"Like putting up with you has been a picnic..." Liz muttered, taking a breath before opening the second can and resuming her guzzling.
She should probably wait for the first one to kick in, but she wanted to be up and running. She still had a lot to do, and a lot to figure out about that tablet and she wanted to get started ASAP. Finishing these drinks was the only thing standing between her and her precious electronics, and she would defeat them swiftly!
A long night in Toronto....
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"Oh, I have been in contact with my department. That's how I know the other victim, or what was left of him, had to be washed off the station platform with a fire hose." Kale frowned. "They told me they'd send a relief detachment here when they were done with countless other tasks related to this crime. This worries me, as witness protection is usually top of the list." He scratched his chin. "Something is very wrong...."
Meanwhile, Daniel was heading to the front desk to sign out. The morning receptionist was there; bright and cheerful smile upon her face. A grizzled looking man in a long coat thanked her after signing out, and headed out the front door about the time Daniel arrived....
Meanwhile, Daniel was heading to the front desk to sign out. The morning receptionist was there; bright and cheerful smile upon her face. A grizzled looking man in a long coat thanked her after signing out, and headed out the front door about the time Daniel arrived....
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Daniel sauntered over to the receptionist's desk with the happiest look he could muster, and raised his hand in greeting. A card appeared from his other hand and made its way onto the desk. "I'll be on my way out," he said, gesturing towards his ID.
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The receptionist nodded with a smile as she cheerfully added: "Have a good day, then."
Meanwhile, a large silver sedan pulls into view directly in front of the door, and stops....
Meanwhile, a large silver sedan pulls into view directly in front of the door, and stops....
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"You too," said Daniel, a smile on his face. Damn, he was even being courteous and all that. Bed's a-waitin'! he thought, nearly skipping towards the front door. He didn't really give much thought to the sedan that had just pulled up; his sights were focused on jumping into his car, and the road that it would lead to, and subsequently his pillow. Other things took less priority.
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Daniel was just about to the front door when a strange mechanical buzzing noise reached his ears, and was growing louder with a quickness. It got even his sleepy mind's attention, which had just glossed over the fact that the men getting out of the silver sedan were all armed. The noise was really that odd. Daniel's hand had just touched the push bar for the front door when the source of the noise, a freakishly strange dark gray helicopter with two rotors stacked atop each other buzzed into view. The thing had no tail rotor, and it looked like it was being pushed by a plane propeller.
Whatever the thing was, the front end of it spat gunfire, the building shook, the receptionist freaked out, and the overhang covering the place where the parked silver sedan was sitting crashed down atop the car and the armed men.
...And the only thing separating Daniel from sharing their fate of being buried under half a meter of debris, which now completely blocked the entrance, was a 1 centimeter thick plexiglass door he'd neglected to open because he was tired and distracted.
Whatever the thing was, the front end of it spat gunfire, the building shook, the receptionist freaked out, and the overhang covering the place where the parked silver sedan was sitting crashed down atop the car and the armed men.
...And the only thing separating Daniel from sharing their fate of being buried under half a meter of debris, which now completely blocked the entrance, was a 1 centimeter thick plexiglass door he'd neglected to open because he was tired and distracted.
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Daniel's rear end found itself on the floor. His eyes stared, wide awake, at the mountain of concrete and glass behind the plexiglass door, and his jaw wouldn't close itself. What just-- his head attempted to think. It wasn't cooperating very well, as he took a full 10 seconds before realizing that something was pretty wrong. Screaming in terror, he scrambled and crawled off the floor before tearing off back into the hospital.
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Daniel and the receptionist bolted down the hall while behind them the sound of constant small arms fire outside was occasionally interrupted by an attack helicopter's auto-cannon.
Meanwhile, as if to punctuate the detective's words, the building vibrated a bit as many very bad sounds made their way into the waiting room. Kale, who was already on his feet, turned and made his way to the waiting room door. "That sounded... bad," he muttered. He poked his head into the hallway, fully disbelieving what he was hearing.
And then there was screaming people running his way.
"Hey, you two, in here," Kale barked at the fleeing figures with authority. The nurse complied without thinking, and ran right for the waiting room.
Meanwhile, as if to punctuate the detective's words, the building vibrated a bit as many very bad sounds made their way into the waiting room. Kale, who was already on his feet, turned and made his way to the waiting room door. "That sounded... bad," he muttered. He poked his head into the hallway, fully disbelieving what he was hearing.
And then there was screaming people running his way.
"Hey, you two, in here," Kale barked at the fleeing figures with authority. The nurse complied without thinking, and ran right for the waiting room.
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Without much thinking, Daniel shot into the room, and screeched to a halt. Resting his hands on his knees, he panted heavily as he tried not to let the bile in his throat rise up. "H-- hhh-- hel-- helicopter... g-- guns," he gasped in between strained breaths.
