DAY FOUR - THE ESCAPE

[inferis]

[The doors have been blown up, finally opening the link between both ships. The tunnel joining the two remains in tact, but space suits will be required to ferry people across. Unfortunately, the gravity core of the Event Horizon has been activated - and soon a black hole will form in the middle of the ship. Destination: Hell. The non-corrupted residents need to get their corrupted friends off the Event Horizon and onto the Lewis and Clark, and they have fifteen minutes to do it in.

Of course, the corrupted residents want nothing more than to ride the gravity core into hell, and they'll meet any attempt to remove them from the ship with extreme force. And that timer keeps counting down...]

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[bronwe]

[ Ow! He lets her go and stumbles to his back, a little dazed but determined enough to save at least one person that he quickly shouts to Hellboy. ]

Can you carry her? We have so little time.

[ensorceler]

No!

[ She's scrambling to run away, but it's a pathetic attempt by now, her injured leg having lost enough blood by now and certainly in enough pain to cause her to barely be able to stagger up just long enough to tumble back over. ]

Henry! Elizabeth! Henry!

[hellshaped]

Yeah, I think I -- God damn it...

[If he knocks her over the head, will that just make things worse? Some people have very delicate skulls. He doesn't actually want to hurt her, just get her to calm down...]

Stop. Hey. Stop it. [He follows her, yanking her up, prepared to just throw her over his shoulder. They could force the suit on her once they got back to the destroyed bridge.]

[bronwe]

[ Nooo she's getting away! Frodo tries to chase after her until Hellboy tries to hoist her up, stopping to think before hurrying back toward the door again. ]

I will help with the suit if you can hold her still.

[ensorceler]

[ Anne shrieks again at being pulled up, only because of how it wrenched the broken arm hanging at her middle. Well, her leg too. Oh, well, everything hurts. But she just keeps remembering how it really felt in Hell, and she kicks and claws as best she can in her weakened state. ]

Run, Henry! Find Elizabeth!

[hellshaped]

[There are more pressing concerns than her discomfort right now! Like getting her out of here alive.

Hellboy looks over at Frodo and nods, just sort of hoisting the woman up and quickly carrying her after Frodo. Once they're over there, he's just going to wrap his arms around her in a sort of bear hug, constricting her arms so Frodo can start to get the suit on her.]

[bronwe]

[ Frodo runs behind Hellboy if only so he can look at Anne's face and make sure she isn't too distressed by being made to leave the ship.

He takes a moment to figure out what he's supposed to do next, before jumping into action. Suit, right. He starts with trying to fit her feet into it though her skirt... what are they gonna do about her dress? ]

WOW SORRY FOR THE LATE

[ensorceler]

[ Frodo you get near her feet, and she is trying to kick your helmet through again! ]

No! No, you cannot lock me away!

NEVER FORGIVE NEVER FORGET

[hellshaped]

[...what are they gonna do about her dress? Huh. Hellboy watches how difficult this lady is making this for a second, then sighs.]

Rip the dress. Once you get her shoved in there, we can use it to tie her legs together. She ain't making this easy.

[bronwe]

[ Frodo gapes at Hellboy. What? Err.

It seems frivolous to think of vanity and propriety when lives are at stake. So he tries to dodge her legs and grab the hem of her skirt to then run away, hoping the velocity will help since strength isn't something he has in abundance. ]

[ensorceler]

[ Her bloodied and burnt skirt is shredded all over, anyway, so it really isn't hard to get through it and her shift if one tries! Of course once they do, they might notice her left leg has a bullet wound in it, though someone managed to tie a tournaquet to slow the bleeding.

The bitch is still kicking, though, and shoving at Hellboy too despite her fractured arm, screaming wildly. She's completely desperate now, not even forming words as her only thought is to escape them. ]

[hellshaped]

Lady, you are really lucky I don't have time for this.

[Even the time spent whacking her over the head would be seconds they don't have to spare. He notices the bullet wound, of course -- but there's no time to even comment on that. The clock is ticking.]

Quick -- get her inside, tie her legs together, and let's get the hell out of here.

[bronwe]

[ One task down, and now the difficult part is to tie her legs together. He takes hold of one leg at a time to slip it into the suit. His helmet suffers more kicks in the process but he can ignore the pain for the while. He even manages to basically hug her legs together once he is done. ]

But no rope!

[hellshaped]

Use the skirt, it's --

[Oh, hell. Never mind. Hellboy makes a low noise of vague frustration, then just kind of wraps his arms around Anne and books it to the bridge. He can handle the struggling pretty well; even if he theoretically won't heal as quickly as possible right now, since everyone's powers seem to have been taken from them, he's still really big and really strong. Squirming, insane women aren't that difficult to deal with.]

[bronwe]

[ But Frodo thinks the tattered skirt would hardly keep her from kicking and tearing it, and really his head already aches terribly. No time to complain though. He is already running as fast as his little feet can to catch up with Hellboy.

How many minutes has it been? ]

Almost there, almost there...

[hellshaped]

[Don't worry, Frodo -- for a big guy, Hellboy moves fast. If you lag behind, he'll come back and scoop you up, too.

It seems like an eternity before they reach the bridge and run across, but it isn't. Because they're all still alive when they finally make it.]

[bronwe]

[ That would be nice. Seeing as Frodo is all out of air by the time they get there, resting his palms on his thighs as he tries to slow his breathing. Even his helmet is starting to fog.

No talking for a minute, sorry HB. ]

[hellshaped]

[That's fine -- he's just going to keep holding onto this crazy woman until he's sure she's going to stop screaming and trying to get away. Hopefully being on the other ship will calm he down... because if not, he's just going to have to clobber her over the head until they're truly safe.]

[ensorceler]

[ Don't worry, she's passed out from the shock of being pulled away. Your problems are solved! For now. ]