[Halo] New! Halo RPG Pt. 11

[Kairu]

Edward and Rewill were sitting at the table, their meals gone. They were both sitting back in their chairs, relaxing. Edward: "I never thought I'd be so happy to be eating ship food." Rewill was picking something from his teeth. Rewill: "Yeah, after all that's been going on, it was a meal worth appreciating." Edward: "You think Aelis or James have eaten yet?" Rewill: "I'm not sure. I haven't seen em since we got off the pelican." Edward: "Maybe he's getting laid." Rewill: "Really Private? That's what you're going to assume? No... Aelis is probably doing whatever she does in her free time just like the Boss." Edward: "Well I'll go run some food to Aelis, you mind running something to James?" Rewill: "Not at all." The two men got up and got a plate each and filled it up with some food. Content with what was on it. They made their ways to their respective destinations.

[Hells Sniper]

Shadow: Are you going to be alright Admiral? Harrison: I'll be fine Shadow. I just need some time to gather my thoughts. Harrison sighed and began to walk towards his office, Shadow following him. Harrison: Jacob was an excellent soldier, an extraordinary friend, and one hell of a guy in general. It's hard to say goodbye to him, especially without a body to bury. Shadow: I can see why this is...the reports from 2523, he was very...determined. Harrison smiled. Harrison: More determined than any recruit I saw... Harrison and Shadow left the observation deck, heading to Harrison's office. Meanwhile: An officer contacted the Towering Elitist. Officer: Aye, aye. Towering Elitist, you are confirmed. Please direct to bay one. The deck will be open. Pilot: Roger that. Docking in bay one. The prowler approached the Ulterior Motive's hangar bay and docked inside. Jacob felt the ship dock in and he looked at Lisa, who was smiling. Lisa stood. Lisa: Well, time to move. Two Trust marines came into the bay and brought Jacob up, holding his shoulders they led him out of the prowler, following Lisa.

[Naked Crook]

Hayes sat in his office for a few moments, totally silent. He knew that he had to report this...incident. Hayes finally found the courage to stand up from his desk and leave his office. He walked onto the bridge. Hayes: Commander...establish a long range communications uplink with The Cloak and Dagger...and route the transmission to The Observation Deck. I need to issue a report to Director Vernette. Temple: Aye sir... Hayes then walked off the bridge, and headed for The Observation Deck. Meanwhile: Vernette was still observing the training simulation that he had put Tye and Dancar into. He was still with Jennifer, watcing intently. Jennifer: They are good...they have a lot of zeal... Vernette: They do...they are really starting to work like a team. I am very impressed. I cannot wait for these two to go up against The Trust. It is going to be a very cold day in hell for The Trust...I assure you... Vernette had to laugh. Vernette: Watching these two...brings back a lot of memories. Good times... Jennifer: Good times? Killing people, scaring people, and generally being a pain in the ass were "good times"? Vernette: Yeah... Jennifer laughed. Jennifer: Shoot first...ask questions later? Vernette: Most defiantly... Jennifer grinned. She reached over and put her hand on his. Vernette shifted his eyes down at the desk and saw this. Vernette: You know...this is techically me, fratyurnizing with a member of the crew...something that is frowned upon... Jennifer: When has THAT ever stopped you? Vernette: Don't think it ever has...but it still is against the rules... Jennifer: Ohhh...forgive me...I should of realized...you ccare about the rules. I forgot how much you abide by rules. Regulation is your only master. Jennifer paused. Jennifer: Lets recap on how much you follow the rules... Jennifer paused. Jennifer: You were friends with a Brute during a time of war...you told that brute military secrets...you were secretly the most wanted man ever...you commited acts of terrorism...you killed super soldiers...took the law into your own hands...disobeyed the orders of superiors on a number of occasions...you have assaulted your superiors...you have covered up missions and things you have done...you run black budget projects...you train terrorists...you design weapons that are better than military grade, and you withhold them for private use... Jennifer paused. Jennifer: Heaven forbid you should do the unthinkable...and fraternize with a member of your crew... Vernette raised an eyebrow. Vernette: Heaven forbid...indeed... Just at that moment, Vernette was summoned over the comm. Banks: Director Vernette? This is the bridge. You are needed in the Observation Deck...we have an incoming transmission. Vernette sighed. He tapped the heatset in his ear. Vernette: THis is Vernette...I am on my way. Vernette then closed the comm. He stood up and looked at Jennifer. Vernette: We will continue this later...alright? Jennifer: I hope so... Vernette grinned. he then turned and left the Simulation Deck's observation room. He made his way up to the Observation Deck. Vernette walked into the Observation Deck. As he did, the table sunk into the ground and lit up. Vernette watched as a holographic avatar of Hayes appeared. Vernette: Rodney...good to see you again. Hayes: Director Vernette...how are things on your end? Vernette: Very busy...but I think I am nearly done here. I have spoken to Barrabus about providing us ship support to help us bury The Trust. He has agreed. I just need to hear from his Fleet Commands and his warlords...and I will beback with a few friends... Hayes: That is good to hear. Hayes paused. Hayes: Sir...I have some very bad news. Agent Sharpmen is dead... Vernette's eye widened. Hayes: He was killed by The Trust...KIA... Vernette was silent for a moment. Vernette: Jacob died? Hayes: Yes sir. Vernette: I need more information! What was the mission? What happened? How did they get him? Hayes: From what I understand...and according to reports from the other Agents he was with; he was sent in during boarding action to a Trust Destroyer that we had damaged and disabled. He went in...recovered some data...and upon extraction...they were ambushed by a last bit of resistance from The Trust. Jacob provided cover while his team escaped in a Pelican. Jacob never made it off when the ship's reactor went critical. Vernette: I see... Hayes: Jacob handed his AI off to one of the other agents before he was left behind. Phoenix is still with us... Vernette sighed. He then nodded. Vernette: This is very ill news... Vernette paused. Vernette: What sort of information did we recover? Hayes: HAWK is still working on that. We should know very soon. I have also transmitted the full tactical report to you...I just wanted to tell this to you...face to face. Hayes paused. Hayes: I just felt...writing it down would not of done Jacob justice... Vernette: I appreciate this Captain... Vernette paused. Vernette: Keep me posted...send me any and all information you recover. Vernette out. Vernette stepped back and shut down the transmission. He wanted to end the conversation as fast as he could. When the transmission terminated, Vernette stepped back and sighed.

