Her pod drifted aimlessly, oxygen was draining fast through a hull breach. The last thing she saw was a bright flash before the darkness closed in around her. It was so dark... and cold... time to let go.
"You were always weak, a scared little girl in an officers uniform" A voice came from the darkness but whos?
"You got the Ontario destroyed and the ThunderBay... you are a disgrace, its just a shame I couldn't be the one to kill you" She recognized the voice, it was Decker.
"James? how can you be here?"
"I'm not.. but I don't expect you to understand, I have evolved far past anything you can comprehend"
"I did what I had to do to protect those under me...."
" No this is only the beginning, you've done nothing but throw away your pathetic life..."
His voice faded... it was dark and quiet now... she felt herself slipping away...
*Thunk*
"Over here! she's still alive!" a faint voice came from somewhere near, then nothing.
*Awhile Later*
Her eyes slowly opened. There was a faint light, but it was still dark. She slowly stood and brought her hand up to her forehead. The wound had been patched up, but her head still ached.. badly. She scanned her surroundings.. she was in a very small room. There was one door, with a bit of light shining through from the cracks. There was no bunk, just an empty room.
She turned to the door and inspected it closely, heavy steel, no handles on the inside... this was a prison of some sort. Where was she? who had rescued her? and then imprisoned her?
*click* The door creaked open, she stepped back and covered her eyes to let them adjust to the light flooding in, 3 dark figures stood in the light. Two wore navy uniforms, the third wore a suit.
"Ah Admiral Porter, so nice of you to wake up right on time... oh and don't think of escaping or anything... Gus here can be rather mean.." the man in the suit said with a chuckle.
"Now there is quite a bit we'd love to discuss with you" he stepped into the room, she instinctively stepped back a little
"Oh come now Jessica, can I call you Jessica? I won't harm you unless absolutely necessary"
"Just who are you?" she demanded
"We are... well a special branch of your former government I'd say..." he pulled out a recorder "Now tell us everything about your associations with the Order"
"I won't tell you anything" she protested
"Well thats a shame.. a damn shame.. I'd hate to harm a nice specimen such as yourself... ah well.. lets get started" He stepped forward and took a needle out of his pocket " Guards, please restrain her"
She tried to fight them, but they overpowered her, the needle didn't hurt going in, but it was apparent what their goals were, they'd torture her for information, but she'd resist...
Iâll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because itâs flag that I love
And a flag that I trust
She sat in a dark corner, her knees pulled up to her chin. She had many new bruises, and her lower lip was bloody. Her uniform was torn and blood soaked.
They had tried many ways to get information out of here, all failed. The pain from their last session was still there. She cautiously felt around the area of pain, 2.. maybe 3 broken ribs. Her head was still pounding and she found it hard to remain awake, but she needed to stay on guard..
How much time had passed? hours, days? there was no way to tell, she'd lost all track of time. Her cell remained dark, and her hosts only came at random times.
*clank* her cell door opened
"Well, are you ready for another round?" The man in the suit asked casually
"Who are you? you aren't LSF.. that much I know" She asked defiantly
"Well, since you will be dead shortly anyways...." He stepped forward, his eyes glowed " We are... comrades of your Captain Decker..."
"What? Decker?"
"Yes.. he had wanted you infested and released.. but it would seem your new Order friends did something to prevent it... I want to know what" he pulled out a knife
"I won't tell you anything, you'll have to kill me"
He sighed... " yes I assumed as much.. maybe if we find your good friend Jim, you'd be more cooperative, I'm sure he has alot to say as well"
"You... I'll kill you!" she jumped up and lunged for the man's throat but he reacted before she could reach him, and plunged his knife into her chest.
"Now now.. that's not very nice... " he pushed her back to the floor before turning to leave " We'll be back shortly.."
She put her hand to the wound, applying pressure, fighting to remain awake. Though.. maybe it was time to let go... how much more could she take? "I'm sorry Jim" she whispered, as she closed her eyes.
