Raptor One – Chapter 41

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Eating and drinking Avalon food, all this while caressing Lemi’s head as i slowly think about the last event...

All this while the pack is happy as they talk in 880 volts.

I chuckle as i caress Lemi, and finish my Avalon Wine.

Well, this is a new day, but my instinct are saying i need to get a grip...

And so i do just that as i re-think what happened.

And find that all this Lodestone, or as they call it, magnetic ore, will bring trouble to the ship when we get into the asteroid field.

“Oi. I want everyone hands down on the refinery. We need the Lodestones refined and secured on anti-magnetic storages before arrival.” i give the order and they look my way.

The girls do, the boys just get up and get in formation, waiting for the girls.

“Why?” Li’luk ask

I just sigh.

Li luk and li’lak look at each other confused at my action, but Zu get my meaning after some thinking, not a captain for nothing i see.

“The current ores mined will bring extra danger to the ship if left like that.” Zu say out loud to herself.

And the Li sisters minds finally click in place.

I give the girls a helpless look before closing my eyes back.

Lemi also gives am annoyed hiss at the girls before i comfort her with some extra caress before i sync with Sigma and start some Walker training.

A real scale simulation starts on my mind as Sigma place me in various simulations, each worse than the last, and mostly random...

I do manage to get some critical experience, but just because i forced my mind, and i always ended with a broken walker at the end, not something i want, because having your best weapon and armor non useful is a death sentence, worse if you only have it to rely on...

Like the death dream i had when protecting New Eden...

As my mind return back into focus, i take some minutes off to cool down my head, i look at the time, and see that i did not lose much time, thirty minutes training, and ten minutes cooling down.

So i resume the training...

And fail badly.

I’m kicked out, i slump down on my back, everything neck up is almost releasing smoke as i give hard breaths, the pain of dying so many times, the pain of having my mechanical limbs torn off so many times...

That’s why i hate NCS, The ‘Neural’ ‘Control’ ‘System’ is a good control console, but the downside is it’s brain link, lose the leg of your mech, feel the pain like you lost your own leg...

“Ugh” groan as i get up, my body spasming in protest as i sit up and wait my brain cool down again.

“At least i did not explode or something, just thinking about getting a critical failure and having to feel my body disintegrate...” I shudder at the thought.

“Want me to give a more hands on help?” Sigma ask me

“Da, we are in a safe location and you won’t be busy keeping me alive with the Psi Module, so yes.” I nod.

So we try another time.

With both me and Sigma helping each other at all times, the experience was completely different as i saw errors, wasted movements, poor analysis, navigation, etc.

Both mine and of my enemies, i learned a lot with Sigma help as my mind return back to focus.

“I feel I'm one step away into mastering Walker ground combat...”

“That’s good, but this time the strain was too much, you need to cool down, this will take until you reach the asteroid field before you can do another session.” Sigma hint me on my neural stress.

“Spacibo.” I nod to Sigma and feel the pack return.

I move my head their way and feel the defeated look on their faces.

“Let me guess. Failure.”

The boys nod and the girls just look away, embarrassed.

I sigh and get up, i give a small and fast stretch, my cloak floats on my back before flowing back and hiding my body as i walk down to the ore bay.

Getting there i look at the console... The area is pressurized, so i open it and head inside...

And see a mess.

And then i sigh, they made my work harder.

I just place my hand on my neck and move it a little, and get to work.

Experience, knowledge and Sigma combined makes my work 2,5 times faster and easier as i detach, prepare, organize, and store the ores for pre refining status easily and place it on the conveyor belts that lead to the middle deck refinery machines.

All done i head to the Refinery area on the middle deck as my pack look at me with wide eyes as i pass with my fluttering stalker cloak with big golden avali words saying Tenacity.

This get the pack very giddy, my performance got their morale down, yet up at the same time as i pass the pack, ignoring their presence as i continue to the middle deck.

Getting to the refinery i take a look... And frown at the machines.

They are not Avalon certified machines, but run of the mill windmill grinder type of old.

I scowl at the sight, and the pack look at me with strange faces.

I give the pack a open eyed cold glare before getting into work, as i grumble “No wonder they can’t even work the ores.”

This time their face becomes red as they manage to ear my grumble and understand my glare, their faces red in shame.

I just sigh and ignore it, and try to focus as i start the machine... only to it give a loud groan like a geezer about to die...

And i lose my temper.

*Hey buddy! Calm down! Wrath at 150/300! You, Sigma and the Krait dragon pearl are keeping it in check by sharing hit, but if you don’t slow it down a little you end breaking something.*

I let out four jets of red crackling smoke as i focus my eyes on the... Windmill like refinery machine...

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“NIET. I refuse to call this a refinery.” I growl out but get to work...

Using all that i have... and 50 units of wrath to compensate, i get this piece of scrap to work at six times it’s efficiency as i refine and store the shining refined products into anti-magnetic storage.

