Hostage for Hostage

[_monsters_]

The sun has set, and at night on this planet, the sky dances. The light of the stars ripples every so often, intercepted by an invisible aurora. Beautiful for the visitor to behold, though anyone familiar with this place would find the sight eerie and rather sinister. The constellations are unfamiliar, and there is no moon. The air is

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[htownshend]

He's already at the warehouse, sitting in a metal folding chair near the door. He doesn't know why he decided on that spot. He stands and paces. He's gotten a lot less patient the past year, apparently.

[unbroken]

Henry walks into the room, carrying 'Eileen' in his arms. He fights the urge to dump her on the floor and sets her down quietly.

"Okay. Now we've got to wait. I don't think Walter will take too long." He checks the clips in his guns and places them back in the shoulder holsters.

[red_rooms_child]

Walter portals in, dragging Liz by the neck.

"Hello, Henry."

[unbroken]

"Liz!" Henry starts towards them, but halts. Something isn't right. He pulls one gun with his left hand, aiming it in the general direction of Walter. It's obvious he's not planning on pulling the trigger with his wife so close, though.

"Hello, Walter."

[red_rooms_child]

"Are you ready to get this over with?"

He picks her up off the ground.

[lina_inverse]

Lina is sticking relatively close to Henry. After all, she promised!

[htownshend]

He quickly gets over to 'Eileen' when Walter shows up, so he can stand between her and Walter. He motions for Lina to do the same.

[lina_inverse]

Lina follows, hand on her sword. With the area of the room and the theoretical lack of fireproofing that the people she has with, she's pretty sure that using high-power spells would end up being a bad thing.

Drat.