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Steve Burnside ([personal profile] craaazyisland) wrote in [community profile] trans_92010-11-03 08:27 pm

The Fallen Knight (Phase Three) [closed]

The streets of Religion Row were stained with bloody scorch marks, leading in a gruesome trail through the maze of temples and shrines. The stains seemed to lessen the further the trail was followed, and the last splotch of blood led to the steps of the Vatican.

The door of St. Peter's Cathedral had been knocked open and inside, the cavernous chapel seemed empty. This place still showed signs of the last battle here, the struggle against many of Veronica's relatives and the innocent people they had infected.

Deep within the chapel, he lurked.

His heavy footsteps were obvious, but the echo made it impossible to tell where he was. Heavy breathing, edged by growls, was audible from the somewhere in the darkness.

He heard them approaching, and he waited.
letmelive: (prepping for action)

[personal profile] letmelive 2010-11-04 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
It was actually fairly unusual for Claire Redfield to be as generally quiet as she had been, but aside from the few times when Leon totally deserved the sarcastic remark, she'd been silent. It hadn't proven all that difficult to track Steve down, anyway. Just follow the bloody mess and trail of injured crew. That was another reason why she'd been mostly quiet. Horrible horrible guilt turns out did silence even the most acidic of tongues.

At least Steve had run somewhere fairly abandoned, and Claire couldn't help but wonder again if he was still in at least partial control. She threw Leon a glance when they stepped through the ruined doors, immediately able to tell Steve was around, but where was an entirely different story.

She paused to shift the Linear Launcher into a more accessible position, her hands finding the grips. If Steve decided to show himself, she'd need to be ready to shoot him.
governmentninja: (Flashlight)

[personal profile] governmentninja 2010-11-04 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't unusual for Leon to be quiet on missions. Most zombies and BOWs weren't very good conversationalists anyway. But it was unusual for him to be that quiet while being with Claire. He had only spoken when he needed to, and otherwise kept his mouth shut, even through her occasional bits of sarcasm.

It wasn't as if either of them wanted to do this.

He gripped his 9mm tighter, an odd choice for a weapon considering what they were hunting, but right now he needed the mounted flashlight more than he did the firepower. It lit up the darkness, and he swept it from left to right as he moved, occasionally checking high on the walls and the ceiling, looking for any signs of where Steve was hiding.
letmelive: (this can't happen)

[personal profile] letmelive 2010-11-04 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Well that certainly hadn't taken long.

Claire let out a surprised gasp when Steve landed before them, and quickly squared the launcher away on her shoulder, but she didn't fire. Despite the chaos and destruction, she knew the cure was still being worked on, and she had to at least try one more time to get through to Steve, to save his life, before she was forced to end it.

"Steve! If you're still in there, you need to fight this! You need to stop!" Her finger was on the trigger, though, and if he got any closer, she knew she'd have to fire. Her own life she was willing to risk, but Leon's she wasn't.
governmentninja: (Leon with gun - Lining Up A Shot)

[personal profile] governmentninja 2010-11-04 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Claire..."

He didn't need to say any more than that out loud. His tone was saying for him the words he couldn't. Take the damn shot.
letmelive: (eyes up)

[personal profile] letmelive 2010-11-04 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
She heard the tone in Leon's voice, and she'd been prepared to take the shot, but then... Steve backed off. She stopped breathing for a second, her mouth slightly open as she watched the disfigured teenager, unsure what would happen. She kept the launcher trained on him, but held off on pulling the trigger.

"...Steve?"
letmelive: (grenade launcher)

[personal profile] letmelive 2010-11-04 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Claire's brow furrowed as Steve struggled, but when he kicked back into aggressive mode, snarling at them again, she couldn't wait any longer. This was a battle he wasn't winning. They weren't winning. So she had to end it.

"I'm sorry," she said quietly, before bracing herself for the kickback and after the briefest hesitation, pulled the trigger.

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Meanwhile, elsewhere in the city...

[identity profile] restoresbalance.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
The last time he'd been in the city had been for the Council meeting, and as he emerged into the huge space, full of strange and sundry buildings, Luke idly wished that he could be here for something as innocuous as that. But a ripple in the Force - danger, close but not too close - was an unnecessary reminder of why he was here.

"I guess there aren't any homing beacons we can use to pinpoint where everyone's at," he said. "We'll have to do this the old-fashioned way." Jedi senses could give him a direction, which he figured was all they needed. Stretching out with his mind, Luke hesitated, then started off on a route that he thought would lead them by the Jedi Temple and the cathedral, then onward past those.

"Keep your eyes and ears peeled," he said to Miku. "Don't be afraid to take the lead if you see something. I've got your back."

[identity profile] ghost-bait.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
The "bad" feeling that kept clawing up inside her ebbed and flowed as they walked through the path of destruction. Even where Steve hadn't been had the awful feeling of Do you see what he's done? married to it.

"R...Right, I understand." Miku breathed and adjusted the gun again for what felt like the three hundredth time. It wouldn't do to be distracted.

[identity profile] restoresbalance.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
Luke had a bad feeling about all this, too. His danger sense was nagging at him insistently, as though there was something nearby that was the source. But he figured if there was a fight going on, they'd hear it if it was as close as whatever the source of this seemed to be.

Still as they approached the cathedral, Luke pulled his lightsaber off his belt, just in case. It never hurt to be prepared.