Iâll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because itâs flag that I love
And a flag that I trust
John's escape pod launched from the ThunderBay just as a volley of fire hit the ship. His pod was packed full of crew members, among them was Sharon the ship's CMO. She was busy tending to a wounded ensign, and he was busy piloting the pod away from the battle.
Through his window he watched as the ThunderBay sped towards the Nomad battleship when all of a sudden an explosion rocked the ship, destroying one of its engines. With the lack of control the ship began a slow turn, narrowly avoiding the nomad battleship.
The ThunderBay's core pulsed, the overload near critical when an overlooked safety feature activated. The ship automatically engaged its jump drive, jumping out of the system. The nomad ship shuttered from the shock waves of the newly formed jump hole that the ThunderBay created. Its Bio hull strained against the pull until part of it gave way. Chunks of the massive creature were sucked into the jumphole.
The creature began to drift, most of its drive section destroyed... before it could come to a stop, it exploded in a brilliant flash.
John shielded his eyes for a second, then frantically scanned for Jess's pod... he found it drifting 500m from where the blast had occurred. It seemed damaged.. but there was nothing he could do. Proximity alarms began to sound, just as a large shadow appeared over his pod. The Anubis had arrived, and begun picking up escape pods. Unfortunately, Jess's pod was gone before they could reach her.
The ThunderBay itself had survived the jump and was found by an Order Recon ship who had tracked the jump. She was now being towed to Omicron 100 by the Anubis while they frantically searched for Jess's where abouts.
Iâll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because itâs flag that I love
And a flag that I trust
Shortly after Christopher and Jim had found out Jessica's current situation he had moved to his quarters and watched over the recording of Jessica's torture over and over again, it had been thirty minutes since Jim had found this recording. Christopher kept his eyes fixed on Jessica."How could I let this happen."this was the thought that kept going though his mind, to the point where he became frustrated and punched the wall. he stopped and stared at the wall for what seemed to be hours."What am I thinking, I cant take them head on. its like punching this wall, I wouldn't get through."He looked though his old cloths and pulled out a LSF Id he had been using as a undercover operative in the LSF. He rushed to the flight deck and launched his personal Nephthys fighter, a few seconds after he left he was contacted by Leo the ships Second in command and the navigator.
Leo:"Sir, You cant assault the prison without us!" Christopher:"I know, Listen this is what i wont you to do"
A few hours later
Christopher was in liberty, aboard a Upholder he spotted Jim ship preparing to launch of towards Alaska.
=======Alaska System Moments After a Classifed Breifing=========================
*klaxons and battlelighting adorned the walls and interior of the fortress Class Fort Louisbourg that had just recently pulled an emergency jump from New york into the system,bypassing in urgancy and perhapse foolishness the zone-221 corrodor and checkpooints and its ajoined gate* "status report corpral? jim said turning twords the young helmswomen who replyed" sir weve saftly reached alaska right near fairbanks shal li move us in were about 25k away"
jim sat down a holograpic display showed up " hmm allright then move us in under stealth we may have unwelcome guests in system commander mathers get me shipwide" the xo nodded and hit a button as the now matte black fort louisbouirg closed twords fairbanks under cruise the intercome chriped to life
" My friends,comrades brothers and sisters in arms, command has finally given us amission but is it sa grimy and dirty one,,,sevral hours ago a report came across my desk a report of which that scared me gentlemen,ladies a report of a containment breach of prision station fairbanks... nomadic entitys have infeltrated the station in the lower cellblocks and we ..well we've been tasked with containing this little "mess" it is a protocol 15 mission... Exacution and inceneration of any presumed infected individuals should they be unruly or agressive for station integrity of base personell even the staff... is considered expendable if need be.. " jimmy paused letting the words sink in he could allready tell his crew were suiting up afraid to question his morality as they knew who was on that base he resumed.." our secondary objective is to ensure the survivabilty of any LSF "special case inmates" what that means is VIP inmates ie naimly one Porter,Jessica Admrial CO Battlecruiser Thunderbay last presumed lost and MIA if she is indeed found ,provided she was not moved prior to the breach" he paused as a ensigfn came running up and a red blip apered on the CIC display marked "Anubis".
