Raptor One – Chapter 112
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Waking up... is what I’d like to say but the Cold that’s on my side is not the true once as she moves on top of my torso, fangs wide in a twisted grin.
“Poor bastard, living with five females, all loose cannons, watch it, how easy they let themselves be handled by other men that is not you, their faces of happiness as they are fucked silly by unknown guys better than you can be.” Cold say with a twisted grin, her face almost splitting as parts of her body contort and becomes like a necromorph.
“I don’t mind... If they are really like that, then they can be happy with their new mates...” I give a weak reply, I'm weak to betrayal but my experience with cold rationality helps me out as I feel myself turning colder than usual, the shine of my eyes dying a little.
“Don’t you think they will replace you? Take all that’s yours from you and leave you stranded in a god forsaken place? They always dive out of your sight, they might be planning your exile.” She say with a twisted laugh.
“I can just start over, I always have plan B, even if they strip me bare I can still make a living, survive, thrive, it’s just a matter of when I will return to the space industry... Plan B quarants that I’ll return in lass than a week if that happens.” I said with a monotone voice, my eyes dim, they really where nowhere to be seen, even Zu...
“Poor bastard...” She extends her twisted words with a laugh. “You must be thinking about your true love...” She said in a mocking tone. “There, I'll let you see her.” She showed Zu being depraved by a group of males, I know it’s fake, but I can’t help but feel something break inside me.
“Leave.” I said in a cold monotone tone, my eyes dark, nowhere to be seen, I feel like taking my own eyes.
“Why should I my love? We did get a little skinship last night didn’t we?” She said while passing her wet tongue on my face, a putrid smell invading the filters of my mask.
I try to move but fail, making her laugh even more as her face twist open into several serrated fangs, her head now turned mouth inching closer to me.
“Let’s get intimate shall we...” I heard Cold’s voice as she closed in on me.
I tried to fight again, but failed again as I felt something keeping me in place, I was getting desperate so I used my psionic capacity and finally I felt something snap, my hands dove for her torso keeping her in place and two guns appeared from nowhere behind her, the sound of Ka-clacks was heard before a full burst of full auto was sent her way ripping her into pieces...
Seconds later I feel my vision distort before I find myself looking at the roof of my bunker bed, Cold and the girls where holding me, two of the girls where suspended in the air by my lifted hand, my own claws close to my throat and my guns held by Nail who was also off the ground.
With a sigh I snap my metallic fingers with a crisp sound of metal and the guns are teleported to the rack, my claws are sheated back into place.
I know it was all just a ruse, but I can’t help but feel distant from the girls, my own emotions going cold once again as a rush of cold unfeeling rationality wash over my mind.
Letting the girls down before jumping down myself the first thing I do is get my clothes and grab my tricorder, dialing a number.
“How can I help?” I hear the stranger male voice.
“I want 25 packs of blood and to know if you got erchius plant for sale.” I said in a cold tone, not minding the girls worried look.
“Each pack of blood will go for 200 credits, as for the erchius plant, you must be talking about the mutated erchibuds, they each go for 5.000 credits each.” The male stranger say.
“Bring me 5 mutated erchibuds and the 25 packs of blood, the payment will be sent now.” I say and close the call.
Passing 30.000 Credits to the guy I sit down and wait while looking down, the crisp sound of my claws hitting each other bring both guns to float again behind my back again.
Lost in thought I hear the voice of the girls asking for me to talk, but what I hear are their voices of ecstasy with another guy, the necros played dirty this time.
“Talk to me now!” I heard Cold roar on my ears, making me look up at her on the eyes.
I watch as her eyes widen as she looks at my eyes. “What happened to you? I never saw your eyes this dead before...” Cold said surprised, the others kept their eyes focused on me.
“Nothing you should worry.” I said and lowered my head but Cold bought it back up with a hand.
“Nothing I should worry? WRONG! You are clearly bad and I want to know what part so I can hit it back into place!” Cold almost roared at me, her seriousness at max.
“Then look at it yourself...” I said and place my metallic hand on her face, my memory of the event passing into her brain.
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I see her eyes widen until it can’t anymore before focusing on me again. “White...” Cold’s voice became soft. “You know we aren’t like that...” She said with a sad tone.
“What? What? Tell us too!” Peppy and Zu say in different tones, one of curiosity and another in worry.
I just watch as Cold talk the entire event and what she saw from my memories to the others, their eyes going wide and the horrors of what happened, I did not miss Cold’s face of disgust as she narrated the memory in detail.
“You all aren’t like that are you?” I can’t help but get surprised by Cold’s disgusted words.
“What!? No!” the first to cry out was Zu, face pale as her eyes dart between I and Cold. “You know my life, my history! And you know he’s my first and only! I swear if I do that I'll kill myself with no pity!!!” Zu cried out in anger as her loyalty was hurt by Cold.
“Sister, you know me well, I’m not this type of person, Loyalty first, death even more before!” Nail said in a serious voice while her eyes shrunk at her own sister.
I watched as she took her pistol and placed it bellow her own muzzle, it’s loaded I'm sure.
“Only death do us part, and only death will taint my body!” I heard her words of anger as I saw her finger squeeze the trigger!
With a flicker of my emotions I watch as the pistol disappear and reappear on my hand, a BANG resound along with the shriek of metal as the metal on my bunker bed take the shot.
I just kept glaring at Nail, more surprised than angry at her irrational decision while placing the loaded pistol on the low table.
“Sister...” Cold said apalled before nodding. “That’s a good way to show your loyalty, let me do it also.” Cold said with a serious expression as she also took her pistol from her holster.
I watch panicked as the other three does the same.
