Chapter 40: All Aboard.
"Ummmm, are you sure about this, my queen?" Jet said, looking at herself in the mirror, she turned herself around to view herself from different angles, from the front, back, and either side.
"Well, I wanted you to wear the dress but my beautiful male assures me that this would be better for a human date and he also says that you look very cute in it and if he thinks so then the human girl will as well, your king has a very good eye for this sort of stuff," Macha said, watching her adoptive daughter nervously fidgeting in front of the mirror.
Not all Xenos chose to wear clothes and, indeed, thanks to their physiology, they could get away with running around nude if they wished, though it did make the xeno loving members of the crew easier to spot as they looked like they may get a nose bleed any time one shot past them.
But, thanks to the ingenuity of Clan Mason, they had machines on board that could reproduce all fashions in xeno dimensions, so now the Xenos could enjoy the luxury of wearing any clothes they wanted, the Battle Angels took full advantage of this and you simply never saw one of them undressed, indeed, Macha herself had taken to the trend as well after both her huntress and her king ambushed her and lead her to the machine that was mounted in one of the cargo bays, it looked kinda like a large circular metallic archway, but it had turned out to be a kind of 3D scanner that used two interlocking rings to scan her entire form.
The result was she now had a serious comfy and cute cashmere sweater and a pair of hip hugging white jeans that her king very much enjoyed looking at, which made her feel good, she really hadn't seen the appeal of clothes before but her king gently whispered in her ear that it wasn't the clothes themselves truly, that they were a pretty wrapping and a silent promise of the beauty that lay beneath them, they tantalized and intrigued, then he'd turned to their huntress who was sharpening her hunting spear and they both watched as she bent over on her hands and knees to retrieve more blade oil and he'd softly whispered in her ear, "Now, you can't tell me that that suit doesn't make you wonder about the beauty hidden beneath, to reveal its exquisite joy to you?" he said, and it was true.
Macha found her eyes drawn to her huntress's glorious curves, both accentuated and hidden beneath the suit she wore, the suit promised both glory and heavenly joy to the one able to remove it from her, he was right, these clothes really were a beautiful thing, though T'Shara had become aware of them both staring at her and had looked at them both over her shoulder in a way that was innocent and curious but set her heart on fire, "What's wrong? What are you both looking at?" she asked, and, quick as a flash, Macha felt a flash of embarassment at being caught while Reaper simply smiled.
"Oh, we're just admiring pure perfection," he said, and T'Shara looked confused until she realized that they were both staring at her arse, then a big sultry smile crossed over her mandibles and she waved it at them, wriggling her hips at them both and Reaper laughed.
"You keep waving that thing at me and I'm going to take it from you," he said playfully, she purred so deeply.
"I'd like to see you try, ooman," she said, and, without even skipping a beat, he turned to her.
"What did you say, my beauty queen, that sound like a challenge to you? Shall we take it from her?" he said, and, before T'Shara could say another word, they pounced on her and wrestled her to the ground in a pile of flailing limbs and giggling Yautja, Xeno, and human flesh, that very swiftly became a plie of writhing, moaning and sweating human, Yautja, and Xeno flesh, two hours later the three of them laid utterly spent in a heap with Reaper on the bottom and his two alien beauties clinging to him like he might evaporate.
"Told you we'd take it from you," he panted softly, and T'Shara chuckled softly.
"I let you win," she said, and Reaper had bellowed a laugh.
"Yautja pride, I utterly love it, can never concede defeat even when defeat is the sweetest prize," he said, and T'Shara shook her head.
"Defeat is not the sweetest prize, my ooman, you two are," she said before he stroked her mandibles before pulling her into an even tighter and loving embrace along with Macha.
"Now, that I totally agree with," he said.
Macha found herself purring softly at the memory, oh, the things her human had done to her that night, the ways he'd used those incredible fingers and that wondrous tongue of his on her, it made her hot under her new cashmere collar, oh, she was pouncing on him later and her huntress, she was going to hunt them both through the ship and when she got the chance she was going to carry them both off to their hive and have her wicked way with them both, nice and slow.
