Snippet #1608102

*Kaylen Grey*

Kaylen stood there, pressed agains the cold stone masonary, trying to formulate a plan to get out of her predicament. She could risk going down the trap door after everyone else, but she had no way to convince those militant guys down there that she wasn't hostile, and she wasn't exactly sure they followed the ever friendly rules of engagement properly. She could also try to break through the rest of the group in the cathedral and escape into the city, but she didn't know the area at all, so she'd be at a disadvantage if she ran into any more guys like these. Kaylen furrowed her brow in frustration, as neither of those choices seemed to be very reasonable. Kaylen snapped herself back to reality, she was still pinned down by enemy fire behind the doorframe leading to the spiral staircase of the deteriorating cathedral.

Kaylen gripped the assault rifle tighter, she knew what she'd do, she would make a break for the trap door. Her chances down there were probably significantly better than they were outside. Kaylen took a deep breath, dropped to a crouh, then shuffled back a little untill she caught a glimpse of one of the men peering out from behind cover. She fired off a short burst, the man's head kicked backwards, and blood spurted all over the wall behind him.
"Violence on holy ground... Guess this means I'm going to hell..." Kaylen shot out of cover, firing off two more bursts in the direction of the other men. Neither connected, but they all ducked behind their pieces of cover. Kalen was only a few steps out of the doorway before they began to return fire. Kaylen dived and rolled, to make herself a smaller target.
"...If I'm not already there..." She finished Then while in a crouch she fired off some more bursts, but to no avail, the men had tactical supremacy on this battlefield, she wasn't going to hit them behind the cover they had chosen. Kaylen launched herself forewords again, trying to reach the trap door.

Kaylen made it up to the alter before she felt a searing pain in her side. She collapsed to the ground, eyes bulging, gun clattering down at her side.
'I've been shot!? ... I better get a fuckin' purple heart for this shit!' Kaylen pulled herself up on one knee. One of the men ran over, aiming his gun at her, he screamed at her to stay down.
"Hell if imma... lis'n ta... y-" Was all Kylen managed to get out before the guy smashed the stock of his rifle down on her head, knocking her spinning into darkness. Her body collapsed to the ground unconscious.

After he was sure the girl wasn't getting back up the man uncliped a radio from his waist. He turned to see his comrades approaching the fallen woman.
"Stop. You touch her you die." He said bluntly, "The boss wants her alive."
One the members of the group opened his mouth to protest, but the man cut him off, "Let me reiterate, you touch her and I'll ruckin' flay you alive, then set the fucking dogs on you."
The protester closed his mouth and stepped down. The man with the walkie talkie switched it on, then spoke, "Yes, tell Hades we got the girl..."


*Sarah Freeman*

Sarah, turned to the woman who besides her, surprised she had addressed her.
"Ummm... I'm S-Sarah, Sarah Freeman that is... And well... There's not much about me, I am... Or was a second year psychology student at uni, but then I died... or I'm sure I did... But ummm..." Sarah's face turned bright red, she was fumbling around to much, she wanted to speak clearly, tell them who she was, but she was still a wreck after what she had experienced, "I guess I like cooking... And music, especially classic rock songs... Ummm... I..." Sarah trailed off, a mixture of her current condition and natural shyness rendering her unable to finish.