Raptor One - Chapter 8
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In Jormungandr, i was shooting like crazy left and right trying to keep the kill zone but i was slowly being overwelmed, the ammo count was dropping fast and the latex beasts was not ending, as i was shooting suddenly i see that the left side of the colony wall was breached, Jumper was bruning in flames and Black cat looked like a blood fountain as red blood soaked the left side of the wall, suddenly Jormungandr jerks forward and i see a giant spike protuding close to my back where the engine and capacitor where located now destroyed, i try to move Jormungandr, but to no avail as I'm locked in place, completely vulnerable, my walker slumps tp the ground with a heavy thud, then i see red blood splashing everywhere as limbs fly, cries of pain and terror ensues as roars of rage closes in on my location, i don’t know how this happened, Jormungandr has triple layed armor panels of plasteel, the second best armor i can afford and something just broke it like it was paper and almost got me too.
I hear sound of scratching and spikes being shot right in front of my cockpit and the sound is only getting louder and crazier, then after one minute i hear a craking sound, and see a white claw pierce the center part of my cockpit, then another, and another, then the sound of shrieking metal as my cockpit is pried open like a can of sardines, i see the face of a latex beast, died in red blood looking at me as i try to unlatch myself from the skeleton system with no success, then the latex beast enters, looking me in the eyes as i glare back at it, and with simple movement it shoots my left leg in the tigh, purple blood spraying as my left leg detaches from my body, i glare with anger at the beast, refusing to cry in pain and then it bites my right leg off. Now hanging on the skeleton system helpless i watch as the beast place it’s face close to mine, and as i give a mighty roar to the beast it ripes off my throat with metal and all!
My vision darkens as my head slump down, as the last thing i see is the latex beast leaving, then i feel weightless as i float out of my body as my vision returns to me, i look at myself and see that I'm now a wisp, then i see a big chain connecting me to my body, i look around and see the bodies of the fallen, some still ith a wisp with a thread, dissolving and breaking away as it blackens, then disapears, the wisp dissolving to nothingness, now truly dead with no way of coming back, i look at my chain and see it blackening, then i remember my days in grid colony 22a new eden, a piece breaks away and i remember my days with Ammy, another piece darkens, and i remember my days with Rebbeca, the darkened piece breaks and i remember my days with Susan, the world around me starts losing focus and most of the chain keeping me with my body is blakened or broken, as the last intact piece of chain the closest connected to me darkens and breaks i blank out...
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I’m back at the lab i was rescued before, but it now it is clean and is full of Avali moving around in lab coats with the Avalon simbol, so I've come back, beyond the begining, I've returned to my genesis...
Male Avali - “Honey, I've done my best, this is the most complete assimilation protocol i can make.”
Female Avali - “I know, i also made all the materials with tungsten carbide and placed all the extra power and nutrients i could for him, my kit.”
Female Avali - “My kit, how I'd like to see you grow into a strong Avali, but this disease won’t let us see you growing as soon we will become crystals or burn to nothing.”
Male Avali - “I just wish you live well, my child, I've done all i can, now is your turn, live well, Omega.”
Female Avali - “And live long, Omega, my precious kit.”
*Nexus system initiated.*
*Assimilation protocol initiated, Subject 99: Omega White, System compatibility: 50%.*
That is all i hear as the augmentation vat with the egg i am in slowly descends and closes, and with that I'm back into the cockpit, looking at my unmoving body.
As i watch the rest of the chain become pitch black i hear gunshots, looking at the front of the cockpit i see a squad of five, all transfurs, but they are all glowing with purple lines in their bodies as they pass, exterminating anything with brutal efficiency, tem seconds later i see a squad of medics passing by, one of the medics stop in front of my cockpit.
Medic 1 - “What are you waiting for? Let's go!”
Medic 2 - “Wait a sec, I'll check this Walker, won’t hurt to make sure he’s dead.”
Medic 1 - “Ugh, it stinks of ammonia, did he piss himself? Just forget it! Let's go!”
The medic ignores the other guy and aproaches my body, seeing that my throat was gone he places a hand on my temples and closes his eyes.
Medic 2 - “!!! I’ve got a pulse here! It's faint but he’s salvageable! Fast! Help me!”
With that they start working like veterans of war, with efficiency they take tourniquets and seal the blood on my legs, and in seconds they are with injectors on hand.
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Medic 1 - “Injector loaded! Type 2 combat stim! Shoot!”
With that my body shudder as the medic injects the stim in my heart, and seconds later my throat starts to reconnect as the second medic guides the regeneration with tools and more injections, mending the destroyed carotid artery. With the brain receiving blood again my chains starts to mend itself as i see the medics doing wonders to a body i would have a hard time mending back. I look to my chain and see that it is now untouched, then i feel the call, my body is calling my soul back, so i go back and enter where the chain is connecting my soul to the body, the heart, but after i enter, my soul is moved to my head, where the brain resides, and then i black out...
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I wake up dizzy, numb, and with my head spinning, i can’t see anything nor hear anything, only the system.
