First fanfic so be gentle. My first language is not english so vacobulaire may seem limited. Rated M because of future chapters (currently working on Chap 6) that are quite bloody, I seem to like writing like that, so be warned.
First Chap barely has any warcraft in it but is essential to character history. I play a horde Character on WOW (Tauren) So alliance townes (if any) may seem a bit of.
Lets get on with it.
Year: 2154
Location: research station, planet 12Z-2R, 80.000 light-years from earth
Chapter 1: Relocation
It was a sad day for General Jack Triment.
He had been a one star general for five years now. He had spend those five years leading the research station. Two weeks ago he had scoured the last enemy group that threatened the station. This resulted in his promotion to a two star general.
That wasn't the sad thing. The sad thing was that the government thought that someone of his potential wasn't supposed to watch over a research station on a planet devoid of enemy activity. So they ordered his transfer to a other planet which needed his tactical and leadership skill.
Jack wasn't a general of the kind that was happy to deal with politicians and wasn't very skilled at it either. So he loudly protested, because in those five years on the base he had made a lot of good friends not only among the base's garrison, but also among the scientists.
However lot he protested, it did nothing to change the situation.
There were some things he did not mind however. One was that bigger pay check, and another was that he was allowed to select a few among the garrison he thought could not progress in their career if they stayed on this base.
He did not let his personal feelings towards those under his command cloud that decision. However there were a few that both had his friendship and had the possibility of rising amongst the ranks.
Jack was standing by the window of his office. The window gave him a perfect view of the base and the valley in which it was located. However advantageous his position, he could not see a lot of the valley. A permanent storm raged in the valley. It was one of the reasons to build a research facility there.
The valley was located amongst the hills of what may ones have been a series of small islands in between to larger landmasses. The whole planet was dead there was no surface water anymore and the majority of the surface was completely flat indicating that ones were large seas.
Amongst the islands and the larger landmasses were ruins of ancient cities And smaller settlements. If a cataclysmic event had taken all of the civilizations on the planet out in a short time, the different architectures indicated that a vast variety of civilizations or species lived on the planet.
Amongst the small chain of islands that held the research station there were also ruins of a time lost civilization. These ruins however looked even more ancient and corrosion indicated that it might have been under water for a period of time. These ruins were another reason to build a research station.
From his position Jack could barely make out the silhouette of the hills in the distance through the storm. He walked to his over-sized desk and over-sized chair. All of his things had to be custom made for him because he was the largest person in existence. He was almost nine feet in length.
He was that tall because he had a growth disorder in his youth and it was supposed to be removed surgically, but that could not be done because a massive war raged on his home planet: earth.
When he was twelve years old, an alien species invaded humanities home-planet, earth. They bombarded the planet from orbit to soften up defences and take out any building of import, like hospitals and government buildings. Since they attacked the whole planet in one time many people were working when they attacked. And so those that worked in the hospitals and other buildings were killed.
The alien species had used the trick before on other species in other parts of the galaxy. And it worked then. But they did not expect humanity to have so many people live of planet. So humanities numerous interplanetary nations united against the threat and a massive war broke out which killed billions and lasted for ten years.
Eventually the humans pushed the aliens all the way back to the aliens home planet. The humans took there planet and the two species signed a peace treaty. The aliens had to pay dearly for all the live and resources lost.
But Earth, and Jack with it, had remained under alien oppression for over nine years. In that time Jack had finished school, which the aliens used to indoctrinate the young population of earth, convincing them that the aliens cause was right.
In the end they had to explain why they attacked earth. They wanted humanity as there slave race like they wanted those other races as their slaves as well. In the end the humans would be integrated in to their community, properly treated but still lower cast.
When Earth was liberated Jack was still growing, but earth was completely unorganised and those doctors that checked Jack only looked for immediate physical threats so his length was not noted as a physical threat. Jack did not mind his length people treated him with respect where he lived so he did not think much of it.
It took doctors six more years to finally see that there was something wrong with him, and they performed surgery. But by that time Jack had already grown to b the tallest human in existence.
He still did not think much of it. But when he joined the army at an age of twenty eight he was teased with his length. They did not really want to make angry because those years under alien oppression had not helped his anger management problems and he was one of the strongest men alive. Sometimes they did go to far and someone would end up with broken bones.
He wanted to do officers training but he was told that before he could do that he had to do something about his temper. And so with help of friends and officers he managed to become a calm person who still had his issues. He became a Captain trough officers training at the age of thirty one and over the years made general at the age of fifty one.
He still has some issues with his anger and would rather be down in the field and let that anger lose instead of ordering from his safe office. He knew he probably wasn't going in the field anymore and accepted that. He also knew he could still serve as a regular soldier physically, but he had seen enough cruelties of war to severely scar his mind.
He sat down in his chair, ran his hand through his hair that had become completely grey over fifty six years and stress of being a general.
He remembered the first time he had stood in this office. It was when he got the full briefing from his predecessor who had retired. He let his mind wander a bit and remembered a time that the facility was under siege.
