Sorry for the long gap here. Been kinda busy. Anyway here's chapter 7 and the conclusion of the Theta Battle.
………………………
(CHAPTER 7) BREAKING POINT
Yuna was continuously running vital scans over Eric's body. Despite his opinion of his own injuries, Yuna knew he wasn't in any condition to be fighting. She had debated on sending out Eric's last round of Nanites but stopped herself. The last thing she wanted was for Eric to be upset at her in his condition. She could tell from his vital scans that he was in pain. The hard impact against the stone wall nearly gave him a concussion and the wound on his leg needed medical treatment. For the most part all the bio-foam that was injected into it was only numbing the pain. She never understood how Eric could push himself so hard on these missions. She knew that if she was human she could never imagine doing what he and the other Spartans did. Yuna stopped herself. "Human…" She thought to herself. She pushed the thought aside. She never liked thinking the impossible.
She finished a vital scan and did a much needed scan on his armor. His shield generator had been acting up ever since she protected him with the thermal barrier. It needed immediate repair. The last thing Yuna wanted was for his shield generator to fail during combat. Then was the issue with the cracked visor. The cracks in the visor caused the internal HUD links to fail and now Eric had no way of knowing his ammo and shield status. All Yuna could think to do on this matter was help him the best she could by telling him when ammo was running low and when his shields were nearly gone. Finally there was the issue of the armor plating. The alloy on the back of the suit was damaged during his hard landing after jumping out of the drop pod. Then there was the issue of the leg plates being charred and burned from the extreme heat of walking on the glass fields and, finally there was the left leg plate. Ten punctured holes in the alloy from the Theta's teeth wrapped around the upper leg plate. That needed replaced as soon as possible. If for any reason Eric should find himself in an environment where a sealed suit was required for either extreme heat or hard vacuum, his breeched armor would mean instant death.
Yuna did one final thing. She opened up an encrypted COM channel that only her and Mitsuki both had and knew about. It was a direct COM link to Dr. Halsey. Yuna recorded a message.
"Hello Dr. Halsey, it's been a while. I'm with Eric on the planet Aurora. He's badly wounded and his suit is in need of immediate repair. Please send the replacement parts on the list which I have included to UNSC Outpost-343217 in the city of Eclipse as soon as possible. Until then, Yuna out."
Yuna sent the message and hoped it would be received soon. Finally before lowering her power and saving some energy she looked at Eric's brain activity. He was dreaming.
(DREAM)
It was a long time ago. Eric was no more then 4 years old. He was in a brightly lit room. He knew it was his house. He saw two people standing in front of him. He knew it was his parents. He saw his mother approach him and kneel down and hug him. It made him happy. There was a flash of white light. He was older now. He was walking in his blue and red Dress Uniform. Countless medals and ribbons adorned his dress coat. He also noticed that someone was walking beside him, a girl, noticeably shorter then him. She was walking very close to him and was holding onto his arm. She had ankle length sky blue hair and matching sky blue eyes. She looked up at him and said something. He couldn't hear any voice coming from her but he knew she said something nice to him. It eventually dawned on him that he was walking with Yuna. She was in human form. Both were walking happily in a calm world that was completely devoid of war and conflict. It was an area that looked like a park.
As they walked people smiled and greeted them. Eric could never hear what anyone was saying, he only knew that what they were saying was nice. A genteel breeze caught his long electric blue hair and his long trench coat dress uniform. He looked down at Yuna and saw her long sky blue hair flowing with the wind. He smiled and put his arm behind her back and pulled her in closer to him. She looked up and smiled with blushing cheeks.
The world changed again. It was dark out and the sky was red and was filled with smoke. The sound of automatic weapons fire crackled in the distance. He noticed that he was back in his armor. Something dark loomed in front of him. He instantly pulled up his Shotgun and put himself between the threat and Yuna. Whatever it might try to dish out, his armor would take the blows and keep Yuna safe. He popped off several rounds from his 8 Gage. The rounds impacted and the threat disappeared. He slung his Shotgun and pulled out his Battle Rifle. Only holding the weapon with his right hand, he reached around and pulled Yuna in close to him. She held onto his armor with fear. He heard her gasp then he felt himself get knocked hard in the back. He grunted in pain and fell to the ground. In a daze he frantically looked for Yuna. He heard her call his name and he quickly turned and saw her being taken away by the unknown enemy. He pulled out his Shotgun and quickly sprinted after her. He reached out and the world around him began to flare bright white. "…Eric…" He reached his hand out and saw her vanish. "…Eric…"
(END)
"Eric… Eric!" Eric shook his head and opened his eyes. He heard Yuna say softly, "It's been a half hour. We need to get going again." Eric groaned and sat up. He looked around. He was back in this hell that wouldn't let him escape. "Your brain activity was going wild while you were sleeping. Did you have a bad dream?" Yuna asked softly. Eric answered quietly as he stood up, "No, I was just having a tough time sleeping." Yuna knew he was lying. She learned after all the time of being his A.I. not to ask why. It only made him edgy.
