VFF Tranquility Part 14 ( The Phoenix Complex )
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(Oreo straps on a few extra guns to his hip)
Oreo- This dont ever get old.
(Elbarto shouts over to oreo)
Elbarto- HAhA! LEAST NOT AS OLD AS YOU!
(Oreo flips el off and continues to check his gear and wait)
Go n-eírí an bóthar leat. - May the road rise with you.
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The Tranquillity’s engines purred to life to the crew’s great relief but it was unfortunately minutes too late. The troop transport was too close and had the advantage of momentum on the nimble firefly. They simply lacked the acceleration to run from the charging alliance vessel. PilotWash announced all this over the intercom to the assembled warriors in the cargo bay. A moments silence passed as the intercom crackled silent as each person there made peace with their own private maker.
“Ok Listen up Gents.” Wisp exited his cover and stood in the centre of the bay at the very heart of every arc of fire. “This here is the Kill box.” He traced out a hastily taped box on the floor. “Don't shoot till they get into the box and don’t let them leave it. If you’re getting up close and personal don’t stand in the box or you’re liable to attract some friendly fire.
“I'm not gonna dress this up in candy ‘cos we’ve all been here before. They likely outnumber us and might have some bigger guns. However we’ve got the home ground advantage. They’re gonna walk in here expecting us all to be pissing our pants and instead they’re walking into a world of pain. If we can hold them off long enough to get a break in their lines we can throw down the engines and they’ll never catch us. But we’ve got to get em to stop first then break em. You don’t need telling how to handle your own Gosa but this ain’t gonna be rosy. Good luck”
Wisp returned to his cover as the clunk of a docking seal vibrated through the deck. Shadow shouted through the room in a distinctive Military tone. “MEN, TAKE ARMS” And so they gripped their rifles, pistols, and blades and looked into the jaws of hell itself.
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* thinking *
the suspense is killing me.
Shadow loads his weapon and hides a small envelope in a hidden panel.
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The start of any ambush always feels the same way. The rush of adrenaline hits you just like a drug, sets your veins on fire, and makes your stomach squeeze and churn. Time slows down so the space between heart beats feels like a lifetime. As the first target enters your cross hairs you want to take that first shot the timing be damned. It takes the patience of a saint and the courage of a lion to hold your nerve, to wait for the perfect moment before making your strike. This encounter was no different than any of the others.
The airlock hissed open and a team of soldiers began heading down the gauntlet Wisp had set up. When the first one was in the centre of his kill box Wisp placed a round straight through his left eye. In an instant all hell broke loose as weapons on all sides’ roared steel fire into the six man Alliance team. The battle lasted a matter of seconds before all the attacking men lay bleeding on the floor and the hatch sealed again.
“Get these bodies cleared” Shouted Shadow and the team moved quickly to shift the pile of dead soldiers dragging them to the back of the cargo bay.
“Captain this one’s alive” Oreo stood holding a young man bleeding from the abdomen. “What do we do with him?”
“Drop him by the airlock. They can pick him up on their next wave.”
“Captain” Shiny stood at the back of the cargo bay near the living space “Do you want me to disengage and make a run for it yet?”
“Not yet. They’ll be expecting that at this junction. We need to wait till their off guard. Have it ready though.”
Wisp dropped the body he’d been carrying and walked over to Shiny. “How you holding up? Your face tells me this is your first intense fire fight”
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As oreo passes by,he hears wisp asking shiny if she is okay. Oreo cracks a smile.
Oreo- boy, you don't even know. Our little shiny here is quite the fighter. She risked her neck to pull my rutting backside out of a reaver infested camp almost a year ago.
Wisp looks at shiny with extreme interest.
Shiny- you can shut up now, oreo!
Oreo stops and turns.
Oreo- what?! Its true ain't it? Don't tell me you're gettin flushed. Aught to stand up Android be proud bout what you done. Mean, fightin them reavers, long way from fixes engines and screwin nuts and bolts and like.
Shiny turns and storms off. Leaving wisp and oreo behind.
Wisp- my friend,I truly think you don't know when to...stop.
Oreo drops the body and faces off with wisp.
Oreo- if I were you, id watch what you say to. Sides, I was only speaking the truth. Hell, I was prasing her. It was a damn heroic thing she done.
Wisp begins shaking his head in disgust.
Wisp- when are you going to realize? She isn't you. She isn't some brute thing that has no feelings.such as yourself. she doesn't See killing as some sport or game. She's human.You rutting idiot,just like the rest of us.
Oreo- I'm. Human.
Wisp- No. You not. You're. ..a monster. A product. A weapon dreamed up by some demented alliance mind. And now, here you are. But for what purpose? Hmm? It's not to try and regain any little bit of humanity that may still be in that murderous body of yours. No. It's not you trying to find a cure so you can end this nightmare you have sucked us all into. So, what is it? What is your true purpose? Could be that, you're no better then the alliance? Drunk with this awesome power that has been given to you? Fighting for your own causes and forgetting those that have put more then just their life on the line for...you?! Or are you just scared? and your transfromation is your only means of hiding that fear? You forgotten what its like to be human, let alone a man or a friend or someome that could be trusted.
Wisp turns and walks away,leaving oreo alone with his thoughts.
(Oreo whispers to himself)
Oreo- am I really a monster?
Go n-eírí an bóthar leat. - May the road rise with you.