he paused again as his displays shifted the tactical and stratgical gears churing in his head devouering the new data he had before him, he was no match ship to ship for long agenst a battleship,and most certinatly not one of the Anubian Guard "our orders are to fire only if need be we have reason to suspect the Order Battleship anubis is in system,her crew are equall ifnot moreso trained then our own avoid confrontation with her Marines or expect a Frevor pitched high intensity extreamly close quarters fight includeing Hand To Hand, they have Equally ifnot better equipment and her Captian is a military genius in the event a ship to ship battle ensues ,commander Mathers wil lhave the bridge,as i wil lbe boarding with the defencive teams.
jimmy paused and sighed before saying what he thought he would never have to say to his family ,in boot they drilled into his mind"your platoon is your family treat them as such"... Gentleman,ladies"he started..." may i remind you that as this is Protocol 15 in the event any one of you is infected,you two wil lsuffer the same fate as any other infected,ive never been one for speaches and ive said al li have to say,we wil lhold just out of sensor range of the Anubis untill she makes the first move take this time to prepare yourselfs il leven authorize breach of comms silance so you can inform loved ones,also ifg any of you do not wish to partake on this what may be suicide mission,you know where the lifeboats are you wil lbe spared charges" he switched to a ships display of the lifeboats and waited for 10 minutes not a single pod left the shoip and "HOOAH"was returned from the ships intercomms the "guns of fortress Louisbourg and her Brave soldiers were ready to fight the devil himsel... and they would win.. .they had to win.
the silence was disturbed by athe weapons officer warent officer Mike jones "jimmy.. were at waypoint alpha and holding " jimmy sat back and smiled" and thuss this chess game starts" he thought to himself "jessica i hope your allright if this goes bad i may as well shoot myself as it can technically be called treason
There was no way help would come... surely no one could find her in this dark prison. Her strength was getting low... she'd have to escape soon... but how...
The room was empty, nothing to use as a weapon.. it was simply a cold damp steel room.
She had been sitting on the cold floor for quite some time, but she could not feel it anymore, all she felt was pain.
Her wounds had closed up for now, but she knew there must be internal bleeding somewhere.
She tried to stand.. but a sharp pain forced her back down to the ground... She would not be killed laying down... she forced herself to stand.. leaning heavily on one of the walls.
"Where are you, you coward, Come END IT!" she shouted.
The door pushed open, the man in the suit stood in the doorway, a grim smirk on his face.
"Well you are irritable this morning..." he stepped in
She lunged forward, surprised the man stumbled back and fell to the ground. With all her remaining strength, she swung at his head, landing several blows before one of the guards knocked her back with a punch to her chest, knocking the wind out of her and causing her wounds to bleed again.
The man in the suit stood... " You've become a liability... it is time for me to end this" he pulled the knife from his belt, its shiny blade still blood stained from before. "This won't be quick... I'm going to enjoy this..."
Iâll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because itâs flag that I love
And a flag that I trust
32 minutes until the assault of the station is to begin
It had been a hour since Christopher had docked on Fairbanks requesting repairs for his damaged upholder, He wondered around the blocks looking for a candidate, it wasn't before long that he found who he was looking for the prisons chief guard and he was as drunk a skunk. "Sir, are you alright" Christopher ask the half brain dead guard "Iz can handle et" replied the guard before he started to fall to the floor landing head first. "Well that saves me from having to do it." He grabbed the guards ID and scanned the mans finger prints and eye pupil on to his data pad, a senior guard walked around the corner.
"Hey! whats going on here?"The guard drew his gun
"Easy easy, careful where you point that thing"Christopher put his hands in front of him showing that he had nothing
"What did you do.. Get away from the Chief!"The guard moved forward shoving him away
"Easy, I came across him like this, hes been drinking I can smell the alcohol on him."Christopher kept his hands clear of his weapon.
"What let me see"-The guard kneels next to the chief turning him over-"Chief, hey wake up.. are you ok?"
