Raptor One – Chapter 85
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Nightmares of the old life, death cries of the new life as the terraforming towers come crashing down leaving a wide place to the swarm of mindless latex beasts to rush over into the city, cries of pain and horrors echo through the entire city as I watch people get dissolved into latex as their blood get consumed along with their flesh and bones...
I find myself in front pf my old house, the group of known persons that I care is all there, having a meal together, I find myself in front of the dining table, my mother, her team, even the two mischievous girls, Hurricane and... What’s the codename of the other? The memory is blurry...
Looking to the side I see the alpha female I argued with, her pack of four also seated, but something is different, Alphy... That’s her name as I remember now... She’s holding a pair of small, cute kits, both avalis, they look freshly hatched from their eggs as she cuddle with both besides me while having a meal with all of us...
The peace don’t last forever however as I find myself on my old mech, Jormungandr, watching the city burn, the people get dissolved, and worst of all, the persons I care be dissolved in front of me as I try to get Jormungandr to work, but to no avail...
I look, tear on my eyes as only bones rest on the ground, both the ground and the bones cracked, the big mass of latex start seeping through the gaps on Jormungandr, flooding the cockpit until there was no space left, the pain... As I see my carbon fiber skin melt, showing the carbon composite underneath as it too slowly dissolves as I growl in pain before also seeing my subdermal carbon filament, the last layer between my flesh and bones get melted, I roar in pain and anger with no sound to make, my vocal cords destroyed, my body unmoving... Before I receive the last message.
*User body has suffered critical damage, unable to keep connection, Cortical Stack disconnected.*
I wake up with a angry roar as I easily get up, my senses catching back to reality as it say I just hurled everyone all over the room when I got up, I huff with heavy breath, the thirst and hunger close at mind as I recover myself, as I try to calm down...
Taking a deep breath I release it with a deep growl, finally recovered, I look over to see the girls, all up and ready to fight, making me guilty, look what a simple dream did to me...
“*Sigh*Izvinyayus girls, I... Had a VERY bad dream and a somewhat poor sleep, it was not my intention to hurl each one of you all over the room like that...” I say and lower my head in shame.
Zu is the first to approach me, placing a hand on my chest, looking up to me.
“It’s okay love, we know you have times you need to breath, we all have.” Zu say with a smile, her droopy blue eyes locked on my sharp yet droopy gray eyes.
“That’s one thing we don’t mind, but what about your new appearance?” Li’lak ask me.
“Ha!” I grin. “Nothing much, just the Archonexus doing their work.” I say with a shrug. “They did not like me breaking the universe rules, so they tested me, and I passed, now I’m back to what I should be... My true self. You like it ‘Shy’?” I say with a grin, looking at Shy, that’s her nickname now.
“Whow! You met a Archonexus and lived to tell!” Shy say with wide eyes, the rest also mimicking her. “I also like the nickname, make me feel even closer to the pack.” Shy say with a shy nod and a red face.
“Now that we have woken early...” I say with a sigh. “Lets eat, I'm starving... What about Gaia station?” I ask while walking to the recreation room as the girls scramble to their combat exoskeleton.
“That’s good news Captain-” Su’zu say but I cut her out.
“White.” I say looking her way.
“Cap-” Su’zu try again but get cut off again
“White.” I say again, locking my gray eyes into her green eyes.
“I-”
“White...” I prolong the words this time.
“Wh- White...” Cold finally surrenders.
I nod. “Yes ‘Cold’? What about Gaia station?” I ask Su’zu.
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“’Cold’ huh... White, we are already docked on Gaia station.” Su’zu reply to my question as we all walk to the recreation room.
Sitting on the low table I wait as Li’luk grabs a serving for me and her.
“Hey ‘Peppy’, thanks, Shy, can you grab a extra serving for me? One isn’t enough.” I say as Li’lak is also getting her portion.
“Sure, wh-White.” Li’lak say with a red face, making me nod.
“That’s my girl, you learn fast.” I say with a smile.
With two portions of nutrient paste in front of me along with two portions of water we start to eat our bland food while chatting.
“Now that we are docked on Gaia Station, I’ll take my time remodeling the ship, first things first, the entire upper deck will be recovered and a better version will be built on the ‘middle deck’ ‘module three’ with all the necessities, that is, proper beds, dining area, food stock, inventory, and bath...” I say with a relaxed tone as I eat my nutrient paste.
“That’s going to be a lot of work.” Shy say.
“Yeah! Need help? Also, why Peppy?” Li’luk ask me.
