York had been walking for almost five hours, but so far all he had managed to find was a whole lot of purple goop. Delta had considered it dangerous to travel in to the areas filled with the goop since they didn't know its composition. York didn't think it looked all that dangerous, but he complied with Delta's wishes, knowing that the AI was probably right; he always was.
At first he really regretted that he'd given his healing unit to Carolina. The aches in his body made it harder for him to walk, so his advance was slower than he would have liked. Fortunately, after the first three hours of walking, his muscles had warmed up and he was moving at a regular pace once more.
"The sun's really warming up isn't it?" he asked
"It seems to be midday in this planet" Delta replied inside his head, "The temperature is over 42° Celsius. Might I suggest resting in a shady area until the temperature lowers?"
"Good idea" York said as he looked around, "and I think I see just the spot"
Samus watched as the portal closed behind her, the sun shone brightly in the sky, raising the temperature to what most would call unbearable; luckily her suit was designed to protect her from such temperatures. She began walking, the planet seemed completely devoid of life, "Escape the infested planet" she said to herself as she remembered what she had managed to hear from the statue, "go the planet of two suns".
She walked on to an area covered with purple goo that extended for miles. She continued walking on it when she felt a sudden movement under her feet.
"Watch out!"
Something pushed her out of the way just as a strange creature emerged from the ground where she had stood. The creature lunched at her with sharp teeth ready to bite, but another being slashed it in half with a sword of glowing energy. The creature that had saved her looked around in search of more enemies then walked up to her, it was at least three meters tall with a wide chest and a narrow waist; its face had two blue glowing eyes, but no mouth, nose or ears that she could see.
"Thank you" she said as she stood up, not sure if the creature would understand her, although she clearly remembered him warning her.
"You are welcome" it replied.
It was then she realized that the creature was communicating telepathically, "My name is Samus Aran" She said as she extended her arm for him to shake. The creature looked at it then turned to face the horizon.
"I am called Executor Taesius" he replied, "Come, we must abandon this place before the queen of blades can sense our presence"
York walked up to a big green boulder; it was large enough to cast a shade he could sit under. Calmly he nestled in to place and removed his helmet; his hair was sweaty from the heat so he ruffled it around to let the air cool his head. He let his head fall back against the rock and felt it move under him, "What the…" he turned to look at it, only to see it stand up and turn around. A big pig like face stared back at him with a menacing stare.
Without thinking things through York raised his weapon and begun shooting at the creature. A green shield appeared before the creature as it charged at him with full force, protecting it from the blast. York dodged its attack but the creature grabbed him by the leg before he could escape. York slammed on to the floor next to his helmet after the creature had thrown him with all its strength. He hurried to put on his helmet as the creature approached him silently.
"Agent York" Delta said as his green figure appeared between the two fighters, "It would seem this creature is a sentient being, might I suggest trying to resolve this peacefully"
"You're a lantern?" the beast spoke as it looked at Delta, "What kind of construct is that?"
"You…you can speak?...in…English?" York stared at it dumbfounded.
"Of course I can, I'm a green lantern too!" the creature said as it showed him his fist with a green ring on it.
"What's a…green lantern?" York asked perplexed.
"So you're not a green lantern then?" the creature frowned, "I guess it doesn't matter, you seem harmless enough"
"Harmless?" York asked, still amazed by the creature's talkative nature.
"Name's Kilowog" he said.
"People call me York" he replied, not wanting to give the creature his real name, "And the little guy is Delta.
"Well York, you wouldn't happen to know where we are would you?" Kilowog asked as he looked up to the sky, "What planet is this?"
"I was hoping you could tell me" York replied.
"We have not been able to calculate our location, we were hoping to find a spaceport somewhere on this planet" Delta spoke, "although we have found no data to indicate that the planet is inhabited"
"Mind if I tag along" Kilowog said as he turned to look at his ring, "I lost my battery somewhere on the way and my ring is running low on juice"
York didn't understand what Kilowog meant, but nodded all the same; figuring it was better to have the big guy on his side than against him.
Samus had told Taesius that she needed to leave the planet, the Protoss had been looking to do the same, so they had agreed to work together. Taesius knew of an abandoned Terran spaceship they would be able to use, so now all they needed to do was reach it.
"It is over the cliff" Taesius said as they began climbing. Once they were on top they could see the large ship at the center of a valley, Taesius said it was a Terran Battlecruiser. As they continued, Taesius explained to Samus of the war between the Protoss and the Zerg, and of how the Zerg race where capable of infesting other creatures to further their evolution and power. Samus told Taesius of her mission hoping he would know something of the Chozo, or at least of the planet of two suns she was supposed to reach.
Taesius knew nothing of either but promised Samus that once they reached the Protoss mother ship in orbit he would allow her use of the archives and bestow her a small ship she could pilot by herself.
York and Kilowog walked for hours, the sun had begun to set when they found themselves in front of a very large crashed space ship, "What do you think?" York asked "Is it reparable?"
