A story that Disco made...

[dexben]

// I feel after being away for so long and finally coming back that the "hidden" side of Anna's story needs to be told. Many people know (and some love) anna but don't quiet know just what has been going on with this crazy girl. So i shall attempt to put the record straight and tell her more secret side. I would ask you please keep an open mind and remember anna is young and takes things and people at face value.

Chapter 1a: Its life jim .. but not as we know it..

Anna sits in her room on the hood her mind racing with thoughts .. aliens .. what the hell is going on .. nobody ever told her these things existed nobody told her life other than humans lived so close to her home.. She closes her eyes remembering the encounter in chester .. the floating city in newcastle, How could this be covered up .. why was this being covered up and who was covering this up.. She needed to learn more and not from some stuffy IAB officer who refused to tell her anything and made her curiosity peak even more. Finally unable to gather any more information from her recollections of the events she sleeps ..

Weeks pass the usuall routines of IMG work, Escorts, guard duties and the odd tussle with the Mollys go by as normal. Anna is practicing on the race track by the hood, nothing spectacular about that she often uses her spare time to sharpen her flying skills on the track, When *ping* contact 14 clicks unknown contact. Anna slams the sabre into a halt and scans the surrounding space for the telltale comtrail. No trails to be found but a feint glimmer in the distance catches her eye ."ahh there you are .. lets see who we have here then." deftly she flips the cruise drive on and heads for the craft 12k 10k 9k, anna scans the vessel .. no transponder signal .. no data ..

5k 4k, Closer now she can just make out a small blue shape in the distance "oh my god! its one of those" she stops the craft in a heartbeat locking target and charging the weapons.. *** (fear/pain) 'ours' hurt ~help us~ *** ... shaking her head and blinking heavily anna struggles to understand the voice in her head.. IN HER HEAD the thought hits her like a laser bolt she cant help but mutter "what the hell are you.. how are you in my head" *** (fear) not .. 'ours' speak 'yours' mind .. it is our way***

The voice in her head is calm almost like a song with a undertone of feeling .. anna moves closer carefully wary to stay to the side of the .. creature ?. She sees the reason for the aliens distress. It is trapped, caught fast by cables from the wreckage of a ship, the cable is dug deep into the creatures side, It is plain to see it has been struggling to free itself for some time .. but the struggle has only ensnared it further. *** (curiosity) 'ours' observe ~broken~ metal shell.. stuck (pain/exhaustion) 'yours' help ~this light~ free (?) ***

Anna does't think about the fact this is an alien .. that everyone she has met has been fearful of these creatures or the warnings she has been given about there nature. She sees a life in distress someone needing her help and anna being anna..... "just hold still little one .. this wont take a minute" She scans the wreck identifying the tethering point on the ship and powering her turret laser down to 5% sends a weak bolt into the tangled cable. *ping* like a rubber band stretched to its limit the cable snaps free of the wreckage.. the alien darts away rolling and twisting freeing itself from the now limp cable.

*** (warmth) freedom (!) .. 'ours' swim ~this light~ (exctasy) .. 'anna-named' help 'anna-named' save *** came the melodic words and feelings as the little blue morph zipped and darted about as if swimming for the first time. Anna smiles, delight on her face as she sees and feels the obvious pleasure in being freed the creature has. The morph stops abruptly and turns to the ship *** (interest) 'anna-named' free 'ours' (curiosity) reason (?) *** Anna smiles wide "Because you needed help... I couldn't just leave you there now could i". *** others 'dark minded ones' (ignore).. ~spitfire~ 'ours' *** Anna shakes her head, not in pain but in concentration as she tries to understand the message "wait wait i . .i don't understand. Who are the dark minded ones ones, and what is spitfire ?. Bobbing about in front of the cockpit the little morph sends another message.
*** 'yours' ~dark minded ones~ .. 'anna-named' ~dark minded one~ .. ~spitfire~ { a picture forms in annas head. It is a simple picture of anna's sabre shooting the nomad } *** Her eyes widen in understanding "Oh! i get it, thats because they are scared of you, From what i hear you blue aliens kill people, heck you even shot at me in chester!". Calm and cool the words form *** ~chester-named~ home 'ours' defend 'anna-named' trespass ~temple~ .. 'ours' ~human-kin~ cleanse.. remove ***

Realization hits anna like a shockwave "I...i.. was the one in the wrong .. not your friends they was just doing what we all do .. defending our homes.." She feels sad knowing she had accused them and in her mind thought of them as monsters.. "Oh small i'm sorry i didn't know". The little morph seemingly happy with itself for making anna understand continues *** 'yours' ~spitfire~ kin (anger) ... 'ours' ~spitfire~ metal shells .. same ***

The words are forming easier in annas head as she tries to decipher the message "i understand hunny.. we shoot you, you shoot us.. perhaps were not so different after all." Anna's com unit splutters into life "Anna .. you have fallen off short range scans.. having problems miss ?" The pair have drifted far below the battleship by now and anna is glad of that. "No no i thought i saw something below the track. Must have caught a refelection off this old wreck down here, all is well johnson thank you." She has seen enough of the IAB and there strongarm tactics to understand knowledge of this meeting would not be a good thing. "small i have to go, they are expecting me. Do you feel well enough to return home ?" The morph flashes back a message *** 'ours' well ~this light~ bright (pain) small .. 'ours' seek rest *** Smiling anna waves "Okay hunny, you take care now ok" She spins the craft in place lines up with the hood and engages the cruise engines *** { a picture bright and dazzling enters her head it is off a little girl smiling and waving } *** she cant help but look back, but the little blue alien is already out of sight ...

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I have many enemies in the dark. So i stand in the light so i can see them..

Anna's ongoing 95%(ish) true ingame story.