Chapter 6

Nova

Day 2, 19:24:12

Dominion Ghost Nova Terra

124th Marine Division

Oasis, Mar Sara

I stare at the dead end in the alley way, anger and fear overwhelming my thoughts. I should have figured there was a dead end at the end of this alley way. Daniel stares at the wall that blocks our path and locks us in here. The look on his face shows a sigh of panic and eagerness, which I have no idea why he would be eager. His hand grabs at my arm and his eyes fix on me. The look on his face shows he has an idea ready for us, and I hope it is useful.

"Nova, cloak, now." He says

"What? What about you? Are you…" he cuts me off.

"You are going to have to trust me, because I trust you to know what to do."

But I have no idea what to do. I guess have I had to trust him; I have no other choice. I blink out in front of him, and wait for whoever is coming for us to find Daniel. I wish I knew what he was thinking. He seemed good at keeping his thoughts to himself.

Daniel lifts his rifle up and props it on his wounded arm, probably to let the kick of the gun on his "good" arm. Is he going to try and fight this? I guess that's all we can do, and I am guessing that's what he trusted me to do. I walk toward the back of the alley way and ready myself for the incoming people.

"Kid, I want you to head on to the back of the alley way. Things are going to get messy." He says. Then, he gets in front of him and guides him away. The footsteps grow louder and so does their voices. They seem to be arguing with each other for some odd reason.

Daniel gets the kid in the back of the alley way. Just as he does, the two people who were sent to find us. They come around the corner weapons aimed, knowing that they were going to get a fight. Daniel has his rifle propped up on his arm, aimed at them. For a few seconds, they seem to stare at each other. Then, the two guys start slowly walking toward him, there guns still aimed high.

"Look at who we have here, a Dominion Ghost." One of the guys says. He looks over at his wounded shoulder. "And it seems as though he has been clipped like the damned bird he is." He points to his shoulder to show his buddy what he means.

"I wouldn't come a step closer if I were you. Ghosts are said to be scary. Plus, I am sure that I am a better shot than both of you combined." He says, taunting them. What is he trying to do, provoke them even more?

They continue to get closer to Daniel. Whispers are heard from them, probably attempting to come up with some plan. They get to the point to where they are literally inches from Daniel. I have to do something now. I take my shot on the attacker closest to me. I teek the bullet to where it hits him right in the temple, instantly killing him. Right when the bullet is heard from my gun, Daniel snaps toward the other attacker and fires two rounds hitting him in the chest both times.

Daniel stares at the bodies for a few seconds, his gun still aimed at them as if they are still alive. He eventually drops both of his arms to his side and his head drops down to look toward the ground. I blink back into sight and head toward him. I can tell he is upset about something, probably the grief of killing someone. I don't understand why that is a problem, he has probably done it before.

He turns his attention to the kid now. The kid has his jaw open and his eyes are extremely wide. I don't blame him for being in shock; I would too if I was a child witnessing the death of someone right in front of my eyes.

"We need to leave here now. If they are not deft, then they probably heard the gun shots and know something went down. They will have someone here in a few minutes when they notice they didn't come back" Daniel says with a blank expression. He looks back at me and forces a smile on his face. "Thanks for backing me up, Nova."

I smile back so I can reassure him. "No problem, Daniel. Now, about us leaving." I walk toward the kid and grab his arm to get him to his feet. "I got the kid, just lead the way Daniel." He nods and begins walking toward the exit of the alley way. I walk a few steps behind him, but I eventually catch up to him.

"Daniel, what's up? Something wrong with what happened back there?" We exit the alley way. The sun has set making the city almost pitch black with the occasional beams of light from a lamp post along the road.

He doesn't answer for a few seconds, but after a while he looks at me and sighs slightly. "It's a long story, but I guess we have time for one now don't we." He takes a right turn onto another street. I wonder if he knows where he is going. I don't think he does, just figured he would take us somewhere besides there. He takes a while before he begins with his story.

He sighs again. "I am not the person who wants to kill people. Whenever I do, if feel as if I take away the potential of the person in this society. Now, don't get me wrong, if I had to defend the ones I loved, I would do anything to save them. It's just…" He looks up toward the sky and closes his eyes for a brief second and opens them back up. He, then, looks back at me.

The sound of more gunshots are heard. Are they still fighting? Daniel grabs my arm and begins leading me away from the source of the fighting. We walk down a couple of streets we haven't been down. It's actually scaring me how Daniel knows where he is going. It's almost like he has been here before.

Daniel, then, slams into one of the windows of the building we were walking near. He still held onto my arm, which dragged me and the kid into the building as well. A few seconds after he did that, a bus speeds by the building. I forgot that the cities didn't have sidewalks. The buses basically have free roam when it comes to the road.

I look back at Daniel. "Thanks…" I say, gasping a little because of what just happened. I get up and so does he.

