Fighting with rebel groups had been going on for months. The unsc would make a gain then suffer a set back again and again. As things where looking grim the unsc fleet arrived.
Surface Officer: this is the 9th battalion to any forces that can hear us we are surrounded and taking causalitys
The officer braces himself as an explosion goes off near him
Sergeant: sir what's the word
Officer: i can't reach hq we fight till
He stops as he looks up and they see a number of drop pods land in the area as odst come out and begin pushing back the rebels.
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
*HK Begins tracking the skimmer and "Commandeers" a vehicle for himself*
*He catches up to the vehicle, finding it abandoned with 3 tracks of various sets of footprints. All have at least one set of footprints that could be Karen's.*
*HK Begins tracking the skimmer and "Commandeers" a vehicle for himself*
*He catches up to the vehicle, finding it abandoned with 3 tracks of various sets of footprints. All have at least one set of footprints that could be Karen's.*
*HK Begins following the footprints Judging their sizes along the way.*
*HK Begins tracking the skimmer and "Commandeers" a vehicle for himself*
*He catches up to the vehicle, finding it abandoned with 3 tracks of various sets of footprints. All have at least one set of footprints that could be Karen's.*
*HK Begins following the footprints Judging their sizes along the way.*
*Meanwhile, Karen is bound to a chair in a secluded warehouse, struggling to break the cable tied around her wrists.*
Man: Stop struggling, it won't help. The cable is a duranium composite; you can't break it.
Karen: What do you want with me?
Man *sarcasm*: Gee, what could I possibly want with the grand-daughter of the Prime Minister and greatest stateswomen the Republic has ever known? Could it be... Money?
Karen: My Grandmother won't pay a ransom!
Man: Too bad. But I'm sure the Alliance will.
*Karen's voice cracks a little at that.*
I'm afraid they're every bit as savage as their propaganda makes out. But, they are offering a very good price.
Karen *quietly, voice cracking*: You're all ba*****s...
Man: Of course... It would be a bit awkward to get you off Pegasus Prime without P-Sec noticing.
Go ahead, she's yours.
*Karen looks over at a hooded figure, her size and build, who walks over and starts to undo her restraints. Karen immediately tries to fight her way out, being very quickly restrained by her new captor's superior strength, though she does manage to pull the hood down.
The female captor has her eyes, a darker shade of short-cut, brown hair, and a more rounded face. In fact, she looks identical to Tara at the same age.*
Karen *shock*: Who...? What...?
Oh my--!
*Before she can utter another word, the girl covers her mouth and pins her to the ground, allowing Karen to struggle until she passes out.
Just as HK arrives, he sees the same life reading from the alley burst through the skylight, immediately knocking out two of the kidnappers and turning to face Karen's immediate hostage-takers.*
Spider: I knew if I followed you long enough you'd slip up, Cartridge!
Man: Oh, come on! Boys!
*The warehouse quickly erupts into a hail of disruptor fire as Spider dodges effortlessly.*
*HK Begins tracking the skimmer and "Commandeers" a vehicle for himself*
*He catches up to the vehicle, finding it abandoned with 3 tracks of various sets of footprints. All have at least one set of footprints that could be Karen's.*
*HK Begins following the footprints Judging their sizes along the way.*
*Meanwhile, Karen is bound to a chair in a secluded warehouse, struggling to break the cable tied around her wrists.*
Man: Stop struggling, it won't help. The cable is a duranium composite; you can't break it.
Karen: What do you want with me?
Man *sarcasm*: Gee, what could I possibly want with the grand-daughter of the Prime Minister and greatest stateswomen the Republic has ever known? Could it be... Money?
Karen: My Grandmother won't pay a ransom!
Man: Too bad. But I'm sure the Alliance will.
*Karen's voice cracks a little at that.*
I'm afraid they're every bit as savage as their propaganda makes out. But, they are offering a very good price.
Karen *quietly, voice cracking*: You're all ba*****s...
Man: Of course... It would be a bit awkward to get you off Pegasus Prime without P-Sec noticing.
