Civilian By Canadianwolverine
CanadianWolverine
Join Date: 2003-02-07 Member: 13249Members
Join Date: 2003-02-07 Member: 13249Members
<div class="IPBDescription">My first NS Fan Fiction</div> This will be my first draft, 'cause nothing is perfect. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed reading it. Oh, and as soon as I figure out how to do (or rip off) decent html for a webpage, I'll host my own story <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> Feel free to review and post your comments.
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<b>Civilian</b> by CanadianWolverine
"She looks good."
"Huh." Trevor tried to drag himself out of the stupor that had been hanging over him all day, like rain clouds that refused to rain, "What did you say Kevin?"
"I said she's hot enough to spend a few resources on," Kevin quiped with a tinge of annoyance in his voice, "Hey, I didn't spend 2 res on this holo-vid of Alpha Centauri women from that space gypsy just so you could go to sleep."
"Sorry, if you want I could give you a res," Trevor offered as a way to show he was honestly sorry for not paying attention to his friends latest bit of galactic matrix entertainment.
"Nah, its ok, I just thought that it might cheer you up, losing your girlfriend to that TSA representative isn't the end of the world, you still got me, "Kevin offered playfully.
"Thanks, I love you too, maybe we can sex later," Trevor said with the beginnings of a smirk.
"In your dreams, I'd sooner mate with a nanite molecular processor than you, spank-you-very-much," Kevin laughed and proceeded to punch Trevor in the head, hard enough to make a solid *thwack* sound. In response, Trevor grabed Kevin's arm at the wrist while it was still extended and twisted it in towards the center of his friend's body. Next he brought his other hand around and open palm punched the elbow joint in the wrong direction, bringing about a satisfying *snap*crunch* as Kevin's arm broke in two places, completely mangling it so that the jagged edges of the break could be seen just below the skin which was quickly turning a sickly dark red colour. At this, the two friends began gufawing with laughter, griping their guts with their good arms like they were trying to contain themselves on the lightly ocuppied transport colony rail, but to no avail as they both fell out of their seats on to the floor. The other passengers couldn't keep the grins off of their faces and a few of the other men on the rail chuckled. Finally they calmed down as they both laid on their backs staring at the soft light glow panels along the ceiling.
"You know, you should probably zip up the rest of your nano-suit, let the little buggers do their thing," Trevor advised.
"Bah, what are you, my mother? I'll be fine, I've been wearing these suits so long I swear its like the nanite machines have taken up permanent residence inside my veins," Kevin mentioned as he finished suiting up with his good arm, "That was a good hit, those cyber martial arts lessons have been paying off I see. Maybe I should take a few so I can show you what a real whooping is like." Even as he slipped his gruesome looking limb into his suit it seemed to straighten bit by bit. "Just like new," his face grimacing in a stupid grin.
"Hey, shouldn't we almost be at the shuttle platform station by now? I don't want to be late for my shift of making sure this colony gets its supplies from off-world again," Trevor questioned as tilted his head towards the side wall panel, taping it to request information on their ETA at Thor Spaceport planet level, "These damn mag-rails don't seem to go fast enough sometimes, no matter how frictionless they say they are."
"I know, it was like the time I had to..." Kevin stoped mid-setence as all the light panels suddenly flickered off and the red emergency lights came on, giving the passenger compartment a strange dark, claustrophobic feel that wasn't there before.
"What the hell?!?" Kevin and Trevor both said simultaenously in shock as they sat up and got to their feet. As they stood up, they could feel the rail slowing as their bodies felt drawn towards the front of the compartment. Almost instantaneously they grabed their seats and buckled their emergency five point harnesses, reclining the seats manually into the crash positions. The other occupants of the compartment were also doing the same, as they all knew the drill in case the magnetic rails which the vehicle sped along on failed to function properly, though some of the people couldn't help but break out into sobbing cries for help from fellow passengers and God.
Since Trevor was the chief civilian in this compartment of the vehicle, he felt compelled to try to keep a calm and level head. In a commanding, reassuring voice he spoke of calm and staying focused on iniating the proper emergency proceedures to those around him, even though he felt like screaming at the top of his lungs. Only seconds had passed and already the compartment could be felt to vibrate. People began to tell each other that they loved each other, while others screamed and broke out into fits of intense crying. Just as the compartment began to rattle, someone in the compartment began singing in a voice which must've been just incredibly powerful to be heard over the roaring din that compartment was making.
"Long live humanity~! It is for thee that we struggle..."
Trevor could almost swear he recognized the voice singing the song sung by space engineers, pilots, researchers, marines and all the other explorers that had ventured farther from Earth than any before.
