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Quan awaited impatiently in the Confederate dropship, the safety bar holding his CMC-300, armor suit in place. Their was tension everywhere, everyone was either scared to death of what was yet to come, or completely gung ho about fighting the enemy, the Zerg, which had plagued Mar Sara, the last of the confederacy base. Quan figured that they were not afraid to die, or figured that there was no point in living, because that's what it took to be a marine in the confederacy. Quan wasn't one of those marines.
He remembered when agroplots all over Treminal existed, he worked as one of the simple colonists there. Everyday was a day of sunshine and equal work and making a living, until the Zerg interfered and destroyed everything. He saw his family hacked away by the ivory blades of the Zergling, he saw his friends burning or melting away from the acid spores of the flying Mutalisks that patrolled the skies. Like animals on the agroplots, the colonists were huddled in the great farmlands surrounded by all kinds of Zerg species that he never even known about. Then the Mutalisks changed their targets to distant howling, As a fleet of wraiths swept the sky, Burst Lasers flashing throughout the sky, the next thing he remembered was waking up to the sergeants ugly face. He underwent the training, like most, he lost everything and had nothing else to lose. He kept his attitude and stayed away from any other crack job marine that intervened in his way.
The dropship was quite cool as the soared through space towards a planet he had no clue of. He looked over to his right to see a rather gaunt man in light armor next to him. He wore headgear equivalent to a ghost unit, his C-20A rifle in hand. Quan looked at his own Gauss rifle and checked the load.
"I know what you're thinking, don't let these excuses for soldiers catch you off guard, this is just a simple rescue mission ok" he said in a calm passion. "Drop all that home shit and focus!" he said, hastily as he went back into his calm state. Quan could feel the dropship begin to violently shake as it entered the atmosphere of the planet. It wasn't long until the loud thump of the ship pushing the trees down, flattening them and snapping most in half until it finally came to a rest. The safety bars lifted and the large door opened. They had landed in the middle of the town. Many colonists rushed into the dropship. He stepped out looking in all directions when a Zergling popped out of the trees and hacked into his suit, nearly missing his stomach. Quan rolled around firing wildly in fear, the Uranium shells smashed through the Zergling like a knife in butter. His suit bathed in red blood of the Zerg. The dropship flew out of the landing into the atmosphere.
"I guess the dropship is full, move to zone 2 for second pickup!" a marine shouted. Quan began to follow him through the woods , his power suit pushing the branches away. As he left the woods he noted one colonist never made it to the dropship as she ran past him.
"Sorry ma'am the transport has left!" He shouted. She stopped in her place a few feet away from Quan. She hastily turned around, Her blonde hair swung around, hiding one of her large brown eyes. "Sir, I got a colonist here… what do I do?" Yelled Quan, his voice boomed as loud as the shots in the distance.
"Frag her or leave her, we don't have anymore space, that dropships for u…" his voice was cut short by a loud scream of pain as a hydralisk splattered its acid trough his armor, burning him away from his suit. Quan punctured holes through his head, smoke from the bullets emitted from the Hydralisk. As it lay bleeding on the ground
"Well now there's room, C'mon girl I ain't got all day" Quan said, trying to sound like a real marine. She began running towards him, moving as fast as she could, not fast enough to outrun the Zergling that had entered behind her.
"Get down!" he shouted, readying his rifle. She dropped down to the ground as the shots fired over her head, pounding the zerglings body until it stopped moving. She stood back up and ran to Quan. The look of fear on her face. She grabbed the suits large hand and ran with him to the last remaining dropship, they loaded inside taking seats next to each other, Quan helping her with the safety bar the held them in place. Everyone alive loaded on, there was a lot of empty space, the loud thuds from the swarm outside signaled the takeoff. The dropship flew out into the atmosphere, the heat from the planet began to die down along with the silence of lost comrades. The ghost sat on the other side of Quan, looking at the girl with strangely. Quan looked out the window to see the Norad II out in orbit, ready to collect his alpha squad, the yamato gun firing at the spot of their landing, wraiths blowing Overlords and guardians, flying creatures of the Zerg.
"That's interesting" the ghost said, his eye brows raising. Quan looked at him curiously, then he looked at the girl who sat next to him.
"Who are you anyway, what's your name? He asked, curious to know.
"My name is SenYi" she said, shy and timidly. "What's gonna happen to me?" she asked, trying hard not to stutter, saying each word as easy as she could.
"You'll go to the Norad II up there to either go to Earth of be a refugee in a new area under confederate control" Quan explained.
"I don't want to go, I wanna stay right here with you!" she sharply replied.
"Oh god… why do you want to stay with me?" asked Quan more curious then ever.
"I feel, safer with you then anywhere else" She replied looking up at him.
"We'll this is gonna be a long ride" he said as he relaxed in the comfort of his suit waiting to see what was up next. The ghost still had his eyes on SenYi making Quan ever more curious, and a little nervous.
