Sorry for not posting on time, but school work has been nagging at me more often than usual... since you know... the school year is almost out... but anyways that being said I will only post twice this week... today and Friday... (hopefully) sorry for any inconveniences.
This chapter generally follows the cannon plot, however I thought of a nice way to spice it up here and there, especially at the end. :P
Oh and for safety reasons...
-THIS CHAPTER DEALS WITH HIGHLY MATURE SUBJECT MATTER, READER DISCRESION IS ADVISED-
(It's not sex per say, but it's borderline... so I just figured the warning would be a good idea...)
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Louise's POV
I'd been pretty upset about my Familiar's near fatal injury, but thankfully for both our sakes, I heard that he was recovering, I wanted to check on him every now and then as he rested at the UNSC base in the medical-bay there... however today I was unable to see him since they were performing something called surgery, whatever that is... they said that they were fixing his arm up and restoring his blood to normal.
Unfortunately, something must have triggered something in my mind, because the night I was unable to see him, I had another dream... this one was... sad...
I was in the place of my familiar, in his body this time... it was weird. Sometimes I'd take on the form as a well defined and developed female Spartan, other times I'd take the form of my familiar...
Noble team and myself were hiding out in a small cave while a huge mechanical bug like giant walked past the outside of the cave, barely missing us... then Carter's AI, Auntie Dot, spoke up.
"It appears our enemy is more devious than we imagined... that spire was indeed a covenant teleporter, linked to a cloaked covenant super carrier." It said. "Thankfully, help is imminent as 60% of the UNSC fleet is en route to Reach from existing deployments. The first battle group should arrive in, 48 hours."
"48 hours?!" exclaimed Jun "That's imminent!?" he then scoffed and idly brushed off some dirt and dust from Jorge's shoulder plate. "Hey, they're at it again..." said Jun and pointed to Kat and Carter. "Who's your money on this time?"
"Her" said Jorge, it was apparent that Kat and Carter were arguing about something.
"You always pick her..." sighed Jun
"That's because she's always got him dialed in"
Then the argument became more... audible...
"That thing out there is crushing us and we're waiting for backup!?" questioned Kat "They'll be backing up a graveyard!"
"All our nukes are either out of system or went down with the ships that were carrying them... your preaching to the converted..."
"How do you know-"
"I know that look Kat" Carter cut her off.
"You could say no"
"no"
"You don't even want to hear it?" Kat pushed
There was a short pause in the conversation "Fine I'll hear it."
"Remember that accident a few years back, colony ship in Atlantis Stigmas? 700 dead."
"Vaguely, it was a slipspace drive malfunction, right?"
"Actually, the engine worked fine, the drive was merely mounted improperly after a service haul out. When it activated, it teleported half the ship to oblivion."
"and this is relevant how?"
"A certain Covenant Supercarrier could, with some assistance, suffer the same terrible accident..."
"Damnit Kat, even for you that's-"
"Vile?"
"Not the word I would have used..."
Then the others also seemed to get wind of the argument and decided to join the party... we all walked over to them. "What's going on?" asked Jorge
Carter nodded to Kat "Go ahead, explain"
Kat reached towards Emile's knife on his chest who protectively put his hand over his knife as Kat grabbed the hilt. "May I?" she asked.
After a short pause Emile nodded "Don't cut yourself."
Kat drew the knife and began to start drawing a small plan in the dirt at her feet. "Objective, destroy Covie Supercarrier in Geo-syncronise orbit above Reach"
"Is this sanctioned sir?" Jorge muttered to Carter soft enough so Kat didn't hear it.
"What do you think?" replied Carter
"no..." sighed Jorge
"Method" continued Kat "A slipspace drive in lue of the nukes we don't have. Delivery system; us. Solvable: Getting us up there... that and getting our hands on a slipspace drive..." she stood back up and flipped the knife so she held the blade and held it out to Emile. "Thank you for sharing" she said as Emile took the knife back."
"Sooo" started Carter "All we need is space travel capable transport and the single most expensive piece of equipment known by man?"
"As a soldier in the field I couldn't possibly have access to those kinds of resources... that said... a good place to look might be, oh I don't know..." I heard so much sarcasm laced into those words... words that seemed to be more and more directed at me. "the nearest non-existent launch sight of a non-existent Saber Program dismissed by three administrations as preposterous rumors? And in which our newest member, was certainly never a pilot for.
"I'm scared, you know that?" sarcastically remarked Emile
"All we need is a green light from Holland."
