Final Stop: Tragedy

Sieglinde 'Ziggy' Krüger
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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 21, 2021 10:34:50 GMT

Post by Sieglinde 'Ziggy' Krüger on Jul 21, 2021 10:34:50 GMT

Three bullets and an arrow. That's what was required to stop Ziggy from fighting off the Sirens who were trying to board the train. Two in her upper right arm, one in her right shoulder and an arrow through her lower left arm was what incapacitated her from the fight, what rendered her unable to reach for her sidearm to shoot the attacker behind Ayita. She had screamed at her fiancée to turn around but it was too late; the moment Ayita turned around was the moment a dagger was planted straight into her heart. All Ziggy could do was scream when Thomas tackled the guy and slit his throat.

Ziggy had been able to crawl towards her dead fiancée, who was bleeding from her mouth, and she saw how the life just departed from Ayita's eyes. When the fighting was over Ziggy had screamed hysterically when Blake pulled her away from Ayita's corpse, which was showing signs of reanimation. It wasn't until Brody reluctantly sank his knife into Ayita's temple that Ziggy blacked out and fainted.

She woke up a day later only to find out another tragedy had struck; some boarders had managed to get into the locomotive trying to take control, but Ellie and Cam had fought them off. Unfortunately they died protecting eachother. Cam had jumped in front of Ellie trying to protect her and got shot in the head. Ellie however had already been critically wounded, having taken a gunshot to the throat and succumbed right after killing the woman who had killed Cam. Having seen her daughter die, dr. Arroway had thrown herself off the train when they crossed a bridge when no one was paying attention for a moment.

Ziggy had been sitting by her dead fiancée, Ellie and Cam outside on the flatbed for the remainder of the journey, refusing to leave them even when it rained and people had told her to come inside but she refused. She wasn't going to let Ayita be alone. One night, when no one was watching, Ziggy had brought her Glock to her head, her finger on the trigger, but she couldn't do it, no matter how hard she wanted to be again with Ayita; she couldn't kill herself. It had been the lowest point of her breakdown, the furthest she had gone in this tragedy.

Maybe if she was lucky, she'd succumb to her wounds yet. Ziggy felt feverish and had a cough, her skin was pale and the blood on her clothes smelled like vomit. At this point she hoped the infection would just kill her.

But then the train started slowing down, until it finally came to a stop. Army trucks stopped near the wagons, and Ziggy saw the first of the Mariners climb aboard the flatbed.

"We're... home... my love." Ziggy said to Ayita. "We're... home..."

Ziggy then bowed her head and started crying. She had survived, and was going to live. She was going to have to do this without Ayita from now on. And Ellie, and Cam... she'd never see them again. She'd never be whole ever again.

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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 21, 2021 11:11:53 GMT

Post by Mallory Faraday on Jul 21, 2021 11:11:53 GMT

Mallory had been pacing back and forth for at least half an hour now. Finally they had received word over the long range radio from the Wisconsin expedition team, but it wasn't good. Mallory had taken every available body to clear out the station where the train would be stopping and secure it. A few vehicles had been turned into temporary ambulances to move the wounded, and one truck had been designated as a hearse, to move the dead.

Many people had volunteered to come along, including those not in the militia. Everybody sixteen years or older was welcome, even Kinsley had volunteered and had been allowed to go, on the condition that she stayed close to her older cousin Mallory. Claudia of course was there too and so were the bikers. Marlene had stayed behind at the hospital to prepare for the arrival of the casualties but of course Mallory could count on Cassie.

Mallory paced, Kinsley fiddled with the medibag she was carrying and although Mallory's pacing annoyed Claudia, she wasn't going to say anything about it. It was bad, and there was no need to add to it.

Then, the forward observation post called that they had eyes on the train, and minutes later the bullet-ridden locomotive appeared at the horizon. As soon as it came to a full stop Mallory boarded the train herself and smelled the all too familiar smell of blood and gunpowder residu. The wagons had bulletholes in them and here and there arrows were still sticking out. There were many new faces on the train but Mallory sought the ones she knew. Soon, she found five of the faces she was looking for; they were surrounding three bodies underneath a tarp. It didn't take Mallory long to figure out who the bodies underneath it were. Mallory tried hard to surpress her sadness, but eventually her eyes teared up as well.

Sadness overcame Mallory and she felt a lump in her throat. Thomas, Brody and Ziggy had all lost the person they loved. Ziggy even was still holding Ayita's hand. Thomas and Brody looked physically alright but Ziggy was badly wounded and in need of urgent care.

"Cassie! Third wagon, get up here NOW!" Mallory called over the radio, then kneeled down in front of Ziggy. "You're gonna be fine Ziggy! You're home now!"

Looking at Ziggy's face Mallory could tell the German girl showed signs of shellshock, and she had been neglecting her own health for some time. Ziggy's bandages hadn't been renewed in some time as well.

Kinsley kneeled down in front of Ziggy as well and although she felt sorry for Ziggy, Kinsley immediately went to work on replacing Ziggy's bandages with new ones and assessing the wounds.

"I got her Mal!" Kinsley spoke, to which Mallory turned around and lifted the tarps to look at the bodies. Thomas and Brody, for the courageous boys they were, turned around as Mallory inspected Ayita, Ellie and Carmin. Ayita had been killed by a stab to the heart, Carmin had been killed by a headshot and Ellie died of multiple gunshot wounds, one of them to the throat so Mal couldn't tell whether or not she asphyxiated first. All three had a stab to the temple. Mal figured it must've been hell for the others to do what had to be done.

"Privates, get the hearse and load these bodies up." Mal ordered two Mariners. "Gently and respectfully, you hear! These three heroes fought for your freedom, show them the respect they deserve!"

"Yes ma'am!" the two Mariners replied in unison.

Mal then faced Sara, Laura, Brody and Thomas. Mal had to take a deep breath to remove the lump in her throat before she started speaking.

