The Darkest Timeline Meme

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The Darkest Timeline. 

Pick a point in your character's timeline.  What choice did they make? What choice did others make that would have changed their world?  Decide that choice, change it and go from there.  Tag others to join in on the fun.  The darker the new timeline, the better!

 

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[formersurgeon]

[Sherlock gives him a list of twenty, all sorts of places, one of which is an abandoned warehouse down by the river.]

[denokandafaran]

[That's the second place he goes, in all honesty. It's close by, and it's well. A warehouse. It's very cliche, and yet there's a reason for that. So he goes there second, parks where he can't be seen and carefully navigates around the warehouse.]

[formersurgeon]

[There's also the suspicious fact that it's being guarded. The man standing outside the main entrance might be trying to look nonchalant, smoking casually, but of course there's no reason for him to be there in the first place.]

[denokandafaran]

[Abandoned warehouses don't generally need to be guarded, do they? Not in Kit's opinion or experience. So. Getting the guard away from the door. He could shoot the guy, but he's pretty sure he'd get shot back in the process.

So he tries for a distraction. Aiming his shotgun at what he assumes is the other man's vehicle, and shooting it. Seeing if the alarm goes off.

It does.]

[formersurgeon]

[The man jerks at the gunshot, pulls his own gun and heads toward his car, scanning the area for where that shot came from. He has to stop the alarm, though, because it will draw attention to their location, so he soon turns his attention fully to that.

Inside the warehouse, the sound of the car alarm teases into Joan's consciousness, and the cogs of her weary and bruised brain start to turn sluggishly. Something's going on.]

[denokandafaran]

[Once the other man is at the car and distracted, Kit aims again. For the man's leg, and he fires.]

[formersurgeon]

[The man goes down with a yell, dropping his gun as he grabs at his leg.

Joan hears the gunshot, and lifts her head. Is it the police? Have the men turned on each other? Dare she hope?]

[denokandafaran]

[Kit can't imagine there aren't others in the building, but they've probably been alerted by the gunshots. He makes his way, quickly, towards the building.]

[formersurgeon]

[Joan doubts it too, and listens carefully, hearing people running, hissing orders to each other, reporting what's going on, probably on a cell phone, probably to Moriarty herself. Not internal strife, then. She also doesn't hear anyone shouting "POLICE!" so it can't be SWAT. What the hell is going on?]

[denokandafaran]

[Kit also kind of doubts that 'his' aliens would let him get killed here, so he's not too worried about that. Well. Much. But he is worried about getting to Joan. More shooting at people than he'd care for. He aims for limbs instead of killshots.

Like he's said a lot. He's not a killer.]

[formersurgeon]

[It's his lack of self-preservation and their surprise that lets him get through the four men he encounters immediately inside the building. They're clearly trying to keep him from one particular door, the one that leads to the main room of the warehouse.]

[denokandafaran]

[Which is, of course, exactly where he wants to go now. How long does it take to get past them, either by wounding them or otherwise distracting them? Too long, for his taste.]

[formersurgeon]

[It seems like forever to Joan, too. She doesn't know what's happening, doesn't know if whoever this is is trying to rescue her or is just taking down Moriarty's people.]

[denokandafaran]

[Hopefully the door finally opening will help with that. Seeing her is both a relief and a horror. At what's happened to her, at her state. He makes his way over to her, carefully. Keeping an eye out for more guards.]

[formersurgeon]

[The light from the hallway floods into the dark room, and Joan lifts her head. Her eyes widen when she recognizes Kit, her mind flooding with relief and fear for his safety.

He's only able to get a couple steps closer before a man steps from the shadows behind Joan and presses a gun to the side of her head.]

[denokandafaran]

[Kit doesn't exactly drop his rifle. But he stops where he is, he doesn't want to get her killed, after all.]

[formersurgeon]

[Joan closes her eyes, sucks in a breath.

"That's close enough," the man snarls. "Who the hell are you?"]

[denokandafaran]

Kit Walker. Who the hell are you?

[Honestly, he's kind of hoping that the fact he was cleared of the Bloody Face killings isn't that wide-spread just yet. Which has to be a first.]

[formersurgeon]

["I'm asking the questions here. Who sent you?"]

[denokandafaran]

"The Zeta Reticulans, who sent you?" [So clearly he's plan is to make the other guy think he's crazy.]

[formersurgeon]

[Joan opens her eyes, looking at Kit with a mix of gratitude, admiration and fear.

"Whatever the hell you're doing here, you know you're not leaving alive, don't you?"]

[denokandafaran]

[He offers a brief smile, for the most part directed at her.]

So shoot me. I'm not leaving here without her, and I'm really kind of curious to see what happens if you shoot me.

[Well. Not really. But he might as well try to own the pretend-crazy. Right?]

[formersurgeon]

[He smiles unpleasantly, presses the gun harder against Joan's head.

"All I have to do is wait for backup. Then the boss will have two people to torture. "]

[denokandafaran]

[Kit narrows his eyes at the gun.]

You think that's what will happen? You sure?

[formersurgeon]

["You won't leave without her, and you won't shoot me because you might hit her. So yeah. That's what's gonna happen."

Why is it that everyone underestimates Joan?

She snaps her head back, hard into his solar plexus, and he grunts in pain and surprise, stumbling back.]