He smirks a little, and his face blushes a little, too. "Don't worry about it Nova." His smirk goes away as he reaches his hand up toward his comms unit.

"There still dead. I tried a few minutes ago; just got static again."

"Daniel to the Corrina, we are requesting assistance on the ground of Mar Sara. We are currently held up in the city Oasis. If you hear this, please respond immediately" He says, as it repeats through my comms.

Our comms fill with static for a few seconds. I figured we wouldn't get a signal now. Suddenly, we hear cracks over the comms.

"Under…. Location…. Aid now…." The comms cut right there and return to static. He gives me a smile. His smile doesn't last long. I hear a heavy smack and Daniel's head snapping in the other direction; making him fall to his knees and dropping his rifle. Seconds after that I feel a hand wrap around my neck. I start losing my breath; straining to gain some air into my lungs.

A figure appears in front of me. He wears a black fiber suit that looks similar to the one the Ghosts use, only much sleeker. He has the same black soulless eyes as the guy I meet in the refinery. He wears a grin on his face.

"Poor Nova. Stuck with me again, and no one to help you. You should have said yes the first time, and then you wouldn't be in this position with the Spectres trying to hunt you down again." I try gasping for air, but I get nothing. Black spots start appearing at the edge of my vision and I feel like I am about to pass out. He looks back at Daniel to see if he has moved, but it's too late. Daniel slams his fist into the Spectres jaw. His hand releases off my neck as he stumbles toward the window we broke to get in here. I gasp for air, this time getting a large gulp of it and it makes me jag a little. I fall to my knees trying to get my breathing stable again. I glance back up to see Daniel now in a fist fight against the Spectre. My vision goes in and out as I try to stabilize my breathing, so I can only get glimpses of the fighting. I hear a sharp scream and the thud of someone falling to the ground.

My vision comes back and I see Daniel on the ground, holding his other shoulder as blood oozes through his fingers. The Spectre stand over him, knife in hand and grinning, preparing for another attack, which will be aimed at taking Daniels life. I just sit there, unable to help, unable to figure out what I could do to stop him in time, but I cant. Instead of hearing the knife enter Daniel and his screams of pain afterwards, I hear a gunshot and the Spectres screams of pain. It was no less than two feet away from me. I look over to where Daniel was before the attack and see the kid, holding his rifle up.

It wasn't a good shot, but it hit him to where he couldn't move. The bullet went straight through his knee, shattering it and making him unable to move. He had dropped to the ground and immediately clutched his knee. I get up and slowly walk toward Daniel, limping and unable to get my breathing at a stable pace.

The bleeding was coming out heavily from his other shoulder and Daniels hand wasn't helping to stop it. I take a quick glance around the room. The Spectre wasn't there anymore. How could he have left? I look toward the entrance of the building we are in. I catch a glimpse of something purple, like an aura. I must be seeing things.

I return my focus back to Daniel. His head has begun to slump to one side. I give him a slight shake. Probably not the best thing to do, but he needs to stay awake.

"Daniel, stay with me. Assistance should be here soon." I say. I couldn't think of any other way to keep the situation positive.

His head jerks back up and the look of pain marks his face as he lets out a groan. I kneel down next to him. "Easy there, Daniel."

He looks at me with a glassy look. "Nova, if I die…"

I cut him off. "You're not going to die. Just stay with me, ok. I need you to that for me please."

"Nova," he says his voice low and rough. "If I do die, I want you to know, something." I sit in silence and wait for him to finish. "You have been a wonderful teammate, and a great friend. I, also…" his voice trails off and I don't hear what he says.

It's a small saying, but it hits me hard. Tears begin to well up in my eyes. I don't know why this has me choked up; maybe because I had no one ever care for me so much before. I lay my hand on his cheek and rest my forehead on his. I had no idea what kind of emotions I could get from someone close to my age. It leaves butterflies in my stomach and I kind of like it.

The roar of a Medivac is now the only thing I hear. I don't look back toward it. Daniels head slumps back toward his shoulder again.

"Daniel! Stay with me!" I scream, but it's pointless, the noise of the Medivac is making is too loud. His eyes close and his head rest on his shoulders. No, he can't bleed out on me now. Please, don't do this to me. I feel a hand on my shoulder, its large and metallic making it feel cold. I look back at him, but only for a second. I return my attention back to Daniel. He hasn't moved since I last looked at him. He looks so peaceful, it would almost be rude to wake him, but he needs to live. I feel as if I need him.

The marine now begins to pull me away from Daniel. I start screaming; asking for someone to help Daniel instead of being focused on me, but it's pointless. The Medivac is drowning my screaming out. I struggle and try to fight of the marines grip on my shoulder, but that is also pointless. I feel a small pain my neck but ignore it. I still struggle to get to Daniel, but I become tired and weak. I eventually get succumbed to whatever they injected into me and let them drag me onto the Medivac. Right when they set me down on one of the benches, my body slowly starts to lean against the hull of the ship and I pass out.

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