"Good luck with that" sighed Carter
"You're the one asking him." Replied Kat with a smartass tone and handed him a small blue device.
"Oh there's no way in hell he's gonna go for this..." Carter sighed.
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We were taken by Falcon to the edge of this launch facility where we were dropped off. We readied our weapons.
"It's a bit of a hike to the launch facility isn't it?" asked Jorge
"Any closer and it's too hot to land..." replied Carter who then made a hand signal ahead of him "Move up the beach noble..."
The dream fast forwarded and I got to kill a bunch of aliens before making it to a room with slaughtered marines... at the end of the room I found a dead elite at the feet of a marine with an assault rifle, how he killed it, with an assault rifle, was beyond me, because that Elite was pretty high ranking and had an energy sword!
"Your fighter is ready Spartan!" said the Marine.
I headed towards the Fighter, it reminded me a bit of the FA38 or Robe of the Dragon that Alexander had found back in my world. The dream was controlling my movements as I got into the fighter, which had med sit horizontally so I was sitting with my back pressing into the chair, facing the sky. Then an automated voice came over the loud speaker.
"Launch preparations completed, launching in T-minus 5 seconds."
I felt the plane thrust forward and I got crushed against my seat, the pressure built up rapidly, getting stronger and stronger as the plane lifted off the ground... it got to the point where I had to close my eyes and I felt as though I couldn't take it anymore... then the feeling died down and I dared to open my eyes... my dream self gasped... before me was a vast, dark void... filled with bright white, yellow, orange and red dots here and there... a large rock floated before me and other constructs floated around in the void... there were patches of glowing dust and a strange gas flowing from the closest rock to me... I... I didn't know where I was anymore, this endless void of space was... too much for me to take in... Where was I? I looked back from where I came... I couldn't see the ground anymore... I was above Reach... but I was so far that I had lost contact with it. It would no longer protect me, I was helpless now! But it was not so, this little plane protected me from the evil energies of the void... I understood now, slowly I began to get it... this was the void, up out of the reach of the worlds this was where the void energies were stored, unaffected by the energies of Fire, Air, Water and Earth... this was their element's home!
After a fight with incoming Covenant fighters we docked at a strange floating station, Jorge, who was with me, left the safety of the plane and to my surprise managed to float over across a large distance to the waiting Pelican which was latched onto the station, holding the drive we wanted.
"Noble Six, this is Holland" said a voice over my helmet's communications.
"Go ahead sir" I said
"We've acquired your slipspace bomb for you, Noble Five will escort the bomb, but I need your saber team to clear the way for boarding."
"Understood Colonel."
"And since she's already donated her slipspace drive to the cause, the Savannah will be joining you to provide local fire support."
Then another voice came through my helmet. "UNSC Frigate Savannah here, our wings may be clipped but we've got your back."
"I've stuck my neck out for Noble on this one Lieutanant" said Holland
"We'll get it done Sir, Six out."
The dream fast forwarded again so that I was standing inside a ship, a Covenant ship from the looks of it. I had just opened the doors for a UNSC Pelican to land and drop off Jorge and some marines... I jumped down to talk to him.
"Noble Six, the re-fueling run with the Supercarrier will have to be initiated manually, head for the bridge... Noble Five, stay here and discourage in curious..." said Holland over the comms
"My pleasure sir" replied Jorge who then turned to me "Hear that Six? I'll be here all by my lonesome... so try and make it quick would ya?"
Fast-forward again...
I had just witnessed the Savannah get blown to pieces by the guns of the Covie ship we were in... and... oddly enough... despite the fact that there were tons of people abroad... I didn't feel as sad as I would have otherwise been... maybe the fighting in this world had numbed my senses of pity and remorse? Or maybe it was just that my Familiar was a cold hearted son of a bitch at this point...
I returned to Jorge after initiating the fueling run... I heard a beep from the slipspace bomb...
"Damnit... so it's gonna be like that huh?" Jorge turned to me "Well, I got good news and bad news" he said and crossed his arms. "This bird took some fire on the way here and now its thrusters are toast which means the only way off this slag heap, is gravity..."
I didn't like the sound of that... I glanced out the energy shielded doors of the ship to the side. "And the good news?" I asked hoping for something better...
"That was the good news" replied Jorge...
"At this velocity, thirty three seconds to en-" started Dot
"Yeah yeah yeah..." Jorge removed his helmet and threw it to the floor... "The bad news it; the timer is fried... I'm gonna have to fire it manually..."
