Rifts - DMH - Camp Union

[Chaser1]

Megana sharply nods once, and silently locks her eyes on the narrow stretch of rusted bridge ahead. Every instinct in her body strains for warning signs: a shift in the wind, a groan in the timbers, the faintest tremor beneath the wheels. The APC creeps forward, nose edging toward the far side, which reveals the yawning black opening of an old train tunnel. The cavernous opening swallows the daylight like a hungry throat.

Vi’s knuckles bleach white around her harness. “Okay, Megana… let’s just get this over with.”

The first planks meet the APC with a low, ancient moan. The whole bridge shivers. Vi winces as each foot of progress sounds like the vehicle is grinding across bones. Halfway across the thousand‑foot span, the bridge begins to pop. Sharp metallic cracks echo beneath and above them as iron supports begin snapping like ribs under a giant’s heel. Megana feels the shift, the subtle sag, the wrongness. It’s giving way. She slams the throttle.

Vi twists to look out the back window as her breath catches. The bridge is tilting, listing hard to the right. Dirt and splinters rain down into the surging behemoth of a river, only a hundred feet below.

The APC suddenly and violently drops, “Shit!” Dusty yells. “Step on it!”

Megana floors it. The engine screams. The rear wheels skid, lose grip and then bite again. Another glance behind shows the bridge folding in on itself, collapsing in real time. For one horrifying heartbeat, the APC is weightless. Floating. Falling. Then, the impact being a brutal slam upward as the roof clips an overhead beam. The vehicle lurches forward, airborne for a blink, before catching more traction, launching airborne again and crashing down onto solid earth on the far side.

Silence. Just the distant roar of the river and the subsiding splashes of the bridge coming to rest into it. Dusty exhales, shaky but trying to play it cool. “Well… we aren’t going back that way. You all okay?”

OOC: Megana's pilot Tanks and APCs: 58% vs her roll: 57%... BARELY made it

[Icy_Drake]

Megana is shaking abit...."can we get away from the edge then take a quick break to calm nerves"

[Manson-Mage]

As the apc flys through the air and has a round landing , then finally comes to a stop. Vi slowly undoes the harness and stands up carefully, " everyone ok? Nothing like have a wild ride ."

[Chaser1]

Vi slowly undoes the harness and stands up carefully, "Everyone okay? Nothing like a wild ride."

Still shaking, Megana replies, "Can we get away from the edge and take a quick break to calm nerves?"

"Yeah, that sounds swell," Dusty replies, even he is shook up.

Megana pulls ahead several yards, with the nose of the APC just feet away from the entrance to gigantic train tunnel. It's large enough to fit two regular sedans side by side and at least twenty feet tall. Dusty opens the side hatch and steps out, allowing the loud roar of the river, washing over parts of the bridge jutting out of the water.

He walks over, peeks over the edge and whistles, "That would have been bad!"

Suddenly, distant growling noises and screeches echo from the tunnel...

[Icy_Drake]

Megana freezes hearing the noise in the tunnel and look st it like she's trying toblisten for a voice or noise

[Manson-Mage]

Vi hears the growls and screeching ," that dont sound good . Dusty get back in here!!"

[Chaser1]

Megana freezes, listening for a voice or defining sound as Vi comments, "That doesn't sound very good. Dusty! Get back in here!"

Dusty glances over from near the ledge, "I heard it. I reckon we'd be safe in the APC when we drive through... I hope... Let's take a minute to gather our wits. This cold air should put us back to our senses." He tosses a rock down, counts, then listens to the splash and bouncing of ice chunks bouncing against bits of bridge, jutting from the water.

Up the tunnel, Vi and Meg swear they can see movement just beyond the afternoon light, within the darkness. Eventually, Dusty climbs back in and seals the side hatch, "Girls ready? We'll need the headlights for this."

[Manson-Mage]

Vi sees something moving in the tunnel," looks like we dont have a choice. What are they ? Can anybody see ?"

[Icy_Drake]

"Unsure cant tell if their friendly or not" she murmurs (oooc-tameble pets? Lol)

[Chaser1]

"Looks like we don't have a choice. What are they? Can anybody see?"

Dusty's eyes narrow as he tries to peer in, but winces, "Too bright out here... Too dark in there."

"Unsure. Can't tell if they're friendly or not," Megana mumbles. She's sure that they aren't a tameable pet.

Dusty climbs back into the APC gesturing everyone back to their seats, "Let's flip on the searchlights and take it slow through the tunnel."