The chief remains unconscious"He hit the floor like a ton of bricks."
"Just who are you." -The guard stands back up- "Show me your ID now!" The guards weapon is now pointed at his head
"I am Christopher Dangen, of the LSF Guard."-he hands him his LSF guard id card-"Stay calm alright."
"Now what would the LSF be doing here.... I assure you, everything is ok... we fixed all those health and safety violations from last month."The guard lowered his weapon, there was a hint of concern in his voice
A idea came into his head "Right well I am here checking your security..... and right now its not looking so good. You understand what this mean right?" he looks down at the guard on the ground as if to say strike one.
"I assure you.. this doesn't happen often.. the chief has been very stressed lately" He too was now looking at the chief.
"Is that so, you know he could lose his job for this, but i am willing to make a acceptation on one condition"
"What? he's got a family..."-Christopher screwed up his face and shrugged his shoulders-"what condition? anything!"
"I've seem to lost my way around this place, I need to get to the core of the prison where all our"-he whispers into the guards ear-"disappearances go"
"Uh... you will need to take the lift on level B... but you'll need an ID card."The guard was clearly nervous.
"Alright how about you escort me though then, may enter this in my report about a guard that was of great help."
"Oh, of course Sir.. its just this way... uh... sorry Bob... I'll have someone check on you."
They walked for about three minutes before they came to a lift, they both stepped inside as it started to move. Christopher glanced over at the officer who was sweating from his forehead."Great he doesn't suspect a thing"The doors of the elevator opened and before the two stands a big metal door.
"Uh, Sir.. you'll have to use your access card on this panel"the nervous officer pointed to a keypad with a card scanner. Chris Pulls out the chiefs guard id and swipes it"So what prisoners do you have held up here?." The officer looked down and scratched his head.."Well Sir... I'm not really permitted to say.. but off the record... usually the really bad ones.. you know terrorists and the such""Hmmm, So... would a Jessica Porter be here? I promised her I would do something-he cracks his left knuckles-"This of course will be off the record of me going there.""Sorry who? They don't really use names around here, you'd need to know her number.. if she is indeed here""Hmm... She would have only been here a few days. I think its 43 or at least that's what i was told.""43? that's all the way at the end, where the... well you know.. get sent"he nervously looked away from Chris. Christopher smiles "Lead the way please.""Uh.. sure just this way..."he led the way slowly down some dark halls, obviously unsure of being down here. The air was cool and damp, you can almost see your breath in it."You alright? your shivering, not use to the cold?""No, its not that.. I just hate to come down here.. its kinda creepy you know?"Christopher kept a eye on the numbers, 39 they were close, Christopher decided to ditch the escort"Ay, but coming from Toledo I am use to it."Christopher injects the guard with a drug he has only a few moments of awareness remaining"What?"the guard passes out, falling to the floor. Shortly after the guard passes out Christopher hears sounds of a scuffle up a head and the 43 cell door was open, He silently came up on the door.You've become a liability... it is time for me to end this"said a voice. He quickly moved behind the man without him realizing he could see Jessica watching the mans knife
"This won't be quick... I'm going to enjoy this..."the man spoke again as his blade reached the top of his arch"Your Right, I am going to enjoy this."The man in the suit spun around, knife in hand" Who are you?"His two guards turned and began to reach for their sidearms"Oh its you",He puts his hands above his head lining his elbows up with the guards head"I think you already know."The man looks at a Anubis head tattoo under Christopher right forearm"The Order? what are you doing here, this isn't your place to interfere"he quietly signaled his guards to get rid of this pest"Ex-Black squadron." As the two guard remove their guns from their holders, Christopher jolts his shoulders back releasing two blades from his triceps area, both blades hit their targets, Christopher quickly gets into a fighting position. The man maintains his composure, not shaken by his guard's demise."Alright then.. what may I call you before you die?"he thew the knife away and opened his jacket, revealing an assortment of blades"Commodore Christopher