Altitude: Islands in the Sky

[Diamond Dragon]

Denkou had managed to follow the others, though she was still being dragged around slightly. When they got to the house, she threw herself on a rock and held on, so she couldn't be dragged away. The whole thing would've been pretty comical to anyone who was watching, but it wasn't funny at all for Denkou.

[acgifford]

[quote="Davidizer13 (post: 1474875)"]Truce stumbled out of the plane, his legs shaking. "For goodness' sake, Gavin, did you not see that?" He pointed to a pinnacle of rock, glowing in the sunset a few hundred feet behind them. "You see it now, right? How could you not see that?! Felix would have, that's for sure." He glanced around the field. "...ten, eleven, twelve...yes, we're all here, I believe. Now, to our patient and...oh corks, what is that." A bolt of ball lightning whizzed through the air]

-Richard Pierce-

Thud! Thud! Thud! Someone beat on the door as if to break it down. "Hello, is anyone in there? Anyone?" said a man's voice from outside. Richard, who was in bed, awoke and turned on the light. He then slipped on his thin thread bare robe. His wife Elicia stirred a bit and turned over.

"What is it Richard?" said the sweet voice.

"Someone is at the door. I will be back shortly dear." he assured her.

Richard left the bedroom and walked through their quaint little living room to the door. There was a figure peering in at him throught the front window and he walked up to the door. "Who could be calling at this time of night?" he said as he ran his thick fingers through his brown hair.

He opened the thick wooded door to find about 12 strangers on his doorstep. He was slightly shocked by the sight and was now wide awake. "U-uh...what is it I can do for you?" he asked the man who seemed to be in charge. It was then that he looked past the man to see 2 women carrying a wounded man. He looked very pale and like he needed medical attention desperatley. The girl with the blue and almost violet eye looked as if she could use some help as well. "Oh my...p-please...come inside." he said as he stood to the side and beckoned them inside. Richard rushed to the large guest room to the left of the living room. "I-in here. Quickly. Lay him down in here." After he saw that they were laying the poor man on the bed he rushed to his bedroom to awake his wife. "Elicia. Elicia." he said gently but ergently. She opened her eyes to see her dear husbund in front of her.

"What is it?" she said softly.

"We have guests. I need your help. There are wounded amongest them."

"Oh my goodness." she said in surprise. Elicia got out of bed quickly and slipped a robe as well. She then slipped on her slippers and followed her husband out of the bedroom to the living room where most of the guests resided.

"What happened?" Richard asked the man with amazing green eyes.

[Silent Seraph]

"Wow, JP thats not good, looks like I might have more practice than I was betting on," said Marshal as he stared at the semi-trashed motorcycle. "Is everyone alright? Do we need to move the plane closer to the med. building? No? Alright," questioned Marshal as he closed in on the hut...just as Richard opened the door. "Hello sir, I was hoping you might be trained in the medical arts"....he muttered just now noticing the Staff of Aesculapius painted on the door...

(for you who don't know what the Staff of Aesculapius is; its the original symbol for medicine http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/allheart/embstaffofaesculapius.gif)

[rocklobster]

Denkou had managed to follow the others, though she was still being dragged around slightly. When they got to the house, she threw herself on a rock and held on, so she couldn't be dragged away. The whole thing would've been pretty comical to anyone who was watching, but it wasn't funny at all for Denkou.

"Think you should stick with me, kid." said Kevin. "Besides, we haven't even been introduced. My name's Kevin."

[Diamond Dragon]

"I knew a fellow thief with that name." responded Denkou. She was now sitting in the living room with the others. Her katanas didn't pull her around in there, much to her relief.

[rocklobster]

Kevin shrugged. "It's a popular name. So, your turn. What's your name?"

[Nami]

Isabella followed the medics instructions and laid Felix down gently. Her head started to feel heavy and she moved away from the group, nearer to the back of the room. If the room hadn't already been dark she may have thought it was from her eyes. As it seemed a dark line was closing in around her head.

She shook her head, and felt a sharp plunge of pain whip through her skull, giving her a dizzy feeling, she stumbled back and rested her hands on the wall, breathing deeply. This wasn't good. She had never had blood loss like this before.

