Chapter 4: Exodus part 3

=The Azure Comet engages one of the UNSC ships and continues firing upon it. Blasts from the Comet's cannons begin to shred the UNSC ship, but it is only one of many. There are simply too many ships to deal with. He comms Zeru=

Dammit Zeru! Where is that ship!?

He'll be fine, physically, but, things have changed, I don't know if his mind can stand what he's bee through...

= I put him on one of the medical tables, and remove his armour, quietly and efficiently, and then strap him onto the table so that he can't move when he awakens. I get a chair and sit by his head=

if you don't mind, i'm going to ask you to leave the room, this may get.... ugly.

=She stares at him for awhile=
Hm... You seem to know your way around a set of mjolnir armour?

=She walks to the door=
I'll leave... But I'm just outside...

=She stares into his eyes=
Why does he look at me like that..?

=She leaves the room=

=i watch her leave the room, then begin to whisper into dormii's ear=

Dormii, do you remember me? It's me, Nikolaus. remember?
try and remember how we first met.....

=i start remembering meeting a man, coming and offering me food. i was hiding behind a grocery store, waiting to take someone's food. i had a small blade of glass in my hand, wrapped in tape on one end so i didn't cut myself. it was the first time someone tried to help me. the shaking gets better, slowing down and becoming less violent=

=noticing the change, continues whispering=

remember what I gave to you? remember what I said?

=i remember getting a card for credits, as many credits as i needed to get food. he told me=

Quote :

Go ahead, buy something. Completely free to you. Go ahead, they won't bite.

=i start calming down, but the dream about my team is still there, still trying to take over. i don't change=

=His fughter gets hit. The wing gets bown off and he makes a crash landing in the Comet's Hanger. He heads up to the Port Turret Command Deck and starts operating a turret=

=I see his condition remain unchanged=

try and remember, what did you buy that day?

=the dream takes over, snapping me out of the triggered coma. i try to break out of the restraints, screaming=

I'LL KILL YOU ALL, COVIES! YOU KILLED MY TEAM, BUT YOU FORGOT ME! DORMII FORTUNI IS COMING TO KILL YOU!

=I snap back in my chair=

well, shucks....

= I look around the room for a sedative, find one, and inject it into his neck=

This should keep you down,

-louder- Dormii, relax, your in a medbay, there are people you know here!

=i try to fight the sedative, failing=

YOU ARE COWARDS! FIGHT ME LIKE REAL SOLDIERS! IS A FAIR FIGHT TOO HARD FOR YOU?! I WILL KILL YOU COVENANT!

=listening to Dormii, I get an idea=

Dormii, that what they want, they want you to get emotional, to see red. thats how they'll beat you, you'll destroy yourself and those around you, the covenant are in your head! they are playing on your instability! by lashing out like this you enable them!

=Ash waits outside the medbay, she paces up and down the hall=
Was this a good idea!? I don't even know this guy but I'm leaving him with Dormii, he could be doing anything..?

=Her eyes widen, she thinks back to the first time she saw Nikolaus=
Why did he look at me like that..? Dose he know me..? If he dose maybe he knows something about my past? He could help me find them...

=She turns and sighs=
I can tell this guy knows more then he's letting on... But what..?

=The 808th ships shred the UNSC fleet with minimal effort. They head back to the Wolf. Epsilon questions how they could have found the Wolf to begin with=

=i scream, trying to bring my hands to me eyes=
STOP IT! MAKE IT STOP! NEVER AGAIN! NO! STOP!

=i scream louder=

=I place my hand between his neck and should and squeeze, he passes out, I give him another sedative to keep him down for awhile. I look at him sleeping, now with the look of serenity, that all sleeping people have. totally relaxed. I scavenge around the room for some sort of music player, I find one, find a station, preset by ONI, on loop, broadcasting from the base itself, only within it. I tune it to a classical station. and leave the room, with Dormii sleeping, peacefully, at last. for now.
I Leave the room, close the door behind me and sigh deeply=

=I look at the woman, who was still waiting=

Well, things could've gone better, but he's sleeping now, and I'll need to talk to him in the morning.....

= a moment passes=

By the way, Let me formally introduce myself to you, I am Dr. Nikolaus Oehlberg, Medical and Psychological expert.
and your name would be...?

=notices the battle ended quickly and wonders soemthing's not right there's no way that' all of the unsc fleet that initaially appeared so so he rushes the final preparations=

=She watches him leave the medical room, and listens intently=
I can't believe I didn't even tell him my name?!