"My queen, you're purring," Jet said, snapping her out of the sweet day dream filled with writhing blushing human and Yautja flesh, Macha shook her head and she snapped back to reality where her adoptive daughter now dressed in her red jeans and her yellow strappy tee shirt stood, looking at her curiously.
"Sorry, my daughter, nice memories sometimes pull me into them and this is what I want for you too, to make your own sweet memories with the human that you will love, to have your own memories so sweet that no matter how long you live they will still have the power to pull you into them and thank the gods that you live them," she said to her, making her daughter smile.
"I want this too, my queen," Jet said, and Macha smiled before placing a hand on each of her daughter's shoulders and looking right into her eyes.
"Then go and make some, the human you are meeting tonight is a wonderful person, a Tamer with Clan Mason that we rescued from that space station, her name is Rose, you treat her right and you treat her well, my daughter, you do your hive proud, this human has been through a lot and is scarred by the things that she has suffered, so she needs kind hands and a loving heart to support her, I am not saying for one second that you must commit yourself as you know very well that we are all free to choose now, but if you do like her and you do feel that connection, do not pressure her, let her choose of her own will and if she does choose you make her happy and love her the way her heart so obviously yearns for," Macha said, and Jet smiled up at her and hissed softly.
"I will, my queen, I swear it, I won't let you, my hive, or her down," she said, and Macha nodded approvingly.
"Good, now, go have fun my daughter," Macha said, and her daughter scampered off joyfully to go meet her human suitor.
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Rose nervously tapped her finger tips on the table in the mess hall, it wasn't exactly the most romantic of places for a first date but she was on a battle cruiser among some of the best special forces in the known universe, the place wasn't exactly going to be five star restaurants and movies, but at least that could go bowling or something though, if the Halkrath bowling had been anything to go by, she might need to bring a helmet, and possibly armor.
That's when she saw her and her heart froze solid before positively exploding in her chest, Jet was dressed in human style clothing, a beautiful pair of red jeans that highlighted her long luscious legs and her exquisite rear end, then there was the yellow sleeveless tee shirt that really showed off her upper half, it had even been made to fit around her back tubes which, as with all evolved genus Xenos, were smaller than their standard counterparts.
Jet cast her view over the room and as soon as she saw her a huge smile lit up her face and she waved her long arm happily and Rose felt a swell of joy, she was wearing the flower Reaper had given her so that Jet could identify her, it was pinned to her white blouse and for the millionth time she smoothed her skirt down with nerves, the last time she'd tried dating it hadn't gone well at all and that was with a member of her own race, how in the hell was she ever going to impress a frigging Xeno?
Panic started to set in as the big Xeno girl walked over and, with every step she took closer, Rose felt like her heart rate climbed ten beats, 'till it was going like a hyperspace jump drive on full spin up.
"Hello, you must be Rose, or at least I really hope you are because you're really pretty," Jet said directly into her mind with a voice that felt like liquid silk tickling her brain, thanks to her Tamer training she didn't need a queen's kiss to understand Xenos as she could tap directly into their language, "Rose, yes, that's me!" Rose said, her voice full of nerves but then she froze, had the exquisite xeno girl just called her pretty?
Jet clapped her hands and, utterly out of nowhere, hugged her tightly, sending a rush of heat through Rose as she felt the xeno girl's incredibly firm hide through her clothing, it was like she was carved rather than born, "Yay! Rose is even prettier than my queen told me she is! Lucky me!" she said, and Rose just couldn't help but laugh at that, she was so innocent and forthright.
"Umm, thank you very much, I think you're really beautiful too," Rose found herself saying, her cheeks burning like the surface of a bloody sun, Jet beamed from ear to ear at her and, oh, god, was that smile pretty, she could see even her inner jaws on the tip of her tongue smiling and that made her smile a dopey kind of lost smile as well.
"Thank you! No human has called me pretty before, except my king, and, well, he belongs to our queen and she is really lucky to have him, he makes her and our queen's huntress love very happy, she calls him the glue that binds three hearts," Jet said happily, and Rose couldn't just help but smile at her dreamily.
