Chapter 8 NAME "Shit Happens"

(Dormii)
Let's go, let's go! I want to see people fall over!

=another person falls over=
You, who just knocked this person over. You get a break.

=i point to my previous partner=
You, your new partner is her. Go!

(Rain)

=He sighs as he enters a seperate room from the one in use=
=He grabs his things and calls out=

Optimize for close quarters skirmish.
Battle area number six four three.

=The room changes into a sort of office type area=
=Enemies appear and he goes down behind cover=
=He grabs his SMG=

Alright. Lets see how well I can do.

(Dormii)
=slowly, they all start to fall over, either too exhausted to stand or just knocked over from their partners=
Congrats, you passed, all of you. Now, go take the day off, you've earned it.

=i nod to one of the cameras and head out as the recruits all collapse against each other and lie down on the chairs=

*over comms*

"We need help in the cafeteria, they are raiding it dry and there are inncoent here"

Soldier this is Commander Torres, I am on my way hold your position.

"Y..yes sir will do...Hold them off guys the commander will be here soon"

*the comms click off*

=Torres rushes to the cafeteria and see his soldiers outgunned 3 to one=

You over there get the wounded and civies to safety, I will deal with them.

=Torres turns to the assailant, he takes off something from his belts, soon the smoke grenade goes off and he rushes into the fray. On his screen heat signatures appear, he grabs a pistol on the floor and start taking out the pirates. As the smoke dissipates only bodies are left on the floor=

This suit feels great.

=Torres walks out and head to the hangar, and hears no gunfire. He heads inside and sees his Lance=

(L)Ah commander we have cleared this area of the ship.

Good, wheres the other half of your group.

(L)I told them to take another sector.

Ok I want you to head to sector C and see if the armory and barracks are intact.

(L)Yes sir.

=Lance and Forest run off=

*over comms*

Tiberus hows getting one the defenses going.

Our engineers are doing well we should have them online soon.

Good as soon as they come online fire away at them.

Of course, Tiberus out.

=He cuts the feed and turns his attention to the one with Rain=

Lynn-Whos that?

Draco-My cousin.

Grace-I thought you didnt have any family?

Draco-I do. They just do not really concern me.

(Rain)

=I stand up and begin picking them off=
=Firing at them=
=Some toss grenades=
=I diveroll out of the way into a room=

(Dormii)
=i head up to the observation room=
Hey, enjoy th- oh, sorry, didn't know you had guests.

=Xazhi and Delta leave the building after taking care of some business there. They head back up to the Azure Comet. Delta comms Zantomee, and is not pleased by the report. He regroups with the Sin of Wrath, and they jump to Olympus=

=He nods=

It is quite alright.
I have been wanting to introduce you to these two for some time now.

=He gestures to Lynn=

This is Lynn, my ex.

=She looks at me, her ocean blue eyes staring straight at me=
=They turn to Dormii and she holds out her hand=

Lynn-Pleased to meet you

=He motions to Grace=

This is Grace. The former medic of my squad.

=She looks around=

Grace-Sorry. I was off in my world. Pleased to meet you.

(Dormii)
=i shake her hand=
Nice to meet you, Lynn. Grace. If I remember what he told me about you, I would say they were good things.

=i smile, jokingly=

=She smiles=

Lynn-He better have said nice things

=He motions to his eye=

Draco-She can deliver a great left..

=He laughs, for the first real time in a long time=

(Rain)

=I go against a wall=
=I peek out and blind fire at them=

While in slipspace, Delta and Xazhi head to the training room and begin sparring. Xazhi is no match for Delta, who was much bigger, stronger, and faster than the kid, but he tried to go easy. Solamir on the Sin of Wrath was still trying to contol the chaos that came after them coming under attack. The soldiers were reloaded into the transports, and ready to take off again=

(Dormii)
=i chuckle=
Yeah, but I got a good right. So, what brings you all here, if I may ask?

=She puts up her hand=

difference.
Great left.
Good right.

=She laughs=

Grace-We came here hoping to find an escape from the UNSC.