All this take not much of my time, just time enough to arrive into the asteroid field.

The pack keep looking my way, their faces looking numb at my efficiency, but the shame clear.

I just look their way and talk.

“This is what you get when you combine crazy, morality, and unshakable will into one. i may be broken, but this broken me can do what it needs to be done. What about you all?” i say before heading to the bridge, my cloak floating as i pass by my pack with firm steps, a calm aura mixed with mistery isolates me from the rest as i feel their inferiority.

And i sigh, they got their will back, but not the confidence i wanted out of the pack.

I return to the bridge and sit on the captain chair.

Keeping my eyes on the course and the silent alarms as i watch the asteroid field get closer and closer, then i open my eyes, my white pupils locking on the pack as they enter the bridge.

I lean forward, my bored captain position nowhere to be seen as i get up.

“Izvinyayus'.” I say and lower my head “i’m being a jerk for some time now...” i look back the the pack “Izvinyayus'.” I lower my head again.

I don’t feel hostility, nor awkwardness emanating from the pack, but i still keep my head low.

“Now that i look better at you, you give the feeling of a kit fresh out into adulthood...” i hear Zu say

“Now that you say it... i do get the same vibe, but his disposition was just so... bad.” Li’lak say.

“Yeah, and when we found him, he was encased from head to toe in armor too..” Li’luk reply.

“I’m following you because i respect you, Pack Leader.” Su’ra say

“And i follow because i see you as a role model of a true Avali Warrior.” Su’zu also chimes in.

I feel a hand under my mask as it lift my head up again, and i see with my eyes the entire pack smile, there is no hidden awkwardness nor envy anymore mixed in their looks.

“I know you want us to be strong so we won’t pass what you had to feel.” Su’ra say

“I know you care for us because you never stopped trying to push us forward.” Su’zu nod at me

The girls realize why i was being so forceful now, as it was said in readable words, so their eyes go wide

“Spacibo.” i nod in thanks, feeling a little better.

“Now that you say it... I was under... 14 years of age in human biology i thing... That was when i was rescued from the broken down Super Soldier program...” I say and nod before continuing “After that i got 2 years of experience before being thrown into the chaos of war with a kill trigger slowly hanging on top of my head....” i stop there with a sigh and sit back on the captain chair.

The pack look at me with wide eyes again before a flurry of chirps and peeps starts.

“Oh god....” I say and decide to focus on the current situation so we won’t be late to start the slowdown of the ship.

After some time of non translatable 880 volts conversation i feel their eyes on me again.

“Why you never join our pack conversation?” Zu ask me

“Da, my vocal cords are destroyed beyond repair because of a parasitic virus related to making biologic danger level type zombies.” i reply back with a nod and continue “Not to mention all the accumulated damage over this small...” i pause to think “How much was it?” i mutter out loud...

“Over two months at minimum?” i give a proximity reply.

“Wait wait wait, so you are saying you are basically a kit, with 2 years of life at most, and got in so much trouble that you now possess psionic powers and a lot of hidden wounds, no much that you had to change most body parts into mechanical ones to continue living?” Su’zu ask me

“Da, that’s a good summary of my life.” i nod to Su’zu.

They just look at me with pity.

Erm... Awkward.

“In other words, i can’t understand almost anything when you all talk normally, and can’t join in, not even for singing, if you remember my voice and situation.” I say and look at Zu in specific.

She nod, realization showing on her face.

“And the last incident made things worse.” Li’lak say

I give her a nod “Da, my body was fully encased in very sensitive sensors, not only did the armor fail, but i got the LSS destroyed.” i point at my neck sensor “This is what keeps all the pain away from my extra sensitive skin, but also helps me as a radar, psionic catalyst, and medic.”

They nod at my words while looking at me.

And Zu finish our conversation “And lastly, your Mask, or better said, Pressure Mask helps you with your hypoxia, or missing breath.” Zu say

I nod and give a last word “It also keeps the toxicity of my fluids to a safe level, and please avoid being close, my entire body produces addicting odor and fluids.”

This get the pack talking as they finally piece my behavior together.

A clap make the pack jump as they look at me

“Izvinyayus', but we need to start the ship maneuver or we will be late and may suffer damage or catastrophic hull failure.” i say.

This get the pack moving as the girls run to the engine room and the boys get on their consoles to start the ship slow down.

I was about to give order but a sudden bout of crazyness stop me on track

At first i freeze, then i growl, then it change into all out laugh.

I know something in my head just snapped, Sigma’s voice is distant, i know it, but i can’t get this crazy smile out of my face...

It gets so bad my mind almost fades into black...

Then as sudden as it came it’s gone.

*Yggdrasil Protocol online, Tree of life Ygg ready for orders!*

*Self analysis started, 1%, 100%, detected seventy eight different problems from head to toe, also detected five different kinds of coolant failures, want me to repair you back into top shape? No cost!*

Ygg... is that you OP...

