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Post by Cole Peyton on Jan 25, 2012 19:46:14 GMT 2
"I've been ready all day." Cole smiled. He tried to think of ways to shake up his appearance, but he couldn't come up with anything better than a wig or fake mustache. "I'll get some facial hair of some sort." He laughed picturing himself like that. He looked back where Brian pointed, Panama was indeed very close.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Jan 25, 2012 22:51:00 GMT 2
About half an hour later the ship was docking in a large harbor. As soon as the ship was tied to the dock Brian grabbed his coat and pulled the hood over his head. A light drizzle was coming down even though the air was humid. At least nobody would ask questions this way. In the back of his pants he was hiding one of Miras guns, just in case. The sling was hidden under the jacket to avoid unnecessary attention. "Let's go." He told Mira and Cole. "Do we have the new passports? What's my name again?"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2012 9:48:09 GMT 2
Mira stood from her spot leaning over the railing. "I have them." She walked over and handed them each a passport. "So what are you to up to? Well I guess what I should as is where are you going?" Her mismatched eyes stared at them wondering if she could let the two of the roam Panama without all hell breaking lose.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Jan 27, 2012 15:00:05 GMT 2
Brian took the passport from her and opened it to see a picture of himself next to a strange name. "Colton Hawthorne? That'll take some getting used to." He poked his head over to read Mira and Coles new names. "Make sure you know all the details by heart. In case you get checked." A laugh escaped his lips when he saw Coles photo. "That already looks like a mug shot right there...how old were you? 12?"
As soon as the ship was attached to the dock they went off board. "I'm going to find a pharmacy first. You might want to come with me, Mira. I think you're a little more charming than my Baretta."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2012 23:27:39 GMT 2
Mira showed him her passport which now read Allison Jones. She turned her head and looked at Brian as they walked onto solid ground. "Almost anything is more charming then that..." Getting no decent sleep was really taking its toll on her. She was snappy and crabby. Add that to the over emotional mess from her pregnancy, and you have one mess. She almost felt bad for the boys, it was gonna be a long trip to Tokyo if things didn't change.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Jan 28, 2012 0:23:00 GMT 2
A second long her tone irritated Brian a little. So he shot her a look and asked. "What's gotten into you?" The answer was more than obvious and he immediately regretted asking but kept walking along while he scanned the harbour for police and coast guard.
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Post by Cole Peyton on Jan 28, 2012 7:59:42 GMT 2
Cole scanned his own photo. "13 actually." He huffed. His new name was thankfully easy to remember, Jesse Turner. He followed Brian and Mira through the harbor, noting Mira's tone and Brian's reaction. This was going to be a fun trip for sure with Mira's situation. Catching up beside Brian he asked. "Where exactly are we going?"
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Jan 28, 2012 12:52:29 GMT 2
"Into town." He curiously looked around. "But, bro. I've been here just as many times as you have. Try to find a store that sells stuff that easy to resell."
In front of them he spotted two men in dark blue uniforms, who were checking new arrivals and the freight of ships. "Showtime." Brian muttered. Hopefully they wouldn't get checked at all.
As they got closer one of them noticed the group and held up his hand. "Buenos dias. Llegaron a la nave?" Brian tried his best smile and explained. "Americanos." "Pasaportes por favor." The man replied in a friendly tone. Nodding Brian handed him his passport, which the man studied carefully. "Tripulación?" Having no idea what he was being asked he looked at Mira and Cole for help.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2012 20:58:38 GMT 2
Mira almost stopped in her tracks. "It might be the fact that I'm in a new country on the run from my dad and pregnant. Oh and I have had any decent sleep since I fucked our lives up by shooting you."
When the two men walked over to them she did start to get a slight bit nervous. This would be the first test on if the fake paper work she made would work. She sighed and walked over to the men. "Speak English?" Hopefully one of them did or they might be in a world of trouble.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Jan 28, 2012 21:52:57 GMT 2
Brian ignore her snappy comment to the best of his abilities for now since they ran into the check but he'd probably have a word with Mira later.
In broken English the officer replied. "You crew of vessel?" That was a good question but what should Brian answer? All crew had to be in the ship paperwork. So did the passengers. "No, just visitors." Even though it didn't make much sense he hoped to get away with it. Once again the officer looked at their names, pictures, double checked with their faces and then noted them down in his book. "How long here?" "An hour?" Brian stated truthfully and received a stamp in his fake passport in return. His posture was straight and he was doing his best to hide how worn out he really was.