Go ahead, she's yours.
*Karen looks over at a hooded figure, her size and build, who walks over and starts to undo her restraints. Karen immediately tries to fight her way out, being very quickly restrained by her new captor's superior strength, though she does manage to pull the hood down.
The female captor has her eyes, a darker shade of short-cut, brown hair, and a more rounded face. In fact, she looks identical to Tara at the same age.*
Karen *shock*: Who...? What...?
Oh my--!
*Before she can utter another word, the girl covers her mouth and pins her to the ground, allowing Karen to struggle until she passes out.
Just as HK arrives, he sees the same life reading from the alley burst through the skylight, immediately knocking out two of the kidnappers and turning to face Karen's immediate hostage-takers.*
Spider: I knew if I followed you long enough you'd slip up, Cartridge!
Man: Oh, come on! Boys!
*The warehouse quickly erupts into a hail of disruptor fire as Spider dodges effortlessly.*
*HK Bursts through a wall*
HK: Exclamation: Assassination protocols initiated, Prejudice set to maximum! *He begins firing at the hostage takers and the Tara Clone*
*HK Begins tracking the skimmer and "Commandeers" a vehicle for himself*
*He catches up to the vehicle, finding it abandoned with 3 tracks of various sets of footprints. All have at least one set of footprints that could be Karen's.*
*HK Begins following the footprints Judging their sizes along the way.*
*Meanwhile, Karen is bound to a chair in a secluded warehouse, struggling to break the cable tied around her wrists.*
Man: Stop struggling, it won't help. The cable is a duranium composite; you can't break it.
Karen: What do you want with me?
Man *sarcasm*: Gee, what could I possibly want with the grand-daughter of the Prime Minister and greatest stateswomen the Republic has ever known? Could it be... Money?
Karen: My Grandmother won't pay a ransom!
Man: Too bad. But I'm sure the Alliance will.
*Karen's voice cracks a little at that.*
I'm afraid they're every bit as savage as their propaganda makes out. But, they are offering a very good price.
Karen *quietly, voice cracking*: You're all ba*****s...
Man: Of course... It would be a bit awkward to get you off Pegasus Prime without P-Sec noticing.
Go ahead, she's yours.
*Karen looks over at a hooded figure, her size and build, who walks over and starts to undo her restraints. Karen immediately tries to fight her way out, being very quickly restrained by her new captor's superior strength, though she does manage to pull the hood down.
The female captor has her eyes, a darker shade of short-cut, brown hair, and a more rounded face. In fact, she looks identical to Tara at the same age.*
Karen *shock*: Who...? What...?
Oh my--!
*Before she can utter another word, the girl covers her mouth and pins her to the ground, allowing Karen to struggle until she passes out.
Just as HK arrives, he sees the same life reading from the alley burst through the skylight, immediately knocking out two of the kidnappers and turning to face Karen's immediate hostage-takers.*
Spider: I knew if I followed you long enough you'd slip up, Cartridge!
Man: Oh, come on! Boys!
*The warehouse quickly erupts into a hail of disruptor fire as Spider dodges effortlessly.*
*HK Bursts through a wall*
HK: Exclamation: Assassination protocols initiated, Prejudice set to maximum! *He begins firing at the hostage takers and the Tara Clone*
*The Tara clone dives on top of Karen and beams out with her as Spider finishes knocking out the rest of the thugs.*
*The transporter beam seems to have been bounced between several different ships in orbit, but HK can determine the source was somewhere on the Halsar Continent.*
*The transporter beam seems to have been bounced between several different ships in orbit, but HK can determine the source was somewhere on the Halsar Continent.*
HK: *Turns to spider* Query: Do you have access to a transporter?
*The transporter beam seems to have been bounced between several different ships in orbit, but HK can determine the source was somewhere on the Halsar Continent.*
HK: *Turns to spider* Query: Do you have access to a transporter?
Spider: Not exactly. Why? Do you know where they went?
