Chapter 8 NAME "Shit Happens"

=Uni grips the wall of his transport as they take a grazing shot and spiral down to the planet below. The other transports are shredded by the massive amounts of enemy fire. Zantomee attempts to open Comms. They are static-y=

Zan- Who -he fu-k is f--ing on u-!? C-ase f--e or we w-ll be for-ed to u-e -he Gla--ing Beam!!

=There is a small explosion of sparks from one of the consoles=

Zan- Damnit!

people hold fire

=troph and odp's cease firing=

=The ship continues rocking as the last of the blasts hit=

Zan- We cant just glass them... We have orders..... Damnit!

Crew1- Orders, Shipmaster?

Zan- Charge the Uberglasser! Show them the power of the New Covenant!

=A bright light begins to form near the front bottem of the ship, as the massive glassing beam starts charging=

=comms him=


what are you doing revar

(Dormii)
=i keep eating=

=Zantomee picks himself up off the floor=

Zan- You dare adress me in this way, Human!? Youre luckey i have a mission here, else i'd glass this planet till it was not but a shard of obsidian!!!

=Meanwhile, Solamir is trying to handle the commotion in the Hanger, and get the survivng transports back inside for repairs. A few soldiers are rushed to the Medbay, which quickly becomes overflowed with patients=

Zan- We will get you back for this, Human!

=The Sin of Wrath turns and jumps to slipspace. All the transports that had crashed or barely landed on the surface of the planet were left behind. Uni emerges from his crashed vessel, and finds himself staring down an army of Herac spiders, and nearly shits a brick. He dives into the twisted wreck of metal for cover, as they begin trying to pry it open. Meanwhile, the Azure Comet floats over Srevaera, as Delta and Xazhi take care of their own business on the ground there=

=wonders what it was about=

(Dormii)
=i keep eating, wondering when I might get a chance to talk to Shelby. i decide to comm Draco again=
Hey, how are things?

=He shrugs=
=Sipping the last of the milk with a gulp=

Nothing much.
You.

(Dormii)
Nothing much. Going to train the recruits some more. Could use your help, if you were up to it.

=i take another sip of my soup=

=tries commming dormi=

(Dormii)
=i hear my comm unit buzz for another channel and i answer it=
Hello.

(Dormii)
From what?

(Dormii)
I'm assuming those transports were the cause of the alarms?

(Dormii)
I am currently eating, and it will take me much longer than 5 minutes to get into my armor, or even to the hanger from right now. I think you'll have to do this on your own.

=heads to the hangar and takes off in a large transport to look for survivors=

(Dormii)
=i switch back to Draco's freq=
Sorry, other line called. What do you say to helping me train some soldiers?

=He nods=

Of course.
I will arrive at Repent here shortly.

=He gets up and goes over to the kitchen=
=Placing the bowl into the sink=

I will see you then.

(Lynn and Grace)

=They exit slipspace a long ways off from the planet they were told about=

Grace-This better be a good idea.

Lynn(shaking a bit)-I hope it is..

=They are addressed by Koy=

"State your business! Are you UNSC!?"

(Dormii)
Okay. See you there.

=i head off to the hanger for a transport=

Tar:

=he walks around the Troph=

=He heads off after recieving a notification of the ship that had exited slipspace=
=He heads to the airfield=

(Lynn and Grace)

Lynn-We are not UNSC! I repeat. We are not of the UNSC!

Koy-Then state your business

Lynn-Where are we?

Koy-You are near the planet of Olympus.

Lynn-Who is your superior?

Koy-Colonel Faulkner.

=She gasps, thoughts begin to race through her mind=

(Dormii)
=i hop in a transport and head over to the Repent. i go to the training room and wait=

=He gets to the field, taking his Pelican up=
=After a time he breaks atmosphere, flying through debris=
=He makes it to Repent=
=He lands and steps off, heading to the training room=

(Lynn and Grace)

=She feels Grace push at her=
=A question was asked=

Koy-I repeat. Who are you?

