The Runaway

[Angelus]

OOC: I'm just going to write the intro to this thread but going to do something really crazy and not take a main part. I'll just grab a side role so please if someone would like to be the main characters please do so.

IC:
As the bullets slammed into the wall the figure ran down the hallway, pistol in hand. The people following this figure had a good reason to as she had just killed the person they had been guarding. The woman dived to the floor as bullets flew over her head and she wondered how she was going to get out of this alive. As she turned a corner several people appeared, cutting off her escape and brought their weapons up. The woman stopped and looked around, trying to find some place to go but she knew that for the first time in her life she was about to be captured.

The people in front of her walked forwards but before they could get close enough the window to their right shattered as a tear gas grenade flew through it. Everyone was coughing as the gas filled the hallway and nobody saw the person come in through the now totally shattered window and grab the woman. As soon as the two of them were outside the woman holding the gas grenade launcher pointed down the fire escape and the two of them started down it.

The woman and the man ran down the steps as fast as they could while bullets ricochetted around them. As soon as they reached the street they jumped into the van that sat there. As soon as they were away the man took of the hood that he was wearing and said, "Well you sure fucked up that one."

The woman took of the hood, letting her red hair flow out and said, "I killed him didn't I. What more do you want from me?"

"For you not to come so close to getting caught- that's what."

The woman sat with her back against the wall of the van and watched the driver, wondering what she had done in a past life to have to go through this in this one. She knew that she had to get away but she also knew that if she tried she would surely be killed. She closed her eyes and tried to think of a way to get out of her life but when she looked towards her partner and watcher she knew that it was impossible. She moved forward and grabbed one of her pistols but as she did her watched said, "You weren't thinking of using that one me were you?"

"I was but I know what would would happen to me if I did," the woman said.

"Yes- you would surely be killed and I would hate to see that happen to you so I suggest that you put that pistol back in a safe place."

The woman looked at her watcher and slid the pistol into her hip holster. As she did the van was hit from behind; causing the woman to get to her feet and rush to the back doors of the van. What she saw was a Humvee with a person leaning out- a grenade launcher in his hands. The woman turned to her watcher and shouted out, "We have company!"

"Not for long," her watcher said.

The van sped up as the person with the grenade launcher fired, the grenade hitting the road next to the van. The explosion ripped through the air and the van was knocked over onto its side, sending it skidding down the road. As the van came to a stop the woman stood up and grabbed the nearest weapon to her- the tear gas grenade launcher.

She began to move towards the back of the van but stopped when she heard the hurried footsteps. All of a sudden the back doors of the van opened up and the woman squeezed the trigger on the launcher, sending the tear gas grenade flying out and straight into the chest of the first person she saw, sending him flying off his feet and onto the road. As soon as he landed the woman fired more grenades out of the van at her attackers.

She grabbed her pistol and slowly moved out of the van just to see her would be attackers moving around with their hands on their eyes and coughing. She knew that she would not have another chance like this to get away and moved to the front of the van. She looked in just to see her watcher beginning to regain consciousness and move around. She turned to her attackers and knew that even after everything her watcher had done to her she couldn't leave him in the van to be killed, much as she would like to. She walked forward and kicked the windshield in and leaned in, roughly pulling the man out.

The woman picked the man up onto his shoulder and ran off to an alley. As soon as they were in the alley she checked to see that she hadn't been followed. As soon as she was sure that she was safe the woman knelt down, pressed the barrel of her pistol up to her watchers head and said, "Consider this my resignation."

She then stood and ran off but the last thing that she heard was, "You won't be able to disappear. We will find you."


OOC: Okay- that is the intro to this thread. I hope that it will interest someone. The only other thing that I can say is that the main two characters are the woman and her watcher (obviously). She is hiding out from him and he is trying to do everything in his power to find her and either bring her back and kill her. The setting is also a year after this intro. All the female character needs is a name, what she is doing now and skills (she is an assassin in her alternate life). Hopefully you will become a part of this thread. If anyone would like to be anything else in this please join in

[Edited by Angelius on 03-13-2001 at 02:07 PM]

 

[Isolde]

Sheena

OOC: Well since no one else is going to kick this off and since all your threads are wonderful, allow me to take the woman in this thread.

