his back pocket and started searching "YES! They forgot 'bout 'em!" He took two normal looking rounds and replaced the ones he had taken out. "This is gonna be fun" James smirked and he slammed the clip back into place. He peered around the corner, and spotted the lens flare again. "he ain't stupid... he knows he almost un-touchable up there... but at least with these, I'll scare him enough to let Dave or Vincent get there shots in..." James took off running into the open where the group had been standing "Hey! Vincent you ready??" James aimed his gun high toward the warehouse were he had seen the gunner, pulled the slide back, and it flew into place. James fired off one round out of the little 9mm, but it sounded more like a sniper. The force of the pistol threw Jame's shoulder back, He had almost forgotten how powerful those things really were. James slid on the ground, and waited for Vincent.

[Haven Tam]

Haven nodded at her brother. “I’m fine. It was just a stupid move is all.” As she calmed down, Haven wondered how long this would go on for. As bullets started to fly, Haven wondered why the feds didn’t hear the commotion. Sneaking a peak, she saw as they disappeared into a bar or something of the sorts across the way. It was actually a lucky thing. Looking over her shoulder, she saw James play hero and run out into the clearing. Haven’s mouth gapped open. “Liou coe shway duh biao-tze huh hoe-tze duh ur-tze.” Shaking her head, Haven looked back down, covering from the bullets.

Shaking her head, she sighed. “Men and their adrenaline.” Pulling back the release on the gun, Haven turned and fired three shots at the surrounding windows. Shattering the window above the sniper, it allowed for a moment to pass so everyone could get a little more organized. Grabbing her communicator, she talked to Vincent. “Feds went inside someplace. We’ve got a moment here.” The bullets stopped flying and she hoped no one else played hero while the sniper tried to clear up.

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((ooc: Go to absence board to why I am playing Kaylee))

Kaylee was coming out a bit behind everyone. She wanted to calm herself a moment since she wasn’t the biggest fan of guns. Over the communicator, she heard something about feds and if everyone was all right. Then a gunfire. Running behind a building that she would have cover just in case, Kaylee shook slightly. Moving, she came upon the ally that James was previously behind.

Crunching down, she inched forward towards where Jayne was hidden as her daughter fired the gun. “Damn, she’s good.” Sitting on her knees, she crouched down low. “What’s going on Jayne?”

[Dave Cassidy]

Dave reached round behind himself and picked out a mag with black tipped rounds, slotting the mag into place, he raised his rifle to his shoulder, taking aim, he shouted out to Vincent "You wont bite my head off if i take him out, now would you?", but before he got a reply, he let of a shot at the window where the Sniper was, the little rounds didnt let of any trace that a shot had been fired until the impact withthe wall below the window, they punched right through, leaving two fist-sized holes in the brickwork. "Charged pulse rounds, technicaly there Alliance new-tech, but really, theyre just a treat to use when sniping." he shouted to vincent, a smile spreading across his face just as another sniper round buried itself into the ground by his feet. "Damn! looks like i didnt get 'im!" he shouted, not to anyone in particular. The smile switched to concentration as he prepared to take another shot at the window.

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Simon

Simon looked round to see dave aiming at the window, he saw the casings eject, but no other sign that he had taken a shot, he looked with awe upon the damage they left on the wall, thanking gos that he didnt have to patch up whoever was behind it, but that thought was removed from his mind as he saw another muzzle flash from the window. "You missed!" he shouted as he hid behind the crate before looking towards vincent "What now?" he notice kaylee out of the corner of his eye and rushed out to crouch besides her before asking "You allright?"

[danieltam]

Daniel tried to keep Haven calm after what had happened, "Don't worry about it sis. I'm sure many people would have done what you did if they were in the same situation. Its nothing to feel bad about." Daniel took out both his guns and began to take shots at the window. He wans't planning a hitting anything, he was just making sure that the sniper stayed down long enough for Vincent's plan to come into effect. Daniel looked over at Vincent and saw the expression on his face. He had seen it many times before, he was clearly up to something. Daniel shot a couple more rounds off and shouted down Haven's communicator, "So, Vincent. What the plan then?"

[genehunt]

Gene was just patrolling the streets as he did everyday. He may have left the sheriff's office some weeks ago, but he still had the urge to enforce law and order as he saw fit. He over heard some nearby shouting and went to check it out. He saw a bunch of shady men duck for cover. He was just moments away from leaving them to their fate, they looked the troublesome sort so who cares if they got knocked off, until he saw something that burned him to the core. He saw a young girl get shot at. Anyone who tried to harm children was the worst kind of scum in his book, regardless of the company she kept. "Oh, your gonna rue the day you did that, you cowardly git."

He began to make his way to the warehouse, making sure not to be spotted by anyone. He arrived at the back door undetected. He overheard numerous shots ring out and used that opportunity to break the door in.

[vincentmccloud]

After James' shot rang out, Vincent looked over his shoulder towards the window. The glare was gone, the sniper had taken cover. Vincent let everyone get their shots off and then spoke very quickly, "What plan? I don't have a plan mate." Vincent got up and did a backflip over the crates he was hiding behind. As he turned and sped off he shouted, "MIND MY SWORD!" He had left it behind as he couldn't have it weighing him down. He took out a second gun and unloaded at he window. He hid behind a building so he could holster his first pair and pull out a second. He unloaded those, holstered and pulled out his penultimate gun. He began to walk towards the building, holding his gun with both hands, aiming square at the window. Vincent was waiting for him to show his face again so he could take him out.