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#3701
January 5, 2012, 09:13:33 PM
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"Maine... sounds great!" Steve said as he spun around quickly. "I just want to get out of this dry wasteland."
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#3702
January 6, 2012, 09:23:20 AM
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(Whoa! You guys're at 247 pages.. ALREADY?! Yiiiikes..~ But.. I don't think I'll be appearing yet.. Where're you guys now?)
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#3703
January 6, 2012, 03:09:05 PM
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(We're about to leave our rebel desert base.) "Alright. Let's go!" Steve said as he wheeled out into the hallway.
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#3704
January 6, 2012, 05:29:26 PM
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"Flight leaves tommorow. I forget to mention it, didn't I?" Sydney looked embarassly around. "Sorry."
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#3705
January 6, 2012, 06:50:26 PM
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"That's alright." Steve said as he wheeled back to his desk. "Are you okay? Are you cooled down?"
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#3706
January 7, 2012, 06:23:10 PM
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"Yeah. I'm fiine. Are you?" Sydney Wanted to make sure.
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#3707
January 7, 2012, 09:10:52 PM
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"I'm... alright." Steve said slowly. "I'm alright."
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#3708
January 8, 2012, 03:28:35 PM
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"You sure?" Sydney was skeptical. "I'm not trying to nosy or nothing. I'm just concerned."
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#3709
January 8, 2012, 04:03:14 PM
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"I'm alright. I accept to be in this wheelchair. I'm fine." Steve said as he looked out the window. "It's getting late. We should get to bed."
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#3710
January 8, 2012, 04:08:53 PM
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"I'm going to look at the Maine situation so we'll know some thing about the attack then probably go to bed." Sydney went to the nearest phone and called
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#3711
January 8, 2012, 05:04:51 PM
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"Alright." Steve said as he rode over to his bedroom. "Now... hows this gonna work?" Steve said as he looked at the bed.
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#3712
January 8, 2012, 05:44:33 PM
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"Hello?" A hoarse voice was speaking over a beautiful classical piece. "Sydney Andell. I was told to contact you." Sydney was nervous over the reaction he might give back. "Yes, I expected you to call tomorrow. I'm D.J. Baker. Can you call tomorrow?" "Certainly." Sydney hung up and headed down to her bedroom, however she decided to check on Steve instead.
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#3713
January 8, 2012, 05:53:00 PM
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Steve managed to crawl into his bed. "I think this no legs kind of life is alright. It'll be alright." Steve said as he closed his eyes.
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#3714
January 8, 2012, 05:59:00 PM
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Sydney peeked in to see everything was all right and headed to her room. She laid and started to fall asleep.
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#3715
January 9, 2012, 02:55:32 PM
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Steve eventually fell asleep. They both awoke at about the same time.
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#3716
January 9, 2012, 05:58:35 PM
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Sydney packed up immediately and again went to check on Steve. She decided to make checking on him habitual.
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#3717
January 9, 2012, 06:24:12 PM
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Steve slowly got out of his bed and landed on the wheelchair he packed his things then said goodbye to a few people.
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#3718
January 10, 2012, 02:57:57 PM
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Sydney grabbed the phone and DJ. "DJ?" DJ's voice came over the phone. "Sydney?" "Yeah. We're headed to the airport." DJ hung up. Sydney waited up for Steve."
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#3719
January 10, 2012, 03:13:27 PM
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Steve wheeled over to Sydney. "Alright let's get going."
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#3720
January 10, 2012, 03:19:19 PM
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Sydney stuck finger as a symbol to wait. Suddenly a helicopter ended up over top of them.
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#3721
January 10, 2012, 03:42:26 PM
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"I thought you said airplane." Steve said as he looked up at the helicopter.
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#3722
January 10, 2012, 03:48:12 PM
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"I did but I wasn't to sure what would happen." Sydney jumped up into helicopter.
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#3723
January 10, 2012, 04:23:57 PM
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"How am I...?" Steve said as he looked at the helicopter. "How am I gonna get up?"
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#3724
January 10, 2012, 04:42:11 PM
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"Patrick!" A ramp came out. "I'm not stupid."
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#3725
January 10, 2012, 05:10:58 PM
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Steve rolled up the ramp in silence. He grabbed on to the bar on the side of the helicopter.
