Hey guys! This is my story that I use to refocus on my other stories, so don't expect a set schedule or monthly updates like my other story(s). However this is an idea I got from Sampsoon, or rather, his story Fall into Remnant.
Anyway, TO THE STORY!
Pilot Avard Dodgers Log:
Ever since I got temporarily assigned as a Pilot, things have been getting weird: shortcuts through murder factories, redefining the term 'shortcut,' me (a Greenhorn Pilot) taking down numerous experienced Pilots, and even surpassing their achievements. Then, I got officially assigned as a Pilot and things got worse. During a battle, things just about hit rock bottom.
BT and I are captured. I think my luck is about out.
- PREPARE FOR TITANFALL -
I groan as I come back into consciousness. Viper really smacked me around that last fight. I can hear Blisk and General Muff (Sorry best insult I can come up with a possible concussion). I hear Blisk call General Retardo a useless naff and do my best to try not to burst out laughing. Huh, I do have a concussion. I will revive Viper, remove his robo arms, and repeatedly bash his face in with them.
"Oi, Titan! Your going to open up and give me what I want!" The Brit(?) says to BT, while I attempt to check myself to see what I have. Unfortunately, I can't really move. So, I have no clue.
"Voice command… not recognized." BT says almost shamefully. He even lowers his "head" in shame.
"Let me rip it out of him." Slone says angrily. As Blisk looks at me.
'Oh shit.' I think.
Blick walks towards me as he says, "We can't risk it. The Ark is unstable." He crouches in front of me and stares for a couple of seconds before talking to me, "Listen Hero, you have what is mine and I want it back. Go on- tell your Titan to open up." He points my knife at my helmeted face. I stay quiet, thinking about what to say.
He stands up and asks, "Still trying to be a hero, eh?" 'No, I'm trying to think of a good one liner.' "I have a lot of dosh riding on this contract my friend. So, tell your Titan, if he doesn't open up… I will shoot you in the head." He says pulling my Wingman and pointing it at my helmet covered skull.
"Pilot in jeopardy." BT states. "Ocular systems… marginal. Cannot visually acquire Pilot."
Blisk walks over to BT while telling the soldier standing near me to stand me up. When the soldiers grab me I blurt out, "At least buy me dinner first."
To which I got a punch to the gut. I mutter, "Please sir. Can I have some more." Earning another punch. Slone is now looking at me like an am crazy and Blisk looks like he is starting to respect me. Huh, does this happen often when people get concussions?
"Do You see him now? Right here! RIGHT HERE! See 'im now?" Blisk yells at BT after he gets his head back into the game.
"Functions… compromised by… severe crash damage." BT says his head hanging even lower. If I didn't know any better I would think he was a bit ashamed.
"I don't care how broken you are!" Blisk says, "I know deep down some things… Some things still work in there. Now open up – or I'm going to shoot your Pilot in the head. You still remember numbers, don't you? I am going to count to three."
I received a message from BT as Blisk was counting Simply saying: "Dodger, Trust me." As BT opened the cockpit. I closed my eyes from the Bright light.
"Now that wasn't so hard, was it?" Blisk asked. "That's the problem with teams. If you don't work together you die together." BT immediately swipes at Blisk who dives out of the way. The idiots who were holding me threw me back, instead of using me as a shield which I am thankful for, as they started to shoot at BT. I black out once BT shoots back.
When I come to, I see an Ion, Slone's personal one, ripping the Ark out of BT. Who desperately tries to get it back.
"Nice try, love. Say good night." Slone tells BT as she unloads her Splitter Rifle in to my friend.
I hear Blisk yell something about time running out or something before I pass out again. I wake up in the same room, but it's on fire. It's way too hot.
I look around the room. BT looks dead, the room is on fire, and I don't have any weapons; but on the bright side my head doesn't hurt as much now. Another bonus is that they didn't take the broken Time Gauntlet. I kept it in case we could fix it. Even if we can't fix it, it still looks cool.
"Dodger… Over here." BT says weakly. "Dodger… I can no longer uphold the mission… but you still can. Take the SERE kit…" he continues as he grabs his 'head.' "It's your best chance… for survival." He finished as he rips it off.
I pull out the pistol and the knife when the 'eye' part pops out. I take that as well remembering that the 'eye' part is the Vanguard titan class's Data core and tracking point. With this I will still have my best friend with me and possibly get a new body for him.
I use my knife on the door controls and start objective: Survive Evade Resist Escape.
I run through the buildings in a daze. The Smart pistol is hacks I tell you. HACKS! And I am not calling it that because I am jealous at its accuracy. I grabbed a Hemlock as soon as I saw an IMC soldier with them. I only have so much ammo for the Hacks Pistol.
Sarah Briggs said something about pulling another Titan's Data Core for me. I ask for them to throw something in for a concussion, but I'm not sure that had gotten through to them.
