Chapter 4: Exodus part 3

=I turn to Ash=

I beg your pardon Miss Cole?

=realizes his outward comms are offline and that the unsc fleet is hidden and not moving to so he takes a transoprt and lands and heads to the spirit=

that wold be?

=He looks at a moniter at the base. A fleet of 808th ships are coming in after a recent battle on Korino-Sekai, Disquised as UNSC ships. He walks around the base and continues his business=

(Ill be in and out for a few days, so i cant really do much)

Why does he have to call me Miss..? Snap out of it Ash, he's trying to change the subject... He's a psychologist, he knows how to get in your head...

=She stares at him, trying not to seem nervous=
You heard me.. Don't lie... You know more about this then your letting on..

=I see Dormii about to enter a barracks and I decide to take a shot at him=

=He sits on the couch in front of a small table and offers Zeru a chair across from him.

Voutan- Chess. The game of kings. A good practice of stratagy. Care to play?

=I look at snow, that move in, grab his hand and twist it so that the gun falls to the ground, and that swipe his feet out from underneath him before he pulled the trigger.=

Don't.

=They begin to play=

=i hear sounds of combat, i turn towards where it came from. i grab the staff and start walking back towards the source. i spin the staff over my head before holding it against my back, flail down, spear tip up. Murder is in my eyes=

=I punch Nikolaus and take my weapon back=
=I duck behind the sandbags and take a couple of shots at Dormii=

=after an unspecified amount of time=

checkmate

=Ash spots Dormii rushing over, she looks to Snow=
You idiot! Why the hell did you do that!?

=She kicks him out behind the sandbag, and takes his weapon=
What is you problem!?

(before Ash stops Snow)
=i ignore the shots as they fly at me, and I keep walking forward. something, or somethings hit me, but i keep going=

(afterward)
=i increase my speed slightly, the flail jingling on the ground=

=I draw my pistol and fire 2 shots in Ash's leg and return to a crouched position, firing shots at critical points of Dormii=

=I Pick up Snow and fling him over my should like a sack of potatoes and begin walking to Dormii=

=I take my knife from my belt and stab Nikolaus in the leg and retreat to the motor pool=

=Ash screams in pain as she falls to the floor=
You..!? You shoot me?! You....

=She grabs her leg=
Oh god! not again!?

=i run after Snow after he escapes Nikolaus. i kick the door in right after he closes it=

Voutan- You're good at this. Not many still even know how to play chess, Let alone be good at it.
=He chuckles=
Well, im going to head into town and explore a bit. Care to join me?
=He walks off and heads into town=

=Tears run down Ash's face as blood starts to pour out her leg=
Argh... Someone? Please..?

nah i'm gonna look around on my own for a while

=secretly heads back to the trophaeum without being detected=

=I roll a grenade under Dormii's feet and after it explodes I fire a shot center mass=

ahhhggggg!

=I turn around and see that Snow has already made it inside, then i rush over to Ashlie Cole to take a look at her leg=

Miss Cole, you've been shot. I need you to straighten out your leg so that i can examine it. but to be honest with you, It looks like the damage will be.......... not as bad as you think it is.

=I tear off my shirt and make a tourniquet to slow the bleeding, then I pick her up and begin walking back to base to the field-hospital=

=i knocked the grenade outside, but the shot still hit me. i ignore it, and run forward and smash Snow in the leg with the flail=

=She grits her teeth in pain as Nikolaus wraps the wound=
Oh god! It hurts so much!

=She looks up at Nikolaus=
... thank you... This isn't the first time this has happened...

=She looks down to her prosthetic=
This is so embarrassing....

= a grenade explodes just outside the door, I decide that following Dormii and snow would be a bad idea, I stop and think for a moment=

=I feel a slight pain because of the sedatives in my leg=

=I limp behind a Warthog and fire 3 shots toward him=

=He heads back to the Comet and sees that all the necessary repairs and upgrades have been made. He gathers his crew and his forces and Comms Voutan and Zeru=

This is Epsilon. Please return to the ship. We have somewhere to go.

=He comms back=

Voutan- Im on my way.

=He heads back to the Comet and awaits takeoff=

=more bullets hit, but i ignore them as much as i can. i start feeling slightly cold. i hit Snow in the side of the chest with the flail, knocking him over=

=I look down at her and smile=

ha, i bet it does, what happened to your other leg?

=I begin walking around to another entrance into the base=

=arrives at the comet as requested but keeps the trophaeum hidden from detection=

ok where to

=Her eyes darken=
I was shoot... It was sniped off.. I don't really remember... I can just see the pain... It was so dark, so cold..

=She avoids eye contact=
I'm such an idiot... I thought I could trust Snow...

=The ship fires up and undocks from the Obsidian Wolf. It closes all its doors and makes the jump to slipspace=

=He feels the Comet jump to slipspace. He turns to Zeru=

Voutan- What the fuck? Where are we going?

=i pick up the now unconscious Snow and carry him back into the base, specifically, the Medbay. i run my knife along his eyebrow=

Blood for my blindness

=i leave and go look for the others=

=noticing her reaction=

ah, it must be a, uh, painful memory then, forget i asked. sorry, but this is a random question, are your parents alive?

=I stop in front of a secret entrances into the base, the Black Hand print still visible, despite all these years of wear and isolation=

=I awake from unconsiousness to which seems like seconds=

=I immediately retreive my DMR from the one point sling=

=She shakes her head in shock=
What..? Why..? Why would you ask that..?

=She stares into his eyes=
What does he know..?

=The Comet comes out of Slipspace over a small jungle planet=

Here we are. Chi Ceti IV

=The Comet goes down and hovers above the compund there=

There. Now you can be home, and i dont have to worry about the ship shitting out and crashing.

Voutan- Are you serious right now?

=He heads into the Spirit and heads down to the Compound. He lands in the courtyard where he had been before=

=I look at her seeing unspoken questions in her eyes,I looks at the Black Hand Insignia, and place my hand on it, it registers, and a secret door opens up to an elevator=

Sorry, curiosity has always be the bane of my conversations with others. you remind me of someone, thats all.

=I step into the elevator and key in a code, we begin to move down, at a 45 degree angle=

=heads down as well and lands besides V's ship=

aah i missed this place

=The Umbrae Umbrorum senses a slipspace rupture and goes stealth.=

=I get up and point my rifle cautiously out of the door=

-to snow- shoot me and u'll regret it snow

=Her eyes intensify, she’s to focused on Nikolaus to care about what’s going on and where she’s being taken=
Who!? Who do I remind you of..?! Please tell me!

=Voutan heads out of the Spirit and into the courtyard. He takes a breath on the foggy jungle air and smiles. He decides to have a walk around=