Glancing over, he saw Miku adjust her hold on the gun. "Want me to carry that for a little while?"
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[personal profile] cityship 2010-11-04 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
There was another splatter of burned-up blood in one of the small planters alongside one of the shrines. Growing out of the planter now was a massive tangle of bizarre vines, twisting around like tentacles.

As the pair approached, they wouldn't notice the vines quickly whipping out along the path behind them until they had snagged both of them by the ankles and yanked them off their feet, towards the planter-- where a massive flower was slowly blooming, teeth and all.

Somehow it actually managed to look hungry. Or perhaps that was easy to figure out with how quickly it's pulling them in towards itself.

[identity profile] rope-victim.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
"It's okay I thi--" Miku was suddenly cut off from her sentence with a shriek as the world went sideways. She reflexively turned herself to keep from landing on the gun, but if it was to save the weapon or keep herself from getting pounded, who knew?

Miku tried to dig her heels in but it didn't quite seem to be working. "Get off!"

[identity profile] restoresbalance.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
He'd had only a moment of warning, a sudden spike in the nagging feeling, and then something was grabbing his ankle--

"Woah!"

Luke was stunned a moment, the sudden drop having knocked the breath out of him, but he recovered fast enough. His hands were still free, so he tightened his grip on his lightsaber and ignited it. With a snap-hiss, the brilliant green blade came to life, casting a reassuring glow. Using the Force as a guide, he sent the lightsaber flying, turning end over end, and slicing through the tentacle that had Miku's ankles. "Go!" he shouted to her, using the Force to bring the lightsaber back to his hand.

He let the tentacle drag him in more, then threw his lightsaber again, using the Force to guide it. The green blade went clean through the other side, and with a horrid screech, the plant shuddered and went still. Luke didn't take any chances, though - he called the lightsaber back to his hand and shut it off.

[identity profile] ghost-bait.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
Her ankle ached, but Miku complied; she took off down the destruction trail of Religion Row, stubbornly clutching the gun. When she thought she was safe enough, she stopped and waited for Luke. A cursory glance of her person revealed scratches and torn stockings, and red marks around her ankle where it promised to bruise up fantastically.

"Where are you, Steve?" Miku breathed, turning in place to find a clue to their direction. She was answered by the sound of the linear launcher going off nearby followed by a heart-stopping, inhuman roar.

[identity profile] restoresbalance.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Luke jogged up to her side, pausing when the roar reverberated through the city. "I think we're getting close," he murmured, eyes and senses stretched out. "We'd better keep moving. Steve needs that, and he needs us. First, though - you okay?"

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[identity profile] ghost-bait.livejournal.com 2010-11-05 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
The next part was (relatively) straightforward. Follow the echo of gunshots, roaring and screams to where Leon, Claire, and Steve (?) fought.

Well, they were fighting, the monster appeared to having a grand old time stopping them from doing anything but getting injured. Miku's heart plummeted somewhere into her stomach, as she kept running towards them. "Let him go!" she shrieked.

[identity profile] restoresbalance.livejournal.com 2010-11-05 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Luke was right on her heels, lightsaber gripped tightly in his hand. His heart plummeted when he saw what was before him; the thing that was Steve, somewhere, bleeding heavily from one eye. One woman - Claire, he thought - was on the ground. Leon was being slammed repeatedly into the ground.

He ignited his lightsaber - not because he was going to go on a limb-chopping spree or anything, he figured Steve would never forgive him for that, but because a lightsaber was a bright, humming way to get attention, and he wanted to give Leon some time to get away, if he could, or for someone to move him to safety.

"Hey!" he called out. "We're the ones you're looking for!"
letmelive: (crouched down)

[personal profile] letmelive 2010-11-05 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Claire rolled the second the Tyrant was off her, desperate to put the flames out around her, as well as get to her feet, though she was winded. Which explained why when Luke and Miku showed up she was still on the floor, having been momentarily incapable of helping Leon.

When Steve dropped his newer toy and moved towards the others, she pushed herself to her feet, shaking off the aching feeling in her bones and the burning of her skin.

"Be careful! Don't get too close!" She called at the new arrivals, before running to Leon's side to make sure he was all right.
governmentninja: (Danger)

[personal profile] governmentninja 2010-11-05 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Well, Leon was alive, still, somehow. And in one piece. But 'all right'?

Not so much, no. He wasn't conscious, and outside of breathing, or twitching whenever coughed up some blood, he wasn't moving either.

[identity profile] ghost-bait.livejournal.com 2010-11-05 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
That roar put her in reverse pretty quickly, and Miku wondered if there was anything left to save. There had to be, didn't there? He was backing away. He wasn't attacking. The Captain might've been seriously injured, but Steve had stopped.

Not that the creature was necessarily Steve. "W...what do we do?" she murmured to Luke. "I... I can't run." Her legs wouldn't let her, unfortunately, firmly in place.

[identity profile] restoresbalance.livejournal.com 2010-11-05 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
"See if you can get to Claire and give her the gun," he said. "I'm going to try and keep his attention away from you guys. Steve is in there somewhere. If any of this is going to work, we have to reach him in there."

Carefully, Luke stepped forward, lightsaber still glowing as he swung it through the air. Hopefully it would give Miku time to get to Claire without anything happening to her.

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