Dangen, and what should I call you?" Seeing the mans blades Christopher reaches behind his back and grabs his Sword "Well... I was once known as Mitchel.. but now.. you couldn't begin to comprehend what to call me"his eyes glowed and he quickly pulled a dagger from his jacket and threw it at Chris, with superhuman speed"Try me"The dagger split apart as it hit the blade, a spike of adrenaline entered his body's system, Numbing any pain and slowing down time though his eyes"No.. you are too insignificant to even bother with that honour... no I'll kill you instead"He pulled two blades out, approximately the length of a short sword and swung at Chris, their swords clashed for a moment before the second sword swung to Chris' head"Tell that to the two keepers, and the Infinity."He ducks in time as the blade cuts some of his hair"Great now there's a uneven patch.""Well maybe this might be fun after all.."he smirks... and swings again, this time using his leg to kick one of Chris' legs from under him. Chris falls to the ground"indeed"Christopher kicks the mans right foot with his left, as he starts to fall forward Christopher uses his right foot and kicks the man in the head sending him into the wall behind him a tooth falls from the mans jaw"Ooo"The man quickly got up, he reached up to his lip and felt the blood gushing out"Oh dear.. what have you done now..."He stood his ground, watching for Chris' next move"Seem to be missing a tooth Bub."Christopher rolled backwards and was back on his feet"Nothing major.. minor aesthetics, I'll be sure you are missing far more when I'm done with you"he laughed.. the same smirk on his face, like he's enjoying this. An armored suit appears over his body"Not the face"he said mockingly"Well, seems your fagile body needs some.. hmm help?"he spits out some blood"You do realize you are only alive because you amuse me?""Meh what ever floats your boat, just carrying this on because i am waiting for some one to arrive.""Oh, reinforcements? we can't have that.. all for this pathetic little girl?"he pointed a sword to where Jessica was on the floor. Christopher wrist starts to beeping"No, Just the Assault on the station to begin."a loud screeching sound comes from Christopher wrist, the man drops his weapons and clench's his head as if hes being kicked in the temple."Ahhh, what is this" he shouted, obviously in some sort of pain "Alright, I'll finish what I started and deal with you after"he ran towards Jess, grabbing the knife he had discarded earlier and put it to her throat"Well now... I think... first you'll let me go.. and maybe I'll let this pathetic welp live"Christopher sighed, his arm moved faster then Mitchel could see as the screeching sounds had slowed him down, Christophers sword pined his hand back into the wall where Mitchel was stuck"Your not mine to kill, I am only here for her.""Gah... you don't know what you are doing"he struggled to get free"Really?", Christopher takes his sword out and before Mitchel can react, he throws him over the railing"Tell Jim I said hi!"Mitchel grabs the railing of a lower cell blocks before he hits the ground. Chris turns back to Jessica and sits down beside her
Christopher takes a small pack of his back. Jessica looked up at the man sitting near her, he seemed familiar? Everything was blurry.. everything seemed to be going dark...."Chris? is that you"she barely managed to let out. He got out a couple of bandages"No its God."Christopher laughed"I told you I would help protect you and your ship."She struggled to get up but failed"How.."she started to close her eyes"Hey stop trying to get up you got a lot of open wounds and brushes."he notices her eyes are closing"HEY! eyes open alright."He injects a IV drip into her arm and then starts to bandage her wounds. She struggled to open her eyes, focusing on the man in front of her"Jim.. Is Jim ok?"she managed to say between coughs"Jim hacked the LSF files, found a video."he sits her up right against the wall then pinning the IV drip above her."Then he's ok..." she leaned back her head, resting against the back wall " I'm glad..."she shivered a bit. Gunshots are heard in the lower levels of the prision"Well hes here.... in the Station."he notice's her shivering and fetches the knocked out guards jacket and places it over her. The drugs in the IV start to work and the pain becomes less pronounced"Thank you.. thank you both""Thank Jim, hes the one who found the footage, the prison was easy to guess, was held here my self once but not as a order pilot."He finished warping her wounds up"Maybe one day you can tell me that story..."she lifted a hand and wiped a blood soaked strand of hair from in front of her eyes, he eyes still seem foggy and unfocused"One day Porter one day, but for now we wait for Jim."He puchs a button on his wrist"Jim, shes safe were waiting for the hero."Christopher starts to feel light headed"woo.."as the Adrenaline starts to wear of he notices a cut across his waist"You ok there?"She looks down to where he is looking"Oh god... he got you""Its just a scratch."he covers it with his hand "used the last of the Bandages on you, was only really suited for one person."he rubs the side of his face"You need to get yourself checked.. who knows what that guy did"she looked him over
