Chapter 2: Oncoming chaos

The Bridge, 1 hour ago

Today had already been a terrible one to start off with. First the insanity going on at the colony on the planet below, then the 'No Fly' order giving to the CEC personnel on the planet causing even more of an uproar planet-side. The illegal planet crack already finished along with the investigation of the colony outpost going silent for a time now. Now things were getting a lot worse with the artifact coming aboard. This was not good for the crew of the Ishimura, especially for the head of P.C.S.I. Security of the Ishimura, Alissa Vincent. She was on her way to the bridge, her short hair, red perfectly out of her face, to discuss with her superior about his decisions.

Say what you will about the woman, headstrong, reckless at times and always butting heads with her superiors, she still cared for the safety of the people on this ship. For this, she was frustrated. Why? Because of all the shit going on in the colony because of what they found. Now, Captain Mathius wants to bring whatever the hell that thing was on this ship? The very idea of it, the very thought of something that was potentially dangerous on board this ship sent only one thought through Alissa's mind.

'What the fuck is that asshole, Mathius, thinking?'

Vincent picked up the pace as she made her way towards the bridge. Everyone that stood in her way had seen the hard look in her eyes and made a wide birth to avoid her. That's just the way it had always been since she took this job. Most of the crew knew how much of a hard-ass she was and how much she took the security of this ship seriously, even her own team knew not to piss her off. This was one of her most notable traits.

It didn't take her long to make it to the bridge. The large room filled with members of the crew all tending to their own jobs seemed very bustling moreso than usual. Most likely to do with what's happened on the planet so far. Vincent made her way to the captain of the ship, Captain Benjamin Mathius. He was a tall and lean man with blond hair cut for a captain of the CEC to have and wore the standard captains uniform with his RIG glowing brightly on the back of it, a stark contrast to Vincent's since her RIG was on her jacket instead. Mathius stood tall and straight as he observed the status of the package being on board his ship. He had a proud smirk on his face as he was told that everything was clear.

"Are you out of your mind?" And just like that, Mathius' smirk vanished at the sound of the head of security. The two had been at each others throats metaphorically for weeks now and this was just another reason Mathius despised her company.

"I am to assume you mean the acquisition of the package form Aegis VII, Vincent?" Mathius spoke without even turning around to address her face to face.

"What are you thinking Captain, bringing whatever that thing is onto this ship?" Vincent started up as she stood behind the man with a hard scowl on her face.

Mathius sighed. "I believe I am bringing in precious cargo that needs to be studied for further use, Vincent." Mathius spoke while turning his head slightly towards her. "I expect you to follow my orders on the matter."

"Captain, I don't think-"

"That will be all, Vincent." Mathius interrupted her, slightly annoyed by her interrupting his grand achievement. She stood there with a hard scowl on her face that did not go unnoticed by the captain. "I said, 'that will be all, Vincent'." Mathius spoke with an authoritative edge to his voice.

Vincent kept her scowl, but answered either way with an insulted tone to her voice. "Yes sir."

Vincent left the bridge, infuriated that the captain would bring something that is most likely the reason the colonist died onto the damn ship. To her, this would be a horrible idea.

As she was walking through the corridors to get to her team, Vincent had a sinking feeling in her gut. From what the reports said a little over a week ago, the colonist's on the planet had been experiencing very disturbing events. Murders and suicides were at an all time high as the people simply just started going insane for no real reason whatsoever.

Vincent sighed hard as she made it to her squad and looked to them all with a usual stern look.

There was the 'rookie' of the team that was unsurprisingly eager to see what all the fuss was about, Dobbs.

The big guy who was always ready for the worst, Pendleton.

The medical officer of the team that knew how good she was, Shen.

Then there's another officer, Hanson.

Finally, there's the funny guy, Ramirez.

Vincent looked to her team preparing for the worst as they grabbed their sidearms and spare clips of ammo. She saw the usual when it came to her squad; Shen and Dobbs joking around with each other, Pendleton checking his pistol all around to ensure it wouldn't jam, Hanson doing the same only with Ramirez cracking jokes to him.

"Alright." Vincent starts as she gets everyone's attention as she went to her own locker to grab her sidearm and clips. "Whatever weird shit is going on planet-side had something to do with the cargo we're pullin' in. Those crazy fucks, the Unitologists are pissin' their pants with excitement in the cargo hold. It's our job to ensure shit doesn't go down. Understood?"

"Right." They all answered as they made their way out of the room and to the cargo hold.

"So boss," Ramirez started as he walked along side Vincent. "what's the word up top?"

"Same shit as usual Ramirez." Vincent answered without turning towards him. "Mathius wants this artifact secured and doesn't give a rats ass about what happened on the colony."

"Is all that really true about what happened down there Vincent?" Pendleton spoke while they made it to the cargo hold to see the known Unitologist pining to see the artifact.

Vincent turned towards him. "Right now, doesn't matter. Everyone, get these people out of here."