"I am so very sorry." Mal said. She had no idea what happened yet but she knew this wasn't the place to ask. Thomas and Brody both bursted into tears so Mal did the motherly thing to do and grabbed the two boys' heads and pressed them against her shoulders although they were both much bigger than herself. They had earned a good cry, and she'd be right there with them.

Last Edit: Jul 21, 2021 11:15:50 GMT by Mallory Faraday

Troy Morrow
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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 22, 2021 2:28:05 GMT

Post by Troy Morrow on Jul 22, 2021 2:28:05 GMT

Sara was broken beyond repair and Laura blamed herself for what happened. If she hadn't gone off so deep in the woods maybe her friends would still be alive. Still though the girl she came with out in the woods was on the train and she would look at the girl occasionally and she could see fear in her eyes. Whenever someone got near her she tensed up like a scared dog who had been beaten to many times. They had arrived in Bar Harbor and Sara stayed with Ziggy and she bawled her eyes out as she looked at the corpses of Ayita, Ellie and Cam. This was just horrible and for the first time Sara experienced loss and she never wanted to feel that again ever.

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Troy and the bikers helped with clearing the station. Ysabel wanted to come and help but Troy wouldn't allow it he didn't want the awkward meet up with Ysabel and Sara just yet besides it just wasn't the right time. When the train arrived Troy helped with loading up the newcomers but Maria rushed in and she burst into tears at the sight of seeing Sara she rushed over to her and hug her big sister tightly. Cassie and her small team looked over the wounded that were coming out of the train. She was looking over a middle age man that had two arrows in his right arm. "Oh god please help me! My arm it hurts so much!" screamed the man in pain. Cassie was looking over his arm when she got the call from Mallory. She then turned over to Dean. "Dean! Come over here and take care of this man!" ordered Cassie to Dean who quickly came over and took over. "Copy Mallory on the way." said Cassie over the radio. On the way there Troy was walking right next to her and the pair arrived at the train. They arrived as Mallory was hugging Thomas and Brody as they cried. Troy looked at the three covered tarps and then at Ziggy, Laura and Sara. He quickly rushed over to Sara and he kneeled down in front of her. "Hey, Hey you okay?! Are you okay?" asked Troy to Sara his voice filled with concern. Sara looked up at him, her eyes bloodshot red from all the crying she had done. She just nodded and she gripped his hand tightly with her right hand while her left hand was holding Ziggy's. It was then Laura turned her head to Troy and then the girl who was sitting in the corner. "She boarded the train with me. I uh...went into the woods to relieve myself and I ran into her. She was running for her life and If I...If I hadn't gone into the woods then...Maybe..." said Laura but she started herself as she started to feel choked up. Troy looked over at the girl.

She was beaten that was clear enough from the bruises on her arms and legs. Troy though he wasn't buying this act for all he knew she could be a spy. Having a battered victim as bait? Perfect for a spy to make there way in. He got up and walked over to the girl standing over her. She looked up at him terrified. "Get up." said Troy in a serious tone. The girl looked over at Mallory and Cassie and as she did Troy grabbed her picking her up and pinning her to the wall. "Start talking!" said Troy and as he did the girl just grunted and tried to fight off Troy. He pulled out his knife and put it up to her face. He wasn't going to hurt her but just scare her into talking. "I swear to god if you don't start-" said Troy but he was interrupted by Cassie. "Troy calm down now!" said Cassie to Troy who he turned to her for a brief moment. "Shut it Cass! This girl here knows something and-" said Troy but he stopped himself as the girl started to cry and then opened her mouth to reveal that her tongue was missing. Troy then put his knife back in it's sheath and he just let out a heavy sigh. "I'm sorry. I'm really sorry." said Troy to the girl softly. He then walked away out of the train and Cassie went over to Ziggy and it seemed Kinsley was doing a hell of a job. "Good job Kins." said Cassie to Kinsley. She took over as she put her hand on Ziggy's forehead. She was warm to the touch yet she felt ice cold. Also her looking as white as a ghost wasn't a good sign. She then turned to look over at Mallory. "We need get her back ASAP." said Cassie to Mallory. She then looked over at Sara and Laura. "You girls okay?" asked Cassie to the girls. Sara nodded but Laura was bleeding from the side of her head and Cassie went all nurse mode to check it out.

"What happened?" asked Cassie to Laura. "Me and that girl were running away from the people who were chasing us and one of them knocked me down hit me with a big stick. I was saved by Magna." said Laura to Cassie. "And who is Magna?" asked Cassie to Laura. Soon enough a voice was heard near the entrance. "I'm Magna." said Magna in a calm tone as she walked in with Connie and Yumiko behind her. Magna grabbed her bag as did Connie. Yumiko grabbed her quiver of arrows and soon enough Connie and Magna left but Yumiko stayed behind to address Mallory. "Sorry don't mean to be a bother but if you want to know what went down you need to talk to George. He ran the town in Wisconsin." said Yumiko to Mallory. She assumed she was in charged just based on her uniform and how she lead the teams when seeing her come in.

Last Edit: Jul 22, 2021 2:28:50 GMT by Troy Morrow

Kinsley Patterson
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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 23, 2021 19:03:28 GMT

Post by Kinsley Patterson on Jul 23, 2021 19:03:28 GMT

While her cousin comforted Brody and Thomas, Kinsley was busy on preparing Ziggy for transport, blocking out what transpired behind her with the mysterious girl and Troy. In truth, Kinsley didn't know what to say to Ziggy. The German girl which had been nicknamed the 'Valkyrie', the one Kinsley had looked up to, seemed hardly the same girl that had left Bar Harbor a few months prior. Kinsley focused on disinfecting Ziggy's wounds and applying bandages, giving a nod when Cassie said she was doing a good job. Ziggy's blood had already clotted, so she wasn't bleeding anymore but when Kinsley applied the disinfection fluid, Ziggy didn't even twitch, which seemed worrysome. Kinsley figured the psychological pain Ziggy was going through was far greater than the physical pain. Kinsley figured Ziggy had lost quite the amount of blood, and grabbed an IV with saline to counter hypovolemic shock. This time, when Kinsley looked for a vein and stuck the needle in, Ziggy only blinked a few times. When Kinsley was done, she assessed Ziggy's mobility and figured it was best the German girl would be moved by a stretcher. Kinsley got up holding the saline bag and stood up straight looking for the stretcher-bearers.