Lynn-Im...Lynn Rigby...

=She walks off, leaving Grace behind=

Lynn-I cant...believe it...

Grace-This is Grace Quin. Can you clear us?

Koy-Ill contact Mr. Faulkner.

(Dormii)
=i comm the recruits and have them go to the training room=

=He enters the observation room=
=Receiving a message=

Koy-Sir!

Draco-Yes.

Koy-The ship that had exited. There are two people who claim to not be UNSC.

Draco-Their names.

Koy-Lynn Rigby and Grace Quin.

=He takes a seat, shocked=
=His own mind begins racing=

...How...

(Dormii)
=the recruits arrive and line up=
Today, you are going to learn how to fight fluidly. I mean like me. Remember yesterday? That's fluidly.

=He shakes his head=

Koy-Orders?

Draco-Send them to Repent. Tell them to head to the meeting room.

Koy-Sir!

=Koy sends the message=

Lynn-I...

Grace-Alright, we're coming now.

=The ship moves closer to Repent=

=He speaks into the microphone, hesitation and somewhat concern in his voice=

Dormii...I am needed elsewhere. I apologize.

=He stands and goes to the meeting room=

=lands back in the hangar=

Code:

 a ship exited slipspace claim they not usnc

long as they don't do anything hasty it's fine

=arrives at medbay after walkinng there=

(Dormii)
=i comm him=
It's okay. Comm me if you need me.

=to the recruits=
Pick a partner. If you don't get a partner, you get me. Go.

=they all scramble to find a person that they like=

=They step off of the transport that had arrived for them=
=Lynn led the way as they went to the meeting room=

Grace-Im in shock...

Lynn-Yeah...I know...

Grace(sighs)-I wont be able to see him...

Lynn-Dont worry.

=He had arrived at the meeting room and took a seat. Thinking over every possible way that this meeting could go wrong=

=The Herac had by now broken into Uni's transport, and made off with his body. Some of the spiders were beginning to show signs of Radiation sickness. A few chunks of asteroid had fallen into the area they inhabited, and the effects were becoming apparent as more and more arrived. The fact that the transports that they had pried open had flown directly through the radiation hellzone debris around the planet didnt help. As more and more became sick, some decided to spread out, but the damage was done. They were now carrying the radiation on their exoskeletons. Some of them died shortly after departing, some made it farther out. Some even began to make new homes out in the valleys, and some in the hills near a small town=

(Dormii)
One of you, extend your arm as if you are punching. The other person, grab it.

=i extend my arm as my partner grabs it at the wrist=
The person who grabbed, spin so the arm would bend backwards. At the same time, extend your elbow backwards so it will impact with the person's ribs.

=The two approach Weaver and he lets them in=
=He looks up at them=

=She looks at him=
=An awkward silence befalls the room=
=The only signs of true life is the sounds of each's breathing and heartbeat=

Grace-Well...are we there?

=He stands and walks around the table to them=

Draco-Lynn. Grace.

=He looks them both over. astonished. disbelief=
=Lynn removes her helmet, pushing a strand of blood red hair out of her face=

Lynn-Draco...

(Dormii)
Practice this a couple of times. Alternating.

=they do so. My partner just keeps practicing by himself=

=He goes to hug her=
=She delivers a sharp left to his jaw=

=He flies back, grabbing his jaw=

Draco-Okay...deserved that...

=She shakes her head=

Lynn-You deserve more than that...

=She walks over to him and helps him up=

Grace-Ow...That had to hurt.

=Meanwhile, on Srevaera, Delta and Xazhi look up into the sky at the Azure Comet before finding their way to a medium-sized building made of stone and brick. They walk inside, and start looking around. Delta is greeted with a few stares, due to his size and armor, but Xazhi quickly finds what they are looking for=

(Dormii)
Now, add in a kick to the shins. I want to hear the sounds of pain, when you do this, too. Go.