Lynn-As we were trying to do since the escape from that Prowler.

(Dormii)
=i raise an eyebrow=
You were there?

=They both nod=

Lynn-We were.

Grace-We had been sort of helping you.

=Grace looks down=

Grace-We lost a great friend back then...

=Grace sighs=

(Dormii)
Friends can come and friends can go. It's those who become your family that matter.

=i look at Draco and nod=

=He continues watching Lynn=
=Breaking and looking at the screens=

=Lynn looks at the screen as well=

(Rain)

=I toss a flashbang and wait until it goes off=
=I run out slinging the SMG behind me=
=I attach the Katars and begin slicing into the group=

(Dormii)
=i look at the screens as well=
Rain?

=He nods=

It seems he is more focused now.

(Rain)

=I stab ones neck and bring him behind me=
=Bullets rip into his body and I toss him=
=I aim the Katars at the one that had fired and I fire two shots=
=They enter and he drops=

Lynn-Wow....even if they are holograms...

=Papers had begun flying at the explosions=
=Getting in his way=

(Dormii)
He was always angry. That's just his style. It got him into some serious trouble at one point during his training.

=He pulls up his shirt=

I still have that scar.
Among the many others I had received.

=He points them out=
=Pulling the shirt down=
=Lynn had been looking at him=

Grace-Sounds to me he needs some more focus.

=She smiles=

Grace-Draco helped a bit with my ADD

(Rain)

=I slice some papers as one grabs me from behind=

Well

=I headbutt him and he falls back=
=As he does I stab his legs and then I bring my other blade down on him=

=Torres heads down a long hall that leads to the engine room, he spots a large group nearing, he turns on his active camo and continues heading toward them=

"Hey did you see that."

'Your delusional, lets find the bridge and take this place over before the boss gets mad"

"You guys hear that"

=They all look around, one of the guys looks to his right and sees the light around it dissoriented=

"Hey loo..."

=Torres launches a punch in the man stomach, he lurches back and falls over from the hit. The others aim at the area but they don't see anything=

"What the hell happend"

=Torres deactivates the camo=

Boo.

=Torres starts hitting everyone on the group while putting little devices on them at the same time, soon they are all knocked to the ground. Torres procced further down the hall. Some of the Pirates get up and grab thier gun and start to aim it at Torres. Torres presses a switch in his hand and the small devices start to glow=

"What the fu.."

=The devices on the chest start to release this blue field. As the field or the pirates touch each other they pull them together creating a magnetic field holding them together tight=

I guess they work.

=Torres reaches the engine room=

Hows the maitanece going.

*Engineer* "Great we are almost done commancer, you might want to head to the bridge now. The defense will be on shortly"

=Torres nods and heads to the bridge=

(Dormii)
A medic with ADD.

=i chuckle=
Seems like a bad combo.

=After Delta and Xazhi return to the bridge of the Comet, and bring it out of slipspace. The Sin of Wrath quickly follows, along with five of the 10 covenant vessels in the Wrath's fleet=

=comms the others=


we have a problem comet sin and 5 covie ships just showed up

Grace-You sound just like the idiots that were hurt before I saved them!

=She laughs=

(Rain)

=I cross my blades as bullets ring out=
=They impact and I run to the hologram=
=Slicing the arms=
=As he falls I slice his head=

=The simulation ends=

=I stand and try to catch my breath=

(Draco)

=Comms to Zeru=

Wait for them to make the first move.

=He feels a pull, but shakes it off=

=Comms to Wolf, Koy, and Thevo=

Help out if they open fire

*That does include the Heaven's Descent. Right.*

Of course.

(Dormii)
=i laugh as well=
I dont doubt you were a good medic. Just saying, doesnt inspire the greatest confidence when you first say it.

=Soldiers gather in the hanger of the Comet, ready to launch if anything goes wrong again. The Sin of Wrath sends transports down to the planet again=

=comms the comet=

what is going on delta

=Delta comms back=

Del- Well it would seem that you had some sort of huge issue with a little research project commissioned by Sigma. Now I'm here to babysit on the retrieval of the research material.