Once I got the go ahead I called for BT's new body. I looked at the Chassis. It was a matte black color with crimson highlights. My favorite color scheme. It also matched my shemagh. I walked up to it and placed BT's Core into the Monarch and I watch as it booted up.
BT looked at me and says "Hello. Avard." I back away as he stands.
"Nice to see you in one piece, man." I joke.
"Over twenty-five thousand, actually. BT-7274 online and ready for combat." He states.
He pulls out the new gun, opens, and continues, "It is time to complete our mission."
I run up the gun and jump into the cockpit. "ALRIGHT! And remind me once we're home to have you go through and learn all the possible slang and jokes I might use." I say as I look through the cockpit for anything that might help with my concussion. Sadly, I found nothing.
"Negative that would decrease the efficiency of my calculations." BT immediately shoots my idea down.
"Dodger," Sarah says through the radio. "I'm throwing everything I have at the IMC, but it's not going to be enough to stop the fold weapon!"
"OK, boss." I tell her. "Yo, BT, do we have any loadouts other than Legion?'
"Affirmative." BT says. "However, we do not have the necessary equipment needed for them."
"Meh. We'll take it from the titans standing in our way." I say as we head down the slope.
BT tramps through the Stalkers that stand in our way. They are just a minor annoyance in their small groups. However, the six Titans on the next hill are another story. Once they are in range I begin unloading my entire clip into them, drawing their attention.
Then I dash for cover behind a small drop off. I find the Ronin trying to sneak up on me. As a reward of sorts, I test out the shotgun-esque mod on the lucky Titan knocking it back a twenty to thirty yard and damaging it. I follow it up by pumping the rest of my clip into it's cockpit.
Once it's down, I throw the Predator cannon at a couple Reapers, knocking them into a nearby chasm. I quickly rearm BT with the Ronin's Leadwall and Broadsword.
Suddenly, I hear over the radio, "Firing danger close." And see that the Stockton's cannons were targeting the Titans that wanted to obliterate me. I dash away as the barrage came down on the Titans heavily damaging them. I dash at them and slash a surviving Tone in half.
"Sword Core ready." BT announces. I smile as I activate it. I slash up the rest of the heavily damaged Titans with ease. BT and I head on as I laugh at how easy that was.
"The Stockton just when dark." Sarah calls over the radio. "Give me a sitrep now!"
"Wasn't my fault." I say. "However, a laser cannon just fired not even a minute ago. Their Comms might have been hit." I, myself, doubt that, but there is still a possibility.
"This is Captain Landiger of the Rutlidge! The Stockton took a broadside! It's going down!" Damn, I hate being wrong.
BT and I continue for a bit listening to the radio silence before it someone else came through.
"Commander Briggs, this Is Gates of the 6-4. Are we late to the party?" I swear she's smirking while saying that.
"You're just in time, Gates." Boss lady says before asking. "How much juice do you have in the Malta?"
I come out to a platform with more Titans and Reapers.
"We got plenty to spare!" Gates says, definitely smirking now. "Don't worry Dodge. We got your back!"
Bear follows up announcing their attack. I blast, slash and send energy waves through the small army in front of me; while the 6-4 provide covering fire. After a couple of minutes, we manage to clear the ones outside the base.
"Good luck, Dodge. We'll cover you from out here." Gates says. "And if you live, you have a place with us."
"Thanks," I reply. "But you'll have to take that up with Commander Briggs."
I head to enter the base when a Scorch Titan walks out and starts blasting be with its Thermite Launcher. I phase behind it and slash it a couple of times. It turns and uses its flame core forcing me to flee. I shoot at it with my Leadwall, but he returns fire and I have to use sword block.
"BT, I'm going to dash up to it." I tell my partner. "They will probably think that we are going to Phase dash behind it. So, I will slash at their legs; while you shoot the cockpit."
"Pilot, that might not be the best option." BT says.
While dashing over to it I say, "Trust me." The Scorch turns slightly clearly expecting us to try to get behind it, but instead I slash through the left leg and BT blew the cockpit away. Leaving the burning wreckage, we crawl through a walkway turning the IMC dirtbags to bloody smears on the ground. We walk continue through the base, listening to General Naff telling the computer where to target.
Out of spite, I have BT step on the robotic cleaning crew. We walk down a ramp into the launching bay where Blisk an Slone are.
"Give me my Hemlock, Wingman, and the Ark back and nobody gets hurt." I yell through BT's speakers.
"I think our militia Pilot's trying to be a hero." Blisk tells Slone. "He's all yours. Keep the salvage."
"Thanks, Blisk." I tell him. "But all I want from her is my Hemlock."
