Lightning Strikes Twice

[etcircenses]

Who| District 13 Mission-goers
What| Time to rescue what District kids have survived
Where| Near some edge of the arena
When| During Week 4
Warnings/Notes| Please put any necessary warnings in your thread headers.


There were no sign ups involved this time, this was an off-worlder idea which means the off-worlders clearly have every desire to see this through; you signed up with your consent. The mission is to be held in the evening, so the morning is spent preparing, stocking up the hovercraft with medical supplies, arming everyone, donning the now familiar all black attire. When the alert is sent out, it's simply to gather in the hanger and begin loading.

As promised, there's no sign of a 13-issued leader involved, it's on the mission team and it's assigned tactical head to lead themselves; all Webb gives the group is a chipper smile and 'Good Luck.'

The sun is just beginning it's descent when the hovercraft leaves the hanger. The flight isn't nearly as long as the one to District 3, but it's long enough that the sun has dipped below the horizon when the hovercraft stops. Stopping doesn't mean landing, however. The team's resident off-worlder pilot comes on over the speaker with given instructions: time to strap up and get ready to do a little sky-diving.

The plan is simple really. Should the hackers do their job, the storms will do as they're told and strike the dome below the hovercraft all at the same time, breaking the barrier and making a hole big enough for the strike team to carry out the rescue. Hackers strapped in and strike team ready to zipline down, the hovercraft's door opens to the windy outside, allowing a wonderful view of the bright flash and deafening crash a minute later as the weather codes carry out their destruction.

Time to move.

Comments

bacopa and the steves

[decommission]

The storm has him warier than usual as they pick their way through the ruins of the city. Like every other week, explosions had taken out those sections - they'd seen it from the distance of the forest. Then, that relative safe haven had been taken from them when the dragons began to stir. Like the first day they met, they only just barely made it out by the skin of their teeth.

Water still isn't too much of a problem, he managed to hold onto his extra water and kit - but food's a different story. A different, much more depressing story. He's ignoring the stomach pains when all of the lights go out at once. There's movement in the sky - the blazing forest in the distance highlight dark shapes falling to the ground. He motions to Bacopa to stop, crouching low as he points to the sky.

They should find cover.

[silencedriot]

Bacopa stays close to Steve. She finds comfort and safety in him, even in the Hunger Games. She doubts she would have survived this long without him, nor necessarily he without her. It's the opposite of how the Hunger Games are supposed to work, but she accepts it because this isn't the Hunger Games she knows. She gives him tips about how to take the edge off the hunger pains, to trick his stomach into not hurting him, because she understands what it means to be hungry. She's not sure how much he likes that she knows these tricks.

When he motions for her to stop, she stops and listens. The weather has been terrible, and she's afraid that the Gamemakers are trying to drive them somewhere for a fight. At the very least, she thinks she can trust Steve to protect her if a fight begins.

She scans the ruins and then reaches out to take one of his fingers, tugging it gently before scurrying towards a slab of concrete leaning against what used to be a wall. She doesn't see any undead lurking in it, and she things she and Steve can hide inside.