=they all do that, sounds of boots hitting clothed flesh echoing around. My partner does it as well, but I just stand there and take the pain=

=A few more punches later and they were sitting down=
=Drinking some tea=
=Conversing about what had happened=

Lynn-So...where's your girlfriend?

=He looks down into the tea and back to her=

Draco-She is...no longer with us..

=Grace puts a hand on his shoulder, after a few tries of finding it=

Grace-Im sorry...

Draco-It is okay. Where is Jon.

Lynn-He is not with us either.

=He shakes his head=

Draco-How did he die.

Lynn-The idiot was infected by the flood.

(Dormii)
Kick harder! I want to hear pain! You aren't training to be Marines, you are training to be better than Marines! Better than ODSTs! You are going beyond un-augmented human training! Beyond UNSC training! You are going to train harder! Now show me like you are!

=they all comply, kicking harder, more painfully=

=He pauses and looks at her confused=

Lynn-I forgot. It wasnt you who went with me on that mission.

Draco-Im sorry. A thousand times I am sorry.

Grace-You left us for them...Were we not that important?

=He looks at Grace=

Draco-You are my friends for eternity.

Lynn-I...can try to understand...but...I dont think I can...not fully.

=He looks at Lynn=

Draco-I understand.

=He gives a smile=

(Dormii)
=i yell at them, as they continue training=
C'mon! Keep going! Make them fall! Knock their legs out from under them! Show me you deserve to be here!

=breathing sped, eyes blink from the bright light, Torres gets to his feet=

Tiberus what just happend!

While you were sleeping we were attacked by pirates, they did nothing major just that the missles they fired rumbled us a bit.

Ok get everyone at their positions alert the pilots to prepare for takeoff.

Sir some of them have used our escape pods to board.

Got it, Tiberus I want a full report in 10 minutes and tell Lance to get some of the soldier to help the civilians to safety.

That is as we speak getting taken care of, sir I suggest you get in your armor there is a group of them reaching your room.

=Torres goes to his closet and presses a button, the armor pops out of a wall nearby=

Why are we not firing back.

They arrived out of nowhere, before we could put our sheild to max they fired an EMP..a very strong one and it has stalled our attempts at putting our defenses online, but even with our sheild not being at max they are holding and the ship isn't taking damage. We are fine.

Ok you know the protocols Tiberus, do what you must.

=Tiberus vanishes as Torres listens through the door, he hears the chatter nearing. Soon they appear to be right outside the doors. Torres kicks the door foward breaking it off its hinges knocking two unconcious while using his left leg to kick the man on the left. Another pirate takes a shot at Torres but his sheilds deflect it. Torres turns to the man and starts walking to him. The pirate keeps firing, as Torres gets close and grabs the mans head with his hand. He pulls him close=

You picked the wrong ship to mess with.

=He slams the guys head into the wall crushing it, Torres proceeds down the cooridor to deal with the others=

=He stands and walks to the door=

Draco-If you would both like to join me. There is something I need to do.

=They stand, Lynn leading=
=They head out and go off to the observation room=

Lynn-How did you become the leader of this ship?

Draco-It isnt just this one. It is also the other Frigate and the two Covenant ships out there.

Grace-Our little Draco. It seems as though it was just yesterday he got his team.

=They laugh a bit and enter the observation room=
=They each take a seat and begin to watch the monitors=

Lynn(pointing to them)-Whats going on?

Draco-A friend is training some recruits.

Lynn-Interesting

(Dormii)
Let's go! Let's go!

=one of the recruits manages to knock his partner to the ground. He gets up and return the favor=
That's more like it! Keep going!

=i point at the two doing the best=
You two! You get a break for a few minutes. Go sit down.

=they walk off=
The rest of you! The sooner you knock each other down the sooner you get a break. Move!

=the plates on my arm ripple quickly. By now, my partner had started doing his own thing, practicing against air=

=She shakes her head=

My god...

He's working them like dogs

=She looks at them=

Its still not as bad as our training...

=He looks at Lynn=
=She hadnt changed a bit=
=He gazes at her=

I cannot believe