Message #283297

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-==IC: Justin==-
Justin comes up behind the rest of the group and sees the Rebels surrounded by Imperials.  He panics.

"Hang on, guys, I'm coming!"  He unleashes a magnetic pulse to throw off one of the Imperials' aim.  Meanwhile, Justin tries to spot the Imperial in charge, and prepares a nanite infusion...then he sees Glory Towers transform into a mech.  His arms drop to his sides in shock.

"Oh my stars..."

OOC: He doesn't know there are Imperials on his side, so that's who he's attacking.
OOC2: Yes...and would Adrian come to visit Bailey in the med wing?

-==IC: Bailey==-
Bailey didn't expect to wake up.

She wasn't supposed to.  Agents who failed in their missions were not given the chance to do it again.  She had been incapacitated.  And even if her supervisor didn't count that as "failure," he certainly wouldn't hesitate to get rid of Bailey anyway.  She was far too dangerous to be allowed to live.

So when Bailey awoke, she was more than a little surprised to be alive.  Rebels.  It's the only way.  The fools have taken me in.  "Well, that'll be the last mistake they ever make," she muttered.

"Oh, Mistress Bailey, you're awake!"

Impossible...that was...

"E.R.I.N.?!?"

"I was so worried!  Don't worry, your boss has no clue.  As soon as I hacked this med droid I started jamming communications from the med wing.  Listen...that guy you were with, Curtis?  He brought you back.  Hasn't left the wing since.  I think you're right, he's the one.  Should we...?"

Bailey shook her head.  The motion only caused a little pain, easily ignored.  "No.  We let him in on this too early and he'll bolt.  No one his age wants that kind of responsibility.  He needs to take it on himself."  Bailey sighed, a sigh full of a different kind of pain, a kind she rarely allowed herself to feel.  "Plus, we need to find him a partner.  Someone who can help him take my place in this once I'm...gone."

"If we change the plan, maybe you don't have to--"

"No.  No.  If I live, the Empire will find me.  Especially once Chargas gets word of everything I've pulled so far to keep this secret.  If I try to stay with her, they'll find her and take her.  Like they took me."  A tear rolled down her face before she could stop it.  "If only...you know, the last time I thought I'd found the perfect way out...well, that's how I got into THIS scheme.  If it had only worked out...but no.  He left me."

"I thought you told him to go?"

"He should have stayed!  He should have stayed to protect me.  We could have fought to the end!  And then...and then...and then I wouldn't have had to endure such pain for these long years..."

A knock came from the other side of the door.  "Bailey?  Is that you?"

"It's Curtis.  Should I...?"

Bailey nodded.  "But stay here.  When he leaves, give him a glimpse.  Watch his reaction.   You know what to do."

With that, ERIN opened the door, and Curtis walked in.  But before the door shut, an arm stopped it from closing.  A second man entered the room.  One Bailey had never expected to see.

General Adrian Tyrr.