Mobius Legends
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Sega of America, Team Sonic, MGM nor anything else associated with any franchise mentioned within. The only thing that I own is the name Kerra. It is mine and if anyone steals it I will not hesitate to get creative on the torture. Also I do not own the original idea for the Mjolnir armor, which belongs to Microsoft and Bungie. That's how Kerra got the idea for her own version of it.
Chapter 1
The Signal
It's been a little over three years since I finally returned home to Mobius and staved off a Goa'uld invasion and eliminated this world's most feared person, Dr. Robotnik. I figured that once everything had been set up for the Alpha site here on Mobius I would be able to let someone else run the command and spend my days either in the lab, off world helping different SG teams, or just relaxing with my friends, reliving the glory days.
When I got the call about a mysterious signal being picked up on the edge of the system last week, I was relaxing with my friends Sally and Cream on the patio of a hotel on the Emerald Coast. I absolutely loved the area around the Emerald Coast. It was sunny and warm almost all year long, the kinda of weather that made me pull out the old Tornado I and fly for as long as the fuel lasted.
However on this day we were lounging by the pool, soaking up some sun.
One week earlier
"This was a good idea." Cream said as she stretched out on her lounge chair, her one piece swimsuit drawing Kerra's eye.
'Must not ogle my friends. Especially ones that are in a relationship.' Kerra thought to herself before replying out loud. "Glad I suggested it?"
"Oh, I know I am." Sally replied from Kerra's other side. "I seriously needed a break from the council's BS."
Kerra chuckled at her royal friend.
"One would have figured that the council would keep the Royal family out of things."
"You would think so, but the new council always wants our approval." Sally replied. She was about to continue when faint music was heard.
Kerra reached into her bag next to her chair, pulling out her phone. When she did, the song 'Reclaimer' was able to be heard. Looking at the caller id, she sighed.
"This had better really important Sam." Kerra said, answering the call.
"It is Kerra. We've picked up a strange signal coming from the edge of the system. We're working on cleaning it up, but we should send out a ship to check it out." Sam replied
"Have you been able to get any info from the signal?" Kerra asked.
"Only what seems to be the name of a ship." Sam said.
"What's the name?"
"Forward Unto Dawn. Does that ring any bells with you?" Sam asked.
"I have heard it before. If I'm right, we have to get out there. Prep the Serenity and get my suit prepped with the EVA variant." Kerra said.
"Are you sure? You always cancel your leave when something comes up. Stay there we can handle it." Sam replied.
"No, this one I have to go on. We'll be back in a couple of hours. Plot out how long it will take to get there with the sub-light engines at maximum." Kerra said as she grabbed her bag and rose from her chair.
"Understood. We'll have everything prepped." Sam said as she hung up.
Kerra sighed as she close her phone. "I'm really sorry girls. I was hoping that I could take a vacation without a crisis popping up." She said as she turned to her friends with an apologetic look on her face.
"It's alright, these things happen to us for some reason. We seem to just attract excitement." Sally replied as she got up to go back to their rooms so they could pack for the flight home.
"Yeah, I just wish I could live the quiet live for at least a little while." Kerra said with exasperation.
"Me too. So what's the big to do this time?" Sally inquired.
"Our listening posts picked up a signal. So far the only thing that they can get out of it is the name Forward Unto Dawn." Kerra said as the elevator rose.
"So why is it such a big deal that you have to go?" Cream asked as the elevator reached their floor.
"If I'm right, that ship contains someone that we want on our side." Kerra said as she unlocked the door and stepped inside.
"Who?" Sally asked.
"A kindred spirit and one lucky son of a bitch if he's still alive." Kerra said as she started to get changed.
Half an hour later the trio was checked out of the hotel and flying back to the Alpha Site. Once they were airborne, Kerra converted the Tornado to the Cyclone, using its turbine motor to shave time off of the flight.
Soon they were on the ground and the Tornado was parked in its hanger. Kerra and the girls deposited their bags in the house and took the elevator to what was once the berth of the Blue Typhoon, the flying fortress that Kerra had built after their Chaos Control adventure. Since her return it was converted into a bunker that housed the Mobius Stargate and everything associated with the command.
Entering the control room Kerra quickly spotted a woman with long blonde hair that fell to about her shoulder blades.
"Sam how comes the work on the signal?" Kerra asked as she approached the woman.
"We just finished cleaning it up. It was broadcasted on a relatively low power setting so it degraded with the range." Sam explained
"Alright then play it." Kerra replied.
Sam nodded and hit play on the console.
A woman's voice came through the speakers in the control room:
""Mayday, mayday, mayday. This is UNSC FFG-201, Forward Unto Dawn, requesting immediate evac. Survivors aboard. Prioritization code: Victor Zero Five dash Three dash Sierra Zero One One Seven." She explained before the message started to loop.
