Chapter Two
A jet touched down on the runway of the Dublin Air Force Base. The base is still in the process of being rebuilt with some of the sections closed off. Aidan pulled up outside of the gate. He showed his pass to the guard who let him in. The base had a few hangars that kept some of the jets in them. There were a series of tents that the soldiers slept in seeing as the barracks were still in the process of being rebuilt. Winter exited his tent. "good morning Staff Sargent." He gave Aidan a small salute. "morning Winter. Remember it's Aidan. You don't need to be formal around me." Winter relaxed a bit. "I came to check up on the armor you were developing for Sam." Winter moved over so Aidan could walk into the tent. "I've been making a few adjustments here and there. It should be strong enough to handle his transmutations." Explained Winter. "I just have to wait for him to arrive to make sure it fits." Aidan nodded. "I knew there was something special about you." He ruffled Winter's hair gently. Winter smiled. "um Aidan, I was wondering if you had heard anything from the team that you had investigate the old excavation site?" Aidan shook his head. "no but I'll alert you as soon as I hear anything." Winter heard a door slam outside. "looks like Sam is here." Sam and his family showed up. Aidan walked outside to meet them. "Sam, I'm so glad you showed up. Why don't you head inside and we'll talk about why your here?" He motioned for Sam to come into the tent. Sam looked at Elvis. "Why don't we go see Marcelo, Annu." Elvis suggested. Annu nodded. She took Elvis' hand gently. Elvis and Annu walked off. Sam stepped into the tent with Winter and Aidan. "Sam, I've called you here because the military needs your help. There's a newer threat hanging over us. You fought against the Ero and survived so I've recommend that you take over as a commander for a new strike team." Said Aidan. Sam raised an eyebrow. "why me? Why not a marine?" he questioned. "Sam, you have skills that normal marines don't have. You won't be alone. There will be others who have talents that can help you." Sam sighed. "I really don't want to fight aliens. I just want to have a normal life." Aidan touched Sam's shoulder. "I know you do but you have to help us now. Winter has a set of armor that you can use. I really need your help Sam." Sam sighed. "I guess I don't have a choice. Alright I'll help you on one condition." Aidan held up his hand. "anything for a friend." Sam crossed his arms. "my family will need someone to protect them. I'm not going to do this job until I know they're going to be safe." Aidan smiled. "you have my word." He shook hands with Sam.
Marcelo was working on his jet. He hadn't really had a chance to fix it up during the time he was at war with the Eros. "Marcelo!" shouted a voice. He turned around to see Annu running up to him. He smiled catching her in his arms. "hey girlie. I haven't seen you in a while." He hugged her tightly. "I can't believe you guys are still hanging out in Ireland. I thought you guys would have returned back to PontyPandy by now." Elvis sighed. "we would have but they're still trying to restore it. Thankfully there isn't a whole lot of radiation like they thought there was. People have been very kind in helping us fix up the old town." Marcelo nodded. He looked past them. "is Finley not with you?" Elvis shook his head. "she's at her cabin still. We were planning on going to see her later but then Sam got called here." Marcelo wiped his hands on his towel. "I see. I wonder what boss man wanted with Sam then. I heard they were getting a new strike team together." Elvis raised an eyebrow. "They had this huge meeting earlier this morning and apparently, there's a new threat in the galaxy now. I think Aidan mentioned that Sam was going to be commanding this new strike team." Elvis nodded slowly. He kind of understood what Marcelo was talking about but not really. Marcelo looked down at Annu. "how's school going for you dear heart?" Annu smiled. "human customs are interesting but the classes you guys take are rather boring." Marcelo chuckled. He ruffled her hair. "you are like the alien version of me. Don't worry about trying to learn too much in public schools. The real knowledge you do obtain is when life happens or you go to college. I didn't understand too much of school either so don't feel bad. I just kind of learned when I served." He got up from his work bench. "shall we go see if Sam is ready? I really want to see Finley."
Winter was adjusting a few things on Sam's armor. "um this all seems to be a little big on you. I'll have to adjust it again." He tampered with the locks again. He managed to get the armor to fight properly. "there we go. Now let's bring your HUD online." He went over to his computer. An SD card popped out of the slot on his laptop. He pulled it out. "this chip will activate your Heads' Up Display or HUD. This will let you keep track of what's going on in your environment as well as be able to help you communicate with your team." He slid the chip into Sam's helmet. A screen popped up inside. A male voice came through the headset. Welcome Samuel Jones. I am Fiber, your Data Collections Artificial Intelligence Assistant or DC-Ai. I will be assisting you on your missions. I am also your voice of reason should you choose to use me for such purposes. Though with a file as impressive as yours I would hope not. Chattered a voice in his ear. Sam gave a nod of understanding. I do hope that you are not as annoying as the other folks that damned scientist keeps pairing me up with. All you have to do is follow my instructions and I'll be sure to keep you in one piece. Sam smiled and shook his head. "is everything working?" questioned Winter. "yep. I just got a lovely introduction from the Ai on here as well." Winter rolled his eyes. "that's Fiber for you. I should have deactivated his sarcasm when I had the chance." Fiber overheard Winter. I'm glad you didn't. The missions would get rather dull if I wasn't a sarcastic son of a bitch from time to time. Winter shook his head. "anyway, it looks like your all set. Let's get you out of there." Sam felt better once he was out of the armor. "I'm going to try and get a cooling system built in there. I'd hate for you guys to pass out while on the job." Commented Winter once he saw how sweaty Sam had become. Sam looked at Aidan. "So, when do I start?" he asked. "I'd have to talk with my superiors. I think the awoken who came to talk to us wanted us to meet her on the outer rim." He showed Sam a map of the universe. Off to the far end was an outer region called The Reef. "I want you back here in a matter of a week. In the meantime, I'm going to oversee another issue. Take care Sam."
Aidan walked out of the tent. He headed over to the control room. He tapped one of his marines on the shoulder. "get me Eagle Squad on the horn please." The marine nodded. He got to work on patching a coms link to the ground squad Aidan had sent out earlier. "Staff Sargent to Eagle Squad. Come in." All he got on was static. Whisper reactivated when he heard his radio going off. His HUD brought up an incoming call from the Staff Sargent. He answered it rather quickly.
Whisper: Whisper-221 reporting for duty
Aidan: have you guys found anything yet?
Whisper: we have a problem sir. We were attacked by an unknown enemy. The rest of the squad is no longer alive.
Aidan: (cusses softly under his breath)
Whisper: I tried everything I could to protect them. I'm the only one that made it.
Aidan: report back to base at once. I want a full debrief. Staff Sargent out.
Whisper weakly got back onto his feet. He was still suffering from the effects of being knocked out. He lifted up his gun. He went over to the body of his captain. "I'll get revenge. I promise." He vowed. His scanners couldn't pick up any traces of their attacker. He walked away from the excavation site. He drove his sparrow back to the base.
Aidan waited for Whisper in the control room. He turned around to face him. "I want you tell me everything that went on in that mission." Whisper nodded. "we went to evaluate the site like you asked us to until something attacked us. I think it was some sort of exo however this one didn't feel like one of us." Aidan nodded. "Do you have footage of it." A small card came out of Whisper's wrist. He took it out of his wrist. "I managed to record some footage before I went dark." Aidan took the card from him. He had one of the analysts play the footage on the big screen. "what the hell?"
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