"Bryan, everything's clear here," Caleb reported in.
"Same here," came Jesse's voice.
"Alright, Falcons, converge on my location, we'll work from there." Bryan ordered.
Stepping off of the winch, Jesse was greeted by a swab of solders coming to see if it was really him.
"Is it really you?"
"I thought you were dead!"
"Where've ya been?"
"Alright, alright, I'll tell you guys later, right now I have to go see somebody." Jesse said as he pressed on, over to where Bryan's suit is still hunched over Jenelle's.
Looking up, the swab of solders saw that Caleb had come back. Stepping off of his winch, he was greeted much the same as Jesse was.
"Thanks for saving our butts back there."
"We thought you're dead."
"Why did you do what you did?"
"Lemme talk with the General first, then I'll talk to you later!" Caleb said as he, too, walked over to Bryan's suit.
"Y-your alive! I-I-I thought y-you were d-dead." Jenelle struggled to say.
"ME, DIE? Never, remember, I'm not going to be allowed into heaven, and-"
"And the Devil d-doesn't w-w-w-want any c-c-competition!" She smiled.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Caleb strolled in casually. "Ooh, you don't look so well, Jenelle, you need to be with your boy toy, so I'll go, by the way, where's Bryan?"
Both Jesse and Jenelle pointed to where Bryan's suit stood.
"Thanks." Caleb said as he walked away, obviously distraught over Jenelle.
"Bryan, Bryan!"
"Yes? I am busy right now, but what do you need?"
"You wanted to see me?"
"Yes, Since the Diamonds have advanced sensors, and our best suit is no longer feeling quite whole-"
"You want me to search for survivors and stuff, correct?" Caleb cut in.
"Precisely, and I want you to keep a special eye out for Stephanie, alright?"
"Sure...." was all a reply Bryan received.
"S-s-so what happened t-t-t-to you and Caleb?" Jenelle struggled to ask.
"Not right now, another time, when you're better, perhaps." Jesse said, squeezing her hand reassuringly.
"Dum-tee-dum, now, where did every body go?" Stepping aside from a pile of debris, T.J. finally saw a suit standing in the sun. He immediately recognized it as Bryan's suit.
"Bryan, T.J. here, the EXPLOSIVES ARE SET AND READY TO GO BOOOOOM! Here's are the BOOM controllers. The EXPLOSION is going to be HUGE!!! HA HA HA!"
"Great. We're moving out at eighteen hundred, so be ready!"
"Heh heh, cool, he he, BOOM BABY BOOM!! Heh Heh."
SCANNING....
SCANNING....
OGANIC FORM FOUND.... FORM DECEASED
SCANNING....
SCANNING....
SCANNING....
SCANNING....
SCANNING....
LIFE FORM FOUND. LEFT, UNDER DEBRIS. BARELY ALIVE. NEEDS MEDICLE ATTENTION.
"Great, I found some one. Bryan, this is Caleb, I hate to bother you, but I found some body, scanner says she needs immediate medical attention. Requesting another suit with extra space."
Static.
"Bryan?"
Static.
"Caleb to Jesse, you there?"
Static.
"Hmmm, that's odd, maybe there are some residual effects of that beam that are messing up my Comm, but they worked when we arrived, after the beam...hmmm."
Walking over to where the body lay, Caleb hopped out of his suit and ran to it. Moving fairly large chunks of cement and asphalt, Caleb uncovered it. To his astonishment, the body was Stephanie! Gently picking her up, he carried her over to before his suit.
"Hell's Dagger, Command-bend over, extend arm down, open hand, palm up, set on ground."
After a few seconds, the humongous suit bent forward and rested it's hand on the ground. Quickly walking over to the hand, Caleb nimbly placed Stephanie in the palm.
"Hell's Dagger, extend hoist, security code clearance Caleb."
An automated voice responded, VOICEPRINT RECOGNIZED, LOWERING HOIST.
Upon stepping on the triangle with one of his feet, Caleb pressed a button on the triangle in which he hung onto to ride up to his cockpit. Climbing in, he shut down backup systems he used with the voice command, and powered his suit up. Standing now, Caleb walked his suit back to where the regimen was standing guard. Glancing at the chronometer, he saw that it was 1755 hundred, almost time to leave.
"General, I have an injured soldier, she needs medical attention."
"Tiffany, get a cot."
"Yes sir!" Tiffany rarely went on missions, excepting other work back at the base.
Setting the cot beside the one in which was placed a bandaged Jenelle, Caleb nimbly walked into the tent carrying Stephanie in his arms. He set her down gently and winced as a shot of pain ran through his side.
"Jesse, get you suit ready, I want to scout out a base camp so we can blow this place sky high."
"Did somebody say blow this place SKY high? FROM WHAT I"VE SET, THERE'LL BE NOTHING LEFT TO GO SKY HIGH!!! Ha ha ha!" Cackled T.J., who no matter where he is always hears key words linked to explosives.
"How's Jenelle?" Caleb asked in a concerned tone.
"Hurting, but fine. Tiffany says she'll make a full recovery within the month. Most of her injuries are just burns." Caleb could detect a hint of guilt in his best friend's voice.