"...with mind, body, and soul~! Among the heavens..."
He just couldn't place it, but he was sure he knew it, like it was someone he loved dearly. His thoughts seemed to be shaken to pieces, just as he could swear the compartment would be by the violent shaking that had now taken a hold of everything in his view, making even the red emergency lights flicker on and off like a strobe light. He felt despair, that all hope was slipping away.
"...we see the angels, fight the demons~! God save humanity~!"
But then he felt a hand grip his in a solid and calm manner. Everything became crystal clear for Trevor in that moment. He knew that was his brother's hand and that everything would be okay.
After what felt like an eternity in that moment, the red lights stoped flickering and just ceased to function. But the shaking had stoped too. After a few minutes people had calmed down enough to start cheering and laughing despite the darkness. The sounds of buckles being unclasped and people breathing sighs of relief were evident. In the middle of this the triple sealed doors of the compartment that would normally lead to the docking station for the mag-rail at Thor Spaceport planet level were groaning as some passengers had decided to manually engage them all open, so they might be able to see where they had crashed.
"Hey, we're at the station, and we're still on the rail!" Someone shouted as a green glow bathed the interior of the compartment. But no sooner had they gotten the words out then it was followed by frantic shouts and then screams. After that all the sounds Trevor could hear was chaos. Gurgles, weeping, growls, screeches, scuttling, splatter... Small shapes, large shapes, and human shapes all mingled in the semi-darkness. The smell of decay, gore, and burnt flesh came over Trevor like the foul breath of Death.
"Brother, I love you." Kevin said as he threw his body onto his, smothering him in his nano-suit. Then he felt his brother's body convulse has something pushed and pulled at it, but his brother's face was a grimace of determination as he hugged his brother like he would never let him go, ever. Then Trevor felt his his brother's last breath on his face and something salty, warm, and wet dripped on his face. Trevor turned his head towards the doors to see his doom and saw a small round animal, that would be almost cute if it wasn't for the vicious looking fangs and spike adorning its scaled hide. That last thing he saw as he passed out was a white goo shooting towards him from the creature...
Edited: for spelling and a bit of odd sentence structure that I noticed.
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<b>Civilian</b> by CanadianWolverine
"She looks good."
"Huh." Trevor tried to drag himself out of the stupor that had been hanging over him all day, like rain clouds that refused to rain, "What did you say Kevin?"
"I said she's hot enough to spend a few resources on," Kevin quiped with a tinge of annoyance in his voice, "Hey, I didn't spend 2 res on this holo-vid of Alpha Centauri women from that space gypsy just so you could go to sleep."
"Sorry, if you want I could give you a res," Trevor offered as a way to show he was honestly sorry for not paying attention to his friends latest bit of galactic matrix entertainment.
"Nah, its ok, I just thought that it might cheer you up, losing your girlfriend to that TSA representative isn't the end of the world, you still got me, "Kevin offered playfully.
"Thanks, I love you too, maybe we can sex later," Trevor said with the beginnings of a smirk.
"In your dreams, I'd sooner mate with a nanite molecular processor than you, spank-you-very-much," Kevin laughed and proceeded to punch Trevor in the head, hard enough to make a solid *thwack* sound. In response, Trevor grabed Kevin's arm at the wrist while it was still extended and twisted it in towards the center of his friend's body. Next he brought his other hand around and open palm punched the elbow joint in the wrong direction, bringing about a satisfying *snap*crunch* as Kevin's arm broke in two places, completely mangling it so that the jagged edges of the break could be seen just below the skin which was quickly turning a sickly dark red colour. At this, the two friends began gufawing with laughter, griping their guts with their good arms like they were trying to contain themselves on the lightly ocuppied transport colony rail, but to no avail as they both fell out of their seats on to the floor. The other passengers couldn't keep the grins off of their faces and a few of the other men on the rail chuckled. Finally they calmed down as they both laid on their backs staring at the soft light glow panels along the ceiling.
"You know, you should probably zip up the rest of your nano-suit, let the little buggers do their thing," Trevor advised.
"Bah, what are you, my mother? I'll be fine, I've been wearing these suits so long I swear its like the nanite machines have taken up permanent residence inside my veins," Kevin mentioned as he finished suiting up with his good arm, "That was a good hit, those cyber martial arts lessons have been paying off I see. Maybe I should take a few so I can show you what a real whooping is like." Even as he slipped his gruesome looking limb into his suit it seemed to straighten bit by bit. "Just like new," his face grimacing in a stupid grin.
"Hey, shouldn't we almost be at the shuttle platform station by now? I don't want to be late for my shift of making sure this colony gets its supplies from off-world again," Trevor questioned as tilted his head towards the side wall panel, taping it to request information on their ETA at Thor Spaceport planet level, "These damn mag-rails don't seem to go fast enough sometimes, no matter how frictionless they say they are."