Slim, athletic, 5'8", long blonde hair pulled back out of her face most of the time, ice blue eyes. She is now employed as a waitress in a bar on the more seedy side of town. The money is not much but it lets her keep low and, by keeping an ear open, she can pick up on any gossip or news that might point to her watcher being around. If you need any more info on her let me know and I will do a separate post.

IC: She guided the last of the customers out the door and towards the cab that had been called for them. She had taken their keys many drinks before close. The regulars knew better than to argue with her when she demanded they either stop drinking or give over the keys to their cars and the new ones soon learned. Waiving to Buck, one of her regulars who was pressed up against the window looking at her the glazed look of drunkedness apparent in his eyes, she shook her head and went back inside. Closing the door, she turned the sign to the closed side and locked the door.

Turning back to look over the bar at Bill, the bartender, she smiled tiredly. They had had one waitress quite and another show up late so she had literally been run off of her feet tonight. Taking a towel, she began to wipe down the tables along with Debbie, the other waitress. "What a night," Debbie said as she cleaned up the glasses from the tables she was cleaning,"I think we had more people tonight than we have in a long time. At least I got more pinches on the ass than usual!"

Sheena found herself laughing in spite of her exahustion. Poor Debbie was always on the end of many of the men's playful pats and pinches. Not many of them tried it twice with her. "It will be good to get home," She said in response as she finished up her tables. It took the three of them about an hour to get everything ready for the next days business due to the heavy traffic that night.

Finally she was able to bid Debbie and Bill a good night. She left them at the bar, sharing a drink, and headed out to her car the sound of her clacking heels the only noise audible in the moonless darkness. Getting to her small car, she did the routine search of the back seat before opening the door and sliding in the driver's seat. You never could be too careful in a place like this. She hated the area but it was a place that she could disappear into without anyone asking akward questions.

Locking her door, she started the car and sat back to give it a moment to warm up.



[Edited by Isolde on 03-13-2001 at 05:13 PM]

 

[Angelus]

OOC: It's cool, now all I need is for someone to be the watcher and this thread will be well and truly underway.

Oh, I should actually introduce my character:

Graham Anderson
Is kind of a friend to Sheena although he knows nothing of her past.
Shoulder length black hair, usually tied up into a pony tail.
5'10"
180lbs

Not really a major character but shows up every so often and usually gets himself in trouble.

 

[Isolde]

Sheena

The car sat and purred for awhile and Sheena realized that if she sat there any longer, she would fall asleep. Putting the car into gear, she headed towards her apartment. It was not too far away, just far enough to be out of the worst of the neighborhood.

Walking into her apartment, she flipped on the light and threw her purse on the table before going to the fridge. Opening it up, she reached in to get some leftover chicken and a beer when she realized that there was neither. Stuck in the fridge was a piece of paper on it with the words IOU on it.

Picking up the paper, she looked at it and shook her head. "Graham," She said as she shut the fridge door again and opened the freezer. "How is it that I can lock this place up against every known invader yet he always manages to find a way in?"

"Well, I guess we get fat on ice cream then," She added to herself as she reached in for the Rocky Road.

[Edited by Isolde on 03-13-2001 at 09:41 PM]

 

[HotStuff101]

hmmmm

I'd really liek to be sumoen int his thread! it seem isntresting.... The watched seems interetsing, but im not on enough all the itme to be him, so ill leave that up to sumone else. Allthoguh i would enjoy being a friend of Sheena's who helps hide, her and protect her form the watcher, guy. is that alright? Or perhaps sumoen that once worked for the watcher guy, but met Sheena and turned sides,a nd is now helping fight agaisnt the watcher?

 

[Angelus]

Graham

I walked up to the door of Sheena's apartment and knocked on it, hoping that she wasn't too angry at having me steal her food and beer. I knew that I could get into her apartment the same way that I had gotten in the last time but I wanted to keep that a secret and knew that she would be wondering how on earth I had gotten in. I also knew that I had to pay her back for the food and in my hands were a pizza and a six pack of beer as a sort of peace offering.

[Edited by Angelius on 03-14-2001 at 06:18 PM]

 

[Angelus]

OOC: HotStuff- you are more than welcome to join in on this thread. All that is needed now is the watcher- where ever he is.

