Chapter 8 NAME "Shit Happens"

(Dormii)
=i reply=
Yeah. Captain Bullet of the Dead and Back. You know, that one UNSC carrier still here. I'll comm him and send you his freq.

=i commed Bullet and sent Jason his freq=
Hey, care to help transport some people?

(Dylon)
=i reply=
Yeah, to where?

(Dormii)
A Forerunner planet. Ask the person on this freq about it

=i sent him Jason's freq=

(Dylon)
=i opened that channel=
This is Captain Bullet. Where is point A and where is point B?

(Jason)
=I chuckled a little=

Point A is the hangar of this station. Dock here, and be prepared to pick up some civilians. As for Point B......you'll learn more when you're full.

(Argo)
=I got Jason's message, and un-docked from the Trophaeum, and piloted the Serenity towards the airlock where he was waiting=

(Dylon)
What kind of people are we picking up?

=i nodded to the helmsman and had him move the DaB to the hanger. I had the Pelicans launch and start picking people up=

(Jason)
=Once the green light was given, I walked onto the Serenity=

You'll be picking up human civilians, former prisoners of the Azure Comet, and the rest of the 808th fleet.

(Dylon)
Wait, UNSC prisoners? Um...we may have a problem then. We kinda took their ship.

(Jason)
Don't worry, they're civilians. But, just in case, make sure they can't access any of your ship's systems.

(Dylon)
Oh, they won't

=i alert security about the prisoners as the pelicans start to make a return=

(Jason)
=I took the elevator down to the crew deck, and the second I steeped off, Miri ran into me, and grabbed me in a hug=

*ooff* Hey Miri.

(Miranda)
Can you please, never do that gain? I almost lost you once, and i do not want to through that again.

(Jason)
Sure thing.

=wonders what's going on=

(Dormii)
=i keep ushering people=
C'mon, people. Keep going. Nice and orderly. C'mon.

=i comm Zeru=
Zeru, I think we are full. Let's head to Haven.

(Jason)
=Miri and I headed back up to the bridge, and we left the station's hangar. I decided to call the Troph, and the DaB=

Uh, guys, listen. When you get full, wait for me. Haven will not let you inside without me, or Silver Light permission. Besides, I have something I need to say to our new guests, once we gather them all I mean.

(Dylon)
=i reply=
We are going as fast as we can. If anyone can help us out getting people on board, that'd be great. We are at about...25% full right now, excluding my crew.

(Jason)
Hey, no rush. Just make sure they're all aboard.

(Dylon)
Yeah, well, no offense, but I want UNSC on my ship for as short a time as possible. Us and them aren't exactly on the best of terms.

(Jason)
Alright, don't worry. The bulk of them are almost done getting loaded onto my ships. Just a few more minutes.

(Dylon)
Just hope none of them start anything. I can't hold back my men more than I already am.

=i look at comms=
After this last batch comes in, hold the pelicans.

=he nods and sends the order=

(Silver Light)
=15 minutes later, the human civilians were all aboard the ships=

Inheritor, we have them all. Shall we leave now?

(Jason)
=I sighed, and decided to speak to them all=

Not yet Silver. I want to talk to them first.

=I commed Dormii and Dylon=

Hey, patch me into the comm line, towards our guests. I want to address them all.

(Dormii)
=i do it=
Done.

(Dylon)
=i nod to comms=
Done.

(Jason)
Silver, patch me into the ships too. I want to address all of them.

(Silver Light)
Done.

(Jason)
=I took a deep breath, and spoke=


=All the people, the former prisoners of Delta, were scared. They were in massive ships, neither human, covenant, or XNNO. They wanted to move around, and see where they truly were. Then, a voice spoke; it sounded gentle, but strong=

(Jason)
Attention, this is Jason Shepard speaking. I understand you have all endured, great hardships, and that your worlds have been laid to waste. I know that, you have endured suffering, and cruelty. However, that is all over now. You, all of you, are no longer prisoners. You are all, free. But, as I said, your homes are gone. And by now, the UNSC considers you all dead.

=They listened, some of them with tears in their eyes when they heard the word "free." None spoke though, as the voice continued=


You have all been, placed into my custody. However, I do not, nor will not, claim ownership over any of you. I wish to offer you all a choice: I can send you all back to the UNSC colonies, and let you regain your old lives.

=Some of the people found this choice appealing=

Or, you can come with me, and I can keep you all safe. I have a whole world, big enough for you all, to live on, and start new lives. A world, of near infinite wonder. You would not be prisoners there, at this haven. You would all be free, to live your lives as you see fit. I understand, that you truly have no real reason to trust me. But I promise you all, I mean none of you any harm.

=Others found this idea tempting. A new world for them, to start fresh=

=comms everyone= we're going somewhere safe so we can figure out who wants to go where

(Jason)
Alright people, hold on. We're going to enter slip-space soon. When we exit, we'll work this whole thing out. Till then, those of you that want to leave, go to one side of the ship, and those that want to stay, the same. Not perfect, I know.

