Chapter 8 NAME "Shit Happens" Part 6

(Dormii)
=i shook my head and changed the subject=
Ubi sunt nos ingressus?

Quote :

Where are we going?

Atlas: We are following the last jump that Dante's ships had made after Olympus had been destroyed.

=He motions towards the screen to confirm Atlas' statement=

(Dormii)
=i raise an eyebrow=
Olympi perdidit?

Quote :

Olympus was destroyed?

Atlas: From what Thevo had said there had been a purge of the population of Olympus. When our forces had begun to open fire on them. They called in for back up. They went on to destroy the planet. One of our ships was lost. The No Regret.

=He again motions to the console=

(Dormii)
Quod mei tirones?

Quote :

What of my recruits?

(Jessie)
"They've stopped firing which is good. Maybe they are surrendering which would also be good. But they aren't. Thats not how people like them who've been running for nearly a year surrender."
=I stay at my speed staying with them.=


*U.N.S.C. Frigate Golem Of Defence*
=We flew through slip-space towards the distress call from a off aways refit station.=

=He takes a seat as Dormii and Atlas continue to speak to one another=

Atlas: I do not know of their status.

Dante: If I remember correctly they were stationed on Repent. If you're speaking of his recruits.

(Dormii)
=i nod=
Illi permanere disciplina?

Quote :

Did they continue training?

Atlas: Did they continue training?

=He shrugs=

Dante: Well, let us hope so. My friend.

(Dormii)
Quidem, Dante.

Quote :

Indeed, Dante.

=i turn and head off, trying to make my way to the messhall and then the medbay. I needed food, and I also needed to check up on Jay=

(UNSC Frigate Eternal Glaze)

=There was an explosion of some sorts. A big one. Tore right through the ship. Blew stuff up. It was a very big explosion. Did I mention that? It must've been at least fifteen minutes since the initial explosion, but there was still a searing heat. Not burning, but very hot. Intense. There were some sort of alarms going off, but I couldn't hear them clearly enough. I didn't know which ear, but one of them had gone all... Dead. In a way. My HUD was still getting re-orientated, or something like that. It kept re-shuffling around. I had to keep moving. I started crawling forward, getting my strength back slowly.=

(UNSC Frigate Eternal Glaze)
=I ran to through one of the Eternal Glaze's hallways, pulling on my helmet as I did so. Everyone was going to his or her battle stations, mine was to repel any and all borders, should there be any. I slung my Battle Rifle over my back, next to my Assault Rifle. I ran around a corner, opened a door and found the damage. A hole had been blown through the hull, causing decompression in this part, the blast doors were closing on the other side, and I had to get there, so I jumped, getting a glimpse of a Covenant Ship as I passed the hole.=

(UNSC Frigate Eternal Glaze)

=I started trying to get back up. Falling. Getting back up. Falling. Whatever had attacked... The entire hall way of people. Dead. Gone. I got back up, and started walking again. I fell, a couple of times but I started walking. I still had my Battle Rifle, it hung on my back, or well, attached to my armour. I had to get to the Control Centre. Activate a random jump. It was risky. Could kill anyone on board, due to the state the ship was on. But we had to get the ship out. Safe. And if it meant the death of a ships crew, it was worth it.=

(UNSC Frigate Eternal Glaze)

=I made it to the other side and rolled safely under the blast door. Standing up, I came face to face with a Jiralhanae, a brute. I dodged it's fist and landed a punch of my own, it stumbled, giving me time to draw my Battle Rifle and finish it.=
Oh shit, oh shit shit shit!
=I activated my comm to the bridge.=
"Captain! Contacts have boarded. Repeat, Contacts have boarded!"
=I opened fire on a squad of grunts as I rounded a corner.
The speakers shouted
"Fireteams Alpha through Omega, Stand by to repel covenant boarding parties."=

=He takes a seat and places his head back. Drifting off=

I should find the ones that have done this. All of those people. Innocents

=He lets out a breath and tries to relax=

Will they be there on the other side? Would they have left?

