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Post by frankthetriviaman on May 18, 2016 20:37:30 GMT -5
(Please don't do posts like that- they don't do anything for the story)
was on his train, and had just gotten off at the station. As he left and made his way to a cab, off in the distance, he thought he saw a smoke plume.
"What the?" He said to himself.
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Post by Toz76 on May 18, 2016 23:52:11 GMT -5
He ran into the distance.
At the orchard, he saw a man that appeared to be Kenneth, along with about 14 other men, digging.
"Kenneth! Vad i helvete pรฅgรฅr hรคr? Var har du varit?"
Blade (for it was obviously him) groaned. "Gunnarson! The Home Guard and the Irish Mob are fighting over the weapon cache!"
"What are you people doing then?" Gunnarson asked, suspicious.
"Um... we're digging a pit to trap the mob in."
"Well, allow me to help."
Blade sighed, knowing he couldn't maintain the ruse. He handed Gunnarson a shovel, then walked back, nodding at Scinto as he passed. Scinto aimed his gun at Gunnarson, but before he could shoot, another shot rang out and Scinto fell with a bullet through the head.
A figire walked down the hill, holding a shotgun. It was the man from 26 Baker Street.
"Hello Blade. Thought you could kill my brother Malcolm and get away with it?"
Gunnarson looked up. Malcolm? The guy who'd fallen off the roof? But that meant... the detectives mind began churning.
Meanwhile, at a hospital in Barrow-In-Furness, Zoie Gadfrey was lying in bed. She had been operated on to remove the bullets, and was now drugged and asleep.
"It's a miracle she survived that. But she'll have trouble breathing for life... poor girl. If only she could tell us who shot her..."
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Post by frankthetriviaman on May 19, 2016 0:04:24 GMT -5
Back at the Orchard, a confused Gunnarson looked at the Gunman
"Malcolm? As in Malcolm West?"
"Damn right! I saw everything that night. Blade here dropped Malcolm off the roof, then dropped a wine bottle to make it look like a suicide" he said, now aiming his weapon.
"What? You killed him?" Gunnarson said.
"Go on and tell him about your twin Kenneth too" Mr. West said.
But then Gunnarson saw Fowler "wait a minute- the senile Scotsman that's been shooting animals works for you?" Gunnarson asked
"Senile?!" Fowler said, offended. (He was still in disguise)
......
At the same time, the Irish mob had most of the equipment loaded. But Finnegan decided the last bit just wasn't worth it.
"We've got most of it, let's get out of here!" Finnegan called out to his comrades.
"Sir! We've still got 7 crates in the basement!" O'Leary called out.
"It's not worth it! We're gonna lose half our guys by the time we're done; we've got the important stuff, so let's get out of here!" Finnegan called as his men began racing for the trucks.
They began pulling out. Some of the wounded and dead were loaded up as they retreated, but about 18 men- dead, wounded or unconscious, had been left behind.
"I regret that our brothers had to fall to get this stash... but rest assured, in the long run, the sacrifice will pay off" He yelled out.
One Home Guard soldier took aim as they were leaving... O'Leary, the one in charge of the infiltration mission, took a bullet to the back as they retreated.
"Arrggghhh!! They got me!" He said as he fell to the ground of the truck in pain.
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Post by Toz76 on May 30, 2016 23:19:12 GMT -5
No, I've just been uber-busy. Wait until the end of the week, and I can post some more.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Jun 3, 2016 22:22:03 GMT -5
Hey guys; if it's ok with everyone else, should I delete these "interim" posts once we get back to the story? Mainly to keep the flow uninterrupted.
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Post by Toz76 on Jun 4, 2016 1:15:39 GMT -5
Whatever floats your boat, but I'd prefer to keep them for posterity's sake.
IN-STORY:
Back in the orchard, Blade, Wilcox, Fowler, and their now-named associates Ruocco, Nicholson, Bawdekar, Knowles, Poma, Cambria, Palepu, Dexter, McKibbin, Brady, Friend, and Mรผller stood around Scinto's body and faced down Gunnarson and Mr. West. As they waited, they heard gunshots in the distance.
"It's the Home Guard and the Irish Mob." Blade said. "We ought to stay out of the way."
