Hello again, we're back with chapter 2. Let me now what you think of it. Enjoy!
P.S. Let me know if you think it was good, or somethings should be changed or tweaked a bit. Thanks.
Has been Revised/Improved since originally being published*
POV Dimitri;
His grip on the arms of the chair loosened as the initial slip space jump subsided. He looked down to see the imprints of his hands cast upon the thin metal.
"Some jump that was, huh?" Alexa commented, appearing on the projector and seeing what Dimitri's grip had done to the chair.
He cast a quick glance towards her in a serious manner. "Enough of that… Could you prepare a cryotube for me? I'm afraid I don't want to sit around and wait." He asked, standing from his seat and walking though the doorway into the small hallway. He was looking for any sort of weapons or supplies, Osman did happen to say there were an abundance of necessities aboard.
It wasn't long before he found a door with the label Firearms. Placing in the security pin, Dimitri stepped inside to find several lockers full of MA5D assault rifles and BR85 Battle rifles along with a few magnums and one SRS99C Sniper rifle, each in its own respective locker. Next to the lockers were a series of crates full of different ammunition types for a variety of weapons. Lying next to one of them was an M45 Tactical shotgun along with a M7S silenced SMG.
"She wasn't kidding when she mentioned there was enough firepower." Dimitri said aloud, walking over to take a look at the armament. Opening one of the lockers, he took out a combat knife, placing it into the sheathe on his thigh.
"The Cryotube is ready." Alexa stated "Are you ready?"
"Oh, yea I'll be right there. And make sure you wake me when we get there… and that we are not seen." He added
"Done. I've already engaged the cloaking system, we shouldn't be seen." She replied. "Just waiting on you."
"I'm coming… I'm coming." He answered back, exiting the room and heading for the door labeled Cryotubes. Quickly typing in the pin, he entered to find several tubes with only one open and ready for use. Dimitri approached the tube, examining it as he turned around and stepped into it.
"Are you sure you want to do this? You can't wait a week or two?" Alexa sighed.
"Dont even try Alexa. I'm not sitting around that long, ive done enough of that for as long as I can remember, wake me when we get there." He answered, manually pulling the hatch down and preparing himself. A few seconds passed and he became dizzy and tired, drifting into a deep sleep a few moments later.
"Sleep well… you'll need it…"
POV Alexa, Four weeks later*
Alexa looked up as an alarm began to sound, they were about to exit slip space. It had felt like forever since they had departed, and now they have made it. The Prowler seemingly jolted to a stop as it slowed to a cruising speed. She stared in awe as the ship approached the huge almost metallic planet. Remembering Dimitri, Alexa quickly entered into the computer controls, awakening him from his cryosleep. The ship slowed as she prepared to enter the planets atmosphere, that is until she noticed something odd... How?
POV Dimitri;
He began to awake not remembering where he was for a split second, throwing both hands into the clear glass of the hatch. Realizing where he was he took a deep breath before pulling the manual release, throwing the hatch upwards and stepping out.
"Alexa, are you there?"
"You're awake! We have arrived, but there's just one problem." She responded
"What is it?" He asked, stepping into the hall and approaching the front of the ship.
"Come here and see for yourself." She replied.
"Alright I'm here, now what is it-" He stopped, staring at the strange planet. "How do we enter-".
Before he could finish asking, a massive red and orange beam struck the ship, causing massive power fluctuations and violently shacking the Prowler as a hole in the metallic planet began tto open up with a loud inaudible screech.
"What was that! What is happening!" Dimitri demanded.
"I-I don't know! Its like some sort of magnet, pulling us in!" She yelled back.
"Dammit! Try and stabilize the ship for an emergency landing!" He ordered, climbing into the pilots seat and struggling to guid the Prowler towards the opening hole. It began to rapidly accelerate towards the planet, the blinding flames of entering the atmosphere impairing his vision.
"Alexa! How far are we from the gound?!" He asked. "I need you to help land this thing! I can't see shit!" The Prowler was shaking violently, almost as if it was falling apart.
"We are about 40,000 feet up and dropping fast! Time for you to earn your wings!" She replied.
The flames blocking his vision disappeared and he could see solid ground rapidly approaching. Pulling up on the controls, the once nose diving ship was now somehow level with the ground but still descending downwards.
"Alexa!" He demanded. "Full power to the engines!"
"Already on it!" She yelled back, throwing the thrusters into full power.
The ship rattled as they fought to keep from crashing. The engines were overheating from the massive strain of the hard landing. It slowed considerably and was now reasonably stable, or atleast enough to land. Lightly forcing the ship down, Dimitri couldn't help but start to laugh. Who knew moments after awakening from cryosleep he would have a near heart attack trying to stabilize a rapidly descending space craft.
"Why are you laughing?" Alexa asked, mostly out of concern for his mental health.
"I don't know. But at least we made it out alive, and in one piece." He replied, trying to reassure her.
"Hardly…" She replied with a sigh, taking notice to a malfunction. "Perhaps I can-"
"Whats that?" Dimitri asked.