*Sure is drug! What do you think of this new form and voice? Much better right?*

Feels like I'm talking to a twin sister, but that somehow make me feel better.

Missed you.

*Spacibo, brother, we are sem’ya, there is no walls between us! Fight!*

Give me a moment, the Su brothers are giving me worried looks for some time already.

“I’m back, izvynius.” i nod at the Su brothers and they visibly relax so i start sending commands.

“Prepare for high stress movement!” I hear a chorus of roger as the girls activate their magnetic locks and give me am ok back

“We don’t have much time left. Full thurst left!” Su’ra immediately acts and the feeling of being jerked right is felt, Su’ra used both right forward and back left thrusters to make a full speed spin.

We all hear the ship groaning, but there’s no damage nor deformation yet

“Stabilize!” Su’ra skillfulçy stop the mad spin by inverting the thrust

“Full blast!” Su’ra yanks his hand all the way up with a slam and we feel the pressure again as the ship slow down fast

“I’m dizzy!” The Li sisters say on the mic

“Haha! No wonder, we where blasted right, left and now back in a very small time.” I laugh out loud “You all have to feel how it is to do this kind of maneuver with a Viking, you have a very easy sleep!” I laugh again

“This bad?” Su’ra ask me

“This bad. And I'm talking just the morph, it get’s worse on flight mode.” I nod.

“Relative speed to asteroid field is green.” Su’zu say.

I nod to him “Su’ra, normal maneuver, flip us back and dive in, I'll be out for some time... Su’zu, focus on rare ores independently of weight, only if there’s none you can go for the highest selling one, girls, get into the refinery and start processing after each catch, am i clear guys?” i ask

I get different kind of yes before Zu follow with a question

“We heard your breakdown, what happened?”

“No clue, but my implanted nanite system came back online at the nick of the time to save me from regret.” I say and sigh out loud as i walk out of the bridge.

“Your nanite system!?” Li’luk voice resound out from my neck sensor and i wince.

“Too loud! How do you think i survived all this time? My ancestors Clan is no more along with all their packs, but they left me with a very good gift along with my life, that’s how i survived all this time... and suffered too along it all.” I sigh as i lie down after reaching the crew quarter.

O.P

*Ygg.*

Ygg?

*You called?*

Funny. About that repair, can you start it? But give me time report.

*Rodzher, repair is free, can take anywhere from thirty minutes to a entire day.*

*The problem with coolant will be somewhat solved, but the remaining overuse of coolant will be offset by the modification of the Neck Sensor LSS, it will now have a pressurized tube with reserve coolant that will be used as you exert, wound, or repair yourself, here’s the look.*

Ygg show me a image similar to the detector from dead space...

The heck? And this will be very visible on my spinal cord.

*Dead space...?*

*I’ll start the repair, wish me luck, down here is a mess.*

That’s what happen when we have system conflicts and constant deaths.

*Having holes made on the fleshy does not help too. ‘Nod, Nod’ Starting!*

My consciousness drift away as my body gets numb, but i can feel the changes in it...

My mind refocus, i feel all the problems i had nowhere on me, the constant thirst now became just a reminder of low coolant.

The constant pain, the sudden jerks, the sudden freezing, the numbness, the slow mind, the toxic blood, the infected blood, and much more, all gone.

I feel the girls sleeping on me, the guys are on their respective pillow sleeping, i open my eyes, a smile on it as i look at the ship roof.

*You can take off your mask with no problem now.*

Thanks, but I'll keep it.

*Knew it! So i made some modifications to it, feel the same, but you can overdrive with no worry now with the mask, as long as you got some reserve coolant and some wrath to expend.*

That’s good news, spacibo.

*If you don’t mind I'll be making a new world now, only having ‘Helheim’ as root don’t feel so good with all it’s... negative emotions.*

Which one? Alfheim?

*Ohh! Good one! Wisdom, nature, balance and brightness, got it!*

*Alfheim Root Protocol started. Extending Root. ETA: N/A*

I nod and get up with ease, and watch the girls as they sleep away, so i go to the rec room and sit on the low table after getting plenty to drink.

I chuckle and know that my voice is back, but i don’t abandon my old cold voice, but i do start to sing, a happy tune, one that stuck to the mind as i sing away in Avalon, chirps and peeps mix with electronic, bass, and other sounds i make into a beautiful and unforgettable tune as i sing on the stile of one Old Terra song.

Name’s - Aaron Smith - Dancin (Liu Remix)

Status:

Health: 3/3 HP | 50/50 MP.

Wrath: 50/300

Day: 20.

Month: 3

Time Shift: Space.

Age: 18

Credits: 5000 (-0 – No Change)

Nanite storage: 4.000 units/Max 10000 units, 50u Needed per day.

Mainframes:

Yggdrasil Protocol: Mainframe type.

Auxiliary Protocols:

Alfheim Protocol: Root in process.

Helheim Protocol: Active.