She was exquisite and just so utterly honest and open that it was utterly refreshing, she didn't hold anything back and didn't hide herself, from the moment the young xeno's butt touched the seat she had made Rose smile, the pair talked for what felt like hours as they had a wonderful dinner delivered to them before even ordering, apparently, Reaper had gone and spoken to the chefs on duty and had pulled some strings to get them a custom meal made up, they even brought them a candle to make it more romantic, the food was utterly incredible, a steak cooked to absolute perfection with lightly steamed potatoes and a sweet blackberry sauce, she had no idea how he'd pulled this off but she was going to hug the living shit outta him when she saw him next, that man really did have a heart of gold, it was no wonder Inferno and Queen Macha worshipped him, if he was this good to friends he'd just made goddess only knew what sort of treatment he gave to those he loved.
It was quite funny to watch Jet watching the candle flame dancing like it was a living thing, she looked like a huge black cat sizing up a mouse, more than once she saw her sizing it up to strike it with her tail, she wondered if it was because she didn't like fire or was just fascinated by it.
Rose found herself opening up to the young xeno in a way she never expected, it was like because she was so open and honest with her she couldn't help but be the same with her, she found herself telling her about the cruelty she'd faced from her own kind and what happened to her on her last date and how she'd been laughed at, she felt the shame and anger burning in her cheeks, but when she was finished the most unexpected and wonderful thing happened, Jet got up and came around to her side of the table and actually picked her up in the tightest hug of her life, pulling her against her chest, letting her feel her breasts through her thin shirt, her hide was just so incredibly firm and soft all at once, and then there was the smell, it was like vanilla essence, she must have bathed in it and that answered another question she hand't plucked up the nerve to ask, did Xeno's bathe?
"You poor, poor human! Who would do something so vile to a creature so beautiful and innocent who only wanted to be loved!? Vile creatures such as that deserve no pity or mercy! If any were to ever insult you in front of me they would taste the sting of my tail spikes and we'll see who's laughing when I show them their own beating heart on the end of it!" Jet snarled in a voice so full of menace and passion that it both scared and warmed Rose's heart as the big Xeno held her aloft in a protective cradle, that's when she knew, that's the exact moment she knew it to be true, true love did exist in this world and it was currently holding her in the air like she was a human shaped doll with a mechanical arm.
Rose returned the hug and wrapped her arms around the tall Xeno girl which only made her hug her tighter, "Thank you, Jet, thank you for being so kind, I don't deserve it, I mean, I barely know you and here I am laying my fears and hang ups on you..." Rose began, 'till Jet shushed her by placing a large clawed finger on her lips and making her look up at the big xeno girl.
"There is no need to feel bad or sorry, we Xenos believe only in the truth of love and family, we will fight to the bitter end for those we love and that is because things are real simple for us, the hive is all that matters and I really really want you to be in my hive," she said, and Rose's heart literally leapt out of her chest.
"Y-Y-Your hive? As in you want me to be your g-g-g-girlfriend!?" Rose stammered, and Jet nodded enthusiastically.
"Yes! You're so cute and pretty and I could just cuddle you all day and night and just wrap you up safe and sound in my tail and snuggle you to death!" Jet said, waving her around like a doll, then suddenly Jet's expression changed and she put Rose down on her feet and looked very very bashful.
"Oh, my goodness, I did it again, didn't I? I keep assuming that just because I want something others want it too, it's a mistake I keep making around humans because I can't read them like I can one of my kind, I just assume and I..." Jet said, and now it was Rose's turn to shush her, though it wasn't with anything as subtle as a finger to the lips, more like a scream.
"YES! I'll be your girlfriend, Jet!" she yelled so loud that nearly everyone in the mess hall turned to look, but she didn't care, because, no sooner had the words left her lips than the big Xeno scooped her up and started swinging her around again.
"I have a pretty human girlfriend! I'm so happy!" Jet screeched, and suddenly, before Rose knew what was happening, the big Xeno pressed her incredibly warm soft mouth to hers and, just like that, Rose had her very first Xeno kiss, right in front of everyone in the canteen, but she didn't care, to her, it was like the world just faded away except for Jet, the pretty, innocent, wonderful Xeno girl had captured her heart without even trying and she was being kissed by this magnificent creature and she coudn't be happier, or more embarassed when the world came crashing back in and she realized that everyone in the room was applauding them, the Guardian Core really did take their love seriously, just like Patriarch Ryan said they did, and their happiness became everyones and it just warmed her heart and her cheeks to see it first hand.
