I realize that many people probably think my stories are kind of boring, or perhaps what has been read so far is that. I am aware of this, but it is necessary to tell some things that have been and will be told. I can't say why, or else I may ruin the story. All I can say is be patient with me. Things will pick up eventually.
Chapter 2- A New World
Grey Fox was looking at himself on the monitor. It was showing his video of the test he had taken earlier to determine his class. Obviously he had finished his much earlier than the others. He had planned to finish his before the presentation of the hunter was over. That way he didn't need to be bothered by too many people.
The tester came at him, but he didn't move. When the tester threw the first punch, Grey Fox had effortlessly put up his hand, grabbed the fist of the other, and then picked him up and tossed him over his head and out of the ring as if he was nothing. He had done average on the Ranger test, but this had proven him well adapt to that of a Hunter, which didn't surprise him. From there, he had been declared a HUcast.
Grey Fox's armor had been upgraded in that fitting room, making him more adept for damage taking, as well as equipping him with a regeneration system. The three main colors of his armor were red, white, and black. His feet were mostly red, save for the white stripe that wrapped around his ankle, and the black band on the top of his feet. The bottom part of his legs were red until the area of the kneecap, which a black connector then started and wrapped all around the area of his knees. Red then went up a little ways, until about a quarter way up his upper leg. Then it was white armor plating on the front, and black on the back half. His mid section where torso and legs met was a black connector piece, wrapping around the length of his waist in a small black band. Up then his armor bulged out more. The bottom half of his torso, and all of his back was red. On the front was a white pattern, starting from the two shoulders and moving across up to his neck, and down just below his breasts. In the center of the white area below his neck was a grove, filled by an emblem, which was lit with a light. It was his section I.D., which was Viridia. His shoulders were rounded slightly, a white band starting from the top and back of them, then moving down his arm and wrapping around them about halfway down his biceps. His forearms had a series of pad-like armors added to the top. More than likely where his shields would be equipped. His head was red mostly all over, save the area where his face was, and the part of the armor above his eyes, which had a yellow triangle formed into the metal. His face was mostly flat, him not even really having a mouth. Just a line where the armor went red again. His eyes were right below the area where the triangle was, both small and glowing brightly yellow.
The eyes flashed a bit and he then turned from the monitor with a shrug of his shoulders. It was over, so there was no reason to worry about it. Grey Fox had been slightly uneased about his loss of memory, but he had come to accept it pretty quickly. Somehow he felt that all would be answered soon, and it would probably have true purpose to it.
Grey Fox stepped from the hunter's guild, looking out at the city of Pioneer two. Apparently, the story was that their home planet was close to destruction. Knowing this, probes were sent out into space to find a suitable location for movement. The planet Ragol was the one found. Soon afterward, the ship "Pioneer 1" was sent. Its job was to establish a setup for a colony, and inspect Ragol to see if it was suitable for habitat. Pioneer 1 had indeed confirmed that it was.
So, he was now on Pioneer 2, which carried the main wave of refugees from their home world. He was right now in the main city, specifically the market area for the hunters. The area wasn't nearly as big as the city, which was much like a city in general, save in a grand scale due to the massive amount of people. The market area here from the hunter's guild to the right had a large teleporter to the right. It was closed right now. Apparently it was one used to transport to planets or to VR systems. It was large for a teleporter though, but in a small room, which was sealed right now by a large cargo door. Straight ahead from the hunter's guild across the walkway was the medical station. It was small too, and had only two nurses within the blue room, one at the desk, and one that apparently helped wherever needed.
Turning left down the walkway/street and walking a little way to the right was a teleporter, round and with green light. This one was for getting around the ship for the most part really, though some areas were restricted. Obviously...they were cautious about their higher ups and their officials.
Walking out from that the walkway opened up to a large circular area that was mostly empty, save a few people walking around or visiting, or looking at one of the many holo-screens displaying various bits of information or advertising. Walking straight from the walkway took you to the bank, where a secretary in a blue uniform with a blue had would be waiting for business. She was behind some sort of cut out window that extended around the side of the building and around the corner of it, moving about two meters out from the rounded corner. The bank itself was rather useful, not only storing meseta for one, but also storing items.