"I need a stretcher here!" Kinsley called out.

Two Mariners came and put Ziggy on the stretcher with Kinsley's help, and then they rushed over to the ambulance. Kinsley helped Ziggy get loaded in before boarding the ambulance herself.

"I got you Ziggy." Kinsley said as she looked at Ziggy. "I got you."

The German girl had tears running down her face. Kinsley sighed, hung up the IV bag and gently grabbed Ziggy's hand as she sat down. Kinsley knew no matter what she said now, Ziggy wouldn't react and Kinsley understood that. Three people she had looked up to were dead, the one she looked up to most seemed a former shell of herself and Kinsley honestly had no idea whether or not Ziggy was going to be alright.

Mallory Faraday
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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 23, 2021 20:53:18 GMT

Post by Mallory Faraday on Jul 23, 2021 20:53:18 GMT

Holding Brody and Thomas for a brief moment, Mallory gently pushed them off and kept her hands on the boys' shoulders. Brody looked backwards at Carmin's body and bowed his head.

"What... what are you going to do with them?" Brody asked.

Mallory gave Brody a comforting look. "We're gonna bring them home." she spoke. "And the rest of you too."

Mallory then waved a Mariner soldier over, who came running.

"Corporal, bring these two to my jeep." Mallory ordered.

"No, I want to stay with Ellie!" Thomas protested.

Mallory understood Thomas' reluctancy but although they weren't injured too badly, the two boys needed care as well.

"Thomas, it's okay." Mallory spoke softly. "But there's nothing you can do for them now. Let us handle them, give them the proper care so that you can say goodbye properly back home alright?"

Thomas bursted into tears again. Mallory nodded at the Mariner corporal to take the two boys with him to her jeep, which the soldier obeyed. Unfortunately, it seemed Troy's temper got the better of him. Mallory quickly checked on Ziggy, it seemed her cousin was handling her well, so Mallory rushed over to Troy, but Cassie already had him backing off. When the strange girl revealed herself to be without a tongue, Mallory had trouble not to cringe. Laura explained the situation which led Mallory to deduct the tongueless girl didn't belong to the original Wisconsin group. A girl called Magna had kept them from being bashed to death though. It seemed Laura had ran into this girl by accident. But was it truly an accident though? When Cassie asked about Magna it seemed the woman was friendly enough to introduce herself.

"Thank you for what you did." Mallory said. She looked at Magna for a second, then nodded at her. "Please, all of you, help yourself to some water and a snack. If you come with us, our kitchen's preparing food; you can have a hot meal and a shower. We're also setting up tents and beds."

"Now we're talking!" one of the Wisconsin people said, then led the others to the trucks. An Asian woman stayed behind though, and spoke to Mallory with an English accent telling her to find a man called George and talk to him because he was the leader of their settlement in Wisconsin.

"All in due time ma'am." Mallory answered. "First let's get you all out of here."

As Yumiko left, Mallory walked over to Troy and looked at a heavily battered train wagon.

"Christ, they fought for their lives." Mallory said to Troy. "Just look at this thing..."

Mallory pulled out an arrow from the train wagon and inspected it. The arrowhead was peculiar though.

"What is this?" Mallory said as she showed the arrowhead to Troy. "It looks... fish like?"

Luckily for Mal, she could get confirmation on that. She had a marine biologist on site after all. The last person people would think of as a scientist; Claudia. Mal nodded at Troy to follow him, she walked over to where Claudia was. Claudia was at the 'hearse' truck, where Carmin Sanchez had been loaded into. Claudia had her hand on Cam's head and just looked at the dead girl's face.

"Claudia?" Mal asked. "Claw?"

"Y'know... she'd come watch me train back in the day." Claudia answered. "Every time, like clockwork, there she was... watching me..."

A tear rolled down Claudia's face, a sight not commonly seen. Mallory could see Claudia was trying to hide it. But she knew Claudia well, and could tell her friend was devastated by Carmin's death.

"Fuck... I'm gonna miss her." Claudia spoke. She gently put the tarp back over Carmin's face and wiped her face.

"You... needed something?" Claudia asked Mallory.

"Yeah, if you can take a look at this arrow..." Mallory answered. "The arrowhead's something... I don't know what it is."

Claudia inspected the arrow for a moment, then raised both her eyebrows.

"Well I can tell you what this is." Claudia spoke. "It's a gar scale."

"A gar scale?" Mallory asked.

"Yeah, you know... the alligator gar, Atractosteus Spatula."

"Which is...?"

"A fish with a long nose, hard scales, sharp teeth. Lives in swamps and rivers, mostly in the southern states, but also in the rivers more north toward the Midwest. You got this off the train?"

"Yeah, it was lodged in one of the sides..."

"Well, I know native tribes in the Deep South used these to make arrowheads... but I'ma go on a limb here and guess these folks weren't attacked by indians?"

"No idea... yet."

Mallory then saw how the tongueless girl was being loaded up in one of the trucks. She then looked at Troy.

"Let's hope we can get her to explain somehow." Mallory spoke. "And that she's willing to cooperate. If not..."

Mallory sighed and put her hands on her hips. It seemed they had a habit of collecting people bad folks were after.

"You and the boys mind giving the train a once over?" Mallory asked Troy. "See if there's more? I'd do it myself but..."

Mallory looked over at Thomas and Brody sitting in her jeep.

"...I gotta get these boys home." Mal continued. "And talk to this guy called George."

Mal then nodded at Troy, leaving for her jeep. Starting it, she led the first trucks back home. Things were not going to be easy for a lot of people in the coming days and arranging funerals was not something she'd have to do again so soon.

