[IC] The Two Sides

[xiaomiau]

Misha stumbles through the brush behind Ambrose for a few meters before she feels the sharp sting of the tranquilizer bury itself in her upper arm. She slams her other hand onto her should, wrenching the dart(?) out of the skin with a loud hiss. She glances over at Ambrose, desperate to flee as she felt the sedative flowing through her veins. With a pang of determination, she took a breath in and began to shriek at the top of her lungs - hoping someone would hear her before she blacked out.

[Fionraella]

Misha stumbles through the brush behind Ambrose for a few meters before she feels the sharp sting of the tranquilizer bury itself in her upper arm. She slams her other hand onto her should, wrenching the dart(?) out of the skin with a loud hiss. She glances over at Ambrose, desperate to flee as she felt the sedative flowing through her veins. With a pang of determination, she took a breath in and began to shriek at the top of her lungs - hoping someone would hear her before she blacked out.

@xiaomiau

Ambrose winces as the tranquilizer hits his arm. He looks at it with wide eyes, not quite processing what happened until Misha shrieked. He groans and falls to the ground, shaking slightly. "Misha." He hisses at her, his vision growing cloudy.

The man curses at the shriek and quickly shoots another dart at her.
The woman follows suit, darting Ambrose with a second dart as well. "We have to grab them now." She runs forward before the man can argue.

Ambrose gasps at the second dart. He falls to the side, before his eyes flutter shut.

[xiaomiau]

Misha, a tiny human, collapsed before the second dart hit her. She weakly clenched her fists as she felt herself slip into a wave of blackness. Unconscious, she flopped to the ground with her face pressed into the autumn leaf litter that lined the forest floor.

[Fionraella]

The woman runs over and then quickly grabs Misha off the ground. "Girl must have been calling out to someone."
The man nods and goes over to Ambrose. He scoffs as he picks the boy up. "Probably. We should be getting back." He picks up Misha's fallen dart, to avoid any evidence being left behind. He tosses Ambrose over his shoulder before heading back out of the forest to their van.
The woman follows, carefully stepping over leaves. She grins. "These kids must be what we want! No way would they be out here in this forest otherwise!"

[xiaomiau]

A steady rumbling on the floor below her roused Misha from a medicated unconsciousness. She first felt the rumble, then the soreness of her body pressed limply against the floor. She lifted her head and brushed her hair out of her face with a drowsy but wary hand. Where am I? Back in my parents' truck? She rubbed her eyes, face formed into a grimace. As the stars blinked out of her eyes, she realized where a start that this scene was entirely unfamiliar. She sat up quickly.

[Fionraella]

A steady rumbling on the floor below her roused Misha from a medicated unconsciousness. She first felt the rumble, then the soreness of her body pressed limply against the floor. She lifted her head and brushed her hair out of her face with a drowsy but wary hand. Where am I? Back in my parents' truck? She rubbed her eyes, face formed into a grimace. As the stars blinked out of her eyes, she realized where a start that this scene was entirely unfamiliar. She sat up quickly.

@xiaomiau

Ambrose moans softly. He rolls onto his side, still unconscious. He had a gash on his head from where the man had roughly thrown him into the truck. He stirs a bit. "Ow, what happened?" He whispers, sitting up a bit then groaning as the world crashes around him. He lays back down, setting a hand on his head, feeling blood. "Did someone hit me?" He asks, confused.

[xiaomiau]

Misha shot a suspicious glance at Ambrose out of the corner of her eye. "So, this isn't some creepy Rabin human trafficking thing?" she hissed, venom dripping from her voice. She lowered to head in an attempt to hide from whoever was driving the truck.

[Hawksnest565]

Benjamin, a man used to heavy-lifting but more skilled with a gun than anything he could do with his hands, was one half of the two whom had captured the shifters. His face was hardset and barely showed emotion but that did not mean his heart wasn't soaring right now. While his partner drove the truck, he let out a whoop of satisfaction in the driver's seat. "Can't believe we finally found 'em. What luck! Boss was right - chase down enough of those crazy rumours and you really do find shifters... I mean, it's better than the last lot of wackos we found at the stop before." He glanced over at his partner, hoping to have some shared excitement from her.

[Fionraella]

Misha shot a suspicious glance at Ambrose out of the corner of her eye. "So, this isn't some creepy Rabin human trafficking thing?" she hissed, venom dripping from her voice. She lowered to head in an attempt to hide from whoever was driving the truck.

