Chapter 8 NAME "Shit Happens"

"No! I will not be killed by this Demon! Guards, Kill him! KILL THE DEMON!"

=Pulls an Energy Dagger out and slowly scrambles towards Zeru
Honor Guards come out from seemingly no where=

"I will have my SEAT ON THE COUNCIL!"

=They see the guards come out=
=They use their precision weapons=

Draco-Hey. Ugly bastards.

Lynn-Over here!

Grace-Its your time!

=They run through, opening fire=

=grabs the outstretched arm and flings the propet into a new batch of honor guards about to flank the others=


guys get down

Draco-Tri formation.

=They go into a triangle formation=
=Draco facing front, Lynn facing the right, Grace facing left=

Lynn-How are you doing Grace?

Grace-Perfect

=Grace fires the AR into a guard=

Draco-Good.

=He fires his AM at one near Zeru, the bullet making contact and cutting through the head=
=Lynn takes her BR and starts firing the three shot bursts into a few guards=

(Dormii)
=Torres and I run to the room, and start shooting=
Glad you guys didn't take all the fun!

=Torres sees the oncoming honor guards and puts his pistol away. He runs to the right side of the room, they move accordingly. Two honor guards close on him, Torres uses the wall as a platform and kicks of the wall. Using his right leg he kicks the closet guard in the face. He lands, the second one tries to bull rush Torres out of anger. The brute is inches away from him, Torres jukes to the left. He ducks under the brutes right hand and punches the brute in the stomach making it kneel over holding it's stomach. Torres takes out his pistol and shoots the brutes in the head=

Draco-Why would we not leave you with something to shoot.

=A guard runs towards Grace=

Lynn-Grace! Your nine!

=Grace turns and opens fire=
=The bullets ripping into the armor and piercing the flesh=
=She reloads and fires again until she hears a thump of a corpse=

Grace-Thanks!

=He aims down the scope and takes one down as it jumps=

Draco-Lead Aspirin.

(Dormii)
I don't know, greed?

=i chuckle and mow down an honor guard charging me=

=He chuckles=

Draco-When have I proven to be the greedy type

=The trio continue firing=

Lynn-I am so going to want a cup of tea when this is over!

Grace-Good luck with that! =laughs=

(Dormii)
=i jump back, avoiding an energy staff. I return the attack with a few bullets to the chest=
Oh, hell, no. You are not killing me.

=the grenade goes off with a deafening bang kill the prophet and any nearby honor guards=


booom

=starts raining purple blood and remains=

(Dormii)
=i step back in time to avoid the explosion=
Eww.....that's just wrong.

=i look up at the "rain"=
Really wrong...

=He stops fighting=

I prefer actual rain.

=Lynn shakes her head=

God...

=Grace stands there=

So...Im guessing its raining in here now.
I forgot my umbrella...

(Dormii)
Grace, it's....worse...much worse...trust me.

It's death get over it.

=Torres walks around the room=

So it seems we are done here.

=laughs=

that is funny

Grace-Im used to blood.

=She laughs=

=He walks up next to Lynn=

Draco-Welcome to the family you two.

=She looks back up to him=

Lynn-...

Draco-I love you.

Grace-God...here we go again. You two really need to get a room.

(Dormii)
Death should be quick and painless and over. Not raining from the air...

=i feel myself start to lose it. i turn and run=
Shit...shit...shit...

=Torres turns to Draco and point to Dormi leaving as if to say "should I worry?=

=He follows the finger=

No, he is okay.
Should be.

=Zayne appears=

Zayne-Tch, so, you chose huh?

What do you want

Zayne-The sight of blood. Its so enticing. I couldnt resist.

What. Do you want.

Zayne(laughs)-Dude, you need to calm down.

=Zayne looks around at the body strew floor=

Zayne-I always liked Lynn better.

=The trio begin to move out of the room=
=Zayne disappearing=

=Torres heads out a different door, heading deeper into the complex=

(Dormii)
=i run faster, and get to the courtyard. i trip and fall to the ground, i roll over, so i am face up and scream=

=He removes his helmet and attaches it to his waist=
=Lynn does the same as they walk out=
=Stepping over the dead corpses=
=Grace begins to hum=

Lynn-How long has it been, since he has taken over?

=She looks at him=

Draco-Its been long. He had tried once, but I managed to stop him.

=She looks down the hall and nods=

Lynn-You said it. =smiles=

Draco-Said what.

Lynn-You said you love me.

Draco-I will continue to do so. I told you, Im not abandoning you again.

=She hugs him the best she can with the armor on=
=They kiss=

Lynn-Youre going to have to shave that stuff off of your face. You know I never liked it.

Grace-Are we out yet?

Draco-Almost, Grace.