"What do you make of it?" Sam asked.
"I say we need to get out there ASAP and rescue those two." Kerra said.
"I figured that you would say something like that. Serenity transport four to the bridge." Sam said as she keyed a radio mike.
Kerra, Sally, Cream, and Sam were suddenly enveloped in a blinding white light before being transported to the bridge of the battle cruiser Serenity.
Kerra immediately went to the command chair and took a seat.
"Major, get us to the location of the signal we picked up. Get every bit of power from the sub-light engines." She said to the major manning the helm.
"Yes ma'am. Though shouldn't we make a hyperspace jump to get us closer?" She asked as she pushed the engines to the maximum output.
"We could, but doing an intra-system jump like that is tricky. More so since our target is extremely close to a planet." Kerra said as she indicated the position on the holo-map on the bridge. "There is a good likelihood that if we were to jump that we would come out in the middle of that gas giant." She added indicating the massive planet on the map as well.
"Understood. ETA to position is eighteen hours." The major replied as she plotted their course.
"Good. I'll be in my quarters. Come and get me when we are about seven hours out." Kerra said as she headed out of the bridge.
Sally and Cream caught up to the vixen as she headed to the quarters area of the ship.
"Seven hours?" Cream asked.
Kerra nodded. "I need time to be able to prep my suit and be ready to get over to the other ship once we are in position."
The other two women nodded as they bid each other goodnight and headed into their quarters.
Seven hours later
Kerra was awoken to the feeling of the ship decelerating. She got out of bed, quickly got dressed, ran a brush through her shoulder length hair which she pulled into a ponytail. She quietly left her quarters and headed for the bridge.
"I take it that we're there?" Kerra asked as she entered the bridge.
"Yes ma'am. I'll put it up on the monitors for you." The major that was in charge of the watch replied.
The screens came to life and showed a massive hulk of what appeared to be the stern section of a ship that would be about the tonnage of the Serenity if it was in one piece. The edges of the hull and exposed superstructure looked as if someone had taken a giant plasma cutter and split the ship in half.
"Have you tried to raise whoever sent the signal out?" Kerra asked.
"Yes ma'am but there hasn't been any response. What are you orders?" The major asked.
"Get into a position that puts one of the docking bays in close proximity to the open edge of the ship. I'm going to get my EVA variant armor on and head over there. I'll have six hours of air to try and find anyone on board." Kerra said as she turned to head to her armory.
Lower deck of Serenity, dubbed the SPARTAN Armory
Kerra entered what had become known as the SPARTAN Armory. It had gained its name from the similarity of her armor to that of the Master Chief and later the members of NOBLE team from the HALO video games. Other than the modifications to the armor for her unique physiology, the armor look identical to the MJOLNIR armor worm by the SPARTAN-IIs and the SPARTAN-IIIs of NOBLE.
Ordinarily, Kerra needed a team of techs and specialists to don her armor. However she stole an idea from Hollywood to speed up the process and prevent any fitting mistakes that might occur to human error. She built the platform that was used by Tony Stark in the Iron Man movies. Within ten minutes she was encased in the extra vehicular activity armor variant which contained maneuvering thrusters that channeled her constant flow of chaos energy to provide the minute bursts of energy to turn and move in the vacuum of space. It also contained a booster pack the allowed her to quickly move in a straight line towards a target. In addition to various harden cases on her legs and chest to carry a variety of tools her helmet, unlike her standard helmet which had places for her ears to rest in without them being pressed against her skull that contained small speakers for her radio and external mics, the helmet was made up primarily of a hardened gold visor that also contained a heads up display. It also afforded her a wide area of view, something that is absolutely necessary when on a spacewalk of any kind.
Kerra then proceeded to a freight elevator that took her to one of the many docking bays that had been cleared of all personnel. Once she entered the bay, she walked to a console and entered the commands to de-pressurize the bay. Five minutes later, when the monitor read zero atmosphere, Kerra entered the command to open the bay doors.
As the doors slid open, Kerra made her way to it. Once she made it to the edge, she saw the many passageways of the ship laid bare to the cold vacuum of space. Speaking into her mike, she asked, "Is there any energy being emitted from the ship besides the reactor room?"
The reply came a few moments later from Sam. "There's an energy signature that is several decks away from the reactor. I'll set a nav marker for you to follow."
"Understood." Kerra replied as a dot appeared on her HUD with a distance measurement. "I've got the marker. I'm heading out."
With that, Kerra step out of the bay and the artificial gravity field of the ship. Using her maneuvering thrusters to position herself, she fired her booster pack's thrusters in a short two second burst, sending her towards the passageway that would provide the shortest route to the beacon.