@xiaomiau

"We don't kidnap. And no one in the group owns a truck." Ambrose whispers, slowly rolling onto his side to look at her. He glances upwards, able to see a violet sky overhead. "How long have we been driving?" He asks. "We were...outside the Rabin camp and.." His eyes narrow. "You!" He glares at her. "This is your fault!"

[Fionraella]

Benjamin, a man used to heavy-lifting but more skilled with a gun than anything he could do with his hands, was one half of the two whom had captured the shifters. His face was hardset and barely showed emotion but that did not mean his heart wasn't soaring right now. While his partner drove the truck, he let out a whoop of satisfaction in the driver's seat. "Can't believe we finally found 'em. What luck! Boss was right - chase down enough of those crazy rumours and you really do find shifters... I mean, it's better than the last lot of wackos we found at the stop before." He glanced over at his partner, hoping to have some shared excitement from her.

@Hawksnest565

His partner nods, grinning slightly. "Definitely, and finding two! Both a boy and a girl, what luck!" She giggles. "Maybe we'll actually get a raise this time." She laughs, turning onto a new road. "You don't think these two are too young? Boss didn't say what age to aim for, but I can't imagine using kids like he wants.." She frowns slightly, thinking to herself.

[Hawksnest565]

"Nothing warms my heart like the thought of a raise..." Benjamin chuckles with her. "...Except maybe the thought at what science-y stuff can be done with the two of 'em. Who knows? Boss told me once I got the genes to shift y'know!" He frowned at her worry, thinking of the two of them. He'd barely noticed their age, too caught up in the importance of the job and the excitement of at last finding what they'd been sent to capture. "Eh, if Boss didn't specify then he didn't care. I mean, it's all the same stuff right? Blood and DNA and all that. Age don't change your genes. At least, I think not."

[Fionraella]

"Nothing warms my heart like the thought of a raise..." Benjamin chuckles with her. "...Except maybe the thought at what science-y stuff can be done with the two of 'em. Who knows? Boss told me once I got the genes to shift y'know!" He frowned at her worry, thinking of the two of them. He'd barely noticed their age, too caught up in the importance of the job and the excitement of at last finding what they'd been sent to capture. "Eh, if Boss didn't specify then he didn't care. I mean, it's all the same stuff right? Blood and DNA and all that. Age don't change your genes. At least, I think not."

@Hawksnest565

The woman nods slowly. "I don't understand all this science-y stuff. I mean what does he have to do? Just take blood? Couldn't he have sent someone to do that here, so we wouldn't have had to kidnap them?" She shivers a bit as she always did, thinking of the consequences if they were to be caught by the authorities. Especially with two kids in the trunk. "I really wonder how much Boss thinks these things through. He always seems super excited at each new breakthrough, but haven't you noticed how he's never left the compound? Not once since I can remember..."

[xiaomiau]

Reacting in a split second to his accusation, Misha scrambled towards him, fingers taut to emulate claws. "What's that s'posed to mean, asshole?" She narrowed her eyes to icy slits. "Sure, I'm the bad guy!"

[Fionraella]

Reacting in a split second to his accusation, Misha scrambled towards him, fingers taut to emulate claws. "What's that s'posed to mean, asshole?" She narrowed her eyes to icy slits. "Sure, I'm the bad guy!"

@xiaomiau

Ambrose opens his mouth to reply, but moans as they go over a bump. His head feels like it's splitting and he curls up into fetal position. "You Broms are evil." He squeezes his eyes shut. "I need ibuprofen or something." He whimpers. "Or for this fucking truck to stop so I can puke. I don't even know right now."

[Hawksnest565]

Benjamin shrugged uncertainly, casting his eyes to the road ahead. "I don't know about you, but if I was gonna take blood I'd stuff it up. I break enough darts when I put them into my tranq gun." He held up his hands for a second, examining their large and rugged appearance. "And those scientist blokes certainly can't get blood out in the field. They'd fall over themselves or get attacked by a bee." Truth be told, Benjamin didn't really know the scientists all that well but the ones he'd spoken to seemed to laugh at the way he spoke or generally be unkind. He'd repay the favour in full. "Eh, I like seeing Boss happy. If he don't like the sun, he don't like it. 'sides, at his age going outside won't do him any good. Last time I saw him y'know he spoke like this-" He put on a shaky old man voice, "-I'm so close! So close!" He switched back to his own voice. "See? Real excited like. I think he's fine."