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El:(After hearing what wisp said unseen) You may be........but I've had worse allies than you. You are good in a fight and that counts for more than most in this 'verse. So you can get all touchy feely if you want or you can put on your big boy pants and kick some Alliance ass. Feelings have no place on the battlefield. Just remember what you are doing and why you are doing it. People you care about will get hurt along the way, but sometimes the destination is more important than the journey.
( El walks away leaving Oreo to contemplate what he just said)
When you can't run you crawl. When you can't do that...well...you know the rest.
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After The Shock Of The Swift Battle Cammy Calms Her Self.She Helps Move The Bodies But Seems Distant The Whole Time. Often Losing Her Train Of Thought Watching Shiny Storm Off Or El Trying To Make Oreo Feel Better. Everything Seemed To Distract Her...
Love Is Just A Chemical We Give It Meaning By Choise.
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As Wisp and Oreo exchange words, one of the bodies on the floor begins to move slightly, almost undetectably.
The soldier stealthfully angles his weapon and trains it on the back of Wisps head.
His finger touches the trigger and.....
Shadow sees this movement and, in a quick-draw motion, fires a bullet through the soldiers head.
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Feeling a little Guilty for his harsh words Wisp returns to Oreo.
"Look sorry for blowing up there a little bit, but me and you see Death Differently. See I hate it, I hate killing, I hate fighting and I hate people dying on my head. Cos you see Everyone who dies here lies on my soul. This Ship and every person on board it would be nowhere near Silverhold If I hadn't gone looking for my Friend. And even if you did that Alliance ship would have no reason to follow you here. So look around. Look at every dead man on this deck. I Killed them, Wether I pulled the trigger or somebody else did I was the one that got them killed. And I know their Alliance and they would have killed me if they got the chance but It doesn't make it any better. They still had Mothers and Fathers, Probably had Wives, maybe even Children. What if those kids are orphans now because of me? What If I just took away the last person they had in the world? And hell what If a stray bullet had hit Shiny back there? I think of these things every time I draw my weapon. Who's going to die? Will I get someone Innocent Killed?
You know what Im gonna do when this is all over? Im gonna get ID's off every man lying cold on this floor and I'm gonna pray for em. Hell I don't believe in some superpowered God going round dishing out fate. But they might, and I've taken away that right from them. So the least I can Gorram do is make sure they get the treatment they deserve."
A shot rings out and both men turn to see The captain holding a smoking gun.
"So I get it that life means nothing for you, And you think of much about killing a man as you do about taking a Gosa but the rest of us have our consciences to think about when we sleep at night. And I sure as hell wanna keep the blood off mine"
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(Oreo picks up the body that is lying at his feet and continues toward the airlock. rage, streaming through out his body, but not the typical rage that you normally would succumb to. This rage was different. sort of new to his senses. Almost, fear related.
ared. So many different thoughts rushing through his mind, none of which made any sense to him. As he finished dumping the body, he turns to see Cammy, just standing there. almost, as if lost in absolute thought. Oreo, tries to divert his eyes, but your her whole manner memersized him. slowly, seconds turned to minutes.
What could she thinking about? Why was she even here on this ship? Slowly, Oreo snaps back to reality, at the sound of El, being, well, El. Oreo shouts over to cammy.)
Oreo- HEY!!
(Cammy quickly directions her attention to Oreo)
Oreo- We don't get paid to stand around gawking into nothing you know!
(Cammy, lowers her head as if she were a child being scolding by your parent.Oreo, see's this and suddenly becomes sympathetic)
Oreo- Hey, look now. i didn't mean to make a fuss. But, we got work need be done. and the quicker we...
Cammy- I'm sorry.
Oreo- well, you ain't got nothin to be sorry for. ah-hum, if you need...ah...(coughs)...if you need help with anything you let me know.
(Cammy lifts her need back up and looks at oreo with slight confusion.)
Cammy- Wha...
Oreo- I'll be up top movin somethings if you need me. just holler.
(Oreo turns and walks away)
Cammy-...who are you?
(thoughts race through Oreo's mind one by one, until one finally sticks out.)
Oreo- i still need to find that cure or else i ain't gonna be around to much longer. Need to find kat and see bout plannin our next move.
(Oreo rubs his temples and lets out a deep sigh, when a noise from behind causes him to whip around to see Cammy standing there.)
Oreo- What?! What do you want?
(cammy shyly and sliently reply's)
Cammy- Are...are you dying?
Oreo- whats it matter to you?
(cammy hangs her head lower then she had before.)
Cammy- I don't want you to die. I don't want anybody to die.
Oreo- Girl, you don't even know me. Sides, thats life. You're born to live and then you live to die.
(cammy looks up at oreo, with tears in her eyes)
Cammy- is that what you think?
Oreo- Well, I...well, yeah! it's the truth ain't it. I mean, what else is there?
(With a puppy dog look in her eyes, still filled with tears.)
Cammy- Are you leaving?
Oreo- not thats its any of your business, but yeah. i am.
Cammy- Can i come?
Oreo- can you...come?! What are you? Insane? You're just some kid. Where im goin, could run into some imminent danger or somethin.
(cammy throws her hands down by herside and with her eyes closed and tears runnin down her face, shouts)
Cammy- I'm not just some kid! I can help! I can help you! Please!
(Shocked and somewhat amazed, oreo stares at cammy for a moment before saying anything)
Oreo- ...No!
(Oreo walks away, leaving cammy, with tears still streaming donw her cheeks.)
Cammy (soft voice)- I can help you. i will help you. you won't have to die.
Go n-eírí an bóthar leat. - May the road rise with you.
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