The Ebony Celeste

[Sly]

Sly laughed out loud at Tech's request. "Sure, why not?" He kicked her off her feet and headed for the back door of the bridge. They stepped out into the open sea air...the helicopter hovering right above them with the ladder dangling down for them to climb on.

"After you, sweetheart," Sly said, putting her down.

The rest of the pirates moved out of the bridge...as the hostages who'd heard the announcement started pounding on the door of their room...trying to get out before they were blown to smithereens.

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The lone F4 guy at the bow realized he was out of ammo now....nothing to it. He raised his hands up. "I surrender...I'm out of ammo."

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By this point the last of the F4 grunts towards the middle and stern of the boat were fleeing towards the bridge...and now getting the lifeboats ready to depart in.

[Qesun Vendak]

Qesun at this point was looking for options again. Not to get to the bridge, but to secure a way off the boat with things going to hell quick. Taking up both his weapons again, he looked towards the sides at the bridge house where pirates were trying to lower life boats to make their own escapes. Which meant they weren't paying attention to the people with guns that might want to still kill them.

Or at least QJ hoped so. He took up another run, heading towards the ones on the starboard side. Raising his guns, he fired several shots at them, really only aiming at the first one or two with any care.

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The man at the aft end of the ship raised out of his hiding spot, his stolen gun aimed at the pirate. "Get over here, hands up! Yer gonna help me out! Help me make sure everyone on this boat lives." the equine shouted at the pirate.

[Tech Rathgen]

Tech blushed from hearing Sly say sweetheart, but she still assumed he was apart of the coast guard.

Tech looked into Sly's eyes and patted his nose with her finger. "As I climb up, whatever you do don't stare up my dress. I'm just a little peeved that I ended up on this boat while filming a movie."

She climbed up the ladder and into the helecopter.

[Jav]

[Just skip over me for now, I can't really think of anything and I'm REALLY stressed out at the moment.]

[Sly]

Qesun successfully gunned down about three F4 grunts straight away. They hadn't been ready since it had been quiet for a bit. But the rest abandoned their work at the lifeboats immediately. The ones in front crouched and fired, while those behind fired over their heads.

Two F4 grunts on the port side of the boat...hearing the commotion, fired around the bridge tower to help out in the fight, while the rest continued to work on the boats.

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"Okay, okay, sure!" the surrendering F4 grunt said, keeping his hands up. He walked slowly towards the one at the bow.

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Sly finished climbing into the helicopter...dragging up the ladder and slamming the door shut. Once they were safely secure, the helicopter took off towards parts unknown...leaving the Celeste behind.

"Well...I may have lost, but at least I get a little consolation prize. I'm taking you back to my little hideaway. Don't worry...it's not that far."

[Qesun Vendak]

[[Edited to fix spelling. Piston =/= Pistol]]

It was too much. Too many pirates, too many bullets. To charge what was literally a firing line would be suicide. He was forced to take cover behind crane remains before he became aerated. He cursed under his breath from his spot of cover. He was beginning to feel the weight of the situation bear down on him. 'Here's your choices: Die in a fiery explosion or die full of bullets. Such wonderful choices!' He growled as he looked up and along the crane's shattered lengths, looking for a solution. Any solution. His gazing stops as he looks at one of the search lights, a half-arsed idea forming. 'You know what? Some pirates are gonna die. At the very least, I'll take them with me.'

Sheathing a pistol, he bounds his way up the remains of the cockpit and began running along the crane's twisted length, as fast as he could manage, ignoring the idea of trying to shoot at this speed. And when near the end of the wreckage, near the edge of the ship, he bounds off towards the light, hitting it with a kick to spin it towards the pirates. He doesn't quit moving though. He sheaths the other weapon and dashes towards the edge of the ship, angling in towards the bit of crane hanging off, using it as a pole to swing from, launching himself to the deck again, aiming to land behind the pirates.

And lands just short, being forced to grab the edge instead as he slams into the side of the ship. 'Oh hell.'

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The one crew member just keeps quiet and keeps an eye on the pirate, letting him take the lead in retrieving the explosives on this end of the ship while the firefight resolves on the other end.

[Jav]

James was wittness to Qesun's heroics and was mildly impressed to say the least even though he didn't quite execute said heroics properly; but hey..whatever works right? James emerged, suddenly, from his quickly took aim at the two F4 grunts on the port side of the ship "mind if I join guys!?!" and open fired on them.

[Sly]

The captured F4 pirate hesitantly points to a hatchway on the deck...leading down into the ship. "The bombs are down there on the oil tanks. If you want to stop the bombs, we'll have to go down there..."

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Jav takes out one of the F4 grunts on the port side. The other one retreats around the bridge tower. Seemed to be quiet on that side of the ship now.

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The pirates on the starboard side were blinded by the light, but they just retreated behind the bridge tower away from the light. One continually fired to cover the others as they fell back. Over the shooting, he screamed, "The boat's gonna blow if you don't look for those bombs now! If I were you I'd cut off the attack! Or there's gonna be a huge oil slick all over these islands!"

[Qesun Vendak]

Oh no. It wasn't going to be that easy. Not for them, anyway. "Ok, Fine! Sounds great! I love scavenger hunts for explosives!" Qesun yelled from where he hung. At this point, he was angry. These punks would reap what they had sown, as far as he was concerned. Hell, he'd be sure of it. A sharp look formed on his face as he thought about what He started a swaying motion and swung himself towards where the boats hung, catching the edge of the boat near the first life boat and scrambling up onto the pulley arm that was holding the life boat up. ...And then pulled his gunblade out and cut towards the ropes holding them up. "You guys can even help me find them! Or I know it's cheating, but I'd love it if you told me where they were!" He sheathed his weapon again as he began looking for where he wanted to go from here.

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"You first," the man says, waiting for the pirate to go down the ladder first.

[Jav]

[I can't think of anything. Pass me for now]