 

[Isolde]

Sheena

Sheena dropped the spoon into the ice cream container at the sound of the knock. Her body tenses and I reach for a gun I realize isnt there. Quickly going to the drawer where I have it stashed when I am at work, I take it out and cock it. It had been a year but I still started and froze at every sound. I always knew that he could be anywhere.

Slipping out of my heels, I walk silently to the door and look out of the peep hole. I sighed in relief as I saw the distorted figure of Graham with a pizza and a six pack. Releasing my grip on the gun, I slipped the safety back on and called out,"Hold on a minute!," before putting it back in the drawer and going to open the door.

Gesturing Graham into the apartment and closing the door, I said,"Make yourself comfortable...as if you need the invitation." I let my smile know that the words were ment in jest before adding,"Let me get out of this uniform and I will be with you. How did you know that I was wanting a midnight snack?"

Before he could answer, I slipped into my room and begin to peel off the short skirt and white blouse that were my uniform from the bar. I gave a sigh of relief as I slipped off my pantyhose. I hated those things but it was a neccessary evil sometimes. Dragging out a pair of jeans and a belly shirt, I was quickly dressed in more comfortable clothing and heading out for some pizza and beer.

 

[Angelus]

As soon as Sheena walked back into the room I grinned and said, "I didn't but I did have to pay you back for the food that I borrowed earlier and what sort of friend would I be if I didn't do that?"

I grabbed a slice of the pizza and took a bite of it as I saw that she had something to tell me and I knew that it would either be a question of how I got into her place or to tell me that I shouldn't have taken her stuff in the first place but I was already trying to think of an answer to both.

 

[Isolde]

Sheena

I grabbed a slice of pizza and popped open a beer. "So exactly how does my chicken and beer disappear from my locked apartment?" I said as I sat back and took a bite. My stomache rumbled and only then did I realize how hungry I really was.


[Edited by Isolde on 03-21-2001 at 10:43 PM]

 

[Angelus]

Graham

I sat back and looked at Sheena with a puzzled look on my face, "I haven't got the faintest clue how that would happen- did it fly out of here or maybe it was carried out of here by someone who was slightly hungry and thristy and is bringing you some pizza and beer to make up for it?"

 

[Isolde]

Sheena

"The pizza is great," I said to him, finishing off my first piece and reaching for a second,"But I would like to know how a certain person learned to levitate food from my fridge. And dont tell me about magicians and their secrets either."

OOC: I am going to put up a char wanted thread for one of my own. Would you like me to add your thread to it to see if we get a watcher?

 

[Angelus]

Graham

I looked at Sheena, trying to figure out what she was talking about with magicians and then I figured out she was trying to make me fall into a trap and said, "Are you sure that it was there this morning. You never know, you could have eaten it during the night?"

OOC: That would be excellent, thank you.

 

[EcstasysDream]

Delia Monroe

OOC: I know you're still looking for a watcher and that you have two main characters already in mind for this thread, but I hope you don't mind my tossing another person into the mix to maybe in the future add a bit more to the storyline. If this affects any of what you had in mind let me know and I'll stop! =)

IC:

She'd been searching... searching for almost a year now. There had been times she'd almost given up, but she'd always found it impossible to do it. How could she give up on finding Harry's killer? He'd done so much for her, given her a chance at life when no one else had. This was the least she owed him.

The night he'd died still burned freshly in her mind, the pain of his loss still a physical ache deep within her chest. She'd been there that night, preparing to enter the building when all hell had broken loose. Somehow, instinctively, she'd known that it concerned Harry.. that he was dead. His work had always been dangerous. The signs of danger were always there. From his heavily armed bodyguards, to the nervous tension she felt from him on so many occasions. So, it hadn't taken her long that night to realize something had gone wrong.

As the thoughts of what might have happened raced through her head, it was then that she'd seen the fleeing figure of a woman exit the building, Harry's guards close at heel. She heard the shouts between the men, informing those just joining in the chase on the situation. She'd also caught the phrase that confirmed her thoughts about Harry's condition. There was no thought of danger to herself as she immediately joined in the chase. The only thought in her mind was making someone pay for what had happened...

