A New Enemy.
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Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17462Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">The Draug outbreak.</div> <i><b>Introduction</b></i>
Location: Transport vessel 'Promellus'
"You sure you saw something ?" Rechard asked.
"I swear, we have Kharaa onboard we gotta send a S.O.S!" Gellan replied, beads of sweat dripping down his face.
"The last time you said you saw something it was a friggin' cuddly bear." Rechard said as he drew out his pistol.
"Where you going ?" Gellan said as he pulled Rechard back.
"Get of me ! I'm gonna have a look, you know how rare Kharaa now ? We haven't had a single Kharaa problem since a year ago, think we killed them all you know, so let go of me and i'll prove it to you there aren't no Kharaa here."
Gellan grumbled and let Rechard go, he drew his pistol and followed Rechard, the corridor up ahead was dimly lit, a large shadowy patch covered the far end, they slowly walked foward, Gellan switched on his flash light and shone it on the shadow patch, to his suprise it didn't luminate.
"Hmm must be really dark or something over there." Rechard said to Gellan to comfort him, though he too was a little nervous at this odd discovery.
They slowly walked into the shadowy area, it smelt strongly of salt and felt very moist in the air, Rechard put his hand out forward to feel for the exit.
"What in the hell?" Gellan whispered, Rechard looked behind them and gazed in disbelief, the shadow was creating a wall behind them, before any of them could do anything the shadowy wall reached the corridor ceiling.
"What the feck was that ?" Gellan asked in a panicky voice.
"I...i....i dunno know, it looks like a wall or some sort." Reachard replied.
"You mean we are stuck in here ?" Gellan asked again. Rechard didn't reply.
"Well ? Do you know a way out or not ? Answer me !" Gellan demanded.
He felt something quickly wrap round his neck, it hoisted him up of the ground and held him there, he fired at thing holding him though he couldn't see anything and it sounded like nothing hit, he then felt a immense pain in his chest as something ripped straight through it, his body dangled there before dropping to the ground with a thud.
"Sir we have reports throughout the ship of what may be Kharaa, i'm sending a squad to investiagte sections A,F,H and O." The ship technican reported as he pressed a few icons on his computer screen.
"Dam, why did they attack now?" The Admiral ask.
"Sir?"
"The Kharaa have been inactive for a year why did they attack now? <i>What are they up to?</i>" The Admiral said whispering the last part.
"I'm not su---- SIR ! MOVEMENT OUTSIDE THE CONTROL ROOM !" The technican shouted as he spun round to face the control room doors.
"Grab a weapon everyone, it may be hostile." The Admiral ordered as he flicked a switch and a rack of weapons came out of the floor, everyone quickly armed themselves and faced the door. The door opened but nothing came through, they waited their fingers itching on their weapons trigger.
"Sir ? Orders ?"
"Hold your ground, fire grenades into the door way now." The Admiral ordered as a volley of grenades where fired into the corridor outside, nothing, no Kharaa, no howls of pain, no bacterium left on the wall.
"You sure something is out there son ?" The Admiral ask.
"I'm posotive." The technican replied.
A scream filled the air, the Admiral looked in the direction of the scream and froze in horror. A creature surely not Kharaa, he knew what Kharaa looked like, had it's arm inside a mans chest, it's jet black eyes covering most of it's head, it's bone white skin covering it's body, it's spine protected by a row of small spikes, it's arm slightly deformed, one of them way larger than the other, it's teeth small but razor sharp, suddenly five more of these things appeared from no where, they appeared to be etheral, they inserted their large arm into other people's chest but somehow it didn't peirce the humans skin, they then became opaque, their victims suddenly jolted in pain and moaned, the creatures suddenly pulled out theirs hand with a organ in it.
The Admiral didn't wait any longer. "FIRE !!!"
The room was filled with gun fire, the creatures suddenly turned etheral the bullets passing right through them as they crawled on all fours to others before becoming visible and leaping at them knocking them over an going in a frenzy slashing away with their hands and biting away with their teeth. The bullets didn't seem to have any effect on their skin, they ignored all gun fire and carryed on killing everyone, suddenly three larger creatures appeared, they stood on two legs and were taller than a man, their body was like that of a insect and protected by a exo-skeleton, they were armed with two long sycthes almost aslong as their bodies, their heads armed with a row of perfectly sharp teeth, when these appeared the Admirals head suddenly became clouded of bad thoughts and feelings, he felt his will to fight leave him and he stopped firing, others around him seem to have felt the same effect, the larger creatures chuckled and joined the others in a killing frenzy.
Location: TSA communication outpost 0189.
"Sir, it seems we have an report of a Kharaa attack." The communicator reported to his commander gving him a PDA with a message on it.
"Well well, wonder what those SOB's have been up to, very well i'll inform others and we will get a Frontiersmen squad dispatched, thank you." The commander took the PDA and went into his office and forward the message.
