8 years before present day
Deep underground a middle aged man finished a few final adjustments on a holding tank. After years of work, of spending countless hours changing tiny genetic indicators and hormones, and numerous failures he'd finally done it. He looked at his creation through the curved glass. It was nearly ready to be released and all those who had ridiculed him and called him mad would regret it. He noticed a twitch as his creation moved. He marveled at its deep red skin, how its skeletal body was covered in iron like muscle. He wondered what it would think when it woke. He inspected the tail which split into four near the end. How the head flattened near the back. He marveled at the life he had created. Soon, very soon it would be ready to awaken.
Deep under ground a lithe figure awoke from its sleep. She was being summoned by mother. She along with her three sisters wondered into the laying chamber. Towering above them was mother. "Hello my children. I have called you to give you a mission. Your older sister Sera was left on her own in a cruel galaxy. I want you to find her. She is somewhere in the Cromston system. Three of the sisters bowed, the last did not.
Nora Everlin as she was once known, or Nera as mother called her watched her three sisters go while she stayed. She watched Titania, her largest sister follow a cave to the ship she had stolen from humans, Zemaret, her second to youngest sister gathered a few drones to go with Titania, and Drara , the youngest who had only recently been transformed went somewhere Nera didn't know about. their mother, Quntara turned to her remaining daughter. "Nera I think you should go. You haven't left the hive since I found you. Go with your sisters." Nera shook her head and telepathically told her mother no. Quntara seemed to think about the situation for a minute. " I know that you can't remember your past and don't want to remember it. But I want you to go to new places and see new things. My few human allies have secured transport and there is something else.' Nera shook her head. Quntara shook her head in return. " If you don't want to go I won't make you, but your costing yourself an opportunity. Your sisters leave in a day's time. The queen turned her attention to another matter while Nera returned to her little nook.
20 hours later Nera was sneaking to the surface. Her curiosity had grown so strong she couldn't resist. She hadn't been on the surface for four years and now she was breathing fresh air. She could sense mother, filled with amusement as she monitored her movements. Nera had planned on just exploring the surface but mother was encouraging her, trying to get her to join hers sisters. Instead she saw something large and fast zoom overhead. Through her mental connection, Mother expressed worry. But Nera's curiosity only grew stronger. She followed the craft for a mile before finding it had landed. Hiding in the blue leafed bushes natural on the planet. A ramp was leading from the open bay of the ship with two men standing at the end of the ramp with guns. An image flashed through her mind. An image of fires burning among rubble and a lone man pointing a pistol at someone. She shook her head wondering where that came from.
Cautiously she snuck closer, eventually standing on top of the small ship which stood 20 feet off the ground. Below she could hear the two men talking. " Hey speaking of marriages did ya hear, the bosses cousin got married bout 3 weeks ago." The larger man who was bald and had obviously seen some fierce fighting due to the shrapnel scars all over his body. The skinnier tan and dark haired man asked who in return. "You know her, I think you met her once when she was visiting the boss at the club. I think her name was Sarah, Kera, Sera, Sera that's the one." That caught her curiosity. Were they speaking of her long lost sister. The smaller man spoke with a slightly thick vote " Sera, as in the black devil Sera who slaughtered 25 men who came at the boss and all she used were a pistol and her bare hands. Jesus man she gav me the creeps. She's the one who controlled those bugs that helped save town. Did you see the size of the dinosaur one. I've seen dinosaurs at the museums and that things a fucking with black skin, spikes on its spine and tail, and it looks like someone gave it steroids cuz its at least half again the size of a skeleton I've seen. I heard that monster took out fucking tanks." Nera was sure of it. These men were speaking of her older sister. She considered dropping down, knocking them out and dragging them back to mother, but new scents and sounds killed that idea.
5 men, all carrying guns, were leading a 6th who was pushing a cart that looked heavy. Before the two guards could speak the crate was pulled up into the ship and everyone went inside, including Nera who crawled on the roof then hid in a vent. Minutes later she felt the ship begin to vibrate. She could feel mother in her mind connecting it to Titanias and telling her sister to follow her. Even though Nera had never been outside the have she was really quite excited to be leaving for and adventure. And what an adventure it would be.
A day later Nera finally crawled from the vent and out of the dropship into the larger vessel She wasted no time in taking shelter in the vents, finding that she could access any room in the ship from them. In one particular place, above the dining hall She heard something that completely drew her attention. In the dining area there were two men. One was young, maybe her age, with black hair and bright green eyes, the other was an older man, his white hair showing his age, his beard shaking as he spoke. "Now Jason, I know the boss took pity on you after your mother died, but that still doesn't give you an excuse to slack on the job. Your a great shot and a good fighter, but when it comes to you just doing regular duty like cleaning the tanks after every meal. The captain is getting tired of your shit. Hey Hey Jacob Bartsow are you listening to me you ass." To Nera that name struck something. In her mind a image of a smiling boy came up, a boy dressed in a dirty shirt with a green martian and jeans. Her head began to hurt intensively, making her curl into a ball. It was as if her mind was fighting her, trying to send the memory back to whatever dark abyss it had come from. The image faded as the pain followed suit. She lay there for a while pondering what had just happened.
Jason was having a very different experience. After being chewed out by the first mate (who happened to be the captains twin brother) He had started cleaning the kitchen, the pots and pans, until he heard something that sounded like a low cry. He stopped everything, standing in silence. He heard it again coming from the vent above. Standing on the table he put his face to the vent. Unable to see anything he pulled out his belt flashlight. By the time he got light inside he saw nothing. He was sure he had heard something.
Nera crawled through the ventilation and followed the scent of the man Jason. Her curosity, like a cats, was becoming dangerous but she had to satisfy it. It felt like that man had something to do with her past.
On Cyran Sam was driving back from the store. He still couldn't believe he was going to be a father. After the wedding he and Sera had gone to the resort planet of El Paradiso. It had been nice until a man had tried to get Sera drunk. When she refused to drink he had grabbed her, did not end well for him. After the incident no one had tried messing with them again. Now that they were back on the planet Sera had returned to her hive to settle them down, and Sam reported in for duty. His first assignment home was to head to the training camp and get ready for a new shipment of recruits. Now he was heading back to the hive, or the mountain house, as he had nicknamed it. Now that Sera was about three months along in her pregnancy she was ravenous. He was only too thankful that the corps was footing the bills. As soon as he parked the car in the old hangar bay he could smell the cooking food through the vents. Sera was cooking her favorite, country fried steak, with mash potatoes, corn, green beans, and gravy with toast. His mouth started watering as the smell filled the elevator. The door opened and he walked down the corridor. He opened the door to their little apartment and standing there in the kitchen was his beautiful wife, but to ruin the moment his idiot cousin Romaro and his family were sitting at the table. Great.
Hey guys Dragon here with the first chapter of Broken Chain. I made it short so i could get it out sooner. Expect some good things outta the series and I wil get the next chapter out in about a month or so. I'm just really busy with studying for finals so that's the soonest I can get it out. Like and enjoy.
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