'Pull it together Izzie! You can't pass out now!!' She turned away from the group and pressed her head against the cold wall and closed her eyes, trying to focus on something other than the pain.

Gabriel saw his sister stumble backward, he wanted to get to her, but found it increasingly hard to move in the tiny house. He pushed his way gently through the crowd and finally broke free, his hand rested on his sisters shoulder.

"Hey." he whispered, "are you OK?"

Isabella's eyes glared up at him, "of course you idiot!" she snapped, "I'm just not used to seeing Felix like this." She made the excuse because she knew it was believable, of course, Gabriel didn't buy it for a second and then he noticed her cut. "Izzie." he said, his voice becoming pained. "You're bleeding!"

"SHH!" She clapped her hand over his mouth, "don't announce it!" she growled. "Just let it be, Felix is more important." Gabriel rested his hand on her arm, his concern growing, he could see the sweat breaking out on her forehead and the clammy chill sweeping across her body making her distinctly pale in the dark room. Her hands shook and he could see she was trying not to focus on the pain.

"Iz." he murmured, annoyed at her stubbornness. "As soon as the doc fixes up Felix, you are getting attention."

Isabella glared at her brother, but saw he could not be swayed. "Fine." she muttered.

[Davidizer13]

"He's been shot," Truce blurted out. "Not too long ago, down on Treyard. Haven't got to look at the wound myself, don't know where it is, but...you can help, right? Right?" He glanced up at the doctor, pulling out his wallet. "I'll pay whatever you want, just...he's our pilot, the best we have, and we've grown rather fond of him."

"In the meantime," he turned to the rest of the crew, stay inside, please? I know we aren't magnetic, but just to stay safe. We don't know what's going on out there. We might even have to sleep in here tonight, if it lasts long enough... You'll be compensated for the trouble, of course, Doctor."

[AtmosBreak]

"Yeah well, at least it helps to pass the time" JP stated to Marshall as they left the plane.

Whilst he had decided to search for an inn of sorts, once JP saw everyone head towards the medical building and briefly spotted Isabella and another woman carrying the injured man from the shoot out, he became concerned. The guy wasn't in all that good shape when he helped to get him on the plane and could only have gotten worse after the whole ideal. His bike could wait, a human life was much more valueable.

Taking a few steps forward, he found himself walking with a slight limp as he fought a pain that was rushing through his leg wih each step. Did he also injure it in the plane? Trying his best to mask it, JP was only of the last to enter the medical building. He wasn't actually part of the crew and more or less just hitched a ride but that didn't mean he couldn't be concerned, besides, they may just hopefully allow him to join the group and spend more time with Isabella.

It was quite crowded in the medical room with essentially he whole crew there. JP's first thougts and instincts were to quickly to get to Isabella's side but he remained at the back of the room. He didn't want her to think he was too clingy or creepy and too overbearing, unless she thought he was already, oh how he dreaded he thought. No, he should just play it cool, girls dig that kind of guy right but... Gah! Juan continued to rassle with himself as he watched her make her way to the back of the room.

JP had to admit, he felt bad that they had come in for the injured man yet all he could think about was her. He felt selfish and insensitive though all thoughts vanished as he watched Isabella stumble before she leaned against the wall, breathing heavily and bleeding. Wait... Bleeding? How he hadn't noticed that earlier distraught JP. Managing to take a few steps forward before stopping himself as he watched a man he didn't reconize but assumed was from the ship approach her with a deep expression of concern on his face. Who was he? The two looked quite similar though he couldn't help but speculate and make assumptions.

He wouldn't be surprised if he found that Isabella was already taken, which actually hurt him a little inside. Evil oversensitivities, why couldn't he just turn it off when he needed to, JP pondered.

Not bein able not to do anything, JP made his way as quickly as he could towards her with drawing as minimum amount as attention as possible. "Hey, are you ok? We need to get you checked out" He stated to Isabella in a concerned tone, not caring for the relationship she might of had with the other man, he was just worried.

[Nami]

Isabella heard JP's approach and repressed a groan, she knew what was coming next. And indeed, he asked the same question. Feeling agitated by her brother and yet another person being worried, she tilted her head up and looked at JP, her blue and nearly violet eyes were meant to narrow into an aggressive expression, but instead she felt them sit still, wide-open, like a dumb cow.

