A Survivors Spirit

[Ashley Grey]

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"Cal, help me get to one of the tables there. I need to rest." Shaking due to her weak and hurt body she waited for Caledon to help her out. Together they moved to one of the tables while they heard the agent saying somethings. "I suppose your name is Cal. Go help your sister Cal, there are first aid supplies in on of the lockers. I doubt she's going to pull through this with out them." Caledon turned his head around, searching for said locker. As soon as they reached the table, Ashley climbed on top of it and laid down. "I'll get you these supplies. Stay right here." With a slightly weakened tread. Caledon moved towards the locker, constantly turning towards his sister. As soon as he reached the locker he grabbed all supplies he could. Painkillers, bandages and the likes. "There is plenty of stuff in here. Should be enough to take care of both our wounds." "That's a *cough* relief."

As soon as Caledon reached the table again, he started to bandage Ashley's wounds, stabilizing her broken arm and giving her some painkillers. Ashley started to smile, probably a side effect of the painkillers that started to kick in. "Thank you Cal. I feel way better now. Still, I'm not able to patch you up, I'm still weakened. Now, what do you think is going to happen to us?" "Well Ash, we're trapped in a ship that doesn't exist, by a man who claims to be LSF. I've been thinking." Scratching his head he turned towards the closed door. "And why do you think so?" "Those Xenos gave up pretty quickly when they saw us headed for the cloud. One of them had us in his sights and just broke off. I think theres more going on out here than we thought." "I suppose you're right something is fishy about the whole situation. I hope we get through this." "Yeah, we'll get through this together, we're a team after all." "You're always the optimist. Now, how about we try to find a way..."Before Ashley was able to finish they heard a familiar voice again."Out of here? That won't happen, I'm sorry. We can't let you go, not yet. First I'd like to know a bit more about you two. You do have a name Miss and your brother might have a full name too." From the cracking noise in the background both of them knew they're being watched. Watched like prisoners in a cell, talked to via a speaker.

"We do have names. Though I'm not sure I want to tell you my name." "Ash, I take it, why are you hostile towards me? Have I ever done harm to you or your brother? So what's the reason you refuse to talk? We want to know our guests." "We're trapped in a medbay. And all of the sudden we're now your 'guests'? But fine. Ashley and Caledon Grey, officers of the Liberty Police. " "See, wasn't that hard was it? And yes, you are 'trapped' in a medbay. But let me explain why you are 'trapped' in here. But first guess why." "Secret operations, unkwon location, you can't let us go with the stuff we saw and so on. Right? I think that nailed it. Now can you tell us more, I suppose we have to keep our mouths shut nonetheless." Seemingly angered Ashley responded to the man behind the speaker. "Smart girl. *chuckles* I already had thought you know what's happening. But still, I won't tell you more. At least not more than you already know. So, we're here monitoring that cloud and keeping an eye out for Kusari. With the civil war and the Gallics in Kusari it is vital that we know what happens there. And here's the problem with you two. How do we know you don't work for the Kusarians? Or even for the Gallics. I think you know we can't take this risk." "Hmpf. I understand. And how long are we supposed to be in here? ""Until I get a hand from one of my colleagues. We'll bring you to quarters for further questions. I hope that will lower your tense attitude. One more thing, the more willing you are to cooperate, the faster we're done and you can return to your normal life." A loud click indicates that the speakers are turned of. Both of them realized that they had to wait until the colleague arrives. After a quick look around, Caledon went to the table right next to his sister and made himself comfortable. Both of them knew they had to wait quite a while and eventually Ashley fell asleep while she rested on top of the table.

Getting woken by the sound of an unlocking door, Ashley rose up and looked towards the door. Two men, armed, entered the room and grabbed both of them, forcing them out of the room. As soon as they left the room they marched through the silent corridors not talking at all. The humming one can hear had a calming touch and helped Ashley not to freak out in this situation. She always liked to hear the humming when she walked through bigger ships. Suddenly the four stopped in front of a door. "Here we are. This should be more comfortable than the medbay. Rest, we continue tomorrow. I suspected you are hungry so I had some food prepared for you." As soon as the door opened they were pushed into the room. It was a small room with a window and two beds. On a table in the center of the room stood a fresh meal as well as something to drink. After the two tired siblings ate without they went to bed, listening to the humming of the ship. Caledon seemed to have fallen asleep rather quickly this time whereas Ashley looked outside the window, following the floating rocks with her eyes. Suddenly she saw a single ship while passing by. Seemed it headed for the docking bay. Though the ship was not the standard Libertonian model, it was a civilian ship. Without paying much attention to the ship Ashley laid down and fell asleep too.

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