Seno Miyagi stood before the image of the High Council. It seemed
humiliating to stand at attention before a viewing screen, but that's
probably how they planned it.
"Dr. Miyagi. Report on the condition of Sleeper number 0115," one of the
men said.
"Her condition seems to be progressing faster than the natural sleepers.
At this rate she'll begin her transfermation into a new breed of Blue
within days," he answered.
"Then Dr. Miyagi. You must terminate the experiment," the only woman on
the council answered.
"Yes. Emmidiately. While her state is progressing faster than the others,
the B-Cells have a weaker hold on her. I should be able to purge her
system of them."
"NO YOU FOOL!" screamed one of the members, he couldn't tell which one,"IF
YOU DO THAT THE SLEEPERS WILL BEGIN TO SUSPECT WHAT THE B-CELLS ARE DOING
TO THEM!"
"Calm down," responded the woman,"it's not like he's founded some kind of
secret resistance movement against us. Now Dr. Miyagi, you will have an
accident during training to dispose of 0115."
Seno gasped, not even sure which part he was gasping at.
"Dismissed!" they all recited in sinc, and the view screen went dark.
Marlyn climbed into her armor shrike. Alicia, Tony, and Yuji were all several seconds behind her. Anne walked up in front of her. "Now get ready for your first mission together. Thankfully these Blue seemed to go through a different metamorphasis than standard Blue," Anne said,"they seem to grow from normal insect like proportions, and slipped onboard a soilder transport from Earth at that stage, so thankfully we've discovered them while the largest of them are no bigger than three feet from end to end. This should be routine, even Alicia may not make a fool of herself...." "Hey I heard that!" Alicia yelled. "You were suppose to!" returned Anne in a mockingly whinny voice, "now the only difficult thing about this mission is trying not damage the space station. As on Earth disregard all groundlings, especially you 0115," she stared coldly ar Marlyn,"I could expect that kind of thing from sleepers, but not from a soldier raised here." "Don't worry," Marlyn returned her stare. "NOW GO!" They moved out, allowing the auto-pilots of their Double-Blades guide them. These were mainly for transporting them efficiently around the station, and would be removed along with any other excess bagage when they went down to Earth, but in this case the location of the Blue could be programed in, so the pilots could focus on getting into a killing mood. When they finally arrived at the area where the Blue had been reported the autopilots shut off. Marlyn estimated about fifty Blue, some three feet across, but most no more than a foot. "Yuji, Tony each of us should try for about fifteen kills, that leaves five for Alicia," Marlyn said. "Hey I heard that too!" Alicia yelled. "You were suppose to!" Marlyn returned. All four opened fire. Three Blue were dead within a few shots, and another badly wounded. "Hey! Stand still!" Alicia shouted. "Oh shut up," Marlyn muttered. The remaining Blue moved in on the sleepers, who brought out their blades, except for Alicia who first finished the Blue she had wounded before, and then brought out her blades. Blue began to jump on top of the sleepers. Alicia got caught up with one, while the others racked up kills. Five....seven.....nine....Marlyn needed more....SHE HAD TO KILL MORE!!!!! Then the pain hit her. It was blinding. She was instantly paralyzed by it. The only thing she could see was her own arm as her skin turned green. Fear enveloped her. Then she passed out.
"MARLYN!" screamed Alicia. The Blue seemed to be ignoring her. As if they could read something inside of her to tell them she wasn't a threat. But for the first time that something came to the surface. Alicia slashed through the Blue in front of her, and charged at Marlyn, slashing three Blue off her shrike, then turning and shooting three more directly in the core, just as Joey and Yuji finished off their share of the Blue. "Thanks Alicia," Marlyn said. From the sound of her voice she was hardly aware of what Alicia had done, but at least it hadn't taken her long to wake up again, maybe it wasn't so bad, but Alicia felt it was. "Oh yeah," said Yuji," like anyone couldn't have done that with an opening like that." "I heard that!" yelled Alicia. "You were suppose to!" said Yuji, Tony, and Marlyn all at once.
Marlyn climbed into her armor shrike. Alicia, Tony, and Yuji were all several seconds behind her. Anne walked up in front of her. "Now get ready for your first mission together. Thankfully these Blue seemed to go through a different metamorphasis than standard Blue," Anne said,"they seem to grow from normal insect like proportions, and slipped onboard a soilder transport from Earth at that stage, so thankfully we've discovered them while the largest of them are no bigger than three feet from end to end. This should be routine, even Alicia may not make a fool of herself...." "Hey I heard that!" Alicia yelled. "You were suppose to!" returned Anne in a mockingly whinny voice, "now the only difficult thing about this mission is trying not damage the space station. As on Earth disregard all groundlings, especially you 0115," she stared coldly ar Marlyn,"I could expect that kind of thing from sleepers, but not from a soldier raised here." "Don't worry," Marlyn returned her stare. "NOW GO!" They moved out, allowing the auto-pilots of their Double-Blades guide them. These were mainly for transporting them efficiently around the station, and would be removed along with any other excess bagage when they went down to Earth, but in this case the location of the Blue could be programed in, so the pilots could focus on getting into a killing mood. When they finally arrived at the area where the Blue had been reported the autopilots shut off. Marlyn estimated about fifty Blue, some three feet across, but most no more than a foot. "Yuji, Tony each of us should try for about fifteen kills, that leaves five for Alicia," Marlyn said. "Hey I heard that too!" Alicia yelled. "You were suppose to!" Marlyn returned. All four opened fire. Three Blue were dead within a few shots, and another badly wounded. "Hey! Stand still!" Alicia shouted. "Oh shut up," Marlyn muttered. The remaining Blue moved in on the sleepers, who brought out their blades, except for Alicia who first finished the Blue she had wounded before, and then brought out her blades. Blue began to jump on top of the sleepers. Alicia got caught up with one, while the others racked up kills. Five....seven.....nine....Marlyn needed more....SHE HAD TO KILL MORE!!!!! Then the pain hit her. It was blinding. She was instantly paralyzed by it. The only thing she could see was her own arm as her skin turned green. Fear enveloped her. Then she passed out.
"MARLYN!" screamed Alicia. The Blue seemed to be ignoring her. As if they could read something inside of her to tell them she wasn't a threat. But for the first time that something came to the surface. Alicia slashed through the Blue in front of her, and charged at Marlyn, slashing three Blue off her shrike, then turning and shooting three more directly in the core, just as Joey and Yuji finished off their share of the Blue. "Thanks Alicia," Marlyn said. From the sound of her voice she was hardly aware of what Alicia had done, but at least it hadn't taken her long to wake up again, maybe it wasn't so bad, but Alicia felt it was. "Oh yeah," said Yuji," like anyone couldn't have done that with an opening like that." "I heard that!" yelled Alicia. "You were suppose to!" said Yuji, Tony, and Marlyn all at once.
