Post Tenebras Veritas (Planes/Cars RP)

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Tag: Spray, Shadow, Dusty

Doc looked around, taking in the factory as he came to a stop next to Finn. It seemed impressive enough, but prior experience as a racer, and his FBI training, told him nothing could be as it seemed. "Just one. Should I be in my disguise for this?" Doc asked, wanting to know if he should use his projector to hide himself since he was technically supposed to be dead.

While he waited for an answer, Doc checked over his weapons. His machine gun was armed and loaded, as was his pistol, his Taser was primed, and he had both his knives. The camera worked as well, as did his black-box tracker.

Shinn - Tag: Miles, Calypso

"Miles was actually the target of an attack as we came here. I'm staying here to make sure he doesn't get attacked again." Shinn said as he looked back at the female car. "I would go with the others, but they should be fine regardless." Shinn added, addressing Miles here. "Hope you don't mind." He adde with a nervous laugh.

[ShadowWolfCelica]

Shadow: Dusty, Doc, Finn

The Celica made way for Dusty so he could take off, looking to Doc and beckoning him to come along with her, filtering more quickly into the roads. She kept the plane within her sights, following him to the address where Carew lived. She pulled up near Finn, looking round to their group, keeping silent for the moment. She glanced to Dusty, looking away again quickly as she thought of something to say. "I think maybe I should... bring up the rear? I'll be one of the more experienced of us going so... make sure that no one comes after us?" She questioned here, looking straight to Finn for his opinion.

Calypso: Miles, Shinn

Calypso thought for a moment, contemplating the idea of no one else around.... at least she wouldn't have to deal with newcomers.... she could deal with it calmly if it where just her and Miles. She pursed her lips a little, her gaze still resting on the plane. "Well.... I dont think I could hardly say no to that...." She spoke in turn here, noting the way he said date.... But didn't think too much of it. She didn't think he meant an actual 'date' date, so dismissed it a little. "So where abouts will you be going? Is it far?" She inquired, looking around some more. The Mclarens gaze fell back upon the plane. "So uh... HOW long until we're.... not accompanied?"

[Dusty Crophopper]

Finn looked over at Doc here and shook his front. "Not really sure we need to be in disguise since we're infiltrating. We're not supposed to be seen." he outlined to the Hudson. "So no I don't think it's necessary." He shifted his gaze to Shadow, but let Dusty make the call on that one.

"Yeah... that's fine." Dusty nodded at Shadow. "You can bring up the rear. OK who else is coming with me?" he asked, looking around him. "I think Spray was too... but who else? Anyone else?" he asked.

Blade shook his front. "Not this time, champ. I'll fly aerial reconnaissance and keep a lookout for anything suspicious." the helicopter offered.

"Doc you're with me. We'll have others fly air cover for us like that Komet." Finn stated. "Axlerod is going to man our mobile post back in the city under Shinn's protection... and... I think that covers most everyone." he stated, nodding.

Finn motioned for Doc to follow him here. "You've never done one of these before, eh?" he asked. "You need to ensure you have my back... I know I'll have yours. You must not be seen... how stealthy can you be?" he inquired as they started heading around the side of the building, but well away from its facade to stay out of camera range. "There's a spot on this building we can proceed into that isn't monitored... that's our best bet!" he informed the Hudson.

Miles - Tags: Calypso, Shinn

"Great! Miles smiled widely as she said she couldn't say no to that. "Let's do it!" he exclaimed. "Oh it's not far! Just around the corner in fact!" he told her. "And uh... well..." He slowed as Shinn said he'd be going with them to protect him... well... he probably DID need protection... and unfortunately he couldn't be away from his minders for too long. Sighing, he looked over at her here. "Uh... well... not... TOO much longer..." he insisted, giving her an apologetic smile which was kind of goofy in a way.