Turning left from the walkway led to the merchant's market area, this one specifically aimed at hunters. The room wasn't too big, but not too small either. On the left wall was a man in a green hooded outfit in a purple colored booth, with various holo-screens inside of it. He was a tekker, of whom identified unidentified weapons for hunters. The far wall was rounded, and had three booths side by side. The left one, orange, was for weapons and the sort, a display screen which all had showing various selections behind the man, who had short buzzed light brown hair, and was wearing a blue uniform with purple and pink neon lines going down the length of it until his tan pants started. The middle one was green, obviously for various items like monomates and such. The woman there had on a green hat that went around her dread locked hair with light green stripes around the top of it, which matched her green coat. The green coat went down around her arms and torso until it reached her tan pants also. The third one was blue, obviously for armor and shield items. The man in that booth had short brown spiked hair, and a purple shirt one, with blue stripes down the sides of it until they reached his light blue pants.
Grey Fox shrugged, not really feeling too much like doing any shopping, nor mingling with any of the other hunters there. He just walked straight to the bank, wishing to put away his winnings from that hunter who had been stupid enough to try to challenge him to a duel shortly after his declaration as a HUcast.
"Hello sir. What would you like to do today?" the woman asked him.
"A deposit if you will miss," he said, bringing forth a small yellow object that looked much like the triangular object in the hunter's guild floating, just on a much smaller scale.
The woman nodded, and then took the capsule, and then nodded, "A deposit of 5,000 Meseta has been made. Is there anything else you wish?"
"No thank you miss. That will be all for now," he finished then turned, walked away, and moved to back inside of the hunter's guild.
Sheik was there at the window, looking out at space, as he had spent much of his time doing. Grey Fox, despite his differences from him, felt a strong connection. They were both connected somehow by past. The simple fact of their waking together made it obvious, but how was anyone's guess.
Sheiks mag turned and beeped its happy tune, Grey Fox's sort of nodding back. Grey Fox would smirk if he had a mouth. Despite earlier thoughts, he thought he had come to like this creature. It was somewhat of a nice companion, and as he had learned from the battle with the hunter, it would aid him in battle. The hunter had brought its sword towards Grey Fox had been a bit caught off guard, as it was a cheap tactic. However, the mag had flown down, and somehow or another blocked the sword, thus allowing Grey Fox to grab his arm, and then twist it around, taking the sword and holding it to his throat.
"Greeting Grey Fox," Sheik said, without turning his head.
"Greetings," Grey Fox responded. (They weren't much of people for conversation).
Grey Fox stood there for a few seconds more, and then moved to the teleporter in the room to his left, disappearing and reappearing in one of the Hunter's lobby's. Sheik and he found two certain lobbies more appealing. One was lobby seven, and the other was lobby eleven. There were fifteen lobbies total. Eleven was more for technology and planning and such, and was setup in basic structure the same in eleven through thirteen. The setup was that of a small cross, four areas around the center for hunters to sit or relax or such. The center had four secretaries at terminals, dressed in tan pants and purple shirts much like that of the armor shop merchant, save they had green stripes too down the sides. They pretty much helped for transportation destinations, or for forming teams to be known. They would transport you to a hunter's guild that required assistance or just transport you from the lobby in general. On two diagonal parts of the cross structure nearest to the back wall were small rooms with teleporter's, which led to other lobbies. The middle area also had on the front most diagonal parts contained three computer consoles, and various holo-screens above them. Hunters were able to use them if needed. The outer edge of the crosses were drop offs, leading down quite far. Straight across the cavern was a tall wall, and up higher on it was a window, showing outside Pioneer two into space. This lobby in particular was the red one of the series.
