The boom of the explosives by the front desk is not as loud as it could be.
And most of the blast seems to be directed upward. Still, there's a hell of a lot of smoke, even with the sprinklers.
X, meanwhile, bursts past the break room and the wreckage there, dropping low to take out the legs of the security guard that's giving a sitrep while the other two investigate the blast.
He knocks his head on the way down, eyes fluttering shut.
She doesn't stop to check his pulse. His breathing is still audible.
Of the other two guards, one is slow looking up from where he is investigating the cause of the explosion.
The second gets his weapon up, but a flashbang goes off practically in his face before he can get a shot off.
This is followed by an explosion by the side door that X came in by.
When security gets there, they'll find two very bewildered people -- one a college student and the other a local businessman out for a walk on his late lunch break -- half-blinded by smoke, and insisting they'd been pushed inside by a --
Well. Reports vary as to whether it was a boy or a girl that had yelled something about people inside needing help, someone had already called 911.
The college student was also upset about the loss of the sweater she'd had tied around her waist.
* * *
But while all that is happening, X -- clad in a periwinkle blue sweater just a size too big -- makes her way toward her extraction point. She's got one hand in her pocket, and the other is reaching up to twist her hair into a high ponytail.
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Date: 2011-02-07 05:54 am (UTC)And most of the blast seems to be directed upward. Still, there's a hell of a lot of smoke, even with the sprinklers.
X, meanwhile, bursts past the break room and the wreckage there, dropping low to take out the legs of the security guard that's giving a sitrep while the other two investigate the blast.
He knocks his head on the way down, eyes fluttering shut.
She doesn't stop to check his pulse. His breathing is still audible.
Of the other two guards, one is slow looking up from where he is investigating the cause of the explosion.
The second gets his weapon up, but a flashbang goes off practically in his face before he can get a shot off.
This is followed by an explosion by the side door that X came in by.
When security gets there, they'll find two very bewildered people -- one a college student and the other a local businessman out for a walk on his late lunch break -- half-blinded by smoke, and insisting they'd been pushed inside by a --
Well. Reports vary as to whether it was a boy or a girl that had yelled something about people inside needing help, someone had already called 911.
The college student was also upset about the loss of the sweater she'd had tied around her waist.
* * *
But while all that is happening, X -- clad in a periwinkle blue sweater just a size too big -- makes her way toward her extraction point. She's got one hand in her pocket, and the other is reaching up to twist her hair into a high ponytail.
"Clear."