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#3726
January 10, 2012, 05:44:25 PM
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"Maine, Patrick!" Sydney moved up toward the pilot putting on a headset. "Hey, I still owe you one." Patrick said as he lifted off. "No, this is for saving you." Sydney answered back.
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#3727
January 10, 2012, 05:51:38 PM
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Steve rode in silence. He kept his hand on the rail so he didn't fall off.
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#3728
January 10, 2012, 06:00:34 PM
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They soon arrived in Maine. "Thanks Patrick."
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#3729
January 10, 2012, 06:18:48 PM
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Steve rode off the helicopter and rode over to the base in silence.
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#3730
January 11, 2012, 04:21:23 PM
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Sydney got off the helicopter and walked to the base.
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#3731
January 11, 2012, 08:08:49 PM
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Steve rode to the cafeteria and got some food. He sat down at one of the tables.
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#3732
January 12, 2012, 06:24:33 PM
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Sydney greeted by a young man. "Sydney?" "D.J.?" They shook hands and immediately started talking.
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#3733
January 12, 2012, 08:48:42 PM
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Steve sat alone in the cafeteria. He ate his mildly spicy soup by himself.
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#3734
January 13, 2012, 02:24:00 PM
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"Orginal base?" D.J. asked curiously. "New York." Sydney slow down and tried not to make eye contact. "Sargeant Andell. Welcome to S.O. 12: Intel." Sydney knew exactly where she was. It was a military base created for things like this. Someone must have told him that Sydney was a spy. "So took over a rebel base?" "You fit in well."
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#3735
January 14, 2012, 04:19:27 AM
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Steve wheeled over and placed his empty bowl in the rack with other bowls. He then wheeled down the hall to the control room. He nodded at a general looking at some radar images. "What seems to be the problem General?" "We have reports of a small group in Sector A5. We have no confirmation if it's ours or the military's. Do you have a team ready for the mission?" "Not yet. But I think I might have one ready soon." Steve wheeled out of the room looking for a team to fight with him.
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#3736
January 15, 2012, 08:22:05 AM
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"I'm going to look for my comrade." Sydney left D.j. and started looking for Steve. She checked cafeteria and then headed toward the the security room.
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#3737
January 15, 2012, 10:31:33 AM
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Steve looked inside a room. "Hey! What's your name?"
???: "Steven. Why?" STEVE: "Hey I'm Steven too. We'll I prefer Steve but oh well. Anyways I'm wondering if you want to join my squadron?" STEVEN: "Got nothing better to do anyways. So sure." STEVE: "Alright I'll call you when we're ready." |
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#3738
January 15, 2012, 05:06:47 PM
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Sydney checked random rooms. "Jesus, Steve. Where are you?" Sydney ran into another person who seem to recognize her. "Sydney Andell, the genius behind Special Op Black Plague. Come here." Sydney carefully approached the man. "I'm Micah Porter, in charge of coming up the attack plan on th rebels. Might you like to help?" "I'm good, Micah."
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#3739
January 15, 2012, 10:46:39 PM
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Steve wheeled into another room. "Anyone here want to join our squadron?" Steve asked allowed.
???: "Sure." STEVE: "Who said that?" The room cleared to show an old man smoking. ???: "I'll go with ya." STEVE: "What is your name sir?" ???: "You can call me Wally." STEVE: "Here take this walkie talkie. I'll use it to communicate with you." |
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#3740
January 16, 2012, 09:25:51 AM
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Micah followed Sydney. "Where should we attack? Sydney looked down subconsciously. "Right flank." Micah patted her shoulder and left. Sydney continued to look for Steve.
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#3741
January 16, 2012, 11:51:25 AM
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Steve looked around for Sydney. He ended up back at the cafeteria again.
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#3742
January 16, 2012, 12:12:18 PM
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Sdney walked in the cafeteria again. "Really? Again?" After seeing Steve wasn't there, she decided to leave.
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#3743
January 16, 2012, 12:45:07 PM
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(I was there though) "Sydney?" Steve yelled as he looked at her in the doorway.
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#3744
January 16, 2012, 01:18:11 PM
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"Steve. I need to talk to you in private." Sydney was about to hyperventilate. "Like now." Sydney pushed open a random door.