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"O....K.... Breathe, Mr. Shields," Kale responded as he moved back into the room with the two... refugees. He did not want to draw the obvious conclusion from what he just heard. Can I not have the bad day this sounds like I'm having, please? So... Kale waited for the man to catch his breath, then asked him: "Now, what's going on out there?"
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After a few more moments, Daniel managed to get his business together, and exhaled loudly. "Big-ass helicopter. Straight up swiss-cheesed the entrance with I don't know how many bullets," he summarized. He let himself stumble backwards into a corner of the room, still kind of out of breath. "Oh, yeah, it didn't look like those, uh, usual helicopters, it kind of..." he explained, trying to point out every which way with his hands. "Uh, it didn't have that, uh, tail propeller? That most helicopters have. Just the top propeller. Don't know if that's any help."
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Cassidy paused, gathering her thoughts.
Why was there an attack helicopter outside? The most she had to deal with was a couple thugs with guns. This was unprecedented and random, and her mind searched for an explanation. She paused, and then realized she was possibly in shock. Perhaps the loud bang had unnerved her. Time felt like it was moving ever so slowly as she brought up Mneme.
Mneme's thought process had been extraordinarily simple. There was an attack helicopter outside. The capability to turn off certain parts of her virtual amygdala, as well as do some overclocking of her anterior cingulate allowed her to make on-the-spot decisions. Noticing that there were multiple others around Cassidy, she paused before speaking, taking a moment to appear as if she was thinking.
"I've already locked what doors I can, Doctor Adler. There will be panic momentarily, and there have been no confirmed casualties so far. Outside of Adrian Rogers Tremblay, is there anyone who could be related to this attack? Perhaps Officer Kale?"
"I'm--- not sure." Cassidy spoke, a finger tracing down a scar, over and over again. "Ah, were there any distinguishing features to the helicopter? Can you bring that up, Mneme? What do you remember, Mister Shields?"
Why was there an attack helicopter outside? The most she had to deal with was a couple thugs with guns. This was unprecedented and random, and her mind searched for an explanation. She paused, and then realized she was possibly in shock. Perhaps the loud bang had unnerved her. Time felt like it was moving ever so slowly as she brought up Mneme.
Mneme's thought process had been extraordinarily simple. There was an attack helicopter outside. The capability to turn off certain parts of her virtual amygdala, as well as do some overclocking of her anterior cingulate allowed her to make on-the-spot decisions. Noticing that there were multiple others around Cassidy, she paused before speaking, taking a moment to appear as if she was thinking.
"I've already locked what doors I can, Doctor Adler. There will be panic momentarily, and there have been no confirmed casualties so far. Outside of Adrian Rogers Tremblay, is there anyone who could be related to this attack? Perhaps Officer Kale?"
"I'm--- not sure." Cassidy spoke, a finger tracing down a scar, over and over again. "Ah, were there any distinguishing features to the helicopter? Can you bring that up, Mneme? What do you remember, Mister Shields?"
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"Oh great..." Liz muttered as the words of the others reached her ears, much to her dismay. "Your friends are back and looking for blood, detective." It was pretty clear that Liz faulting Kale for this, in a cranky sleep-deprived rant."You must a really pissed em off shooting those guys earlier. Now we're all dead..."
The girl let out a heavy sigh as she sank back into her seat, already assuming the worst. " This kinda shit is straight out of one of those silly fps's with minimal plot. If I had to live up a game scenario why couldn't it involve cute monster pets or something..." Already switching gears and derailing her original complaint Liz just started to mutter to herself in a pouting fit; mostly nonsense involving shinies and perfect stats, what ever that ment.
It was up in the air if she was always this nuts, or just an effect of the long night.
The girl let out a heavy sigh as she sank back into her seat, already assuming the worst. " This kinda shit is straight out of one of those silly fps's with minimal plot. If I had to live up a game scenario why couldn't it involve cute monster pets or something..." Already switching gears and derailing her original complaint Liz just started to mutter to herself in a pouting fit; mostly nonsense involving shinies and perfect stats, what ever that ment.
It was up in the air if she was always this nuts, or just an effect of the long night.
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Kale frowned, turned around, and then poked his head out into the hallway to look in the direction of the entrance. "That's coming out of someone's paycheck..." he muttered to himself as he spotted the collapsed covered walk blocking the entrance. He held a hand up to his ear, and listened for a minute. He was able to discern that there was still a firefight going on outside, and made a note of the fact that it did not involve him presently. He turned around, and moved back into the room just in time to hear speculation about the attack, and a bit of grumbling. "Well, whoever it is after us, they seem to have a difference of opinion amongst themselves, and no problem sorting it out with guns." He pulled out a police radio, and mumbled grumpily "Count your blessings," before putting the radio to his ear and frowning again. "Well, that's a loss. Nothing but static."