=She smiles uncomfortably=
Sorry... Names Ashlie.. Ashlie Cole

=She holds out her hand to him offering a hand shake=
He's going to be okay though..? I mean Dormii, he's going to be al right..? Isn't he?

=I take her hand, a pleasure to meet you Miss Cole, and kiss her lightly on the fingers=

Dormii will be fine, he's a fighter, he'll get through this, god knows he's been through a lot, but he'll get through it.

=She blushes and pulls her hand away from Nikolaus=
No one's ever done that before...?

=She steps back from him and speaks uncomfortably=
Ugh.. Nice to meet you two...

=Her eyes move around the hall=
I can't ask him now...

=I wake up with my gun craddled in my arms=
=The Morphine has worn off so I used a fast acting Ketamine on my leg, then I realize I am out=
=I start to limp toward the medbay=
=I turn the corner to see Ash=

Hey, Ash, do we..

=I look deeper into the room to see an unfamiliar figure and naturally raise my gun to his level=

Shit! Who are you?

=notices her blush=

ah, you've never been greeted like that then?....

=noticing the man who just came around the corner=

is the standard form of greeting here always involve guns, and pointing them at people?

=Continuing to point the gun at him=

The last two people I met shot me, so I am not taking any chances...

ah, okay then, well, i'm unarmed, could you kindly lower your weapon?

=She continues to blush=
No....I haven't..

=She hers Snow call out, she turn around and sighs=
put the gun down Snow... I don't want you shooting at me again...

Fine.. but I will watch you.

=I lower the gun and reach out my hand in a formal greeting=

=I take his hand and give a good firm shake =
My names Nikolaus, and you are?

=I retract my hand and begin to reload my medical supplies=

That.. is not important.

=She sighs and crosses=
He's name is Snow... Don't let the armour fool you.... He's an idiot...

=Ash rolls her eyes=

=I turn around=

I may be an idiot, but I saved your friends lives.. maybe not the best way.. but they are alive

=I close the bag and throw it over my back and look at Nikolaus=

Just don't get to close, chances are, you won't be alive very long.

=She stares back into his eyes=
Sorry Snow... I know you try your best... But really? You almost killed me

=I look at her jokingly=

Well, you shouldn't have been standing in front of my bullet.

=I chuckle a bit and flip the gun on safety=

=Her eyes twitch as she talks under her breath=
I wasn't... I'm just glad you can't aim..

=I hear a faint whisper=

What was that?

=I let the rifle droop down my body with the single point sling=

=She slightly turns her head in his direction=
You and I both know you don't want to do that...

=I stand there silently, watching the two quarrel, Snow, a medic, an ODST medic, well, if he's here, that would be ex-ODST. They seem to have spent a lot of time together, he must not be a very good medic.=

did you hear something?

=Ash turns back to Nikolaus, her arms still folded=
Hear something..? No, why?

=I ignore Nikolaus=

Do what? I am not doing anything!

=I step a bit closer=

= I look intently at Snow=

=Ash pushes Snow away from her causing him to stumble back=
Shhh!

=She silences Snow=
Nikolaus Said he heard something...

=I regain my footing=

I don't give a shit what..

=I hear a noise=

What.. was that?

I have no idea... But I have to check on Draco

=She smiles and nods at Snow and Nikolaus=
It was nice to meet you...

=She heads back to her room=
I just hope he sticks around... If he knows me... He could know them.. And help me find them...

=I watch Ash leave the room and I look back to Nikolaus=
=I say nothing and flip my gun off safety=

= I look at him, look at his gun, and chuckle. but say nothing=

=I watch him and begin to walk out of the room=

You are lucky I just don't kill you now, save you some time.

=I remain silent, but raise an eyebrow at his comment=

=I turn my head and walk outside into the courtyard and stare out into the mountains and trees=

=having been left alone, i go back into the Med-room, and sit next to Dormii's sleeping form and watch him. and slowly begin to drift off into a slumber=

David hears some screaming, several times in fact, "i'm going to check it out..." He walks off to see what it was, but mainly to get away from the Covvies. He never really liked them anyways, and the Alliance would be strange for him.

He arrived just in time to see Ash and Snow leaving, and decided to walk into the medbay. He saw a restrained Dormii and someone he couldn't recognize, but had an eerily familiar stature among him, sleeping. He felt Dormii's pulse on a spot on his neck --normal.