He rounded the corner and entered a building that Finn had set aside as the mobile backup office during this infiltration. It was smaller... abuzz with monitors and feeds relaying all the cameras the agents had on them. "So here it is you see!" Miles said, smiling here. "I just watch these monitors and make sure nothing's amiss, and you have me all the while!" he assured Calypso. "I am looking forward to catching up! So you must tell me! What HAVE you been up to these past several years?" the Branford asked, grinning and giving her an eager look.

[Titanic X 21]

Spray -Doc, Shadow, Finn, Dusty

Spray nodded. "I am."

He turned back to the others. "I just hope this is anything but a trap..."

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Tag: Finn

"Don't worry. I can do that. As for being stealthy, I'm practically dark enough to blend in with the shadows. I'm not exactly the quietest, but I can be pretty d*** silent if I need to be. I scared Mater, Sheriff, and Sarge more than once back home during a pranking spree a few times, and Sarge is a military veteran who served in World War II! Not many can scare him without getting seen or heard first." Doc replied as he followed Finn.

He then nodded at Finn's location idea. "Good. I was wondering how we were going to get in. So, where do we proceed to?"

Doc looked back at the building and tried to spot where they could sneak in. It didn't seem like there was anything he could see, but the Hudson Hornet knew Finn must have a plan of the place somewhere.

Shinn - Tag: Miles, Calypso

Shinn decided to sit outside the main building as a guard. "I'll be outside if you need me." He said. "I don't want to intrude on your time with an old friend." With that, Shinn went outside to wait for anything out of the ordinary. He yawned to himself. Something told him this would be quite the wait. 'Maybe a small nap...ZZZZZZZZ'

[Dusty Crophopper]

Dusty - Tags: Spray, Shadow

Dusty nodded at the group. "Yeah... hope you're right on that." he said softly to the FBI plane before he gulped and began to head inside now. The front doors were sliding glass and moved aside to allow them access. As they did so, a smiling secretary behind a desk greeted them. "Welcome!" she grinned. "How many I serve you?"

"Uh... I'm Dusty Crophopper." the plane said. "I'm here to see... Hiram Carew." he stated.

"Ah yes, Mr. Crophopper! We've been expecting you!" she smiled widely, and motioned with a tire to an elevator across the lobby. "Just press P for penthouse. It'll take you right up."

"Um.... thanks?" Dusty said, looking around at the trees and waterfalls in the big, cavernous lobby. He couldn't be certain but... he felt like there were high-tech security systems in here... watching his every move.

As he led the group forward, he hit a button on the elevator with his wing tip, and watched as the shiny metallic silver doors opened with a ding. "Wow... here... here we go..." he said, hoping Shadow was at the ready for this. As they went inside, Dusty hit P for penthouse, and the elevator began to rise up. It was almost like a Mayan pyramid, this building, except it was all white and gold on the outside, and was bearing a resemblance to a skyward sword, which might be where the logo came from... or perhaps the building was just modeled on it.

As the elevator slowed and then halted, the doors whizzed open with another ding, and there he was... Hiram Carew. He was standing in an airy, glassy office: glass walls everyone, with windows looking out to the jungle beyond. Twin "rivers" ran along the length of the room on either side, and the old, vintage looking Peerless was completely without a doubt the car Dusty had seen in his vision. "Dusty!" Carew exclaimed in a friendly, welcoming tone. "How nice to see you again!" Again... Dusty paused here. Again?

"Uh... we've never met... Mr. Carew." Dusty pointed out.

"Haven't we?" Carew asked him with a knowing smile, his eyes gleaming at this.

"Right... well... uh... look." Dusty's face hardened here. "I don't know who you are... or why you attacked my town... but I want answers!" he said firmly, spreading his body out so his wings looked menacing. "I really... truly want answers! You need to make those known to me! Who are you and what do you want?"

The smile never left Carew's face... it never wavered... and his gaze remained directly on the firefighter. "If you want answers... you're going to have to do me a teeny tiny favor..." was the car's response. "Just a small little task that I myself cannot carry out... due to the location being somewhat of a... bother to me." Carew said, as if bored. Dusty looked nervously from Spray to Shadow, wondering what he should say.