She cursed herself inwardly as the lack of control over her face and realized it was because the loss of blood was making her weaker. Isabella gripped hard onto Gabriel's arms and he steadied her. Briefly, she heard the Captain's voice and wanted to tell him about the smoke emitting from the engine...

"Cap....tain..." she murmured, "smoke..."

"Huh?" Gabriel leaned closer and with a shock, realized just how much blood she had lost, it drizzled down her shoulder and toward her waist. "IZZIE!" he shouted, unable to control himself.

This startled his nearly unconscious sister, and she jerked up looking wildly around for the fire. "What?" she asked, alert.

"You didn't tell me you had lost that much!" he cried. Her mass of black hair had covered up most of the damage, making it hard to see exactly what had gone wrong.

"Oh..." Isabella scowled, "its nothing." Her eyes once again fell on JP, "why do you look so worried? Did I die and turn into a ghost?" She asked. Gabriel noticed JP for the first time, "dude! Got anything I can use to staunch her bleeding?" he asked, his eyes fearful.

"What?" Isabella glared, "stop making so much noise!" She hissed.

[Diamond Dragon]

Kevin shrugged. "It's a popular name. So, your turn. What's your name?"

Denkou looked sharply at Kevin. "I thought I already told you. My name is Denkou."

[rocklobster]

"Oh...right. So what's your story? What brings you to the Tiamat?"

[Diamond Dragon]

"I just needed to get out of Treynard. It stinks there, with all the smoke and stuff. There's nothing interesting going on anyway." was Denkou's short answer. She never told anyone about her past. She hated it when people felt sorry for her.

[Atria35]

Nai had noticed that Isabella wasn't looking great when they got to the doctor's, but ignored it. Whatever it was couldn't be that bad, right? So after laying Felix down on the couch (and keeping an ear out for what the doctor said about his condition), she faded into the back of the room, where she could listen in on Kevin and the girl's conversation. A stowaway, huh? It brought back fond memories of her own childhood.

But she was tense and upset over all this. Nia needed a smoke. Knowing it would be rude to do so in the house, she decided to quietly ignore the Captain's order to stay inside- she'd just slip out the front door for a quick break. And she'd stay right outside of it, too. Lighting up when she was out there, she gazed up at the sky that was darkening. What an adventure- it hadn't been what she'd signed up for, but Nia would deal.

[Seto_Sora]

Thomas Quinton climbed aboard the smuggling merchant's Mosquito plane. W. joined him and asked, "Are you sure its safe to fly this thing into a flux?"
"You talk too much." was Quinton's only answer. He opened the file he had received from Stan. His thoughts turned to the young man and his fiancé. She had a nice face he thought as he remembered her from the picture Stan had in the locket on his work station. "Treat her well" were the last words he ad imparted to the young man as though wisdom in kindly farewell.
"You can't trust scum." W. broke Quinton's thoughts, "but he did give us the place where the Tiamat is docked. Can't knock him for that" The man smiled his wicked grin and put a cigarette to his mouth, "still I'll kill him.... And take his girl too." His evil grin seemed to grow at this thought, that is, until he caught sight of Quinton looking narrowly and darkly at him. His smile vaporized as he searched his mind for something to turn this unwanted attention away, "How are we supposed to catch them with that storm?"
"Shes fast," said the pilot as he pulled the entrance hatch closed, obviously referring to his plane. "We've flown through many a magnetic storm together," he stated still referring to his plane. "Her wood frame is both light..." he leaned in at W. with a wink, "and not magnetic." W. was annoyed at the man but was growing more annoyed with everything and everyone around him. "You know, you could offer some conversation," he said to Quinton. By this time, the pilot had made his way to the cockpit and was warming the engines for takeoff. Quinton didn't even look up. "Its bad enough the boss sent me to babysit you, its worse that you just won't talk to me!"
Quinton paid him no mind, simply pouring over the files on the Tiamat and her crew. Indeed, this was all he did while flying to their destination. The only movement seen from him was the occasional turn of a page or shifting of a folder. This until the captain called that they were nearly over the island. Quinton pulled a radio from near where he sat, "Roger Captain, follow the plan."
W. who was very moody to this point looked in surprise at his companion, "What plan!? We didn't discuss this!"
Quinton simply stood as he placed the files in a messenger bag at his side. He picked up a pack that was laid near where had sat. Shouldering it and securely fascening it, he continued to ignore W..
"What plan!? I demand you!" At that moment the bomb bay doors began to open. "What are you doing!? This wasn't part of our plan!"
Quinton turned around to face W. with his back to the opening bay. "Phase two." With those words he produced his pistol and fired, hitting W. square in the chest. W. stammered back, shock and horror filling his features. At that moment, Quinton let himself drop out of the plan. W. tried to catch a glimpse of him seeing him release a winged, back mounted glider, like a black a bird circling over its prey.