He was about to think about something more humorous when the door to his office opened. A man entered. He was about five and a half feet tall. Blond hair and green eyes. It was Warrick, a captain new to the base. He had shown extreme potential in the few months that he was there.
So he had ended up on jack's list of who to take with him. Warrick acted a bit as his secretary, reminding Jack about video meetings with other generals and such.
This was warrick's first assignment in active duty.
Warrick was a young man fresh from the academy. Filled with youth which normally quickly fades away after someone's fist battle. Warrick managed to keep his youthful innocence and looked at everything from the positive side instead of jack's always negative view of things. He had an sense of humour which was the opposite jack's cruel sarcastic sense of humour.
Warrick originated from a planet that many would give everything for. Rich parents made sure he never lacked anything. He wanted adventure and like many other adventure seekers of his time joined the unified army.
In almost all ways he is the complete opposite of Jack.
Warrick walked up to jack's desk. He still had to look up, even when jack was sitting. "The Truck is waiting for us, everybody else is already inside." Warrick said saluting.
Jack never liked it when people saluted him, a by-product of his problems with people higher in rank then him and his disrespect for rules, and he said that on numerous occasions to Warrick and others. But Warrick continued saluting him even of duty arguing with Jack that other officers usually don't like when someone doesn't salute.
Jack waved his hand upward a bit in response to Warrick's salute. "Ok, lets get going then." He said shoving his chair backwards.
They walked out the door (Jack had to bent forward a bit) and walked to the elevator.
When they walked out of the elevator there were a few men and women to see them out. They liked Jack even through his measures in keeping the men sharp at all times. He never gave unreasonable punishments. He sometimes helped the scientists as best he could. Although he wasn't an educated man. He had a good set of brains that just hadn't seen enough education to become a scientists brain.
They walked up to the truck, it was a hover truck. His personal items were already in the back and his large backpack (which contained: a radio, some food, a big knife, a book (to pass those boring hours), old fashion and digital binoculars and a folded chair, his personel equipment for when something went wrong and they only had their backpacks) was next to his seat along with his combat vest (bullet proof and pockets for ceramic plates, for extra protection).
He stepped inside and Warrick got in the drivers seat. He barely had enough room for his head.
"Ok, move this thing to the drop ships location." He said turning to his window and waving to the gathered people.
When the truck moved away from the base he turned to face those that were coming with him. There were eight not counting Warrick and himself. "Well feeling up for the flight?" He asked knowing that nobody liked to fly in a drop ship that was landing or flying away from a planet.
Drop ships could not land at the base because of the storm so they had to drive trough the storm to the cliffs, that made up the bottom of the hills and, and then drive all the trough a passage between the cliffs to a rocky outcrop between the hills where the drop ship would land. The cliffs would stop the storm from affecting anyone on the outcrop or in the passage.
The ride was long and tedious. Long because the storm did not permit fast travel and tedious because there only was the omni-present sound of the storm.
Someone attempted to break the silence with a bad joke. "Why don't we open up a window? it smells in here."
Warrick reacted like it was a serious question. "Go a head it wont kill you although it isn't very recommended."
"Yeah, why doesn't it kill you? There is nothing a live on this planet but us." The man replied.
"It was one of the reasons to build the research facility here." Warrck replied bored.
"And they still don't know the answer." One female remarked.
The ride continued silently until something strange happened. The Truck suddenly stopped in mid-air and the electronics began to shutdown "What the…" Warrick began, but he could not finish his sentence because the truck dropped down one foot.
A computer voice came "WARNING! Strong electromagnetic energy detec…" and the speaker blew out. All the monitors blew. "…crap" Warrick finished his sentence.
Jack quickly regained his wits and ordered all men out of the vehicle in full gear because he expected some sort of strike by some enemy. He grabbed his backpack and combat vest and put them on securing the backpack. He grabbed a fast firing rifle and his personal side arm.
It was gun made for him on his twenty fifth year of service. Drilled out of a block of titanium and custom high calibre bullets made it a very powerful gun.
He took cover with the rest between some boulders. When nothing happened for two minutes Jack peeked over the top of the boulders. The wind nearly caught him and his eyes soon ached from red dust in his eyes.
He sat back down and they waited some more until another odd thing happened. The storm lay down until it was completely down. "Now this is odd" Warrick remarked.
Jack began to below orders. "I want you two to go up that hill and see if you can spot anything that might cause, and I want you two to check if all electronics are still broken." The men he was talking to kept their position, baffled by what had just happened. "NOW!" Jack shouted and the men scurried away to do his bidding.
It finally began to sink in with the rest that something had happened that had never happened before, as far as they know. "What do we do now?" a woman said
"We could go to drop ships location, but they probably flew of or crashed because of the EM, or we could wait for them to come looking for us." Jack answered.
"I say wait." the woman said.
The men who were going to inspect the electronics came. "The electronics are still down, sir."
"Damn, we cant call for help." Jack said putting a hat on his head.
