Hernandez's Office (Rabbi, ZB)

[Galadare]

Rabbi, you have a choice in front of you: Take the right corridor, or follow the Spaniard down the left.

ZB, the desk you pushed rolls across the room hitting the desk Jones is standing on, he looses his balance and topples backward out the door. It won't delay him long.

While you can't make it out, you hear more shouting from the atrium.

[Rabbi]

Rabbi will go to the corridor on the right, being cautious as he continues on.

[Z. B.]

Z.B. shouts for the others to keep going down the ladder, not counting on anyone but perhaps the Edwards twins to be useful in a fight. She'd rather it not come down to that, herself, but if it does, she considers herself the most dispensable among the researchers in the room.

She takes the opportunity to try and push a tall filing cabinet against the shattered door, planning to brace it in place if she has the time to get it there. If not, she will settle for pushing the thing over on their frenzied assailant.

[Galadare]

Rabbi: As you advance down the hallway you see two men standing by the remains of a glass door. One of them is bleeding, clearly having used himself as a battering ram. On the inside of the doorway, a desk has been pushed across the opening. You can hear the sounds of frightened people in the room beyond.

You also notice a third man who is trying to sneak up on you from a nearby doorway (Notice 7 v. Stealth 5). He is unarmed, but has a feral expression on his face.

As soon as you see them; the two in front of the doorway leap through, the injured one leading. You hear a loud clang and he comes sprawling back out, but the second pushes something aside and continues inward.

ZB: It seems your estimation of the Edwards twins was correct as they both adopt marine corps fighting stances.

After a little "negotiation" it is agreed that Dr. Bandeau should go first, before his hysteria goes out of control. As such Dr. Bandeau is halfway out the window when Jones returns through the door.

The filing cabinet topples nicely, catching Jones in the face as he lunges and sending him out of the office again. Unfortunately, it fails to seal the entrance and the other man pushes it aside on his way in.

[Z. B.]

Z.B. settles into a stance of her own - a Tesaad combat stance (slightly modified due to her lack of a tail) - and attempts to trip the one that pushed its way past the filing cabinet. After the attempt, successful or not, she tries to jump backwards out of range as she realizes that she is now outnumbered.

[Rabbi]

Rabbi will try to get past the two men by the glass doorway, so he can get to the people in the behind and see what kind of condition they are in. If rabbi can get past them unnoticed then, if he is noticed he will attempt to throw the desk at the two men in an attempt to force them to the ground.

[Galadare]

For Rabbi's benefit, I am posting a map of the area to clarify things.

[Galadare]

Rabbi (Combat Sense 8), runs toward Dr. Hernandez's office. He vaults over the desk (and Jones). Well almost vaults anyway. In mid-leap, Rabbi's shoe (that's right, the same shoe) clips the edge of the desk. Rabbi's momentum carries him into the man that just entered the room. Despite the desks malicious attempt to trip Rabbi, he deftly stabs his target near the kidney with the Spaniard's knife (melee 8 v defense 5). Finally, gravity does its work on Rabbi, who breaks his fall with a roll that ends with him on his feet (and still holding the knife).

Rabbi's target (Combat Sense 5) howls in rage and attacks Rabbi (Hand-to-hand 7 v defense 7) but fails to make any progress against his adversary.

Jones (Combat Sense 5) picks himself up off the ground and stagers toward the office door, still dazed from the filing cabinet ZB introduced him to. While the man who was preparing an ambush for Rabbi (Combat Sense 3) belatedly rushes forward to join Jones at the door.

ZB (Combat Sense 3) rushes forward and grabs the leg of the man Rabbi stabbed (Hand-to-hand 4 v Hand-to-hand 2) and pulls it out from under him, while Duane compliments the move with an uppercut to the man's jaw. The man, now unconscious, collapses in a heap (although Duane and ZB prudently take a few steps back).

[Rabbi]

Rabbi will continue in his attempt to incapacitate the man that attacked him.

[Galadare]

vharrdenshae said:

Rabbi will continue in his attempt to incapacitate the man that attacked him.

Rabbi, he's already unconsious. I have enough trouble with Beamer misreading me.