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 Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:11 am
Steven lazily shuffled over to the edge of the hanger along with the remaining members of green squadron. At the wall, he sat down against the wall and felt oddly short of breath. He quickly realized that he still had his emergancy air mask on and removed it. "Well, that was Hell, now wasn't it," he said, still breathing heavily, "Who is unaccounted for?" Feeling like he was about to fall asleep, Steven listened to the list of MIAs and KIAs. "One of you guys come with me to the med bay. I am a stone throw away from passing out," he mumbled as he stood up. He started to walk towards the door when he turned around and gave a quick salute to the ships of Green Squadron.
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:56 pm
Jack reached the door through the thick cover of smoke, stepping over the body of a Dragoon that had been rent in half by the explosion. Jack slammed on the control panel but the door didn't budge. Oh... that might be a problem. He let loose a flurry of rounds on the door to no avail. The weak Tiger couldn't penetrate the thick plating of the door. Cursing himself for his stupidity, Jack carefully retreated from the door. The smoke was clearing, and he could make out the team of marines just ahead. He waved to them, seeing Kai carrying a pack of explosives for the door. One of them threw up an arm, pointing to Jack's left and shouting something. The marine brought up his weapon, but too late. Jack looked to his left just in time to feel the crushing impact of a large Drathonian barrelling full force into his side with a sickening crunch. Jack's surprised cough shot a spray of blood onto his visor, and as he toppled over he could just make out the huge Dragoon being peppered with bullets, laughing at the damage it had been able to inflict. Jack didn't truly feel the pain until he hit the floor. The sensation of breathlessness was the last thing Jack remembered before everything went black. Jack lay on the ground among the dead Drathonians, unconscious and unmoving, his body twisted into an unnatural position.
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:36 pm
Kai turned around to check what was going on ahead of him as he retreated just in time to see Jack get wailed by a dragoon, who was subsequently shot to bits. Darnit! I can't lose any more men! but, he wasn't shot, I wonder if he's still alive! with that hopeful thought in his head, he rushed forward, handing the explosives off to another marine with a quick "Blow the door" before departing to check on Jack.
Seeing his mangled body wasn't really anything new, Kai had been in many battles, lost deare friends, and experienced a lot more than his youthful features revealed.no, instead, the young captain was angry. Angry at Jack for disobeying orders, Angry at himself for not having done enough, but mostly, he was angry at the Drathonians. the stupid, greedy, evil lizards, who did all they could to ruin everyone else's lives.
Kai picked up Jack's unconcious form and moved it to a more comfortable place. he knew that moving him was a bad idea, but if he was still alive, broken bones and punctured organs were'nt that bad, if only they could get help soon. BANG! suddenly, the door was blown and a glut of marines rushed into the control room, killing every lizard inside. Soon, the blast doors were opened, and shuttles could be seen coming in, blasting away at hte tanks littered about the room, dropping off reinforcements and medics, and taking on the haggared soldiers who had survived against all odds.
That was when Kai noticed something. he was feeling a bit light headed, and looked down to see a pool of blood beneath him, but it wasn't brown, and Jack wasn't bleeding all that bad. it couldn't be his fingers, those didn't bleed so much. he dropped the EV-47, and felt around his stomach, discovering that being tall and a marine didn't work too well together, and slumped back, uncocnious, just as a Medic got to him and his wounded comrade.
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:16 pm
Garrett spent the rest of the battle in an awkward peace. He was left to himself in a quiet tranquility as he continued to pick off what was left of the Drathonian forces. They were weak now that they were divided, and with time they were easily conquered. Then the cavalry came, and he was put into the same recovery ship as Jack and Kai. He rode with them back to the Hymn, and in the infirmary he was given a proper replacement for the missing chunks of leg. It was unusual at first, but walking around on it for about twenty minutes or so he became acclimated to the new appendage. Then he waited while the doctors and nurses took care of Kai and Jack. Normally, he wouldn't be one to hang around, but there wasn't anything that required his attention, and he wanted to thank the men for saving him.
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:01 pm
After the not all that long of a walk, Steven made it to the medbay although he was breathing heavily and braced against Green 3.
"My God, what happened to you Private Kerning?" one of the med staff asked Steven as the two pilots entered the sick ward.
"Nothing to worry about doc. I just got rattled around a bit and am feeling a little dizzy. That's all," Steven replied to man.
"If that is all, then why is there blood on your face. That is more of blunt tramua then being shaken a little," the med staff said quickly as he rumaged around for some bandages.
"There ain't no blood, doc," Steven said in a disbelieving tone and reached up to touch his face, "By golly, I am bleeding. I guess some cuased my gash from earlier to open up again." The pilot laughed as he remembered how he had smashed his head into the cockpit canopy during a previous engagment, but quickly stopped as the laughing gave him a splitting headache.
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:14 pm
When Kai awoke it was to a vastly different setting than the one before. a setting that was all too common for marines these day; the Med bay. remember the last thing he had known, a hole in his stomach, Kai reched down and felt for it, but could not find one. Ah, Medical technology. he was basically healed completely, but soon a nurse noticed him " Captain Nakamura? you're under doctor's orders not to move for another half hour while we monitor to make sure the replacements take and your blood is all replaced, but after that, they need you back out on the bridge, the admiral has something mportant for you, apparently." with that, she walked away, checking on another marine. All in all, 137 of the 250 marines abouard the Hymn were casualties, 22 of those dead. at the moment, the Med bay was packed nearly full, as fighter pilot wounded were inside, too, more being brought in from wrecked Simitars by the minute. All in all, it was a fairly eficient operation.