He lent over away from Jessica"Its just a cut, Jim will be here soon, then you can get home." she sighed"Anywhere but here... please"
<div align="right][color=#333333]//Guard, Mitchel and Jessica done by MB52. Christopher done as Rouge//
============Alaska System 30 minutes to mission start===========
Jimmy sat back waiting for the Anubis to make the first move, the Fort could see her but she couldn't see the Fort "Status Jones has the Anubis moved off?" he stood up checking that tactical displays when his personal comm's implant chirped it was Chris" Jim Jessica's safe time for you to play "hero" Jimmy sat back seeing his Weapons officer shake his head no, when the Anubis suddenly jumped into range firing on an arriving response force, drawing them off. "helm move us in close to 5k, drop cloak and hail the station let them know were inbound."
The massive cruiser raced forward her matte black Hull now visable her sensor arrays casting the look of a tiger upon her crimson pulseing stripes makeing there sweeps letting her crew know everything and anything in there range as her cloak disengaged she looked alive , she covered the distance quickly "Prison station Fairbanks this is the Liberty security force Cruiser Fort Louisbourg, Liberty First Special Actions Division we are coming to defend the base and contain the situation." as the Fort closed into range they still didn't get a response" hmm shes not....." The ship shook violently as a barrage of heavy laser fire impacted her bare hull and a battle razor smashed into her prow "son of a bit..! RAISE SHIELDS EVASIVE ACTION! COMBAT TEAMS TO ASSAULT BOARDING STATIONS." the ship started to jink rather gracefully for her size the battle razor scoring a minor impact on her armor plate" Jones! I wanted that damned gun disabled yesterday!" Jim snapped as the forts own weapons returned the favor, as Jim donned heavy assault armor and pulled an SC-3 combat rifle from the bridge locker "And for Christ sakes don't use the mortars, Mathers you have Command keep my girl safe." Jim said walking off the bridge as the ship shook again under her own turret fire."
The lift stopped about a half minute but he was about 4 decks down on E deck with his assembled 50 men preset in squads" Ok ill command Alpha team our goal is to secure the nexus and command bridge, Bravo you have the security center, Charlie you've got engineering and Delta you've got the second most critical mission, her computer core, this is heavy action the stations own defenses have fired on us we can only Asume the guards have been infected or otherwise told to fire on us be careful with the plasma throwers in close quarters do not let the infection remain, station personnel are considered expendable if infected, godspeed."the massive Fortress-Class cruiser had docked with the bases main docking port as the other 3 teams boarded heavily shielded and modified Grizzly class assault shuttles to get to there respective airlocks ,the suits were full sealed eva capable 68 minutes of self contained air able to be recharged just by unsealing them. "Remember your training and mission also if any officer with an Anubis guard patch is found along with a female admiral with said order officer there to be arrested and prepped for stay aboard the fort under, under NO circumstances are you to harm them or so help me your gonna have a very VERY bad day, now HOOAH and move out!" The teams each arrived at there specified mission start points and hard docked with them "ok delta... on go breach alright ...3...2 ...1 ...GOGOGOGOGOGOGO!!!!" Jim commanded and with that shaped micro-antimatter demo charges were detonated, the station now had a very serious problem...Jimmy and his men were in the house and this party was only just starting. Jim hit his internal comms unit on his personal frequency and contacted Chris and Jessica, providing Jess still had her implanted transceiver. "Guys we've made it, the station fired at us you might have to make your own way to us Chris I'm uploading my teams progress to your personal compute, hang in there."