=Lynn and Draco stand=
=He looks at Dormii=

Draco-We will be in the messhall.

Lynn-If you need us or anything.

=They head off=
=Speaking in a hushed tone=

(Grace)

=She tuts=

How rude...
Leave a poor blind girl to fend for herself

=She laughs and stands up=
=Hearing her surroundings=

(Dormii)
Well, i can lead you around. Show you the place, so to speak.

(Grace)

=Her eyes move seemingly without her knowledge=

Why, I think.

=She pauses=

Hmm...

=She begins to walk off, towards the door=
=She shakes her head, still walking=

Very nice.
But, I think I can find my own way.

=She waves behind her=

I guess Ill see you around there, um...

(Dormii)
Dormii Fortuni, and I'll see you around.

=i smile to myself and chuckle, heading off towards the hanger=

Del- Well first of all, if he sent transports at you, it was against his orders. What we seek is down there only. And its just an expiriment Sigma wanted to do. Something about seeing how the spiders adapted to such a drastic change in environment. Anyway, thats none of my concern. Like i said, im here as a babysitter.

Del- Well it hasnt exactly been a long time since they showed up here. Species dont make a complete 180 over the course of a few weeks.

=The transports land on the surface. Soldiers and crew in armor begin collecting the Herac into the transports. most of the spiders on the planet had by now died of severe radiation sickness. The survivors were quickly found and rounded up. Since most of them were also sick, they didnt put up much of a fight=

(Dormii)
=i take a pelican and fly down to the planet, to explore the town again=

=After all of the living spiders from the planet are gathered up, the transports head up to the Sin of Wrath=

=a terra cibus is walking around when it comes and panics after seeing 3 herac and starts swinging it's massive spiked body around trampling them=

(Dormii)
=i land in the landing field of the town and head off to the music hall=
Wonder what they are playing...

=All the Herac are unloaded in the hanger of the Azure Comet, before the transports head back to the Wrath. They are taken to the brig for containment. Xazhi, anxious to learn about a creature from his home planet, is among the first to arrive there to see them. He was unaware of the radiation they carried, and approached the cage of one that was resting=

(Dormii)
=i sit down in an aisle, waiting for the next show to start=

=The Azure Comet and Sin of Wrath tunr away from Olympus and jump to slipspace for the Obsidian Wolf=

(Dormii)
=the next showing was a cover of an old band named Three Days Grace. I had heard about them, in my studies, but never listened to any of their songs. I waited for the show to start with a few other people=



=the song played, and I couldn't help but feel like it was directed at me, personally. The lyrics all applied to me, and well, it was good=

=Lynn and Draco had stopped off at the messhall=
=Getting some food=

=Another awkward silence befalls the two=

Draco-Where were you. After the Prowler.

Lynn-We were on a forerunner ship with a woman named Shelby.

=He pauses and looks at her=

Lynn-What?

Draco-There is a woman named Shelby aboard the large vessel.

Lynn-Small world I guess.

=She moves a strand of hair away from her face as she brings the spoon to her lips=
=He watches her=

Draco-Yeah.

(Grace and Rain)

=They had literally bumped into each other=
=They are walking around Repent=

=begins preperations for the journey=

=She looks up to him=

Lynn-Can I ask you something?

=He nods=

Draco-Of course.

=She looks down at the bowl of soup=
=Hesitation in her voice=

Lynn-Did you ever...ever really...truly...love me?

=She looks up to him again=
=He takes her hands in his=

Draco-You were, and still are, a large portion in my life. I did love you.

Lynn-Do...do...you still...have feelings towards me?

Draco-There is a portion in my heart. That always had a place for you.

Lynn(smiling)-Thank you... =She switches the topic= Hey, perhaps later...would you want to spar or something?

Draco-That would be nice. I will have to watch out for your left...

=They laugh=

(Dormii)
=once the song was done, i went back to my room on the Trophaeum, taking the grav lift up. I fell asleep on my bed. After awhile, I wake up, put on some clean clothes, and head off to the messhall for some food=