Willo
Found "Adam and Eve"
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Post by Willo on May 31, 2007 0:31:18 GMT -5
MASON
Looks couldn't scare Mason anymore. He'd dealt with some very scary people in his life, and she was not very high on his list. Sure, she was scary, but no more scary than crossing the teamsters. He glanced at her, and shook his head.
"That's really smart, kiddo," he said, calm and flat. "Attack the guy trying to build a shelter for an 11 year old girl. I'm sure that one's going to play real well."
He took a step closer, still gripping the knife tight.
"I don't know who did what to you to make you so angry, but it wasn't me, toots," he spoke, suddenly becoming very intense. His eyes lit up as if she had committed some injustice to him. "No matter what you do, you're not getting this knife. I don't give weapons to sociopaths."
He had gone too far, and instantly known it. He waited for her to come at him, prepared for a swing of the arm--or leg.
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Post by ana on May 31, 2007 13:17:55 GMT -5
As James was getting to his feet again, Ana was already heading from Mason.
"I don't know who did what to you to make you so angry, but it wasn't me, toots,"
I know who it was and I made him pay. I'll make everyone pay.....
Ana was not so lost in her rage that she wasn't thinking clearly, Mason had a knife and she had no idea how he'd react to an attack. If she were still on the force, she'd have her nightstick to block it, but here?
A stick. Need a large stick to wipe the smug smile from this asshole's face.....
She saw one to her right and went to grab it, but something was wrong. Instantly, she felt a spasm of pain weave it's way through her shoulder. It made her scream in agony and her left hand instinctively seized the offending muscles in a bid to ease the hurt. She tried to move her arm again but it only seemed to make it worse. It was unlike any pain she'd felt before, even the bullet wounds. It just seemed like someone had run a white hot poker through her shoulder blade and was twisting it every time she moved. Apparently throwing James had aggrevated the injury she'd gotten from her collision with Ethan the day before. The pain was distraction enough to cease her attack on Mason.
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Willo
Found "Adam and Eve"
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Post by Willo on May 31, 2007 15:19:55 GMT -5
MASON
"I think you hurt yourself," he said, as he took a few steps closer. "I think you should calm down and take a minute to think things through. Maybe apologize to James here."
He put the knife into his belt and walked over to her carefully. He was still fully prepared for her to attack, but he wanted to help her up and get her to sit down.
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Post by ana on May 31, 2007 15:46:12 GMT -5
"I think you should calm down and take a minute to think things through. Maybe apologize to James here."
"I think you should just try to shut up!" She managed to say through gritted teeth. What made the pain worse was the fact that Mason - and to a lesser extent, James - could she her vulnerable. She thought it made her look weak and that was a feeling she never wanted to go back to.
Mason approached her and her gut instinct was to kick out at him. Ana had always been too stubborn to back down when she was at a disadvantage.
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Willo
Found "Adam and Eve"
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Post by Willo on May 31, 2007 15:57:20 GMT -5
MASON
He quickly grabbed her foot and twisted, with enough strength to flip her upside down. As she did, he gingerly placed a foot on her back, which should inform her to not try and get up.
"You don't know when to quit, do you?" he said. He let his foot off her and got on his knees, leaning into her ear.
"You're not the only one who knows how to fight," he whispered. "Now, I you can either apologize to James and I'll let you walk back to camp by yourself. If you don't, I'm going to walk back with you, to make everyone think you needed my help. So, what's it going to be?"
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supremeoutcast
Hiking to Higher Ground
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Post by supremeoutcast on May 31, 2007 17:56:47 GMT -5
James held his side tentatively, silently surveying the situation. He wasn't interested in Ana's false apolagies. Normally he would have intervened, but that was a line of action he was not currently willing to pursue. He was sick of doing the right thing, of playing the boyscout; it had caused him nothing but pain in the days leading up to the crash and the on-island situation seemed to be no different.
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Post by ana on May 31, 2007 18:14:23 GMT -5
"Now, I you can either apologize to James and I'll let you walk back to camp by yourself. If you don't, I'm going to walk back with you, to make everyone think you needed my help. So, what's it going to be?"
Having her face pressed into the dirt wasn't easing Ana's mood in the slightest. Her shoulder throbbed, the pain making her sweat and breath hard. It didn't matter what Mason threatened to do to her, she wasn't going to apologise for her actions. If she was in the same situation again, she would probably do exactly the same thing. And if Mason thought he could just march her back to camp, injured shoulder or not, she wasn't about to let that happen either. Stubbornly, she just lay there, not saying a word.
