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Post by Ceri on Mar 6, 2006 19:49:22 GMT
Ahelos groaned and rolled over, trying to remember the dream. The cliff...the voice...had it been real? "AHELOS!" She started and almost fell out of bed. Captain grinned at her. "You fell asleep again," she said. "Come on, you've had an extra half an hour. Get up." She dragged the covers off Ahelos and threw her shoes at her. Captain ran outside to where the ship was parked. The sun had barely risen and the new light was glinting off the ship. It looked better than ever now Feln had given it a final paint job over their work yesterday. Captain could barely contain her excitement. The first day of a new mission...her favourite part of the job. And now she was a Major, she couldn't see how anything could go wrong.
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Post by Aulius on Mar 6, 2006 20:12:20 GMT
Quite unexpectantly she heard snoring comeing from the bomb bay doors. "Feln!" She called at the cockpit, Feln leant her head out "What?" She yelled back "I think I found Julius!, Open the bomb bay doors!" Feln laughed and leant back in and flicked the switch to open the doors. The doors slowly opened and Julius rolled out and landed with a thud on the tarmac. Captain walked over to him. "Thought you could get out of it, huh?" Captain kicked him gentlely "Not yet mum" he groaned "What is it with people and sleeping that bit extra?" she thought. She pulled out a pistol and pointed it in the air and fired. Julius jumped awake and tried to grab at his gun and then realising that it wasn't where he left in the bomb bay. He looked up. "Morning Captain..." "You've missed quite abit! The repairing of the plane, the new paint job, my promotion, Ahelos joining the military!" "How long have I been asleep?" "about 16 hours..." "Why can't people do less in 16 hours so I don't miss as much..." "Oh and we got a mission to do, so get up and find something to eat. We're leaving in two hours."
Flak appeared with a new toy. A flamethrower attachment to his machinegun.
"OoooOOo" She said in awe "...how come I didnt get one?" "You havn't proved yourself as a weapons expert" Flak said and then stuck his tounge out at her "I'll cut that off" She said jokingly.
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Post by Stanic on Mar 6, 2006 21:42:28 GMT
"Come on you guys.." said Feln anxiously "..we gotta go." as Ahelos looked around she spotted two smaller aircraft nearby. "What are they?" she asked Captain. "Escorts" she replied. "But who'd be mad enough to escort us into reaver terretory?" sahe asked. "Only two people as mad as you." came a voice from behind them. as Flak turned round his smile broadend. he saw a man and a woman about the same age as him and Captain. "Sendae!, Rico!.." he shouted and ran two the duo. "..I thought you both were killed when Astamn was destroyed. "Not a chance" replied Rico, Flak shook his hand then embraced Sendae*. "When you two have quite finished.." said Captain. "..we've got a mission to do here." Flak and Sendae seperated. "See ya soon." said Sendae "You bet" replied Flak as Sendae and Rico walked to their planes.
*Sorry, another slight addition to the plot there ;D
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Post by Aulius on Mar 6, 2006 22:02:30 GMT
*NP*
"Nice to know your sister is alive" Captain said to Flak while he was straping himself into his seat. "Yea. Strange I accepted she was dead a long time ago..." Flak now looked distracted by something but continued to stare out of the window. Ahelos sighed "So...Where we going first?" "Well I think we will goto Chin" (pronounced Shin), "Chin is the third largest continent and was mostly a pacifist continent, it fell first when the reavers appeared" "Ok." Ahelos took out her sword. It was quite dull in daylight, she polished a bit of it with her shirt, It looked a little better but could have been better. "This is Escort Red One" a womans voice came on the radio, sendae "If its alright with you guys I would like to get this show on the road" "Pass me a headset" captain asked, Julius passed her his headset "This is Fat Bird..." "Hey! Can't you think of a better name?!" Feln interrupeted, annoyed having her beautiful plane called fat. "New name, this is...know what lets not bother with the code names" "Suits me" came a rougher mans voice, Rico.
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Post by Stanic on Mar 7, 2006 7:11:36 GMT
Hang on i though Captain and Flak were twins Sendae is meant to be Flak's gf.
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Post by Aulius on Mar 7, 2006 14:56:34 GMT
Ok change that to OUR sister.
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Post by Ceri on Mar 7, 2006 15:54:49 GMT
Change it to girlfriend, lol
Moments later they were in the air, high above the island, and as Ahelos watched out of the window they shot off over the sea. She sat down beside Captain, who was tapping her hands on her knees with an impatient air. "What's up?" Captain shook her head, grinning. "I love my job," she said simply. Ahelos waited for an explanation but didn't get one. She shrugged and sat back in her seat. "..Coordinates set," Julius said, sitting back in his chair. "We're on our way. Is everyone set for a fight?" "If we're lucky there won't be one," Feln said. "Let's hope we're unlucky," Flak whispered to Captain, who giggled.