“ENOUGH!” I yell out. “DA! I GOT IT! NOW PUT THE PISTOLS DOWN!” I roared with my head down, a crazy smile on my open mask.
I look back up with a feral grin as they smile back. “Let’s eat, we got choices to make, what will we be eating today? Kiri? Nakati? Or Piru?” I ask back to the girls.
We decide to eat Noodles today made of Piru flour.
“How’s the ship working?” I ask Peppy making her look up from her food.
“Fine, We got a full tank of nutrients for the hydroponics, the forge is a closed system so it’s out, that leaves the Reactor and Living quarters, the reactor is full for now, it’ll last 10 days if we don’t push it into overdrive, and the living quarters water tank is on half of a tank from three.” Peppy gives me a once over of the ship diagnosis while slurping on her noodles.
“Okay, can you remove that dent on my bunker bed later? I like my ship untouched.” I say with a chuckle while glaring at Nail, she lowers her head down further but her smirk is still on her mouth.
With our conversation done I decide to head to the forge, there I start to factor the materials I have and what I need to finish my Combat exoskeleton suit.
A once over on the exoskeleton gives me a idea of how’s the progress is flowing, it’s 1/5 done, the frame is in place, now it need to place the external B fiber and link the modular latches for the plating, that will get the armor to 2/5 of the way there.
With that in mind I take inventory of my items to see if I can make it...
I have it, so I take 5 steel bars, and Ballistic fibers and start working, it took me only 10 minutes to get it done as I just needed to adjust some parameters.
Looking at the Exoskeleton frame taking form I decide to continue.
Now that it got it’s external factors complete I need to start on the insides now, what I need is to make the electric network and circuit processing so I'll need circuit boards.
And if I'll have to make circuit boards let’s also refine the three crates of Titanium plates lying around on the Small Hybrid Hangar Bay.
“Peppy, are you online?” I asked over my comms from the tricorder.
“Just a last hit and... *Bang* Done. What’s up boss?” Peppy ask me in her normal happy mood.
“Need you to fetch me 3 crates of Ti plates on SHHB, LD M1, bring it up here to me in UD M3 please.” I ask her.
“Why do you need all that Ti plates?” Peppy ask me back, the sound of her foot resounding along with the sound of bulkhead door opening.
“Sure, you wanna upgrade the pack’s armor? Take your time, I'm building my own Combat exoskeleton here, that’s why I need the plates, I'll refine it all into better material and use it.” I said back to Peppy while moving to M2 with some materials to make Silicon and glass for the cameras.
“Of course I want a upgrade to my armor, I'll be right there.” Peppy said with a huff of exertion.
Over the 50 minutes I made better quality plates and changed the plates from my pack along with the ones on my combat exoskeleton suit.
The suit was also done another hour later as I fill in the Carbon weave, the circuits and wire network, the chips, the camera, the plates, and lastly the customization, another hour of system coding with Shy later I'm done with my third? I think it’s the third exoskeleton suit I got.
I watch as the black and silver Combat exoskeleton shine with my cloak over it, the helmet folded over the cloak nanite bank, with a click I watch the Pilot helmet unfold into place on the frame, it’s custom closed system filter extender clear to see as the connectors are visible as it goes directly with my mouth mask, I watch the waist where two straps lies hanging, each being able to hold three pistol sized guns, there will be placed Pile Drivers when I have time to make it.
I take my clothing off and slot myself on the Combat frame, it’s support opening for my entry before it closes on me, locking tight in place, I feel the onboard system link with my cortical stack and it’s reading appear on my vision, inventory, logs, ammo counter, health check for both body and armor, communication network...
I click the helmet icon and watch as my vision fades to black for a second before the camera lit up, even more information coming to me as the wind, pressure, gravity, heat, energy gauge, fuel counter, and lastly, a mech connection port.
Happy with what I made I get to work on my hand upgrade, removing unneeded parts and reusing it back as I retrofit my hands into a better shape, the internal skeleton was changed from iron to titanium for better support while the open parts was closed with steel plates while keeping the moving parts free to act.
I watch my hands as three ports open showing the new arc welder on the side, the surgical tools bellow and the battery port up, flipping my hand up I watch as the lines of wires end at the palm of my hand, there a reactive plate capable of releasing electric shocks to kickstart the heart back again while keeping damage minimal to the thorax.
I sigh in contentment and close the ports back, walking back to the bridge.
“Hey, Peppy, got some spare battery to lent me? I need three, one for my armor and two for my hand upgrade.” I ask Peppy over the comms.
“Sure, I got some spares on my locker in case the ship loses all power so I can kickstart the energy back if needed, why the need? I thought Combat exoskeletons don’t need extra energy? Just us moving generate enough energy for the system no?” Peppy ask me.
“Sure it does, but I need it for when in high intensity combat or the thrusters, mag boots, cloaking, filtration system, and muscle mesh won’t work, not to mention the impact dampeners.” I say while going for the living quarters.
There I find Peppy waiting for me, so I store my old clothes and take the battery from her hands, they are all standard issue erchius battery, old grade, 30 units of charge each, not much but it will do for now.
Slotting the battery on the back of my armor right on top of my tail I feel the armor react to the sudden input of energy, my energy gauge going from 0% to max, the counter on my hands doing the same after I slotted the battery on it.
“Thanks, now let’s go to the bridge, see what’s going on as we must be almost there.” I said with a smile.
“Right! I also want to look at your new mech, can’t wait for it, how will you make it, what’s it’s definitions, it’s class, will it fit on the ship? I can’t wait!” Peppy say with a burst of words, happiness visible as she tiptoe to the bridge besides me.
“Nice armor too White.” Peppy said with a blush making my smile go wider...