He looked down at his leg. His blood stained armor plating was badly damaged. He flexed his leg. His muscles were stiff and sore. He knew he needed medical attention but until he got out of the glass fields he would have to wait. He opened his COM to Kalder. "Kalder come in." A click of static followed by Kalder's voice replied, "Eric me and Mitsuki have been worried sick about you, what's your status?" Eric replied, "I'm good. I just need to get out of these glass fields." Kalder answered, "I know what you mean. I lost track of the Theta roughly forty five minutes ago. I have no clue where it went now and quite frankly I don't give a shit, I just want to meet up with some other Marines. This solo fighting is getting old real fast." "Have you been able to establish any sort of contact with any friendlies?" Eric asked. Kalder answered, "No, there's still too much radio interference from those damn Cruisers." Eric groaned. "Ok, I know I'm close to the outer edge of the glass fields, and I have no idea where the Theta that's after me went. I'm going to try and restock on weapons at the crashed Longsword and then get out of here." "Understood," Kalder said. "I'm trying to get to your location as fast as I can. I'll contact you in a little bit." Eric answered, "Ok, SPARTAN-45 out."
Eric held his Shotgun and limped slowly towards the entrance of the church. Despite the bio-foam, his injury made walking difficult. Every step he took his leg was stabbed with a stiff pain. Every time he put weight on his leg he let out a heavy breath. Yuna asked him softly, "Are you sure you're ok?" Eric uttered out, "Yeah, I just need to walk it off."
He walked out of the front of the church and carefully made his way outside. There was no sign of the Theta. Maybe it got bored and ran off? He could only hope. Eric looked at his visor. It was lined with cracks and every now and then a few waves static fuzzed over his broken HUD. "Yuna, can you give me directions back to the Longsword please?" "Of course." A few seconds later she said, "Ok, I've mapped out our best route there. You're going to have to climb over some debris to get there but it's the safest way." "That's fine," He told her. "I just want out of here." Yuna told him softly. "I know, and I'm going to get you out of here."
Kalder was wandering around the vast maze of sky scrapers and city streets. He was constantly looking for any sign of the Theta and he wasn't finding any. Mitsuki was doing a thorough scan of the area. She was constantly scanning the area for any sign of movement or any type of abnormality. All she was picking up was Kalder's movement or a piece of debris blowing in the wind. Something finally caught her attention. "Kalder, hang on a second." "What is it? Is the Theta back?" "No." She told him, "Head down that street and there should be a small alcove beside that large sky scraper." Kalder looked to his left and saw a street that lead to a parking garage. He walked down the street and saw the tunnel that led underneath the building to its parking garage. "Down there?" He asked her. "Yes, I'm picking up something coming from down there. It's hard to make out what it is from all the interference form the Cruisers but I think it's a distress beacon." Kalder nodded and ran down the ramp. He came to a road that led off in two different directions. "Go left." Mitsuki told him. Kalder ran down the dim tunnel. He rounded a corner and skidded to a halt sending sparks out from under his boots. Two dead bodies of Elites lay on the ground with several shell casings lying around them. Kalder knelt down and picked one of the spent rounds up. He looked at it and said to himself, "Battle Rifles."
Eric had been walking as fast as he could for about ten minutes. His leg was bothering him. Despite trying to ignore the pain it wasn't working nearly enough. He had managed to find his way around several barriers of debris without having to strain himself to get past them. "Yuna, how much further?" He asked. She replied softly. "You have about three thousand feet left to go." Eric sighed with relief. He was nearly to his goal and to his way out of here.
