Chapter 4: Exodus

=Ash watches Draco's tank slowly drain=
I'm here...

=She presses he hand to the glass=

=the tank drains completely and then opens up the mask pop off=

there we go how u feeling hotshot

=I fall asleep, questions still racing in my mind=

(He breathes lightly)
(Slowly growing back to normal)
(He falls into Ash's arms)
@Ash
Im sorry

=She hold him in her hands=
I have you... Don't worry..

=She smiles=
Its going to be fine...

=She pulls him closer to her and kisses him=
I'm never going to lose you...

(He kisses her)
@Ash
I will never leave you.

(He hugs her tighter)

=She lies him down on a medical table, she holds his hand=
What happened...? Why were you gone so long...

=She punches his arm lightly=
You could of died?! What where you thinking!?!

@Ash
I thought.
That is it.
I thought.
I dont remember a thing after I went to the beach.

(He looks at her)

Why were you on the beach? You were supposed to be looking for Jay..?

=She moves her hand down his face smiling=
Why didn't you come get me..?

(He closes his eyes)
(He opens them)
(Shame)
@Ash
I should have.
I should have.
I dont understand why I didnt.

Don't worry... The only thing that matters know is that your with me..

=Tears begin to form in her eyes=
Just don't ever do that again...! You promised you wouldn't...

(He raises his hand and wipes the tears from her cheek)
@Ash
I broke my promise.
That is something I never do.
Im sorry

(He sits up and hugs her

so sorry

=She hugs him back stopping him from lying back down=
Please... I don't know what I would do if you got hurt...

@Ash
I...........I dont know what to say.

(He holds her tighter)

I will never leave you.
I can never leave you.

(He lays back down)

=She looks at Zeru=
Can't I wait here with him?

=Her hand still holding Draco's=

(Before going to sleep, he sqeezes her hand)
(He does not dream)

=She smiles and strokes Draco's face=
I'll be here... I promise...

I wont run away from you..

try and get some sleep as well knowing us tommorrow'll be busy

=with that he heads back to his room and goes to sleep=

=She ignores Zeru's comment and watches Draco sleep=
I said I would be here...

=She holds his hand tighter=
What happened..? You must know.. Why aren't you telling me..?

"Sorry Marcus...I was a little pre-occupied." David looked around and decided to use his weight to roll the chair over to the door, using the door as a brace. He then got up, limping over to the ship. He injected himself with bio-foam just to be safe, and went to the cafeterai to get a bagel, not even bothering to grab a condiment, just eating it bare.

=Voutan emerges from his ship. He runs over to the compound to avoid the rain. He begins roaming the halls, and sees noone. He heads down to medical and finds Draco and Ash=

Voutan- Well hello there. I came looking for someone because im missing a few peices of important cargo from my ship. Did you by chance see anyone head into my ship?

=She looks up at Voutan=
Yeah I did... I took a set of armour, I thought it was the lest you could do..

=She turns back to Draco=

Voutan- Ah. See, heres the thing on that. I wouldn't have minded had you told me...So i could have made the nececary...Adjustments...

..See, ONI was tracking the shipment, especially the MJOLNIR. When David asked me for a set, and he picked out the armor, i removed the tracking devices from it...

...But now ONI knows the shipment was opened and/or stolen, and i didn't send them a verification that i myself had opened it.

=He looks at her in a rather regretful way=

Can't you just call them or something..? I didn't know anything about that... I had to get a set quick, we were looking for a friend that ran off after the batter withyou

=She stands up letting go of Draco's hand=

Voutan- It's been too long since the cargo has been tampered with. They will already know.

Voutan- My guess is that they will be here within the next day or so. One of the sets of armor in the cargo was a highly expirimental set, and very high priority. ONI will no doubt want it back. However, i know of a place that you could hide for now. ONI will never be able to find you there, and if they do...

Well lets just say the locals aren't to fond of the UNSC.

Dam it! What where you carrying?!

=She begins to pace around the room=
All right... we have time.. We can get out of here.. Dam it! I'm such an idiot! It never even crossed my mind!

=She stops and looks back at Draco=
I lead them right to us!

Voutan- Like i said. I have a place where you can hide out for as long as you need to. nobody will find you there.