And that's what had brought her here, to this place. Word had filtered through that this was the place that might hold the answers she sought. She'd find out soon enough she supposed.

Tossing the last of her cigarette aside, she lifted her suitcase from the ground at her feet and made her way towards the hotel door. The doorman, immediately opened it for her. A kindly old smile, if rather stale and practiced, for the lovely young redhead who stepped past him. One would never have guessed from the smile she returned that the almost ethereal looking young woman had such bloody thoughts of murder and revenge going in circles in her mind...

 

[rdh996]

i hear your looking 4 a watcher are we talking a peeping tom or worse?

 

[Isolde]

OOC: RDH, The watcher is looking for Sheena to either bring her back into some mysterious organization or kill her if she wont. She has been hiding from him for a year now. If you read Angelius' first post it explains it alot better than I can.

IC: I smiled at Graham and leaned a bit forward in my chair as I looked him in the eye. "Could be," I said to him,"Question is....just how did that someone get in my apartment in the first place. I am curious."

Truth was I was worried. If Graham, untrained in the arts I was used to dealing with could get into my apartment than it was possible for him to do so and that could spell my death.

 

[rdh996]

jackson

Its been a year since the accident where Sheena excaped the old watcher (the pathetic fool)and he finally tracked her down to a area in southern texes where she was working as a waitress. i couldent belive it the most perfect assassin the Company had was a freakin WATRESS. Her old watcher had talen all of 10 months to track her to the wrong state so the Company "made him resign". I can remember that day well i was givin the asignment of tracking Sheena it took me 2 months The Company is calling me the best Watcher since THE ONE. I had gotten a place outside of the town and ofcorse always wore the masks needed so noone would recognise me for someone who diddnt belong. The place was easy getting i found a guy who noone realy liked or knew i think his name was Bob or something anyway i delt with him and assumed his role in the community he was a crossing guard at the school a trival job but nevertheless nessisary from here i could see all the traffic going to the restrant where she worked. The night was fast approaching when i will make myself known to sheena and she wont and cant run this time.


OCC: Jackson aka Bob is 6'1 195 pounds jet black hair and deep green eyes not much is known about his past even to himself due to the memmory wipe that all watchers go through to get into the Company.

 

[Angelus]

Graham

"You should know that a magician never reveals his tricks and this is one magician that will keep quiet."

I picked up a slice of pizza and took a bite of it, looking at Sheena with a smile as I could see that she was getting angry with me. I knew that she wanted to know how I had gotten into her apartment and I knew that I should tell her but I would leave her to figure it out as I was in a mischevious mood.

 

[Isolde]

Sheena

I scowled at Graham but I quite badgering him. I was ready to kick his butt but, truth was, I kind of liked the guy...even if he could be a pain in the butt sometimes.

"Ok,"I said, sitting back with my second piece of pizza,"You win. It floated to the door and phased through it. Next time I will just have to rig a booby trap to my fridge."

Grabbing a second beer, I said almost casually,"So what has been happening today around here. Anything interesting? Anyone new?"

One good thing about Graham is that he always had his ear to the ground and knew what was going on so he was a good source of news. If anyone was hanging around that wasnt supposed to be, he would know and I needed to keep an eye on what was happening while I was gone.

 

[Angelus]

Graham

"Now that you mention it some guy that I have never seen before in my life came around here asking for you. I didn't know who he was so I didn't tell him a damn thing. He was kind of pushy and looked like a government type to- didn't like the look of him."

I then saw the look of Sheena's face and wondered what I had just said that was so wrong. There was something about the person that I had just mentioned that had freaked her out and I knew that was no good because for the seven months that I had known Sheena I had never seen her like that.

 

[Isolde]

Sheena

I dropped the second piece of pizza back into the box, my appitite was suddenly gone. Clearing my throat, I tried not to act too surprised.

"Graham, can you describe this person for me? It may be a customer from my work who is trying to find me,"I said to him, keeping my voice neutral,"Some of the guys there get rather enthusiastic in their attention to the waitresses. A girl cant be too careful, you know."

"And I need to know exactly what he said to you or anyone else...so I can tell the police if I have to call them."

 

[Neale]

[Edited by Neale on 04-01-2001 at 11:15 AM]

 

[Angelus]

OOC: Okay.... wtf was that?