Chapter 11: Aftermath
With at least fifty percent of their overall fleet destroyed the Blacks made a hasty retreat. The darkness that had shrouded them earlier vanished with the passing of time. The beast's body was discovered and examined. The monsters were to be called Grays. They seemed to be a hybrid between a Black and a White, mixed with some genetic mutation, and it manifested into this. It's a flesh rendering monster. Its weak points are in the back of the throat, the back of the head and the heart, all the rest is plated with a type of natural armor, its murder to remove the armor even with highly powerful tools. They had power, intelligence, but they lack the proper body to suit them. With no eyes, they can't really fight as well as normal, unless they get your scent. They haven't been given unit names yet. Yue and Ryu's attempt to escape failed, because of their encounter with the Gray. Ryu had to listen to Yue complain about how if that beast hadn't shown up they would've escaped. The Gray had destroyed a majority of the Vanships in the dock. They couldn't leave very easily now. Yue and Ryu sighed deeply as they looked at the hunk of metal that was their Vanship. Thankfully the Gray hadn't decided to make the damage worse. They walked up to the bridge and sat down in two of the empty chairs. They wonder what they had just done. Did they kill it of did they just knock it out. While they pondered this, along with other questions left unanswered, L and C walked into the room and emptied it out.
"Ok, now you two, tell me what happened." C said eagerly, his eyes flashing. Yue explained what had happened while Ryu kept up his current train of thought. If the beast only relied on sound it would've fallen through the hangar doors. How did it know to stop? As he came to the conclusion that he shouldn't think too deeply into it. Once the questioning was over Ryu decided he needed some sleep and walked off to bed. Yue didn't follow. She'd had enough sleep for one day. She wandered around getting a feel for the ship, she had a feeling they would be here a while… Ryu crawled into his bed and stared at the ceiling. He wonder what C and L had meant when they said, I wonder what they'll think of us after. He listened to the rhythmic hum of the engine and drifted to sleep.
Yue stared wandered into various rooms trying to memorize the ships layout, it seemed pretty simple. She found all the basic living areas and some good hiding spots if she wanted to be alone. She wandered around and found herself in the hangar looking at the Vanship. It was so damaged; it would take a lot of fixing to build it back up enough so they could leave. Yue continued to stare at the hunk of metal when se felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked back to see L hovering over her.
"It looks like it was a good ship at one time…" she said looking upon the ship. Yue was infuriated but for some reason, when she looked into L's eyes she was calmed. She stared back to the ship and nodded. L looked down at her and smiled. Yue gazed at her, amazed at how kind she looked. C entered the room and pulled L away. Yue stayed and began work on the ship. She replaced the broken wing pieces and implanted a new engine attachment. She soon became tired and decided to leave and sleep. She was walking down the hall towards the sleeping chambers when she couldn't help but hear a conversation on the other side of a door.
"Yes, soon we will gather A and her belongings so that we may protect her from this new threat." Yue knew that voice. It was L's voice.
"We mustn't allow those…those…things get to her." Yue decided she should stop listening and go to sleep. She continued to walk and soon found herself at a door which she hadn't seen before. It was a large gold door with writing upon it. It was in the dead language of the guild. She tried to push the door open but it wouldn't budge. She gave up soon and kept on down the hall to the sleeping chambers.
