Laserzone (transferred)

[Gambit]

Posted by Gambit on Apr 29, 2007, 22:28
(( Move from: Xavier's School For The Gifted :: Dormitories :: Shade's Dormitory ))

The bike brought them to a place in East Manhattan. Remy parked the bike, took of his helmet and turned to Shade.

"You're up for somethin' you've never done before?" he asked.
Posted by Shade on Apr 29, 2007, 22:30
She took off the helmet and looked around. The place was completely unfamilar. Looking over at Gambit she nodded, a curious glimmer in her eyes. "Sure." she said. "What is this place?"
Posted by Gambit on Apr 29, 2007, 22:34
"Let's go," Remy got off the bike and offered Shade his hand. "Dis gonna be fun. Consider it a Danger Room prototype."
Posted by Shade on Apr 29, 2007, 22:39
She took his hand and felt her typical curiosity nag her. "Sounds interesting" she said. "Never been to the danger room though so I´ll just take what this is like as a surprise."
Posted by Gambit on Apr 29, 2007, 22:45
Remy lead her inside. He stopped her in front of shelves with what looked like SWAT costumes, masks and boots. The shelves were marked with sizes.

"Choose your size, den I explain what dis all's about." With that, he proceeded to choosing his own costume.
Posted by Shade on Apr 29, 2007, 22:50
Shade followed his example and walked over to the shelves, picking up a costume and pair of boots her size. She wasn´t sure about the mask but picked one she thought would fit her.
"These should fit." she said looking over at Gambit.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 29, 2007, 22:56
"Awright," Remy said. "I'll be right back."
He went off to pay and get the guns, the swipe cards and locker keys, and handed one set to Shade when he returned.

"Dis is your laser gun," he said. "We're gonna put on dese costumes, go into one of de zones here an' shoot each other. Dat's it."
Posted by Shade on Apr 29, 2007, 23:01
She took the gun and the other things he handed to her and weighed the weapon in her hand. "Sounds like fun." she said with a grin. "I´ve never tried any of these before though."
Posted by Gambit on Apr 29, 2007, 23:06
"So I've guessed," Remy winked. "So, de swipe card is for doors, de key is for your locker, an' when you're ready, head for zone D. I'll meetcha dere an' explain how it goes."
Posted by Shade on Apr 29, 2007, 23:09
"Okay." she said and winked back, then walked off to change into the costume.
It was an unusual feeling and she moved her arms and legs a little to get accustomed to it. When she was ready she took the gun and went over to zone D finding Gambit already waiting for her.
"So how do I look" she asked, still feeling somewhat funny in the costume.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 29, 2007, 23:19
"A very sexy target," Remy grinned, jokingly pointing the gun at her.
Posted by Shade on Apr 29, 2007, 23:23
Shade chuckled. "If the ´sexy target´ knew how to work this thing" she said turning the gun over, trying to figure out how it worked "she might even kick your ass." She grinned.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 29, 2007, 23:33
"Seriously hope ya can kick it, chere," Remy nodded with a smiled. "So..." he turned the gun in Shade's hands a little, indicating with his hand. "You aim, press dat button, an' it shoots." He pointed at target marks all over his costume. "Dese targets will light up when we enter de zone. De zone is like a disco - mostly dark, but wit' black light, so all obstacles, walls, levels an' targets are all bright an' shiny. We get half an hour of shootin' each other. If ya hit de target, your points are marked on a scoreboard on a wall. When we finish, we see who won."
Posted by Shade on Apr 29, 2007, 23:37
She was pretty sure she didn´t really stand a chance against him, but neverthelesss thought it would be great fun to see how far she could get.
"All right." she said and nodded. "Think I got it."
Posted by Gambit on Apr 29, 2007, 23:45
"Bon," Remy nodded. He took his swipe card and opened the door in front of them, inviting Shade inside. The zone greeted them with darkness and glowing neon shapes.
Posted by Shade on Apr 29, 2007, 23:50
She walked past him to enter the room and had a first look around to get her eyes used to the darkness. The obstacles and walls were highlighted luckily, as he had said before as she noted with relief. She turned to face him. "So where do we start?" she asked beaming up at him. This was going to be fun
Posted by Gambit on Apr 29, 2007, 23:56
"Right here," Remy replied, waving his gun at her. "Good luck," and he ran off into the labyrinth of obstacles, quickly taking cover. It would be no point for them to start shooting each other right away, so he put some distance between them first.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 0:01
When he headed off, she stood for a short moment, wondering where to run, then simply ran into the opposite direction, looking around to try and get an idea about her surrounding. Then she turned right quickly to hide behind an obstacle keeping her gun raised .
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 0:06
When Remy looked out from behind a neon "rock" he was hiding at, Shade was already nowhere to be seen. Silently he complimented her on her good reaction and carefully skipped the space between his rock and the next one, trying to see where she was.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 0:11
Leaning her back against the wall she was hiding behind, Shade shifted to the side along the wall which ended about three metres further to the right. She carefully turned her head around it to look out, but couldn´t see Gambit anywhere. He was probably hiding somewhere and she had no idea where he could be. Scanning what she could see of the room she saw no trace of him and , standing at the edge of the wall, ready to run, decided to wait for a moment whether he´d give up cover.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 0:17
Remy noticed a speck of light on Shade's mask when she glanced from behind the wall. He decided to make a beeline for the next cover opposite of Shade's hiding place.