I didn't know what he meant by that but Alexander seemed to know what it meant "That's a one way trip" I said
"We all have to make it sooner or later..." replied Jorge "Better get going Six, they're gonna need you down there..." he reached for his neck and pulled off a dogtag necklace "Listen Reach has been good to me, time to return the favor..." he grabbed my hand and latched his arm around mine, pushing his tags into my palm and also managing to lift me off the ground "Don't deny me this."
He carried me over to the hangar doors... I didn't like where this was going... "Tell 'em to make it count..." and I was thrust out the doors into the void, which at this point was close enough to the world so that I was still pulled towards the ground... I hoped this suit could protect me from multi hundred thousand meter drops...
As I fell away from the smaller Covie ship I saw the giant Covie Supercarrier above the smaller ship... I got farther and farther until I saw the small ship start to crackle with energy... a few seconds later a giant ball of black energy engulfed the middle of the Supercarrier, cleaving it in half... as the two pieces fell away from each other they began to explode and rip themselves apart... it was a beautiful sight... but now I also understood that Jorge was gone... he was dead with the ship... but, at least he had died with honor, protecting his home, giving the ultimate sacrifice in the end... I figured his death would not be in vain... however I was soon proven wrong...
I looked away from the exploding Carrier, towards a bright light in the distance... there were multiple rips and holes in the void and I started to see huge whale shaped ships emerge through the holes, there were at least a few dozen of them... an entire fleet from the looks of it... containing multiple ships of the size of which the one we had just destroyed was... Jorge had died in vain, and my heart sank... as the ground got closer and closer I awoke with a thud as I fell off my bed.
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"Never thought we'd be back here..." I said
*BING*
I turned around to see Alexander walk into a lamp post... "Oww" he muttered
"Whhyyyy?" I strained
He stumbled over to me, almost falling over in the process, followed by two marines; Private Woods and Sergeant Montgomery. "I can't help it, I'm high as fuck right now, no thanks to the good old doctor..." he pointed to the marines "That's why these guys are here, since I'm being pulled out of the med-bay so soon they are here to make sure I don't do anything stupid while I'm supped up on these painkillers..."
"Speaking of which how's your arm?" I asked and Alexander flexed his new arm, if you listned closely you could hear a slight weering of the mechanical innards... his arm looked real enough, like he'd never lost it, but it made un-human sounds and if you flicked it, it hard enough it pinged. Mind you could only hear them if it was dead silent and close enough...
"It's fine... but... whoa... I feel dizzy..." replied Alexander. "Feels a little sore at the shoulder when I reach up though..."
"Well, at least your recovering quickly..." I sighed, I still felt bad for him, losing your arm... I mean... that's gotta suck... but he only took it like he just scraped his knee... whether it was bugging him or not, I know not for sure. "As I was saying... I can't believe we're back here... I can't handle that guy..."
"Who?" asked Jenny Woods.
"Oh the owner of this tavern..." I pointed to the Fairy Tavern which we were all standing around outside of. "Seriously, that guy... girl... whatever... just pisses me off pretty quickly... trust me, when you get in, you'll be in a rush to get out..."
"I hear that..." said Jude Montgomery
"Whoa! Dude!" Exclaimed Alexander
"What!?" we all asked
"Why... is everyone so hostile here..." he looked a bit zoned out... I slapped him across the face with a loud *thwap*
"Thanks..." he grunted and rubbed the side of his face... "why are we even here again?"
"Remember Anies told us to come here, I'd guess Her Majesty has some sort of job for us in store." I said
"Well... let's get this over with then..."
We all started to head in, and once we entered the Fairy Tavern were... well... for lack of a better word... flabbergasted at what we saw... I could almost physically see the gears turning in everyone's head.
"What"
"The"
"Fuck" said all the UNSC personnel in order.
"Well well! Perfect my little imps!" screamed Scarron to his/her workers who were all in weird getups (and I mean weirder than usual). Jessica in particular was wearing a pair of red short-shorts and some fancy white prince's shirt... meanwhile, Scarron, not so surprisingly, was wearing a pink dress with green frills... What the fuck was probably the most appropriate response... given the situation...
"Uh... erm..." I stuttered, getting their attention... "H-hi... everyone..."
"it's been a while huh, Mister Scarron?"
"Ah!" Scarron exclaimed "That's not right! Everyone together now!"
"Touch me and die..." Said Alexander, raising his magnum, which shut everyone up... "My tolerance level is really low today, I just lost an arm so, if you'll excuse my crappy mood..."
"Well then I will just say it! SHANG-HAI!" then all girls erupted into cheers of "Ma Mademoiselle!" and I saw the marines had WTF looks plastered to their faces...