Finn - Tags: Doc

Finn nodded at a vent on the side of the building. "Right there... let's go!" Finn shot a narrow laser beam out that sliced around the vent's perimeter, knocking it off and to the ground effortlessly. "Move!" Finn shot a grappling hook out and pulled himself smoothly into the vent. "We need to access the mainframe... it's in the center of the building." he said, beginning to drive through the vents as silently as he could. "I've got magnets on my tires so I can head up... how about you?" Finn inquired, already reaching a vertical shaft. As if on cue, his magnets appeared on his tires, and he began to drive up the wall now, his engine purring in its customary fashion, but he paused as he overhead the conversation between Carew and Dusty.

"Hold it... I'm getting something? What the h***?" he whispered. "Carew... is asking Dusty... for a favor!" he exclaimed, whispering back down the shaft. "This... wasn't expected!"

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Tag: Finn

Doc frowned before he focused and deployed his own grapplers. They were hidden in the Hornet symbol on his sides, and they deployed, allowing him to follow Finn into the shaft. Then he saw Finn climbing the vent wall and deployed the magnetic coverings he had been given by the weapon developer at FBI HQ. While they were not like CHROME's coverings, they did cover his tires as well. Doc felt them slide into place and drove up after Finn, his engine giving out its usual soft growl. "Does this answer your question?" Doc asked with a bit of a laugh as he made his way up beside Finn, retracting his grappler as well. "The FBI had prototype magnetic covers that agents could use, and I happened to be the test subject. The same goes for my grappler lines. The FBI agent I answer to insisted on these two assets normally used by CHROME and the CIA. Said it would help agents when in the field."

Doc then paused before he heard Finn stop and head back down as well. He followed suit, also hearing what Finn was mentioning. "Why would he ask Dusty a favor?" Doc muttered in a low tone. He listened in again, only for a slight gasp to escape him. "His voice...it's similar to that of the car behind the conference attack!" He exclaimed softly.

[Titanic X 21]

Spray - Dusty, Shadow

Spray felt his ailerons twitch ever so slightly and his eyes narrowed a bit. He had no idea if this car was up to no good, but he usually trusted his instincts above all else when in situations like this, and right now they were screaming at him that this was not right. For one thing, why had he said that it was nice to see Dusty...again? And what was his favor he wanted completed?

"Look. We're just..." Spray's voice trailed off. He had no idea what to say to be honest. His instincts were telling him to be quiet, and he felt something else was off. So as a precaution he steeled himself for anything out of the ordinary. Still he felt it a bit justified...even if his teammates sometimes joked he was a bit paranoid about his past.

Finally he took in a breath and let it out.

"All right. Sorry. But... Yeah. We want answers," Spray said. "And what exactly is this favor you want done?" His own body was tense and it helped a bit that he was slightly larger than Dusty in size. No one really wanted to tangle with him when he got p***** off, especially since he had SkySlycers. He positioned his body so his wings were fully splayed, revealing his own imposing wingspan and stature. It also helped his ailerons and flaps were bristled a bit, further enhancing his intimidating posture.

[ShadowWolfCelica]

Shadow: Dusty, Spray.

Shadow followed behind Dusty and Spray, carefully monitoring around her, paying notice to details she hoped would come in handy perhaps, though dismissed them soon after. She was perhaps being over critical. The decor was not as she had expected... and she had expected heavy security... so this threw her majorly. She noticed she had slowed down as the other two got to the elevator, so sped up to join them, keeping her wits about her. She remained silent until the reached the penthouse, and seeing the Peerless before them, her engine let out a small growl of displeasure, glancing to Dusty. She stayed more by his side as Dusty demanded answers, keeping silent, noting all that was around her. A possible escape route should they need one. A favour? Her metal bristled at the thought, giving Carew a hard stare. She kept to Dusty's side, looking to him again. "I highly do not recommend you accept him on this...." Shadow whispered to him, her eyes trained on the car in front. "He could have you do anything... Don't do it" She added, making sure to keep quiet. She didn't say anything to Carew to start with, only watched and waited for him to make a move, her background experience now coming into play. She was perhaps a bit more of an asset here. She may not have been as big or as menacing as Spray or Dusty, but she was going to be more agile, possibly faster, and her training allowing her to get herself out of tight spots.... something that perhaps she could use should she need to defend them quickly so they can either prepare an attack or run.

