Raptor One – Chapter 46
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Okay, Guards Medical Ward.
“Heh, looking nice and packed to the brim with wounded, what do you guys do for that? And are they apprentices?” that’s the first thing i ask as i get inside the GMW.
“Lastree training are very harsh to newbies, and yes, they are apprentices from the Adeptus.” Ruby reply to my question
I shrug and get to work, the place looks small but when you start working, it’s not small at all.
The wounded lastrees vary from light to almost dying, that’s how bad it is as i just give some casual treatment to each one, my time with crazy gave me so much knowledge on medicine that i can treat wounded, dying and recently dead and not worry about failure, his crazy ideas using medicine for combat also made me more skillful with venom and poisons, a skill very useful in combat, one that i passed to Lemi too, for added benefit.
“Hey! You! Don't you dare inject that thing on him unless you want to kill the guy.” i say to one of the apprentices
“What do you know about this? You don’t even have a medical certificate.” The apprentice in question scoffs at me.
“Da. Sure. Go ahead. Ruby was it? Can you start counting five minutes after he injects it?” i say as i get back to work.
Dumb disciples are a pain.
“Sure, what for?” Ruby ask me
“So you can plaster his holographic face with a beautiful fine.” i reply back, my hands never idle.
Time pass fast as i focus my attention on treating the injured assigned to me, the worst one will take three days for full recovery.
I almost jerk and stab a lastree I'm treating because of a gutural scream coming not that away from me, i give a open eyed look and see that it’s the guy the jerk treated.
“Took you very long to inject the guy, and when you do you almost make me miss...” i curse a little under my mask as Ruby run to take a look at the patient.
I sigh, looks like I'll need to speed up this one, or the guy will die a very painful death.
I take advantage of my open eyes and resume treating the wounded lastree, and in record time she’s patched up.
When the female lastree i was treating finally realize I'm done I'm already looking at the screaming and convulsing lastree on the bed as three apprentices try to keep the guy in place.
All this time helping crazy with his miriad of toxins and medicines was not in vain as i easily identify the cause while the rest are thinking of what’s the problem.
“Treat venom with venom.” My sharp and gutural voice resounds with a feral grin as i easily finish a mix and before anyone can react i inject it right on his heart.
I take some steps back and close my arms, my feral grin widening as the guy starts convulsing more and more.
“What did you do!” Ruby yell at me, looking at the situation, frozen in place.
“Treating a patient.” I say to her as i keep watching.
Ruby just look at me, dazed, don’t know if it’s the feral grin or the situation, but i can feel her blush on her red skin.
As sudden as the male lastree started convulsing, he stops, looking like he died.
“Did he die?” Am apprentice ask
“I’m checking right now.” another say
Ruby just look at me, dazed as my grin widen.
The guy sprung up like a possessed zombie before opening his eyes and checking himself.
His sudden action however made everyone jump, scared.
Me excluded as i just laugh.
“How’s the feeling?” i ask like nothing happened.
“I’m pretty sure i was going to die.” the guy say
I just chuckle and finish my part of the deal.
Less than thirty minutes later I'm in front of the guards desk, Ruby gave the chief in command the details of how i got here.
“Okay, thanks Ruby. Omega, right?” he ask me and i nod “Your problem is simple, get the certificates, there’s no jail or anything, unless you refuse to liberate the non permitted items to be placed on hold until then. Still with me?” he ask me again and i nod. “So the solution is simple, you and your pack got non permitted equipment, just store it and get the permit, once it’s done there won’t be further problems.”
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“So i have to give Sigma and my scythe if i want to go.” i say
“Yes, and that military cloaking device.” He say
I shake my head “Niet, Sigma i can understand, she’s a non registered AI, the scythe too, it can easily kill, but the cloaking device is custom made with both Yautja and Avali technology, to say it’s unique is to give low credit to it, even the Terrans spec ops will have problems with it. I don’t want this on the hands of people i don’t have undying loyalty.” i say
“What about your pack, they each have one.” he ask me, his patience running low.
“They have undying loyalty to me, they won’t give it, next equipment I'm planning to give are Wrist blades, with extra powerful chain reaction.” i say, my open eyes locked on him, I'm not backing down, if i have to become am outlaw for it, then so be it.
“Alright, alright.” He lifts both hands up as he see that I'm about to turn hostile, they got my scythe, but I'm still very dangerous in many ways.
“Let’s do things this way, well get you a chance for each permit, you pass it, we close this case, happy? Just don’t turn hostile, i can see you can be more trouble than necromorphs.” he say to me as he place his hands down.
The surrounding guards also relax their hands on their holsters.
“It’s a pleasure doing business with you.” i say as i close my eyes. “I’ll keep my pack away from the permit based equipment, I'll keep it dismantled just in case so you don’t have trouble.” i say and nod.
“That’s a welcome thought.” The department chief say with a sigh before getting up. “Ruby, get him on the Colosseum.” He says before walking away.
I tilt my head at the name, feeling Ruby’s hot look on me just make me more confused as i follow her to the... place.
The walk to the place was uneventful.
