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[because Dero can't survive with the Brig being dead any longer, he's alive and on the Plane. he's inwardly quite disturbed, you know, by the fact he was killed and now is alive - and it shows on his face via... him just looking thoughtful, really.

the Brig takes just a moment or so before seeming to 'snap' out of it, and then he assumes his general neutral expression]

Well. Seems I'm in need of a new gun.

[which is correct, as the gun normally in his holster is gone completely]

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Up here.

Who would do that to your gun?

The person I was fighting, Harkness.

[Really hates roundabout answers, though it doesn't show on his face] And who were you fighting, then?

Didn't catch a name.

...[Ok, starting to look the slightest bit annoyed now, though it's not necessarily directed at the Brigadier] What did they look like, then?

[he remains as neutral as ever] Female, small stature, blue eyes, dark hair. Devastatingly strong.

[And just like that, Jack's annoyance disappears, replaced by a sinking feeling] Let me guess; she had a knife?

I take it she got to you as well, Captain?

Twice, actually. That's the downside to immortality; you're never dead for long.

My condolences. [he then puts his hands on his hips] She gave me a bit of a hard time. Haven't had that kind of fight for a good while.

I wasn't putting up too much of a fight to be honest.

Seems like it, your gun having been destroyed...and..all [Because yes, the obvious has only just now occurred to Jack] How are you uninjured then? [He doesn't add the 'or even alive' part purely out of denial]

[a brief pause]

I've always been a particularly lucky man, Harkness. I could survive a helicopter crash without a scratch.

A helicopter crash doesn't follow you with the intent to rip out your throat.

But it's just as deadly.

Everybody else died; pure luck doesn't save you from such a thing in a place like the Astral Plane.

Tell me what happened.

[he shoots Jack a bit of an annoyed look] Harkness, I am perfectly fine. I'm no fool. I didn't just stand around on the plane when being attacked - I dropped back to my reality to avoid being hit.

Edited 2008-05-21 00:25 (UTC)

And leave innocent civilians with a vampire that had gone berserk? Doesn't sound like you, Brigadier.

[he doesn't like this at all]

I only dropped to avoid damage. I returned a bit later to fire shots, then I'd drop again. Simple tactics.

[Jack looks far from happy now] Except you wouldn't know where she would be every time you would appear again, because she was a constantly moving target. You couldn't give her too much space either; get too far, and she'd go after someone nearer.

Besides, if you had managed to keep your distance, your gun would be in one piece and in your holster.

She was only close the one time, Captain. Grabbed my gun and my face - I gave her a firm blow to the knee and she went down. Couldn't get the Webley out of her hand before she crushed it.

I had those same fingers wrapped around my heart Brigadier; why would she grab only your face, despite having a knife in her other hand, and not even leave bruises?

I'm lucky. I went through three guns in that fight, actually. She got the Webley, I dropped from the level to get a second one, she reduced that to scrap, and had to work with a third one.

Luck has nothing to do with.

You will tell me what the hell happened to you, damnit! Otherwise I'll just have to ask Diva myself.

...You aren't going to let this go, are you, Harkness?