Space E-war

[dinoman666]

"They were beaten by f**king MERCHANTS?!" Jaroth shouted, throwing the datapad at his subordinate, a human Commando, who cringed as the datapad hit him in the head. "Gah! Well, uh, sir, yeah, that's what we got from Morleon's status reports in the logs." Jaroth inhaled deeply, trying to control his rapidly-fraying temper. The Salarian had decided to make a surprise inspection of Morleon's work only moments ago, only to discover that their secret base not only had its front door buried under a pile of rubble and blown open, but the false distress beacon had been disabled, and nearly every single person was missing, leaving only the wreckage of dozens of mechs, and a few bodies: every Salarian Eclipse merc (including Captain Morleon) and the body of one of the attackers. From what had been gleaned from Morleon's status report before the whole station had gone quiet, they had been attacked by a virtual army. "Are you telling me," Jaroth continued slowly, gritting his teeth, "that an entire godd*mn army of these a**holes had, for some reason, entered the Terminus Systems and attacked a seemingly abandoned mining facility on a minor Batarian colony that just so happened to have my men?" The Commando nodded mutely, well-aware that Jaroth knew the whole story of what had happened, just like him: the trap had simply gone awry by luring in someone who was obviously important to these merchants. Jaroth sat down, looking out of the viewport of the ship he was in. He had far more important things on his mind. "So... he called in the Collectors to help?" The Commando nodded again. Jaroth arched a brow. "And they DID?" The Commando merely shrugged. "They must have had some interest in the merchants or something..." Jaroth shook his head. "They stole EVERY body, including ours, except the Salarians. They only left one merchant body, obviously as a clue as to who attacked us. They must have wanted the humans..." The Commando swallowed nervously, and Jaroth smirked at the man's sudden fear. "What? Don't like the idea of 'alien abduction?'" Jaroth snorted. "Calm down, you d*mn coward. They're working WITH us, not against us. They just stole the corpses. It's not that big a deal..." Jaroth stood again, cupping his chin thoughtfully. "What concerns me the most is the Cerberus data. You're saying it was all erased?" The Commando nodded. "Y-yes sir. I think the merchants stole it." Jaroth smirked, suddenly pleasantly surprised. "Well, I guess we don't have to worry about having to deal with them anymore, then. They're the merchants' problem now..."

[UndeadRaptor]

Some of the crew, merchants soldiers and warriors began going down a level in the ship to the cafeteria, while others went up to go rest in their quarters. As they finishes feasting, the workers left scraps on their kills for the ones that would soon hatch, while the soldiers stopped working to let the workers continue...

[Godzilla Forever]

Jessica says, "Traitor? How could he betray his own country if he's the leader?!"

[UndeadRaptor]

"I don't know if that even was him in the first place... something must've killed him and taken over or some evil mind among us had to of cloned him and used those for his own needs," Jon replied while he opened to door to Jessica's room and soon pulled out the card to get in and out of it, before handing it to her. "Oh, by the way, Dylan's room is next to yours, so if he comes out of there early, feel free to check on him when ever you like," the soldier said as he began to leave the area towards the elevator...

[Godzilla Forever]

Jessica says, "That's bizarre....... I wonder who would've doen that?" She pauses and then says, "Well, I'm gonig to retire for today. See you later!"

[UndeadRaptor]

"Ok, see ya! Also, there's a map in your room, along with some other things to get you going for a while," Jon said as he went into the elevator and soon left that level. Back in the medical room, the doctor, along with his two assistants, began pulling the bullets out of Dylan's stomach, which caused some intense pain to him...

[Godzilla Forever]

Jessica nods before heading into her room to rest.....

[UndeadRaptor]

Soon, the elevator stops on the level where the cafeteria was at, as the soldier left to go get something to eat for the night. As each bullet was pulled out, the sound of them crashing onto a metal tray rang out throughout the level, as one nurse begun cleaning the blood covering Dylan's stomach...

[Godzilla Forever]

Jessica lies down her bed for the day. She was glad she was safe and hadn't gotten hurt, amazingly, but felt bad for Dylan and the merchants...... she was actually surprised they went throug the trouble to help her out. However, they obviously had a bone to pick with them, or else they wouldn't have come.

[UndeadRaptor]

Soon enough, Dylan began screaming in pain as the operation to the man continued, the wounds now being stitched up. Jon could faintly hear the cry of pain from the elevator as he left it and walked into the cafeteria to get some supper...

[Godzilla Forever]

The saurians strip the Lythr down to nothing, leaving only its legs behind, as they all get ready for the feast later today.....

Beasts occasionally roam near the hive, curious to the new creatures, but most pay no heed to them past a glance or two.......

[UndeadRaptor]

The soldiers guarding the slowly forming hive occassionally went towards the beast in their mass-numbers and tried scaring them off with multiple threatening hisses or screeches. The queen watched as the colony was almost finished assembling, before calling her childeren up to help move the eggs into one of the chambers in the hive...

[Godzilla Forever]

A rumble is heard near the hive, a large creature lurking in the brush, its beady eyes staring out at the hive.........

[UndeadRaptor]

The group of soldiers began making a perimeter around the hive while the queen and workers transported the eggs down into the colony. An occassional hiss or click could be heard from the group as they communicated, making sure they were defending the surrounding area properly...

[Godzilla Forever]

The creature slowly lumbers out, reavealing itself to be a meganoid. The giant insect beast looks at one of the soldiers, letting out a low hiss as it arched its tail over its head........

[UndeadRaptor]

The other soldiers turned from their positions to face the new foe along with the other soldier, before hissing and screeching at the beast while a couple even began to prepare to fire acidic goo at the creature. The other soldiers opened their mandibles and closed them a few times, trying to scare off the animal while the hive was built...

[Godzilla Forever]

The acid does little to the huge beast's thick hide, the creature snarlnig before letting out a mighty screeching bellow. The meganoid stabs its tail at one of the soldiers, impaling it before it begins to drag it into the bushes.........

[UndeadRaptor]

The soldier screeches in pain while the rest of the warriors charge in and begin to attack the meganoid to try and save their comrade. The workers move fast to transport all the eggs down into the hive along with the queen, while a few others continue building up the colony...

[Godzilla Forever]

The meganoid snarls from the other creatures before it violently rips the soldier to peices with its strong jaws. It turns its attention to the other soldiers before decapitating one with a snip of its claws.........

[UndeadRaptor]

The other soldiers begin to lay off the attacks, before completely retreating back to the hive. The last few eggs were finally moved into the colony, and the workers, soldiers and queen would be able to rest until the workers would continue on with finishing constructing the hive...