The squad nodded and entered the fray just as the cargo ship was entering within the hangar. The blast doors opened and the shielding to lock away the vacuum was up. The Unitologist were beginning to get frantic as Vincent and her team was keeping everyone back as best as they could. So far, it wasn't working out as best as it should have as the people were starting to get desperate to see the holy artifact.

Vincent was preparing for what would happen, at least until a large man who was clearly an engineer on board. He stood in front of the amass crowd and spoke in a steady tone that got the attention of the group. "Everyone, we must remain calm. This is a day of rejoice, but it will not be that if we do not allow the scientist of our faith decipher the meaning of the inscriptions and ruin a chance of enlightenment."

Surprisingly to Vincent and her squad, it worked as the group disbursed just as the ship entered the dock. It settled as the engines shut down and the doors began to open. Out came a few men as they also had another man, a miner of sorts, that was restrained heavily and spouting out nonsense.

"Who's that?" Shen asked as they all watched the man carried away as he continued to shout about 'having to kill' and 'they needed bodies'.

Once he was gone through the doors, Vincent answered. "Don't know, but we might have to keep an eye out for that one."

As the group agreed, the cargo was being taken off of the ship. This was the first time that the team had seen it: the red Marker. It was a large, red spiral like structure with strange inscriptions upon it. Vincent gave the artifact a hard scowl as she could just feel that something about this object was sinister in some way. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but as she watched the Marker be taken away into another hangar, alerts began to sound off all around.

"What the fuck?!" Ramirez yelled out as the rest of the squad turned around to see a ship flying closer to the still open hangar door.

It was moving far too fast for a docking process and the doors were beginning to close on it. The ship was not slowing down, but speeding up.

"Oh fuck." Vincent began. "Everyone, take cover!" Vincent yelled out as they all ran out of the hangar.

She turned around as she ran and could see that the ship turned sideways to make it through the narrow entrance. It grazed the doors and crashed into the hangar, sliding onto the the metal flooring and only coming to a stop as soon as it crashed into the far wall. By that time, Vincent and her team were already within cover inside one of the adjacent waiting rooms. They all took time to catch their breath as they were relatively safe from the crash.

'Vincent.' The Rig display flashed up and captain Mathius was on the end. 'Vincent, report. What the hell is happening down there?'

Vincent regained her composure and looked at the screen. "It looks like your no fly order didn't work. One ship just crashed into the hangar."

Mathius scowled. 'I want you to retrieve all survivors and put them into holding Vincent. That is a direct order.'

Before she could even retort, the connection was cut and Vincent sighed in annoyance. "Asshole doesn't even care about the safety of his crew." She looked to her team and noticed that they were just fine. "Alright, you heard the man. Let's go and see what the fuck just happened."

The Hangar, moments ago

As the fires to the hangar were starting to fly everywhere and the debris was from the crash began to set in, a small, red portal on the hangar floor opened up near the far wall. Out of it came a tan skinned, blonde haired teen wearing torn up clothing. The top of the jumpsuit was torn asunder while the pants were ripped. His sandals were completely gone while his headband was burnt up. The metal plate with the leaf symbol was still there though.

Naruto Uzumaki landed on the hard steel floor of the hangar and looked up just in time through groggy vision to see something large and metallic coming his way. Thinking on instinct, he leapt to the side only to realize that he didn't get any distance on it. Now tired and confused, Naruto simply forced his legs to move as the ship was getting closer. He ran to the side, avoiding metal debris in the process before the ship crashed into the wall and more debris came his way. One piece of metal flew over and caught him in the side, piercing through him and sending him to the floor. As he writhed in pain for a bit, blood leaving his wound, he tried to use Kyuubi's chakra to heal himself. Nothing happened. He tried again and got the same result.

"What's going on?" Naruto weakly said as his vision was getting blurry from blood loss. He didn't know what that bastard did or where he sent him, but he swore to himself that if he ever gets back and sees that man again, he would make sure that masked man suffered before ending him entirely.

"Hey Shen, I found someone! Get your ass over here, now" A female voice yelled out in the distance. Naruto used the last of his strength to turn towards the approaching. She ran over to him and quickly turned him on his side. "I got ya. You're gonna be okay."

Naruto looked up to see who was talking to him. Even though her voice was rough and hardened at first, when she spoke those words, they were soft and caring. It reminded him of another voice that was the same way. Another voice that belonged to someone special. Someone gone. Right before Naruto's body finally gave out, he could only think of one word.

'Hinata.'

Alright. Chapter 2 down. So sorry I hadn't posted anything in months. School is a bunch of BS after BS. I will try and update on the weekends a little more frequently, but don't take my word for it.

Anyway, chapter 3 is where we will see the start of the Necromorph outbreak and how the crew begins to react. I will be taking a few liberties with the Dead Space lore but only from a plot standpoint, not a whole lot of a character standpoint. Some events from the lore will be omitted if I don't see it affecting the story whatsoever.

Well, that's all I got to say. Stay awesome.

PEACE!