Monster attack

[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

Shots can still be heard down in the town. The troopers seem to be all tied up down there. Which is why it might be disconcerting to anyone watching out the windows to see figures begin rising out of the snow on the lawn of the school. More are moving out of the trees also.

They begin making their way toward the buildings.

[[OOC: If people choose to leave the building to fight, please organize yourselves into groups (preferably in the gym thread) and post your location in the subject line. This will make it a lot easier for me to keep track of everything.]]

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Re: Outside the dorms

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Shep watched as a couple of the sharks circled the foxhole. He wasn't sure a zat would penetrate the snow they were under, and he didn't think zatting the fin would be as effective.

He looked over at Carter. "I'm going to draw the shark to the surface. When you see it, zat it. But you know... holler, so I can try and get out of the way."

Re: Outside the dorms

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Sure, I blow you up one time..." Sam nodded and winced. Stupid coffee cup. "Go." She took aim and prepared to fire.

Re: Outside the dorms

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Like a raving lunatic, Shep scrambles across the snow and latches onto the nearest fin, hanging on as the shark surfaces and tries to throw him. It was like when he'd gone swimming with the dolphins once in Florida. Only a lot more deadly. "Carter?"

Re: Outside the dorms

[fh_extras]

The snow shark was not appreciating being ridden like a dolphin.

It expressed its displeasure by trying to eat Shep.

As snow sharks do.

Re: Outside the dorms

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Shep held on. The good thing about snow sharks, is that like regular sharks, they have no neck and therefor can't reach around and get anything on their backs. Though someone could toss a bucket of hot water or something on it any time now.

He was also really starting to wish he had a pair of gloves. There was a notch the width of his hand melting into the front of the snow shark's dorsal fin. When that broke off, he was going to be screwed.

Re: Outside the dorms

[sharon-valerii.livejournal.com]

Someone did, though out of sequence. oops. (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhigh/572795.html?thread=27389563#t27389563)

Re: Outside the dorms

[sharon-valerii.livejournal.com]

Noting the almost-cowboy, and his ride, Sharon ran towards them, keeping her balance long enough to open the thermos and splash hot cocoa on the head of the shark. Then she tumbled and went down. "Oof."

Re: Outside the dorms

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Shep rolled away as the hot cocoa burned it's way through where he suspected the snow shark's brain would be.

"Nice job!" He jumps up and wipes his hands on his pants. They're starting to look a little white. "Man if this is frostbite... if I have to go see Doc Wilson again, he's gonna name a ward after me."

Re: Outside the dorms

[sharon-valerii.livejournal.com]

"Yeah." Sharon pushed herself to her feet and dusted herself off, watching the ground. "But I'm out of cocoa."

She glanced at Sheppard. "Does hitting them work?"

Re: Outside the dorms

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

"What like in those news bits on surfers? Punch them in the nose?"

He notices the four advancing on them... "I think we're about to find out (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhigh/572795.html?thread=27400571#t27400571)!"

Re: Outside the dorms

[fh_extras]

The sharks were not pleased to have lost one of their brethren.

Four of the fins advanced on Shep.

And anyone else nearby.

Re: Outside the dorms

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

"Aw crap!" He pulls his zat out and begins firing, little sizzles of steam coming up where he hits the non-mobile snow. And the fins are still advancing.

"Crap, crap, crap..." he heads back for the foxhole, jumping in head first. But he's just a tad too late and a set of icicle teeth clamp onto his ankle. So now he's trying to use his hands to pull himself into the hole as the shark tries to pull him backwards. In a moment of hysteria he was reminded of that old sci-fi movie and the sarlac pit.

"Someone help!"

Re: Outside the dorms

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam shot repeatedly at the shark, then reached down and tried to pry Shep's foot loose from the shark's mouth. When that didn't work, she braced her feet against the snowbank and offered her hands. "Grab hold, Sheppard!"

Re: Outside the dorms

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Shep grabbed her hands, though his hands were starting to hurt like hell. He could feel the blood seep through his jeans, briefly warming his ankle. Finally starting to get completely pissed, he told Carter to pull hard as he braced himself and kicked back at the shark's nose as hard as he could with his other foot.

The shark let go...

... which of course left Shep and Carter in a tangle in the crater when the counter-force was released. Shep looked down at her. "Um... oops."

Re: Outside the dorms

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Hey." Sam said, calmly rolling to her side and getting up on her knees, stopping again for a second as her vision blurred. "You okay?"

She pulled a zat and fired it at another advancing shark. Nothing happened. "Okay, so next idea?"

Re: Outside the dorms

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Shep sat up, poking at his wounds. That gave him an idea.

"Grossly enough, yes. You got that coffee cup you got hit with?"

Re: Outside the dorms

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam looked at Shep like he was out of his mind. "I left it over by the side of the building. Why?"

Re: Outside the dorms

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"Sam!" Daniel shouted, again spotting her in the crowd. He ran (well, as best as he could) towards her, firing his zat at what looked like any snow that moved.

Re: Outside the dorms

[sharon-valerii.livejournal.com]

Sharon dodged away from the fins, getting better at running in the snow. She veered away from the foxhole, figuring splitting them up would at least give her a fighting chance. "This was stupid, this was stupid, this was so frakking stupid," she repeatwed under her breath. Oddly, she didn't seem to be losing her breath, but she figured she just hadn't gotten tired enough.

Glancing over her shoulder, she noticed at least one of the fins close behind and figured there wasn't anything else to do but turn and wait.

Re: Outside the dorms

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam noticed the fin chasing after Sharon, and fired at it.

Re: Outside the dorms

[sharon-valerii.livejournal.com]

The gunfire causes the shark to pause long enough for Sharon to whip the thermos out and down, breaking through the snow and smashing through the head, making it fall into a pile of nothing but snow.

Not waiting to see if it stays 'dead', Sharon gave up her divide and conquer plan and ran back towards the foxhole, dropping into it a few moments later with a semi-breathless, "Thanks!"

Re: Outside the dorms

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Shep sees Sharon bound into their foxhole just as he finishes zipping up.

"Oh hey, fancy seeing you again."

Re: Outside the dorms

[sharon-valerii.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. The whole divide and conquer thing?" Sharon waves a hand, completely oblivious to the zipping thing. "Not so good when you're weaponless."

She glances at Sam and frowns at the blood on her, "She doesn't look so good."

Re: Outside the dorms

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Shep glances over at Sam. "Friendly fire," he explains. "Poorly aimed coffee mug."

He debates explaining that while it might be a little harder for the ladies... Sharon wasn't necessarily weaponless.

Re: Outside the dorms

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Yeah?" Blinking to clear her vision, Sam fired repeatedly at the ground under the fin, trying not to hit Shep.