"Guys we've made it, the station fired at us you might have to make your own way to us Chris I'm uploading my teams progress to your personal compute, hang in there." She could hear Jim's voice through her implant "Jim is that you?" *static* was her implant broken? "Chris did you hear that?" "Yaa... I.... heard it" Christopher coughs as he clenches the wound.
"Damn you are bleeding out... we need to put something on that cut... " her mind was clearer now, she scanned the area for potential bandages, she picked up one of the fallen blades and used it to cut one of the sleeves from her uniform "Here tie this around the wound, nice and tight"
He began to bandage his wound "it... Its really nothing.... serious" His finger began to fiddle with the bit of clothing, his voice seems a bit drowsy
"Hey, you are here to rescue me... come on.." she helped him to tighten the makeshift bandage " Ok... I think Jim said we should get moving?" She tried to stand, but the pain quickly knocked her back down.. "Ahh.. you might have to help me up" "In my pack.... blood supplement" Christopher laughs but soon quits it as it pains him "Simon made this pack for me, I get into to many.... wooo... situations" "What do I do with it?" she pulled out a red and white syringe "Inject.... chest... heart.. will hurt" his eye lids struggled to stay open as a he finished bandaging up his wound but he was unable to tie it off
She removed the cap and brushed away his shirt "I'm sorry" she stabbed the syringe into his heart, its contents leaving nearly instantly
Christopher made a groaning sound "Hate.. those damn thing.. should feel better soon." He undoes the strap for his assault rifle and places his finger on the thumb print scanner unlocking the safety, then hands it to Jessica. "Right hands busted, punched my wall and broke my knuckles." He said as he pulled out his side arm with his left hand
She grabbed the rifle with her right hand “ I think we better get moving…” a sound from the corridor could be heard, the cell doors were opening “Is that what I think it is?” she pulled herself up, using Chris as balance… "Great, I....hate protocols." He holsters the sword and puts his pack back on. "The doors opened." a man comes running into the cell his eyes are glowing, Christopher fires a shot but misses his head by a few centimeters
Seeing the man running towards them, she aimed the rifle and fired on the man. Two rounds hit the man in the chest, the other his neck. His body fell to the ground and eyes dimmed back to normal “Damn… we need to move..” she put her left arm around Chris and the two began to slowly work their way out, the sounds of the damned now echoed through the dark corridors as they realized they were free.
Christopher laughs hysterically
“This isn’t funny… come on…” Two more infested prisoners jumped out in front of them, they stopped to pick up the fallen guard’s weapon. Quickly she let go of Chris and leaned on a wall, using both hands, she aimed carefully and fired two rounds into the head of one of the prisoners.
Christopher shot the other one in the middle of the head. "Its just that" Christopher laughs "This is like something out of an old monster flic." Christopher stops by the guard and tied something around the mans hands then around his leg, and on they went with the guard being dragged behind, "Can't leave him for dead." “Well I’m glad you are amused” she limped her way to the hall a bit further, using a railing on the wall to support herself while Chris dragged the guard “Is he… normal?” "Oh yea, was a nervous wreck." He tied a bit of the man's gun strap to his belt, Then getting under Jessica's left arm. "He might slow us down but hes one of us."
She looked down at him doubtfully.. how could he stand by while all this happened? Surly he knew of something… They made their way a bit further, nearly making it to the elevator, when they came upon a mob of at least 10 infested “Looks like there is a party going on here Chris.. shall we break it up?” "Sure I love crashing parties." He removed the single shot of his pistol and switched it to automatic "Ready when you are." he whispered
She let go of him, and dropped to her knee, a sharp pain shot through her as her knee collided with the hard steel floor “Ok, lets take em” She squeezed the trigger, the rifle now in automatic, mowed down 3 in the first burst. Chris took down 4 quickly with precise shots, leaving the 3 remaining stunned and confused for a moment
One came running towards Chris, before the infected prisoner could reach him he punched him in the face, Christopher dropped his pistol and covered his right hand, before crushing the mans head with his boot. "GAHHH!, Don't punch with broken knuckles." Jessica used the sight of the gun and nailed both of the two remaining infected prisoners, Chris picked his gun up once again and let Jessica use him as support.
