Alone CH 2
Authors Note: Well my new readers, thank you for the reviews, favorites and follows. And thanks again to Kool Killer for letting me use his plot! You should check out his stories Success and FAILURE right now!
Unyielding Triumph Covenant Cruiser 8/5/2540 4:21 AM
Richard crawled frantically through the vent as he heard the elites enter the now trashed Medical bay, one roared angrily about turning the human himself. Stir Fry? Swiss cheese? A pile of ash? He wouldn't ever know. All he knew right now was that one of the elites had noticed the missing vent cover and they were going into high alert, which made him scramble up a sloping area of the vent in case one of the giant lizards tried to crawl after him, which would be hard because they were too large for the shaft. They would have to send grunts or some other smaller race to follow.
Spotting ahead another grate, this one on the bottom with light beaming through the slots, Richard decided this would be where he got out of the hot vents if it seemed clear, there he would secure the room for a moments break. Looking down through the grate, he noticed the room seemed clear. Desperate to get out of the vents, he climbed a head a little until his feet were on the grate, and then gave the weakly welded thing a swift kick, knocking it out of its place and allowing the corporal to slide down into the room.
Dusting himself off, from the little dust in the shaft, he examined the room in front of him and unslung the shotgun, loaded with incendiary. He turned around to look at the rest of the room but only found an elite in an orange jumpsuit staring right at his shotgun. Seeing that it was unarmed and unarmored, he shouldered the weapon and prepared to fire a round that would probably tear it in half until it raised its arms in surrender and said "Please, Don't"
Richard immediately stopped, this elite was female, she also was unarmed. Lowering his weapon slowly, he wasn't about to kill women and children like some damn heartless elite, especially not an unarmed one. Seeing that standing around here was pointless, not to mention the elite who could give away his position, and there were no other ducts he bolted for the door, only to come face to face with an angry looking shipmaster, who then picked him up and threw him like a toy across the room, ending his flight as he slammed into a wall near the female one. His shotgun flew from his grasp and landed near her, she then picked it up.
Trying to get up, the gold clad elite charged across the room and picked him up, slamming him into the wall again, forcing his lungs to eject their air supply, to prevent him from breathing it even stuck its elbow against his lungs so he couldn't get any more air in them. All the while the elite was roaring angrily "YOU FILTY HUMAN HAVE CAUSED QUITE ENOUGH TROUBLE TODAY!" until the female screamed at him "YOUR KILLING HIM, STOP THEL!" which then "Thel" let the man go and fall to the floor, gasping for precious air that he had been deprived of.
The large elite then put his hoof on the marine's armored back, lowering himself down to the man's ear. "If you attempt to get up I will snap your legs like twigs, understand human?" then putting more of his weight on the hoof, Richard nodded, not wanting to have his fears of suffocation come true. The elite found dark humor in this and laughed at the man's efforts to save his skin. "Very good brother" He removed the hoof and walked back over to the girl.
She told him she was fine and then he took the shotgun and walked over in front of the human corporal, who looked up at the giant lizard with a sneer. The elite then stained for a moment, bending the steel frame of the weapon in half until it snapped right before his eyes. "So primitive, so useless" The elite threw the pieces that were once a shotgun behind him. The elite then gave the man a grin the reeked of dark intention, right before picking him up and throwing him over the reptilians shoulder like a coat. "Yes, YES, you will make an excellent host!" Thel laughed, matching the intent of his smile.
The female then cried "NO THEL THIS ISNT RIGHT!"
Thel laughed at her pity of the man "Oh but it is right Calla, what else would you have me do with him?" He sounded like he was planning something to Richard, who was basically a wet noodle over his shoulder.
"Let him go" She told the large elite sadly, who obviously had no intention of doing so.
"As you wish, Calla" The elite said with a tone that stank of implications, not the good kind of implications. Thel then took Richard, who still feared for the condition of his legs, out of the room and turned the corner to an airlock. OH HELL NO! Was his immediate thought and he started to squirm even though the elite had a grip like steel on him. He heard the sound of someone coming from behind as the shipmaster activated the airlock, opening the door and throwing him inside of the room that was usually used to dock spacecraft.
Richard quickly scrambled to his feet, frightened. He was in a bare room that lacked a terminal to stop what was going on as the hazard lights turned on, signaling his departure from this ship and universe was soon. He looked through the glass at the two elites who were arguing. This is it He thought gloomily In a moment I will feel myself get sucked out into space. And it looked like he was going to be correct, until the lights turned off and the doors opened to see his savior, the female elite.
Crawling out of the airlock, thanking god silently, he crawled to the feet of the female and let some tears of relief run down his face, happy he wasn't suffocating in space. He wiped the tears from his eyes, but before he could thank her, he was picked up and taken down the hall by the same elite who put him in there in the first place. Feeling himself, he realized something; the elite had not taken his pistol or grenades, a mistake he was going to regret.
"Where the hell are you taking me THELL?" dragging the L making the elites name sound a lot more like hell.
"To the medical bay YOU trashed," Thel paused and looked over at Richard. "Soon your blood Shall be cleansed of all impurities!"