"And this?" started Jude
"Is an average day in the life of me..." finished Alexander... "Believe me when I say: you never get used to it..."
Jessica approached me "Hey, it's been a while, what are you doing here?"
"Waiting for someone... but... what's with those getups?" I asked
"Oh these? We'll be performing Vacances en Tristania tonight..."
"Do I even want to know?" asked Alex... then unfortunately for all of us, we got their answer...
"We'll let the world know of our beauty!" exclaimed Scarron while he and his girls all awed in bliss at their fantasy... I could faintly hear Jenny and Jude in the back ground going;
"What the fuck, What the fuck, What the fuck, What the fuck, What the fuck, What the fuck, What the fuck, What the fuck, What the fuck, What the fuck, What the fuck, What the fuck, What the fuuuuuuuuck!?" as though they were stuck on a processing loop... which they could have been for all I know...
"Yes!" a big hand slammed on the shoulder of me and Alexander, "This is perfect, you two will get on stage as well... since we're in need of manpower, bring your friends too!" he nodded towards the two marines.
"Whaaaaa!?" we all exclaimed but Scarron was to busy addressing his workers to notice...
"Alright my fellow imps, time to open store! So get ready!"
"Yes, Ma Mademoiselle!" they all cheered...
"Uh... hm..." I stuttered out, getting their attention.
"Oh!" Scarron exclaimed "Why are you two still standing around in a daze? Shouldn't you be helping out in the store?"
"Actually, we're kinda pre-occupied..." said Alexander...
"Ssssshush! Alex and company will help in the kitchen while Louise will go with everyone else to change into costume! Quickly, quickly!"
"W-wait we!" I started... but nope...
Besides... once all was said and done... I had to admit I looked much better in white than the black special outfit that I used a while back... more natural in my opinion...
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Scorch's POV
Jude, Jenny and I were all lined up behind the bar counter, I leaned on the counter with mu elbows down and casually glancing around the room, in a inconspicuous way.
"Is this how it's like normally?" asked Jenny
"Unfortunately..." I sighed...
"Damn" said Jude "What the hell is with this place, it reminds me of Hooters from back on earth... that damned Yank bar and all their... fine... but... yankish women..."
"You have a problem with Americans?" I asked
"No, I just like saying Yanks..."
"Of course..." I sighed "Which brings up a little something I'd like to mention, a while back I came here before and there was a little competition to see who could earn the most tips... suffice to say the girls with the biggest bust came out on top..."
"Ha, that's what she said..." muttered Jude... "Sorry..."
Jenny rolled her eyes... we'd all changed to our fatigues so that we didn't scare off the bar patrons... "Oh c'mon" she groaned and groped her own chest "They 'aint all that big..."
Me and Jude gulped at the sight but refrained from making it obvious... "Well.. the number one winner here would be Jessica by a land slide... Second would be Mary and then Third is Jungde... erm... I think that's how you pronounce it..." I then snickered "Then of course last would be Louise..."
I heard a angry growl from behind "She's behind me isn't she?" I asked to which the two marines nodded...
"I'm sorry but what placing were you talking about just now?" she hissed
"Oh you know what I was talking about..." I said, not bothering to hide it... "But remember what I said when we first got here?" and Louise paled "Touch me and die" I reminded her... "The thing is that I'm so fucked up on adrenaline right now that I'd probably do it too..." I lied, but at least it was effective and prevented her from doing anything she'd regret...
"Hey Louise! Someone is here for you!" called Scarron... saving Louise from a few broken bones... "C'mon!"
"Right right! Coming!" she stood up and walked over to a table where a blonde man in a white robe and blue cloak sat... she seemed surprised but eventually she sat down with him and they started talking... she glance over at me and I could see her flinch as I shot a dagger eyed look at her, then at Julio... as I said... I really didn't like that guy...
"Sir, don't tell me-" started Jenny
"Jenny I have authority over you..." I stated bluntly
"And I'm shutting up..." finished Jenny in a matter-of-factly tone.
"Screw this shit, I'm getting a beer..." muttered Jude... who then tapped me on the shoulder "hey erm... got any money for a beer?"
I rolled my eyes and then remembered the sword I had sold a long time ago after Kirche tried to give it to me... I remembered it had sold for a lot... now was probably the best time to invest what I had earned...
"Ha" I laughed "Oh yeah... first few rounds' on me."
