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Hell Reborn 2: All doesn't mean all
Yeah I used my previous title and added a two. I decided to turn it into a series somewhat like final fantasy, you know multiple stories that don't actually have any connection to the previous except for maybe a character or item. Oh and, yes characters are ooc if they seem like it because I try but fail a lot in that area. You may get confused at the beginning as I kinda brought in too many characters at once...oops. Anyway, on with the story.
Disclaimer: For gods sake no one here (as far as i know) owns anything! i dont
"Owww...where the hell am I?" said a girl to no one. She looked around and was surprised to find herself in a small forest with her back to a giant boulder. "How did I get here?" she asked herself as she got up. The sound of a gun being readied behind her suddenly caught her attention.
"Well, well, well," said a man behind her, "looks like we got ourselves a fresh little cutie. How's about we have a little fun together, huh cutie?"
"I don't think so." she responded as she made a split and kicked the man in the chin. She was about to make a run for it when she was caught by one of the other guys. She began to struggle but only increased her fatigue.
"Hehe, how'd you know I like'em feisty?" said the man she kicked with a grin on his face. He was about to reach for her shirt when something caught his eye. "Well, today must be the luckiest day of my life." The man holding the girl turned his head to see what his friend was looking at. A girl with purple hair was behind them, with an assault rifle, with what appeared to be a chainsaw attached to it, in her hands.
"Let her go." she said to them.
"I don't think you know who you're talking to." the man responded.
"Hey, look at her neck." his partner observed. The man took a closer look and saw a necklace with figures attached in the shape of cogs.
"So, the Cog are recruiting little kids now?"
"Huh?" was the girl's response, "Cog? What's that?"
"Us." a voice came from behind her. She turned to come face to face with a man in armor, built, wearing a beanie, and the same gun as hers. Just when he came into view, four others followed. One was a dark skinned man, shaved head and the same gun as them. The second was a blond man, goggles on his head, and was carrying an assault rifle like her's but with a standard bayonet on the end instead. The third was a dark skinned woman, black short hair, and carried the same weapon as the blond guy. The last one was a blond woman, her hair was short as well, and had a rifle like her own.
"Let me deal with these stranded Marcus," said the blond guy to the man with the beanie, "I've been itching to get back at'em for what they did to Sam."
"Enough Baird." Marcus responded. Baird simply growled. "Now," Marcus turned his attention to the initial suspects, "are we gonna do this the easy way or the hard way?" The man that had started everything immediately turned to shoot the girl with purple hair when the dark skinned man rushed up and tackled the man. Baird finished the job by planting the entire magazine into the man's skull.
"Nice one Cole." Baird complemented the man.
"Anytime baby, the Cole Train is always ready." Cole responded. The man holding the hostage girl let her go and made a break for it. The girl with purple hair ran after him, as the man turned while pulling out a pistol to shoot at her she revved the chainsaw and slammed it into the man. She pushed through with all she had and ended up going through him as he split in two and came out on the other side of him covered in his blood.
Letting out a sigh of relief she turned to the others, "Now that was refreshing."
She went back to them and that's when the previously hostaged girl spoke up, "Can someone tell me what the fuck is going on?" she cried.
"How about we start with your name?" Marcus replied.
The girl crossed her arms, "Fabia."
"Got a last name?" asked the girl with purple hair with a smile.
"Fabia Sheen, and you?" Fabia replied.
"Name's Prishe, well...just Prishe. I don't really have a last name." Prishe responded still smiling. Fabia returned Prishe's smile with her own and turned to the remaining people.
"Well?" she asked.
"Name's Marcus Fenix," Marcus responded, "That's Damian Baird." he pointed to Baird.
"Just call me Baird." he responded seriously.
"This is Anya Stroud." Marcus continued motioning to the blond girl beside him.
"Hey." she called with a wave of her hand.
"That's Samantha Byrne." Marcus pointed at the dark sinned girl beside Baird.
"Call me Sam." she replied.
"And last but never least, Augustus Cole." Marcus Motioned to Cole.
"Sup!" Cole greeted.
"Now that we're all introduce and are happily together," Baird commented sarcastically, "can we go back to base now!?"