"Hey, it wasn't your fault, we just got there when she went down. Be glad that the beam didn't do anything else."
Now several kilometers out of the overtaken base, the forest was getting thicker by the meter, making more difficult to move. At one point, Caleb pulled out one of his jagged daggers and started to cut a narrow path for his and Jesse's suit.
"You look like you can handle this on your own, our sensors aren't detecting anything. What is it that you wanted to talk about?" Jesse read Caleb like a book.
"I see you're not putting all your attention on Jenelle." Caleb smirked. He continued, "Well, I don't really know how to say this without looking like a fool-"
"Common, out with it boy."
"Fine then, You know Andrea back at the base?"
"Yeah, the one who obviously can't keep her eye's off of you?"
"That's the one."
"What about her?" Jesse urged.
"I'm going to ask her to dinner when we get back." There, he got it out.
"Hey hey, the one who refused to date now is." Jesse teased.
"Sc-static-one, commun-static-are bre-down. Possible-static-ene-"
"Base, this is Hell's Dagger, please repeat message. I repeat, this is Hell's Dagger, please repeat message."
No response.
"Base-"
"Comm.'s down, give up on trying to reach them. I dunno about you, but I'm heading back, the ene isn't any part of our code."
Looking toward the Enclave, Caleb watched as the thrusters on it's back power up and fire a blue flame from it's vents, launching the advanced suit into the sky.
Sighing heavily, Caleb continued on until the ground started to rumble. Turning back to the base, he saw many flashes of light above it, like a raging battle was going on. Unable to keep calm, he smashed the button to the thrusters, cracking it and the panel around it.
Soaring far and fast, Caleb failed to notice the obvious trail he and Jesse had cut through the forest. Nearing the battlefield, the concussions of missiles and exploding bullets started to rock the Hell's Dagger slightly.
When he landed, he noticed that everybody was gone, except Jesse and two other suits. One of them was a Heavy Scout; the other was-Caleb gasped. "It can't be", he thought for what he saw was another Diamond suit, modeled slightly like the Enclave with the exception of no wings and a small Uzi like gun.
There it and Jesse stood, two monuments of technological expertise. Caleb couldn't believe his eyes. His own creation and another, but from where? Why? The thought hit him like a brick wall-Aaron. When he stole the Lithium, he must've copied the plans, the Diamond Pilots were allowed to view all the plans, he must have copied them!!
"Aaron, you BASTARD!! You may be dead, but I won't rest until I fix YOUR mistake!" Caleb screamed.
"Same here," came Jesse's voice.
"Alright, Falcons, converge on my location, we'll work from there." Bryan ordered.
Stepping off of the winch, Jesse was greeted by a swab of solders coming to see if it was really him.
"Is it really you?"
"I thought you were dead!"
"Where've ya been?"
"Alright, alright, I'll tell you guys later, right now I have to go see somebody." Jesse said as he pressed on, over to where Bryan's suit is still hunched over Jenelle's.
Looking up, the swab of solders saw that Caleb had come back. Stepping off of his winch, he was greeted much the same as Jesse was.
"Thanks for saving our butts back there."
"We thought you're dead."
"Why did you do what you did?"
"Lemme talk with the General first, then I'll talk to you later!" Caleb said as he, too, walked over to Bryan's suit.
"Y-your alive! I-I-I thought y-you were d-dead." Jenelle struggled to say.
"ME, DIE? Never, remember, I'm not going to be allowed into heaven, and-"
"And the Devil d-doesn't w-w-w-want any c-c-competition!" She smiled.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Caleb strolled in casually. "Ooh, you don't look so well, Jenelle, you need to be with your boy toy, so I'll go, by the way, where's Bryan?"
Both Jesse and Jenelle pointed to where Bryan's suit stood.
"Thanks." Caleb said as he walked away, obviously distraught over Jenelle.
"Bryan, Bryan!"
"Yes? I am busy right now, but what do you need?"
"You wanted to see me?"
"Yes, Since the Diamonds have advanced sensors, and our best suit is no longer feeling quite whole-"
"You want me to search for survivors and stuff, correct?" Caleb cut in.
"Precisely, and I want you to keep a special eye out for Stephanie, alright?"
"Sure...." was all a reply Bryan received.
"S-s-so what happened t-t-t-to you and Caleb?" Jenelle struggled to ask.
"Not right now, another time, when you're better, perhaps." Jesse said, squeezing her hand reassuringly.
"Dum-tee-dum, now, where did every body go?" Stepping aside from a pile of debris, T.J. finally saw a suit standing in the sun. He immediately recognized it as Bryan's suit.
"Bryan, T.J. here, the EXPLOSIVES ARE SET AND READY TO GO BOOOOOM! Here's are the BOOM controllers. The EXPLOSION is going to be HUGE!!! HA HA HA!"
"Great. We're moving out at eighteen hundred, so be ready!"
"Heh heh, cool, he he, BOOM BABY BOOM!! Heh Heh."
SCANNING....
SCANNING....