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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 24, 2021 5:44:49 GMT

Post by Troy Morrow on Jul 24, 2021 5:44:49 GMT

Troy had gotten out of the train he needed to cool down for a minute or two after his confrontation with the girl. Soon enough he was joined by Mal and the two looked over the train it had been beaten to hell and when Mal showed him the arrow asking what the arrowhead was he just shrugged. "Don't know that's not my expertise." he said to Mallory. When he followed her to Claudia he said nothing. All he was feeling right now was pain and anger, if anything what he would say just would have added more fuel to the fire. When Claudia and Mal were done talking he just looked over as the girl was getting loaded up into one of the trucks with Sara and Laura as well. "I'm sure we can figure out a way. If she doesn't wanna corporate then let me have a word with her. I can get her to talk but just use me as a last resort." said Troy to Mal. "Why not have your mother look her over? I mean sure the girl can't speak but hell hopefully she can write." said Troy as he gave Mal a suggestion. When asked if they could give the train a look over it he nodded. "Sure no problem...Just please make sure Ysabel or Sara don't run into one another." he said to Mal in a calm tone. Once Mal walked away Troy turned to his men. "Alright boys listen up! Mal wants us to look over the train while they are heading home. Now I want you guys to do this carefully alright? Leave nothing unturned." said Troy to his men.

Roger, Paco and Max were in one group while Troy, Cutler and Grant a prospect who was currently trying to earn his vest into the Demon Dogs. A few of the locals wanted to join the Demon Dogs but some feared it would turn out like the Hell-Riders and Troy would make sure that would never happen. Hell after all he was President of the group.

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Once back at Bar Harbor, Sara and Laura were greeted with their familes. Camila and Marco were hugging Sara tightly as was Karen hugging Laura. While the families were obviously happy to see their girls back relatively safe and sound they were broken on the inside. It was as if auto pilot and someone else was taking control. "S-Sara come on let's go home-" said Camila before she was cutoff by Sara. "No I want to see Ziggy." she said in a calm, emotionless tone.

Marco just stared at his oldest daughter and wiped away his tears. "Of course sweetheart." said Marco softly. He then turned towards his wife and youngest daughter. "How about you guys go home and make some food. I'm sure Sara here will love that. I'll go with you okay?" asked Marco to Sara who just nodded. The two then made there way to the hospital were hopefully Ziggy was at.

Cassie went into one of the makeshift ambulances and was taking care of the wounded inside. When they reached the hospital in Bar Harbor she got to work on a few of the patents. Carefully taking out the arrows and patching them up. She was wearing her blue scrubs and had her hair tied back in the ponytail as she went to work. After twenty minutes she saw the tongue less girl just sitting down looking at the wall in front of her. She wondered what horrors this girl had seen and if she was okay mentally. It was then Marlene walking by her and stopped the doctor. "Hey Marlene I gotta for a favor...That girl over there." said Cassie as she nudged her head towards the girl who was sitting in a chair staring at the wall. "She was in the train with the others but Laura said she ran into her in the woods. She is covered in bruises and she her tongue was cut out from the looks of it. If possible could we run a psych evaluation on her?" asked Cassie to Marlene.

Claudia Rigotti
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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 24, 2021 17:33:39 GMT

Post by Claudia Rigotti on Jul 24, 2021 17:33:39 GMT

Claudia helped loading people up the trucks. Once the last one departed, she decided to give Troy and the bikers a helping hand. The arrowhead made of a gar scale had intrigued her and, if possible, she wanted to help find out who was responsible for the attack on the train.

Claudia got lifted up one of the flatbeds by Cutler and looked around. As expected, there were shell casings from the shots that had been fired, and blood on the floor. Some of the sandbags that had been stacked on the side of the flatbed wagon had been pierced with both bullets and arrows. Claudia pulled another arrow from one of the sandbags and saw that this one too had an arrowhead made of an alligator gar scale. There was nothing else peculiar about it though.

She then walked further into one of the passenger wagons, one with shot out windows and makeshift repairs done by the Wisconsin people. In this wagon too were shell casings and blood. The smell of the dried blood was more putrid though. Being her height however, Claudia couldn't look that well over the overhead compartiments. Cutler however, was large and could see just plainly.

The gentle giant frowned when he saw a club with nails in it. It was a shaped tree branch, like shillelagh, with old rusty nails hammered through it. Cutler grabbed it from the overhead compartment and looked at it for a second.

"Hey guys, didn't one of those folks say the boarders came at them with clubs?" Cutler spoke. "I think I found one. They must've thrown it up here afterwards."

Claudia turned around and walked to Cutler, taking the spiked club from him. She could see the dried blood from one of its victims, but more peculiar; there was a symbol carved into it:

"Huh, would you look at that..." Claudia said. "Some kind of symbol. Water lines? And what's that above it? Eyes or something? An anchor?"

"No idea, I'm not a symbologist!" Cutler answered.

"Weren't you from Hawaii?"

"So? That mean I'm an expert or something? But even if I was, I can tell you right now that shit's not Polynesian! Looks more like I don't know, from a swimming pool?"

Claudia raised an eyebrow, then shook her head. "We definitely need to make sure this doesn't belong to one of the Wisconsin folks." she spoke. "If it's not, we can start calling this a clue."

Claudia handed the club back to Cutler, who put it to the side to take with them later. Claudia looked for further clues but couldn't find anything out of the ordinary. She went through the back inside another passenger wagon, where Paco was looking at a piece of brown cloth.

"Got something there?" Claudia asked Paco.

"Nah just a piece of junk." Paco said. "Ain't nothing."

Claudia however wasn't that convinced it was nothing. She grabbed the piece of brown cloth and could tell this had been a hood at some point, and it had been cut off, maybe during a struggle. It was of simple fabric, not something most clothes were made off. The edges were crudely made as well. Claudia looked around but she couldn't find the rest of whatever this piece of cloth belonged to.

"Hey, any of you guys noticed if one of the people was wearing a brown shirt or robe or something?" Claudia asked. "One with the hood cut off? I can't seem to find the rest of this thing?"