=Beep. Beep. Beep. Alarm after alarm after alarm. I stumbled through the darkness of the hallway, light only by the occasional red alarm siren. I had to make it to hallway B-3, from there, I could get straight up to the Command Centre. Then it would be... Okay. I guessed. I could get somewhere after the jump. Footsteps. Other than mine. I couldn't make it out clearly in the dark... But a small shape. Small... Chubby. Grunts. That meant something bigger was with them...=

=The two ships exit into empty space. Absolutely nothing fills the void except the existence of the ships. As they sit there, Atlas begins to scan the frontward area searching for anything or anyone. The ships begin to move again with a failed scan=

-Lynn-

=She had walked past Dormii and given a nod when they crossed an hour back. She made her way to the living quarters which took up around fifteen minutes. She found herself at the door to Grace's room and let herself in. Grace had been reading during the time. Obviously forgetting what she had to do. It didn't matter since Draco himself had also forgotten. Which was strange=

Lynn: Hey. Whatcha reading?

=Grace shrugs as she closes it=

Grace: Nothin. Something I found. Should I tell her about the document...

=I killed the grunts, easily dispatching them with a grenade. But there was something around the corner, I could hear it walking.=
Brute maybe?
=I span into the next corridor, aiming my rifle ahead. I looked at another spartan. I knew him, we trained together sometimes.=
"Jamie? What the hell are you doing here? You're supposed to be fighting the-"
=I stopped as another plasma round impacted on the hull=
"You know what? I don't care. We have to save the ship or get the crew to lifeboats!"

"We have to get to the command centre... Activate the engine jump... Get out of here..."

=I said, carrying on towards the service elevator to Hallway B-3. I could access the stair way from there then. Then... It would work out.=

=I followed him=
"Are you fucking insane? A jump now will rip the ship apart!"

"We don't jump, the Covenant get their hands on whatever they want! We've already lost Bravo, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot... Nearly half of everyone! We have to jump! Otherwise-"

=The ship shakes as another blast hits.=

"-We lose everything!"

=I hated to admit it, but he was right.=
"You're right..."
=I reloaded my Battle Rifle.=
"Let's get some revenge on the way."

=As they move multiple distress beacons begin to overflow the system=

Atlas: Sir, we have found them.

=He had fallen fast asleep at this point=

Atlas: Sir?

=He does not respond. Atlas sends each a mass message=

Code:

Do not worry. Send me reports of all casualties and all damage done to each of your ships. If you are in dire need of assistance we will send troops to help you. Understood?

=Atlas is given confirmation from all of the ships=

Atlas: Good.

(Dormii)
=i made my way to the messhall, ignoring the odd glances and stares from the crewmen I passed on the way. I thought about what happened, and felt conflicted. Part of me felt pride, joy in taking the lives of so many UNSC personnel, but other parts felt horrified, disgusted that I would do this. I did my best to keep it off my face, knowing full well that my arm panels would show it anyway. I went over to the food counter and picked up something edible looking and walked off to an empty table to eat=

-Lynn-

=She sits down onto the bed=

Lynn: What've you been up to?

Grace: Eating, taking up stuff in the medbay. OH!

=She gets off of the bed and heads to a table with documents on them=

Grace: I have been checking in on Shel..

=Lynn cuts her off=

Lynn: Jay.

=Grace pauses before going on=

Grace: Jay. These are the reports of mental activity. Give them to Draco when you get the chance?

=Lynn nods and sighs=

Lynn: I guess.

(Dormii)
=i silently ate my food. I wasn't paying attention to what it was, just eating it. I had too much on my mind to think about anything else=

Grace: Awesome. Anyway, I had read something earlier.

=Lynn picks up the book=

Lynn: Was it this?

=She laughs and Grace smiles, but it fades=

Grace: No, something else. It was a document I came across.

=Lynn puts down the book and looks at her questioningly=

Lynn: Yeah?

=Grace moves on over to the bed and sits opposite of Lynn=

Grace: I don't know if... I should tell you this. It's about Draco.

=Lynn's brow furrows=

Lynn: Well then, yeah. You should tell me.

