Black Air Mission 1: Great Basin Desert

by **Narrator** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:11 pm

The Blackbird soared over Nevada, about 20 miles south of Eureka.

According to the information acquired by Your Friends in the British Government, a small, nondescript building in the middle of the desert was actually some sort of Black Air research base. Trespassers in the area, according to the files, had wandered in and out without any memory of the intervening time--as if they had had their brains wiped by whatever or whoever was there.

A satelite photo of the base was provided. The small building was no larger than an ordinary house--maybe a 500-600 square feet. Surrounding the building was a fence, looking to be electrified and about 2 meters tall, with security guards carrying large assault rifles walking around, dressed in US Military gear.

Officially, there was no military base at that location.

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by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:21 pm

As usual when on the jet, Sara is sitting as far away from any windows as possible.

by **Nick Varkan** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:03 pm

Nick, by contrast, sat as close to potential action as possible.

"I really hope those are counterfeit uniforms, 'cause I'd rather not add treason to my rap sheet."

by **Narrator** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:07 pm

((If anyone else wants to join in late, they're more than welcome))

As the jet passed over the base, alarms started blaring--someone was shooting at them!

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:29 pm

"Please tell me you can still land somewhere and we don't have to parachute out..." Sara asks the pilot as her fingers dig into the seat.

by **Narrator** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:35 pm

"If you don't mind approaching on foot where they can see you," the pilot nodded.

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:48 pm

"Actually, I wouldn't mind that at all. Nick and fly anyway and I can go in through the ground."

by **Nick Varkan** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:53 pm

"Like we even need parachutes," Nick grinned.

by **Narrator** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:00 pm

"Alright, I'll try to get us down in one piece," he said, veering to the right to avoid a wave of gunfire from the base.

It would be a rough landing, but the bird would come down in one piece.

by **Nick Varkan** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:29 am

"I distract them while you go all ant lion on them?" Nick asked Sara.

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:52 am

"Try to see if you can sneak in first, but otherwise, yeah." she says as they walk down the ramp. "Though I guess they know we're here and will be on the lookout."

by **Narrator** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:38 pm

They were a good mile away from the base where the plane landed; it wouldn't take them TOO long to cover the ground. At least it wasn't obsessively hot.

by **Nick Varkan** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:04 pm

Because he wasn't an idiot, Nick left his jacket on the plane.

"I officially hate deserts."

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:15 pm

"I fail to see the problem." Sara chuckles as she turns to stone.

by **Nick Varkan** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:55 pm

"Rattlesnakes can't bite stone."

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:59 pm

"You can ride on my shoulders if you're scared." she smirks as they set out on their short trek across the desert.

by **Nick Varkan** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:03 pm

"Pfft. I'm so not scared," he answered... floating along instead.

by **Narrator** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:03 pm

Hiding behind a conveniently placed rock, they'd come across the base, which was apparently on high alert.

There were at least three armed soldiers patrolling on the inside of an electrified fence. From their movements, they appeared to be highly trained, and heavily armed.

by **Nick Varkan** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:50 pm

"We really should have brought someone bulletproof."

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:22 pm

"I'm mostly bullet-proof. Just stay out of sight, I'll sneak in under the fence and once I burst out you can swoop in." she says, sinking into the ground.

by **Nick Varkan** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:55 pm

Nick tensed for action and gathered a few stones for ammo.

by **Narrator** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:43 pm

The guards patrolled regularly--Sara could find a gap in the perimeter, if she so chose, or just smash into action.

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:45 pm

She decides to be sneaky and slowly moves through the ground, carefully popping her head out to get a close up look and then she suddenly rises from the ground as a big stone golem to slap one of the guards away.

by **Nick Varkan** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:50 pm

As soon as the guards focused on Sara, Nick flew up and swooped in. He teek blasted an unlucky guard and shot rocks at another.

by **Narrator** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 10:00 pm

The guards opened fire at Sara immediatley, with all three pointing their rifles at Sara and unloading. One was knocked down pretty quickly by Sara's assault, however.

The other two were distracted entirely from Nick's assault, with one falling to the floor from the teep blast. The other ducked behind a locker of some kind to avoid the rocks, and whirled to fire at Nick.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:50 am

Sara moves backwards a little, leaving behind some of her bulk as a shield to provide momentary cover from the gunfire while she sinks back into the ground.

by **Narrator** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:53 am

"Fucking hell," the third man said, continuing his surpressing fire towards Nick, as the first two slowly began regaining their feet.

by **Nick Varkan** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:50 am

Nick took cover behind the temporary rock and reached out to shove the rifle barrel towards the ground while also popping out all of their ammo cartridges.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:58 am

Sara tries to hurry, though moving through the ground isn't exactly a sprint, to make it to the third guy and make the ground punch up under him in the form of a big fist.

by **Narrator** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:30 pm

Nick's tactic worked, sending bullets scattering across the desert floor!

Sara was slower, but Nick's delay essentially caused enough time for Sara to layeth the smackdown from underground.

The one remaining standing guy made a dash for the building.

by **Nick Varkan** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 1:54 pm

And that's when Nick floated the runner up and turned him upside down.

"Going somewhere?"

by **Narrator** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 5:24 pm

"Fuck you," the guy said, trying to see what he could reach despite Nick's telekentic futzing. He was reaching for something in his boot.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 5:55 pm

And that's when Sara walks up to him and punches him in the head.

"I hope Black Air has good health insurance, asshole."

by **Narrator** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 5:55 pm

The witty retort went unheard, as he was knocked pretty damn unconscious.

by **Nick Varkan** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:50 pm

Nick put the man down as he walked up.

"I was going to try to question him."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:06 pm

"Speaking from experience, they're not very talkative."

by **Nick Varkan** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:10 pm

"Eh," he shrugged. "Probably doesn't know anything valuable anyway."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:18 pm

"Yeah. Come on, let's see what they're guarding in there." she says, looking around for the entrance.

by **Narrator** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:22 pm

The entrance was where the guard was trying to enter! How convenient.

Most of this complex seemed to be some sort of...storage facility. Heavy boxes were stored and numbered, with apparently some sort of log recording time of arrival--they received packages, or something? The boxes ranged in size from jewelry boxes all the way up through massive refrigerator-sized pieces.

There was something else, too--all of these storage boxes were in along the perimeter of the building. There were doors leading into the center, as well, but they were secured. Sara and Nick could probably force them down if they wanted to, or there might be some sort of key.

by **Nick Varkan** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:26 pm

"Let's find the guardroom, might be a key there."

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