"What am I? Fashion police or something?" Paco answered. Cutler just shrugged.

Claudia put the piece of cloth in her back pocket. Maybe it was relevant, maybe not. It could've just belonged to one of the Wisconsin folks. But if it hadn't, it probably meant one of the attackers had been wearing this.

"So anyone got anything else?" Claudia asked. Maybe Troy or one of the others had found something as well.

Mikayla Forrester
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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 24, 2021 18:05:43 GMT

Post by Mikayla Forrester on Jul 24, 2021 18:05:43 GMT

Mikayla had stayed behind in town, doing what she did best; running logistics. The people coming in needed bedding and food, and Mikayla was running the crews that were setting up the tents and kitchen, along with seating and tables. Mikayla was just about to hammer in one of the last tent spikes. Giving it one last good smack, it was stuck in the ground.

"There, that's not going anywhere!" Mikayla said, wiping the sweat of her forehead.

"Why do people always say that?" Bridget, who was with her, asked. "Like, for real?"

"Because if you don't, it'll come loose! It's dad humor one-oh-one!"

"Oh God, not dad humor!"

Bridget and Mikayla both looked up when the first trucks arrived.

"They're here!" Bridget spoke. "I hope Ziggy and the others are okay!"

"Focus Bree!" Mikayla said. "Right now you've got a job to do. Start redirecting those people. Go!"

Bridget ran towards the truck to do her job and Mikayla looked up for a second before entering the tent, seeing Mallory park her jeep. It seemed Brody Mitchell and Thomas Winfield were with her in the back. Mikayla then went inside of the kitchen tent, where Danny Alvarez and his team were preparing the food.

"Look lively, they're here!" Mikayla said to the kitchen staff. "Danny?"

"All ready boss!" Danny answered.

"Good!" Mikayla spoke. "Just remember, these folks haven't had a decent meal in days! They're probably gonna be dehydrated too so if you see someone who looks sick call a medic before you serve them food!"

"Roger that boss! We're on it!"

Mikayla then went to the entrance of the tent, where some of the Mariners were distributing fresh clothes to the people. Mikayla herself then joined Bridget in redirecting the people inside.

Marlene Faraday
The Mariners

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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 24, 2021 18:36:29 GMT

Post by Marlene Faraday on Jul 24, 2021 18:36:29 GMT

Marlene was checking and double-checking if they were ready for a big influx of victims. She hoped it wouldn't be like the field hospital she had to run after being freed during the Battle of Bar Harbor, but she liked to be prepared regardless. Initial reports spoke of a couple dozen wounded, so Marlene had all available bodies in the hospital along with volunteers, one of them being her niece Kinsley's friend Gabby who had been given a crash course in taking parameters.

"You know what to do?" Marlene asked Gabby.

"Take blood-pressure, measure saturation and pulse." Gabby answered.

"And...?"

"And temperature. Shoot!"

Marlene gave Gabby a quick tap on the shoulder. "Don't worry kiddo, you'll do fine." she spoke.

"They're here!" one of the medics then yelled. Marlene quickly went outside to see.

In the first truck, Kinsley jumped out once the back had been opened and helped Ziggy move from the stretcher to a gurney. Marlene recognized the girl on the gurney as the young German girl whose girlfriend she had patched up. Now the poor thing was injured herself so Marlene rushed over to see what was what.

"Status!?" Marlene asked as they started moving the gurney inside quickly.

"Multiple gunshots wounds, half-conscious!" Kinsley spoke. "One in the upper right arm, the other in the shoulder! No exit wounds! One arrow wound in the lower left arm, possible splinter fragments! Blood's clotted but I put her on an IV to compensate for the blood loss! Blood pressure ten over six! Pulse eighty-six! Sat was ninety-one so I gave her six liters of oxygen!"

"Let's get her in the operating room, stat!" Marlene said. "Kinsley, other code red victims?"

"No one urgent as far as I saw auntie! But double-check with Cassie!"

Ziggy was pretty out of it, but was conscious enough to realize she was being rolled into the hospital. She realized soon she'd go through surgery and the only thing she wished now was not waking up and dying on the operating table. She cringed in pain when Marlene, Kinsley and two other Mariner medics placed her on the operating table.

"Okay you guys, out now!" Marlene said. Kinsley and the other two medics obeyed knowing they needed to go to avoid passing germs. Marlene had a different crew in the OR that was wearing scubs already.

As Marlene prepped herself, the OR team started prepping Ziggy. They cut through her clothes until she was fully naked, then they removed the bandages. Ziggy couldn't help but wonder whether or not they should've put her down already. Then, an OR team member in scrubs and mouth mask bowed over to Ziggy's face in front of her.

"Alright Ziggy, you're gonna fall asleep now." she spoke. Ziggy could feel the warmth of the anaesthetic go through her body until it reached her head and she got sleepy. The final thing she heard before falling asleep was:

"Rest easy Valkyrie. You're not returning to Valhalla just yet."

Marlene got to work on Ziggy as soon as she was ready. The two bullet wounds were by far the simplest; Marlene was able to remove both bullets in Ziggy's right arm and shoulder and stitch up the holes. The trickier part was Ziggy's lower left arm; Marlene had to make sure no fragment from the arrow would be left inside before stitching it back up. It took about two hours before she was done and now the bulk of the wounded had been moved to the hospital.

Marlene had just gotten into new scrubs and cracked her back. It was high time someone younger would take over from her. Marlene knew it was time to take a step back and let Cassandra take over as Chief Medical Officer, she was ready. But Marlene knew she had to prod her oldest daughter to make it official. Cassandra then came over and pointed out a mysterious girl, asking if they should give her a psych evaluation.

"Christ... poor girl." Marlene answered. "Alright, let's stick to what we know first. There's Hexidine in the Oral Care cabinet. Have her rinse with it, then examine the wound itself. If there's no more bleeding, leave it and it'll heal by itself as long as we keep it clean. As for the psych evaluation..."

Marlene looked at the girl and by her behavior right now could tell that she was a few coconuts short of a palm tree.