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Post by Aulius on Mar 7, 2006 23:35:23 GMT
Ahelos fell asleep, mainly because of the lack of sleep she had that night. Her dream was the same as last one, her standing at the cliff top. The voice came came again "Ahelos" she turned around again and saw a man with black straggly hair with a scar on his left cheek. He was quite tall and looked familiar, Ahelos said "J-" . She was jolted awake. "Huh? Whats going on?" she said dazed "Turbulance, go back to sleep" Julius said "How can I if I'm being thrown across the plane!" "Come on, its not that bad?" the plane jolted violently "That was coincidence" "Hey this is Rico, how much longer till we reach Chin?" ricos crackled voice came over the radio. "An hour, and I'm not pulling over for toilet breaks" Feln replied, ricos laughed over the radio.
Captain was cleaning her gun, from where Ahelos was sitting it looked like it hadn't been cleaned in months, which everyone knew, wasn't a good idea for leaving it for so long. Flak was checking part of the plane for loose nuts. Ahelos pulled out her sword again. She ran her finger along the blade, she could feel its rouchness but couldn't see it. Ahelos winced in pain when she accidently cut her finger, some blood dripped onto the blade. Ahelos wiped it off and strangly, where the blood had dropped, the metal looked like it had just been forged. She put abit more blood on, it had the same affect. Not wanting to loose blood by cleaning the sword, she sheathed it and wrapped a peice of cloth around it.
Ahelos got up and walked over to Flak who was now further back in the plane.
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Post by Ceri on Mar 8, 2006 21:18:54 GMT
Captain rubbed the last of the dust from her gun on her trousers, shifting it in the light. Satisfied, she pushed it back into the holster. Despite having practically dragged Ahelos from bed she was beginning to feel the lack of sleep the previous night. Halfway through considering taking up short residence in the plane's small bunk, she slid down in her chair, asleep. "What do you think we'll find when we get there?" Ahelos asked Flak. "Reavers, probably," Flak said carelessly. "They won't be there for long, though, if we find them. We'll clean them out. Ready for fighting?" "I'm not sure," Ahelos said truthfully. She would have preferred more practice before being thrown into battle. "Don't worry yourself over it," Flak said, ruffling Ahelos's green hair. "We'll probably have a few minutes before we're ambushed. We can go through the moves before then. Reavers aren't hard to take down." "You seemed less confident when you were actually fighting them," Ahelos said. "Huh," Flak said. "Well. Don't want to come across as too good. It sets down people's standards if they don't think the enemy is strong..." He trailed off, shrugging. "You'll be fine, Ahelos. You're a good fighter." Ahelos beamed. "Thanks."
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Post by Ceri on Mar 8, 2006 21:19:28 GMT
Sorry, that post was largely pointless. Can't really think what to say, I just feel I should be participating, lol
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Post by Aulius on Mar 8, 2006 21:34:44 GMT
*NP just as long as the story keeps going. Keep it alive people!*
Flak Smiled at Ahelos and went back to what he was doing. Ahelos meanwhile walked back to her chair and thought about the dream she was had. The man and the cliff looked so familiar, like she had been there before. He knew her name and she knew his name. If only the dream had lasted longer.
*cant think of much today*
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Post by Ceri on Mar 8, 2006 22:09:23 GMT
The time passed slowly in the aircraft, drifting ever over the sparkling ocean. Ahelos drifted in and out of daydreams involving cliffs and voices calling her name. Flak polished and cleaned various pieces of weaponry in the back of the craft. He and Julius had earlier carried the deep-sleeping Captain to the aircraft bunk where she'd been for the last half an hour. Feln sat, eyes on the controls, silent and concentrating. Slowly, the time passed.
Inspiration is running low today, lol
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Post by Stanic on Mar 9, 2006 7:28:58 GMT
Captain awoke with a start, Feln was shouting. "5 miutes people, get ready." "Come on Captain, get up" said Ahelos Captain leapt out of the bunk, she ran to the cockpit. Looking out of the window she could see a giant citadel. "We're gonna have to start at the bottom and work are way up.." said Feln noticing Captain becide her "..it ain't gonna be easy." "I'm sure we'll be alright." Captain said apprehensively, looking at the 100 storie monolith that stood in front of her. "Come on Captain, get loaded" came Flak's voice, as she did so Captain saw Rico and Sendae's escort fighters following them into landing. Everyone apart from Feln was standing by the entrance ramp, finnaly Feln joined them. "I put it on autopilot." she said to noone in particular "10 seconds everyone." said Julius who was standing by the ramp opening switch. Ahelos felt the slight jolt as the plane landed. "Okay this is it." said Julius hitting the switch, the ramp slowly descended.