SDG

[Davidizer13]

Raven had taken up a position in a corner, her hands over her knees, her cat in her lap. She glared at Denkou and Kevin as they talked, still furious over having a stranger on the plane. People coming aboard and leaving the Tiamat were common occurrences, but this was different; none of them had attacked her before taking up their position.

In the other corner of the room, the doctor was working feverishly on Felix. Raven wished she could do something, anything, to get them back in the air and off the island. She didn't care much for being land-bound, when they had the whole sky to explore. Quietly, she ran her fingers through Snow's fur, thinking of her other pets, wondering if they were still safe. They were still out in the plane, but she had managed to grab her cat on the way out.

Her stomach rumbled; thinking back through the day, she realized she hadn't eaten since they got into Treyard in the morning. Setting the cat down, she wandered into the next room, walking past Isabella. something was off about her. Staring for a moment, she was able to figure it out: "I'm hungry. Did you know you're bleeding from your head?" she asked helpfully. She peeked around the doorway and found a table with a lamp on it, burning away with an orange flame. "But I want to find something to eat. Because I'm really hungry."

[AtmosBreak]

As Isabella turned to face him, JP wasn't all that sure what he should do. He retained his worried expression as he stared back at her. Feeling a sudden rise in temperature, the world seemed to go silent, the pounding of his heart the only sound he could hear, feeling his cheeks ever so slightly becoming a pinkish tone. No, no no, why? Why? Why do I have to feel like this now? No act like a man but ahh, her eyes are looking straight at me, I can't turn away! What's with all this angst feelings, I'm past that age, gah! JP became ever increasingly nervous inside though he did well to hide it, worry was his bigger emotion in the moment.

Turning to Truce for a moment as he spoke to the crew and the moment was broken, he turned back to Isabella with the same worried look he had. The bleeding had continued and she was looking worse than earlier. Getting closer to them, eyes widening as the other man called out her name, he was more worried than earlier. He had just met her, fell in love and now this was happening, it just seemed like sick joke with all this unnecessary drama brought upon him suddenly, like some divine being was bored wanted some amusement. Though he knew and believed that there was only one God and according to his Grandma, has everything under control but really, all this, why?

Watching the two a little more as the man also became increasingly worried, his heart continued to pound wildly, what was up with himself all of a sudden? As Isabella's gaze returned to him, Juan didn't get a moment to respond before the man called out to him if he had anything to staunch the blood. In the back of his mind, he was extremely curious about their relationship but Isabella's health came first. "Uh.." Quickly thinking for a fraction for a second as he thought about what might be useful, JP without anymore hesitation pulled off his bandana and handed it to the man. The fabric it was made out of was soft to the skin and absorbed water quite easily. It was one the only things JP still had from his family, aside from his armband, necklace and his memories. His grandmother had actually stitched it together around a couple of months before her death. Sure it was just a plain, dark blue bandana without any design on it but it had sentimental value and didn't look feminine in the slightest as what most of what his grandmother knitted looked like.

In handing the bandana over to Gabriel, the chain of his necklace was exposed going under his shirt as well as his burn scar on the side of his neck. In his worry and lack of hesitation, he had forgotten about the main thing he was embarrassed about. What he also failed to notice was that the gloves he was wearing were also ripped and the his burn scars on his right hand and wrist also visible through the rips but subtly, unlike on his neck. The one person he didn't want to see it, was the person he was unknowingly showing his scars though, in her current state perhaps she wouldn't wouldn't notice though it wasn't like he noticed either.