HK: Statement: I know the source of the transporter beam. Either they are there or someone who knows something is. I suppose I could commandeer one temporarily if need be.
HK: Statement: I know the source of the transporter beam. Either they are there or someone who knows something is. I suppose I could commandeer one temporarily if need be.
Spider: Or we could... You know... Contact the authorities?
*Meanwhile, in a secret location. Karen is restrained to a medical table, struggling against the restraining field. As she continues to struggle, an ageing man in a lab coat walks in.*
Warren: You're wasting your energy. Even if you [i]could[/i] get out, there are two guards and Thirty-Three stationed outside. You aren't going anywhere, Miss Fuller.
Karen: What do you want with me?
Warren: Well, your blood, first of all. Then I figured we'd start your conditioning.
*A drone comes down from the ceiling, drawing some blood from Karen's arm with a syringe. Then, Karen's injected with some kind of drug.*
You know, the first time we did this, Dr Harrison insisted on using cybernetics to secure the psychological conditioning and to keep control over the genetic augmentations. But, strangely enough, we haven't had a single problem with the Archangels since we moved to total augmentation.
Karen *anxious*: What did you just do to me?
Warren: Don't worry, it's just the baseline. A series of nanites which will prepare the next stage for rewriting your genetic code.
Karen *anxious*: Who are you?
Warren: We're the Department of Interstellar Security. You won't have heard of us. Officially, we don't exist. Unofficially, we were formed about 10 years after the Republic's founding to protect the Republic from any existential threats, by any means necessary. We've prevented coups, invasions, even declarations of independence, before anyone even heard about them. That's what the Archangels are for: our surgical instruments. Infiltrators, assassins, and one-person armies wrapped into one. Totally illegal, of course, but that's what it takes to keep people like you safe.
Karen *anxious*: I don't [i]feel[/i] safe right now...
Warren: No. But give it a few days and you'll feel better than safe.
Oh, I forgot to mention, that injection? It included a dose of an enzyme which has deactivated your twilight gene. So don't go trying to port or blast your way out.
*Warren turns and leaves, heading to analyse Karen's blood sample.*
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Fighting with rebel groups had been going on for months. The unsc would make a gain then suffer a set back again and again. As things where looking grim the unsc fleet arrived.
Surface
Officer: this is the 9th battalion to any forces that can hear us we are surrounded and taking causalitys
The officer braces himself as an explosion goes off near him
Sergeant: sir what's the word
Officer: i can't reach hq we fight till
He stops as he looks up and they see a number of drop pods land in the area as odst come out and begin pushing back the rebels.
*HK detects someone watching Karen from a nearby alleyway.*
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*He hears a startled cry as Karen is gagged and pulled into a skimmer. The figure from the alley disappears.*
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*The skimmer just evades the missile as the crowds start panicking and screaming from the weapons fire. The skimmer speeds off into the distance.*
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*He catches up to the vehicle, finding it abandoned with 3 tracks of various sets of footprints. All have at least one set of footprints that could be Karen's.*
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*HK Begins following the footprints Judging their sizes along the way.*
*Meanwhile, Karen is bound to a chair in a secluded warehouse, struggling to break the cable tied around her wrists.*
Man: Stop struggling, it won't help. The cable is a duranium composite; you can't break it.
Karen: What do you want with me?
Man *sarcasm*: Gee, what could I possibly want with the grand-daughter of the Prime Minister and greatest stateswomen the Republic has ever known? Could it be... Money?
Karen: My Grandmother won't pay a ransom!
Man: Too bad. But I'm sure the Alliance will.
*Karen's voice cracks a little at that.*
I'm afraid they're every bit as savage as their propaganda makes out. But, they are offering a very good price.
Karen *quietly, voice cracking*: You're all ba*****s...
Man: Of course... It would be a bit awkward to get you off Pegasus Prime without P-Sec noticing.
Go ahead, she's yours.
*Karen looks over at a hooded figure, her size and build, who walks over and starts to undo her restraints. Karen immediately tries to fight her way out, being very quickly restrained by her new captor's superior strength, though she does manage to pull the hood down.