[Hells Sniper]

Lisa was leading Jacob to the bridge of the Ulterior Motive. Jacob was examining the ship, getting a feel for it. It felt so gloomy, so depressing compared to the other ships he had served on. Jacob: Jesus Christ...this isn't going to end well.

[cubanpete24]

Grim was still looking over the ledge of the platform, gazing at the Depths. He sighed, as he rested on his right elbow.. Eugene: Why the hell am I doing this... ... There are so many, many other bigger problems going on in the galaxy right now. Out of all the things I could be doing to benefit humanity, I choose to help one girl play vigilante. Jeez... Grim began to doze off. Eugene: It's not like anything I can do would affect anything... What am I really...In the great scheme of things anyway? Why bother help people, if there will always be some war, some person, or some thing that wants to fuck everything up... ... Why am I still alive... Grim sighed I should have died 16 years ago... ... I should get a dog. Akiko: Hey, I'm done. Grim straightened his back, and turned to look at Akiko. Grim: Good, now lets get a move on. Akiko stared at Grim, she seemed puzzled. Akiko: Don't you want to contact that dock worker first? Grim: Who?-- Oh. Right. The reason we stopped here. Sure. Akiko: Were you napping or something? You seem a bit...Lethargic. Grim was silent Grim: Nah, I was just in deep thought. Thinking about...dogs... Akiko: Oh...Cool. Akiko reached into her waist pouch, and took out her PDA. She powered it on, and looked up the Dock worker's frequency.

[Hells Sniper]

Lisa, Jacob, and the two Trust marines entered the bridge. Lisa immediately went up to Kolya and saluted. Lisa: Admiral, sir. Lisa turned to Jacob. Lisa: Mission accomplished.

[Erex]

Seth sat in the Pilots chair. Seth: Ulterior motive this the Hijacked ONI Transport Derelict, this is Seth, I need confirmation of the mission. Over. Seth continued to sit. Seth to himself: When are they gonna fucking board the ship so I can leave it.

[Hells Sniper]

Meanwhile: The Agents, Tiffany, and Dallas were all sitting around a table in the bar. Each of them had a bottle of beer in front of them, not one drank from it. Their was silence among them, the entire bar was silent. Many were hearing of Jacob's death, all knew who he was, at least by his nickname. "The Cyborg is dead," was the common phrase going around the Crimson Shadow. Dallas looked at the men and women seated amongst him. He alone broke the silence. Dallas: Ya know...Jacob and I had a very rocky relationship... Dallas was looking at the beer in front of him, moving it in his hand. Dallas: I abandoned him as a brother when I joined the UNSC...I didn't speak to him for years after the Covenant war. Hell, I thought he was dead...he probably thought the same of me. Dallas paused. Dallas: Somehow...we met up with each other in 2534, both fighting the Covenant, and somehow ended up back to back. Dallas smiled and chuckled. Dallas: We didn't even realize until after the battle...until the fighting was over. He finally took a drink of the beer. Dallas: We drank together that day, reminiscing, talking...fixing our relationship. He took another sip. Dallas: Somehow he forgave 12 years of abandonment in one day...one night...he forgave me. I don't know how...how he got over it all. He smiled and began to choke up a little bit, a tear rolling down his cheek. Dallas: I didn't see him for another 10 years...and then 8 years after that. How he remained by my side...defending me in my court martial case, hell, even appearing at it...I don't know how he did it. Man...he was something. Dallas took another sip of his beer and leaned back in his seat. Dallas: I'm just speaking out loud...trying to remember him. Dallas laughed. Dallas: I can not even remember what he looks like...last time I saw him he was beat to death and even then...nothing. Dallas lost it there, he began to just cry into his hands, occasionally taking a sip of beer in between breaths. He banged his hand on the table. Dallas: God fucking damnit! The rest of the Agents and Tiffany just sat there, they couldn't help Dallas...the most they could say was that they were sorry...but Dallas knew that. The best thing they could do was let him be.

[Erex]

Seth started to look through the Data module for more interesting items, found a ship manifest Seth: Boring, no one cares its a bunch of guns ammo. Seth was now getting angry that the Ulterior Motive refused to answer his hails.

[Naked Crook]

Kolya looked at Lisa, and then at Jacob. He then stoood up from his chair. Kolya: Agent Sharpmen...welcome to The Ulterior Motive... Kolya paused. Kolya: I hope your trip was comfortable? Kolya grinned. He was then interrupted by one of the bridge officers. Trust Officer: Sir...Seth is still sending us messages...he is still requesting to speak with you. Kolya: He can wait! I am busy! Kolya frowned and turned back to Jacob. Kolya: So hard to find good help these days...which is why you are here Agent! I had you brought here to tell you...that YOU are now working for us...whether you like it or not. Doesn't that sound great!?