"Probably best if we talk there anyway." Sam added. "I'll radio Carmine to bring the Centaur." Anya reported. Fabia Turned to Prishe while the others discussed what to do with them.
"So," she asked, "you with these guys?"
"Nope, woke up a few minutes ago and couldn't remember anything except my name." Prishe replied.
"Same here, but where'd you get the tags and gun?" Fabia asked.
"There was a man with the same armor as them nearby...dead..." Prishe responded looking down at the ground.
"Hey!" Baird shouted as he ran over to them, "Did you say you took a Gear's tags and gun!?"
"Yes.." Prishe replied shakily.
"Let me see the tags!" Baird demanded. Prishe removed the tags from her neck and gave them to Baird. His face dropped as he read the name and immediately turned into anger.
"Baird what's wrong?" Sam asked as she approached them.
"Jace is dead." Baird replied in a low tone. Sam simply froze as the others stopped their conversation upon hearing their comrade's name. "Was their anything else there Prishe?" Baird questioned.
"Not really, unless you count a giant hole nearby 'something'." Prishe replied.
"Impossible!" Baird whispered.
"Marcus, remember the unusual seismic activity we've been picking up in the readings?" Anya asked.
"How...how is this possible?" Marcus asked himself, "My father stopped this. My father wiped them all out along with the Lambent!"
"Umm...what are we talking about here?" Fabia asked.
"The Locust are still around." Baird responded as he made his hands into fists filled with rage.
The ride to base was an awkward one to Fabia. She felt like starting a conversation but the others didn't look like they were in a talkative mood. The driver was a man built like the other guys but wore an armored helmet so no one ever saw his face.
"Yo, Carmine, we almost there?" Cole asked the driver.
"About 10 more minutes." Carmine replied.
"So," Prishe asked Fabia, "I can assume you're not from around here either?"
"How would I know that?" Fabia asked, "I don't remember anything."
"Well maybe it's the fact that your clothes aren't common," Baird commented sarcastically, "or the fact that you're actually clean unlike the Stranded."
"Geese, what's his problem?" Fabia asked.
"Don't listen to him," Sam replied, "he's just mad because I ignored him this morning." She leaned in closer with a smile on her face and whispered into Fabia's ear, "I was just teasing him, making him think he did something wrong, the apology afterwards feels and tastes better." Fabia couldn't help but wonder at the double meaning in her words.
"Hey," Prishe asked, "This gun got a name?" She held up the rifle she had.
"You really aren't from around here," Baird commented, "That's a Lancer, least commonly known as the Modern Lancer. This, my friend," Baird explained as he held up his rifle, "is its predecessor the Retro Lancer. Not really as accurate but it packs a hell of a punch compared to the modern day Lancer."
"We're here!" Carmine shouted. Carmine Parked the Centaur with others and the groups began to pile out.
Fabia was about half way down when she heard Baird, "Hurry up already!" Baird gave Prishe a small shove, under estimating his strength, causing Prishe to fall on top of Fabia. Prishe felt a surge of peace and pleasure when they landed. She opened her eyes to realize that upon falling she accidentally dropped her lips into Fabia's. She broke the kiss and scrambled to her feet helping Fabia stand.
"Shit, I'm sorry, Baird pushed me and-" She was cut off when she realized that a crowed had formed at the start of their accident.
She could hear some random guy in the back of the crowd shout, "That's fuckin hot!" and other guys whistled.
Sam was the first to act, "What? Does this look like a show? Go back to what you were fucken doing!" People scrambled, running back and forth, colliding as they tried to run away. Sam shot a glare at Baird as he only gave an apologetic shrug.
Fabia was still frozen with surprise from the events until she noticed a hand being waved in front of her face. "Huh?" was all she could get to leave her mouth.
"Come on, we'll take you two to your temporary beds." Anya commented.
"Temporary?" Prishe asked.
"Well, we can't have two teens hanging around like nothing in the military section of the base." Anya replied.
"Hey, we can handle ourselves you know!" Fabia retorted as she snapped back from her trance.
"Take it up with Hoffman." Baird commented and as if on cue a man came up to them. He wore a military cap and was built like the rest. "Speak of the devil." Baird commented.