As another woman spoke up, he glanced at her curiously before turning back to Isabella. "What is trying to say with all that, que solamente tiene hambre? That was strange thing to say. Thinking about it no more and not speaking up, he wasn't in the mood for anything and Isabella wanted wanted them to be more quiet so that's what he would do.

OOC: Oh oops, kinda missed your post there for a moment david, sorry. Bah my post quality is decreasing, sorry guys but keep losing my train of thought xD

[rocklobster]

"I just needed to get out of Treynard. It stinks there, with all the smoke and stuff. There's nothing interesting going on anyway." was Denkou's short answer. She never told anyone about her past. She hated it when people felt sorry for her.

"So I guess we have something in common. I lived on the streets for most of my life as a gangster. But when the law finally won, someone in prison told me I deserve better and pulled some strings. And here I am. Now, we need to find something for you to do on board. Do you have any particular skills?"

[Diamond Dragon]

"As a Master thief, I can steal anything from anyone without them ever knowing. I'm also good at using my katanas." said Denkou proudly.

[Nami]

Gabriel grabbed the scarf, barely glancing at JP's scar, and pressed it against his sisters head, under her hair. "Izzie." he whispered, she was leaning heavily on him now and he could feel how weak she was, though her expression denied all of her weaknesses. "You need to sit," he gently pushed her down.

"Stop! I don't need to sit." She complained, trying to fight her brother, but it was useless. He was much stronger than her at the moment. "Please...You're making a scene!" she said, glaring at Gabriel.

"You are the one making a scene." he said firmly, as he forced her to sit. Isabella rolled her eyes, and as she did so, she saw the scar on JP's neck. Her eyes lingered on it and then she looked in in the eyes again.

"That's a fancy scar you've got." she murmured, as Gabriel pressed hard against the wound. "Ouch!" she snapped, "that hurts!"

"Stop whining." Gabriel warned calmly, he pressed harder and felt the flow start to slow as the it began to cake and harden. Isabella grumped and looked back at JP, she saw something there, that she wasn't really expecting... some sort of affection. Isabella's heart jumped in panic, was it possible? No...well she hoped not anyway. Her eyes narrowed, "you were hiding that scar." she whispered. But before she could say more, her eyelids shut and her head lulled to the side.

Gabriel sighed, "Hey, could you please press this on her head?" he asked of JP. "I need to speak with the Captain."

[acgifford]

-Richard Pierce-

A slight smile formed on the doctor's kind face as he listened to man say he told him how important his pilot was to him. Richard put his hand the man's shoulder and looked him squarely in the eyes. "I will see what I can do. No need to pay me one dime." He smiled again slightly and let his hand fall from the man's shoulder. As he did so turned left to go into the other room where his bleeding patient was. As he turned, he asked, "What's your name son?" The man acted as if he half expected the man to follow him into the room. After all, the pilot did seem to mean a lot to him.

-Adele-

Adele followed Izzy and Nia up to the small cottage of the medic that was located by a large old looking oak tree. The oak tree seemed like it was almost larger than the quaint cottage, it's branches spread wide above it making it look very large. As they walked to the cottage Adele worried the entire time and her eyes were filled with concern. Not to mention the raging magnetic storm above them was horribly loud and threatening. Once they finaly reached the small house and the medic let them in, she sighed a sigh of relief. Finaly. Perhaps Izzy and Felix would be alright after all. As the captain talked with the medic she leaned up against the wall and crossed her arms. She was just close enough to listen in on the conversation. She didn't follow Izzy. It seemed that her brother was taking care of her and she did not wish to intrude.

Much to her surprise, the captain was willing to pay anything to help Felix. Hmm. she smiled a small almost guilty smile. The captain does have a heart after all. Maybe I underestimated him. she thought to herself.

Just then the captain turned around and made an annoucement to the crew that they were to remain inside.