He came to a wall of rubble in front of him. He slung his Shotgun and climbed up. He grabbed onto a beam and tried to pull himself up. The burnt piece of ruble couldn't hold the weight of his battle suit and it snapped. He fell and landed hard on his back. He let out a grunt and lay with his back flat against the charred soil. Yuna gasped and asked, "Are you ok?" He sighed and sat up. "Yeah, I'm good." Eric looked back at the wall of rubble. His helmets flashlights made long white beams as it passed through the smoke in the area. He looked and saw a more safe way to climb. He chose the right route. He climbed up relatively easily. He reached the top and surveyed the area. Amongst the sea of flame and destruction, one feature in particular caught his eye. The massive geyser of flame from the ruptured gas line was still burning. Good, he knew where the Longsword was. He hopped down over the other side of the rubble and landed sloppily. The weight of himself and his battle suit landing played hell with his leg. He grunted in pain and shakily stood up. "Easy!" Yuna scolded. Eric sighed and kept moving.
Kalder ran down the concrete tunnel. His motion tracker blipped two red dots and he stopped. He cautiously looked around the corner and saw a small UNSC base set up in the back of the parking garage. He also saw two Elites in scarlet armor guarding the area. Two easy kills for him and it was a nice change compared to the Theta. He was actually glad to see normal Covenant again. He pulled out his duel plasma rifles and ran out. He unloaded switching back and forth between the two Elites and quickly drained there shields. They two Elites fired back. Kalder managed to dodge most of the shots and what struck him was easily stopped by his shields. He quickly dropped his one plasma rifle and pulled out a frag grenade. He primed it and tossed it. The grenade landed at the Elites feet and detonated. There was a loud boom that echoed through the tunnels followed by the yells of two Elites. Both were instantly killed from the blast.
Kalder ran over to the base. He jumped over the barriers and froze. Five dead bodies of soldiers lay in a pool of blood. All had plasma burns on there bodies. The Spartan sighed and started to look for supplies. He saw a radio. He grabbed the mic and tried to establish contact. No good, the radio wouldn't even function. He cursed and turned towards a weapon locker. He opened the weapon locker and cracked a smile. He saw his beloved Sniper Rifle. He instantly picked it up and grabbed sever clips for it. He also saw a Rocket Launcher; he picked it up and grabbed eight rounds for it. He looked to his left; he saw a grey a tarp covering something. He went over and pulled the tarp back. "Thank you god!" He said to himself as he pulled the tarp off of a Warthog. He looked at the turret. Good, this one had a Gauss Cannon instead of the standard 50 cal. turret. He threw his weapons into the passenger seat and ran back to the weapons locker. He found two SMG's and some extra frag grenades. He grabbed them and attached them to his suit. He ran back over to the Warthog and hopped in the driver's seat. He stepped on the gas and drove for the exit.
Eric limped down a road that was littered with glowing embers and the occasional puff of flame. He saw an ominous orange glow ahead of him. Good, he was close to the road with the ruptured gas line. He picked up his pace to a run. He ignored the pain in his leg. He didn't care anymore; he was almost out of here. He saw the Longsword and his Gravity Hammer lying on the ashen soil. "Finally!" He said to himself. "Theta!" Yuna yelled. After its brief absence, the Theta made itself known again. It crashed down in front of Eric and roared. Eric ground to a halt and took aim with his Shotgun. "You have got to be shitting me!" He yelled. The Theta brought itself to a semi crouched position and began to circle. Eric did the same. He cautiously aimed and waited for it to make a move. After what happened to him last time he learned not to make the first move on these things.
Kalder found his way back onto the main road. His Warthog sped down the deserted street weaving back and forth around rubble and abandoned vehicles. He looked at the clock in the center column. It was nearly 4:50AM. Dawn would be breaking any time now, and hopefully he and Eric would be regrouped soon. Amongst the blue glow of the Warthog's interior controls, Kalder cautiously looked back and forth amongst the darkness of the city looking for any possible threat that might be after him. Aside from the occasional pop of automatic weapon fire off in the distance he was the only thing in the area making any noise and unfortunately for him, the Warthog's motor was far from quiet.
Kalder caught a flash of red on his motion tracker. He slammed on the breaks and the Hog skidded to a stop. He pulled an SMG off his leg plate and cautiously surveyed the area. He couldn't find anything. He sighed and re-attached the SMG to his leg plate and slowly started to move again. Mitsuki broke the silence. "I just got a message from Yuna. Despite trying to convince him, Eric refused his last round of Nanites and now he's fighting that Theta again while wounded and his armor is badly damaged. We need to get to his location as fast as we can and help." Kalder nodded and stepped on the gas. "God he's stupid." He thought to himself.
