Betrayal
Chapter 7
Metroid Regeneration
The thick jungle was dripping with atmosphere, Serina saw it trickle down her visor and it blurred her vision. She took off her visor; her eyes were much more useful in this type of environment. Weavel was in front; hacking away at the vulnerable plants to make a path; several golden streaks cascaded over the wet leaves every time he tore another scar into the undergrowth. Sylux was behind her, alert and walking as if he expected his gun to turn on its owner and decapitate him. He jumped every time a plant swished near him; he even let off some bullets at a crimson flower because he'd seen it move. Serina began to get worried, what if he shot her, without her helmet she was very vulnerable – one bullet could end it for her. Weavel stopped his manic swipes to view the surprisingly well kept GF base on this isolated planet. He waited there patiently behind some bushes, his green enamel and relaxed aura keeping him hidden, he turned to face Serina, "There is the base, nobody seems to be around but we still must be careful. Sylux….Sylux! Come here and see this!" Weavel was holding a silver plate with a strange bite mark in it, he turned it over carefully to take in every little detail. On one side, scratched but still clearly visible was the letters 'GF'.
The group exited the undergrowth, it felt as if a heavy blanket had been lifted off them and a mundane breeze began to cool them down. A small clearing in front of the base was filled with GF vehicles and containers, it looked as if everyone had suddenly dropped everything and run away- several messy footprints, still fresh, confirmed this theory. A huge gust of wind tore at the group, forcing them to huddle behind the machinery; it had blown silicon over and covered the footprints. Sylux was now even more suspicious; he panicked and screamed, and ran in the direction of the footprints. Serina began to run after him but Weavel grabbed her shoulder and looked into her eyes; she could only see her own reflection but even that was enough to convince her that Sylux had gone. Serina turned and faced the dark panelled doors; they looked ancient and worn as if they had stood for hundreds of millennia, what would the GF want with them? Serina and Weavel were about to find out. Although both were wary, they strode into the ruins with confidence that they could solve the puzzle that lay before them.
Old stained stonework was a cover for the new chrome covering the walls and floors of the inside of the ruins. The station was permanent, no one would temporarily go to all this bother if they didn't intend for it to stay. The air was quiet, making the duo shiver inside, an echo of the pain and fear that seemed to seep out of the walls. Weavel kept his eyes on any air vents they passed, as if something would jump out at them at any minute, if it did, it would shock them to death before it got near them. An explosion, made louder by the silence, rocketed through the corridors and blew acrid smoke over Serina, making her skin crawl. The yellow cloud dissipated quickly and where there had been a pristine corridor; now lay strewn with rock and metal debris. Serina readied her gun and sword, in case she would find out what caused that explosion. Again silence dropped like a blanket around them; the debris lay dormant but still Weavel stared at it as if it would start to animate any moment, he edged forward and Serina followed closely behind, no wanting separated as there was much bigger chance of survival in groups. In the debris a container glinted like an emerald among the dirt, Weavel picked it up and looked at it intently; he sighed deeply and looked at Serina, her emerald eyes were expectant but also cautious. His crackled voice spoke almost in a whisper, "This is a human offspring" and he held up the container; Serina took in every detail of the small humanoid object within, its small hands curled around its over-sized head. Weavel then turned the container around and a silver label appeared, Serina inhaled sharply, she finally knew what was going on; it was going to change the galaxy forever. Footsteps approached from both sides, GF soldiers grouped in rows marched towards them, a tall man at the head of one of the groups. As he came into the light from an overhead lamp, Serina recognised the Commander, he was always very old but this time he had a glint in his eye that took years off him.
He smiled, a crooked, sarcastic smile, "I am surprised and disappointed at you Serina. I thought you would be second-in-command someday, our best bounty hunter, just like your mother. How you ever found this place is a mystery in itself, but now you are here, you probably already know what this plant does- sadly that secret dies with you." Serina was backed into a corner, she couldn't get out; she ground her teeth, and said,
"What about your men?"
"They don't know and they won't" he emphasized the last word, "And you are trespassing on GF property and you have just blown up one of our labs!" Serina felt betrayed, "We didn't blow this up! We came here to find out what secrets you were keeping! And what secrets they are." The commander smiled, as if about to correct a small child, "I'm terribly sorry but you have been caught red-handed, don't you agree, Binius?" Another man walked forward from the ranks,
"Oh yes commander, red-handed, and also an extra, our always evasive Weavel friend here." Weavel arched at this,
"I am no friend of yours, I wouldn't even keep an honour to call you my enemy." Binius was in control,
"Oh, always very courteous, aren't we? Well let's see if you are so courteous to torture guards. They crave company, you know." They both smiled like children who had found a huge sugar store, it was disgusting; the fact they had captured her, something fought the idea but realism hit her hard in the face as Binius knocked her to the ground. GF soldiers swarmed over her, clamping on wrist restraints and pulling her to her feet again. He was grinning, an evil and sadistic grin as if he had waited all his life for this, sad bastard. Weavel put up more resistance but gave in when Serina was threatened, the Commander and Binius both nodded to the soldiers who took the couple away.
END Sorry this has been so long!! Time has flown and I haven't with it, I just want to finish this off once and for all. Hope you've all stayed faithful- unless you've given up hope.