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#3745
January 16, 2012, 02:21:54 PM
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Steve followed her in. He wheeled in on front of her. "What is it?"
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#3746
January 16, 2012, 02:34:47 PM
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"We need to leave this base. It's not a rebel base, and 99% of them would kill us if ordered." Sydney stayed relatively quiet.
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#3747
January 16, 2012, 02:52:14 PM
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"This..." Steve paused in thought. "I've got a plan. Are you up for it?"
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#3748
January 16, 2012, 03:32:29 PM
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"Yeah. Anything." Sydney was honest.
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#3749
January 17, 2012, 01:55:30 AM
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"We need to find the ventilation room. I acquired a weird gas when I was in the mountains. I think it's poisonous because I felt really sick when I was around it." Steve pointed out. "Putting it into the ventilation would poison them all."
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#3750
January 17, 2012, 04:05:13 PM
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Sydney choked up a little. She used to be just like them at one point. "Fine. It's down the hall third door to your left."
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#3751
January 17, 2012, 04:26:30 PM
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"Alright." Steve said as he began wheeling down the hall. He entered the ventilation room.
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#3752
January 17, 2012, 04:45:15 PM
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Sydney exited the base as quickly as possible. She wasn't getting caught in this.
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#3753
January 18, 2012, 02:56:12 PM
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Steve chucked him poisonous bomb into the ventilation air pump. He wheeled as fast as he could to catch up to Sydney.
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#3754
January 18, 2012, 05:09:36 PM
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Sydney stood a good 200 ft from the base. She knew far too well the effects of poison.
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#3755
January 18, 2012, 07:18:10 PM
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Steve pressed the rocket buttons on his wheelchair. He rocketed out of the place right as soon as the bomb went off. He managed to get to Sydney when the gas started coming through the vents.
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#3756
January 19, 2012, 05:59:40 PM
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"I guess we should leave." Sydney started to walk away.
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#3757
January 19, 2012, 06:50:49 PM
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"Let me give you a lift. After all." Steve said as he pointed to his rockets. "Now would be a good time for a fast get away."
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#3758
January 20, 2012, 03:10:55 AM
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Sydney sat. Down on his lap. "Thanks."
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#3759
January 21, 2012, 10:03:30 AM
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"No problem." Steve pressed a button and they rocketed out of there.
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#3760
January 21, 2012, 11:47:53 AM
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As soon as they stopped, Sydney choked back a tear or two. She briefly yhought about their families. Suddenly, she remembered Steve's family.
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#3761
January 21, 2012, 12:40:55 PM
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"You okay? You look sad." Steve pointed out.
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#3762
January 21, 2012, 01:10:26 PM
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"I'm...I'm fine." Sydney dismissed all thoughts currrently about family.
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#3763
January 21, 2012, 02:09:25 PM
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"You didn't look alright a few seconds ago. Tell me." Steve said calmly.
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#3764
January 21, 2012, 03:14:15 PM
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"It's stupid. I had a memory." Sydney completely lied.
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#3765
January 21, 2012, 04:28:43 PM
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"Alright well what was it?" Steve asked calmly.
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#3766
January 21, 2012, 04:34:20 PM
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"When I was in the jungle, I had to escape from some tear gas. For some reason that came up in my mind." Sydney smiled hoping to defuse the situation
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#3767
January 21, 2012, 04:54:21 PM
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"Oh." Steve paused in thought. "I've been to the jungle a few times. It's a tough place." Steve said oblivious to her lies.
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#3768
January 21, 2012, 04:55:28 PM
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"Yeah." Sydney went deeper thought about Steve's family.
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#3769
January 21, 2012, 04:57:27 PM
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"I have no idea where to go." Steve said as he looked around. "Still looks like desert for miles."
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#3770
January 21, 2012, 04:58:39 PM
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|
(We're in Maine)
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#3771
January 21, 2012, 05:02:23 PM
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(And... WHOOPS!) "It looks hilly and like there's no sign of life for miles." Steve said.
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#3772
January 21, 2012, 05:04:00 PM
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|
"Plus it's getting late." Sydney wasn't used to the cold.
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#3773
January 21, 2012, 05:05:21 PM
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"I think I have a set up tent in my backpack." Steve said as he stopped the chair. "We should set up here."