The fight for them was not going well. Both sides had several causalities. In the distance, a man in a tattered, filthy Scotland Yard uniform looked on.
"I can't believe this..." Kenneth said. "My own brother tried to kill me! It's a good thing I had that pocket watch in my chest pocket, otherwise that would have been the end of me- good lord, what's going on?"
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Jun 4, 2016 1:30:35 GMT -5
To his shock; there was a stand off, and Gunnarson was right in the middle of it.
"I've got to find a way to help him... Darn it, he took my gun! Think Kenneth, think... Of course!" He ran over to something he could see just off in the fields.
Gunnarson was piecing things together
"So... You're not senile after all, that's just a disguise, and you were killing animals just to lure me out here?" Gunnarson asked, believing he had finally figured out Fowler.
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Post by Toz76 on Jun 4, 2016 1:45:34 GMT -5
"No. To be frank, you're interesting, but unimportant. It was Kenneth we needed to lure here, and thankfully, we timed everything just right so Kenneth was with you when you were called here. Then... wait, am I seriously explaining my plan to you? Just shoot him, boys."
Eight guns pointed in Gunnarson and Mr West's direction, but all of a sudden...
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Jun 4, 2016 1:52:48 GMT -5
Kenneth had commandeered a tractor from the field, and was driving it straight into the group of people.
"Agh!! Watch out men! Move!"
They jumped in all directions, Kenneth then yelling out "Gunnarson, Run!" As he prepared for another charge.
"How the hell did none of you not hear a TRACTOR speeding towards us?!" An angry Blade asked his men.
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Post by Tug on Jun 5, 2016 23:23:30 GMT -5
"With the damn gunfire only a few feet away, it was was hard to hear it coming!" shouted Knowles
"Whatever!" responded Blade
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Jun 5, 2016 23:30:03 GMT -5
"So brother... you tried to bury me, shoot me... what's next?" Kenneth asked.
"Get him!" Blade yelled as his men opened fire. Kenneth was driving the tractor. Between the bright headlights how dark it was everywhere else though, it was difficult to see for Blade's men, making it hard to get good aim.
......
The gunfire died down as the Irish mob pulled out.
"We left 7 crates behind; but we still got 25 out of that raid, including most of the heavy stuff" one man reported to Finnegan.
Then, another man came running up to Finnegan; by this point, the trucks had pulled off the road, and out of the way.
"O'Leary's taken a bullet to the back!" He said in a panic, "we've got several injured, and Callaghan's missing" he finished.
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Post by Toz76 on Jun 5, 2016 23:44:19 GMT -5
"This mission's been more trouble than it's worth! Alright, load up the trucks and let's go!"
The sky was clouding over, and a little rain began to fall. The Irish Mob didn't realize they were on a collision course with the orchard until it was too late.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Jun 5, 2016 23:50:33 GMT -5
As the trucks had trouble finding the road, they found themselves heading straight through the orchard:
(Remember- the mob does get away with these 25 cases; it will become an important plot point in story V)
"What the? Agh!" Screams were heard on both sides as this time, some of blade's men were hit by trucks, or very nearly hit by them. It was utter chaos as the mob tried to make sense of their surroundings.
"oh I can't take it anymore! I'm getting those emeralds and getting out of here!" Blade cried out. He ran for the hole he was digging. Where he saw a small antique trunk.
"at last". He said with joy as he reached into the ground to pull out the box he was looking for.
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Post by Tug on Jun 8, 2016 7:11:17 GMT -5
Meanwhile, the Home Guard were now surveying the damage left behind from the Irish Mob, when Lieutenant O'Brien was told some very important news...
"Well sir, it seems the Irishmen got away, we can only find the dead. Very few people were left wounded since these guys were completely 'shot on sight' for our boys..." told Edwards, O'Brien's subordinate
"Well have we found any wounded, on either side?" asked O'Brien
"Well we've found 5 wounded from the Irish Mob, one seems to be a top official based on eye witness accounts, but that's all we've gotten so far..." answered Edwards
"Well this will do for now. Treat the wounded, gather the dead, and put those mobsters in irons, that is an order" said O'Brien sternly
"Right away Lieutenant!" responded Edwards as he proceeded to follow his instructions
Meanwhile...