That's when the speaker above their heads cut in and ruined everything, "All hands to battle stations, this is not a drill! All hands to your posts and gear up!" the grand Patriarch's voice rang out from the tannoy like a bell of thunder and, as one, the entire room moved like some one lit a fire under their collective arse.
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"This is the Colony transport ship Silver Wind! We are under attack by unknown enemies, we have been boarded and they are overwhelming our defenses, they have released some kind of virus on board, it hasn't reached the cryo pods yet but it's only a matter of time, please, we have three million souls on board heading to the Vermillion system, please save us!" the voice through the intercom called desperately.
Reaper pressed the button to transmit as Queen Bee nodded at him, "Silver Wind, this is council ship Sword of Silence, we are coming to your aid, just hold on, we're coming for you," he said, and the system crackled for only a second before the system cut back in.
"Silver Wind to Sword of Silence, thank the gods! Please hurry! they're cutting through our bulk heads like their made of paper, half the crew is either dead or...I don't even know what the fuck they are but they're still fucking walking! They haven't gotten to the colonists yet but it's only a matter of time, Please, you have to help us!" the radio operator said in pure panic.
"Silver Wind, secure your bridge and any crew you can, don't worry, help's coming, Sword of Silence out," Reaper said, then, to his left, Jack hit the internal comms system.
"This is Jack Mason to all Gaurdian Core, Spirits, Halkrath, and Section 5, we have a colony ship carrying three million innocent souls in immediate threat of destruction by our enemies, that's three million innocent souls! Gear the fuck up, people, because that is not happening on my watch! WE ARE GOING TO FUCKING SAVE THEM, SO MOVE, PEOPLE, FUCKING MOVE!" Jack bellowed into the comms, and the whole ship turned into an ants nest that someone poured boiling water down.
"We've got incoming, looks like the boarding party brought friends," Pegasus said as he spotted smaller dots on his readouts.
"Roger that, my love, I've been dying to give these guns a workout, Reaper, get the team ready to board, we're going over in shuttles," Queen Bee said, and he nodded and hit the alarm.
The launch bay was like a hive with people scrambling in every direction to be loaded into the high speed assault shuttles that the Sword had on board, they were heavily armed versions of regular shuttles, with clamps and hull cutting equipment fitted to breach if needed.
Jack and Tik were right with Reaper as he burst into the bay, along with T'Shara and Macha who intercepted him enroute, Ryan and Sela were already there, directing soldiers to the shuttles, Rose came tumbling out of one of the lifts trying to put her armor on while running and clamping her huge sword to her back, "Rose, on me!" Jack yelled, and she scrambled to catch up with him as they're group climbed onto a shuttle.
"Last one's on board and we're good to go, literally everyone is going on this one, guys, so hit 'em hard and let's teach these fucks a lesson on what the hell happens when you fuck with the best special forces in the universe, godspeed, people, lets kick some arse!" Reaper yelled into the comms, and he heard the roars of answer from around the shuttle bay and Tik patted his shoulder.
"You'd do well in the Hunters," she growled as she took her seat, and Reaper grinned as he dropped into the pilot's seat.
"Everyone, on me, follow my lead and we are weapons free, gunners, take your seats and hit 'em hard," Reaper said.
"Ok, boss, I'm into the controls of the Silver Wind, I've locked down the ship and programmed the IFF with our signatures, now the doors will only open for us or the crew, I got the cameras up and I can see 'em, gotta be about a hundred of them over there, plus the undead crew," Spike said.
Reaper lifted the shuttle off from the landing spot in the huge cavern-like hanger bay and, to his left and right, he saw the same thing happening around them, guiding the shuttle out the bay doors in formation which scattered upon exiting to prevent them being targeted easily as they made a dash for the huge colony ship.