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#3774
January 21, 2012, 05:10:20 PM
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|
"Yeah." Sydney started to help.
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#3775
January 21, 2012, 05:15:32 PM
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Steve got the things from his backpack. He laid them out on the ground.
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#3776
January 21, 2012, 05:20:25 PM
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|
"What do we need to set up first?" Sydney looked at the stuff awkwardly.
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#3777
January 21, 2012, 05:22:06 PM
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"The frame of the tent." Steve grabbed the poles lying on the ground.
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#3778
January 21, 2012, 05:32:01 PM
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|
Sydney tried to help.
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#3779
January 21, 2012, 05:33:17 PM
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Steve fell face first into the dirt when trying to put up the frame.
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#3780
January 21, 2012, 05:37:46 PM
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Sydney helped Steve up. "I got it from here." Sydney put up the framework
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#3781
January 21, 2012, 05:42:09 PM
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Steve grabbed the cloth of the tent and waited for Sydney to finish.
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#3782
January 21, 2012, 05:43:34 PM
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|
Sydney stuck the last pole in. "Done with that."
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#3783
January 21, 2012, 05:49:04 PM
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|
Steve wagged the cloth around. He handed it to Sydney. "I wish I could help out. It's hard to do things that I want to do being like this."
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#3784
January 21, 2012, 05:55:08 PM
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"I'm sure, but you can't let disadvantages stop you." Sydney threw the cloth on the framework.
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#3785
January 22, 2012, 06:18:44 PM
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|
"But look what it just did to me." Steve said as he wiped the mud off his face. "This isn't fair."
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#3786
January 23, 2012, 05:06:54 PM
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|
Sydney wiped the rest of the mud off his face. "A lot of things aren't fair. Come on. It's late."
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#3787
January 23, 2012, 06:28:05 PM
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|
"Yeah. You go on ahead. I need to unpack." Steve said to her as he wheeled over to his backpack. He just wanted some time alone.
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#3788
January 23, 2012, 06:35:28 PM
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Sydney got in the tent. Grabbing her body to kept warm, Sydney remembered her childhood. "I'm not used to the cold."
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#3789
January 23, 2012, 06:43:35 PM
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|
Steve sat there staring into the night sky. He remembered his parents being killed. He remembered his brother being shot right in front of him. He remembered what he looked liked before and after the killings. Steve sat there stone faced remembering the events. Now he was about to sleep in the same tent as his family's murder. "You guys don't understand." Steve said quietly. "She's changed. She never wanted any of this." Steve said as he got a couple things and went into the tent.
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#3790
January 23, 2012, 06:50:16 PM
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|
Sydney was still freezing. She could see her breath. Suddenly she noticed Steve enter the tent. "You okay?"
|
|
#3791
January 23, 2012, 07:13:09 PM
|
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|
"Yeah. I'm alright." Steve said as he laid down beside her. "It's a bit chilly. I'm used to this temperature though."
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#3792
January 23, 2012, 07:18:00 PM
|
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|
Sydney stayed there. "I didn't have the ability to live in cold weather. Every naval base base is in the south."
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#3793
January 23, 2012, 07:19:34 PM
|
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|
"Here take some of my blankets. I don't really need these since I'm used to the cold." Steve said as he held up a few blankets.
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#3794
January 23, 2012, 07:24:06 PM
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|
"Thanks." Sydney took an extra blanket and started to fall asleep.
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#3795
January 23, 2012, 07:40:54 PM
|
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|
Steve sobbed a bit but eventually fell asleep.
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#3796
January 24, 2012, 02:18:36 AM
|
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|
The next morning, Sydney woke up and stretched. This was standard for her.
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#3797
January 24, 2012, 02:22:44 PM
|
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|
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|
Steve slept in a bit. He had a long day so he slept longer.
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#3798
January 24, 2012, 04:12:41 PM
|
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Sydney look outside to see it snowing. "First snow day in a while." She smiled and step out without shoes.
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#3799
January 24, 2012, 04:24:42 PM
|
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|
Steve eventually woke up. He yawned and got onto his wheelchair.
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#3800
January 24, 2012, 04:38:06 PM
|
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Sydney held out her palm to catch snowflakes. "It's been a long time."
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