Running, he shot at her and ducked behind the other wall just as a sound signal notified him that his target was hit. He didn't stop and continued moving deeper inside the labyrinth, knowing that Shade would probably follow him.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 0:23
She swore under her breath and pulled back her head too late. So she had to be more careful about peeking around corners then. She extended her arm and aimed at him from where she was hiding while he ran but missed him. While Gambit was still running, she dashed for an obstacle that was closer to where he seemed to be heading but didn´t leave too much uncocered space. She waited a moment, then ran for another, smaller rock which was a bit closer to Gambit and ducked behind it.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 0:32
Remy hid behind an obstacle of very strange shape. Probably it represented a cubist tree in the land of Dali, but he couldn't care less. His only worry was how to adapt the position of his body so that he wouldn't stick any part of him from behind it.

He noticed one of Shade's targets showing behind the rock where she was hiding. Must be a leg, he thought.

"Gambit can see ya," he informed her loudly, aiming and shooting. Another hit.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 0:40
Again she instinctively pulled back too late. She tried to locate his voice. He couldn´t be too far away but now he knew where she was hiding. She had a look around and tried to find an obstacle she could switch to, discovering some sort of broad pillar not too far away, behind her and another one to her left just about three metres away. The latter would bring her closer she thought and maybe, reaching around it from the far end, she could aim at Gambit. She hopped to her feet and dashed out for the pillar, reaching it before he reacted, rounded it, got a glimpse of what she thought might be Gambit´s costume, aimed and shot.
When the signal notified she had hit him, she let out a triumphant laugh.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 0:55
Remy's eyes widened with surprise when he heard the signal. But he grinned when he quickly turned, hiding behind his cover from another side. The game had finally started.

He glanced out carefully, but didn't notice Shade. Backing up slowly for another object, he held his gun aiming at the spot where she was hiding.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 1:02
She thought. Most likely he now knew where she was hiding so he could either try to get to another hiding place to get behind her cover or just wait for her to run. Calculating how he might react she waited for a moment, then pretended to continue running into the direction she had been heading at when she had approached the obstacle, firing roughly into his direction in an attempt to distract him.
Then she bolted into the other direction, heading back to the hiding place she had hid earlier as fast as her feet carried her firing her weapon as she did so in the hope to catch him off guard.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 1:08
Remy first heard Shade running and then saw her. He shot at her, probably hitting her with laser anyway, but missing any of the targets, so the shot went blank.

