I forgot to mention a few things when starting this story in chapter 1. I'm mainly using this as a way to increase my skill in creative writing, but also make a story that is enjoyable at the same time. That means I will be putting time and effort into this, but only when it suits me, what is why I make chapters that are somewhat shorter, but are decent enough in quality. There is also the fact that the first couple chapters are what I'm using to create a setting. They will double in length when I get to what I would call, the 'main story'. These first few chapters are being used as a prologue of sorts. Anyway, enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 4

"Boss, the package!" As Barry rose his weapon I quickly turned my head forward, only to be knocked down by the towering elite. He had somehow broken his shackles, and began running down the corridor as he hit me. I looked towards Franklin who has his DMR raised to shoot him. I jumped at him, lowering his weapon.

"We have to take him alive, remember." I began running after him with the rest of my team in tow. It took less than a second for the captain to come over the radio comms. "Siris is freaking out in here, what's going on Raven?"

"The package has broken his shackles and is on the loose. Lock down the entire stern section of the ship now!" As I finished saying that I saw multiple doors I passed have a red light flicker on as we ran past. The elite also realised this, ducking into a room on his left quite quickly. As we reached the door I saw that it had sealed itself. "Havoc, this is Raven, I need you to open the door number 21." "Affirm Raven, wait one."

A few seconds later the door hissed open and we raised our weapons to find a pitch black room. We slowly entered, with Sam flicking the rooms light on as we came in. A quick scan of the room showed it to be empty. I quickly flicked my eyes to my motion tracker seeing that he was exactly where I saw standing. I looked to the ground, seeing nothing, but as I rose my head I saw an air vent, and running along it towards my front was an open access vent.

Turning on my heels I started following the now fast moving red dot out the door and down to the left of the hallway, with my team following. I got in contact with the captain once more. "Raven to Havoc, the target is in the air vents, moving towards the engine bay. Is there anything you can do to stop him?"

"Affirmative Raven, but it won't do much. We'll cut off his oxygen supply so he'll be slowed down." A quick hiss from the air vent confirmed this, and I was thankful for the oxygen supply our SPI suits had. This did indeed work, but to a small degree. The admiral continued to move, all be it at a slower rate. Following along with at a short jog we reached the door to the engine room, only to hear banging on the other side of it.

"Havoc , this is Raven, the lock down is off on the engine door but it's not opening, what's going on?"

"Wait one." A few moments passed before a response came through. "He's blocked the door and dented the joints inwards. We can't open it from our end."

"But I can open it from ours." I turned around to see Franklin holding an explosive charge. Pondering it for a moment I gave him a nod of approval. While the rest of the team stacked up on either side of the door, Franklin went to work. It took two minutes for him to set it up, and during it the captain came back on the radio. "Hurry up Raven, he's doing something to the engine controls and has somehow locked us out."

"We'll be in there in a few moments Havoc." I turned my attention back to Franklin, who gave me a thumbs up and said "Floors all yours, sir." I flicked the level of the detonator open, and gave a quick countdown. "3, 2, 1, breach!"

I pressed the button on the detonator and the door flung itself open after a loud explosion. On both sides of the door members of the team breach into the engine room, to see the admiral at the far end of the room, next to the control panel. Turning towards the door, most likely in response to the explosion I saw him hovering his hand over the control panel.

"It's too late, demons. I've already set my plan of a better death in motion." It was at this moment I noticed what the large screen behind him read. 'Jump drive ready. Destination: Unknown. Power output: Critical. Chance of successful jump: 1%'

"Are you insane!? If you push that button you'll send us and yourself on a one way ticket to hell!" The distress in Sams voice was clear, as he had also read the text behind the admiral. He cackled slightly before responding. "Insane? Maybe. Most likely. But even if I'm insane I will be greatly rewarded in the afterlife. Not only will I be killing a team of demons, but I'll also be sending an entire enemy vessel straight to hell."

I shook my head at this. "But what's the point. You lost, and my understanding of the elite society is that once you lose a battle, let alone a ship, then you've lost all honour." He growled in response to this. "I know my own code, demon. But this... Doing this will restore that honour beyond what I need. A lone admiral breaking from his shackles and destroying an enemy craft?" His laughter was guttural, but also filled with sadistic intentions.

As he continued to speak I saw Barry edge closer to the right, getting to the point where he would drop out of the admirals view. "And once I stand before our gods, I will be accepted into their haven a hero! For slaying those stand against them!"

"But what if your wrong. What if your gods don't want this how can you be sure?" Oddly enough, he paused. He had a look that made it seem as if he was contemplating this, before changing back to the original emotion an elite shows. Anger. "Only one way to find out.

But before he could continue, Barry was close enough to tackle him to the ground, and lunged at him. They scuffled for a moment before Barry was thrown off of him and tried to land on his feet, but instead found himself on his back. The admiral got back up and lunged for the button, but as he did so Katy let off a single round into his head, killing him instantly, but not before his hand fell upon the ignition button.

ELSEWHERE

It's been a long day for Winter, and a walk in the bases courtyard during the night always helped her wind down. She had a group of new recruits dropped on her after General Ironwood thought she would make an excellent teacher. Along with the recent attack on Beacon, the recent two months had been a mess. Rubbing her temples she looked up into the night sky, remembering how many new recruits had enlisted in order to combat the now deadly and somehow organised grimm. And on top of all that, the white fang had been making moves, making them a new threat.

Getting her mind off of it she continued to observe the stars. Truly they were the beauty of the sky. Never changing, always shining. But for a split second she was certain, that in one exact spot in the sky, she thought she saw a new star appear.

It's shorter today because I'm planning to make the next chapter, and all those after it double in terms of length, or maybe longer. It may be up to three weeks before I do continue as my civil defence training begins tomorrow, and after that I go on holiday. I will be writing while I am gone however, so chapter 5 may be one massive chapter. Who knows, I may knock off four chapters in one.