The Lash Switches Hands

[toivo]

"Hey, yeah I'm here. My friend and I were gonna go out and see the town. If you think it would help, you can tag along with us, lulu." I reply in a friendly tone of voice.

[lulu]

LuLu whispered. "Ok...Where are you going?" LuLu finished wiping away tears when she saw her mother's train was in Moscow. She gasped. "Can we go to Moscow? My mother is there." She sounded desperate for help.

[Ian "Mad" Sweeney]

((We're the non-Marxist IRA, by the way.))
Outside, there are at least a hundred reporters. There don't appear to be any soldiers or police. That means they are probably in Moscow in force, which might be tricky.

Mad Sweeney doesn't flich at the hundreds of flashbulbs.

"Attention world, this is the voice of the IRA speaking. We are tired of feckin' oppression by the English, and we want back what's ours. We want our freedom and our right to choose back. In the train, we have several people hostage, including that English oil man, Alexander Larson. Our demands are the withdrawal of of all of the British troops from Northern Ireland, and the return of Northern Ireland to her rightful place," Sweeney says in a clear, rough voice.

"As a show of good faith, we will let the remaining hostages go when we get to Moscow. We will hold onto Larson as long as it takes for our demands to be met. No one has been killed. We will now allow the majority of passengers off."

Sweeney leads Sakari back into the train.

"Brilliant job. You even had me fooled," Sweeney says as he releases Sakari, upon reentering the train.

Sweeney removes his bandanas and hat.

Sweeney opens the door, and the entire first class, and some of the economy class clear out.

[Valodya Bassarov]

Bassarov waits in his seat wondering what will happen next. He looks out the window and notices some Russian soldiers. He worries about the IRA members.

[toivo]

"Moscow is ah, a little out of the way for us lulu. We were just thinking of hitting some clubs and coffee shops. But hey, if you need to sort out your family stuff, we can get back to you later!" I reply, not wanting to intrude on her personal life.

[Ian "Mad" Sweeney]

"Alright everyone, I suggest we all move to first class. The windows in first class are bullet proof, but the ones in the back aren't," Sweeney announces.

[Sakari Lehtinen]

Sakari lets out a deep breath.

"No sweat, eh?" I say, smiling. The corner of my mouth twitches when I smile.

Sakari runs his hand through his hair, and notices that he's sweating. "Sorry if I got your 'kercheif a little sweaty."

I get up, and follow the others into first class, trying not to imagine getting shot at.

[Valodya Bassarov]

Bassarov heads to the first class section of the train with Sakari and Ian. All of this is strange yet exciting.

[Ian "Mad" Sweeney]

"No problem," Sweeney says, grinning.

[johntarnage]

~*~Cabinet Office~*~
All of the cabinent members were called to the Cabinent room in the White House. They all sat at a round table. All of the Cabinent Members were waiting for the President to come through the door.

"Hello Everyone." The president called as he came in.

"In light of recent events. I have called this meeting."

"Mr. President." John said as he came to his feet.

"We must raise the alert to code orange sir." John said.

The president glared at him. "I feel that is a smart decision as well."

"What do you think General?" The president asked the Air Force Commander.

tag

John Tarnage
Head of Homeland Security
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[Peter G. Nielsen]

Looks like things are more complex than we thought. Peter takes a deep breath. His hands are getting tired. When the train pulled in the station he'd had to stay out of sight so he'd crawled down off the roof and under the connecting platform between two of the cars. He was cramped and rather annoyed right now but he'd managed to hear a good deal of the talk above. Enough to know that the remaining "hostages" were legally accomplaces now. Only Alex was in need of protection right now. Can't act now... Russian soldiers wouldn't like a strange guy in black showing up from under the train... should've moved sooner! Damn... I can only wait now. Once we take off and their all together I can make a strike, get them all at once while their in that car... Peter groans ever so slightly and shifts his position. He couldn't stay down here much longer or his muscles were going to tie themselves into knits...

[Ian "Mad" Sweeney]

Sweeney goes to brew some coffee in the miniature steward kitchen.

((I have to go now. Goodnight. Sorry I have to get off so early, but I have not been getting enough sleep.))

[lulu]

As Alice was walking she saw Ian and two others. She stared at them and couldn't move. "Please don't hurt Alex. Take me as a hostage." She told Ian.

[Ian "Mad" Sweeney]

((All of the people that wanted to leave the train left already.))

[lulu]

((Yeah I modified that because I didn't want her to leave yet. So she didn't leave))

LuLu thought. "Well I need to get my mind off things so I guess club hopping would be fun." LuLu tried to smile slightly.

((post to Toivo))