"I'm picking up stray movement again Kalder." Mitsuki said cautiously. That's all he needed to hear. There was nothing else out here other then that damn Theta. Kalder said calmly as he drove, "I know. It's been following us since we left the parking garage. It would have to be deaf not to hear this things motor." Kalder looked at his motion tracker. A large red dot quickly closed in on his position. "And now it wants its ass beat again."
He pulled out a Frag grenade and pulled the pin. He tossed it out the driver's side and it bounced along the pavement. It rolled to a stop and detonated right in front of the Theta. Another waste of ammo. All it managed to do was throw the alien off balance and stun it.
Kalder saw the large creature in the rear view mirror quickly close in on him. He floored it and picked up whatever speed he could. The thing was damn fast and losing it would be impossible. He felt a hard hit on the Warthog's rear end and he fought to keep the vehicle in control. Another hard hit sent the vehicle spinning. The Warthog slid broadside and began to roll. Kalder shielded his face with his arms as the vehicle flipped end over end. The front windshield shattered sending shards of broken glass flying. The vehicle ground to a halt in a wave of sparks. The hard hit nearly left him unconscious.
He shook it off and quickly pulled out his two SMG's and unloaded on the Theta that was nearly on top of him. The shower of bullets pelted the Theta's thick armor-like scales. It shrieked and lunged forward at Kalder. He flexed his calves and leapt sideways mere inches above the ground and unloaded the rest of his clip on the Theta. The hail of bullets disoriented the alien and it impacted hard into the overturned Warthog, flipping it back on its wheels. The hard impact on the vehicle sent the weapons Kalder packed in flying onto the street. Kalder saw the Rocket Launcher. The Spartan frowned and ran at the Theta. "Hang on Mitsuki!" Kalder sprinted forward in an adrenaline filled burst of speed. He leapt forward and slid along the ground right under the Theta's head. From his point of view it looked like he was moving in slow motion. He quickly pulled out a plasma grenade and primed it. He yelled and, lunged his arm up as he slid under the Theta's head. He slammed the grenade into the Theta's neck. He quickly regained his footing and kept running. He heard a boom behind him followed by the Theta's loud scream. He didn't care weather it was dead or not, he kept running forward and grabbed the Rocket Launcher. He mounted it on his shoulder and quickly skidded to a halt and took aim. He sighted on the dazed Theta and launched a round from the Rocket Launcher. The small missile impacted right below the Theta's neck. The Theta shrieked and collapsed to the ground. It still wasn't dead.
Kalder quickly ran to the Warthog and jumped into the Gauss Cannon. He took aim and began to unload on the alien. With each heavy impact the Theta let out a high pitched shriek. Kalder never took his finger off the trigger. A constant hail of Gauss rounds impacted hard into its armored back. He heard Mitsuki over all the noise and chaos, "Keep hitting it! The plating on its back is about to fail!" Kalder popped off five more rounds and stopped. The Theta's armor plating on its back cracked and an intense green light shot out. "Go!" Mitsuki yelled, "Get on its back and Stab it!"
Kalder leapt out from the turret and sprinted forward. He flexed his legs and vaulted himself on the Theta's back. He pulled his arm back and unleashed several deadly punches. The plating cracked spewing forth green light and glowing green blood. He put his fingers between the cracks and pulled. The Theta screamed but was too injured to move. He cracked open the plating and saw a pulsing green ball of flesh. "That's its heart!" Mitsuki yelled. "Go! Kill it!" Kalder pulled his brute shot off his back and held the bayonet high above the Theta's bleeding heart. He yelled, "Eat this bitch!" With all his strength, he lunged the large blade down into the Theta. It tore through the thin layers of muscle and impacted dead center into its heart. The Theta screamed and flailed. Kalder jumped off and ran back towards the Warthog. He skidded to a halt and took aim with the Rocket Launcher. The Theta let out several more yells before spewing out neon green blood from its mouth and falling limp on the ground.
Kalder walked over to the dead alien. "Scanning." Mitsuki said quietly. "Confirmed kill. Well done Kalder." She said happily. Kalder walked back to the Warthog and collapsed beside it. He leaned back hard against the wheel and sat. He needed a break. He had so much adrenaline pumping through him that he couldn't function. "Are you alright?" Mitsuki asked. He said with a shaky voice. "Yeah, I just need a second."