"Further analysis is required for me to determine an answer" Delta replied.
"Looks to be whole" Kilowog added, "Might be all it needs is fuel"
"Yeah, let's look for a way in, if anything at least will have a roof over our heads for tonig…"
"Agent York" Delta interrupted, "it would seem we are not alone"
"Where are they D?" York asked as he looked around. With one good eye it was hard for him to spot enemies without Delta's help.
"I've detected three life forms" Delta replied, "Two of which are approaching from the west, using the sunset as cover"
"Disguising their approach huh?" York smiled, "Looks like we might have ourselves a showdown" he looked up at Kilowog, "What do you say big guy, you up for a little brawl?"
"Always" the Bolovaxian said as he cracked his knuckles.
"Good boy" York smiled.
Samus and Taesius approached the ship with stealth; they had not expected someone to be on the ship. "They are not Zerg" Taesius said as they watched them.
"That does not mean they are friendly" Samus replied, "We have to be careful on how we handle this, if they…" Suddenly a series of lasers flew past them, "Screw it, it's on!"
Both Samus and Taesius jumped out from behind the rock where they had been hiding. Evading the energy rays from the small one's weapon and the green beams coming from the big one, the two of them charged until they were a only a few feet away. Samus shot her plasma canon making sure that it would not hit the space ship; meanwhile Taesius used his psionic swords on the big one, only to have them blocked by a green energy shield.
The small armored man rolled under her and aimed his weapon at the bottom of her head just as she aimed her canon at the top of his. To her side she could see Taesius locked in a swordfight with the big green one.
"It would seem we are in a stalemate" A disembodied voice said, suddenly a little green man appeared in between them bobbing his head as he spoke, "Might I suggest talking things through, my battle analysis indicate that neither side wishes to truly kill the other or damage the ship, which would indicate that we are all after the same objective"
"Does he always talk this much?" Samus said as she lowered her weapon at a measured pace, making sure the other man did the same.
"You should try having him inside your head, I get no rest"
"I believe I talk the right amount to communicate the desired message" the small guy said.
"Name's York, big mouth's Delta, and even bigger mouth is Kilowog" York said as he pointed at each of them.
"I'm Samus" She replied as she took off her helmet after seeing him do the same, "Big one is Taesius"
"So, you looking to use the ship and leave the planet?" York smiled, trying to act as friendly as possible now that he saw the girl inside the helmet, "where are you headed?"
"Don't know yet"
"Well, you can tell your other guy to stand down"
"Other guy? There's only two of us" Samus frowned.
"Two?" York looked at Delta, "I though you said there were three"
"The third is located 10 meters underground" Delta replied.
"Ten meters? Then it's probably some sort of animal hidden in it's borrow"
"7 meters" Delta said, "It is unlikely, the being seems to be sentient in its movement, 4 meters"
The ground begun to shake, "uh..oh-oh…Jump!"
The four of them where barely able to jump away as a huge creature emerged from under their feet, sending dirt and stone flying in every direction.
"What the hell is that?" York asked as he dodged a ramming attack from the creature, grabbing his helmet from the ground in the process and putting it on.
"It is an Ultralisk!" he heard someone say inside his head.
"Delta?" York asked, "You sound different"
"It was not I who spoke" Delta replied, "the telepathic message seems to have come from Taesius"
"Oh FUCK NO!" York shouted, "I already have one know it all in there, there's no way in hell I'm letting another one in!"
"Technically, he is not in here, you only receive the messages he transmits to you" Delta replied.
"Like that makes me feel any better" York said as he evaded another attack from the Ultralisk, this time one of its tusks barely grazed his neck. "That's it!" York said angrily, "That thing is going down!".
With a kick from his boot he activated Carolina's speed unit and ran after the Ultralisk.
"You're armor was not made to work with Carolina's speed unit" Delta spoke from inside his mind.
"No, but as long as I don't go at full speed, I'll be fine" York doubted himself for a moment, "Right?" he asked the AI.
Delta remained quiet for a few seconds.
"Uh…D?" York begun to panic.
"Depends on your definition of fine" Delta finally replied.
"Great" York said sarcastically as he sped up even more. He reached the Ultralisk and grabbed hold of one of its tusks, using the momentum from his speed he swung himself up into the air and landed on the creature's back. He put his rifle up to the creature's head, shot and landed on the ground as the creature slid to a stop right in front of Samus.
"Show off" Samus said as she walked away.
"You should meet Carolina" York smiled then kicked the dead creature before running after her.
The five of them stood in front of a double door on the side of the ship, "I'll get us in" York knelt in front of the doors, "This is what I'm good at" he said as he began to poke his tools in between the doors.
"Or we could use this" Samus said as she pressed a button on the side of the doors, opening them instantly.
"Yeah, or we could do that" York stood. "Come on, let's see what's inside".
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