OGANIC FORM FOUND.... FORM DECEASED
SCANNING....
SCANNING....
SCANNING....
SCANNING....
SCANNING....
LIFE FORM FOUND. LEFT, UNDER DEBRIS. BARELY ALIVE. NEEDS MEDICLE ATTENTION.
"Great, I found some one. Bryan, this is Caleb, I hate to bother you, but I found some body, scanner says she needs immediate medical attention. Requesting another suit with extra space."
Static.
"Bryan?"
Static.
"Caleb to Jesse, you there?"
Static.
"Hmmm, that's odd, maybe there are some residual effects of that beam that are messing up my Comm, but they worked when we arrived, after the beam...hmmm."
Walking over to where the body lay, Caleb hopped out of his suit and ran to it. Moving fairly large chunks of cement and asphalt, Caleb uncovered it. To his astonishment, the body was Stephanie! Gently picking her up, he carried her over to before his suit.
"Hell's Dagger, Command-bend over, extend arm down, open hand, palm up, set on ground."
After a few seconds, the humongous suit bent forward and rested it's hand on the ground. Quickly walking over to the hand, Caleb nimbly placed Stephanie in the palm.
"Hell's Dagger, extend hoist, security code clearance Caleb."
An automated voice responded, VOICEPRINT RECOGNIZED, LOWERING HOIST.
Upon stepping on the triangle with one of his feet, Caleb pressed a button on the triangle in which he hung onto to ride up to his cockpit. Climbing in, he shut down backup systems he used with the voice command, and powered his suit up. Standing now, Caleb walked his suit back to where the regimen was standing guard. Glancing at the chronometer, he saw that it was 1755 hundred, almost time to leave.
"General, I have an injured soldier, she needs medical attention."
"Tiffany, get a cot."
"Yes sir!" Tiffany rarely went on missions, excepting other work back at the base.
Setting the cot beside the one in which was placed a bandaged Jenelle, Caleb nimbly walked into the tent carrying Stephanie in his arms. He set her down gently and winced as a shot of pain ran through his side.
"Jesse, get you suit ready, I want to scout out a base camp so we can blow this place sky high."
"Did somebody say blow this place SKY high? FROM WHAT I"VE SET, THERE'LL BE NOTHING LEFT TO GO SKY HIGH!!! Ha ha ha!" Cackled T.J., who no matter where he is always hears key words linked to explosives.
"How's Jenelle?" Caleb asked in a concerned tone.
"Hurting, but fine. Tiffany says she'll make a full recovery within the month. Most of her injuries are just burns." Caleb could detect a hint of guilt in his best friend's voice.
"Hey, it wasn't your fault, we just got there when she went down. Be glad that the beam didn't do anything else."
Now several kilometers out of the overtaken base, the forest was getting thicker by the meter, making more difficult to move. At one point, Caleb pulled out one of his jagged daggers and started to cut a narrow path for his and Jesse's suit.
"You look like you can handle this on your own, our sensors aren't detecting anything. What is it that you wanted to talk about?" Jesse read Caleb like a book.
"I see you're not putting all your attention on Jenelle." Caleb smirked. He continued, "Well, I don't really know how to say this without looking like a fool-"
"Common, out with it boy."
"Fine then, You know Andrea back at the base?"
"Yeah, the one who obviously can't keep her eye's off of you?"
"That's the one."
"What about her?" Jesse urged.
"I'm going to ask her to dinner when we get back." There, he got it out.
"Hey hey, the one who refused to date now is." Jesse teased.
"Sc-static-one, commun-static-are bre-down. Possible-static-ene-"
"Base, this is Hell's Dagger, please repeat message. I repeat, this is Hell's Dagger, please repeat message."
No response.
"Base-"
"Comm.'s down, give up on trying to reach them. I dunno about you, but I'm heading back, the ene isn't any part of our code."
Looking toward the Enclave, Caleb watched as the thrusters on it's back power up and fire a blue flame from it's vents, launching the advanced suit into the sky.
Sighing heavily, Caleb continued on until the ground started to rumble. Turning back to the base, he saw many flashes of light above it, like a raging battle was going on. Unable to keep calm, he smashed the button to the thrusters, cracking it and the panel around it.
Soaring far and fast, Caleb failed to notice the obvious trail he and Jesse had cut through the forest. Nearing the battlefield, the concussions of missiles and exploding bullets started to rock the Hell's Dagger slightly.
When he landed, he noticed that everybody was gone, except Jesse and two other suits. One of them was a Heavy Scout; the other was-Caleb gasped. "It can't be", he thought for what he saw was another Diamond suit, modeled slightly like the Enclave with the exception of no wings and a small Uzi like gun.
There it and Jesse stood, two monuments of technological expertise. Caleb couldn't believe his eyes. His own creation and another, but from where? Why? The thought hit him like a brick wall-Aaron. When he stole the Lithium, he must've copied the plans, the Diamond Pilots were allowed to view all the plans, he must have copied them!!
"Aaron, you BASTARD!! You may be dead, but I won't rest until I fix YOUR mistake!" Caleb screamed.