After passing the door however i saw how big this place looks, it appear to take most of the middle section of the station, many areas are big and is full of lastrees suffering grueling training, a simple looks give me all the detail i need about their suffering.
They did not prepare before starting the training, there's a basic rule for me, don’t start what you can do yourself, they don’t have this rule like me, so they now need to suffer from zero.
I sigh at their suffering as i follow deeper into the colosseum, close to the center of the colosseum, there are areas closed to the eyes, Ruby place her thump into the scanner of one of the small place and it beeps in green before liberating am holographic keyboard, of which Ruby starts imputing commands she got from the chief of security.
Less than a minute later she take some steps back as the keyboard disappears and the scanner flash green again and the door open, am neuro connector and it’s chair visible.
“There you go, i placed the codes the chief gave me, so you should be able to start your permit trial right away.” Ruby reply before standing guard beside the cabin door.
“I there a limit to the amount of permits i can try?” i ask her, at this time all the mistrust i had with their species was gone, i can’t place some rotten eggs on the same basket as the good ones to start with, their race are bonafide warriors and good by nature despite their devil like appearance.
“Nope, as long as you don’t fail one, you can try as much as you want.” She say before nodding to me.
I nod back and sit on the chair, the door close itself automatically as i feel the neuro connector latch to the port of my Neck sensor, and I'm shortly inside the simulated universe.
The place is pitch black, the only light coming from my existence and a window asking me what i want to try for.
I go for the boring ones first, as my hands are still hot from all the treating, i decide to get it first.
Being teached by crazy i know how to turn medicine into venom and back with my eyes closed, paired with my intelligence, the situation on the simulation was easy and fast to complete.
“All medical permit simulations complete, rating: Beyond calculation. Max tier permit given to Alex Silver, codename, Omega.”
I grin at the words, the simulations tried it’s best to place me on a bad spot, but skill is skill, can’t beat it.
“Please choose next permit trial.”
It ask me again, and it so happen I'm itching for some mechanic work right now, and just like that i start the mechanic trial.
“All mechanic permit simulations complete, rating: Beyond calculation. Max tier permit given to Alex Silver, codename, Omega.”
I clean the nonexistent dirt from my hands as i snort, too easy.
“Please choose next permit trial.”
Hum... i’m missing soldier, psionic and captain permits to complete the package, oh, let’s get Sigma settled too before something goes wrong, she’s too valuable to lose.
“Not to mention I'm too fond of Sigma to just let her get dust in some storage...” i mutter
“Thanks for the care.” Sigma reply comes and surprise me.
“Oh, Sigma, you with me here, that makes things easier, care to get your permit? Don't want to get separated from you.” i say, my tone showing some embarrassment.
“Sure, just give the signal.” Sigma reply full of vigor.
I chuckle before selecting A.I permit.
I don’t need to wait even thirty seconds before i hear Sigma. “Done.”
“Test complete, AI stability: 200%, Max permit ensued.”
“how?” i ask in surprise
“the test is to look for corruption and to test for flaws on the laws of robotics, if you see my actions on the simulation you would not give me a permit, unlike the robot over there.” Sigma respond.
‘’What’s the trouble?” i ask Sigma.
“You. She placed you in so much danger and i had to choose between the rules or you, i chose you, and did not break the rules at the same time.” Sigma reply.
I chuckle and release the breath i forgot.
“It’s good to continue with you Sigma.” i smile.
“Likewise.” Sigma say, a happy tone on her voice.
“Please choose a permit trial.” the machine ask me again
I choose the psionic permit, and the world darkens.
I’m attacked by all kinds of psionic attacks on my mind, but after passing by hell and back, then getting a full on renovation at the hands of crazy and Jason, all the tries become merely noise.
The system perceive that i have a firm foundation and stops seconds later.
“Mind flay test cancelled. Detected user having zero reaction despite high psionic capacity. Max permit ensued.”
And I'm back from the noisy place.
Two permits left, the problem is, they require real time action, what do i do? Captain permit or military permit?
Coin flip it is.
“Military permit.” i say and the black world shake and twist before i find myself being woken by a militia?
“What are you doing feather brain! Get your weapon! We have a sortie into xenomorph infested ship!” a buff guy in full on non powered armor shake me up and lift me upright.
“Huh? Seriously?” i say dumbfounded
“What? We have no time feather brain! Don't you sleep with you equipment because of this type of situation? I’m going, follow the nail heads route and you find the sortie area on the ship, am i clear feather head?” he say to me and depart before i can even answer him.
Who’s that feather head? And who’s the nail head?
I look at the running about male and female humans getting their EVA armor, they should be the nail heads, their equipment is nothing fancy, space tight armor that protects from space, a rifle that looks like a scaled down version of the power armor gauss rifle, and a magazine fed pistol that looks like the grand child of the desert eagle.
I take a look at myself, same gear, same clothes, looking at the bunk bed i was shaken out of, i find my trusty scythe.
Extending a hand the hilt fly into it and activate, i give it some swirls before deactivating it and placing it back where it belongs.
I do get some complains from the nail heads.
I chuckle before walking out the ship door to the sortie area, this simulation will be fun.