He ducked behind the cover and followed Shade parallel to her movement, glancing up from above his cover every now and then to check.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 1:14
She had run as fast as she could but as soon as she had reached the wall she breaked abruptly and came to a halt, wondering if Gambit was maybe following her. He would for sure be able to foresee many of her movements and have a lot more training in things like these, it was a true challenge. She stayed near the edge of the wall and quickly whirled around, saw Gambit look over the brim of where he was hiding and shot, but didn´t hit a target.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 1:23
Remy quickly dove back under the rock. Now he knew where Shade was. He could hear that she wasn't moving, and he could also hear her breath fast after the sprint she'd just made.

Glancing out again, he couldn't see her, which meant she couldn't see him from that place at that second, either, so he decided to take a chance and catch her by surprise. Springing up from where he was sitting, he ran towards her hiding place and, halting there and aiming directly into the target on Shade's chest, shot three times before running away into the labyrinth.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 1:27
His attack startled her and she was too slow too react. The signal sounded three times, then he headed off. Reacting hastily, she aimed at his back and started running after him, hearing the signal go off once, before she quickle leaped to an obstacle on the left.

[Gambit]

Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 1:34
Remy heard the sound of her leaping to the side after she hit him with her shot. He decided to change the level. Tucking the gun into his holster, he grabbed the top of the nearest obstacle and pulled himself up in one jump, getting to a small terrace that was running along some of the walls in the zone. He grabbed his gun again and headed for the corner, not wishing to be an easy target.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 1:38
She heard him and was unable to locate him at first, then heard some scrambling at an obstacle close by and lifted her eyes. Damn, she thought noticing there was a higher level for parts of the room. If he had climbed up there, she would be an easy target from above.
She decided to approach the terrace where she thought he might hide from the side, backed away from where she was slowly and then walked towards him again in a wide corner, hiding whereever she could.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 1:44
Remy saw her move, but missed when he fired several times. He backed away around the corner and looked around the room. Probably there would be some more time to change the level again, but now he wanted to have fun being above the place.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 1:48
She had noticed him fire several times but still wasn´t too sure about where he was hiding. Crouching closer to the place where he could possibly hide, she didn´t fire to not give away where she was and waited behind a larger rock like obstacle taking care she couldn´t be seen.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 1:52
Remy cautiously and silently returned to the spot onto which he had climbed at first. Then he advanced a little and, peeking down from above, saw Shade's head where she was hiding behind a neon rock. He made a few more steps along the ledge until he saw the light of one of her targets, aimed and shot, hitting her.

Before she was able to react, he ducked and lay down on the platform.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 1:55
She spun round and could just see him cower to the ground, fired at him but missed him at large. He was lying on some obstacle and thus hard to be reached until she would climb something herself which would be problematic because if she tried he would see her. She backed away and did another wide round, attempting to go left first, but chose a path to her right then, approaching the obstacle she knew he was lying on from behind.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 2:01
Remy glanced out in the direction where he heard her careful steps. Their heads didn't have any target markings, so he could afford that. He saw Shade approaching and propped himself on his hands, casually aiming at her.