More later, it feels so good to be writing stories again. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Location: Transport vessel 'Promellus'
"You sure you saw something ?" Rechard asked.
"I swear, we have Kharaa onboard we gotta send a S.O.S!" Gellan replied, beads of sweat dripping down his face.
"The last time you said you saw something it was a friggin' cuddly bear." Rechard said as he drew out his pistol.
"Where you going ?" Gellan said as he pulled Rechard back.
"Get of me ! I'm gonna have a look, you know how rare Kharaa now ? We haven't had a single Kharaa problem since a year ago, think we killed them all you know, so let go of me and i'll prove it to you there aren't no Kharaa here."
Gellan grumbled and let Rechard go, he drew his pistol and followed Rechard, the corridor up ahead was dimly lit, a large shadowy patch covered the far end, they slowly walked foward, Gellan switched on his flash light and shone it on the shadow patch, to his suprise it didn't luminate.
"Hmm must be really dark or something over there." Rechard said to Gellan to comfort him, though he too was a little nervous at this odd discovery.
They slowly walked into the shadowy area, it smelt strongly of salt and felt very moist in the air, Rechard put his hand out forward to feel for the exit.
"What in the hell?" Gellan whispered, Rechard looked behind them and gazed in disbelief, the shadow was creating a wall behind them, before any of them could do anything the shadowy wall reached the corridor ceiling.
"What the feck was that ?" Gellan asked in a panicky voice.
"I...i....i dunno know, it looks like a wall or some sort." Reachard replied.
"You mean we are stuck in here ?" Gellan asked again. Rechard didn't reply.
"Well ? Do you know a way out or not ? Answer me !" Gellan demanded.
He felt something quickly wrap round his neck, it hoisted him up of the ground and held him there, he fired at thing holding him though he couldn't see anything and it sounded like nothing hit, he then felt a immense pain in his chest as something ripped straight through it, his body dangled there before dropping to the ground with a thud.
"Sir we have reports throughout the ship of what may be Kharaa, i'm sending a squad to investiagte sections A,F,H and O." The ship technican reported as he pressed a few icons on his computer screen.
"Dam, why did they attack now?" The Admiral ask.
"Sir?"
"The Kharaa have been inactive for a year why did they attack now? <i>What are they up to?</i>" The Admiral said whispering the last part.
"I'm not su---- SIR ! MOVEMENT OUTSIDE THE CONTROL ROOM !" The technican shouted as he spun round to face the control room doors.
"Grab a weapon everyone, it may be hostile." The Admiral ordered as he flicked a switch and a rack of weapons came out of the floor, everyone quickly armed themselves and faced the door. The door opened but nothing came through, they waited their fingers itching on their weapons trigger.
"Sir ? Orders ?"
"Hold your ground, fire grenades into the door way now." The Admiral ordered as a volley of grenades where fired into the corridor outside, nothing, no Kharaa, no howls of pain, no bacterium left on the wall.
"You sure something is out there son ?" The Admiral ask.
"I'm posotive." The technican replied.
A scream filled the air, the Admiral looked in the direction of the scream and froze in horror. A creature surely not Kharaa, he knew what Kharaa looked like, had it's arm inside a mans chest, it's jet black eyes covering most of it's head, it's bone white skin covering it's body, it's spine protected by a row of small spikes, it's arm slightly deformed, one of them way larger than the other, it's teeth small but razor sharp, suddenly five more of these things appeared from no where, they appeared to be etheral, they inserted their large arm into other people's chest but somehow it didn't peirce the humans skin, they then became opaque, their victims suddenly jolted in pain and moaned, the creatures suddenly pulled out theirs hand with a organ in it.
The Admiral didn't wait any longer. "FIRE !!!"
The room was filled with gun fire, the creatures suddenly turned etheral the bullets passing right through them as they crawled on all fours to others before becoming visible and leaping at them knocking them over an going in a frenzy slashing away with their hands and biting away with their teeth. The bullets didn't seem to have any effect on their skin, they ignored all gun fire and carryed on killing everyone, suddenly three larger creatures appeared, they stood on two legs and were taller than a man, their body was like that of a insect and protected by a exo-skeleton, they were armed with two long sycthes almost aslong as their bodies, their heads armed with a row of perfectly sharp teeth, when these appeared the Admirals head suddenly became clouded of bad thoughts and feelings, he felt his will to fight leave him and he stopped firing, others around him seem to have felt the same effect, the larger creatures chuckled and joined the others in a killing frenzy.
Location: TSA communication outpost 0189.
"Sir, it seems we have an report of a Kharaa attack." The communicator reported to his commander gving him a PDA with a message on it.