With his heart beating in his neck he moved on and up to the first houses that were on solid ground. Here he finally allowed himself to drop his shoulders and sigh.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2012 22:29:00 GMT 2
Mira smiled at the offices. "Thank you." She fallowed Brian and Cole staying a few steps behind him with Max, who was very happy to be outside. Max suddenly stopped walking with her. Worried she turned to call him back to her side and found her giant German Shepherd nose to nose with a little kitten. "Come on Max lets go." She tried to get Max to come but he just kept looking back and forth between her and the kitten. Sighing Mira turned back and saw the boys hadn't noticed her absence just yet so she knelt down and picked it up and opened her back pack carefully putting the tiny cat in there on top of her sweatshirt. She zipped up the bag leaving a whole for fresh air to get to the kitten and jogged to catch up with the boys.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Jan 28, 2012 23:24:58 GMT 2
Brian turned to look where Mira went when she caught up with him. "Hey...so about your comments. Can you tone down the sarcasm just a notch?" He showed her a small gap between his thumb and index finger. "Cause we're all in the same boat and none of us is having a killer time." He was about to throw in a little sarcasm himself 'killer time' just called for it but he refrained from it. Instead he looked up at the run down facades of the harbor buildings and signs. Following his instinct he turned to where he thought the center of the town would be.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2012 23:34:13 GMT 2
"Sorry...Oh I figured out the answer to our little problem of getting you pain meds." Mira reached into her pocket and pulled out two prescription notes. "I forgot I had some prenatal vitamins to get... And I had to change the name on it anyway so I just made another one for the pain meds you were getting a the hospital." She could her the kitten in her bag meowing and prayed that Brian didn't, she was pretty sure he would not be happy about her taking it with them. The last thing they really need was one more thing to look out for.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Jan 28, 2012 23:42:17 GMT 2
Brian took the paper out of her hand and looked at it. "How the hell do you do it?" His question wasn't so much about the fact she had remembered the medication and put the right fake name on it but the fact that she was sour and full of sarcasm one moment and on a totally different subject the next.
The ex-cop shot Cole a look. "If you get a chance...be gay because you'll never figure out women, bro!"
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Post by Cole Peyton on Jan 28, 2012 23:43:00 GMT 2
Cole was still trying to pull his heart back into his chest after their encounter with the guards, he really disliked having anything to do with authority. Panama wasn't what he anticipated, it was exceptionally rundown and dirty. Even the shipyards looked beat to hell. "At this rate, I don't know if I'll even have a choice." He laughed at Brian's comment. Women always seemed agitated to him, so Mira was no big deal...yet. Turning back towards Brian, he stated. "I just thought of something. How the hell are we going to buy stuff if they don't speak english here? Is our money even any good?"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2012 23:47:31 GMT 2
Mira lightly hit Brian's good shoulder and laughed alitte. "Don't tell him that." Turning to Cole she smiled. "Don't listen to him." "To answer your question, I needed to keep myself busy when I wasn't able to sleep last night. Now while you two do that I'm gonna go find a place to get my hair color changed. Meet back at the ship in an hour-ish?" She looked back and forth between the two boys.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Jan 29, 2012 0:18:53 GMT 2
Brian made a sad face. "Don't go green or blue, please." Then he quickly kissed her on her full lips. "Be careful."
He watched her walk up the street that was lined with trash and stray dogs. Hopefully she'd be okay. Then he turned to Cole. "C'mon. I need that pharmacy and maybe you can find a store over there." He nodded towards a few taller buildings with shop fronts. "The uS dollar is good around the world, Cole. I've never been anywhere where they don't accpet it.
Soon the walked up to a shopping area where retaurants and bars were wall to wall with leather goods stores, newspaper stands and even a pharamcy. The pharmacist however didn't want to hand out the medication because the prescription wasn't in Spanish. "C'mon, Mr. Please..." A little desperate Brian leaned his elbows on the glass counter top and looked up at the man. "Cole, give the guy some cash, please!"
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Post by Cole Peyton on Jan 29, 2012 1:31:47 GMT 2
Cole bit his lip as he watched Mira stroll down what looked to be the 'valley through the shadow of death.' "You must believe in Mira's defense skills to let her go like that." He nodded to Brian. He was trying to think of something that would be valuable and portable that they could buy in Panama, maybe something would be around one of those shops. Snapped out of his own thoughts by Brian's bark for money, Cole shot him a quisitive glance but then just shook his head and pulled out a twenty and handed it to Brian. "You'll pay that back, right?" He smirked.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Jan 29, 2012 15:16:45 GMT 2
When Cole talked about Mira's self defense skills Brian snorted. "Did you look at me lately? Poor guy, who'll sneak up on her!" He shook his head. "She's a cop, dude. She knows how to defend herself."
The dark haired pharmacist took Cole's twenty dollars and smiled but then asked for 35 more for the prescription. The fact Cole wanted to have his 20 bucks back when Brian didn't have one cent and Cole had just given up his life for him was somewhat ironical. "Sure. I'll give you your twenty back in....maybe two months or so." Then he took the paper bag the pharmacist handed him and turned with relief. Soon he wouldn't feel like a bus had run over him any more-hopefully.
Outside the old building he lat his gaze wander around. He quickly bought some bottle water from a street vendor and gobbled down one of the pills, then pointed across the market square where a electornics store was located. "Electronics? Maybe hard to resell in the land of cheap electronics...hm, leather goods?"
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Post by Cole Peyton on Jan 29, 2012 20:13:16 GMT 2
Cole reached back into his pocket and counted out another 35 dollars to the pharmacist. "I'll most likely forget about the money in a few months anyway." He laughed. "After all we're after a lot more that a few 10's." He looked around for unique shopping outlets as Brian threw down the pills. "Leather stuff could be good, but have thought about cars?" You get some nice cars for a few grand." He said thoughtfully.
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