(Dormii)
=i finished off whatever it was that I was eating, and went off to get some more. I wasn't thinking about anything in particular, there was just so much I couldn't=

=Grace's voice conveys a sort of worry to it. Regardless she begins to talk to her best friend=

Grace: Well... the document was written by him and... he said he's... he's losing control... he can feel it...

-Dante-

Zayne: I have you in my web. Draco. Never forget that

=He dreams once more of the horrors he faced=

Zayne: I'll get out permanantly one day. Kill everyone. Their blood with run down your arms. Their cries will be heard forever.

Grace: But he said that he will do whatever it takes to overcome it. To protect us.

Lynn: he can't even protect himself...

Zayne: Let's hope your children. Our children have some form of Chaos in them.

He was tired, he didn't know where he was, he was still being dragged...or pulled, whichever one it was. He tried to tell them to stop, but he could not, he had no strength. He just waited to see his final destination.

-Atlas-

=The ships sent him the reports of damage and casualties=

*Five hundred from each ship. Adding the soldiers from no Regret. Total amount of soldiers for each ship are Two thousand. Extensive damages from the ships, but luckily they still have enough power to move. Refits ill have to be done...*

-Dante-

Zayne: I would love the kid to be a little demon

=He laughs=

Zayne: So much fun!

(Dormii)
=i grabbed a second helping, and just for good measure, a third, and went back to my table to eat. I couldn't focus, my vision swam along with the multitude of thoughts. I did my best to eat, going slowly and carefully=

Grace: How do you think... he's fairing...?

Lynn: I want to say well... God knows I do... I've known him the longest... He's had trouble before...

Zayne: Oh, but you'll do whatever it takes to stop me. You haven't yet. You won't.

=He is tossing in the chair. Taking deep gasps of breath. Until finally he awakens with sweat running down his face=

Dante: Atlas... I'll be back... Forward the information to me later. Keep course and... um...

=He stands and begins to walk out of the room=

Dante: Yeah... keep course... to... um...

=He falls to the ground. A medical team is called in to move him to the medbay=

(Dormii)
=i finished off my food and decided to go visit Jay in the medbay. Maybe holding her hand or just being close to her would help me think of something to do, something to try and help her. I got up and headed off, walking with the occasional lean on a wall to the medbay=

=The message of his passing out had gotten to Lynn awhile back. She took the files of Jay's brain activity with her to the medbay. She currently sits next to him waiting for him to wake up. Meanwhile within his own mind. He is being tortured=

Zayne: Sorry, I wanted this time to last.

=He can hear Lynn saying for him to wake up, but cannot act on the command=

(Dormii)
=i made it into the medbay, and worked my way over to Jay, not really looking around. I sat down next to her, and slipped my hand in hers, trying to bring her back through physical touch if I can. I was quiet, unknowing what to say=

"Okay. Good."

=I continued down the hallway... Making my way to the Command Centre, slowly, with Caeser following. It was going quiet. Until we hit the hallway full of brutes.=

"Shit."

=I fired my Battle Rifle, bringing down a brute with a burst to the head. The others fired back, I switched my attention to the closest, bringing it down. I saw movement just behind them.=
"SHIT! CHIEFTAIN!"

--Continued from "Underground"--

(Miranda)
Aww, come on. What's wrong with the name, "Razgriz?"

(Jason)
First off? It was the title my kidnapper gave me like I was a dog. Secondly, it's a reminder of all the things I did to survive in that place.

(Miranda)
=My expression sobered quickly, as did my voice=
You and I both know that running from our past never helps. And I'm not saying take up name to remember what you did. I'm saying take it up, in spite of what you did. Turn the name around, do away with the demon and become something more.

(Jessie)
=I follower them through slip space when they stopped I stopped.=
=Comms To Refit Station Gersion.=
"People! Re send the coordinates! Sending now...... sent. Now give it to the reinforcements!"
=Anxious I was.=

P.S. You have permission to kill Jessie.

*Hanson*
=I finished dragging, fixing and tying down the rogue marine.=
"This guy's life will be forever ruined by this one mistake he has done today."
=I sigh and head out to the hallway.
=I walk over to the Spartan's body and check his pulse. Had to make sure he was really gone. Plus, if hes alive, we don't have to drag him.=
"Jesus! Hes alive!! I need medical assistance!!!"