"You can try." Marlene continued. "But I think it might be too little too late already. So you might wanna keep a tranquilizer ready just in case. And a couple of guys to hold her down should it come to that."

Marlene raised her eyebrows, gave Cassandra a careful smile and tapped the young nurse on the shoulder as she passed her by. Sure, Marlene had experience dealing with mentally ill people, her daughter Chloe being one of them, but there was only one solution for the really crazy violent ones: a syringe filled with 20cc's of Shut The Fuck Up otherwise known as Valium. And there were still others in need of urgent care at this point, and Marlene rather'd occupy herself with those.

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Magna Dutton
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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 25, 2021 2:49:20 GMT

Post by Magna Dutton on Jul 25, 2021 2:49:20 GMT

Magna and her group arrived to Bar Harbor as did the other people from Wisconsin. They were greeted by people handing out fresh clothes and were lead to the kitchen tent Magna of course was on guard and kept her knives close by just in case something would happen. Yet Yumiko placed a hand on her shoulder and the tense woman let up but just a little bit. "Relax okay?" said Yumiko in a calm tone yet Magna just glanced behind her for a brief moment to look at Yumiko as she narrowed her eyes. "Not a chance in hell." said Magna calmly. The group then got their food and sat down together at one of the tables. George of course was eating with his people but he stood up for a moment and clinked his glass and as he did everyone looked at him.

"Now everyone I know we just went through a tough ordeal but we will get through this together! With that I will do everything in my power to keep you all safe so until then please be gracious to our hosts and lets do everything we can to help them." said George. He then sat back down and Magna just rolled her eyes and shook her head this guy was a complete joke but luckily she stole some supplies while they were loading up people in the train. Sure it was wrong but she her own people to look out for in the end. Once Magna and her group were done with their food they just sat at the table as a group and were trying to weigh out their options. "So I say we stay for the time being. If those freaks show up then we split." suggested Magna to her group.

Ted was nodding as he agreed with what Magna was saying. "I mean it's not a bad plan. If things turn to shit we leave. These people seem to know what their doing after all. But I mean if we find something better we should go for it. So I vote for Mags' plan." said Ted to the group. Connie and Kelly seemed on the fence about leaving. "What if we stay and help fight?" suggested Connie to the group. Michelle then nodded at Connie and soon the group began to commutate using sign language but were still talking.

"All I'm saying is we should help in of an attack. We aren't bad people and we don't turn others in need." said Michelle to the group. It was then Aubrey spoke up. "I understand where you are coming Magna I really do. We all think of each other as family...But I'm not gunna turn my back on others in need. I'm not that kind of person and deep down inside you aren't either." said Aubrey to Magna.

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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 25, 2021 3:24:10 GMT

Post by Troy Morrow on Jul 25, 2021 3:24:10 GMT

Troy was with Roger, Grant and Max and they were searching the train on one side while Paco, Cutler and Claudia were searching the other side. Troy looked around carefully and he found a shirt but this shirt seemed out of place like it was homemade. "Yo boss!" called out Max to Troy. The younger biker walked over to the man and he had a small knife in his hands. The handle was interesting like it was made out of a horn of a deer possibly but what was on it was a symbol.

"Who the fuck are we dealing with?" asked Max to Troy who shrugged and let out a heavy sigh. "No fucking clue." said Troy to Max. Soon enough Grant and Roger came back from near the front of the train. "You guys find anything?" asked Troy to his two companions. Roger looked at Grant then at Troy. "Grant here found a gun that was used but it's in such bad condition my guess is it arrived on shore and was never cleaned." said Roger to Troy. Grant stepped forward and handed the badly damaged gun to Troy. The biker looked at the gun and came to the conclusion that this was the gun that ended the lives of Cam and Ellie but it was a miracle this gun was still working. Yet the gun also had the symbol that was also in the knife but it was almost to hard to see from all the wear and tear this gun had received over who knows how long. He then walked out of the train and was greeted by Claudia.

"Prospect found a gun and my guess is it's the one that took out Cam and Ellie. Max found a knife that looks homemade and I found a shirt that looks homemade as well." said Troy to Claudia he then handed her the items one by one. "Gotta say I have no idea what this symbol is. Once we get back Bar Harbor we should hit the books and see what we can find." said Troy to Claudia.

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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 26, 2021 10:47:24 GMT

Post by Mallory Faraday on Jul 26, 2021 10:47:24 GMT

Claudia got handed over the knife and the badly weathered gun, both of which had the same symbol as on the club. Seemed there was a pattern forming. The knife looked hand-made and as for the gun, it was a surprise it worked at all. Claudia grabbed the gun and pushed hard on the clip ejector, the clip was practically stuck in it but came out after a hard yank. She then pulled the slide back, which explained why it still worked as it was remarkably supple, and the bullet in the chamber got ejected.

"You guys go on ahead and show it to Mal." Claudia spoke. "Tell her I'll be by as soon as we get Ziggy's jeep off the train."

With the bikers leaving, Claudia and the remaining Mariners got to work on getting Ziggy's Abamo off the flatbed car. It would be the quite the task, but Claudia knew the German girl would definitely want her car back at some point.

Back in Bar Harbor, Mal had told Thomas and Brody to go be with their families, get cleaned up and maybe get some rest. Mal herself was now supervising the moving of the three girls' bodies. Since the bulk of the food was stored at the Forrester's restaurant and in the fishing warehouses, the freezer at the high school had sufficient room to store three bodies. Once they were placed inside, Mal shut and closed the freezer door and sighed.

"Find someone who can prep the bodies." Mal said to Gil, who was with her.

"Roger." Gil answered. "I think Laney from the bakery worked as a funeral director's assistant. I'll ask her."

Mal nodded, then went a floor up to check up on the wounded. Mal found out from one of the medics that her mother was still performing surgery on Ziggy. After a quick check on the rest, Mal went to the temperorary kitchen tent, where they had brought most of the Wisconsin people. Mal walked over to Mikayla, who stood there with Bridget. Mal joined them.