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Outside the Hymn, Ships were gahering to rready the invasion of the planet, a drathonian garrison of 10,000 still on the ground, faced by an army of terrans that was foronce larger than they, but they were dug in, fortified, and equipped with the best stuff the Lizards had.
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:52 pm
Garrett turned his gaze onto Kai when the Captain finally awoke. He waited in silence until the nurse left before he spoke. "Thank you, Captain. I know you didn't do much for me personally, but you and your squad showed up with the medic. If you hadn't, I probably wouldn't have a leg. Hell, I probably wouldn't be here." He offered his hand, then hesitated, and finally withdrew. "Ah, right. No moving."
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:09 pm
After lying down for a while, and after have his head re-bandaged, Steven felt well enough to get up and look around the medbay. He would have gone back to the hanger where he felt more at home, but the docs were having a big enough tantrum about him walking around the medbay. The place was more full than Steven had seen it in a long time. Hopefully that didn't mean that they had lost. Satisfied with walking around he went to ask someone where his invalid squadmate was.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:21 pm
Kai smirked as Garrett thanked him, and laughed a little at his "Right, no moving" comment. turning his head to face the Demo expert, Kai said "I can move, you know, just not get up and walk around" he laughed a bit more sitting himself up and getting comfortable "The medics here aren't THAT controlling" He began flexing his hands a bit, remembering he had had a few fingers blown off. looking at the hand, he nw had a few fingers with no tan, replacing the ones he had lost. "Would you look at that?" he said, a bit amazed, holding his hand up. he looked around a bit, remembering something else. grabbing a passing medic he asked "Hey, where's a private Jack Gallaghar? Is he gonna make it?" the medic looked at him, looked at her sheets and said "I don't have anything on him right now, I can go check for you, though" and with that she walked towards the office section of the Med bay.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:58 pm
"Ah, right." Garrett chuckled at his own ignorance. It was almost ironic. He was a demolitions expert, after all. With all of his encounters with carnage and death, he had never before landed himself in the med bay before that renegade Drathonian they had found on board. He didn't comment, however, until the nurse had left for the office. "It's almost funny if you think about it," he said to the younger Captain. "I've surrounded myself with explosives and deadly gadgets all my life, and in the last week I've landed here twice. That's twice in my entire life." Then he offered his hand again and this time awaited Kai's proper reply. "Here's a proper thank you. Hopefully you haven't forgotten the first one because I hardly remember it myself." He smirked at Kai knowing how stupid he sounded at the moment. Then again, weren't ailing patients allowed a little leeway for that sort of mental displacement?
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:27 pm
After a few minutes of searching Steven finally found where the medtechs had moved his squadmate. The man was sleeping at the moment so Steven just took a seat by the bed and waited quietly. Although he didn't have to wait long since almost as soon as he sat down the injured man woke up.
"How are you feeling pilot?" Steven asked whenhe noticed the man looking over at him.
"Alot better than when I came in here, that's for sure," the man replied as he sat up in the bed.
"When can I expect you back in a scimitar?" Steven continued.
"The new guys that bad that you are waiting for me to fly again?" the man said with a slight laugh.
"Yes and no," Steven said laughing as well. He then went on to tell the injured Green about the most recent dogfight.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:23 am
"Heh, well, You're welcome Garrett, I remember both now." Kai said, reaching out and shaking the Demo expert's hand. "Seems like being in the thick of the fighting isn't all that good for a soldier, is it?" he chuckled. "How are the new legs treating you? I know genetically they're exact replicas of the old ones, but they feel kinda wierd at first, don't they?"
Before long, the nurse returned, this time with a different colored clipboard. "Well, Captain, according to this, he's still in surgery, apparently replacing 90% of someon'es bones and 75% of their internal organs takes wuite a while." she said, a concerned look. "Will he be allright?" Kai asked, an equally concerned expression on his face. "Yes, once we release him, he'll be good as new, actually better seeing as several of his organs were in bad condition from previous injuries and bad eating habits." the nurse replied.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:33 pm
"Correction: being in the thick of battle is bad for a demolitions expert. We're trained to use sidearms and blow s#*@ up. Fighting 4 to 1 odds was never part of training. I'm supposed to be the guy ambushing lizards and opening doors, not leaning over a hole in the roof to snipe lizards with a bro. That's just not my field of expertise. It's yours." He smirked.
"But yes, it does feel a bit... odd. Not to mention I went in bits and pieces. I didn't really lose the whole leg. I'm getting accustomed to it, though. I think the big issue is going from battlefield synthetics to organics. You're starting to get comfortable with the metal and plastic and then they slap some meat and skin on you."
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:04 pm
"Heh, I gues you're right. Tell ya what, I'll teach you how to fightif you need to, and you teach me how to open a door without the key. Deal? Kai asked. "Because, i'm not always gonna be there to cover your sorry butt, and we've only got 10 demo guys on this boat, and they'll probably be busy most of the time."
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:16 am
Garrett smirked. "That sounds like the start of a beautifully symbiotic relationship," he answered. "I like it. When do we start? We haven't had much time to really 'test' our explosives testing range, and there's some junk that needs 'dismantling.'" When all was said and done, he was still smiling. Things were looking up despite the loss of his leg (Or various parts thereof).
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