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Post by Stanic on Mar 9, 2006 21:19:30 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]Is anyone else gonna continue this or not [/glow]
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Post by Aulius on Mar 9, 2006 22:03:59 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]When I'm not doing RoaE or Space and have time[/glow]
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Post by dizzy on Mar 9, 2006 22:22:44 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]Oh fine then!!![/glow]
The ramp was fully open now but there were no reavers in sight. "Where are they?" asked Ahelos to Flak "I have absolutely no.. " he stopped suddenly, everyone was looking at him, he slowly raised his rifle pointing at what looked like an unassuming tree. BANG he fired about two inches to the left of it. as the others peered into the darkness they saw a lone reaver keel over dead. "You jammy... Captain stopped she heard a familiar snarl, then another, then another. Julius took a flare from his belt lit it and threw it towards the tree, the entire area was lit and they saw thousands of reavers that had been hiding in the darkness. "WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR!!" said Flak firing his gun into the horde, the others followed suit, they ran through the rampaging stampede of reavers to wards the citadel entrance, the night lit up by gunfire.
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Post by Aulius on Mar 9, 2006 22:35:49 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]Odd how a pacifest continent has a citidel[/glow]
Ahelos was using her sword in her left hand and one of her guns in her right, slashing, hacking and shooting anything that approached her. Ahelos cut her self on the leg with the spikes on the hilt. Now she knew what Flak meant.
Her gun clicked empty, she let the clip fall to the ground and put her gun away and pulled out the other one.
Rico wasn't using any guns, he had two short swords and was spinning around slashing everything around him. Nothing seemed to be able to penetrate his defense.
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Post by Stanic on Mar 10, 2006 6:24:38 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]It's a different continent [/glow]
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Post by Aulius on Mar 10, 2006 15:01:02 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]It's a different continent [/glow] [glow=red,2,300]No, nowhere was it mentioned that it wasn't and it says a page back that they were pacifist.[/glow]
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Post by Stanic on Mar 10, 2006 20:07:14 GMT
They finnaly reached the citadel entrance, Captain attempted to open it. "Damn it's locked." she said "Not for long" came Sendae's voice pulling a micro c4 charge from her belt and placing it on the door lock. "Get Down!" she shouted the others did so. BANG! the door flew open. "Quick everyone, get inside!" shouted Falk over the snarls, they did so "okay everyone stay back." he said as he Captain, Rico and Sendae each pulled a grenade from their belt and threw them. "RUN!" Rico shouted, and they all sprinted from the entrance. The explosion was so huge it caused the earth to shake beneath them and knock them off of their feet, as Ahelos looked up she saw bits of reaver pasting the walls, and that a section of the roof had collapsed blocking the entrace. "Everyone okay?" asked Julius "Yeah" replied Captain "No.." said Sendae worridly "..wheres Flak" they all stared at the pile of rubble.
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Post by Aulius on Mar 10, 2006 20:12:33 GMT
There was a pile of dead reavers nearby in a pile. They could hear groaning from it and then Flaks head wriggled out. "Hi guys" He struggled to say "Little help?" Ahelos and Captain walked over and pulled off the remains of reavers and pulled Flak out and checked him to see if he was contaminated. "Your fine" Captain smiled "Right lets see whats in here. They followed her in and wandered around the first wall. "Don't you find it odd our this citidel is in good condition and most of the doors are locked?" Ahelos asked "Now that you mention it yes..."Rico replied.
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Post by sorriso on Mar 12, 2006 13:12:00 GMT
{I would post, but i've not been keeping track, so don't have a clue whats going on! Has Ahelos had her blood yet? Remember she is 1/3 vampire }
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Post by Ceri on Mar 12, 2006 14:12:42 GMT
No, I don't think she has Captain slowed down, her eyes darting back and forth nervously. "Captain?" Ahelos said slowly. Captain hesitated. "Guns at the ready, guys," she said, trying to keep her voice level. "I reckon there's something dangerous in here." At her command those who had put their guns away took them out again. Flak jogged forward to Captain's side, speaking quietly. "Should we get out of here?" he suggested. "Can't," Captain said. "We're trapped in here. We'll have to go through and find another exit." "Looks to me like all the exits are sealed." "Maybe there's a way out from further up," Captain said thoughtfully. "We'll keep looking. Make sure no one gets lost, and keep an eye on Ahelos for me..."