"Lookin' for somethin', cheri?" he asked in a deep and relaxed tone of voice.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 9:49
"Not fair." she said in a half amused, half reproachful tone, lifting her head to see where he was. She quickly ducked out of his reach and gave up on her cover and directly approached him, avoiding to be an easy target by running in an irregular zig zag. She moved closer and leaped towards the obstacle he was lying on, jumped up it as far as she could reach and listed her weapon over her head to shoot into the blue. Much to her surprise, the signal came and Shade ducked away again, heading to her right to get out of side in a zig zag again.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 9:56
Remy rolled off the ledge, jumped down and ran after her, shooting her without stopping. Every now and then he would get a hit, so he continued the chase. Finally something active, like he had promised her.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 9:59
She ran as fast as he could, continuing the zig zag although she knew that would´t help much. He was faster than her and he would eventually catch up. She turned over her shoulder aimed at him and hit him twice, then ran right behind a large rock like thing, but, which he couldn´t see, rounded it and caught him from behind, firing and hitting him once before he spun round and she headed for another obstacle.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 10:02
Remy turned around and ran after her again. Before her shiny targets disappeared behind yet another obstacle, he managed to hit her once and then hid himself, breathing quietly and listening for the sounds she was making.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 14:14
Shade waited a few moments to let her breathing calm down as no doubt he would try to listen and make out what she was doing. Being as quietly as she possibly could, she waited another few seconds, then made a sprint for a rock that was about chest height and ducked behind it careful not to let her targets show.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 16:00
"Shade!" Remy yelled, still hiding.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 16:04
She remained unmoving and smirked. She knew he might be counting on her falling for the trap and yell back, but she wouldn´t. The fact he was calling for her not only told her he wanted to provoke her into telling where she was but also that he might have no idea where she was hiding. She waited, cowering in a position that would make it easy to react.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 16:07
"Come on, I know where you are!" Remy shouted again. He glanced out from behind his cover. "Let's get dis over wit', our time's up."
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 16:10
She turned her head and looked out from the rock holding her gun at the ready. "Already?" she asked.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 16:12
"Yup," Remy replied. "Half an hour."
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 16:15
"Aww, pity." Shade said getting to her feet. She rounded the obstacle and walked towards him. She hadn´t even noticed how quickly time had passed. She noticed contently that she was not too out of breath.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 16:18
Remy walked towards her, taking his mask off. "Let's kiss an' get outta here," he said as he walked up to her.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 16:21
She chuckled and took of her mask as well, walked closer to him and kissed him getting on her toe tips slightly to do so.
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 16:24
Remy kissed her back, thinking how much he had missed it. He pulled Shade close, then broke the kiss and leaned to her ear, aiming his gun at one of her targets.

"Bang... bang... bang," he said with each shot as the signal informed them of hits. Then another, louder sound marked the end of the game period.
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 16:27
She nudged him against the shoulder. "Cheat" she said chuckling. "Those last three don´t count. As if you didn´t kick my ass enough as it is."
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 16:32
"'course dey do," Remy objected. "Consider it a real life simulation. Your enemy can use de dirtiest t'ings against ya, so when ya got a gun in your hands, don' trust anybody." He put his arm around her waist and lead her to the door. "I'd still say ya nearly kicked my ass. Dis bein' your first time here an' wit' gun an' all..."
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 16:34
She smiled. "Well, in a real life situation I´d probably not walk up to my enemy and snog him" she stated. "and I´d use my invisibility. But thanks."
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 16:36
"Yeah, I gotta t'ank ya for not usin' yer invisibility," Remy said, smiling. "Dat could be de end of Gambit here."
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 16:39
Shade grinned. "Was more fun that way." she said. "Otherwise it would´ve made things too easy."
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 16:44
"D'accord," Remy laughed. They stopped in the corridor before heading for different locker rooms, and he ran his finger's through Shade's hair, looking at her face. Then he leaned towards her and kissed her briefly on the lips. "Meetcha outside, chere."
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 16:50
She kissed him back and smiled. "All right." she said before turning to head at her locker room. She changed back into her pair of jeans and shirt and tied her jacket around her hips. She attempted to sort through her hair by forming it in a lose ponytail and releasing it again, then grabbed for the costume, mask, card and locker key and walked back outside. Gambit was already waiting and Shade placed the costume down on a counter. "You were right you know." she said. "I start to wonder why I never went out around the city more with all the fun places there are."
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 16:53
"Sometimes ya jus' need somebody t' nudge ya," Remy said, handing her the helmet. "Wanna eat somethin'?"
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 16:57
She took the helmet. "Good idea." she said. "I could need something to eat after all the running and shooting."
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 17:00
Remy turned the ignition on. "We go somewhere, or we take somethin' an' go to Gambit's place?"
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 17:09
She thought about that. Both ideas sounded good. "Take something" she then said. "you can choose where to get it this time as long as it´s a place that sells something with meat."
Posted by Gambit on Apr 30, 2007, 17:13
Remy laughed. "Gambit don' go to ayurveda hangouts. Chinese?"

(( Move to: New York City :: Gambit's apartment ))
Posted by Shade on Apr 30, 2007, 17:17
She grinned. "Good" she said. "And Chinese sounds great."