"Well well, wonder what those SOB's have been up to, very well i'll inform others and we will get a Frontiersmen squad dispatched, thank you." The commander took the PDA and went into his office and forward the message.
More later, it feels so good to be writing stories again. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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Just a note, these events are 10 years after Research vessel MMFD1
<b><i>Chapter 1: So tell us more about yourself.</i></b>
Location: Classfied by order of TSA.
"Just answer the freaking question." The General demanded, his patience running out.
The scientest across the desk from him was starting to brake, not long until he spills the beans.
"We weren't exactly invovled with them."
"YES I KNOW THAT FOR FECK SAKE ! What are they though ? I know most of the story, the scientests on Research Vessel MMDF1 were suppose to design new armour and weapons for us stuff like that, they pratically blocked out all our troops on the ship from knowing what they were really up to, then these, these, these...Draugs as you call them got out, just exactly why were they made and how do we kill them, these descriptions from the Promellus match that of your reports of these things."
The scientest sighed and explained everything. "The Draug are a hybrid of Kharaa and Human, they were created to use agasint Kharaa and we could control them so they couldn't harm us, or so we thought, they evolved very fast, then one day the Draug bacterium like Nanites managed to destory the holding cells and within seconds they killed everything they could, unlike Humans and Kharaa who fight to survive, Draug fight anything with no real purpose and never stop, a single Draug bacterium cell can infect a whole ship, you see Draug are evolving to become resistant to nanites and bullets, how ever we believe that the Kharaa have been so dormant is because the Draug is fighting them and killing them, now that there are so few Kharaa bacterium it's now fighting us."
"How do we kill them?" The General asked.
"Unlike Kharaa who depend on a hive, the Draug don't, Draug are only granted one life, the Draug bacterium spawns them and they fight, once they spawn that's it, they don't need bacterium to survive they become independent if they die game over, the Draug are bullet proof but are weak to flame projectile or explosions or objects of immense heat."
"That will be all."
The scientest nodded and left the office, the General leaned back in his chair and thought about all this. How could they kill these ? Should they blow up the ship ? How ? What about survivors? Who would be brave enough to go in there ? Prehaps an elite team of frontiersmen could do the job ?
Location: Frontiersmen outpost Training facility 0343
"How long left?" He asked.
"Just one minute left." She replied holding his hand and kissing it. His hair grew done his ears and was jet black, his brown eyes reflecting the planets purple surface, he turned to face her thinking how lucky he was, her long light brown hair growing down to her neck, her bright blue sparkly eyes starring at him full of love. One of their arm watches beebed to show that it's been an hour.
"Happy birthday." They choursed together before kissing each other.
"And it's been a year since we first met each other at this spot."He said to her. He froze for a second knowing there was no going back now.
"Llyra i was wondering would you err, would you, gah, erm ah er ummmmm marryme" He asked her.
"Sarlex i didn't hear any of that sweety." Llyra said as she rested on his shoudler starring out at the planet surface before them.
"Would you marry me?" Sarlex said looking away and bringing out a box inside containg a silver ring with a Sapphire gem engraved on top.
"Oh it's beautiful, of course i will!" She said excitedly and hugged him.
Dam him, dam them both, he said over and over again in his head as he watched them both from a distance behind Sarlex and Llyra, he remember when he asked Llyra out but she turned him down, now Sarlex his best friend, no ! His enemy was now marrying her, Fetcher grumbled and walked of, his hair not aslong as Sarlex was a deep purple and he was just abit smaller, he looked down at the floor and grumbled he suddenly walked into something and fell over
"Sorry, wasn't watching were i was going." Fetcher said as he got up and helped the person he knoced over up, the was wearing TSA uniform and picking up notes that have fallen out of his folder.
"It's okay son, prehaps you can help me? I'm looking for a Mr.K.Ollik, he's a an expericenced Frontiersmen who trains here."
Sarlex helped pick up a sheet, he quickly read some of it <i>You are required to save the Promellus, the missions is highly dangerous hence why we are sending an elite to investigate.</i> Fetcher thought for a second smiled at the TSA person.
"Yes of course i do, follow me."
They both said their farewells and gave another passionate kiss before heading of to their dorms. As Sarlex approached his dorm he noticed a folder outside it, puzzled he picked it up and opened.
"Oh ****." He said to himself.
Location: Fetchers room
Of all his plans this is probably the best he's ever done, did he have any regrets ? Errrr feck no ! Fetcher smiled at his computer screen with a copy of the letter address to Sarlex whiel the orignal for Mr.Ollik was on the desk, if Sarlex didn't survive this missions, which he shouldn't then Llyra will eventually be his, he closed down his computer and headed for his bed, there was a large knock at the door before he heard Sarlex calling to him.
"FLETCHER IT'S ME SARLEX! OPEN UP MAN !"
