Chapter 3:Seperation

Through the roars of the deadly shells, Sayne could hear her calling him. She was close, but through the chaos and the cries of falling soldiers he could not see her. He crawled his way through the battlefield; dodging gauss rifle rounds as he went. He tried relentlessly to find the foundation of Bren's cries. He knew that every second he was getting closer. It wasn't until he gained a basis of a few hundred yards, that he saw her struggle against five enemy marines. She screamed viciously as the men bound her wrist and ankles. Sayne tried to stand up to help her but he could not move quickly enough because of a gunshot wound to his up right leg. He had also lost his rifle in an ambush in which he would loathe Duke for until the day he died...

...Duke had sent the firebats (marines with flamethrowers) in first to clear a path for the trailing marines. He didn't tell them though, how well guarded the Antigan base was. The enemy base was station up on a plateau, and several enemy bunkers lined the cliff and there was only two ways on to the plateau. They would have to go up a highly guarded slope, or be dropped off by a dropship on to the base plateau. But duke would not stand to have his flyers sustain any damage. So they charged the slope, a fourth of them dieing before even reaching it. When the marine reached the top they were scattered by two bunkers on each side of the upper slope. It took several minutes for the just to take out the bunkers, when so the occupants were hastily slaughtered. With only a fourth of its original strength left, the exhausted assault team rushed finally to the top of the mesa. They were, of course, met by a handful of marines. Then from what seemed like nowhere a second wave flanked them and the marines panicked. Sayne was left wounded, and that's was when he heard her voice...

...A woman, made Sayne gasp in surprise when she appeared out of thin air, and ran to help the men subdue Bren and a few other captives. I a quick instant Sayne heard the gunfire cease and he new that the fighting was over. The woman, Sayne saw was, was a highly trained ghost. A ghost is a human with telekinetic powers and immense hidden potential. With great focus and a cloaking device ghosts could appear to be invisible. The woman organized the captives in a line, and walked behind the furthest to the right. She surveyed him for a second...then slit his throat. Sayne watched in horror as the ghost walked down the line slitting all of the marine's throats. Sayne heart skipped a beat when he saw the ghost put knife against Bren's throat. He closed his eyes waiting in remorse for the sickening sound of spilling blood...but it never came.

The woman's knife was now in its sheath. The woman placed a hand under Bren's chin and surveyed her thoroughly. Then she spoke, "take this to Mengsk...tell him that she has potential." She paused. "And imprison the other darn Confederates..."

In a matter of minutes Sayne was all alone lying there...He out stretched his hand and mumbled Bren's name. His heart was hallowing. Bren was now long gone by now. His eyes flooded with tear and his body surged with great pain from his leg wound. He slowly shimmied his way toward the direction The Antigans took her, but though were scorched by the war cries of more marines. The marines were Alpha Squad's second wave, which was sadly optional for Duke to deploy. Sayne vision begun to blur when a young 's voice called out to him, "Hello! Marine...Can you here me?"

"Bren?"

"No! I am a marine and a field medic."

Sayne's mind froze in that instant. He was delusional. He heard the mutter something again but he could understand it...he passed out...

Sayne's eyes opened to disavow. He was lying in a cot, in a clinic, and on a battlecruiser. The phase passed when the young marine came to his side and spoke, "You gave me scare." She said. "You lost a lot of blood. I didn't think you would live."

Sayne raised an eyebrow and looked puzzled. The was his age. The strange thing was that she didn't speak like a marine. She spoke friendly...like he and Bren spoke. "What kind of marine are you!" Sayne asked.

"As of today I'm neither...and the same goes to you to." She answered.

"What the heck are you talking about?" Sayne asked.

"We have left Antiga Prime and are now arriving in Tarsonis. We left Antiga Prime...without general Duke." She said. "The Norad II was shot down...and Articus Mengsk and his band of rift rafts picked him up. Now he works for them. And that is why we no longer have jobs...the Confederacy has fallen."

Sayne closed his eyes and went into deep thought. The military was his life. And it was probably his only hope of ever seeing Bren again. "So what am I to do?"

"You should relax... make an new life for yourself find your friends and family..."

Sayne tried to suppress them but tears rolled down his cheeks anyways. "I have no family...and as for friends..."

Sayne told the about who he was, where he'd come from, and his friend Bren. The , whose name was Amy Walters, offered to be Sayne's friend, but this didn't ease his pain. Sayne tucked his chin into his chest and cried, "What the hell is going on with me!"

The starred at him for while then wrapped her arms around him. "It'll be ok." She said.

In surprise Sayne free himself from her touch and crawled backward of the cot. This saddened the . She walked from the room with face buried in her hands, but Sayne did not care. Who was she to comfort him? He didn't even know the . How could she trust him just like that?

