Dwan was too slow to shoot Zane during his fight with Varn. He felt guilty, as if he was to blame for Varn's death. He took off his helmet and held it to his chest, as he stood near the corpse. He put his helmet back on and remained silent.
"Just give me a sec and I'll b-" Lion was cut off mid-sentence as Varn rushed Zane, for a moment it was as if time stood still when the attack backfired. Varn fell. Zane fell as well shortly afterwards.
Lion's eyes remained red as his head began twitching. He looked at Warren. "Spare parts. Now."
Warren nodded and waved for two of the SSFD soldiers to come forth. Both dropped two backpacks and presented robotic limbs identical to the ones Lion already had before.
In a moment they were mounted back on under the eye of Iska.
"Help me up." He said to Iska who quickly helped Lion up, allowing him to adjust his stabilization.
Together they approached Varn and Zanes body, followed by Viper, Pippin and the numerous marines.
"Oh Varn..." Said Lion as he fell to his knees next to the body of one of his closest friends.
He turned to Dwan. "Get me his helmet and jaw."
Dwan nodded, as he grabbed Varn's helmet and scooped up what he thought was his jaw. He handed them over to Lion.
[His jaw got gibbed into blood mist.]
Meanwhile, the elevator opened to reveal several mercenaries and Privateers securing the area. Squads of Privateers spotted the group and walked over. "Report?" The NCO asked.
Lion took the helmet and placed it next to Varns' head. He then put both of Varn's hands on his chest.
He stood up with the help of both Iska and Dwan and managed to do a salute.
"Rest peacefully, friend. We will carry your memory with us." Just as he finished a squad of privateers alongside some mercs entered the room.
A officer walked up to them. "Report?"
"Two Auditors and several Crimson Elite confirmed KIA." He paused and looked at Varn. "Heavy casualties on our side."
He stared at the NCO. "Got any spare men who could take our friends' body back to the surface?"
Lion then looked at Dwan. "Get Zane out of here."
The Privateer took a great look at the body of Varn before look at his bionic leg. He turned to his comrades. "Take the dead body's leg and loot the body for any weapons. We could use it for later." The Privateer said while others nodded. One of the mercenaries pulled a valve as a laser cutter is prepared.
"We'll be taking that other body too." He pointed to Zane.
Dwan straightened up when he heard Lion's command. "Aye aye, sir.", he said, as he turned to Zane. He not only grabbed Zane, but all of his equipment too. His weapons, his broken hoverboard that he barely managed to pull out of the rubble, etc. He then heard what the Privateer said, and promptly ignored him. "I'll be right back.", he said, as he dragged everything out of the room, away from everyone's sights.
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The Golden Wave eventually join up with the other mercs on the battlefield. "Watch out everyone, you know how the merc world thinks of us.", Aver Lagul said to the two GW groups.
Mercury pointed a gun at the privateer with the mercenary with the cutter. "Under trade secret law, 554, you fuckers can have his corpse and belonging over out dead bodies!" The other Boomes aimed at the same merc. "We don't loot you sorry carcasses where we see them, and you will show us the same respect. Am I clear?"
The Privateers disobeyed Dwan's plea and demanded they get the body. "Get that body to us soldier. That's an order."
"What the fuck! We're on the same side for fuck's sake!" Ject yelled between everyone. Bruta aimed down at the Privateers. "Don't try it."
"Under protocol we are ordered to shoot down any traitors. Don't make that mistake."
"No looting!" Yelled Lion.
"Especially not when it comes to friendlies." Said Lion while staring at the NCO.
"You can have his spare magazines and any remaining explosives but that's it."
"Protocol goes out the window when dealing with trade law and corporate stooges like you should know that best."
The NCO shook his head. "We're taking that body. Sorry." He laughed along with a few mercenaries chuckling. Robots identical to Andron came out and guarded them. "You can have that body I guess." He pointed to Zane to pressure them.
Dwan turned to the Privateers. "I received an order from my highest superior. Only Saw can overrule what he had ordered me to do.", Dwan said to them. "I would imagine Saw would side with us if we were to take this issue to him.", he added, unsure if what he said would persuade them.
"Did he say anything about Auditors or something?" The NCO asked.
"Call your boss and ask him about this." Mercury said with an angry tone in his voice.
"He did.", Dwan answered.