Calypso: Shinn, Miles

Calypso followed her old friend, her eyes still falling upon the plane, until Miles led her to his 'office'. It was small, yes, but it would do. She drove in, looking up to the camera feed, seeing a series of different images, all seemingly attached to vehicles of some kind. "So these are your.... friends?" SHe asked here, looking to the screens with some interest, though turned away before long. His question made her just a little nervous, but she had anticipated it, so really, she didn't know why. "Well you see darling, I decided our old life was really... something i wanted to change. I felt bored... the same routines everyday, and the same butlers, the same maids.... Ugh it was all so tedious and boring. I wanted more. I wanted holidays, adventures, a flashy life... I wanted to leave. So.... I did. I've traveled all around the world and I've never looked back!" She started, looking away happily, a smile on her face now. "I figured I didn't need anybody... And I was right."

[Dusty Crophopper]

Dusty - Tags: Shadow, Spray

Carew looked from one to the other, noticing they were trying to appear threatening, though he didn't feel very threatened. "The favor is simple. You go to a place that doesn't exactly... agree with me, retrieve something called the Galac Stone, bring it to me, and I shall give you whatever answers you desire." He smiled, but it was somewhat condescending, and it sent chills down Dusty's spine.

"Uh... Galac Stone?" Dusty asked, never having heard of that before. "Where... are we going exactly?"

"A place called the Green Eye... I'll send you its coordinates if you agree." Carew responded, still smiling.

"What is the... Galac Stone?"

"A mere trinket I can assure you... has no value to any of you. It's... a key of sorts, let's just say." Carew answered, smile still there.

"Uh... OK..." Dusty said, unsure about this and what it meant.

"There's a good plane. I'd rather not coerce you after all." That eerily friendly smile was still there, but this time there was... an edge to the voice as well.

Dusty looked to the others now, needing their input and what they thought about this.

Finn - Tags: Doc

"Galac Stone...? What is that?" Finn murmured, pulling it up in his files but finding nothing immediate. "Hm... I'll run it by headquarters... the Green Eye... wonder what that is..." He'd never heard of such a place before, but he also knew there were regions of this world he hadn't yet been to. "Let's continue onto the mainframe." Finn said, continuing to drive up the shaft now. "There has to be... something that indicates what he's talking about! I mean it can't just be nothing after all!" he pointed out to the Hornet.

"Don't suppose it means anything to you, eh?" Finn asked, looking in his wing mirror to Doc now.

Miles - Tags: Calypso

Miles listened to her story with rapt attention, nodding here and there but was a bit surprised she'd just decided to call it quits on her old life and go... looking for other things. Why? What was the difference? Boring? Same old routine? But that... their routine was what made their lives interesting he felt! Plus he traveled plenty as a young and upcoming oil baron... still... maybe she didn't... she stayed at home surrounded by her servants and this... wasn't what she wanted in life. "Huh... so you were tired of it all.. and you've traveled all around, eh? But don't you ever miss your home?" he asked. "I mean... I sure do!" he chuckled here. "Well... the many homes I had!" he pointed out. "I had homes in many cities globally, but there were few that I don't miss ever since... well you know... losing it all... at least... most of it." he winked at her here, alluding to his hidden account he still had that contained a few billion dollars leftover in it. It had been very smart to create said account, as the government hadn't been able to touch it after he'd gone down.