=We entered slip-space a minute later. It looked like someone threw a punch of pebbles into a pond=

(Dylon)
=some of the men were having trouble with the crew=
"Will you please just go to a side?"

-"You don't tell me what to do Rebel fuck!"

"Sir, just go over, so I don't have to shoot you and clean up the blood off the floor. I just cleaned it yesterday."

"Fuck you."

=i sigh and put a bullet through his leg=
Now, someone, pick him up and put him on the side that he chooses. We are almost there.

=they do as they are told and I head back up towards the bridge=

=The civilians aboard the DaB complied when Dylon used violence. Granted, they did so grudgingly. Hell, some of them were already considering fighting back=

(Jason)
Silver, how long till we exit slip-space?

(Silver Light)
We will exit slip-space in around five minutes.

(Dylon)
=i made it to the bridge and sat down in the chair again, waiting. i ran my hand through my hair, after taking off my mask=
God damn UNSC...

=checks the civies on his ship=


wow one million people and the salvage this ship is filled to the brim literally got every single public areas and hallways filled

(Jason)
=A few minutes later, we exited slip-space. We were not in any system; we were in deep-space, all black=

Okay, let's start sorting.

=I re-opened the comm lines to the civilians=

Alright, we're now going to separate those that want to come with me, from those that want to go back to the UNSC. For those that want to stay, please, sit down on the floor. Those that want to leave, please stay standing.

=More than half of the civilians stood. Only 5 million sat down, most of them families, or friends=

Okay. So, for those that wish to leave, we will be transporting you to the ships that will take you back to the UNSC. Everyone else, just stay seated.

(Dylon)
=one of the soldiers helps the man from before stand. The man shakes the soldier off and leans against another person still standing=

=starts the process of helping everyone move to the ships they need to go to=

(Jason)
=I began talking to Zeru, and Dylon=

Okay, ready the transports. For those that want to leave, get them aboard. Silver, direct the people that are standing to the hangars. This is going to take a while.

(Dylon)
"C'mon people, let's get you back to where you want to be."

=the soldiers start directing them where to go=

=It took an hour, and maybe thirty minutes, before we got them all sorted out. By the time we were done, 6 out of the 8 transports from Haven, were full of the civilians that wanted to leave for the UNSC. Everyone else, was on either the other two transports, or the warships=


(Jason)
Okay, Silver, can you have the transports go to the nearest UNSC colony, and drop these guys off? I mean, leave a note, or something.

(Silver Light)
It shall be done.

(Dylon)
=i comm Jason=
What now?

(Jason)
Now, we head back to Haven, and introduce these folks to their new home. Let's get going.

=A minute later, we entered slip-space again=



=The 6 transports traveled to the closest UNSC world. It was not guarded, but they opened communications to the planet, and announced that they had humans aboard that they wanted to drop off onto the planet. They did not wait for a response. They entered the atmosphere, and began using the gravity lifts to send the people down to the planet. They actually seemed very happy=

To help clear things up:

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Jason, Zeru, and Dylon all just picked up the prisoners from Delta's conquests. They gave them all a choice, and all but 5mil wanted to go back to the UNSC. Those who wanted to leave now have. They are all now heading back to Haven

(Dormii)
=i decide to head to the pool again, to finish my swim. I walk in and start taking my shirt off=

(Dormii)
=i stop and look over, seeing Shelby=
Hi J-Shelby.

I take my helmet off and smile at him

Herro

(Dormii)
=i look away, so i don't see her face=
What are you up to?

(there is a pause every two syllables, due to his gunshot wound. Got tired of putting the dots in all the time)

Nothing really, I just woke up.... Are you okay?

(Dormii)
Gunshot to the wisdom teeth area. Can't talk easily.

That's not what I meant

=checks on the transport of the civilians and comms the others(dormi,jason,dylon)=


ok as far as i cell tell everyone is back on their home worlds cept the 5 million with us

(Dormii)
Then what did you mean?

=i resume taking my shirt off, and reply to Zeru=
Got it, Z.

I sigh

Never mind.

(Dormii)
=i get my shirt off, checking my scars so i don't look at her. I take my comm unit off and dive into the water=

(Rain)

=I wake up, the lights beating down upon me again=
=I sigh=

Really need to stop sleeping here.

=I look down at Talfie's sleeping body. I get out from under her and pick her up=

Cmon..

=I head off to her room=
=To Dormii and Shelby=

Later yall.

(Dormii)
Later, Rain.

(gotta go wait for teh bus. Bbl)

(Rain)

=After some time I get to her room=
=Open the door, walk in. Place her on the bed=
=Bringing the covers up. Kissing her forehead=
=I head out to the training room=

(Draco)

=During the night he had left his room and went to the training room=
=Having his nightscares=
=He had been training through the time. Just now ending it=
=Sweat beads fall and hit the ground=
=He stands up straight and takes deep breaths=