She cocked her head to the side and looked up thinking to herself. She smirked as the thought of liking the captain crept into her mind for a second. No way! Her smile dissapeared as soon as it came. She batted the idea out of her head about as soon it entered her mind. What are you doing? You have much better things to worry about. She set her jaw hard. But he is kinda cute don't you think? Shut up! She crushed the thought and looked to her right. Nia was leaving the house. "Well thats not right." she said to herself. She decided to follow her out. Perhaps it help her clear her head.

It tooka bit of doing, but she finaly reached the door and managed to slip out as well.

Nia was smoking and starring at the sky.

"Hey there." she said quietly. "Thought I would come out it to clear my head too. I assume that's what your out here for." She paused and looked up too. "You do know that the Captain instructed us to stay inside right?"

[Atria35]

Nia sighed as Adele came out and joined her. "Of course I know," she said, irritated. "It's crowded in there. Five minutes isn't going to bother anybody." She took a puff and slowly breathed out the smoke, watching it trail up to the sky.

"The magnetic storm wasn't supposed to last this long. It should peter out soon, but...." Nia let the word trail off. The day had been too long, the events too hectic. It was like the worst days on the smuggling ship she'd grown up on. Part of why she'd taken up puffing on a cancer stick. And, Nia had to admit, right now she'd rather have a beer and forget about the day.

"So. You and the captain made up yet?" She figured that Adele had to be pretty ticked at him for doing something that stupid. It had put Adele's life at risk, and at this rate might lose them the pilot. Nia scowled, thinking about it. "Oh, and please don't fret too much over Felix. Anyone who has the stupidity to run headlong into gunfire without regard to his own safety doesn't deserve much pity."

[AtmosBreak]

Slight amusement subtly appeared on his worried expression as he watched Isabella try to resist Gabriel helping he, he couldn't help but finding her even more cute like that. Slight jealously began enter him as he continued to watch. He still didn't know the connection between Gabriel and Isabella and wanted to be the one treating her instead of Gabriel though they obviously knew each other and were quite close, JP remained in silence. It was probably better that that man did it instead of him. If she tried to fight back against him who she has known for a long time (he assumed), what more would she do to him who really had only met each other.

As she turned to look at him again, the wave of that nervous feeling return and the world went silent one more until he realized what her eyes where really fixated on. Her eyes which so mesmerized him were looking at him but just below the head but at what? The ne... neck. Of course. He had given his bandana to the man to try to stop the bloodflow and his scar was completely exposed. He wanted to run, find a dark box that no one else would ever open and hide in it. Though he remained still. Out of manliness, wanting to confront it; out of fear and shock, being utterly paralyzed, JP had no idea why. Perhaps it was a mixture of emotions and feelings but he fought the urge to run and instead he looked her back in her eyes before slowly lifting up his arm to his neck and feeling the scar. He rubbed his nexk gently, more out of embarrassment and wanting to cover up the scar than anything else.

He couldn't bring himself to respond to Isabella's whisper, he was sure his cheeks were a bright red, the heat from them almost unbearable. If he thought his heart was going crazy earlier then this was a whole 'nother level of insane. He was surprised his chest just didn't explode right then and there. It didn't last long though as Isabella winced out an 'ouch', continuing to be upset with the man.

His various emotions gaining strength, affection for Isabella also made its way to his embarassed, concerned and worried face. he was seriously feeling for her and with all that happened, he was losing control of his emotions and feelings. He forgot about his trashed bike, the fact that he could have been very wrong about the death of "Mr. Donkey" and could be out for venegence and his money, the young woman who was going on about hungary, he was just in the moment. Her and the fact that she was hurt the only things in his mind.

As she stated that he was trying to hide the scar, he looked away. It was true, he always tried to hide it though why he was feeling so ashamed of that now he was not sure. Perhaps the way she said it made him feel like a cowardly thing to do and she could very easily be right about that. Whatever the reason he just could not bring himself to respond to her, the embarrassment was just too high for him.

JP was a little stunned when Gabriel asked him to press the bandana against her head though he would do it in a heartbeat. "Ah, uh okay" he stated as he pressed his hand on the bandana with a little less strength than Gabriel, he didn't want to hurt her, he was scared he might.