"Everything alright here?" Mal asked.

"Fine but, Bridget just found out something about one of them." Mikayla answered. "Bridget?"

Bridget sighed. "Private Leonard saw one of them stealing supplies at the station." she spoke. "The one with the blonde curls and the outgrow over there. He didn't want to say anything back there, afraid it would start something, but he just came to me and told me."

"Magna." Mallory spoke.

"Oh so you already know her?" Mikayla asked. "That's not good..."

"Apparently she saved Laura and another girl from certain death." Mal answered. "Bridget, tell private Leonard he did well. You too. I'll handle it from here."

George, the one Mallory was told to speak to, spoke to his people in a way Mallory appreciated. Mal waited alongside Mikayla and Bridget for George and his people to finish their meal, but observed them in the process. At a certain point a smaller group started talking in sign language, which led Mal to believe at least one of them was deaf. Mal then walked over and stood alongside George, and stuck out her hand in greeting.

"George?" Mal spoke. "Captain-Commander Mallory Faraday of the US Mariners. I'm in charge of this town. Pleasure to meet you."

George stood up and shook Mallory's hand. "Pleasure's all mine Commander!" George spoke. "Thank you for taking us in. My deepest condoleances for your people, I didn't know them for long but I could tell they were solid people. We're alive because of them."

"Thank you George. They were among the best this town has to offer. They will be missed indeed."

Mallory felt the lump in her throat again but kept her formal composure. It didn't feel right though speaking so formal of Cam, Ayita and Ellie.

"How are the others doing though?" George asked. "Ziggy and the two boys, Thomas and Brody?"

Mallory sighed. "I'm afraid they've got some tough times ahead of them." Mal answered. "I can only hope they'll come out stronger once they've been able to grieve."

George nodded, Mallory was quiet for a few more moments, then spoke up again.

"Anyway, I'd like to invite you and your group for an orientation of sorts tomorrow morning." Mal spoke. "But first I'd like you to tell you we've opened our facilities for all of you. Showers are in the highschool, at our HQ. There's warm water and towels. We'll provide another meal for you and your people tonight as well."

Mal could see some of the Wisconsin people's faces light up, here and there she could hear someone say 'hell yeah' and 'thank God'.

"All I'd ask is that for the moment, until we've had a chance to do a medical examination on all of you, that you remain in the immediate vicinity of the tents for the time being." Mal continued. "For the moment our medics are busy on the wounded, so the earliest we can probably start is tomorrow morning. In the meantime, if you and your people need anything..."

Mal made a quick glance to Magna and locked eyes with her before continuing.

"All you have to do is ask." Mal continued. "And you will be accomodated."

Aubrey leaned towards Magna. "Uh-oh! I think she kno-hows!" Aubrey whispered to Magna.

"For now, I wish you all welcome to Bar Harbor!" Mal continued. "Have a good day, and I'll see you all tomorrow morning!"

"Thank you Commander!" George thanked Mallory. "For taking us in and taking care of our wounded. On behalf of my people I promise we will not abuse your trust."

"When you're finished George, and when you're set up, I'd like to have a word with you in my office." Mal said. "Just follow the signs that say 'Commander's Office."

Mallory nodded at George, who nodded back. Mallory then walked past Mikayla and Bridget and left the tent and went to her office. There, she sat for a moment and took a breather. She needed a moment to herself to process what had happened, and think about the three girls she lost. And the dozens of people she had just gained. Then, she finally broke and started crying.

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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 29, 2021 4:08:52 GMT

Post by Troy Morrow on Jul 29, 2021 4:08:52 GMT

Troy took the items back from Claudia and then was given the okay to leave. As the bikers went to their bikes Cutler looked at Claudia with a smile as he got on his bike.

"Hey Claw get back safe alright? If you aren't busy later come by my place and let's have a beer." offered Cutler to Claudia with a smile. Troy and the other bikers were smirking. It was known that Cutler had an attraction to Claudia amongst the bikers but maybe this was him testing out the waters. They then left and made their way back to Bar Harbor. Once back at Bar Harbor the bikers went to their usual place their clubhouse. Locals were welcomed but very few hung around. Ysabel was behind the bar with Callie as they were setting up some beers. The bar arcade was closed for the day following the deaths of Cam, Ellie and Ayita. Troy walked in first and as he did Ysabel got out from behind the bar and hugged Troy tightly before giving him a kiss. "Hey you okay?" asked Ysabel concerned. Troy nodded to his fiancé. "Is Sara okay?" asked Ysabel to Troy and he just let out a heavy sigh and shook his head lightly. Losing a sister like Ayita who was family Troy could understand that pain. He had to bury plenty of brothers back in the day so he can relate but the first brother he lost...That's a pain that sticks with you.

"You should go talk with her-" said Ysabel to Troy who shook his head. "Nah she is with her family now they got this." said Troy to Ysabel. He cared for Sara he really did but her parents didn't like him at all still though he would have to tell her about Ysabel couldn't avoid her forever not in this town. "I just wanna get a beer before seeing Mal." said Troy to Ysabel who nodded. Troy had a Bud Light and as he took a few sips Cutler was practicing his axe throwing with Max and Paco. It was a game they made back in the day but it was all in fun and besides you got target practice out of it.

Grant the prospect was handing out beers to the members when Roger stopped him.

"Get yourself one prospect you've earned it after finding that gun." said Roger to Grant who smiled and opened one for himself. Troy just smiled as he looked at Grant and remembered his days of being a prospect. All the shit he took back in the day was worth it if it meant to be a Hell-Rider. He finished his beer and as he did he gave Roger a pat on the back before looking at Grant. "Prospect hop on one leg and don't stop until I come back. This silver fox here will watch you so don't you stop." ordered Troy to Grant who did as he was told. Troy just smirked as he saw Grant hopping on one leg. Hey he had to entertain himself somehow right? Still though now was the time to see Mallory. As he walked in he was lead to Mallory's office by Private Kellen. "Thanks kid." said Troy to Kellen. Once Kellen walked away Troy cleared his throat and then knocked on the door. "Hey Mal it's Troy. Can I come in? We got some stuff from the train." said Troy to Mal. He leaned up against the wall as he waited to hear from Mal wondering if she was even in.