Eric cautiously circled the Theta as it did the same. He waited. He wasn't going to make the same mistake twice. A moment later the Theta lunged with its mouth wide open. It was trying to bite him again. Eric lunged his Shotgun forward and popped a razor shell off into the Theta's mouth. It shrieked and spat out green blood. Eric saw his chance. He sprinted past the Theta and ran for his Gravity Hammer. "Shit!" He yelled as the Theta whipped him with its tail. He was send flying hard onto the ground. His shields alarms screamed and his suit sparked gold. In a daze he looked around. He saw something matte grey. His vision re focused and he saw his assault rifle that he had lost when the Theta attacked him for the first time. He quickly grabbed it and turned and took aim. The Theta was standing on its hind legs with its razor sharp talons pointed towards him. Eric took aim and unloaded a clip from his MA5C into the underbelly of the Alien. The armor piercing rounds tore through the less armored section of its abdomen and green blood spewed out. The thing let out an ear deafening yell. Eric saw his chance again and sprinted for his Grav Hammer. He was mere feet away and the Theta delivered a hard punch to his armor.
He felt something weird. Something was wrong. In a daze he felt like something had been torn from him. His mind had a sudden feeling of emptiness. He landed hard on the ground. He struggled to sit up and he looked around. Something was wrong. "Am I dead?" He thought in a daze. No, this was something else. Her presence was gone. He couldn't feel her with him any more. In a daze he uttered out, "…Yuna?" The Theta's hit was so hard that it jostled Yuna's chip from his neural implant. He looked around. He saw a glowing blue light coming from the charred surface. "Yuna!" He yelled. The Grav Hammer could wait. Yuna's safety was more important. He ran for her chip and the Theta interfered once more. It lunged forward and delivered another hard hit to Eric's suit. His shields flared and died as he face planted onto the ground. His suit sparked gold and recharged. He was on his hands and knees. He looked forward and saw his Grav Hammer about five feet in front of him. He crawled and felt another hard hit slam into his back. He collapsed to the ground. The Theta was toying with him. It knew what his objective was and it also knew that it was going to kill him. In his weakened injured state his survival was wearing thin. He felt the Theta's powerful fist come down right on his injured leg. He yelled out in agony as his wound began to bleed again. He saw Yuna's chip out of the corner of his eye pulse blue fiercely. She knew he was in pain.
Eric shoved the pain aside and rolled on his back. He yelled out and unloaded a clip from his Assault Rifle into the Theta's abdomen. It roared and ran its claws across its wounds trying to rip the bullets out. Eric sprinted forward and grabbed his Grav Hammer. He turned and looked at the Theta. It had brought him to his breaking point. His adrenaline spiked and he yelled out, "Come on! You want me dead then come finish me!" Eric had snapped. His adrenaline level maxed and he lost control. He yelled out a fierce war cry and charged at the Theta. He jumped at its head and slammed the hammer into the alien's skull and unleashed the weapons powerful blow. The Theta yelled and fell to the ground. Eric pulled the hammer behind his back and swung again. He released another forceful blast after blast from the Hammer. The armor-like scales began to crack slightly from the force. His Hammer sparked blue and went dark. It was out of power. In a blind rage Eric quickly jumped inside the crashed Longsword. He whipped open the weapon locker sending the door flying off of its hinges. He pulled out a Spartan Laser and ran back outside. He stood on the wing and looked at the area. Several feet behind the Theta was the burning road with the ruptured gas line that nearly burned him to death. He was about to return the favor. He charged his laser and took aim. The Theta stumbled to its feet. Several seconds later the Spartan Laser made a loud boom as the beam of energy impacted the alien in the chest. It went sailing back and landed on the near molten burning street. Eric watched as it thrashed around. He pulled out his Assault Rifle and unloaded an entire clip into the Theta to keep it in the burning street. He smiled evilly under his broken visor as the Theta began to burn to death.
Eric heard a rumble. He looked up and saw a Phantom fly over head. He quickly jumped down under the Longswords wing and watched. It hovered over the burning Theta and then surrounded it with its purple grav lift. The Theta levitated above the burning street and was pulled towards the Phantom. A few seconds later the Phantom flew off. "What the hell?" He thought to himself. He limped out from his cover and yelled out, "Yeah you better run you piece of shit!"