They would be assaulting from a variety of points all around the ship to maximise the effect and to corral the enemy together into a killzone and also to push them away from the cryo pods, if they were getting hit from all sides they would have a far harder time defending or holding ground.
Tik swung around in the gunner's seat and Jack heard the rail cannons above him roaring as two blue hyper velocity projectiles ripped off in front of the ship and hit one of the enemy shuttles in their path, "Whoo, nice shot, my love!" Jack whooped from beside her as he stood balancing as Reaper danced the shuttle around the debris, suddenly a huge volley of red and green energy ripped all around them like a seriously hard core laser disco and fire erupted ahead of them from the twenty or so shuttles and drones that blew to smitherines.
"Eat shit, ya wee beasties!" Tank yelled, and they turned to see Moodstone piloting a shuttle with Tank actually bolted to the roof holding what appeared to be a particle cannon like he was surfing on the shuttle, he must be maxing out the magnetic boots of the Spirits armor.
Tik laughed at this and then looked at Reaper, "You Spirits are pauking crazy! I like it!" she roared, and Reaper grinned inside his helmet.
"You ain't seen anything yet, Lady Tik, hold onto your arse," Reaper grinned, punching the throttles and making the shuttle dance around the incoming fire as rail rounds and missiles streaked through the space around them.
"Whooo, punch it, my heart!" Inferno roared as Reaper lined up on the glowing blue shields of the upper most lading dock, before accelerating towards it at full chock.
"Going in hot, hold on!" he yelled, his cybernetically enhanced speed showing as he pulled and flicked the controls faster than most people could see but Jack watched in fascinated joy as he saw it, he turned and placed his helmet on and helped Tik out of her seat and kissed her before locking his visor down.
"Ready to kill some evil pauks, my love?" he said, and she grinned before putting her hunting mask on.
"When am I not, my love?" she growled, and he nodded.
"Alright, on your feet, people, here we pauking go, you know the drill, so let's do this!" Jack said, and, as he did, Reaper pulled a move that looked like a mid air power slide, bringing the shuttle in through the sheld sideways and he hit the ramp release at the same time.
"Go, go, go!" Jack yelled, and he was, as always, the first out the door, jumping from the still sliding shuttle to the deck plate, rolling and getting to his feet already running as Tik did the same to his right, along with Inferno and Macha.
Reaper slammed the shuttle to a halt in a display of insane level parallel parking and turned, looking at the stunned Rose who stood frozen to the spot as he brought his PIMP up, "On me, kid, let's do this, you're about to see why the criminals of this universe are scared of us," he said, grabbing her and dragging her with him out of the shuttle ramp.
No sooner had his feet touched the deck plating than he came under fire from the higher gang ways and, without even skipping a beat, he spun on the spot and located targets, firing a high speed series of single shots that took down three of the black cloaked figures without even blinking.
"Holy shit!" Rose exclaimed as she clutched her large plasma sword to her chest and Reaper grinned at her.
"Come on, kiddo, this is your chance to shine, those people are counting on us, so dig deep and unleash, Ryan trained you for this, it's time to put pay to his training and to get vengeance, these fucks killed the ones you love, now dig into that anger and let's fuck their shit up!" he boomed, snapping her out of her momentary fear, suddenly a well of rage erupted from the young human Tamer and she let out a bellowing battle cry that was instantly answered from around the room by humans, Yautja, and Xeno.
Rose began to run toward the stairs with Reaper hot on her tail and as they climbed they saw another three ahead of them and as one they turned and began firing high velocity plasma shots at them, which cooked and sizzled the air around them as they charged, suddenly Rose looked like she was dancing in front of him and it took him a moment to realise she was blocking the shots with her blade, which was now glowing bright purple and blue with the plasma on the blade, grinning, Reaper timed his movements with cybernetic precision and fired through the gaps between her body and the blade, sending shots back at them, surprising the figures.
Two were drilled by his volley but the third tried to duck back but Rose charged him so fast Reaper could barely see her move, she was like a streak and, with a terrifying yell filled with rage and hate, she cleaved the figure in two from the top of his head to his arse hole, causing the body to split clean in two before them.