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I had to take some empty bottle out to the back alley for Scarron... I left Jenny and Jude inside as Jenny had passed out on one of the tables and Jude was half-dead-drunk trying to stay awake and look over her... me on the other hand I'd gone much lighter, only had a few light drinks so I was relatively sober... still... probably wasn't a good idea to be driving though anytime soon...
Outside I contemplated why Julio was here... probably because of Louise... but then the thought hit me, why the hell did I care who Louise ended up with, I mean sure, I wanted her to get a nice guy but... who in their right mind could love such a stuck up and uncaring brat like her!?
I then got bumped into, a high pitched feminine voice yelped and the woman who had bumped into me fell on her ass...
I sighed, trying to refrain from lashing out that the woman should watch where she was going... "Sorry" I groaned through gritted teeth.
"Excuse me..." said the girl... "I would like to know if there is a place called The Imps of Niwaku nearby, most people just call it the Fairy Tavern though..."
"Yeah, that's right here... why?" I processed the voice for a moment... then we both seemed to come to a conclusion...
She threw her hood back "Alexander!" she exclaimed
"Henrietta!?" I exclaimed back at the purple haired princess...
I then heard off in the distance the voice of a grizzled soldier no doubt... "Search over there! They might have run towards the west side of town!"
"Come this way..." I said and managed to sneak her up to one of the rooms on the top floor of the Fairy Tavern... the one where the girls had changed before...
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Henrietta's POV
"What the hell are you doing here!?" questioned Alexander "Wait, don't tell me... this is another one of your stupid and reckless ideas and/or plans isn't it?"
"Well... I'm here to ask for you help..." I replied
"And you couldn't have sent Anies or a guard to inform me? I could have met you at the palace if that was the case... but nooo... you have to sneak down here while there are guards running all over the place... which can only mean that either shit is happening right now... or... or... oh I hope that's not the case..."
"Well... enough for now... I wanted you to be my bodyguard for the time being... that's why I didn't send Anies or another."
"Me? You're bodyguard? But... you're a queen... shouldn't your guard be more... noble? I mean, I kinda stand out dont'cha thing?"
"I'm on a secret mission, not even the castle guards can know... that is why I need you, you are the only one I can rely on now..."
"What about Louise?"
"She needs to stay her for the time being... but don't worry... you won't be missed..."
"Oh... so that's why Julio was sent here..."
I nodded
"Well... if that's what you want..." Alex sighed "Sure, I'll come with you... but you know I still want to slap the shit out of you for doing such a reckless thing..."
I flinched and Alexander laughed softly "Don't worry I'm not going to hit you... this time... but please, try not to do such reckless things in the future ok?"
There was an awkward silence for a moment... "Well then" I started "The soldiers will search in here for a moment... we have no time to lose and must set out now... Alexander... do you have any clothing for which I could use to make me look like a commoner?"
Alexander turned around and rummaged through a chest nearby "Well there is Louise's shirt and skirt... but...
"That will do..." I said and dropped my dress... and then Alex turned around he nearly dropped the shirt... "Thank you, Alex... the shirt please?"
"Y-y-yeah..." he stuttered and averted his eyes and handed me the shirt... then I swore I heard him mutter "Why do women have no shame in stripping down right in front of me? Huh!? Really! Why!?"
I started buttoning up the shirt, not sure if it would fit properly... until I buttoned it up as much as I could... "Erm... the shirt seems a little small..."
"I can think of a reason for that..." muttered Alexander, who I think cast a glance at my cleavage through the V shaped opening in the shirt along the length of my chest...
"Alright... let's go" I chirped and we set out.
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"Damn, there are guards everywhere..." whispered Alex "How should we go about this?"
The rain was pouring down and soaking through our clothing... Alex wore a civilian outfit from his world, he wore clothing in a similar color pattern as his Spartan Armor, with a Black and Golden over shirt called a hoodie which had a large pocket in the lower center of the garment. He also wore blue pants called jeans which seemed to be made out of a rough material, to which he insisted were actually quite smooth... along with a pair of white and grey shoes he called sneakers... odd names for clothing but to eaches-own I guess... he also explained that his clothing was far too big for me to wear...
"If we cover our faces we are more likely to arouse more suspicion and be investigated..."
"Right... then..."
"Alexander! I have an idea... put your arm around my shoulder please."
Alex raised an eyebrow but did as he was told... we started walking past the guards, who cast many weird glances at Alex and I, but did nothing to stop us as I leaned into him... imitating two lovers... which... to further sell the deception... I pushed Alex's free hand into my cleavage, which made Alexander turn very red and stutter.
"OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG" which I didn't understand why he kept saying O-M-G over and over... but it worked even better than I had planned as the guard commander scoffed and rolled his eyes and led his troops away from us... the rain started to get harder however and we had to find shelter for the time being...
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We found a small room in a nearby Inn to stay for a while until the rain died down... I sat down on the only singles bed in the corner of the already cramped room... Alexander stood by the window looking out into the darkness...
"Hey, you sure your ok with this? The room I mean... cuz well... it's a bit cramped wouldn't you say?"
"It'll do..." I replied to which Alex simply nodded then went back to looking out the window...
"Damn, it's really raining hard 'aint it?" he sighed "Chances are it will last all through the night at this rate..." he glanced back at me...
I didn't realize it but I had been shivering with cold, this shirt wasn't exactly thick, and it was soaked through as well... not helping my temperature.
"Henrietta?" Alexander asked concerned "Is something wrong?"
"No, nothing... I'm... I'm just really cold..." I glanced away from him. "Um... Could... could you hold me for a bit..."
"Err..." Alex stuttered "Um... that is..."
I shivered again, this time on purpose...
"Ok... ok... fine..." he sat down next to me and put his arm around me... I could faintly hear a small buzzing sound from his arm... I leaned into him...
"That reminds me... how's your arm?" I asked
"Better... though my shoulder is rather sore of late and the sensitivity of the artificial nerves aren't fully attuned yet... it will take a while before I have full feeling in my hand again..."
"But, it feels so much like just your ordinary arm..." I stated
"Well... I guess since it's been half a decade since Reach... Kat had a much more robot looking arm... I guess they got down the realism part for prosthetic limbs..." then I think he muttered "Don't be holding yer breath on realistic dicks yet... still need a..." he shook his head a bit... "Nevermind..."
"What was that all about?"
"Oh, just pointless rambling... I'm currently intoxicated with a couple beers and high on painkillers and adrenaline... its amazing I'm keeping my sanity right now... but hey, I had mental training for... situations... like... this..." he stuttered to a halt "actually that would be bullshit, I've never had training for situations like... this... but I have for the keeping your cool while under effects of mind altering drugs thing..."
"I'm confused..." I said
"Nevermind, forget I said anything..."
"Ok..." I rested my head on his shoulder... which seemed to catch him by surprise...
"Erm... Milady..."
But just as I was having a nice moment a loud banging came from the door to the hallway...
"Open up!" boomed a commanding voice "This is the Royal Army, open up quickly or I will bash this door in!"
Against my better judgment I went with the first idea that popped into my head...
"Ma'am?" Alex asked
"It... I guess it can't be helped..." I said
"What do you mean- holy shi- Mmmhh!" I had removed my shirt and pushed him down despite my dainty arms and was planting a long kiss on his lips, pushing into him when the door was bashed open.
"It's open!"
*Wa-bam*
"Eug..." the guards stuttered and slowly backed out... closing the door behind them... I didn't' see their reaction... however I am guessing it was pretty embarrassed...
However even after they left I found myself still pressed to him, trying to one-sidedly make out with him... however despite the fact he wasn't returning the pleasantries...
Then was until...
-THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH(S)/SENTANCE(S) ARE DEALING WITH SEX/BORDERLINE SEX, SKIP, OR READ WITH CAUTION-
I found him returning it... I found that this act of returning my gestures made my heart throb a bit...
I pulled away from him only bringing my face a mere centimeter away from his so I could speak to which I found myself whispering his name...
He reached a hand behind my head and brought me back for more... I could tell he had done something like this before, which really didn't surprise me... his hands drifted down my back before stopping just above my butt...
I wanted to feel more... another jolt of pleasure like when he began to kiss me back... I reached back and moved one of his hands onto one of my breasts, it was his real one I could tell due to the reaction it brought on.
His face turned red and he stuttered a bit... before I began using my other hand to kneed my other breast... which got the boy going a bit more... following my example...
While he played with my chest he brought me back for another kiss... when he pulled away again I moaned lightly which seemed to break him free of his stupor... he shook his head.
"No" he said... and pushed away from me... "No, I don't think this is right..."
I cursed under my breath, I'd gotten so wet already from the actions he'd been doing... and something told me he could tell...
"Sorry to leave you hanging like that... but... I don't think that this would be right... you're a queen, I'm a commoner, and I'm not even from this world... which makes it even worse... I'm sorry but... no... I can't continue these... actions..." he glanced away from my topless body. "Just, put your shirt back on and get some rest... we leave as soon as you're ready..."