“Because you’re a ball of positive energy!” I say with a grin, which ins’t shared with Peppy.
“You know how I am inside right?” Li’luk ask me, looking at her food.
“Yes, and despite all the chert you passed, you are positive and happy, be proud of it and accept the name already!” I say to Li’luk, my grin turning into a neutral feral.
Li’luk stay silent, for a while before her face slowly brightens, a smile coming back to her face and the gloom mood on her dissipates like it never existed as I see her sheer willpower override her emotions.
“Peppy it is! Thanks for the nickname, talking about nickname what about Su’ra?” Peppy ask me.
“You mean Su? It’s either Su or Sergeant nail head.” I say looking at Su’ra, holding a chuckle.
“Nail it is.” Su’ra reply to my question, getting me by surprise.
“’Nail’? Whew now, that’s better than shortening your name.” I say with a nod as I take another chunk of Nutrient paste.
“Talking about nicknames, missy has already left the ship, and how do I call both sisters? Cold Nail or Nail Cold?” Zu ask the sisters starting a hot topic between the girls making me laugh.
After a round of laugh and talking I get up and look at the time.
Time->
Seconds:(0/60)
Minutes:(3/60)
Hour:(3/6)
Cycle:(1/4)
So it’s 9:03Am, good to know.
I walk down to the ship exit and leave the ship in search of a dockmaster, which I find very easily as I see a female in engineer clothes and a clip board on hand as she check the ships, cargo and material hat come and go.
I approach the woman.
“Privet human, are you in charge of the dock?” I ask the engineer.
“She looks down at me for a second before nodding, yes, I'm the dockmaster of this area, what’s the news?” She ask me waiting for me to talk.
“Da, I need... 6 circuits, 6 electric wire, and 30 casings... make it 7 circuits and electric wires pozhaluysta.” I ask the female dockmaster.
“Sure, going to do some overhaul on the ship I see? Need some working hands? I can help hire you some, let me calculate the price...” The female dockmaster say as she calculates the price.
“Niet, don’t need the extra hands, my engineers and me can do the job, I'll keep the order at that for now, I'll come to order more later as this won’t be the only overhaul.” I say with a smile.
“Sure, sure, the total price is... 7.272 credits in total.” The dockmaster say and look back to me.
“Da, sending the payment... Complete” I say and look at my credit balance.
Credits:(236.978[C])
Not much of a loss as I'm doing a overhaul of already existing modules, but the price will crank up when I get to the harder bits like the reactor and Point Defense turrets...
“Alright boya, I got the payment, the materials will be there after some minutes.” the dockmaster say and I nod.
“Spacibo.” Is all I say before walking back to Tenacity.
Walking up the ramp of Tenacity I see my pack waiting around the hangar bay.
“Waiting for orders?” I ask my pack and they nod.
“Da, first, all the pack members will have a Primal wolf as companion from now on, pozhaluysta get along, rodzher?” I ask their opinion.
They nod their heads.
“Why refuse free help?” Nail say.
“Yeah right?” Peppy reply back making me smile.
“Okay, that part done, now next one, I'll be remaking most of the ship making it combat ready, that means change in posts and module overhaul, that means the entire upper deck will be dismantled back to stock settings and their material transported to ‘MD’, ‘M3’, Peppy and Shy will help me with that, rodzher?” I ask again.
“Rodzher!” Peppy and shy repeat my words.
“We will talk about the post change later, Zu, Nail and Cold, Go check the station, I want to know if the station can sell hydroponics components to make the module on the ship, if yes, I want it’s components price AND the seeds of all three staple avalonian food.” I say while looking at the three girls.
“Understood Captain!” The three say with a salute and I nod.
“When I'm done with the overhaul I’ll go get the ship certificate for Ship’s artificial intelligence, we where running on the red line until now, and now that I got a better view of things, I can’t leave Sigma idling anymore.” I say with a sigh.
“That means the ship Command Bridge will get a Control tower for Sigma?” Zu ask me and I nod.
“Da, now go, we have things to do, but remember, don’t overdo, we are on civilized space not in space.” I say while relaxed.
“Yes Captain!” All five say in sync.
I watch as Zu, Nail and Cold leave for the station, The big Primal wolf of the pack sits besides me, she’s the alpha of the pack.
Besides me of course.
“I need to give you a name...” I say looking at her.
After a minute thinking I got one for her.
“Lycanis, that’s your name.” I say and pat her head, her tail wagging as she relax into it before I walk inside, Lycanis following me.