For once in her life, she was experiencing what she had dished out herself many times before. What goes around comes around.....
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supremeoutcast
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Post by supremeoutcast on May 31, 2007 18:20:01 GMT -5
"I'm not interested in her apolagies" James remarked bitterly as the silence dragged on. "Especially not when she doesn't mean it".
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Willo
Found "Adam and Eve"
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Post by Willo on May 31, 2007 18:24:04 GMT -5
MASON
"Well, we have to finish this," he said, slowly removing his belt. "But we can't let you wander around, either." He took her good arm and tied her arm to a nearby tree with his belt, pulling it tight.
"We'll get you when we're done," he said.
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supremeoutcast
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Post by supremeoutcast on May 31, 2007 18:31:15 GMT -5
"Better that than getting thrown around again I suppose" James replied, turning from Ana back to Mason. He wasn't sure this was the best course of action, but he certainly wasn't going to object it it after her actions.
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Post by ana on Jun 1, 2007 2:22:10 GMT -5
If Ana's free arm wasn't just hanging limply by her side, she wouldn't have let this happen. But it was, and right now, all she do could to try and stop Mason from strapping her to the tree was struggle and shove against him, but all that did was make him tie the belt tighter and cause her to use energy she didn't have. In the days since the crash she hadn't eaten that much and the lack of fresh water in the camp meant that everyone was slowly feeling the effects of exhaustion. Herself included.
"We'll get you when we're done,"
Ana defiantly spat in his face.
"Your going to regret this." She said menacingly. Like a caged tiger, she had to lay in wait for her moment to pounce. Right now it was pointless. She looked at the belt, tugging at it to see how much give it had. There was precious little. But she had a plan to get free, it would just have to wait until they'd left her alone.
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Willo
Found "Adam and Eve"
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Post by Willo on Jun 1, 2007 3:04:34 GMT -5
MASON
"Your going to regret this."
"I don't think that I'll be the ones with regrets," he said. "I'm not the one with, what I assume is a dislocation, tied to a tree in the middle of some haunted jungle."
"I worked in Hollywood, and I've seen pride before," he whispered. "But that sin is going to be the end of you one day."
He began to walk away before turning around.
"The best part is, you can't tell anyone. Because the truth would get you in more trouble and a lie, well, you'd have to admit that I overpowered you either way. This will be our little secret, so long as you don't give myself and James any more trouble. But, and this is very important, so listen carefully.... if you try for revenge for whatever wrongs you think I've done in that warped head of yours... I will tell everyone exactly what happened."
He turned back to James, whom he feared he had alienated.
"Sorry about all that," he said. "I'm used to dealing with difficult people, but sometimes they just need to be put in their place. She was starting to get out of control."
He dusted off his hands and grabbed a low branch and began to pull.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jun 1, 2007 15:54:47 GMT -5
HEIDI
***enters from G4 - Beach and Shore***
I wandered into the jungle, trying to keep a straight path so as not to get lost. I called out Erik's name every now and again but I didn't have the nerve to call out too loud, afraid to attract the attention of some wild animal or--I had images of something big and scary enough to knock down trees--something worse.
"Erik?" I called out again as I pushed past some more branches into a bit of a clearing. I spotted him and smiled, then spoke as I looked at my surroundings. "Erik, hey. Bella is--" I stopped as I saw Ana Lucia strapped to a tree looking more pissed off and scarier than I'd ever seen. I took a step back, then looked at James and Erik questioningly.
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Willo
Found "Adam and Eve"
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Post by Willo on Jun 1, 2007 16:59:09 GMT -5
MASON
"She was being difficult," Mason said, almost matter-of-factly. "She was after the knife, and when I refused to give it to her, she attacked James. She hurt herself in the process, but I didn't want to risk any more outbursts. She's already put me well behind schedule."
"You can let her go if you like," Mason said, throwing a branch of the tree to the ground. "Just make sure she doesn't come over here."