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Post by Stanic on Mar 13, 2006 16:10:47 GMT
After walking for a long time the group finally came upon a gigantic spiral staircase. They climbed it until they came to a large room, it's floor littered with corpses, and bits of them. "It's a horde chamber." said Flak looking at the cieling, all but Captain and Julius looked puzzled. "A what?" asked Ahelos. "A horde chamber.." said Captain "..basically they drop people from the roof in to a swarm of reavers below." "Some die on impact.." continued Julius "..they're the lucky ones. the rest are torn apart." Ahelos, Feln and Sendae looked at the three of them in shock, Rico shook his head. "I've heard of these places.." he said"..but i didn't believe any creature could be evil enough to actually make them." "Come on guys, we've gotta keep moving." Said Captain commandigly. the others nodded and followed.
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Post by Aulius on Mar 13, 2006 16:48:18 GMT
On the otherside of the room there was a small locked door. It had no handle or any visable way of opening it without breaking it down. "Julius, kick it open" Captain ordered. Julius kicked it as hard as he could. There was a snap of wood but the door didn't open. "Again" She said and Julius kicked it again and again until there was a loud crack and the door fell over. "Ther-" He stopped in midsentence. There were five people on the otherside of the door, all pointing guns at them. "This would explain the locked doors" "Um, hello..." Captain tried to think of something to say "Er...take me to your leader?"
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Post by Ceri on Mar 13, 2006 17:13:47 GMT
Flak rolled his eyes. His sister had never been one for words. The lead Reaver signalled; two guns wer lowered, and the said Reavers grabbed Captain, dragging her forward. The other Reavers positioned themselves around the group and, one by one, dispatched them of their weapons. Captain was searched up and down for weapons until she was stripped of everything but her clothes. Thankfully the others were not searched in this way; presumably the Reavers assumed that Captain would be most heavily armed. How wrong they are, thought Flak, touching the heavy machine gun under his jacket as he and the others were marched forward, hopefully to the 'leader'.
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Post by Stanic on Mar 13, 2006 17:43:52 GMT
While on the move they spotted 6 warheads in an enourmous room near the middle of the citadel, they were led up another smaller spiral staircase towards an almost throne room. once inside, the group were pushed in front of the lead reaver, an enourmous being of almost 12 feet in height, he grabbed Captain by the throat, picked her up to his eye level and in a very deep voice asked. "Do you have any requests, before you and your friends are to be devoured alive?" "Just two.." she replied half choking "..one whats in those warheads?." the leader replied."a chemical mix of halon sulphur and magnesium, it's what made us what we are now." "and two, get some new aftershave." the lead Reaver glared at Captain and smacked her hard around the face, the blood splat landed on Ahelos who began shaking, once again she became transfixed on the blood, and then on Captain's neck, she licked her lips and leapt up at Captain taking a bite at her neck, it was the greatest thing she had ever experienced. Flak instinctively pulled out his rifle and fired a round into Ahelos' shoulder. she fell to the ground and cradled her arm. Flak anfd the other's began firing at the other reavers.
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Post by Aulius on Mar 13, 2006 17:53:34 GMT
Messed up again!!! I said PEOPLE not reavers also way back I said reavers didn't use guns and why would reavers lock themselves in somewhere?
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Post by Stanic on Mar 13, 2006 17:58:43 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]the reason is that these reavers are not identical to those in serenity, they just have the same name. [/glow]
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Post by Ceri on Mar 13, 2006 18:00:05 GMT
As this firefight began Flak crawled over to Captain, who was lying on the ground on her back, staring at where Ahelos was sprawled in the corner, blood dripping from her lips onto her green dress. Flak shook Captain, but for a moment she didn't move. "Captain, come on! Come on, Kerry!" Captain came to her senses. She let Flak drag her to her feet and lead her to the edge of the hall. "Are you okay?" "Yeah, I'm fine--" Captain remained where she was, letting Flak check her over. She was still staring in Ahelos' direction. Ahelos was leaning against the wall, breathing heavily, staring into space. The taste was still in her mouth, warm and tingling, delicious and somehow so very wrong. Her brain seemed to be working on slow motion: slowly she recalled leaping at Captian, sinking her teeth into her skin...she shook her head, realising what she had done. She'd bitten Captain, she'd tried to hurt her! She'd done something terrible--so why did it feel so great, why did she suddenly feel so great? What was going on? Flak shook Captain gently. "Come on, we can't stand around. Let's get out of--Look out!" He swept out his gun and fired swiftly into the head of the Reaver that had been creeping up to Captain. Spinning around, noticing the crowd that had been forming around them, Flak began shooting down anything that came too near. Captain stood flat against the wall, unarmed, shocked and afraid, her face burning where she'd been hit. She had to do something--Ahelos had been shot--where were the others?--she had to get her gun back--she had to do something. She looked up, just as one of the Reavers broke through Flak's defensive shots, raising his gun. Flak hesitated for a split second. A bang; a flash; Flak staggered back; his gun clattered to the ground. Captain caught her brother as he collapsed into her arms, blood spreading across his shoulder from the gunshot. Sorry about that, Stanic
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