One of the men who were going up the hill returned. "No enemies or other things in sight yet, sir. But there is something else you should see." The man said
"Ok, stay here and you sergeant, come with me." He told Warrick and the man who reported the finding.
They walked up the hill. When they arrived on top of the hill the man who was still there pointed at a nearby cliff. "What am I looking for here?" Jack asked the man.
"Over there on top of the slope towards the cliff."
He took the older binoculars from his backpack and focused on the spot the man was pointing at. He saw some thing half sticking out the cliff. It was round that was all he could say of it. "You saw that like that?"
The man held binoculars of his own up as if in an answer.
"Hmm, sergeant come with me, we'll take a look.
It took them some time to reach the cliff. They walked up the slope and examined the round object.
"Well, it's big" Jack said in a tone that was full with curiosity. "Lets brush this dust of." He suggested.
They brushed it of and when they saw what it was the sergeant recoiled a step. What they saw could be described as a very big skull with horns. It towered of Jack. Sand had not filled the skull. "Nothing grows that big, right?" the sergeant remarked, voice full of disbelief.
Jack moved to peek in a eye socked but the sergeant stopped him with a hand on his shoulder. "He isn't going to eat me sergeant." The sergeant retreated his hand Jack peeked inside. He saw a slight glow inside the skull emanating from a floating ball of light it seemed.
Jack crawled inside completely and the sergeant stuck his head inside. "What is that?" Jack couldn't help but ask despite knowing that the sergeant knew as much on the matter as he did. Moments later the ball expanded and expanded until it enveloped both of them in a mere instant.
When it receded he felt something tickle the back of his brain but soon stopped. The glow receded until it was the ball again and then it receded even more until it was nothing.
"What the hell was that?" The sergeant blurted.
"I don't know but I'd rather let the scientists deal with it."
They climbed out and Jack started to walk back to the truck. "I will take note of its exact position." the sergeant said pulling out of his pocket a small block of paper and a pen.
"Fine, you stay if you want." Jack said unable to keep his eagerness to get back to truck out of his voice.
When he reached the other man he left on the hill he told hi m to come with him and they both walked back to the truck.
"Found anything?" Warrick asked.
"Yes, I bed the science guys will love it." Jack said dryly.
The moment he said that a thunder reached his ears. He turned around to the direction the base was and then noticed there was something terribly wrong.
Something was racing towards. It looked like a purplish bubble, but a very large bubble and it was coming for Them very fast. The others saw it to and began to turn around and run.
Jack turned as well and the only thing stopping him from running was the body of the scout at his feet, non-breathing. He looked at it for a few moments, then ran away after the others. His long made sure he ran faster then the others and he was soon up front.
They reached the cliffs and ran through the passage. Five of the remaining eight decided to hide in various cracks in the cliffs. Warrick was about to do the same when he saw the anomaly, that was now close, pass over one of them. The edge of the anomaly passed through the rock and hit the man. The mans death was not a pleasant one. As soon as the anomaly hit him he cried out in terrible pain. His flesh was ripped from his bones and intestines fell vaporizing before they hit the ground.
Warrick, Jack and the woman saw it and continued on there way running even faster then before and throwing away their rifles to lighten the load. Those already in a crack did not see it and died similarly.
Warrick was running behind and he looked over his shoulder to see the anomaly almost on top of him. The thundering noise overwhelmed his hearing. He decided he could not outrun it and ran into a crack knowing well what might happen.
Jack and the woman came up to the outcrop where there should be a drop ship. But it wasn't there. "Damn!" Jack cried out looking down the cliff they were standing. It was about fifty feet down, unlikely they would survive. The noise wasn't to loud where they were yet. He looked back, considered something, then took a few steps back.
"What are you doing?" The woman asked him quickly.
"I would rather have those I know a body to burry, not just some pieces!" He shouted back, the anomaly closing in rapidly. The woman nodded in agreement and followed his lead stepping back. She said something to him but the anomaly already drowned out all the sounds. Jack looked back one more time, thought about the base he had called home for five years for one last time, then ran towards edge and jumped down.
He saw the woman behind him doing the same. But then something scared him. The anomaly burst from the cliff. It enveloped him quickly. It felt different then he thought it would. He felt like slamming into a wall, only wall that slightly gave way so he sank in it. He could not breath. So he closed his eyes waiting for death. Then he felt a sudden jolt of electricity and the suffocating feeling passed away.
He opened his eyes to see a different landscape than the barren wastelands he was just in. He saw trees, a lot of trees, a forest or jungle he could not determine because it was dark. Beyond that he could see the outlining of a different barren landscape. In the air he could see all sorts of birds. Some small, some big and one very big one.
But none of this mattered to him at this time. Because he was still falling down and he could see the woman was still with him. Trees closed in and then he knew nothing anymore and his vision went black.
The sergeant was standing along the top of a cliff, Far away from the anomaly. He watched as Jack and the woman came up to the outcrop. He could see them take a step back. He could see them jump of the cliff. He could see them being caught by the anomaly. The moment they were caught, The sergeant dropped to the ground, dead.