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Message no. 1
From: Mike Goldberg <m_goldberg@**.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: Shattered (Part 3)
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 16:46:01 MST
>>>>>[
+++++ continue transmission
You hear Blitzkrieg whisper calmly, "We are in position."

(an low voice responds)
++ The diversion is taking too long to setup. We did indeed pick a heavy
concentration area. Perhaps we should try another area.

Blitzkrieg hisses back, "There is no time. Scarface and I are too far in to
get out easily, and Death Jestor and the others ran into something."

++ Too bad. Distraction should be in another 5 minutes.

Blitzkrieg sighs, "Hurry Fenris. I fear we lost our timetable."
---
Fenris shuts a panel and curses. The japanese man next to him gives a start
and scans the area. He says very quietly, "What now? They aren't gangers."

Fenris nods and points out a window. The Japanese man runs and jumps out the
window. By the time he is landing Fenris has just jumped. Quickly he runs
in. You notice some dwarf starts following them. Fenris never noticed.
---
++ GO!

Blitzkrieg whispers, "SHIT! HAMMER'S HERE!"
---
You watch two men in trenchcoats quickly move from an alleyway they seem to be
following something. One man has a gridlike scar covering his face. The other
is holding an assault rifle. His left hand is cybernetic and he looks ready to
shoot it, but doesn't have a target to shoot at.

Blitzkrieg quietly leads in. Scarface has drawn a pistol and seems to be very
nervous about something. Suddenly there is a blur that tackles Blitzkrieg and
sends him through a window. You can hear gunfire in the distance and there is
someone approaching fast. Blitzkrieg gasps, "Get to them first!"

Scarface curses and starts running. Blitzkrieg meanwhile is using his gun to
try and push away his assailant, a familiar looking elf. The elf is winning,
though. Slowly the elf reaches for Blitzkrieg's throat. It is all Blitzkrieg
can do to keep him away from it. Suddenly the elf curses and jumps backwards,
avoiding getting shot by Jack Hack. The elf spins and kicks the gun out of
Jack Hack's hands. Jack snarls and pops his spurs out. As he swings the elf
spins around him and throws Jack Hack into Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg pushes Jack
off of him, and draws a pistol and shoots in one smooth motion. Unfortunately,
he misses by a mile.

Jack picks up his Ingram smartgun and runs after the elf. Blitzkrieg follows.
---
Scarface bolts around the corner. You watch in terror as HAMMER, who already
has a pistol out, fires 4 shots into a room. Scarface shouts "NOO!" as he
fires a shot at HAMMER. At the same time 2 shots ring out from a different
direction also aimed at HAMMER. Impressively, HAMMER somehow manages to avoid
all of the shots and fires one at Scarface. He managed to score a hit in
Scarface's side. He then bolts around the corner before his other assailants,
the Count and Countess can fire again. HAMMER shouts out, "This isn't over!"
He then runs off.

Scarface gets up and ignores the Count and Countess who are looking to see if
they can catch up to HAMMER. Scarface stumbles toward the room that HAMMER
fired into. As he reaches the doorway, Blitzkrieg comes running full-tilt out
of an alleyway. Seeing Scarface he runs to him and skids to a stop when he
sees the Count and Countess.

Scarface screams something unintelligble and runs into the room.

*Blitzkrieg* Fenris. Oukami. Get to primary FAST!

Blitzkrieg walks over to doorway and looks in. You can see the shock in his
face. You hear Scarface mumbling something but you cannot make it out.
You see can see tears starting to form in Blitzkrieg's eyes. "Jesus."
Maze walks over to Blitzkrieg. Her face pales.

Inside the room Scarface is holding Rebecca to his chest, while tears are
streaming down his face. She is lying in a pool of her own blood. On the left
bed, Doomsday is bleeding badly from a shoulder wound. On the right bed
Nightmare is unconsious and it looks like he was shot in his right hand.

Scarface barely audible (yet it somehow carries far), "He killed her."
Blitzkrieg looks too stunned to say anything. You see an ork hands land on
Blitzkrieg and gently push him out of the way. Fenris walks in with the
Japanese man following. Fenris growls, and runs over to Doomsday and starts
casting something. Oukami looks at Scarface and can't seem to move.
Blitzkrieg pushes him into the room.

It takes him a few tries for Blitzkrieg to say anything, but when he does,
"Oukami . . . help . . . Nightmare." Oukami shakes himself and starts
tending to Nightmare.
---
The camera watches another indian walk up to the doorway. He looks in and
flinches. You can see him lower his head in obvious pain. He starts to walk
off. A dwarf sees him and whispers to an ork and a troll. They start
following him.
---
Blitzkrieg hugs Scarface. You can tell it all Blitzkrieg can do not to break
down like Scarface has. You can hear Blitzkrieg's shaky voice say:

"Think of me not - as a love lost.
Think of me not - as a dream destroyed.
Remember me for who I was. Remember me
for who I loved.

(his voice almost breaks)
"I know I should have not come here.
He sent me away because it was too dangerous.
Yet I couldn't abandon him or my
friends. They were going to find my love . . .
how could I stay behind?

"I know the risks. It is mine to take.
There is no going back now. I can plainly
see the danger. I have experienced it already.
I - I am willing to die to be with my love.

(he pauses for a long time)
"Remember me. You are my only family.
You --

(Blitzkrieg is crying badly)
"You don't understand what I would give to
see him again. Please don't tell me -
I don't want to hear that.
Why can't I have peace with him?
Why does he have to be hunted?

"I want my child to be - free.
I want my friends to not be paranoid
of someone always chasing them.
Why can't I live my dream?

(he sits down on the floor)
"I -- My love would not be worth
anything if I didn't disobey him.
I should - will be at his side. Through
whatever it takes.

"Remember."

Slowly Blitzkrieg pulls himself off the floor. Still crying he pulls Scarface
up from the floor. He whispers something into Scarface's ear, and then wraps
an arm around him. Slowly he leads the incoherent Scarface out of the room.
Slowly it dawns on Blitzkrieg the large amount of people around. With a gentle
push from Maze, and the Count on the other side of him, he moves toward a
vehicle that has just arrived. ]<<<<<
-- Scourge <15:45:00/4-27-56>
toward an awaiting vehicle.
Message no. 2
From: Mike Goldberg <m_goldberg@**.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Shattered (Part 3)
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 15:39:17 MST
>>>>>[ I went through and ran a simulation of the shots that HAMMER took
into
that room. Given the various angles, I would say it broke down into this:

1st shot fired at Doomsday with a 75% chance that Rebecca tried to interecept
the bullet.

2nd and 3rd shots fired both at Rebecca. As far as I can tell from the video
both hit.

4th shot was aimed at Nightmare. It looks like if he had more time he would
have fired more into Doomsday.

Poor Rebecca. Have -- to find Justice. . . have to..... *link terminated*
]<<<<<
-- Scourge <14:39:53/4-24-56>

***** Private: Kor
>>>>>[ I don't suppose you can find DragonEyes and tell him what happened
in
Japan? I think he deserves to know.

To think I almost had an opportunity to bag HAMMER and turn him over to Knight
Errantes. ARRRGGGGHHH! ]<<<<<
-- Scourge <14:41:33/4-24-56>

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