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Jun 8, 2016 17:31:27 GMT -5
"Idiots! Get out of the way! Curse those English policies... where's the bloody road!?" Finnegan boomed; other than headlights, there were no lights to go by as reference; he was literally driving aimlessly around the orchard with the other mob trucks that had gotten away.
Blade was just trying to get at the case which he presumed contained the emeralds... when he had to get out of the way for an oncoming truck.
"Blast that Irish mob! Get away from me you darn fools! The Gadfrey emeralds are mine!" Blade boomed.
"Emeralds?" Gunnarson heard from the fence post he had taken position behind. Kenneth pulled up in the tractor; the chaos of the trucks in the orchard with Blade's men had caused a lot of problems.
"Yes, it seems my twin brother has been driven by greed; he's been after those emeralds for a while" Kenneth said as he got off the tractor.
"Twin brother?" Gunnarson asked in confusion.
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Jun 8, 2016 17:34:32 GMT -5
Suddenly, something hit Gunnarson in the head. The last thing he saw before he blacked out was Kenneth's face, with a maniacal smile....
He woke up a few days later at the hospital. Kenneth was there. "Where am I?" "In the hospital. You were unconscious for a few days." "What happened at the farm after I blacked out?" "Well...
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Jun 8, 2016 21:24:55 GMT -5
...after you blacked out, it turns out Blade had come around to you, and struck you over the head with a shovel."
Blade grinned. "There's no point in killing him; waste of a bullet. Anyway, it's over Kenneth! I've got my emeralds, and I'm going to be a rich man!" he gestured to the trunk strapped to his back.
"You'll never get those emeralds!" Kenneth screamed. And he lunged at Blade; forcing the shovel out of his hand, and the twins into a fist fight.
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Post by Toz76 on Jun 8, 2016 22:27:24 GMT -5
Several members of Blade's gang shot into the fray, and the two were forced apart. Blade grabbed the emeralds, jumped into his truck, and drove off into the night. Unbeknownst to him, Wilcox, Fowler, and most of his other associates were left behind.
"What the hell? Blade double-crossed us!"
But it was too late. Mรผller, Blade's driver, knew the back roads better than anyone, and soon Blade, Mรผller, Nicholson, Friend, and McKibbin had vanished with the emeralds.
Kenneth and Mr West looked on. "Now what do we do?"
"Kill the rest of these people." Mr. West said, raising his gun.
Suddenly, the Irish Mob's truck rammed into Mr West.
"I think we hit someone!" Yelled the driver.
"It doesn't matter. Keep going!"
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Jun 8, 2016 22:46:22 GMT -5
Fortunately, the mob's driver was going rather slow at that point, due to his confusion, and only hit Mr. West at 10 mph. Since Mr. West also landed into a mud pile, it cushioned his fall for the most part. But likewise, eventually the three mob trucks regrouped and broke away. As for Blade's remaining men, the shock of being betrayed stopped them in their tracks.
As it happened, a pair of police cars from the local precinct were doing rounds when they came across the group. Fowler, Wilcox and the others were arrested, while Mr West and Gunnarson had their wounds tended too.
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"And what of Ms. Gadfrey? I know we managed to get her to the hospital before this mess started, but I'm not sure about after that." Gunnarson said to Kenneth in the present.
"Fortunately, most of the animals and all her farmhands survived. But... I don't know. The last I heard, she was barely holding on." Kenneth said solemnly.
"Should we tell her what happened?"
"No; in this state, that is the last thing she needs to hear" Kenneth said, now firm.
.......
In some back room to an unremarkable building, the Mob trucks were being unloaded, and the crates were being opened to check what they had.
"25 of 32... well, at least we got 3/4 of the lot" Finnegan said.
Just then; doc walked out of the makeshift infirmary.
"I've saved most of them. But O'Leary... the undercover one... I've done everything I can, but I don't have enough blood to go around." Doc informed.
Murphy came up next to Finnegan "Shall... shall I go get Father Brown sir?" He asked rather timidly.
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Jun 9, 2016 6:27:43 GMT -5
Kenneth grabbed for the shovel, picked it up.... Suddenly, a shot rang out, and Kenneth fell, knocking Blade in the head with the shovel. "Ow, my leg!"
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