Again like I said sporadic.

I don't really have to much to say, keep an eye on previous chapters once again as Piston a dear friend of mine is taking the liberty of being my editor and past chapters shall receive possibly major updates.

Without anymore of my incessant blabbering, on to the story.

Jayden's log entry:

Blessed are the fates for the life I live, the friendships I've made, and the adventures I've had, blessed is the Allfather for gifting me my warrior spirit that has been passed down from those of my blood to me.

Many question my beliefs in such a ancient culture, many call me a pagan or heathen.

It matters not to me, I have had set back after set back for a very long time and I have always felt that the spirit of those that came before me gave me strength to overcome the mountains in my path.

So I pay homage to my ancestors by honoring their beliefs.So here I stand thankful for my friends and the life I live.

It's not boring, that's for sure.Well, except when there are times like these, being stationed around Sentinel was Gate's way at getting back at Loki for his little prank on Droz and Davis.

I mean it was pretty funny, super glue on the rim of their helmets, I wish I had thought of it, I also wish Gate's hadn't forced the rest of us to suffer the same fate as Loki.

Guess we just gotta take our lumps now, at least it isn't that bad of a punishment, I mean what's the worst that could happen?

…

I just jinxed it didn't I?

Location: MCS Chimera, Orbiting Sentinel.

Pilot: Jayden Hill, 6-4.

Status: Aggravated.

I'm gonna kill him, I'm gonna find that tin can I call friend and I am going to beat him to death, Jayden thought angrily.

Adam had gone and ditched everyone as soon as Alex had started talking to everyone, Leonard was the lucky one who got asked to look over some of the training for the new recruits and so he got a free pass out of a migraine.

Jayden tried to tune out Alex but failed, as he tried to reassemble his Spitfire laid out on a table in front of him as it had been time to give his favorite weapon some tender love and care.

"C'mon you know you guys missed me." Alex said with a grin plastered on his face.

"Only now I question why I did?" Jayden groaned in response.

Trying to tune out his old annoying friend he tried tapping into his neural link with his Titan though rather than the Titan responding via radio Jayden could in a way hear what could only be described as a voice in his head.

Yes pilot? The familiar voice of his Titan invaded his mind.

It feminine yet it held a sense of power to it which little bit more depth then one would expect and was also more lively than what would be expected from a AI.

Hey MK, how much trouble would I be in if I murdered a mechanic aboard the ship? Jayden "said" seeing as he more or less simply projected the thought at his Titan known as MK-0609 a Ogre class Legion chassis with the classic militia colors of sage green followed by orange accents with a nose art depicting a brunette woman wearing a camo bandanna followed by a similar colored tank top and black shorts holding a rather suggestive pose with a green star, a pink one, and a orange one all in the background behind the woman.

Court Marshall, MK responded in a cheeky tone.

Well shit, wanna help me hide a body? Jayden said in a similar tone.

Play nice pilot we only have another week til we can go back to our regular schedule, MK said in a condescending fashion like a mother would to their child who was acting out of line.

You're no fun, Jayden responded playfully.

Alright I'll catch you later I have see if I can finish putting my gun back together with this moron flapping his gums at me, Jayden said receiving no response from the Legion letting him no it was safe to turn his attention elsewhere.

"Alex I'm gonna be real with you for a second." Jayden said in a serious his normally charismatic personality disappearing.

"Despite how annoying and idiotic you can be, I did miss you and it has been some time my friend." He said turning to him and placing his large hand on the mechanic's shoulder giving as reassuring squeeze.

Alex at first held no expression, fix face blank and void of any emotion, then he gave the largest shit eating grin that Jayden had ever seen.

"Aaaw big man has a heart." He said tauntingly.

Jayden then simply glared at him before thumping him in the back with enough force to make the smaller individual sprawl out over the table he was sitting at.

"Fuck I hate you, the moment I try to be nice and you piss it away." The pilot said in a annoyed yet threatening tone.