=I fired bursts from my rifle, hitting a Brute about four or five times in the chest, before it finally fell to the ground and died. I heard Caeser shout something. Sounded like... 'Chefman'. Chefs?=

=The chieftain slammed his hammer down towards me, so I sidestepped. But the blast threw me into the wall, where I slumped, drawing my Assault rifle.=

*Hanson*
=I watch as a couple guys in white come over and start medical things I wouldn't understand.=
"Need his armour off?"
No
"How has he stayed alive?"
His Suit Is Advanced Enough To Carry Some Painkillers, Antibiotics And Several Other Medicines Which Are Injected Into Him.
"Thats pretty cool. How much does he carry?"
Not For A Long Amount Of Time. We Need A Room.
"We Can't Carry Him. Or Drag Him."
Then Time To Bring The Room To The Patient. Thank God Almost Everything Is On Wheels. Nurses. Get To Work.
"I'll Go Help."
=We All Pretty Much Bring The Room To Him.=
=The Pros Do Their Thing, Keeping Him Alive.=

-Atlas-

=He reads on the scanner that a new ship had exited slipspace with them. The same ship from before. They had been given a warning. It was time to end it. He focuses the main cannons of the ship onto the smaller vessel. All cannons open fire upon the ship=

-Dante-

=He lies on the table in the medbay. Unmoving. In his mind there is an endless loop of his past going on. Including a some things he had not known about.

Zayne: That's when I took my... your arm and punched straight on through. I could feel the bones and organs of that victim. The screams filling me with a delight. His family was nearby as well. Crying in the corner. Unable to do anything to stop me

=Zayne laughs=

Dante: You think this is suppose to make me scared? Angry?

Zayne: I'm trying to get you to realize your true potential. How you can take anything and crush it.

(Jason)
=I didn't look at her, mostly because once again, she had a point. What I did with the name, would influence both how people looked at the name, and how I felt about it. Hell, deep down I did like the name. My thoughts were distracted though, when I took in a deep breath for a sigh, only to have my chest erupt in pain=
FUCK!!!!

(Miranda)
=His sudden outburst made me jump in my seat, and it was only when I saw him clutch his side that I rused to him=
Jason, what's wrong?

(Jason)
Ugh, I forgot. But, I cracked some ribs.....

(Dormii)
=i squeeze her hand and mutter softly=
Ego paenitet. Ego futui ascendit.

Quote :

I'm sorry. I fucked up.

=i think for a moment of what to say=
Hoc peius. Non amittat dominium dedi adipiscing

Quote :

This was worse. I didn't lose control, I gave in.

=i paused to think again=

Why would I want that.

Zayne: Control. I take your cap. I break it. I break it! You have some much power. You have it all. You just need to break your high horse down. Take that wall...

I choose to only use the power I have been given.

Zayne: Don't you see. In everything. In all reality. I am the fucking Juggernaut. USE THIS POWER THEY GAVE YOU

There is no point

=Zayne sighs=

Zayne: I hate you. I hope you know that.

(Jessie)
"Shit!!! Move!!!"
=Grabbing the controls with a death grip I push them deep left doing a barrel roll.=
"They Need To Get Their Asses Over Here! A.I. Their ETA?!"
Maybe Thirty Minutes Until They Reach Us.[
"Come on come on."

-Atlas-

=He notices the ship is still up and running. He continues the firing. Soon Heaven's Descent and Repent join in. They all fire at the ship=

*You won't get us. You will not.*

-Dante-

I'm suppose to care?

Zayne: I'm trying to help you for once. You know. When you lose it. You unleash your true power. Your sense of pain is drastically reduced. You take more and you give more. You are more powerful.

(Dormii)
=i shook my head, and tried to say my next few words, voice filled with regret=
Voces, nec ea ignorare. Sunt iustus ... ego non pugnare. Ego paenitet.

Quote :

The voices, I couldn't ignore them. They just...I couldn't fight. I'm sorry.

=i didn't cry, or tear up, I felt like that would just be letting the voices have another victory. I sat there, waiting for a...something. I don't know what=