"SURE THING SARLEX!" Fletcher quickly shoved the letter for Mr.Ollik in desk draws and opened the door, Sarlex barged in and faced Fletcher.
"Dude look at this, read it !" Sarlex said as he handed Fletcher the letter. Fletcher knowing the summary of the whole thing seeing how he made it, scanned it before replying.
"There sending you on a mission ? Well i'm not suprised your the best recruit here ! Prehaps they wanna see how you deal in a real life situation ?"
"Yeah but i'm only 19 ! Kinda young don't you think ?" Sarlex asked as he read the letter and hoping it was all a dream.
"Well go check with the head, i'm sure he'll sort it out." Fletcher replied.
"Are you fricking insane ? The guys a nut ! He'll be jumping for joy that i'm going on a mission!" Sarlex said.
"Well i don't see any other way out, besides it'll probably be very easy and you'll be surronded by elites." Fletcher said to comfort him.
"Guess your right, glad i have friends like you and Llyra." Sarlex said hugging Fletcher and walking out to the Heads office.
"Like wise Sarlex, <i>like wise</i>." Fletcher muttered. He opened the report to Mr.Ollik reading it, high threat, unkown organisms a.k.a 'Kharaa' for vetrans only. Yep, Sarlex is gonna die.
Location: Heads office.
"Er Sir, can i talk to you ?" Sarlex asked as he entered the heads office. The room was for some odd reason dimly lit, in the corner a old man was looking at a open vent in his office, he signalled to Sarlex to come towards, Sarlex obeyed and appraoch slowly eyeing the vent.
"Tell me Sarlex, what do you if yo uthink there's a Kharaa in the vent ?" The head asked.
"Throw a grenade or ask for a scan." Sarlex replied fearing something might be in vent.
"Correct." The head replied as he took a whiskey bottle and threw it into the vent.
"That'll teach the buggas ! So Sarlex my boy what can i do for you?"
"I got sent this letter asking me to go on a mission to a ship called the 'Promellus' but i think there must be some mistake." Sarlex explained showing the Head his letter.
"MISTAKE ?? NONSENSE ! This is just what you need ! ACTION AND ADVENTURE ! BACK IN MY DAY I'D BE THRILLED OVER THIS ! Besides your our top recruit, and going with vetrans who'll look after you ! My the whole academy should go ! Build character **** ! Well if it makes you feel any better you can choose two companions !" The Head said.
"I'd like my friends Fletcher and Llyra to go." Sarlex said to the Head.
"DONE ! When are you heading out ?" The Head asked as he opened a bottle of Jack Daniels.
"This Friday at 0900 a shuttle should dock with the vetrans onboard." Sarlex replied.
"Well any more questions ? If not go forth and have fun ! Hahaha those where the days, well well if you didn't know Mr.Ollik isn't here on the station anymore , poor fellow caught some virus or such riff-raff." The Head said as he took a swig of his drink.
"That is all Sir, thank you." Sarlex said in a depressed yet hopeful voice, well least he wasn't going to fight alone.
Location: Frontiresmen Battle plan Command Center 0191
"Have they all been sent ?" The Organiser asked.
"Yes sir, all letters have been sent, will they make it ?" The communicator asked.
"I don't know, we can only wait and see." The Organiser replied before picking up a piece of paper on a notepad with names written in it, he ticked them all before putting the notes away and ordering a shuttle to pick them all up;
Jullan Fressin /
Lucella Flysh /
Kellan Ollik /
Zambeli Jillsko /
Rachell Yowp /
Joel Frillan /
God help them all......
Location: Fletchers room
"YOU WHAT <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->!!!" Fletcher yelled at Sarlex.
"Well i thought you'd like to come here, i mean your almost as good as me!" Sarlex replied, holding Llyras hand.
"Fletcher chill out, they wouldn't send some rookies on a death mission, we are gonna be well protected and it'll be easy im sure." Llyra told Fletcher.
"Sarlex i appreicate your offer, but i don't really want to come, at all!" Fletcher begged.
"Ahhh don't be a wimp, it'll be fun, an advenure almost !" Sarlex teased Fletcher who was bone white with fear.
" Aww come on Fletcher, i'll take care of you, i promise." Llyra said in a calm and soothing voice and knelt down in front of Fletcher and held his hands.
"We promise no evil wittle bug will hurt precious Fwetcher." She said a baby voice.
What have you gotten yourself into Fletchy ? You idiot, keep calm now, just go talk to the Head after and ask.
"So what do you say ? In or not ?" Sarlex asked them both.
"Well i'm fighting ! I'm not letting my to-be husband die alone with out his to-be wife !" Llyra replied.
Fletcher thought for a second then answered. "Gimme a few hours to think about it, i'd like some time to myself."
Sarlex nodded and walked out with Llyra.
**** ! Fletcher shouted in his head.