"Your dead, Pilot." Slone yells at me as Blisk disappears, laughing. She fires her Splitter Rifle at me. BT takes a couple of hit before I manage to take cover. A Brute Titan fires at us. These things are almost at annoying as Reapers. I easily reduce him into scrap.
"Eat Laser Core, Bugger." Slone yells as a beam of red light flies at me. I maneuver BT behind a couple large crates and wait out the laser core. Once it stops, I dash out and start blasting Slone, but she phase dashes away somehow.
"Gotta say Pilot, this is more fun than I expected." She said through her speakers. "Get him lads."
A Tone and a Scorch enter from some side doors. I run from them too try to split them apart. Two v one isn't odds I like to fight.
"Sword Core online." BT announces.
Thankfully, the Tone hangs back as the Scorch charges me. I blast the Scorch in the cockpit while retreating and run around a corner. The Scorch turns the corner and eats my electric sword. It slashes right through him. I then charge his Tone friend sword blocking his shots, before giving him a similar treatment.
"OI!" Slone yells as she fires her laser. "You ain't walking away that easily."
'Shit,' I thought. 'Sword Core's out and were taking too much damage.' Luckily, I manage to get behind cover. I then fire at Slone from behind cover.
Unfortunately, I ran out of ammo at the same time as Slone's Laser Core ends. I judge our Titan's hulls are about equally damaged, but I am probably much crazier than she probably takes me for. I run from cover sword block her shots while I could. Once I could not longer block her shots, I throw Leadwall at her knocking her close to the edge. Sadly though, Leadwall fell over, but thanks to its sacrifice I was able to get close enough to melee Slone. I slash off the Ion's arms before ripping off its hatch. BT then kicks it off the edge before I could grab my Hemlock off Slone. I was going to let BT know my disapproval of that after we stopped the Fold Weapon.
"Fold Weapon priming sequence Complete." The PA claims as BT pulls on the hatch to the Ark.
'Shit, not enough time.' I think.
"Deploy the Ark."
A massive concussive blast sends BT and by extension me on to our backs. The blast also removed the three lower parts of BT's hatch. BT's also now garbling about something. On the remaining screen I see him try to figure out his protocols.
"Warning – Hostile Titan detected." BT garbles out. As Blisk's Legion steps out. The hatch on the legion opens and Blisk jumps out. I grab the wingman and point it at Blisk, but my hold on it is weak and he kicks it out of my hand; sending it to join the Leadwall.
"It's your lucky day, Hero. I'm not going to kill you." Blisk tells me. "I don't work for free. But… You don't get to kill me either." He chuckles as he pulls out a card with the Apex Predators symbol on it as well as my solid black, silenced Wingman. He drops them on to my chest. "Here. You earned these, Eh?"
My respect for him goes up a bit as I put my pistol where it belongs. I also kept the card. I will need a 'trophy' for this journey and not one that my comrades may give to me.
"Blisk, that Vanguard class Titan is still in there!"
"Not my problem Maurder." Blisk said before getting into his Titan. "Shoulda put it in my contract. Now, I got over people with money to see."
Blisk then walks out. Ignoring the useless naff's following questions.
"Dodger I nne need yru your assistance." BT garbles out and asks me to help guide him to the launcher.
BT and Sarah have a conversation about what we were now doing. I only caught blow it up and how will you make it. I may have another concussion. BT and I climb into the launching chamber and as we float up the conversation BT and Sarah said suddenly comes a bit clearer. BT and I were going to blow the arc up with BT reactor core, but that would mean that we wouldn't make it. Or at the very least BT.
"I'm not going anywhere, BT." I tell him already prepared to meet my maker.
"Copy that pilot." He says as the lights come down the Barrel of the cannon. Once the lights reach us we are launched out of the cannon.
Suddenly, BT says "Protocol three: protect the Pilot."
He then Rips me out of the cockpit. "BT what are you doing?" I ask
He looks like he's preparing a throw. "Trust me." He says before launching me.
"BT!" I scream as my last friend flies into the arc and explodes. "BT…" I cried.
"Dodger, we lost BT's signal. We're moving to the rally point." Sarah tells me. "I'm marking your HUD with the coordinates. The evac might be in midair. There's nothing to touch down on here."
"And if I'm flying through this shit show you better be there on time, kid." Barker adds.
"Move, Pilot!" I dash through the house sized debris. Wall running on vertical surfaces and sprinting across horizontal one. Many times, the piece that I was just on or was about to jump on was smashed into tiny pieces in a split second. Soon, I landed on a piece just outside of the evac point.
"Jump Pilot." Sarah yells. I run and jump as a ship swerves in front of me. I almost smile until I see a rock the size of my head fly at me. Then everything goes dark.
Thanks for reading! Please check out my other story(s). I'm currently debating if I should make BT similar to Penny. You know, because unlike the other Titans you see or play as so I'll figure that out eventually. Anyway leave a comment and tell my whatcha think.