Chapter 4: All or Nothing
Here we were, backed into a corner by covenant forces. All out of ammo and taking cover behind my energy shield. I think you all can guess how we all felt, helpless, completely helpless. Beta was doing all she could to keep the shield up, and I was doing my best not to start freaking out. Suddenly the shield started to give out, it flickered on and off and some bullets managed to get through. Then there was a chain of explosions coming from behind the covenant forces. That was my chance. I got out of the shield and made a run for it, straight for the head covenant officer.
Some say I ran faster than the speed of light, some say I was like a cheetah. Well i'll never know, at that point in time I couldn't think, I grabbed the energy sword from my belt and went for it. I drove the sword straight into the officer's heart, and that's when I felt a stabbing feeling in my back...no...all over my body. I turned around to see several spikes in my back and legs, then I heard it, people, reinforcements. I saw them come in, so many of them, and start blasting the covenant. That's when I lost consciousness.
"Am I dead?" I thought as I woke up, all I could see was a white, blinding light. I realized that I was in the infirmary aboard the UNSC space cruiser. I tried to get up but my body wouldn't move. I started to panic when suddenly I remembered what happened, and quickly started to calm down. The door opened and the nurse walked in,"Oh good, you're awake! We were starting to get worried." the nurse said with a smile. "How long was I out?" I asked a little afraid to hear the answer, "About 4 days, the good thing is that when you were asleep, your wounds healed faster than usual." I sighed in relief, I wasn't out as long as I had thought. I tried to get out of bed…but then remembered I could barely move. So I just sat up as best as I could. Then I realized what had been bothering me this whole time, Beta wasn't here. I also remembered that she put up quite a fight trying to keep that shield up. I was pulled out of my train of thought when the nurse returned with some pain medicine. "Thank god!" was the only thought in my head now.
Three Days Later
Apparently I haven't missed much, once reinforcements had gotten to our location, one of the first things they did was get me medical attention, they told me that I had about 20 shots in my body and that i'm lucky i'm not paralyzed from the waist down. They also told me that Beta was taken to get repairs, but she'll be back in a couple more days. So while i'm stuck in this SUPER boring hospital bed, I might as well do something useful with my time. I requested the nurse to bring me my laptop and I started to work on my computer skills. And by computer skills, I mean playing video games for hour on end ?.
Five Days Later
Well Beta's back! I don't know whether to be happy that she's OK or sad I have to hear her scream "I'M BORED!" for hour on end. It's not my fault that I got shot in the back 20 frickin times!...OK well maybe it is my fault...but only a little! The nurse came by and said that i'd be able to leave in about 3 to 5 days, so yay! Back to fighting aliens and giving orders...wait...is that a weird thing to say for a 16 year old girl? Oh well! So after another hardcore session of working on my computer skills, I decided to call it a night. Or at least I tried to, if it weren't for beta complaining every 5 second. I can already tell it's going to be a long night...
Authors Note: So I don't think I'll write about Meledy's complete recovery. It would be boring to write and probably boring to read. So next chapter she will be all healed. I may not be able to update for a couple days but i'll try my best! Until next time! :-D