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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 29, 2021 5:41:15 GMT

Post by Cassandra Lennox on Jul 29, 2021 5:41:15 GMT

Cassandra listened closely to what Marlene had told about using the Hexidine for her tongue and then examine the wound. She could try for the psych evaluation but have a tranquillizer and a couple people on standby to hold her down. Cassie was hoping it wouldn't come to that but who knows what was going on in that poor girl's head. "I'll try my best." said Cassandra to Marlene. She then walked over to the girl and held out her hand. "Please come with me now I would like to examine you and clean you up." said Cassie to the girl. The girl took Cassie's hand and she was lead to an exam room.

Once inside the girl let go of Cassie's hand sat up on the bed, Cassie washed her hands and dried them before opening the door and stopping one of the nurses. "Hey Jane can you come help me out for a moment please?" asked Cassie. "Sure no problem Doc." said Jane to Cassie who smirked. While she wasn't officially a doctor it was a nice nickname that she liked. Jane walked in and smiled at the girl who looked away. Was she shy or scared? probably both. Cassie then put on her gloves as did Jane. "Oh crap! Jane can you please go get me some hexidine and a chart real quick? I was just running around and completely forgot." asked Cassie to Jane who nodded. "Sure no problem." said Jane to Cassie. When she left Cassie looked at the girl and smiled the girl looked at her with a look maybe she was worried or scared it was hard to tell. Still though Cassie wanted this girl to feel safe so she reached out to her and her gloved hand gently grabbed her left hand. "You are safe now I promise you. No one can hurt you anymore." said Cassie softly to the girl. The girl just slowly turned her head away from Cassie and stared at the floor. "I'm Cassandra but everyone calls me Cassie or Nurse Hottie." she said as she tried to joke with her. The girl had no response or at least not a look on her face to see how she would response. Soon enough Jane came back with a chart and the hexidine. "Alright now I need you to open your mouth so we can check and see what's going on inside okay?" asked Cassie to the girl who looked to her and opened her mouth. She could see that the tongue was cut out but it wasn't done cleanly yet the bleeding did stop still Cassie poured some hexidine into a small cup and handed it to the girl who looked at it nervously. "It's to clean the bacteria in your mouth and it will make you better. Please." said Cassie softly to the girl. The girl was hesitant and so Cassie poured herself one and took it. She swished it around her mouth before spitting it out into a bucket. "See? No surprises." said Cassie to the girl who then took it and swished it around holding it for a matter of minutes before spitting it out into the same bucket.

Once that was over the psych evaluation was started and while the girl couldn't speak she was given a notebook and pencil. The psych evaluation didn't last all that long just some basic questions and standard. "Can you tell me your name?" asked Cassie to the girl. The girl then wrote down in the notebook before showing it to Cassie and Jane. 'Odessa' was what was written and Cassie smiled. "Odessa that's a beautiful name." said Cassie as she smiled at the girl. It was then a knock came at the door. Cassie and the girl named Odessa looked at the door while Jane opened it. Mark walked in and as he did Odessa's heart started to pound fast she was seemingly afraid of Mark. "Hey Cas wanna get out of here and grab some food?" asked Mark to his girlfriend who smiled "Sure I'm just finishing-" said Cassie who stopped herself as she felt Odessa grip her hand tightly. Cassie looked at the girl and she could see that she was struck with fear.

Cassie wondered was she abused by men? It was then Cassie turned to look at Mark and cleared her throat. "I actually remembered I have to stay over night and look after Odessa here. So I won't be coming home for dinner. Can you please get Doctor Faraday in here please?" asked Cassie in a calm but serious tone to Mark who nodded and left the room. Cassie then turned to Jane. "Could you please go get us some water?" asked Cassie to Jane who nodded and left. Cassie looked to the girl who was still gripping her hand tightly. "It's okay Odessa...I got you." said Cassie in a calm tone to her.

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Final Stop: Tragedy Jul 29, 2021 19:54:11 GMT

Post by Mallory Faraday on Jul 29, 2021 19:54:11 GMT

Having buried her hands deep inside her hair, Mal had been sitting there for a while until her tears dried up. She kept going over allowing the mission to Wisconsin in her head. Should she have just said no? Deny Ellie the same opportunity to be reunited with her family she had herself by crossing the entire country from Los Angeles to Bar Harbor? Were they ill-equipped, should she have given the group more firepower?

In the end Mal could only come to one conclusion; that whatever question she asked herself the answer would be the same; she'd allow them to go. They had been well-equipped, they were well-trained and they were capable of taking care of themselves. Ellie, Cam and Ayita's deaths were because they had thrown themselves in the line of fire keeping others safe, and they died as heroes doing what they did best: protecting others. Mal would have to come to terms with that she was going to lose people that were dear to her.

Mal wiped her face and a few minutes later Troy asked to come in. He said he found things from the train. Mal just hoped he wouldn't notice she had been crying, even if he had seen her do that before.

"Of course!" Mal answered. "Sit, show me!"

Mal leaned back and saw Troy was carrying what looked to be a water-weathered pistol and a few other melee weapons. She sighed and blinked her eyes, staring in front of her for a moment. She knew she could tell him anything.

"Fuck me Troy... what a day." Mal continued. "I was so sure they'd all come back safe and sound... I won't lie this is... this is tough to swallow. Thomas, Brody, Ziggy... I don't know if I can say anything that would make this easier on them. Sara and Laura too. Shit I mean, I was gonna have people start prepping for Ziggy and Ayita's wedding this week... Goddammit!"

Mal then was silent for a moment. She took a deep breath before speaking again. Troy having to break Sara's heart at some point crossed her mind too.

"Anyway, show me what you found." Mal continued, knowing it wouldn't be any good. Those weapons Troy was carrying looked too ominous.

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