“Ah.. you wouldn’t happen to have any of that pain meds left would you?” she laughs “ we both seem to be in need…” They made their way to the end of the hall, the poor knocked out guard still dragging behind… Chris pulled out the security card and was about to swipe it when he noticed the infested prisoners had destoyed the panel “Damn… is there another way out of here?”
Christopher removed his pack, "Look in there for anything that looks like a pain pill, try the pocket on the side." He moved to the door, and knocked on it. it wasn't that thick "Could you remove something that looks like a coin from the bag, I only have one of those so be careful." He holds his hand out as she looks though the bag “Well, no pain meds.. just as well… we need to keep alert.. as for the coin” she shuffled around a bit.. “This is?” she just about tossed it to him, then thought otherwise and delicately handed it to him "Well i thought about bringing explosives, but that's not to subtle, this melts though the metal, Small and handy." He opens the top and places a thin strip of liquid on the doors edges.
The liquid began bubbling as the metal beneath it corroded away. “Now that’s handy” a clunk was heard, as the lock was destroyed and the door slid open part of the way. They squeezed through onto the elevator and were sure their guard friend was on board“Ok, whats the plan now, do you have a ship? Or do we find Jim?” An alarm was sounding and a screen in the elevator activated, showing various cameras. One showed a team of 12 men fighting in a corridor, exchanging weapons fire with others, the other showed an external view of the station, where a Battlecruiser was moored, all her weapons firing at incoming fighters and torpedoes. "About how I got here." a explosion is heard and the docking bay camera goes offline, "I rigged it to explode. I need a diversion for if Jim hadn't started yet." He pointed down to a corridor where Jim was leading his men, he pointed to Jim." We go to him." “All of this just for me? Surely its not worth it… ok what floor?” Their elevator moved up as the station rocked from an explosion of some sort.
"We don't leave one of our own behind." He refers to the days when the South Alliance still flew
Iâll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because itâs flag that I love
And a flag that I trust
The lift reached the top of its shaft and the doors creaked open with protest. They were now on the central deck, its halls leading to all the main sections of the station, including the docking bays. Though... one had already been taken out of commission and the others likely would be well guarded by now. Their main hope of escape now depended upon finding one of Jim's security teams, allowing them to get off the station, somehow.
They slowly made their way down the corridor, the unconscious guard still dragging behind. Jess held the rifle up and surveyed her surroundings... there definitely was a battle that took place here.. the walls were scorched, bulkheads damaged...
Her wounds had partially stopped bleeding for now.. but she most definitely was not out of trouble yet. She could tell she had several broken ribs, possible a punctured lung.. she could not tell.
She stopped as she heard gunfire ahead. She need not say a word and Chris stopped next to her, his pistol at the ready.
"What do you think?" she asked but was unable to receive a response from Chris as a squad of soldiers burst around the corner, their weapons pointed at the two new targets.
Without saying a word, they both lowered their weapons.....
"Miss Porter?" one of the men asked "you need to come with us, now..."
They dropped their weapons and surrendered to the troops... there was no way they could fight in this condition if they wished however.. something wasn't right. Had these guards been infested she was sure they'd have killed them on the spot.. no these were the cavalry.
The men took them to an airlock, where a ship was moored. It seemed to be a freighter of some sort. "Mr. Patterson sends his regards"
They boarded the ship and found it empty. The controls were familiar, and Jess immediately knew what to do. They left the soldiers behind to finish their job of securing the station. The logs would show that the two prisoners somehow managed to slip away and escape during a firefight.
They met up with the Anubis and landed without issue, both taken directly to the medical deck. Both were treated for their wounds without much further complications...
"Thank you Chris for what you did.. I owe you my life. Same with Jim.. I just wish I had the chance to tell him that in person..."
Iâll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because itâs flag that I love
And a flag that I trust
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