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Scorch's POV
"Why did you do that?" I asked as we lay on the small bed beside eachother, back to back...
"To fool the guards into leaving..."
"Pfft..." I scoffed "A little much for someone who wasn't even here after the first few seconds... but that's not what I meant... I meant why did you run away from the castle?"
"Oh that... well, that was to lure a betrayer out..."
"A traitor? You know you could have told me this before..." I said I little miffed that I'd had mission critical data kept from me...
"I'd leaked news of me going missing in hope of luring him out... but I had my doubts that the ruse would work that easily, so to sell the deception I ran way for real..."
"Ran away for real?" I inquired "If you'd gotten into danger while you were out-" she cut me off
"That's why I wanted Alexander to be my bodyguard... I wanted you to protect me... just like you protect Louise..."
"So, in a sense... I've been tricked as well?" I asked with narrowed eyes...
"Sorry" she sat up while next to me. "But doesn't lying to your enemies mean lying to your allies as well?"
"Not necessarily" I sighed and rolled my eyes...
"Either way, it's getting late and we need to move now... I'll fill you in on the plan in a bit... for now we head towards the Theater."
"Could you be more specific?"
"There's only one big theater in town so we are heading there"
"Great... that helps so much... hold on..." I typed a few messages into my Tacpad before getting up and following the Princess out.
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I peeked out at the crowd from behind the curtains on stage who had gathered in the stands and seats all around the theater... there was easily a few hundred people...
"Alexander!" yelped a shrill voice... I turned around and saw Louise with her pink hair wrapped in some silly head dress you'd expect to see in a mother goose story... "Aren't you supposed to be with Her Majesty?" she asked
"I was, she went back out with Anies and a few of the G.P Squad units... how did you know?"
"Anies told me earlier..."
"Oh... I see..."
"Hey, hey! What are you two standing around for!?" exclaimed Scarron who appeared to my left/ Louise's right... "It's your turn to go out now... eehhhhh!"
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I watched the play as it progressed from nearby... while sitting on my goddamned hind legs... it seemed even in plays I was a fucking dog... go figure... I bet it's irony at work...
"Hey what's this!?" exclaimed Scarron, whose character I still didn't know the name for...
"This is called: the Liar's Mouth" said Jessica who played the part of the dude, which was way too backwards for my taste... she seemed to even go out of the way to hide her substantially large bust so that she almost looked flat chested... almost... she'd actually be passable for a real guy if it wasn't for her so easily defined curves... "If a liar sticks his or her hand in it, he or she won't be able to take it out again."
I took a look at this Liar's Mouth... It was a freakin' poorly animated kitty cat or lion head... I couldn't tell really...
"no! No! What shall I do!?" exclaimed Scarron
"why don't you try it?" asked Jessica
"No, no it's to scary!"
Scary my ass... I whispered to Louise "This... has got to be... the worst play... ever... of all time..."
"Agreed" she replied
"Reminds me of that one time when I told a rookie to throw a spike grenade and he threw it at a wall and I said: That... was the worst throw... ever... of all time..."
"Huh... do tell" whispered Louise with sarcasm...
As the play progressed I noticed a commotion begin in the rear of the theater... I saw Henrietta and two men arguing... then suddenly four G.P Knights stood up behind her ready to arrest the alleged traitor when...
A group of ten men stood up behind the traitor... along with ten more up on the balcony to the left then ten more to the right... three four men then manned each corner of the theater with muskets... each musket went off causing a panic, making all the civilians to flee the building... leaving Henrietta and three incapacitated G.P Knights and one dead knight...
Scarron and Jessica and the rest of the cast had fled behind stage and were peering from behind the curtains... I used my Nano-transformer to change into my armor and to my surprise Louise had been holding onto Derflinger for just a time like this... she threw me the sword which I held in one hand and a magnum in the other... however before I could do anything one of the traitor's soldiers grabbed Henrietta and held a flintlock to her head...
"Bup bup bup!" said the traitor Lishmond... "One wrong move and this queen bitch get a bullet to the brain..."
"What do you want!?" I demanded
"I want for Albion to emerge victorious... I want to rule Tristain myself as it's prefect... I want power... what else is there for me to want!?"
"Is there no way I can convince you to leave her alone and leave here before I rip you a new one?"
"I don't like your attitude commoner..." said Lishmond
"And I don't like you threatening my friends..." I raised my magnum and shot the soldier holding Henrietta in the head, spurting blood from a hole between his eyes...
I quickly pressed a button on my Tacpad... green light...