Quan awaited impatiently in the Confederate dropship, the safety bar holding his CMC-300, armor suit in place. Their was tension everywhere, everyone was either scared to death of what was yet to come, or completely gung ho about fighting the enemy, the Zerg, which had plagued Mar Sara, the last of the confederacy base. Quan figured that they were not afraid to die, or figured that there was no point in living, because that's what it took to be a marine in the confederacy. Quan wasn't one of those marines.
He remembered when agroplots all over Treminal existed, he worked as one of the simple colonists there. Everyday was a day of sunshine and equal work and making a living, until the Zerg interfered and destroyed everything. He saw his family hacked away by the ivory blades of the Zergling, he saw his friends burning or melting away from the acid spores of the flying Mutalisks that patrolled the skies. Like animals on the agroplots, the colonists were huddled in the great farmlands surrounded by all kinds of Zerg species that he never even known about. Then the Mutalisks changed their targets to distant howling, As a fleet of wraiths swept the sky, Burst Lasers flashing throughout the sky, the next thing he remembered was waking up to the sergeants ugly face. He underwent the training, like most, he lost everything and had nothing else to lose. He kept his attitude and stayed away from any other crack job marine that intervened in his way.
The dropship was quite cool as the soared through space towards a planet he had no clue of. He looked over to his right to see a rather gaunt man in light armor next to him. He wore headgear equivalent to a ghost unit, his C-20A rifle in hand. Quan looked at his own Gauss rifle and checked the load.
"I know what you're thinking, don't let these excuses for soldiers catch you off guard, this is just a simple rescue mission ok" he said in a calm passion. "Drop all that home shit and focus!" he said, hastily as he went back into his calm state. Quan could feel the dropship begin to violently shake as it entered the atmosphere of the planet. It wasn't long until the loud thump of the ship pushing the trees down, flattening them and snapping most in half until it finally came to a rest. The safety bars lifted and the large door opened. They had landed in the middle of the town. Many colonists rushed into the dropship. He stepped out looking in all directions when a Zergling popped out of the trees and hacked into his suit, nearly missing his stomach. Quan rolled around firing wildly in fear, the Uranium shells smashed through the Zergling like a knife in butter. His suit bathed in red blood of the Zerg. The dropship flew out of the landing into the atmosphere.
"I guess the dropship is full, move to zone 2 for second pickup!" a marine shouted. Quan began to follow him through the woods , his power suit pushing the branches away. As he left the woods he noted one colonist never made it to the dropship as she ran past him.
"Sorry ma'am the transport has left!" He shouted. She stopped in her place a few feet away from Quan. She hastily turned around, Her blonde hair swung around, hiding one of her large brown eyes. "Sir, I got a colonist here… what do I do?" Yelled Quan, his voice boomed as loud as the shots in the distance.
"Frag her or leave her, we don't have anymore space, that dropships for u…" his voice was cut short by a loud scream of pain as a hydralisk splattered its acid trough his armor, burning him away from his suit. Quan punctured holes through his head, smoke from the bullets emitted from the Hydralisk. As it lay bleeding on the ground
"Well now there's room, C'mon girl I ain't got all day" Quan said, trying to sound like a real marine. She began running towards him, moving as fast as she could, not fast enough to outrun the Zergling that had entered behind her.
"Get down!" he shouted, readying his rifle. She dropped down to the ground as the shots fired over her head, pounding the zerglings body until it stopped moving. She stood back up and ran to Quan. The look of fear on her face. She grabbed the suits large hand and ran with him to the last remaining dropship, they loaded inside taking seats next to each other, Quan helping her with the safety bar the held them in place. Everyone alive loaded on, there was a lot of empty space, the loud thuds from the swarm outside signaled the takeoff. The dropship flew out into the atmosphere, the heat from the planet began to die down along with the silence of lost comrades. The ghost sat on the other side of Quan, looking at the girl with strangely. Quan looked out the window to see the Norad II out in orbit, ready to collect his alpha squad, the yamato gun firing at the spot of their landing, wraiths blowing Overlords and guardians, flying creatures of the Zerg.
"That's interesting" the ghost said, his eye brows raising. Quan looked at him curiously, then he looked at the girl who sat next to him.
"Who are you anyway, what's your name? He asked, curious to know.
"My name is SenYi" she said, shy and timidly. "What's gonna happen to me?" she asked, trying hard not to stutter, saying each word as easy as she could.
"You'll go to the Norad II up there to either go to Earth of be a refugee in a new area under confederate control" Quan explained.
"I don't want to go, I wanna stay right here with you!" she sharply replied.
"Oh god… why do you want to stay with me?" asked Quan more curious then ever.
"I feel, safer with you then anywhere else" She replied looking up at him.
"We'll this is gonna be a long ride" he said as he relaxed in the comfort of his suit waiting to see what was up next. The ghost still had his eyes on SenYi making Quan ever more curious, and a little nervous.