"I know, it was like the time I had to..." Kevin stoped mid-setence as all the light panels suddenly flickered off and the red emergency lights came on, giving the passenger compartment a strange dark, claustrophobic feel that wasn't there before.
"What the hell?!?" Kevin and Trevor both said simultaenously in shock as they sat up and got to their feet. As they stood up, they could feel the rail slowing as their bodies felt drawn towards the front of the compartment. Almost instantaneously they grabed their seats and buckled their emergency five point harnesses, reclining the seats manually into the crash positions. The other occupants of the compartment were also doing the same, as they all knew the drill in case the magnetic rails which the vehicle sped along on failed to function properly, though some of the people couldn't help but break out into sobbing cries for help from fellow passengers and God.
Since Trevor was the chief civilian in this compartment of the vehicle, he felt compelled to try to keep a calm and level head. In a commanding, reassuring voice he spoke of calm and staying focused on iniating the proper emergency proceedures to those around him, even though he felt like screaming at the top of his lungs. Only seconds had passed and already the compartment could be felt to vibrate. People began to tell each other that they loved each other, while others screamed and broke out into fits of intense crying. Just as the compartment began to rattle, someone in the compartment began singing in a voice which must've been just incredibly powerful to be heard over the roaring din that compartment was making.
"Long live humanity~! It is for thee that we struggle..."
Trevor could almost swear he recognized the voice singing the song sung by space engineers, pilots, researchers, marines and all the other explorers that had ventured farther from Earth than any before.
"...with mind, body, and soul~! Among the heavens..."
He just couldn't place it, but he was sure he knew it, like it was someone he loved dearly. His thoughts seemed to be shaken to pieces, just as he could swear the compartment would be by the violent shaking that had now taken a hold of everything in his view, making even the red emergency lights flicker on and off like a strobe light. He felt despair, that all hope was slipping away.
"...we see the angels, fight the demons~! God save humanity~!"
But then he felt a hand grip his in a solid and calm manner. Everything became crystal clear for Trevor in that moment. He knew that was his brother's hand and that everything would be okay.
After what felt like an eternity in that moment, the red lights stoped flickering and just ceased to function. But the shaking had stoped too. After a few minutes people had calmed down enough to start cheering and laughing despite the darkness. The sounds of buckles being unclasped and people breathing sighs of relief were evident. In the middle of this the triple sealed doors of the compartment that would normally lead to the docking station for the mag-rail at Thor Spaceport planet level were groaning as some passengers had decided to manually engage them all open, so they might be able to see where they had crashed.
"Hey, we're at the station, and we're still on the rail!" Someone shouted as a green glow bathed the interior of the compartment. But no sooner had they gotten the words out then it was followed by frantic shouts and then screams. After that all the sounds Trevor could hear was chaos. Gurgles, weeping, growls, screeches, scuttling, splatter... Small shapes, large shapes, and human shapes all mingled in the semi-darkness. The smell of decay, gore, and burnt flesh came over Trevor like the foul breath of Death.
"Brother, I love you." Kevin said as he threw his body onto his, smothering him in his nano-suit. Then he felt his brother's body convulse has something pushed and pulled at it, but his brother's face was a grimace of determination as he hugged his brother like he would never let him go, ever. Then Trevor felt his his brother's last breath on his face and something salty, warm, and wet dripped on his face. Trevor turned his head towards the doors to see his doom and saw a small round animal, that would be almost cute if it wasn't for the vicious looking fangs and spike adorning its scaled hide. That last thing he saw as he passed out was a white goo shooting towards him from the creature...
Edited: for spelling and a bit of odd sentence structure that I noticed.
Comments
*shoots his friend in the head - they both laugh it off*
That's sad and genius! Sadly genius! It entirely different, too. Not like "hurrah, we frontiersmen and the base is overrun!" More like "Ha, we're on the base and damn we're dead!" I am pleased and now must slip into unconciousness.
*shoots his friend in the head - they both laugh it off*
That's sad and genius! Sadly genius! It entirely different, too. Not like "hurrah, we frontiersmen and the base is overrun!" More like "Ha, we're on the base and damn we're dead!" I am pleased and now must slip into unconciousness. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I wholeheartedly agree
...what if I told you the story doesn't end there?
I hope that my story shows (and will show) that writing about other characters in the Natural Selection universe other than space marines or kharaa is possible and can be interesting. It doesn't necissarily have to be an action sequence to have action in it <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
and it's no matter that real life comes before NS fan-fic, perfectly understandable <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->