=wakes up and heads back to the med bay hearing the convo=

and what happens if they demand to see the bodies

David hears some yelling outside, limping out and leaning on the wall, bagel in-hand, "What's going on?" He's currently wearing his armor, his helmet under his arm. (Forgot to mention that, sorry. >_>)

=To Zeru=

Voutan- Well, if we decide to head off to this hideout, that wont be a problem, now will it?

You don't get it do you?! The Hellsing's are here... I don't know what would happen if Oni found them, I don't even know where the team is! What if we can't find them!

=She bury's he head in her hands=
Why!? Dam it! I've got to find the others!

=She runs off=

David blinks, confusedly, "Can someone explain?"

uh that makes no sence cause oni will say take us to them or come up with several other problematic idea now if u don't mind i need to head to the trophaeum to get ready and if we don't get the hellsings to get them to back off i will have no choice but to blow them and there escorts out of orbit

=he and syaa head to the trophaeum and prep for the oni offcials to show up=

Voutan- Dammit!

=He runs off back to the Solun Spirit and heads to the bridge to find Immer=

Voutan- Immer. Get on comms with ONI. Tell them we had an accident on the ship and some of the cargo got messed up. Tell them its nothing to be concerned about, and we have it under control.

Immer- Okay
=She gets on Comms with ONI=
This is Immer Reist to ONI, repond.

ONI- We read you.

Immer- We had an accident on the ship. Some of the cargo got a little messed up, but its nothing to be concerned about. It may have tripped the sensors, but we have it under control. Just a little thunderstrom is all. We should be back on track with the delivery within the hour.

ONI- Good. Is there anything you need?

Immer- No, we have everything we need right now.

ONI- Let us know if you need assistance.

Immer- By the way, would you happen to know the soonest UNSC ship arrivals in our secotr?

ONI- There is only one ship that will be passing by your sector. It will be there in about 56 hours.

Immer- Thank you. SHI out.
=She ends comms with ONI=

=Voutan heads to the cargo bay to disable the trackers on all the other cargo. after he does so, he heads back to the compound to find Ash. He looks around but can't find her=

Voutan- Dammit.

=He decides to wait for her to return=

=I open my eyes from a nap and nearly falling back in the office chair=

=I tend to Draco=

=I wake up, Jay still asleep. I get up, careful not to disturb her, and write a note saying where I will be. I kiss her lightly on her forehead and leave, heading for the cafeteria. I get there and grab something to eat, I didn't look=

Okay, so, my favorite song leads me to my worst nightmare. Does that mean that I was that person? That I did burn an entire continent? If so, then why am I staying here? I can hurt the others, hurt Jay. I don't want to do that. I don't want to be that. I need to talk to Jay, maybe she'll know what to do

=I make my way back to the room and change the note. it reads that i am in the rec room. i head there and start exercising=

David finishes his bagel, leaning on the wall and nursing his shoulder with his good arm, grumbling inaudibly to himself as he does so.

=i realize that i am about to break another punching bag, so i switch to the speed bag. i end up breaking that instead. i set up another one, throwing the broken one in the trash. i leave and go back to my room, Jay still asleep. I climb into bed next to her, throw the note away, give her another light kiss, and fall asleep=

If only you would talk to me, I would know what to do. Well, know what is the better thing to do.

=Its morning,Torres wakes up=

Rise and shine.

=Torres gets some workout clothes out, preparing for a jog=

Hey Tiberus keep me updated.

=Torres heads out of the ship onto the planet and start to jog=

What am I going to do!?

=She runs around the base franticly looking for the others=
Dam... What will they say... Its all my fault..

=She stops her heart racing=
I'm such a fricking idiot!

(My thoughts start to race at the mention of ONI)

Dammit, dammit, dammit. This isn't good.

(I put on my helmet and go to the base workshop)

Please have black, please have black paint.

(I spy some black paint)

Perfect, just what I needed

(I strip off the armor plates and start to repaint them)

Last thing I want is for ONI to find a deserter like me

=i wake up, again. Jay is still asleep. I want to stay here, with her, but I need to clear my head, go run around or something. Although I do want to stay here, planet-wise with her, if she wants. i get up again, and put on some light clothes= If it rains, then I'll deal with it. Until then, just something to wear

=i head out of the base and start running around the perimeter=

=I stop and chill down by the nearby lake=

=i run and find a small lake, i can barely hear my music from the DLRO. i see a figure nearby, it looks like Torres=

Torres, that you?

=I look up=

Looks like it might rain.

=I turn around and head to the mountain for a hike=