The small Covenant holo pad that Eric had taken from the Brute Chieftain a while back let off several beeps. Eric picked it up in his hand and looked at it. A hologram of the Covenant Prophet of Redemption appeared. He spoke. "Well heathen. I see you and that other pest managed to kill one of our Theta's and severely wound the other. Rest assured the next time you encounter them you won't be so lucky." Eric said with anger, "So I finally get to communicate with one of you bastards! I can't wait until we meet face to face so I can kill you." The prophet let out a laugh. "You think so highly of your race and the soldiers you fight with, and yet we manage to slaughter countless numbers of you daily while our casualties are miniscule compared to yours. I'm about to carry out my final action on that bothersome obstruction, you and this city will be no more. And once I complete the reunion with the ancient ones this planet will be nothing more then a burnt out cinder." Eric frowned with rage. He replied in anger, "This planet is my home world, I would never let something as low as you destroy it. I've slaughtered thousands of your troops and taken out several of your ships single-handedly; don't think for an instant that it would be hard for me to kill a worthless Prophet." The prophet trembled with anger. "Insolence! You will be hunted down and brought to me so that I may kill you myself! You're weak, your body is torn, and you're destined for the slaughter. You may be able to fight off a handful of my army but when we unleash our final assault, even your special armor won't save you. It barely stood against a mere Theta. I could give the order right this moment to send an army of Theta's at you and kill you in seconds, but that would be to easy. I will watch you suffer."
Eric walked over to the burning road. He approached the flames and his shields began to spark gold from the heat. In a final verbal assault he said, "Take a good look at these flames Prophet, because when I finish you off, you're going to be seeing a lot of them." Eric tossed the holo pad into the flames. As the device succumbed to the fire, in a final transmition the prophet told him, "I will see to it that you suffer Demon!"
Eric turned. His adrenaline level plummeted and he felt normal. His reduction in adrenaline also brought back the pain in his leg and the rest of his body for that matter. He needed medical attention. His body was beaten and physically wore out. Even Nanites couldn't help this fully. "…Nanites." He thought to himself. He yelled out loud, "Yuna!" He ran with a limp over to the pulsing blue glow that was emitting from the ash. He knelt down and picked up Yuna's chip. He quickly turned and ran to the Longsword. He hopped up on the wing and slipped inside. He quickly took his helmet off and examined her chip for damage. It looked fine, it was just dirty. He blew the dust and ash from its surface and slipped it into the Longswords control panel. A flash of light emitted from the holo panel and Yuna appeared. Eric quickly asked, "Are you ok!? I'm so sorry I let that happen to you, I can't believe I let my guard down like that and..." Yuna cut him off. "Eric, I'm fine. It's you I'm worried about." Eric breathed in heavy. His whole body ached and a trickle of blood seeped from his nose. Yuna made her hologram larger. Now being projected at two feet tall, she could reach out further to her Spartan. She placed her small hand on his face and sighed. "You worry me so much Eric, you know that?" Eric sighed. Yuna smiled and blushed slightly. "Please be more careful, I know you couldn't help what happened against the Theta but, you're too important to me and I can't bring myself to watch you die."
A vision flashed across Eric's mind. He saw a glimpse of Yuna from his dream. When they were walking arm in arm together and just seeing her smile made him happy. He knew that, that dream would never be a reality. She was nothing more then a program and despite that he still protected her as though she were flesh and blood. He snapped back to reality when he heard Yuna sigh. "You're so reckless and it worries me." She looked into his emerald green eyes and her processes went wild. The white trim on her blue outfit flared wildly and she gasped. "What's wrong?" Eric asked. "It's nothing Yuna told him. Get me back in your suit and let's get moving. Her figure disappeared. Eric was concerned; Yuna had always had emotions that other A.I.'s didn't, excluding Mitsuki. Yuna and Mitsuki could both feel joy, sorrow, anger, and love. It was an effect that played hell with both of the girls. Still, it seemed like something was wrong with her.
Eric sighed and put his helmet back on. He picked up Yuna's chip and put her back in his armor. He was relieved when he felt her interface with him. The thought of her not being with him in battle made him uneasy, especially with his battle suit being as damaged as it was. He hopped out of the Longsword and headed to the outer edge of the destruction back to unscarred city. He had made it out of the burning hell and walked under the ever changing color of the auroras.
………………………
There's chapter 7. Hope you enjoyed it. I'll start on chapter 8 tomorrow and hopefully have it posted by this Sunday.