The seventh one was much like lobbies one through ten setup wise. In the front was a red teleporter, and going up from that was the main area, which was a sort of circular pattern. Three ramps led down to three secretaries at the computer station in the center of it. The front of the circle held various terminals and holo-screens that could be used. On the sides of the center led to a set of steps on both sides, which went to a path that went down and around the circle. Ahead of that on two sides were a ramp that went up, and turned right, then went up again to a small platform. The platform was next to the edge of the lobby. The edge itself after another large drop off, though smaller in length across than eleven, was a giant window, showing the outside of Pioneer 2, as well as the space beyond it. This lobby was the red of the series one through ten, each corresponding with a section I.D. Normally regulations stated that hunters should stick to their own sections for their I.D., but no one really listened to that or even enforced it, so most of the time people were free to go and come where they pleased.
Grey Fox had come into seven, now looking out at it, again he'd smirk if able. Another reason they'd chosen those lobbies was because hunters rarely went into them. Grey Fox walked around the circles, moving down the side stairs and then around up to the ramp, going to the platform. The lobbies were also special for making photon chairs at will too, matching one's section id's. Basically they were cushions made of photons that floated in the air. Grey Fox however didn't wish to sit. He instead stood, looking out the window area of the lobby, the stars seeming as lines as they moved through warp.
However the warp soon slowed and suddenly the stars stopped. Grey Fox had forgotten. The day they were to arrive to Ragol. It was today. His gaze darted more downward...and there it was. A large blue sphere, white clouds flowing around the surface of blue and green blotches that were land. They were finally there. The planet ragol was in front of them.
Grey Fox stood watching the planet, now his scanners starting to move over the planet. The activation transport beams would be coming soon. They were the signal for welcome and were for communication to the surface. Sure enough, he soon saw a red light forming on one of the spots of land. Grey Fox stood watching for a minute, looking at the beam charge.
A light from Pioneer two was charging as well. He could see the blue three circle and large one circle pattern surrounding the sides of the ships. The beams shot off from both ship and the Central Dome, which was the base of the Pioneer colony, flying towards both places and right by each other. The end to the seven year long voyage of Pioneer 2 had come.
Grey Fox watched on. He didn't know why, but he was getting a feeling suddenly of bad things to come. Almost as if a testament to his feelings, a sudden explosion occurred, shaking the surface of Ragol, as well as the ship Pioneer 2 lightly. Grey Fox's arms that were crossed now moved slowly down to his side. The explosion was unnatural. It seemed somehow clear-blue, yet it refracted the light within all of its radius, of which soon became at least the half of the planet closest to them.
Grey Fox stepped back once, then twice, and with a rapid turn he faced the other way in a full run.. He jumped straight off of the platform, amazingly clearing the gap that was between the platform and the circular area, right over the monitors and landing in a crouch. From their he again jumped, more forward this time, flipping and twisting in the air, going right over the heads of the secretaries and then landing on the other side in a crouch again. He then rose, went to one of the terminals, and his access codes for transportation. The secretary was still staring at him in amazement, which caused Fox to growl slightly.
"Quit gawking and send me! NOW!"
That snapped the secretary out of it quickly, and he nodded while typing into his own terminal. Fox suddenly saw black, save for the blue sphere's that formed circle patterns side by side, coming towards him, passing by him one by one. His vision cleared again, and the blue field surrounded him dissipated to allow him to phase back in as it moved up the length of his body then disappeared. He was now back in the hunter's guild he had been at before.
Grey Fox ran over to Sheik. If Fox could have made an expression, it would have been much like the one Sheik wore. Something big just happened, and they had no idea what could've possibly went wrong. Grey Fox then looked out the window he was at and realized Sheik probably saw the whole thing too, if not better than himself. This window had a better view of the planet, it showing the entire thing from the top part of it.
Grey Fox knew what Sheik thought. They both knew what each other was thinking. They were both true warriors. There was no need for conversation. Grey Fox himself turned to look at the planet, the planet Ragol, that was supposed to be a sanctuary. Apparently, the Pioneer Project hadn't been as full proof as they had wished. Grey Fox and Sheik both knew this was the start. This was the beginning of a battle of epic proportions, and they'd be ready for it.
There you have it! Took me two chapters and a prologue to get to the part with the explosion and all. Like I said, things may seem slow right now, but they will pick up eventually. The story will probably focus on these two characters for starters, but as it progresses, you can expect to see more and more. I may introduce more in upcoming chapters, if I haven't done so already ;)