"That's why you never get promoted." Hoffman commented. "Now where have I heard that before?" Baird asked sarcastically looking over to Sam. Sam just smiled and turned back to a conversation she was having with Anya.
"Hey, Hoffman was it?" Prishe asked.
"Colonel Hoffman." He replied.
"I don't want to be thrown to the side like your civvies there." Prishe exclaimed as she pointed to some onlookers, "I want in with you guys."
"I second that." Fabia commented as she stepped up.
"No can do, your just too-"
"Hoffman," Marcus cut in, "Prishe is actually capable, we saw her annihilate a Stranded without breaking a sweat. I'm pretty sure Fabia can do just as well." Everyone looked at Marcus with curiosity. Hoffman thought deeply for a second.
After a while he spoke, "Fine, but you'll be responsible for Fabia and Baird will be responsible for Prishe."
"WHAT!?" Baird shouted.
"Sweet!" Prishe shouted jumping onto Baird's back and clinging to his neck, "Come on, let's get too eat!"
"Don't worry Baird I'll give you a hand, besides it's too early to leave you to take care of your new daughter." Sam teased.
"WHAT!?" Baird shouted again.
"I like it!" Prishe commented, "Come on 'dad' let's get to eat. Sam chuckled and Baird groaned but did as told if only because he was starving. Fabia followed them behind Marcus, bringing her hand to her lips and remembering the incident.
"Something wrong?" Anya asked quietly.
"I can't shake the feeling that I kind of enjoyed what happened." Fabia replied.
"Joining the military is kind of exciting at first but-"
"No, not that...I meant...what happened with Prishe...when she accidentally kissed me..." Anya couldn't hide the surprise in her face. "Keep this between us?" Fabia asked and Anya simply nodded.
Upon reaching the mess hall, Marcus was caught off guard as he reached for the last piece of bacon left, Prishe ran though at high speed and snatched it.
"Hey!" Marcus shouted. Prishe laughed and chomped down on the bacon.
"Prishe, quit eating all the food!" Baird shouted. Prishe was on a mountain of food fighting off Baird as he tried to steal the bacon she claimed since she got there. Baird finally managed to steal two strips and sat back down. Prishe pouted at the loss of her food and saw that only one strip remained in her plate. Fabia got an idea and began to sneak behind Prishe. Prishe was about to murder the last strip with her teeth and brought them together only to be met with pain and confusion.
"Oww! What the hell!?" she shouted and turned to see Fabia sliding her bacon strip between her lips and into her mouth. Fabia looked at her and gave her a smile and an apologetic shrug. Prishe couldn't tell what confused her more, the fact that she let her guard down for potential foodnappers, or the fact that it was Fabia who managed to take her food. 'Either way,' she thought to herself, 'what Fabia did with the bacon strip was hot.' Prishe gave Fabia a seductive smile that made her blush and turn away. 'Gotcha.' Prishe thought to herself.
Meanwhile, Baird was taking advantage of Prishe's moment of distraction to chow down on the mountain of food that Prishe still had. Sam elbowed him in the ribs at first, but joined him in his thievery when he gave her one of Prishe's cupcakes. Note the sweet treat is super rare to come across in the mess hall as very few are made and the first ones in are usually the ones to take them.
Thing's continued with conversations flying here and there until a loud boom broke the light mood. At first people thought nothing of it. Marcus heard something familiar in the short silence. Something that would send any soldier out in fear to search for cover.
"MORTARS!" he shouted causing everyone to hit the floor and scramble for the exits. With deafening booms, the mortars slammed every building into crumbling slabs as people ran back and forth.
"Cole!" Baird shouted into his com.
"I know!" Cole replied thought the static, "Carmine and I are on our way to the attackers location and- HOLY FUCK! IT IS THEM!"
"Fuck! Baird shouted and switched his com to an open channel, "ALL GROUND FORCES, RED ALERT! THE LOCUST ARE STILL ALIVE! REPEAT, THE LOCUST ARE STILL ALIVE!"
Cole could be heard over the static of the com, "WHOO! It's go time baby! Come on, I got enough for all of yall! Ain't enough freaks to stop this man!" The main gate was blown away as Locust began to swarm the base.
"Hold them off!" Marcus shouted as everyone grabbed a weapon.