"Oh nothing! Just speaking to myself."
"Oh, souded like you said something." He returned.
He got up from the seat and was heading for the weapon lockers he had previously seen. "Where are you going now?" Alexa asked.
"We weren't sent here to just sit around. Make sure you hide the ship and save the coordinates so we don't lose it." He replied, walking into the other room.
Inside he saw that everything except what was in the lockers and crates were now scattered across the floor. "Must've been one hell of a ride." He whispered to himself, opening a crate and pulling out a few grenades. Then moving towards the silenced SMG on the floor, and next, the Assault rifles in the lockers. Grabbing a more than sufficient amount of ammo for both before walking for the hatch leading outside.
"You do realize these weapons are meant for close courters engagements, right?..." Alexa asked.
"I do... but I can handle myself, no matter what I use." He answered.
"Ready Alexa?" He asked, looking towards the hatch.
"Ready when you are." She sighed. "We just landed and your already looking for a fight…"
"Oh come on. Let's hurry and get this over with." He growled. "Such a downer." He mumbled.
"You're an ass… You know I can here you right?" She commented.
"Just open the damn door."
"Whatever… don't expect me to help you now." She added, opening the hatch.
"Thank you." He said, jogging outside. He stopped and stood in awe, the scenery around him was so strange... yet beautiful and realistic. Looking in every direction, surrounded by trees and massive rock formations. He decided to go north of where they had landed the Limit of Shadows.
The landscape up north is filled with cliffs and a small woodland, but still mostly just rocky terrain. Dimitri had been walking for a few minutes before deciding to stop and take a better look at a suspicious looking outpost. Activating the zoom ability for his helmet, Dimitri saw nothing but rock formations and small brush, but a few moments and a closer look revealed what looks to be a small Covenant encampment.
It consists of at least, three Elites, followed by a few Jackals and Grunts. There are several barriers set up surrounding a small watch tower. Two of the Jackals located atop of it.
"Looks like we have our first contacts." He stated, activating the built in cloaking device on his armor. He leapt behind a large bolder to get a closer look, and sure enough his initial observations were correct, it was a small force and could be taken out swiftly and easily.
He vaulted over the bolder, running in a crouched position getting closer and closer to the edge of the small camp. Soon enough he is within a few feet of the barriers surrounding the Covenant.
"Do you have a plan?" Alexa asked him over a private channel. "Because I hope you don't plan on winging it."
This statement caused a faint smile to creep onto his face as he charged forward, deactivating his active camo, leaping over the barrier and unloading the first clip in his assault rifle on six grunts, killing them with ease as each bullet tore through their bodies. Startled by the commotion, one of the Elites charged forward, drawing its energy sword. Without any second thoughts or much effort at all, Dimitri sidestepped the attack, grabbing the Elites wrist and bending it backwards, forcing the sword into its abdomen, killing it instantly.
"Just like training." He commented, reloading his assault rifle.
"A Demon!" One of the grunts yelled out before trying its luck at fleeing the fight. "The Demon is coming!"
Dimitri dispatched the fleeing grunt in seconds and snapping the rifle to the side, firing with extreme marksmanship and killing the other remaining grunts who had also started running in a vain attempt to flee from their inevitable deaths. A second Elite appeared from out behind the watch tower, firing at Dimitri with its storm rifle. Dodging the plasma rounds, he back fliped over one of the barriers and behind it into cover. He waited a few seconds before quickly switching to his SMG and running out from around the side of the barrier and unloading the entire clip into the Elite, destroying its shields. He continued running, smashing the Elite in the face with the gun, and without hesitation, dropped the weapon, pulling the combat knife from its sheath on his thigh and driving the blade into its side.
The Sangheili cried out in pain as Dimitri pulls the knife out from its side, sweeping the Elites feet out from underneath itself with one kick and piercing the knife through its throat as it fell to the ground.
"Alexa! Where's that third Elite?!" He questioned, putting the blade back into the sheath.
"I'm not sure. Looks like it either fled or is hiding, so use extreme caution!" She answered back.
He was caught off guard when a green plasma bolt flew past his head, reminding him of the remaining jackals. Rolling to the right, he picked up the storm rifle the Elite had dropped. With multiple shielded jackals in front of him and two in the tower, He didn't think twice before throwing one of his grenade towards the shielded ones. With an explosion, the Kig-Yar before him turned and ran as their only protection was certain death was destroyed. Knowing this would happen, Dimitri unleashed a fury of plasma into their backs which killed every last one that had tried to flee.
"Two in the tower!" Alexa reminded him.
"On it." He replied, firing upon the two Jackals in the tower and hitting both with extreme accuracy, dropping them almost instantly.
Hoisting the storm rifle over his shoulder to assess the situation, Dimitri was blind sided by a large creature. With remarkable reflexes he rolled on the ground and within seconds was on his feet again, dropping the weapon and holding up his fists in a fighting stance.
"Where is it Alexa!?" He asked. He knew exactly what had happened, there was indeed one Elite left… and it had used the element of surprise to get a cheap shot on Dimitri.