(Dormii)
=i scream again, trying to stop the fall=
GAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

=pain and fear and rage are everywhere in my screams=

=After some time they finally exit the base=
=They go into a run for the Pelican=
=Once there they take a seat

Grace-Is always gonna be this fun?

Draco-Sometimes.

Grace-Why not all the time?

Draco(shrugs)-I dont know.

Lynn-Really. You dont know! This is such a rare thing! =laughs=

=He nudges her and she leans on him=
=Comms to all=

Draco-Now what.

=Torres appears behind, watching.[/u]

(Dormii)
=my back arches and I scream again, not even lucid enough to realize i turned on my comm unit=
EMILYYYYY!

=They hear the scream=

Grace-Apparently....something to do with an Emily. Im just guessing..

Lynn-Hmm...should we find him?

Draco-The only thing we can do...is let him ride it out.

=Torres goes up to Dormi and grabs his shoulder and brings him helmet to helmet=

Dormi snap out of it.

(Dormii)
Covenant...killed you...covenant...COVENANT!

=i throw a right hook at Torres=
COVENANT!

=Torres takes the punch only making a small movement from the impact=

Dormi.

=Torres stands back and presses a button on his tacpad. the button did something to his armor changing it. what now stood in front of Dormi was not Torres but and elite. The one that murdered her.=

(Dormii)
=i swing again=
COVENANT! YOU KILLED HER!

=i punch again and again=
DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE

=walks out and sees dormi going beserk=

at this rate your not fit for combat dormi

=Torres sends a message to Zeru=

He needs this. Let it happen.

=Torres blocks the punches, letting Dormi get some in from time to time=

(Dormii)
=i keep swinging, harder each time=
WHY?! SHE WAS NO THREAT! YOU COULD'VE TAKEN ME! YOU DIDN'T NEED TO KILL HER! OR LEE! OR CHRISTINA! THEY! WERE! NO! THREAT!

*to himself*

Dormi needs to end this. Or he will be getting further lost in his guilt.

Tiberus has that data loaded yet.

You know it does take time for the UNSC to send is this data, it was very hard to find you know.

Just notify me when it arrives.

=Torres keeps taking the punches, but the sheild has been depleted and now it was body taking the blows=

I have received it sir, sending it now.

Good.

=Torres takes some cubes from his belt and throws them around Dormi. Dormi stand there still yelling at the elite in front of him. But in seconds the elite dissapears and what is shown is the moment from her death. She is on the ground dying from the sword wound=

(Dormii)
=i fall to my knees, next to Emily=
Emily...no...nonononono...

=As Dormi looks over Emily he peers into her helmet, she had tears and the fear of death is in her eyes. But she starts speaking in a low hush=

Dormi, my dear Dormi. I am sorry..I know..I can feel how much you want to..*cough*...help. I know that you are just following orders. You are forgiven...I forgive you and I do not hold my death..*cough* against you, I could never. If you ever get this message I want you to move foward, do not stick to this moment regretting that which you cannot change. I want you to live your life in a way that I could not. And I want you to know that I...that I have always lo.....

=Emily's voice gets lower as she gets closer to dying, whispering her last word=

Live.

(Dormii)
=tears form and roll down my face inside my helmet=
No, nonononono. Emily. EMILY!

=i sob to myself as I come back out of it=
Emily...

=The holo-field begins to dissapears, showing Dormi on his knees and Torres standing above him=

While I was away, I had done some research. Found this in some file. Thought that you would like to hear it.

(Dormii)
=tears continue to form and fall=
Did...they...know...

(David)
And I think a lot of us would be offended if you did treat us that way. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind having the sentinels fight with us, but I'd rather not have to rely on them.

(Jason)
That's why you guys will have a military. Just not yet. You all need to earn that trust.

(David)
So, when we do get our own military, will we get the weapons as well?

(Dormii)
They had no right...

=anger starts to creep into my voice=

(Dormii)
=i look at him=
They had no RIGHT!

(Jason)
I'm not sure. The stun guns, sure. But if my guess is correct, the weapons in those caches are more powerful than any small arms weapons the UNSC, or the Covenant has in their arsenal.

(David)
True, but if not those, then what do we arm ourselves with?

(Jason)
Hmmm, I have an idea. Instead of giving you those weapon, what if I let you make your own? I show you what makes Forerunner weapons tick, and then you guys can make your own versions?

(David)
Reverse engineered Forerunner tech?

(Jason)
Yeah. I mean, the UNSC made Spartan shields from Covenant tech, so why shouldn't we do the same with Forerunner tech?

(Dormii)
=my hands ball up and the plates on my arm twitch back and forth. i slam them into the ground and start crying again=
Dammit...

=Maneuvers the pelican through the final jump, arriving on Olympus, with the Dragon=