A bit smaller than usual and no actiondue to lack of ideas
My Lonely Road Ch.12: Forgotten?
Data cycle 08.0456.0 (Nebula)
Final report, GFMC Task force Pity: Recon 2
Oda, S.B Commanding
Exeter kicked the small antiquated droid, and it instantly began playing its holomessage with a hologram. A small holographic GF trooper clad in yellow appeared.
"If anyone finds this, they will know we did our jobs, to the end..."
The soldier nervously glanced over it's soldier as the sound of bullets pierced the air.
"During our entry into Aether's atmosphere, a storm occured and severely damaged one of the ships. The independence took enormous amounts of damage and we were forced to make an emergency landing on the periless lands below us."
The hologram disappeared and in it's place it showed a strategic view of two ships plummeting toward the ground. The first one landed roughly, skidding several meters before coming to a halt. The second one was different altogether; it smashed right into the ground at full force with high flames engulfing it.
"We lost half of the crew of the Independence and 75 of the supplies inside. After setting up a small base and salvaging what we could, our goal was to first contact Command and inform them of our situation. Heavy magnetic interference blocked our distress signals. After many days of hopelessness, we gave up. After further reconnaisance of the surroundng area, we confirmed it as the Agon Wastes."
Another picture showed a barren wasteland with the two same ships, but different from any area he had been too.
"But here, we faces by endless perils; We were constantly attacked by the fierce wildlife, and were shown no mercy when Space Pirate Scouts detected us. After only several hours, we prepared to relocate the ship and destroy the remains of the Independence so that they could not use it.
Two hours before we were scheduled to leave, we discovered a Space Pirate base. It seemed that their had been a battle earlier; Space pirate trooper bodies were strewn everywhere and all was silent."
The next hologram was through the visor of a GF trooper, showing dead bodies everywhere.
"We were very lucky, we were able to retake several undamaged trooper shrikes and after gathering more men, stormed the base. Very few Alive pirates were left, and we finished them off quickly. We then encountered metroids, and were able to capture a few withmoderate casualties.
As we progressed even farther, we found a portal in the command room. Reading one of the pirate panels, it showed that this portal was a door way to, 'Dark Aether', a mirror image of this world. As soon as we found this out, we were intruiged, to the point of activating it. One man went through and disappeared instantly. So did the portal."
Another image showed one of the men walking through, shortly with the portal disappearing.
"We are unable to activate it again, and his fate was unknown. We continued on to see a shocking battle; Samus, fighting herself a dark version. When Dark Samus (what we named the doppleganger) was defeated, it exploded.
Our men quickly left, not wanting to be caught in the explosion, and quickly went back to the ship. After another few minutes, we left to find a new refuge."
Exeter watched as the image of the ship slowly disappeared from sight.
"We found our new base in a swamp, when the ship was shot down by some unknown entity. We landed at a giant arena like area. It seemed the whole rescue mission was doomed to fail.
Soon after, the ship came under siege by unknown creatures that resembled space pirates. I was able to save some of my men, but... Many fell victim to those mad beasts."
Again, another angle from a trooper visor (possibly that of the speaker) watching what Exeter recognized as Dark Commandoes tear apart the men, who fired on them.
It then showed some men exiting through a narrow hall. There were many shouts, grunts and screams, until they finally exited into the room out side and then ran into the one Exeter was currently in.
There they were silent, until the view fizzled out and the Trooper was back in sight. The gunfire had grown substantially, along with the sounds of death and destruction.
''This may be our last stand. If anyone finds this, please deliver it to my wife, Sinasta if you are a member of the Galactic Federation. I beg of you. Oda Silas Bole over and out", and the probe shutdown.
So the G.F had sent another rescue force; just as ill fated as Herakles. Exeter picked up the probe and looked through the eyes of the soldier who had delivered this message and examined him; he had taken several plasma blasts through the chest.
Exeter then removed the grimy smudged helmet. He closed Oda's eyes, wide open in fear, and then placed the helmet back on and walked out, more miserable than ever. Exeter walked to the door to the hallway, and proceeded through.
It was much thinner than Exeter had expected; it was barely a 4 feet wide. He slowly squeezed himself through, unti he finally popped out on the other side. He treaded carefully, as there might be more Commandoes there. Exeter slipped through the door to find a gigantic stadium; and in the middle, sat an Anhur class warship with several shrikes.
And laying everywhere were dead bodies; dead soldier bodies being pummeled by the merciless acid rain. Exeter examined each one carefully, making sure they were all certainly, dead. Satisfied there were no living, he went inside the warship. It wasn't as bad as the Tyr, most of the systems being intact and operational. Exeter moved through the ship until he came to the storage area.
In side was a Mark III suit, damaged, but still a suit of armor. He checked the internal computers, to his dismay, that it was totally destroyed. He was about to check the items in this room when the arm caught his eye. The mechanized arm was still carrying an operational weapon. Exeter scanned it to see it's use.
Scan Complete
Weapon is Ete-3 Cannon. Light weight long range cannon usually used for Mark III suits. The ete-3 is a quick and reliable LWMC (Light Weight Multipurpose Cannon) and one of the best weapons in the galaxy. They are rather cheap, use no ammunition, has high firing rate 600 SPM (Shots per minute) and a hidden bayonet. The Space Pirates prized the few to could keep intact.
Exeter had heard of these before. The G.F Command had been planning to replace the outdated Repeater Rifle with ete3-cannons for years now. He then made a quick descision; he dropped the gunblade and bulky repeater rifles on the spot, making a loud thunk. Exeter then pulled the ete-3 cannon off the armor successfully, and examined it some more.
It was extremely light, and was arm mounted, just like the repeater rifle. He tested it out, firing several shots down the ramp at two crates. They were incinerated instantly with its content. This thing would have great uses...
Tink tink
Exeter whirled around to look at the cockpit; it was sealed. He walked over and tapped the door lightly, and it opened up, revealing a metroid. However this one was red, instead of it's usual green as Exeter had seen before. Right next to it was an egg. Exeter's mouth drop; How did the Space pirates manage to get one of those?
Hepicked it up andstared at the egg, which rocked gently back and forth, nearly transparent. It was rare to find a metroid, especially a an egg; if he could stay alive long enough to take it back to command, he would be welcomed back as a heroANDget a hefty sum of money.
But it wouldn't be safe with him. Exeter quietly layed it back down and pulled out the other metroid before sealing the door again. He didn't want to alert anymore beings of his existence, so he left everything the way it was.
Maybe after the next energy controller is repowered, I'll bring it this U-mos, he thought. Exeter decided to put this little death machine back to the replenisher, where it would stay until he returned. He slowly walked back toward the narrow hall, thinking of his shifting luck. He lost his saviors and gained valuble information and recovered what could become large amounts of money.
He had to admit, he was starting to like it.
Who says no one is greedy? What will happen to that egg? FInd out next chapter!