*WARNING! LIFE SIGNAL LOST!*
*RESURRECTION FAILED! RETRY!*
*RESURRECTION FAILED! RETRY!*
*RESURRECTION FAILED! RETRY!*
*DETECTED OUTSIDE FACTOR! PROCESSING: BENEFICIAL!*
*Life Signal: Stable.*
*Detected new Nexus data.*
*Omega Protocol: Encrypted.*
*First Encryption layer decoded.*
*Ability System unlocked.*
System, show me info about Omega Protocol.
*Omega Protocol*
*Decoded Text: You are the first to arrive, the first to fight, and the last to return, you are Omega, you are the last one, and have no permission to die.*
*Decode? Costs Nanites, Nanites available: 300 units.*
Place 100 units into Omega Protocol.
*Omega Protocol: 20% Decoded.*
That will take some time, if i get food and water every day, I'll generate 25 units of Nanites per day, so if i give 100 units every time I'll unlock it in... 12 days...
After one hour i manage to get some feeling back, but my status is going crazy, i think I'll vomit, ugh...
Silver – “Ugh... You spin my head right round right round as you go down down.... Oh, now it’s up up.”
Medic - “Hello? Cadet Silver? Can you hear me?”
Silver - “Da. Extra loud.”
I see four blurs of the same female transfur as she arrives right beside me and reexamine me, i also see a female Demis of the cat type sitting.
? - “How do you feel after coming back from the dead?”
Silver - “Honest? Extra aches, with free bonus aches everywhere.”
? - “How did you die?”
Silver - “My Walker got a giant spike to the engine, killing the capacitor with it, after that, the cockpit was open like a can of sardines and i was ripped to pieces.”
? - “Yet you survived, and returned with no side effects, you really got the death vision didn’t you?”
Silver - “Da, i got it, and now I'm seeing everything two times at the same time, if you understand me.”
? - “That’s normal, now you have two choices, one, close the eyes of the soul and live like you never got your 7th sense, your soul, and by doing that you will become almost unable to use your 7th sense again, or option two, close the body senses and let your soul handle it, if you do that you will sooner or later start to gain truesight, the last clairvoyance skill, but if you fail like i did, you will lose the ability to feel and see whenever you want.”
Silver - “My condolences, Psy Ops General Panther. I choose two. How many days was i out?”
Panther - “Two days, the next wave is in 8 days, but don’t worry, you did great and was acknowledged, you’re officially a Tier 1 Walker pilot, and as a promissing Esper, I'm extending my hand to you, want to join the Psy Ops?”
Silver - “Sure, why not. Just let me finish the 8 days of simulations then after the second wave I'll join, what do you have in mind for me General?”
Panther - “I know you can’t keep yourself forever in your Walker, as most tasks will need you to leave it, you have several ways of melee combat, that is, your blades, fingers, and wings, you also have a ranged weapon good to counter ambushes, but that’s all, you lack ranged weapons.”
Silver - “Da, my Shoulder cannon have limited ammo as it uses special ammo(Nanites), so it’s out unless in emergency, as almost all things have either hard armor or excellent dodge, or both.”
Panther - “That’s why I'll train you with a special weapon, it’s extremely unwieldy with heavy kickback, in other words, psikers and seers can’t handle it, but as you are a true Esper, and a master psiker, i think you’ll like the gun.”
Silver – “Got my interest, General, can you describe the shape, characteristics and way of use of it please?”
Panther - “Sure, the guns name is Flintlock Knetiker, looks almost like a flintlock pistol, but in a retangle shape, on the back is a capacitor locked with four heatsinks connected with to six kinetic rails, it’s a one bullet gun that is reloaded on the front, the best way to use it is with a waist belt baldric holster that allows you to carry six guns, can only be used and reloaded by psikers.”
Silver - “Now I'm curious, can’t wait to get a feel of that Flintlick Knetiker, but first, make my head gyroscope system stop giving errors so i can stop being dizzy and seeing you inverted, i feel like I'm looking at you from the roof in th wrong way... Ugh...”
After some more talking and getting some advice i manage to use only my 7th sense, so after some time I'm back in top shape, nothing much changed, just my visor that now looks like a face mask because it’s deactivated, side effect of death vision, for now i can only use my soul to feel and sense, and if i want to look and feel with my body I'll need to reactvate my visor, but I'll need training before I'm able to use all my potential.
After some talking with Kurohime, i find myself as a permanent squad member of Kurohime, not minding it much i go to hangar 12 where Jormungandr is and get the repairs done, and using the rest of the time i go into hangar 22 to repair Black cat and upgrade the visor plates of her walker, with that done i go back to the intense Walker training after getting Kurohime thanks.
After 8 days of pure training and some Walker formation drill with Kurohime, finally it’s the time of the second wave attack.
Status:
Day: 10 (Nightfall) Month: 12
Age: 16 (Legal adult)
Credits: 1800 (300 + 1500)
Nanite storage: 200 units (Max 300 units, 25u Regen per day)
Abilities:
Omega Protocol: 60% Decoded. (200u Required to complete, 8 days, left to unlock.)