"Okay then. You can have that one then." The NCO pointed. "Privateers, get that body."
The robot pushed Mercery to the ground and struggled. Several troopers grabbed Varn's body while several troopers aimed in case people tried to resist.
"Thank you.", Dwan said. He then continued to drag Zane and his belonging out of the room, away from everyone's sights, as he listened to the Privateers taking Varn's corpse.
Lion pulled the LWA Spacehawk. "Take one more step and you're dead, then we'll loot you instead." Said Lion.
"This man dedicated the remainder of his life to make sure that you assholes could live out the rest of your lives in peace."
The remaining Boome and SDF marines took aim. "Seeing as we work directly under Mr Saw we have authority over you. With that said, I'm ordering you to grab your group of clowns and advance ahead. Now."
His finger was on the trigger. "Trust me, you don't want to mess with us."
A figure crept while cloaking. "Heh heh heh, oh it's wonderful seeing friends and allies "working together for the greater good!" A raspy voice sounded off.
"Oh great. Ghosts!"
As soon as Virin was certain the CS rangers had become aware of the crew's presence, he took a deep breath and sprung to his feet, pointing his rifle across the rock he was using for cover and pulling the trigger. The rangers, prepared for the trap, engaged at the same time by falling out of the way of the OBV's plasma bursts and returning fire at the rock. Pellets of debris were knocked loose by enemy fire into Virin's hair as he dropped back into cover. Rask, now in position to cover his comrade, did so by firing blind around cover while Virin sprinted across a narrow gap in the rocks and sliding into a better position.
No one had hit anyone yet- and the Crimson soldiers began to advance. Neasha, from a third position, waited until Virin and Rask were reloading to jump out of cover herself. From the rear quarter of the small mass of enemy troops- four in all, the serek sprang. She was shorter in stature but possessed a powerful build, like a chimpanzee, and seized on one of the soldiers with her knife.
"Yes I'm a ghost ooooohhhh. Fear me weaklings. For I am the Harbinger of Death!" he played along.
The rest aimed above and tried to find it. Above the broken ceiling appeared Folter. He jumped across between both sides before grabbing Varn in a blink. "What?" The people that grabbed Varn exclaimed. Folter turned to each side as dozens of guns laid on him. "Now now kiddies. If you can't share I'm going to have to place both on time out!"
Dwan managed to get away from everyone's sights. He sighed once more as he looked at the things he was dragging. He began activating a Universe Jumper incantation, however, something was amiss. It wasn't working. All of his powers were acting weird.
At that moment, he felt like something bad was going to happen. He dragged everything over to an elevator and went upwards. His powers weren't being blocked by someone; they were being blocked by something. Going upwards should help him get his powers back.
As Iska swung the heavy mg around, the ammo belt dangling around making a jingling noise, and aimed at Folter with a deep frown on her face.
"What? You're going to shoot that big ass gun at me?" Folter gestured to himself. He turned sideways. "I believe you are called..." He pulled off a list from his holographic files. "Iska."
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[QUOTE=Sega Saturn;49260065]No one had hit anyone yet- and the Crimson soldiers began to advance. Neasha, from a third position, waited until Virin and Rask were reloading to jump out of cover herself. From the rear quarter of the small mass of enemy troops- four in all, the serek sprang. She was shorter in stature but possessed a powerful build, like a chimpanzee, and seized on one of the soldiers with her knife.[/QUOTE]
Mini Roll[6]: She tackled one of the soldiers on his back, preparing to jab him in the chest. She pressed hard against the armor, piercing it through while the man groaned in pain. He pushed her off and fired.
Iska flinched slightly and shuffled the gun around in her hands before steadying her grip.
"And who are you?" she asked, her expression once again returning to the earlier frown.
"Me? Well I am known as Folter, which also means torture. I was the one of the guys that saw your Captain die in the line of battle. No offense but, actually you're probably going to take offense anyway." He shook his head staring at her in this awkward moment.
Iska remembered the battle where Jeremy fell, and how the Auditors ran.
She also concluded that they had killed the one with the beast, which means that there are at least 3 of these people left.
She shrugged her shoulders and spit towards Folter which landed at his feet, "You might If you not careful".
"I suppose so." Folter said while inspecting the spit, getting on his knees while carrying Varn.
"What brings you here anyway? Did Harken Saw order you around?"
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