"GO GO GO!" the stained sky windows all shattered as Fireteam Charlie and elements of Fireteam Bravo burst through the glass, rappelling in on ropes, holding Magnums and SMGs in one hand while firing at the soldiers on the balconies, ripping them to shreds... Snips and Cutup managed to eliminate the hostile snipers before touching the ground... the ground was covered with shattered glass...
I looked over to a few surviving soldiers on the balcony who loaded muskets... I joined the battle with Derf in one hand and my magnum in the other... I leapt forward killing a few swords wielding soldiers.
"HARDCASE!"I yelled and pointed to the left balcony with the most enemy soldiers. "SUPRESSING FIRE!"
"On it!" he aimed his SAW at the balcony which was then ripped apart exposing the enemy soldiers who had been in hiding... they were then cut down, their blood seeping down the walls to the first floor... by now I'd noticed Lishmond had escaped down a secret tunnel on the stage... I was stopped by Henrietta who was hiding across from me with one of her recovered guards...
The other balcony was still firing at us... the ground and left balconies were clear however.
"AAH!"
"Echo is hit!" yelled Fives... I wondered how he could have taken damage but when I ran over to check on him it seemed that a bullet had pierced a chink in his armor at the shoulder... it was a miracle shot that slipped past a joint in his titanium alloy armor plating and through the tight fittings of his Kevlar under coat...
"Damn, lucky shot..." I said, then without looking I pulled my magnum and fired a round... due to the facial expressions of Echo and Fives however I knew I'd hit the enemy... "However there is a damned large difference between luck and skill..."
We finished off the enemies on the right then tended to the downed G.P squad units... one was K.I.A while the others would recover... after a while I heard a gunshot from the tunnels and wondered what was going on...
I then saw a rappel get shot up from the secret entrance... and a single woman appeared from the entrance... it was Anies, in her new ODST armor, holding her helmet under her and the severed head of Lishmond in her free hand...
"It's done..." she said "But... before I slew him... Lishmond said that there was some special documents under the Tristain Academy of Magic... is that true?" she asked
Henrietta looked around nervously before nodding inconspicuously "You have permission to investigate them... I will send word to Headmaster Osmond..." she said
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Back outside, the town guardsmen had already started to clean up the mess and were securing the area...
"So..." said Louise "What exactly were you doing with the Princess while you were guarding her..."
"Oh... nothing..." I said, Louise then leaned towards me and started sniffing like a puppy... "What are you doing?"
"This is the scent of the Princess's perfume..." her voice started to growl "Was there really a need to get so intimate with her while supposed to be her bodyguard? Don't tell me you did something nasty while guarding her..."
"Um... of course not!" I glanced back at her "Besides what the hell were you doing while I was away?"
She tensed up and paled... "N-nothing!"
"HA!" I stood up straight "so something did happen!"
"How dare you question your master's word!" she replied and also stood up straight... raising her wand... I then raised my tazer and she paled...
"We call it even!" I offered
"Fine!"
"Sir!" shouted Sgt. Dempsey from Fireteam Delta "We found something on a corpse of one of the Albion insurrectionists." He handed me a small purple metal battery...
"What is this?" I asked... then someone I hadn't heard in a long time spoke up.
"That would be a Covenant portable personal energy shield, it's weaker compared to those of Elites and don't recharged, much like the ones used on the first Halo ring..." said Cortana
"WHOA!" I exclaimed
"What?"
"You haven't spoken for soooo long! I'd actually forgotten you for a bit!"
Cortana sighed in my helmet... muttering something about humans and their forgetfulness...
"Well what does this mean?" I asked
"I don't know sir, but if this is really Covie Tech... and a shield to boot, then at least that explains why some of the soldiers were harder to take down... but what I want to know is how in the world did they come by this?"
I shook my head and shrugged "I don't know... I guess that's a mystery for another day huh?"
Dempsey nodded "Yeah, I guess so... for now... we have a princess to secure... oh and sir... I just got a message from Sgt. Stacker."
"Hmm? About what?"
"We got a transmission"
"A transmission!?"
"Yup! A transmission from the UNSC!"
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Ooooohhhhh! Shit's getting serious now huh!?
Can't wait for the final battle with Albion, it shall be epic, despite there having been no actual battles yet but meh... and C'mon chapter twenty! Let's make it come in with a nice splash huh? More forerunner stuff maybe? Of perhaps some epic battles! I dunno for sure yet though... so I guess you'll just have to wait... :P
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Rogue out!
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-Rogue