Yeah... I still have writers block, so it took me quite awhile to piece this together.
My lonely road Ch.11: Doubts and Techniques
General Rookis Smythe stared at the planet Aether through the transparisteel windows of the G.F.S Mercy. He watched as two warships entered its constantly changing atmosphere. Evers since they had arrived, Rookis had had a bad feeling in his guy.
First, Task force Herakles had been lost on that planet, and the rescuer, Samus Aran had not made contact with them for nearly an entire day. Now he was responsible for finding what happened to both of them.
The two anhur warships carrying two heavy assault and recon teams were now merely specks and soon disappeared into the dark clouds with a small poof. Rookis was hoping very much they were not dead; it would only mean more tedious paperwork and the acceptance ofhis grandsons death. And he didn't want that.
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9 hours later
Exeter woke up from his sleep cycle, and opened his bloodshot eyes. He had only gotten several hours sleep, having to stay alert in case of ing or pirate activity. Exeter had arrived at Torvus bogs, but had been so exhausted from his other mission that he had nearly collapsed and decided to sleep next to the blade pods behind the elevator.
He stifled a big yawn, packed up his things for another day, and walked through the door. The stench was horrible, even though it was filtered through his helmet. Exeter was glad he had slept next to a giant air filter. He spied several shriek bats just as he was about to walk across the shallow waters.
Nasty creatures they were, using the element of surprise and then acted like kamikazes and flew toward you, then exploding when they make contact. Exeter had met with them before, and they had rewarded him with heavy damage.
He blasted them quickly with his missile launcher. Behind there charred remains were a strange looking eyeball. Exeter scanned it and his scanner revealed it was some sort of camera used by the luminoth and that the ones in working service were used by U-mos.
So the oversized moth was watching him, he thought to himself. He walked into the next area, with a warrior luminoth next to several blade pods. He examined the body, to find that it had been pierced all over the torso region; the ing must have overwhelmed it. Exeter saw three doors, and headed through the one right next to him.
He climbed the ledge and entered, revealing a health replenisher unit. The exhausted Captain limped over to it as quickly as he could, and collapsed in it. It instantly healed Exeter 100, and even cleaned his armor.
He was very grateful that the luminoth had built these machines too, and swore to never call the luminoth, oversized moths. Exeter decided to checkmark this room for later use.
He slowly got up, and exited, fully refreshed. The swamp was as dark as ever, with heavy acid rain and the occasional thunder falling down from the crimson purple clouds.
The small bridge that led to two different doors was too far for him to jump with without a jetpack. Exeter then decided to use a technique he picked up earlier to reach the other ledge. Exeter charged himself up using the E.M.M (energy manipulator module) until he glowed a vibrant red and rocketed toward the blue door.
He smashed into it with tremendous force, forcing the door to open. Exeter was now wishing he didn't, as a giant, ugly face appeared on the other side, staring straight at him, breathing unpleasant smelling nitrogen into his face. It was another Grenchler. Note to self, he thought, hate Grenchlers. If I ever come back here, I swear I'll kill'm all. He let out a cry of surprise and terror, taking off for the other door.
The Grenchler followed not to far behind, and zapped Exeter on the ass with a burst of energy. He fired several random shots behind him, and then blasted the door.
Exeter slid threw, and watched it seal shut just as the Grenchler was about to enter. It slammed into it, and Exeter could hear a muffled screech. He panted heavily; sweat dripping down his face profusely as the Grenchler slammed into the door again and again.
As Exeter was just about ready to wet his boxers when the hammering stopped. He let out a sigh of relief, when all of a sudden he heard a stifled sound of another burst of energy.
The door changed a dull grey, and slid open, revealing an angry Grenchler. Exeter stumbled on the ground as it charged forward. Exeter could do nothing but shield his face with his hands, and take the death blow.
Then a bright beam of red light appeared in front of him, hitting the Grenchler head on. The light momentarily blinded him, and then disappeared just as quickly as it came.
