Chapter 4: Exodus

=leaves the mad bay as he leaves=

are u sure u got it covered or are u still sore over that one incident

(He sneers)
@Zeru
Go.

=I chuckle, bringing my hand to my throat= I forgive you. The mind is a powerful thing, it's hard to fight another mind directly.

(He turns back to Dormii)
@Dormii
I know.
listen.
You remember All that time back.
You were talking about this guy called.
Emothic.
We need to make contact with him.

=walks back in with some food=

there u go guys might as well eat

=i raise my eyebrow= You know how to contact this guy? I don't, hell, i hardly even met him. I just found his comm frequency and let him know one of his ships was in the area. I think he's changed it by now.

Anyway, why do you think we should?

@Dormii
well we dont exactly have the top of the line medical tools and stuff.
(He leans on a wall)

Im sure this guy is bound to have something better than what we have.

=i look around= Yea, you may be right.

=to Zeru= What's your plan? =jokingly= If you say cycle the comms, i'm going to hit you for thinking that's risky.

@Dormii
Not to mention the current status of half of our team.
Im sure they will be able to treat us better.

to draco we have the top of the line tech i may be the best medic ever but i'm only one person we need more people or it's going to waste

to dormi no i suggest getting pasts his personal ships firewall to send a message

=i shrug= Hey, i'm all for it, we just need info we don't have. I can probably get us into his ship, i just need to know where it is. And what to say.

Hey, you do have Snow you know. He's not so bad, aside from the way he keeps people awake.

@Both
Not to mention Immer.
She is a great medic.
Im going to be cautious around her though.

Back to the situation.
Yes, anything.
We need to get to his ship.

Like i said, i'm up for it, i just need to know where and what.

@Both
Okay.
Lets find everyone.
Debrief them and get the hell out of here.
We should do it before another storm comes.

Yea, I'm going to go find a mongoose or something and go out looking for Jay. You guys wanna look for Snow and go tell the bounty hunters whats going on?

@Both
I got the bounty hunters.
I need to do something.

(He leaves the room kissing Ash as he leaves)
I will tell you later

(He goes in search of the ship)

=i find a Warthog in the garage, guass version= Sweet, I can use the thermal sighting on it to look for Jay.

=i hop in, turn it on, and roll out. i stop every once in a while to scan the area with the turret, and to blast down a tree, after i clear it, of course. after a while, i find a heat source. I stop, honk the horn and shout= JAY!

(In search of the Bounty hunters ship he stumbles upon the beach)
(He looks out onto the ocean)
(He remembers the spot where he and Ash had layed)
(He smiles)
(He looks down and sees tracks)

Hmm.

(He begins to follow them)
(After a while he spots someone on the ground)

Hmm.

(He gets closer)

Torres?
Oh crap.

(He lifts him up and carries him the rest of the way to the base)
(He enters the medbay and puts him there)

Back to square one

(He leaves once more)

=is about to leave when he sees draco bring in torres and he starts to get to work on him=

huh been a long time since i've seen you ur pretty banged up

(He wanders around)
(The cast restricting his movement)
(He finds a clearing)
(A ship is in it)

Hmm.

(He walks up to it)

Hey! Anyone in there!
Immer!
Anyone!

(He hears a bark)
(He sees a dog round the corner)

Hmm.

=i honk the horn again= Jay? That you? I can't see you except on the turret, and I'm not sure you want me pointing a gauss cannon at you for very long.

=Torres fainlty hears a familiar voive=

ahh why the hell am I on a bed, last thing I remeber is...

=A flashback of the HALO mission went through his mind=

Wonder how Lynn is doing.

=Torres surveys the room and sees Ashlie. A flashback of Draco sacrificing himself pops into his head=

A medbay..

=He gets off the bed walks to her=

Her leg..wonder what has been going on. Might want to find the others.

=Torres leaves the medbay and searches for the rest of the crew=

David flexed his hand, forming a fist as he watched the needles come out smoothly, then let his hand relaxed. He loved these new gloves and couldn't wait for his arm to heal. He decided to hurry back to the medbay and lay down.

He goes to lay down on his cot, groaning as he does so. After he healed he had a massive amount of training to do.

(He departs the ship)
Hmm. we will tell them later

(He goes back to the base)
Finally leavin this dump
Hopefully they can make contact

=Torres finds the cafeteria and enters it, feeling hungry he looks for food=

=She gets up and waits in till Torres has gone=
Torres..? How..? Where have you been..?

=She looks down at her leg knowing Torres saw it=
I still can't believe his still alive... I thought what I did...

=She runs her hands though her hair=
I should get out of here, find the others... And find out what the hell Torres is doing here...

=She stands up and walks to the door=
I can almost walk on this leg like its normal... I hate this thing...

=She leaves the Medbay and heads to the Messhall=

(He enters the base)
(He passes the cafeteria and spots Torres)
Crap

(He continues on)
(He spots Ash)

Hmm.

(He smiles)

=She sees Draco and smiles=
Good to see your looking better...

=Ash walks closer to him=
What happened..? With Torres? What's he doing here? Do you know anything about it?

=Torres hears a noise and looks up with a piece of a bread loaf in his mouth=

Nothing.

=He looks back down and continues to look for food=

(He hugs her)
@Ash
Yeah.
It looks like you are getting use to your leg

I found Torres near the beach.
He looked pretty banged up

(I wake up grogily)

Oh Jesus, I was out for this long?

(I yawn and and get on my gear)

(I walk around and look for anyone)

Man its like a goddamn ghost town now

(I spot a large black shape)

Don't know what it is, but it never hurts to be a little curious

(I amble in the direction of the shape)

(My eyes widen in recognition)

Jesus. That's a prowler, an ONI ship. What the hell is an ONI ship doing here?

(I walk back into the base)

A beach...? How did he even get here...?
=She looks down at her leg=
But yeah... I guess I am...

=She sighs=

(He leans on the wall)
@Ash
Oh.
Before I forget
We are getting out of here.
Everyone is.
There is a person that can help us.

What to you mean? I thought we were here to stay...

=She leans on the wall with him=

=Torres grabs some food and leaves the messhall through another entrance=

Now where are they.

(He looks at her)
@Ash
We cant stay here.
We are running low on supplies.
Food.
Water.
We need to get out of here.

=She looks away from Draco=
I know we are... But we can't just leave... I never thought it was going to be easy, but if we go now its only a matter of time before another group find us...

=She looks down at her leg=
It could be even worse next time... We can't be safe in the Unsc systems.

@Ash
Its a risk I know
We all know
But once we get there we will be safer there.

=She looks back into his eyes, confused=
Go where...?

@Ash
To his ship.
We should be anyway.

=Torres finds his way to the armory and finds a pistol=

This will work for now. Hope I don't have to use it.

=he leaves and makes his way through the labarinth of a base=

=She Takes a step back from Draco=
Who's ship..? I came her happily to help Jay, but I don't even know where were going this time..?

@Ash
His name is Emothic
Like I said.
We should be safer there.

I trust you Draco... If you say we will be safer, I believe you...

=She kisses him=
I just hope this is the right thing to do...

(He kisses her back)
(He smiles)
@Ash
I am sure we will
Come on lets get something to eat

=She nods and follows him inside the Messhall=
I have a bad feeling about all this...