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supremeoutcast
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Post by supremeoutcast on Jun 1, 2007 18:05:36 GMT -5
James listened to what Mason was saying, keeping his thoughts to himself. He wasn't happy with how the situation had panned out, but his brand of democracy was clearly not going to work when it came to Ana. In that respect, he agreed with Mason's actions. There were no more corpses to bury and so there was no reason why she could not have waited an hour or so until he and Mason had finished with the knife. He spotted a particularly strong looking piece of wood and kicked it hard, taking his frustration out on it as he attempted to dislodge it from its surroundings.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jun 1, 2007 18:57:37 GMT -5
HEIDI
I looked from the very pissed off, ready to kill Ana Lucia to James, who I hadn't formally met yet and who appeared to be rather pissed off himself, and back to Mason. Ana Lucia looked like she'd kill the first person within reach, and that would be the person to release her. "I'd... rather not get involved." I concentrated on not looking in Ana's direction. "James, right? I'm Heidi," I said with a small smile to the man beating the crap out of a tree.
Looking back to Mason, I said, "Um, Bella's ready to build her shelter. Someone told me you guys were out here to collect things you'd need for it. Can I carry anything back?" I hoped the answer would be 'yes' so that I could get out of there quickly.
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Willo
Found "Adam and Eve"
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Post by Willo on Jun 1, 2007 22:43:00 GMT -5
MASON
"There's a pile over there," Mason said. "Carry all you can."
He glanced at Ana-Lucia.
"We'll be there in a bit," he said, with a smile.
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Post by ana on Jun 2, 2007 11:36:03 GMT -5
With everyone now out of eye line, Ana set about getting herself free. She knelt down next to the tree with her mouth was level with where Mason had secured the belt. She tried once again to lift her free arm but all she managed to do was cause herself more pain. Wincing and fighting back the urge to scream aloud so as not to alert the others, she concentrated on undoing the knot with her teeth.
The taste of expensive leather filled her mouth but it didn't stop her gnawing and pulling at the belt. Sweat began to pour down her face as the frustration took over, but she didn't give up until she'd loosened it enough to try and escape. After a couple of tugs, her hand slipped through the loop and she was free again.
Reflexively, she gripped at her shoulder, taking a moment to properly asses the damage. Mason's diagnosis that it looked dislocated seemed to be annoyingly right. Though Ana had never dislocated her shoulder before, she knew that she wouldn't be able to pop it back in on her own. She needed help. And she needed to get far away from Mason and James. Two more people she had alienated with her temper. And no doubt, they would inform the woman that had just turned up that she should stay clear of her too. At this rate she'd have no-one on her side by sundown.
Logically, she would need to find Jack, but then she'd also have to explain to him how such an injury happened and she wasn't sure she wanted him to know that side her of her. He was a friend to her. One she could ill afford to lose. She couldn't face him knowing how bad a person she really was.
With a look over her shoulder to check the others hadn't noticed her actions, Ana pulled herself up and staggered away deeper into the jungle and in the opposite direction of Mason, James and the woman with big hair.
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Gwen Havers
Help Translate Rousseau's Maps
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Post by Gwen Havers on Jun 2, 2007 17:17:37 GMT -5
((OOC: Okay, just for the sake of reference, this is taking place far from the shelter-building trio over there...))
As she stumbled into the shadows beyond the treeline, she reviewed the situation. Jake wasn't anywhere in the camp, and no one had seen him. Maybe he was out here gathering fruit. Being pro-active and disregarding Jack's suggestions. It wouldn't surprise her at all. Plus she needed to find some things for the makeshift laundry that she'd asked Ray and Ruby to help her assemble, and it was better to look for salvage in the cool shade than on the sun-baked beach.
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Post by ana on Jun 2, 2007 17:30:20 GMT -5
Everytime Ana lost her footing on the uneven jungle floor, or accidentally brushed a tree or bush with her arm, she got a new jolt of agony in her shoulder. And everytime that happened, she just wanted to smack Mason square in the face. But sadly, he wasn't around and she wasn't about to go looking for more trouble right now. Instead, she took it out on a nearby tree, punching loose some of the dried bark that clung to it's trunk with her good arm. Another deep breath later and she felt slightly less tense. That was until she spotted Gwen approaching through the greenery.
Dammit....this is all I need....
There was no way in hell she was going to let Gwen see her in pain. It would be like giving into the enemy. Not to mention the fact Gwen would likely start some holier than thou lecture about anger management. No, Ana chose to steer well clear of Gwen, turning quickly away. Her sudden rush to leave had caused her to stumble yet again and this time she knocked her arm hard against a sticking out branch.
"Goddamn it!" She hissed, instantly wishing she'd been able to keep her mouth closed.
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