Patting her on the shoulder, he passed the panting human, he lifted his other hand and shot a running figure in the face as he rounded the corner next to them, making the black hood snap backwards and making Rose jump a mile and look at him in utter shock while he just grinned at her, "Don't worry, kiddo, you get used to it eventually, just remember, every life you take in defence of the innocent is at minimum one life saved," he said, and she looked like she was about to freak out, it was obvious to him that she had no idea how he was so calm, so he decided to be extra calm to help her along, a huge crash made them both turn to see a figure shooting at Macha who had just barreled right into a group defending the doorways leading deeper into the ship but, before he could take a shot, Inferno hit him like a hate train.
"You dare shoot at MY beauty queen!?" she roared, hoisting the figure off her feet and, with a tremendous amount of strength, she actually tore the woman's shrieking head from her shoulders, leaving her gore covered spine dangling from the severed head which, without its hood, turned out to be human.
Without even missing a beat, she spun and threw the head like a bola which wrapped itself around the legs of a running figure who was heading for Reaper and Rose, the figure slammed face first into the bulk head and slid with a screech that sounded like a cheek on a window right up to Reaper's feet where he looked down at the black skinned man in his mid thirties who looked up him with eyes filled with hate and fear.
"Our goddess will vanquish you, heathen, I am..." he began, 'till Reaper's boot smashed through his face and out the back of his head.
"Oh, shut the fuck up, oh, great, now I got shit on my boots," he said, pulling the guy's cloak off and wiping the brain fragments and blood from his metal leg, leaving Rose staring in utter horror and amazement.
"Hanger is clear, let's move!" Jack yelled through the comms, snapping them both to reality and they ran to form up with the rest of the group before opening the large rectangular blast doors with their codes, the comms were alive with activity.
"We're meeting heavy resistance on the armory deck but we're pushing 'em back, ha, Bertha is loving these narrow corridors, it's like shooting dick heads in a barrel!" Tank roared, and Reaper laughed as he imagined the huge Scotsman with his mini gun ripping down the corridors.
Jack ran on ahead with Tik at his side, Macha and Inferno formed up on Reaper's sides while Rose slotted in between them, looking up at her larger than life companions, she looked utterly enthralled to be fighting alongside them, and with good reason, because, just as a figure appeared before them at the end of the corridor, Tik bellowed and threw her smart disc in a spinning, shimmering arc right into the room beyond where it bounced and cut its way through anything and everything in their path as they burst through the doors and found the scene of disfigured carnage and devastation beyond with bodies strewn everywhere, Tik stumbled for a brief second before Jack caught her and she looked down to see what she'd tripped over only to find that it was a leg, "Why is it always a pauking leg?" Tik grumbled as Jack grinned at her.
A voice burst through the comms, "Grand Patriarch, we have taken the bridge, the remainder of the civilian crew are secured and under our protection, we will keep them safe," it said, and Reaper recognized it as Messi, the other female Beledon from the Gaurdian Core team, her voice was deep and rumbly but had very feminine tones to it, for anyone used to female Yautja's voices could appreciate.
"Roger that, Messi, keep them safe, and see if you can get us any usable intel from there," Jack replied.
"Yes, Grand Patriarch, you can count on us," she replied, and that's when Jack froze solid and Tik looked at him with a look of concern.
"I know that look," she growled deeply, and he nodded.
"Nightmare Assasins, I count four of them," he said darkly, he glanced to their right and Tik nodded.
"Go, my heart's brightest star, bring the light of blazing justice to them," she said, and he grinned and nodded, stroking her head gently and tenderly.
"I will, my love, Seekers, converge on my beacon, have detected the presence of Nightmare Assasins, you know the code," he said, and then he turned to Macha and she nodded before turning and hugging both Aiden and T'Shara tightly.
"I love you both, and I'll return to your sides where I belong soon," she said, and, before either of them could say a word, she scooped up a rather surprised Rose in her tail and the three took off like a shot.
Reaper went to follow them but Tik placed a huge hand on his shoulder and stopped him, "No, young one, that is not a fight you want to be in the middle of, you, as good as you are, stand no chance against a Nightmare Assassin, they are the dark version of Dream Warriors, they are ruthless and relentless, only a Dream Warrior can take one down, my husband is calling all the Seekers to him in order to confront this threat, they are the only ones that can defeat it, we must trust in them while they trust in us to protect them and the civilians, so come, young ones, to the hunt!" Tik said, steering both Reaper and Inferno on in the opposite direction.