POV Unknown;
She watched in horror as the creature riped through the ranks of her comrades with ease. He was light on his feet, moving with an unmatchable agility… and not to mention has the destructive capabilities of a full on army...
Rage was flowing through her as the last of her small Covenant force was slaughtered. Quickly turning on her active camo, she snuck forward towards the warrior. As she saw him let his guard down, she lashed out. Hitting him clean in the side, but he was back on his feat in a flash and ready to fight. Knowing well it was dishonorable to fight like this, she deactivated her camo and readied her sword.
POV Dimitri;
Standing before him is an Elite sporting an energy sword. The two staring each other down, waiting to see who would make the first move.
"Careful, this one is a Zealot, it should have a conciderable amount of experience and is probably highly skilled." Alexa warned, taking notice to its armor description.
"You mean he used to be." Dimitri replied, running at the Elite.
With a quick swipe, the Elite swung its sword but was too slow. Dimitri countered the attack, throwing a left hook followed by a right. Both punches hitting the Elite square in the face. A loud crack could be heard as a piece of its helmet chiped off. It staggered backwards from the blunt force of the heavy weight blows, allowing Dimitri the opportunity to dash forwards. Grabbing the Elite's chest piece and picking it up into the air without much effort, he slammed it back to the ground, the elites sword falling from its hand and deactivating.
"So much for a fight." Dimitri commented, drawing his combat knife again and preparing to finish the fight for good.
Noticing his advance the elite swept its leg across the ground, clipping Dimitri and causing him to fall backwards. The Sangheili shot upwards while retrieving its sword. It jumped towards Dimitri, he rolled to the side just in time to dodge a stab.
"Watch it!" Alexa warned. "Don't be careless."
Dimitri, using his hands and upper body strength, backfliped away from the Elite, landing gracefully on his feet and getting into another fighting stance with the knife still in his hand. He twirled it once in his hand in an intimidating fashion as the Sangheili charged.
The Elite swung its sword low hoping to catch his legs, but Dimitri quickly countered it by jumping over the Sangheili, driving his knife into its back as he landed.
"They're too reckless in hand to hand." He stated, taking a few steps away from the Elite.
"Speak for yourself." Alexa commented.
Before he could reply, the Elite roared as it turned to face him. It no longer had an energy sword in its hands. Instead it held up closed fists, almost asking for a fight using nothing but their bare hands.
"What is he doing?" Dimitri asked sympathetically, placing the knife back into its sheath. "He's got guts i'll give him that."
"You fight well warrior, but I'm afraid you must die." The Elite growled, taking a step forward.
"Huh, is that so? I was thinking the same for you too." Dimitri taunted, receiving a shocked expression from the Elite. Its mandibles twitching wildly at how he was able to understand their language, let alone speak it.
"You can speak?!" It roared in question.
"Yea, now enough of it!" He replied, flying forward and punching the Elite square in the chest, slightly denting its armor and knocking it backwards. The Sangheili quickly recovered from the blow and disappeared before Dimitri's eyes.
"Alexa?! Where did he go?" He questioned, running to pick up his Assault rifle and SMG.
"It appears she… has fled." Alexa answered.
"Oh great-" He paused for a moment. "Did you say… she?" He asked.
"I did." She replieed. "Its not strange to see it after the war, don't look surprised. I'm not sure how you couldn't tell from the voice.
"I thought running from a fight was dishonorable for a Sangheili?" Dimitri asked, somewhat trying to change the subject. Especially for a female. He thought to himself.
"It is… but it appeared, that for what ever reason, she didn't want to stick around." Alexa replied. "It's getting late, we should call it a day-"
A Loud shriek echoed throughout the area, it's a high pitched and foreign call made by an unknown creature. Dimitri looked all around for any sign of the creature who had made the sound, but couldn't see any sign of life. For some odd reason the daylight that had accompanied them had vanished a considerable amount, and with an unknown creature lurking about, it seemed like the reasonable thing to do was head back.
"And im sure whatever that was... wont be to happy to see us." She added.
"Yea, fine. Let's get going." He hastily agreed, picking up his weapons and beginning to head back.
Once back to the ship, Dimitri walked back to the weapon stash and reloaded the rifles, gathering more ammo and grenades in the process. Finishing, he headed for the door which led to an average sized bedroom with a double bed inside.
"Make sure we aren't found Alexa. I'm going to rest for awhile." He said laying down on the bed, which in turn bent and cracked under the sheer weight of him. Without his armor he is around 310 pounds of pure muscle, but with his armor on he weighs in around 1,100 pounds.
Without any hesitation or trouble, Dimitri was asleep. Leaving only Alexa to tend to the ship until he awakens.
"Alright then, see you in the morning..." She replied, turning off any internal lights still on. She began waiting for morning to come, and Dimitri to awaken...
How was that? I hope it was good, chapter 3 will take some time. First I need to try and get a new story done and published, as well as a new chapter for my other story. Until next time, bye!