The female captor has her eyes, a darker shade of short-cut, brown hair, and a more rounded face. In fact, she looks identical to Tara at the same age.*
Karen *shock*: Who...? What...?
Oh my--!
*Before she can utter another word, the girl covers her mouth and pins her to the ground, allowing Karen to struggle until she passes out.
Just as HK arrives, he sees the same life reading from the alley burst through the skylight, immediately knocking out two of the kidnappers and turning to face Karen's immediate hostage-takers.*
Spider: I knew if I followed you long enough you'd slip up, Cartridge!
Man: Oh, come on! Boys!
*The warehouse quickly erupts into a hail of disruptor fire as Spider dodges effortlessly.*
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The two nod as they grab their gear heading out towards the nearest settlement.
Elsewhere
Kal is relaxing having a drink watching a few of his men train.
Ordo: it looks like someone is being active.
Kal: what now?
Ordo: one of our people spotted this.
He hands him a padd with the images from the market.
Kal: either someone offered them a fortune or they are just getting plain stupid.
Ordo: you want to do anything with it?
Kal: no not now. Send a scout to recon the situation and see what's going on.
*HK Bursts through a wall*
HK: Exclamation: Assassination protocols initiated, Prejudice set to maximum! *He begins firing at the hostage takers and the Tara Clone*
*The guards at the wall of the settlement stop them*
Guard 1: What is your business here outsider? *The translator can't lock onto the language but somehow they are able to understand him anyway*
Guard 2: It is unusual for any to survive the crash.
*The Tara clone dives on top of Karen and beams out with her as Spider finishes knocking out the rest of the thugs.*
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HK: Statement: I will not fail you again if I can help it.
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HK: *Turns to spider* Query: Do you have access to a transporter?
Guard 2: What kind of information?
Rookie: unsc forces have been engaged by forces engaged by this man.
Zain colony
Over comms
Admiral hoish: this is the 19th attack fleet we are deploying troops to major battle zones across the planet.
Unsc Thunderbolt
Ops: odst pods deployed. Launching pelicans now.
Hoish: very good bring us to low orbit over the capital and provide heavy fire support.
Helm: aye sir.
Spider: Not exactly. Why? Do you know where they went?
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Spider: Or we could... You know... Contact the authorities?
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Warren: You're wasting your energy. Even if you [i]could[/i] get out, there are two guards and Thirty-Three stationed outside. You aren't going anywhere, Miss Fuller.
Karen: What do you want with me?
Warren: Well, your blood, first of all. Then I figured we'd start your conditioning.
*A drone comes down from the ceiling, drawing some blood from Karen's arm with a syringe. Then, Karen's injected with some kind of drug.*
You know, the first time we did this, Dr Harrison insisted on using cybernetics to secure the psychological conditioning and to keep control over the genetic augmentations. But, strangely enough, we haven't had a single problem with the Archangels since we moved to total augmentation.
Karen *anxious*: What did you just do to me?
Warren: Don't worry, it's just the baseline. A series of nanites which will prepare the next stage for rewriting your genetic code.
Karen *anxious*: Who are you?
Warren: We're the Department of Interstellar Security. You won't have heard of us. Officially, we don't exist. Unofficially, we were formed about 10 years after the Republic's founding to protect the Republic from any existential threats, by any means necessary. We've prevented coups, invasions, even declarations of independence, before anyone even heard about them. That's what the Archangels are for: our surgical instruments. Infiltrators, assassins, and one-person armies wrapped into one. Totally illegal, of course, but that's what it takes to keep people like you safe.
Karen *anxious*: I don't [i]feel[/i] safe right now...
Warren: No. But give it a few days and you'll feel better than safe.
Oh, I forgot to mention, that injection? It included a dose of an enzyme which has deactivated your twilight gene. So don't go trying to port or blast your way out.
*Warren turns and leaves, heading to analyse Karen's blood sample.*
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Guard 1: The infernal one? How has he escaped?
Guard 2: The elder needs to see this.