Richard chuckles, surprisingly calm for a captive "Says the giant walking handbag"
"You shouldn't be so smug human, Soon you will be a handbag too," Thel mocks back.
"How so squid head?" He giggles, not revealing his true intent "And what's with you girlfriend? She seems to not like the war"
"My mate, uh, grrrr, DAMN YOU HUMAN!" Thel shouted, realizing that he had just slipped up. Then he calmed himself and snorted. "I needn't explain myself to a lowly human, as if you have ever had any females before!"
Richard tries to keep his laughter in as he snickers like a child who had done something wrong "I've had my share of them" He grins "So what are you going to cure Herr Doktor Handbag?" He instantly assumes the worst "Well i guess i had to die eventually, I assume you're going to torture me to find earth and glass it as expected"
"Die? Oh no human, I have something much more special planned for you, your friends have already joined our side, and you will too, brother" Thel chuckled darkly.
The corporal shakes his head "Is that what all that gas was for? I thought Geneva outlawed it 600 years ago after the world war"
"The gas was used to subdue your people, we wouldn't want you to damage your bodies, not when you make such good hosts," Thel sneered. "And we sangheili have never heard of your cowardly Geneva, he must have not been important,"
"You don't want to hurt us? Isnt that strange that you've killed billions though?" Richard questions the "Flawless" logic "And my brother died years ago, disappeared with his ship in deep space"
"I wish your people no harm, knowing what I do now," Thel smiled at Richard. "And what do you think happened to your brother, hmm?" Thel questioned, interested in knowing Richard's brothers' fate.
"Don't know, it's probably floating hunks of metal and bones, your ships probably are the culprits." He says as fast as possible, as if he doesn't want to dwell on the subject of his brother's demise "Just tell me what the fuck you going to do to me, boot"
"You are going to find out exactly what happened to your brother. I hope your body will handle the change better than the first of the changed did" Thel smirked.
"Well thanks for the chat dinosaur, I have one last thing to tell you" He smirks, chuckling slightly, grabbing discretely at his waist for the gun.
"And what might that be, brother?" Thel mocks as they near the exact place that Richard trashed.
"You forgot about something" Pulling the trigger on the pistol, it fired, punching a hole strait though Thel's unarmored area of his back, sending the elite to the floor as the .50 caliber round tore though, the unfortunate elite made the mistake of lowing his round tore through Thel's back, causing him to cry out and drop Richard. Thel hit the ground writhing in pain.
"Impossible, DAMN YOU HUMAN!" Thel scolded himself for being so careless and not searching the human more thoroughly. Thel looked up at Richard, still clutching his back, why wasn't the human finishing him off.
"What are you waiting for vermin, do IT!" Thel yelled in agony.
"A warrior doesnt allow himself to get captured Thel, i thought you should know that" He takes the sword and the plasma pistol from the gold clad elites waist. Then he delivers a swift kick to the elites rear "That's for trying to kill me jackass" He gets up and runs, strapping on his gasmask while he runs into the medical bay, heading into the vents again before the warriors came to investigate the shot.
Thel lied there fuming. The human had shot him, stole his weapons and kicked him on the rump! How was he going to live this one down. Thel looked up when he heard the footsteps of his fellow sangheili warriors darting around the hall.
"Be careful brothers, the human escaped, he is armed!" Thel shouted as he slammed his clawed hand on the ground. The elites quickly set off to find the escapee.
Unyielding Triumph, Covenant Cruiser 8/5/2540 8:56 AM
Jack stirred from his sleep, opening his yellow reptilian eyes and stared at the cold purple ceiling, something felt off and his mind was blank. Not just waking up and trying to remember something your parents had told you to from the night before, but full blown, he didn't remember anything from before now, other than how to speak and Jack, his name.
Looking over to his side was another elite, she was female. Female… The word he knew the meaning but he couldn't place what he had remembered for a second. The thoughts kept reoccurring in his mind as he got out of the, standing unsteadily on his legs like a child learning how to walk. His legs seemed not to work the way he wanted them to, when he tried to go forward, he walked backwards unsteadily. After a few minutes of grasping the walls he managed to relearn how to walk, with a slight wobble. He approached the window and stared out at the unfamiliar planet, and the unfamiliar stars, 3 suns in the distance.
He leaned against the window staring out at the stars, his body kept telling him something was wrong, but he couldn't place what was wrong. The ship looked strange to him, the room looked strange to him, the door looked strange to him, and he looked strange to himself, almost as if this was wrong.
He heard the door unlock and two sangheili stepped in, Jacks mind trying to remind him of something but he couldn't remember what. They both immediately noticed that the female was asleep and that he was against the window. The one closest to him kept his gaze on him while the one on the other side stared at the female. "Wake up sister" The elite called to the one sleeping in the bed. She stirred looking up at the covers fell off her, she was undressed and for the first time jack noticed he was as well. The elites at the doorway only allowed their eyes to look for a second before focusing back on her face; she was looking at them like she should be remembering something.
"Brother, Las Bettamee" The elite on the right regarded Jack, now Las Battamee.