As Exeter peered to look at where the Grenchler had been standing, and realized that only its stocky legs remained, smelling of charred wood. Exeter stared at his hands, which were sizzling yet undamaged. He than remembered what U-mos had told him; "You also have access to new abilities, which you will slowly learn to use."
This was what U-mos had been talking about. Exeter now had abilities he was not aware of at the moment that he would be able to use later. He now knew the true power the luminoth held.
But this new strength brought many questions onto him. If the luminoth had such amazing powers, why were they on the verge of defeat? Were they simply using him for something? Was this some sort of test?
I'll ask him when I see him again, he thought to himself. Exeter then took the time to discover his surroundings. It was a small area, with a large rusty bronze bridge above him, and several different color coded doors in different directions.
And there was another wall. Its insides were spinning in a constant motion, like a cog in a machine. Located in the middle was a cobalt hologram. Exeter quickly scanned it from a distance.
Scan complete. Area access approved
Through peace and prosperity, we create vigilance.
The small hologram slowly faded away, and the door groaned as it slid downward, revealing yet another turquoise door. But before he could walk through, the door went into lockdown mode. Exeter could hear a humming behind him, and turned around to see two commandoes appear out of thin air.
But somehow, they were different. There armor was a darker black, and had a dead look in their eyes, and then it hit him; they were ing possessed. This intrigued him very much, and decided to scan them quickly.
Bio scan complete
Identified as Dark Pirate commando
The Ing prize the few Pirate Commandos they manage to take alive. Only Hunter Ing are allowed to possess the Commandos, and the competition fir that right is fierce among them. The Hunter Ing ability to phase out of local time space carries over to the Dark Pirate Commando. They will fire bursts of dark matter at enemies, along with experimental EMP grenades stolen from the Space Pirates.
No sooner did he finish than they disappear. Exeter looked around wildly, but could not see them. Then one of the commandoes tackled him and pinned Exeter too the wall.
It pulled out its Dark Energy bladegun and slashed him with it repeatedly over his chest plate. Exeter could feel every hard hit to his chest, each time it felt like he got hit by a speeder at top speed.
He then pulled out his small Deaft handgun and emptied an entire clip into the commando. The laser rounds halted the ing momentarily, who was now frozen in a thin sheet of artificial ice.
He then reversed the hold using another shine spark, sending the commando shattering into the wall, knocking it out cold. Exeter then fired both of his repeater rifles at the other one, but it phased out just in time, and appeared beside his unconscious comrades body.
Exeter threw a big bang grenade at them, landing at their feet. The ing wasn't so lucky this time, and the big explosion sent both of the commandoes flying. Exeter emptied another clip into their bodies, until he heard a familiar click; he was out of ammo.
He reached into his ammo pouch and discovered it was empty except for one clip. He then remembered that he had lost the majority of his ammunition when he was escaping Dark Samus.
Now what would he do? He had a mere one clip of ammo, and Exeter was sure it was not going to last him through at least two days. Then he saw one of the commandoes struggling to stand up, using it's bladegun as support.
Exeter absentmindedly went over there, and swiped the bladegun from the ing's weakening grasp. The commando collapsed onto the hard, damp ground, groaning in agony. Exeter stabbed the blade into the pathetic thing and it ceased to move. Now he had a new weapon with unlimited ammo. Not to mention light.
With both opponents dead, the doors unlocked, including the door Exeter was going to go through. He hastened over there not wanting to repeat the last incident, and entered.
Inside was a small ball, which he quickly realized as an NTU 150 holomessage droid, a GF design. Laying strewn next to it were equipment and bodies; GF trooper bodies. There green armor identified them as Recon and scout units.
His armor computer estimated that they had died a standard hour ago. Closer examination of the equipment showed that they had used this room as a base of operations, and examining the bodies showed that they had been killed indirect battle, as there were scorch marks on there suits. Exeter kicked the small antiquated droid, and it instantly began playing its holomessage with a hologram. A small holographic GF trooper appeared.
"If the captain or anyone of our team finds this, they will know we did our jobs, to the end..."
Was this the second rescue force? Who are these men? What happened to the rest of the group? Find out next chapter!