As he stood next to her, the inevitable silence and heartbeat soundtrack made its return. He was more worried than earlier, now that she wasn't awake anymore, his feelings for her increasing. How and why he was feeling this way baffled him, he usually wasn't someone to fall in love so... so... easily. Head over heels, swept off his feet, all those cliches, why? Why! However he did feel that way and there was no use hiding it. He felt like a kid having his first crush all over again. He gave a sort of sad smile and a sigh as he stood there with his hand on her head. "Ah, and I'm JP, we haven't met yet," JP said to Gabriel before he left to see the captain, extending out his free hand.

OOC: was going to post this earlier and was going to be longer but like halfway to three fifths through the post I fell asleep on it xD. Just thought I'd share that.

[rocklobster]

"Well, maybe we could talk with security. We could use some more guards. If you got in..." said Kevin.

[Nami]

OOC: Got a picture of Izzie for you all Isabella De Luca and a song that reminds me of her; What if? - SafetySuit

IC: Gabriel moved out of the way so that JP could take his place, he turned and looked back at JP, he noted something about the guy and realized that this guy had been emitting jealousy the moment he had seen Gabriel helping Izzie. He restrained a grin and bent down, shaking JP's hand.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Gabriel." He smiled, "thanks for looking after her for me. She's a dummy sometimes." he released JP's hand and stood, "be back shortly." he walked away, searching for the Captain. He finally spotted him on the far side of the room near the Doctor.

"Hey, Captain..." He said approaching, "can I talk to you...privately please?" he said, glancing toward the doctor, he smiled to reassure the doctor it wasn't anything personal. He really wanted to ask the Captain about what he had been saying before the storm had hit them. And he had to tell the Captain about Izzie's head bleeding.

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Isabella sat in the darkness of her mind, consumed by the emptiness that surrounded her, she turned around in circles searching for a glimpse of light, but there was none to be found. She stumbled forward blindly, wishing for a hand to hold as she trundled around.

"Someone?" she whispered, her voice bounced back. She felt like a child again, cold, alone and afraid. Isabella bit back a sob as she ran forward, a sound like a wild animal followed close behind, a deep snarling and the terrible gnashing of its teeth. Isabella let out a hysterical shriek as she pushed through the thickening darkness. Tears rolled down her face and she closed her eyes; "Help!" she tried to scream, but the darkness rushed down her open mouth and choked her.

In her sleeping state next to JP, her body twitched and her eyes scrunched, trying to avoid the nightmare that incased her.

OOC: Izzie's having a nightmare~~

[Silent Seraph]

"Hey, JP she looks like she's having a rough time of it...try to get her to stop moving, she could tear open the wound again..." Marshal instructed, walking calmly away.

Outside, the eccentric scientist wondered how he was standing there at that moment, on an island roughly a mile in size with so many people he didn't know but somehow felt a strange affinity for. Then, coming back to the real world, he noticed Nia, with a deathstick, speaking with Adele and smirked a bit to himself as he walked over and said hello.

[Davidizer13]

"Truce, Truce Bashinet from Sukoba," he said proudly to the doctor as he pocketed his wallet. The man wasn't that bad, a guileless fellow whose attitude he found refreshing. Lately, everyone he had met seemed to want to shoot at him or wanted his money. He cautiously stepped forward, trying to peek around the doctor and at his pilot. "Is he going to be all right? How long will he have to stay here?"

Before he could get a response, though, Gabriel tapped him on the shoulder. "Excuse me, doctor." He pulled Gabe to the side. "Do you mind?" he muttered. "If it's about your paycheck, it can wait because I have a...never mind." Truce sighed. "What do you need?"

[Diamond Dragon]

"Well, maybe we could talk with security. We could use some more guards. If you got in..." said Kevin.

"What would be in it for me?" Asked Denkou, who was only interested in doing something if she got something for it. Especially since she would probably have to work with the crazy woman who found her from time to time. I'd better get something good. she thought.

[rocklobster]

"Well, if you become so integral at your job, maybe the captain won't even consider getting rid of you. I have an idea. Maybe I can train you. What do you say? Swords won't be enough if our enemies have guns. My old gang leader said "Never bring a knife to a gunfight."

[Diamond Dragon]

"Guns? I've beaten guys who had guns lots of times." said Denkou. "Besides, guns aren't my style. You always have to reload."