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Jack ran with Macha at his side, the other seekers had already given her the nickname, 'the Queen of Hearts,' it was kinda a Seeker tradition that once one became a Seeker, regardless of what section you joined, whether it be the Soul Knights, Tamers, or the Seekers of Truth, they called him the God Slayer after what happened in the war, a nickname based on truth, though, to be fair, he'd actually cut down more like three gods, but that was just semantics.
Usually you got your Seeker name within the first month of becoming one, the Beledon he'd just spoken to was one of his and everyone called her Cuddlebug because she had a real habit of trying to cuddle human males because she was utterly enamoured with them, it was actually kinda sweet how flustered she got around them as well, try to imagine an 8ft Minotaur like creature blushing bright red because a human looked at her, which usually resulted in her losing control of herself and scooping them up into a huge powerful and inescapable hug before trying to run off with her prize.
It had been a toss up between deathgrip and cuddlebug for a while but, thankfully, Cuddlebug won that one, the poor girl tried her best, she really did, but she had such a hard time with humans, she tried her hardest to understand them and to try and be appealing to them in the hopes that, just like her counterparts from the other races, she might scoop up a pretty prize as she called them, but luck just hadn't been on the ever optimistic Beledon's side, though, who knew, maybe luck would find her some day.
Macha had earned herself the nickname, 'the Queen of Hearts,' after everyone found out that she was part of a polyamorus relationship with both Reaper and Inferno and when it was seen how utterly devoted to one another the trio were that name got pitched and accepted very quickly, though Rose's hadn't been decided yet, though he guessed her performance here today would probably help decide that he rather liked Pocket Rocket.
Following his sharper than sharp senses, he ran through the ship and as he ran other Seekers appeared along his path and joined the run, including his beloved son, who joined the pack with little more than a nod of his head as his face was hidden behind his hunting mask, the group followed the psychic scent until they burst out into a large area that jack instantly realised was the loading area for the cryo pods, they were brought through here on large walkers and then placed into large machines that hung them up like items on a shop shelf, but those shelves were beyond a huge blast door of twelve foot thick Tritanium and diamond carbide that surrounded it, allowing them to see the rows upon rows of colonists hanging on their shelves like they were in a giant vending machine.
Jack instantly realized that it was a cut away section, kinda like a giant life pod that could be ejected to save the colonists in stasis in case of an emergency, but that's when it hit him, that's exactly what they intended to do, the whole ship was a giant bio bomb, what better way to ensure the spread of the virus into a major population area than to drop it from the sky like a giant fucking bomb.
People would rush to the scene to find survivors only to be greeted by an undead army and, boom, utter planetary destruction, well, not on his watch.
In front of the huge blast door were four figures overseeing a cutting team that were trying to bypass the lock out protocols and to get to the innocent, defenceless, sleeping colonists, the four figures were dressed in long black flowing cloaks that covered their black armor and did little to mask the huge nasty looking swords that all carried, as one the group turned and fanned out towards them.
One solitary figure detached from the group as the Dream Warriors matched their moves and fanned out, Jack had an odd sense that this was a parlay before the battle began in ernest so, signaling to his people to stay put but stay ready, he strode forward to meet the individual who stopped ten yards away from him and instantly Jack saw who it was and his heart both sank and his blood boiled.
"The great God Slayer himself, we meet at last, oh, how I did hope that it would be I that got to kill you and send that soul screaming into the void to meet those that he killed for a little payback," the masked male said, but Jack knew instantly the face of the man beneath it, scales as dark as night and eyes that glowed like the coals of the fire of hell itself.
"Greetings, Soul Ripper, it's about time I got to show you the justice of the dead," Jack said as the Draconis male lifted his head and Jack could almost feel the evil smile under his mask as his wings spread out, oh, this was going to be a fight an a half, if Jack was considered one of the paragons of light then this man right here, he was Satan's torturer.