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Mneme, meanwhile, discovered that the local network was off the grid, and doing a search on the helicopter was currently not possible. The external security cameras near where the action was taking place worked fine, but none of them could see the helicopter, nor could they pivot up far enough to try catching a glimpse of it. What they did see, however, was the collapsed entrance, and a scattering of people in the parking lot shooting at what was presumably the helicopter from behind what cover they could find amongst the vehicles parked outside. Not that that seemed to be helping them much against their aerial foe, as a couple of them near a DHL van crumpled to the ground after a trio of small fire-cracker-like explosions went off just behind them, and the side of the van suddenly looked like swiss-cheese.
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Mneme, meanwhile, discovered that the local network was off the grid, and doing a search on the helicopter was currently not possible. The external security cameras near where the action was taking place worked fine, but none of them could see the helicopter, nor could they pivot up far enough to try catching a glimpse of it. What they did see, however, was the collapsed entrance, and a scattering of people in the parking lot shooting at what was presumably the helicopter from behind what cover they could find amongst the vehicles parked outside. Not that that seemed to be helping them much against their aerial foe, as a couple of them near a DHL van crumpled to the ground after a trio of small fire-cracker-like explosions went off just behind them, and the side of the van suddenly looked like swiss-cheese.
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"F-Friends...? Shooting...?" Daniel managed to mutter, his face slowly contorting into an unpleasant expression. "Ughhh. Why'd I have to-- God dammit, my head," he groaned, pressing on his temples and leaning back into the corner. He shot a hidden glare from under his hand at the new black-haired woman. From what he could tell, she and the detective were surely the cause of this disturbance. Maybe the guys with guns outside wanted to kill them.
"Anything else you can tell us, officer?" he muttered, trying to deal with his headache.
"Anything else you can tell us, officer?" he muttered, trying to deal with his headache.
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"Cassidy." Mneme's head tilted slightly, and text appeared on Cassidy's HUD, informing her of the events going on outside. Cassidy nodded, thankful. The prior information was indeed helpful to receive in advance. She straightened her jacket, ripping her fingers away from tracing that line on her cheek.
"Officer, there are people fighting out there, it isn't a one-sided assault, although those with the helicopter appear to be much better equipped." Her throat felt dry, and something was rising at the back of it.
"Officer Kale, we need to evacuate. This facility is not well-suited to a full-on terrorist assault. It was built with defenses in mind, but only to the possibility of small-armed criminals. The chance of an attack like this was chosen to be out of the equation by the contractor, .04% chance was outside of normal probability." Mneme brought up a map of the hospital. "The closest possible Exits are here." Mneme highlighted some locations on the holographic map.
"Do we have any patients currently in ICU or unable to move?" Cassidy spoke up, unable to recall the exact figure, her mind occupied on her body, which felt a bit unsteady.
Mneme, not so limited by human frailty, checked.
"Officer, there are people fighting out there, it isn't a one-sided assault, although those with the helicopter appear to be much better equipped." Her throat felt dry, and something was rising at the back of it.
"Officer Kale, we need to evacuate. This facility is not well-suited to a full-on terrorist assault. It was built with defenses in mind, but only to the possibility of small-armed criminals. The chance of an attack like this was chosen to be out of the equation by the contractor, .04% chance was outside of normal probability." Mneme brought up a map of the hospital. "The closest possible Exits are here." Mneme highlighted some locations on the holographic map.
"Do we have any patients currently in ICU or unable to move?" Cassidy spoke up, unable to recall the exact figure, her mind occupied on her body, which felt a bit unsteady.
Mneme, not so limited by human frailty, checked.
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"but then i could customize my own ship and it would be awesome..." Liz continued her rambling thoughts, somehow deviating from shiny animals to starships. As her tired mind began to formulate ideas for various styles and types, her brain slowly began to remember the current situation. A crazy idea was begining to form, one that she probably wouldn't have considered trying on a normal day.
"Keena! Can you see if you can get a wireless signal towards that helicopter? Try to use the hospital equipment if needed."
Liz began messing around with her computer trying to boost the wireless signal of her own device, hoping that it would allow Keena room to explore her options and find the best method for the task.
"What do you got in mind, Liz?"
"We're going to try and remote control that vehicle!"
By now Liz was off in her own little world, plotting and scheming as she did everything necissary to set up. If this worked it would be glorious!
"Keena! Can you see if you can get a wireless signal towards that helicopter? Try to use the hospital equipment if needed."
Liz began messing around with her computer trying to boost the wireless signal of her own device, hoping that it would allow Keena room to explore her options and find the best method for the task.
"What do you got in mind, Liz?"
"We're going to try and remote control that vehicle!"
By now Liz was off in her own little world, plotting and scheming as she did everything necissary to set up. If this worked it would be glorious!