Chapter 4: Exodus

(He stands)
@Ash
I know we cant.
Never did.

(He loses his thoughts)
Lets find her

=She puts her hand on his shoulder=
Wait...

=She speaks softly=
Why were you crying..?

(He looks away)
@Ash
It doesnt matter.

(He looks back at her)
Cmon
Lets find Jay.

(He forces a reassuring smile)

Draco... Please don't lie to me...

=She pulls him towards he and hugs him=
I just want to help...

=Voutan is in the Rec Room of the Solun Spirit training with his energy sword. After a few "Kills" he heads back to the compound=

@Ash
I thought.
I hate when I begin to think.
I think of everything that has happened.
I thought of my squad.
They did not deserve what I did to them.
Grace did not deserve what happened to her.

(He kisses her)
Cmon

=to Delta= Am I to understand that you are the same Delta who has a planet-cracker type bomb, and shot the hell out of my friend, Draco?

=i ball my fists=

=He notices the tone of his voice and the rage in his eyes=

Yes, my ship has the Schism Bomb that is primed to fire. My men are working on it now. As for your freind, I quite frankly dont know. I was hoping you would be able to tell me where the hell exactly i am.

No one deserves war... And what happened to Grace was horrible, but it wasn't you fault! There is nothing you could of done to change what happened...

=She kisses him=
Its easy to hide in the pain... I've done it for so long, but you can't! It brings nothing but more pain... We could find them? If that makes it better? We could find them and tell them..?

You are on the planet of Chi Cheti IV. You are in an abandoned Spartan Training Complex.

As for my second question, we were on the Quantum of Solace. I was told that a man by the name of Delta shot an entire pistol magazine into his stomach area, damn near killing him. Was. That. You.

It is not impossible. I was recently in the destruction of a massive ship. My body was just barely recovered. As for my mind, A few chunks of memory are still missing.

(I hear the comms)

Good, transport out of this rat hole.

(I make my way to vehicle bay)

Mongoose, perfect

(I rev up the Mongoose and head off to the ship)

This guy better be worth the trip

(He looks down)
@Ash
I dont know.
I dont........want to talk about it anymore.

(He looks back up his eyes dark, defeated)

Cmon. lets go. We need to find Jay.

=heads outside to get ready for emothic to arrive and sees domrii and delta talking=

he acted in self defense dormii

=i calm down, slightly= Okay, sorry. I never met the bastard, so I was just curious. By the way, how did you get here?

=to Zeru= Self-defense does not mean killing.

My ship crashed here. I was recently in a massive battle over a planet. My ship was badly damaged, so we had to make a blind jump and ended up here. We had a bomb on board, ready to fire, But we never got the chance to fire it. Since most of our power is out, we also cant disarm it, so we now need to do that manually. My men are working on it now.

=She sighs=
I'm right behind you...

=She grabs her weapon and heads with Draco for the Worthog=
Please... Don't fall away...

=to Delta= You would end the lives of millions without even knowing their names? Their faces? Why? Because someone somewhere told you to?

(They hop into the hog)
(He sends out comms to everyone)

=to all=
Ash and I are going to search for Jay in the Warthog
Try not to leave without us.

(They peel off)

So that i could save the lives of countless more of my own people.

=comm to Draco= Understood. Be careful. Deis ducente non dividendae.


=to Delta= What planet was it? A primitive tribal planet? A Covenant held planet? Maybe a surviving UNSC stronghold?

The planet of the people that have been trying for years to Eradicate my race.

Tell me where, dammit!

We better move fast we don't know what could of happened to her...

=She looks over at Draco=
Do you want me to drive...? You look tiered?

=He takes of his helmet, revealing his scarred face and large wound on the side of his head=

Im sorry. I hit my head rather hard in the crash. I cant quite remember.

=i sigh= Okay, that's unimportant right now. Zeru? Want to treat him? I would, but I got some blood losing to do and some manufacturing to do.

(He begins to drift off)
(He snaps awake)
(He stops)

@Ash
That would be a good idea

(They switch sides)

I would suggest you not do that. Nearly all human medicines are Toxic to me.

=She starts the engine=
You don't have to come Draco... You can go back, talk with the others?

=i get up and walk with Zeru and Delta= By they way, Zeru. You never told me what kind of weapon you wanted. Or was that the arma like mine?

=Voutan is in the Rec Room of the Solun Spirit, Training with his energy sword. After a few good "Kills" he heads down to the Cargo bay. He notices a few peices of MJOLNIR are missing, asside from the ones taken by David. He is suspicious. He heads outside and sees Zeru and Dormii walking with a new person. He waves=

Voutan- Ho there, Dormii! How goes things?

(His eyes flitter)
@Ash
I'm okay

(He snaps awake again)
(He takes out his Angel Maker)
(Flips on the thermal)
(He begins looking out in the area)

=i turn around and see Vout= Hey! How's things?

If your sure...

=She begins driving, the Warthog kicks up dirt as they speed away=
I hope you don't push yourself...

=While walking with Dormii and Zeru, Delta recieves a Status Report from the Azure Comet over the Comms in his helmet.

[AC] Sir, We have some bad news.

[Delta] Go ahead.

[AC] We are making progress with the Ship, but most of the systems in the lower half are still offline.

[Delta] Go on.

[AC] ...Including the Brig.

[Delta] Motherfuck... Okay. What is the ETA on that transport?

[AC] 20 Minutes.

[Delta] Good enough.
=To Dormii and Zeru= I have bad news. =He tells them of the situation=

(He continues scanning as she drives)
@Ash
Im not picking anything up

(He focuses on the mountain)

Perhaps up there

(He zooms in)

Where was she going...?

=She turns on her comms=
Jay..? Are you out there...? Anyone...?

=Ash looks at Draco=
I hope nothings happened to her...

=I see a figure walking away from a large hill and run into the forest and I get in cautious range=

Jay..?

=I point my weapon in the direction of the person, but keeping it lowered=

=He gets out of the ship and catches up with Dormii and the new guy. He overhears something about a bomb and a ship=

Voutan- So, whatcha talkin about?

(He looks over at Ash)
@Ash
Dont worry
Its Jay we are talking about.
Magnet for trouble, but always seems to find a way out

(He looks through the scope this time focusing on the ground again)

I'm sure she is...

=The Warthog swerves past the debris blown up by the storm, she looks at the Jungle not to far away from them=
She might of taken shelter from the storm in the Jungle...?

=Ash looks around=
It would take forever to search for her in there... Maybe we could signal her?

(shortly after crashing while in the azure comet brig) *ugh* jeez that was a fun landing... wait, the lights aren't working, that must mean the power is offline. (wandering in dark, eventually seeing sparks where the door is) maybe i can force the door open...

@Ash
Good idea
These things should have flare guns in them

(He begins searching)

=I follow and alert the person=

Jay!!

=The figure turns around and draws a plasma rifle=

Who the fuck are you!?

=Ash slows the Warthog down=
We should find some high ground... Make sure she can see us...

=Her eyes scan the mountains=