"I'm sorry I'm sorry, I missed you too." Alex said recovering from the blow dealt by his much larger friend.

The two then sat in silence as Jayden finished cleaning his gun and put it back together, the LMG had been modified with a small scope in place of its iron sights, the foregrip had be removed and replaced with another that was horizontal pointing to the left of the gun rather than being vertically beneath the barrel, and it was given a much larger dual drum magazine, and painted in a bright blaze orange granted it made him stick out but stealth was never really his thing anyway. Being among other elite pilots with the 6-4 meant more customization for pilot team omega compared to when they were serving under the militia.

Pulling out his Mozambique which was rather standard issue minus its bright vibrant pink paint job he began the process once more, disassembling his side arm and cleaning it before putting it back together again.

To Jayden this wasn't ensuring the functionality of a firearm. This was his therapy, this was the melody that soothed the savage beast, he felt utter serenity when he took apart these tools that kept him alive, it reminded him of a time not so long ago when his father was still alive and teaching him these skills along with many others.

"Take Good care of your weapon son, and it will take care of you."

This is why he fought, so that no one else would suffer losing family that tried to protect their own.

Shrugging off the memory and wiping his eyes dry of any sudden and mysterious moisture he slid the final mechanism into place completing the shotgun into a now lethal weapon.

"Alex, why don't me and you go get a drink?" Jayden said turning to his friend with a smile pushing away the pain of the memories but holding onto the those of the ones he loved.

Alex looked at him, though it had been years he could still read his friend rather well and the need for a friend's comfort was evident and so he game him a nod and patted the pilot's back.

Approximately 3 hours later

Jayden laughed as put his glass down patting his long lost friend on the back though a bit more violently than needed.

Alex laughed it off as he drank from his own glass.

"Jayden why didn't you join the fight earlier, I mean I get that you wanted in on the action after the fold weapon ordeal but why did you join earlier after... you know." Alex asked suddenly genuinely curious.

"After the IMC killed my mother, father, and sister you mean?" Jayden finished for him.

"Yeah." Alex said looking at the bottom of his glass.

"I wanted to fight, I was angry, so angry you couldn't even imagine, or maybe you could, I shut myself out from the rest of you guys, you and Adam lost your old home, Leonard lost his brother, and Xavier lost the woman he loved, but the rest of you guys, you mourned and did not feel the anger I felt, only sadness and despair, and it stopped me from walking away because you guys needed me to, but when everyone was ready to fight finally, I wasn't angry anymore, I only wanted to protect what little I had left." Jayden explained as he took another drink.

"What about you? You became a mechanic and chose to not exactly get into the dirty part of the conflict." Jayden asked.

Alex nodded in understanding.

"I know I seem like I'm not mentally stable, but I never believed in revenge, they say if your gonna play that game you start by digging two graves, and I didn't want to see you guys die too." He said plainly.

"But hey looks like I was wrong, looks like nothing is gonna kill you assholes." Alex said with a chuckle.

Jayden nodded in understanding rather enjoying reconnecting with his old friend.

Pilot we have a problem, being the first words to enter Jayden's mind from his Titan didn't exactly fill him with confidence.

When alarms began sounding off and emergency lighting came on it only hammered the point home.

Sitrep, was Jayden's simple response.

IMC invasion fleet they crippled our engines, as you would say we're going down shit creek without a paddle, MK said via their neural link.

Lifeboats? Jayden asked getting the hint.

Correct, MK said.

"Alex get your ass moving to the lifeboats the ships fucked." Jayden said moments before a voice came over the ship comms more or less saying the same.

"Fuck, alright lead the way." The mechanic said with a nod.

Author Note:

Once again that's all for now, I hope you guys enjoyed this one, again they will remain rather short until I get to the meat of it.

Please leave a review, I appreciate the feedback.Stay tuned for the next one, we will be looking at the same perspective of this calm before the storm from Adam who will be accompanied by our trickster Leonard and thus begin to make our way to the planet below.

I wish you all a wonderful life, and I will see you in the next one.