Sayne was about to walk from the room when a voice stopped him. "Don't mind her." It said. "She gets like that some times."

Sayne looked around the room looking for the source of the voice put the room was covered in shadow. Then he sighted a cot half hidden in darkness. Form the cot a young man wrapped in bandages crawled towards him. "My name is Jack Walters." He said. "I am her brother."

...For a long while the two of them talked about how they were injured, and what they planned to do on Tarsonis. Jack and Any were twins, both of them fifteen like Sayne. Through the many similarities of the two boys Sayne knew that they were now great friends. The two boys talked until Amy poked her head through the doorway, her face still flushed, and told them that's they had landed. When they exited the cruiser Sayne saw the obvious difference between Tarsonis and all of it colonies. There were massive skyscrapers towering over the maze of street below, and many people were rushing around going on with they own business. This made Sayne feel sick to his stomach. Where was he to go?

Jack must've have read Sayne's mind because he invited him to stay with him and Amy for the night in a hotel. He happily accepted.

"Jack what the hell!" said Amy upon hearing it...

It was late when they reached the hotel, so Sayne went strait to sleep...

Sayne could see Bren, Jack, and Amy. They were armed and in combat suited, obviously in some sort of battle. Sayne for Bren, but she faded away. He looked towards Jack who was on his knees, his hands stained with blood. He called out for Sayne to help him, but Sayne was to scared to move. And because of this Jack cried and faded away as well. Last Sayne turned to Amy who was wounded as well. Like Jack she called out for him, but he ignored her. She began to crawl for him, and he could not move she grabbed his ankle and looked up at him. She looked so , but before he could think anymore her eyes flashed red and she leaped on him. As she struggled with him her flesh rotted off and revealed a scaly undercoat of alien skin. She growled violently, and leaned back ready to kill her pray...

Sayne jolted awake, his heart beating rapidly, and his body was short of breath. He peered around the room. Jack was asleep on another bed across the room, but Amy was not in the room. Sayne felt a cold breeze touch him, and he turned to his right to see that the balcony door was open. Amy was sitting outside. Sayne sighed, caught his breath, and crawled out of the bed.

When he reached the door, he leaned out and said softly, "You mind if I join you?"

Amy was startled, but answered him, "sure. I could use some company."

"About the way I acted..." Sayne started. "I feel bad for it...I know you are a beautiful at heart."

"Are you saying I look ugly on the outside then!" Amy yelled.

"No! That's not it at all." He said, which was actually a true statement. She had short brown hair and hazel eyes, and her face was as beautiful as could be. "I was just startled...you acted so much like Bren...I panicked!"

"I understand..." Amy replied. "I need someone to hug every once in a while."

"Well..." Sayne muttered. "I'll be here for you to hug if you need me."

"Yah sure... you won't be with us forever..."

"I'll go with you...where ever you go. Is that ok with you?"

"Yeah. I'd like that." Amy remarked. "And Sayne...?"

"Yeah?"

"Can I have a hug?"

Sayne laughed but obeyed. He smiled watching her blush. She didn't think he would actually do it.

"Get up!" Amy yelled at the boys. "Get out of bed now we have to leave!"

"Amy what the..." Jack moaned. "I was having a good dream"

"Screw your good dream we got 'a get to the civilian base now!"

"The base...why?" Sayne asked.

Amy was silent then she answered, "the damn Zerg...they found Tarsonis..."

Sayne and Jack leaped from their beds and wrestled with their tiredness to get ready. It was still nighttime, but possible really early morning. When Sayne and Jack were mounted in their marine combat armor the trio burst out of the room and rode the elevator down to the lobby, and from there they rushed outside. From outside they could already hear the ear piercing sirens. Swarms of civilians rushed the streets trying to get on an evacuation bus. The trio managed to board one of them, which quickly led the civilians to the safety of the Delta force security silo. It was also known as, the civilian base.

The base was amazing. It was built into the side of the cliff, and on the front side was an enormous wall. There were several siege tanks lining the perimeter wall. The tanks were in a deadly siege mode in with it locked its self to the ground and fired heavy shock bomb cannons at distant enemies.

When they got off the bus they were organized into squads for base defending. Luckily Sayne, Jack, and Amy all had the same team. They were also given new weapons. Sayne and Amy were both equipped with fresh new gauss rifles, and Jack's lit up when he was handed his specialty, a sniper rifle.

Soon they could feel the rumble of charging enemies beneath their feet. The defenders were rushed to the outer wall, and there is were they saw their fate.

For as far as the horizon spread enemies paved the way. The hearts of the troops were frozen there, as the main door bust open the base's vulture hover bike rushed through. The battle had begun...

NEXT CHAPTER: The battle for survival/Space pirates/Sayne, the potential