"Sister, Vatus Elavtee" The elite on the left regarded the female.
"Your clothes are at the end of the bed, come out as soon as you put them on" the both took a step backwards leaving the room, the door closing in front of them.
Las walked unsteadily to the end of the bed from his location at the window. Choosing the one that was on the side he woke up on, he had some trouble putting it on, not used to his own hands or body yet. He looked up at Vatus, who was having trouble standing. "So… Your name is Vatus?" He slurred, his reptilian mandibles were not used to speaking without a bottom jaw that he no longer had.
"Apparently, Las" She hobbled over to the front and started to put on the orange suit.
Las was the first to walk out of the room, the elites were standing on both sides of the door. "Wait for her." One of them said as he walked further than between the guards.
Vatus then hobbled out unsteadily. The guard who most referred to her as sister helped her stand. Las looked at the both of them. They were vastly similar, except for gender differences. "It is time for your first meal" The elite on the right told them "Follow us to the mess hall"
The two former humans nodded, and followed their guides down the hall and into the ship's cafeteria. One area of the room had many elites in orange jumpsuits like the ones they have on, the other half had many normal elites all clad in their armor. Righty pointed at the orange suited ones "You will sit over there like the rest of the purified." The two then walked off to join their friends of pure blood.
The two new sangheili walked over and got into the small line for breakfast, it moved fast to serve the hungry elites who were not known for their infinite patience when waiting for food. Las quickly grabbed from the meats and headed back to the tables, taking a seat, Vatus did it similarly fast, taking a seat away from him by herself.
Taking a bite of the mysterious and delicious meats, he kept wondering why everything felt off. His body was trying to tell him something about this place, like he should be worried. He brushed these feeling off, just trying to enjoy his breakfast, but the thoughts continued to bother him in the back of his mind.
Unyielding Triumph, Covenant Cruiser 8/5/2540 9:03 AM
Richard sat silent in the shaft of the ventilation duct overlooking the observation room he had seen the female in. She had saved him, she wasn't a soulless monster who killed millions, he wanted to thank and question her. Also avoiding the troops who were most certainly on alert helped too, every so often a minor or a few would walk into the room and look around for him for a moment until assuming it was clear and would leave.
Unfortunately his time in the vent left him both sweating and thinking, mostly about what Thel had said. What did he mean by cleansed of all impurities? And when does a covenant ship ever have a medical bay? He thought these questions over and over in his head, finally deciding the UNSC had simply never found a medical bay in the ships before and Thel was going to euthanize him or just simply kill him. It was the most logical thing to assume.
He also thought about his comrades and friends on the Silver Sides before it was blasted into a floating pile of melted titanium. Jack had been knocked out or killed by the gas weapon, along with everyone else that didn't have a mask on or inhaled it. Were they destroyed along with the ship? Probably, the gas probably killed them; why else would the covenant use it.
After a while and nothing but male elites, all probably looking for him, Richard continued on, his pathway heading him in the direction of the crew rooms for the elites, the turned elites.
Strident Gale UNSC Light Frigate 8/5/2540 12:07 PM
Captain Ryan Petrensh stared out of the bridge of his ship, waiting for orders. The UNSC had placed them on standby and 2 Heavy Frigates ad joined their orbit near them. He heard the quiet hushed voices of the personal working at their glowing monitors, until one spoke up "Captain, our orders are to go to the last know location of the UNSC Destroyer Silver Sides, the UNSC Heavy Frigates are our escort."
Ryan let out a sigh "Set our course to their last location, we'll find out what happened to them" he ordered, already assuming their fate.
"Yes Sir" The crewman replied.
The captain walked over to the intercom "Alright men, prepare for cryo sleep, were about to make a jump, skeleton crew report to your stations" Some of the bridge personal immediately got up and went to the bay.
After 30 minutes, the crew was prepared. "Activate it" The captain ordered.
The rupture opened, and then 2 other ruptures opened. "Take us there" The captain ordered and the 3 ships flew into the abyss.
Approximately 6 Hours later
The 3 frigates exited their portals and arrived at the bit of empty space. The ships activated their reverse engines and slowed the ships down.
"Sir we have arrived, scanning now for the ship" The bridge commander told the captain from his monitor, looking over the scanners progress.
"Good, alert us if anything comes up" the captain ordered, looking out the view to try and spot something, making out some shapes in the distance.
"Sir we are detecting signs of Titanium A in a nearby area" One of the crew spoke up, with a hint of worry in his voice.
Captain Petrensh instantly looked back at the man "Scan that area thoroughly, if we lost the ship we will do a quick investigation then head back"
"Yes Sir" The crewman replied and tapped a few more buttons on his computer. His monitor beeped and the man sighed, and delivered the bad but expected news. "Sir we found the remains of the Silver Sides"
Ryan shook his head "Send a team out to investigate, maybe we can find something the covenant missed" He got up and walked out of the bridge.
Authors Note Part 2: Electric bogaloo
Well finally, its only been a week.
The EE sufix on the end of their new names is there because they are immediately inducted into the military.
Sorry if it feels rushed towards the end.