[Fionraella]

Benjamin shrugged uncertainly, casting his eyes to the road ahead. "I don't know about you, but if I was gonna take blood I'd stuff it up. I break enough darts when I put them into my tranq gun." He held up his hands for a second, examining their large and rugged appearance. "And those scientist blokes certainly can't get blood out in the field. They'd fall over themselves or get attacked by a bee." Truth be told, Benjamin didn't really know the scientists all that well but the ones he'd spoken to seemed to laugh at the way he spoke or generally be unkind. He'd repay the favour in full. "Eh, I like seeing Boss happy. If he don't like the sun, he don't like it. 'sides, at his age going outside won't do him any good. Last time I saw him y'know he spoke like this-" He put on a shaky old man voice, "-I'm so close! So close!" He switched back to his own voice. "See? Real excited like. I think he's fine."

@Hawksnest565

The woman shrugs slightly. "That's true. I'm not a huge fan of blood...I probably would have passed out, making a huge mess of trouble for you!" she then giggles slightly. "They are kind of pathetic aren't they? I mean..I asked one to come help me cook one night, and they basically said that they didn't want to get a third degree burn because of their precious skin. Like seriously, what the hell." She then sighs. "He's getting a little old to be leading us, don't you think? I'm worried that with all the shifting genes or whatever, it might be messing with his brain..."

[Hawksnest565]

Benjamin laughs a little, glad that someone else shared his dislike of the scientists. "It'll be good to be rid of 'em when were done with all this. Ah, I'm looking forward to some personal time. Raise or not, Boss pays pretty well. Maybe I'll vacation by the beach. Hey, if I can shift maybe I'll be a bird! Free airfare for me!" He grins at the thought of it. "Don't you worry 'boot Boss, okay? He's got it under control. The bloke's had more stabs in the arm then a junkie after all those attempts. If he's still standing after all that, I reckon he's fine. Plus if he can run a business, he's gotta be doing well."

[xiaomiau]

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Ambrose opens his mouth to reply, but moans as they go over a bump. His head feels like it's splitting and he curls up into fetal position. "You Broms are evil." He squeezes his eyes shut. "I need ibuprofen or something." He whimpers. "Or for this fucking truck to stop so I can puke. I don't even know right now."

@Fionraella

She threw up her hands and collapsed against the tailgate. "Sorry! Can't help!" She put on a nasally voice. "Too busy being vile and nasty and evil." She stared at him with 2% pity, 98% salt. "I betcha wanna go home, now, huh? How do you think I feel?"

[Fionraella]

Benjamin laughs a little, glad that someone else shared his dislike of the scientists. "It'll be good to be rid of 'em when were done with all this. Ah, I'm looking forward to some personal time. Raise or not, Boss pays pretty well. Maybe I'll vacation by the beach. Hey, if I can shift maybe I'll be a bird! Free airfare for me!" He grins at the thought of it. "Don't you worry 'boot Boss, okay? He's got it under control. The bloke's had more stabs in the arm then a junkie after all those attempts. If he's still standing after all that, I reckon he's fine. Plus if he can run a business, he's gotta be doing well."

@Hawksnest565

The woman nods, smiling a bit. She looks up at the rising sun, nodding. "Yeah, they're annoying and pompous, I'm sick of them acting like God's given children. Seriously, just get out." She shakes her head, then laughs. "A beach huh? I'd like to go somewhere cold. Like the top of Mount Everest! That would certainly be something." She then sighs. "It's hard not to worry about the old man. He is related to us by blood...somehow. Mom explained it once, but I never quite understood how the whole family tree thing worked..." She then nods a bit. "Yeah, he'll hopefully not be dying on us anytime soon!"

[Fionraella]

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She threw up her hands and collapsed against the tailgate. "Sorry! Can't help!" She put on a nasally voice. "Too busy being vile and nasty and evil." She stared at him with 2% pity, 98% salt. "I betcha wanna go home, now, huh? How do you think I feel?"

@xiaomiau

Ambrose scoffs. "Whatever." He then groans, forcing himself to his feet. He winces as his head hits the top of the trunk. He grumbles and crawls forward, before banging on the window separating them from the drivers. "Hey! I'm dying back here and some bitch is giving me a headache! Can I ride with the two of you?" He then shoots a venomous glare at Misha. "I don't have time to deal with shitty people."