113-26-06 10:28 EST Gulfonodi, Tiger "Phoenix" Phell's stateroom.
Tiger "Phoenix" Phell sat on the couch, staring at the hangar outside his ship through the faux window of his stateroom, thinking of nothing in particular.
The door behind him opened and admitted a tall blond Amarrian woman. She was wearing a long black coat over brown pants and a brown shirt.
Tiger turned his head as he heard the door open and saw the woman, a smile leaping to his face, "Shana, your back," he stood from the couch and walked around it to Shana, embracing her in a hug, which she returned. "When did you make it back, just now?"
She nodded her head as she held Tiger out in front of her, "Yeah, just got back here, and A'dria tells me that you and that girl, whats her name, Laria." She smiled when Tiger's face lit up at the mention of the name, "You two seem to be really hitting it off."
A smile crept to Tiger's lips at her words, "Yeah, it's only been two weeks since we started being together, and it already feels like I've known her my whole life." He chuckled to himself, "Though I know it would take me a lifetime to really get to know her."
"Well, when do I get to meet her, huh?" She punched Tiger in the shoulder lightly, "Shekear and A'dria already have me...." She stopped mid sentence as they both heard an emergency broadcast over the Phell Clan comms.
"SECURITY EMERGENCY Corvid is down, repeat, Corvid is down SECURITY EMERGENCY""
Tiger started to move towards the door, and Shana grabbing him by his arm, "Tiger, you can't go, it might be a trap, and you know the security procedures, procedures you put in place mind." She held onto him as he struggled to break free, "When a primary asset is attacked, all other primary assets are placed on temporary lock down, unless in pod."
She gestured at the door, "Right now, two squads are coming down that hall, one for me, one for you, to ensure that those orders are carried out." He still tried to break free, but her grip on his arm was tight.
"Shana, I put those orders in place so you, Shekear or A'dria wouldn't try and come rescue me and get hurt, not the other way round." His voice sounded on near panic as he struggled against her hold. "Laria is hurt and I have to get to her, now."
Shana's free hand shot out from waist level as she attempted to hit him in the side, but he saw the blow coming and twisted away just before it struck.
She spun her self to her left, bringing left arm out, a small device springing to her hand from her coat sleeve. As she finished her spin, she brought her arm around, bring the device into contact with Tiger's upper torso, activating it.
Tiger fell to his knees as the taser activated and sent electricity surging through his body, incapacitating him.
"Sorry I had to do that Tiger, but A'dria, Shekear and I knew that you would disobey your own orders and go charging off to rescue any one of us if we got hurt, so we had a plan in case it happened." She stepped around him to open the door and allow the security team that had just arrived into the room.
"Take him to the emergency room and don't let him out until we know whats going on." The squad gave her affirmatives and helped Tiger to his feet and started to lead him out of the room. He didn't try and struggle against their holds on him.
He turned his head to look at Shana as she followed them down the hall. "Shana, at least send a full platoon to her, to make sure she is protected."
Shana smiled at him, "Already done Tiger, they should be arriving there shortly." They had reached the emergency room aboard the ship. Both of them stepped in, with one of the squads entering with them, the other taking up positions to defend the room if necessary.
"Tiger, do not worry. Once the teams give us the all clear, you can head off to help Laria, and I will go back to Nakugard and coordinate the investigation into this from there." She patted his shoulder as she said this.
Tiger just nodded and went to sit in one the chairs in the room, leaning forward and resting his elbows on his knees, his head down and looking at the floor. Shana went to another of the room's chairs and sat down, watching him, a worried look on her face.
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5 hours later
The Cheetah class covert ops ship sped out of the station's hangar, the clamps holding her in place had barely had time to release before she sped off.
The ship aligned to the first gate leading Tiger on his way to help Laria, a squad of his best marines on board to help with security if needed.
To Tiger, it felt like the longest trip in his life, almost feeling longer the the 5 hour wait he'd had to endure while his security forces determined that it was safe for him to head out.
At last he was on the other side of the last gate, in the system where Laria was now lying in regen chamber, unconscious. The thought ripped him to shreds as he sped the ships towards the station.
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19:15 EST Gulfonodi Republic Fleet Testing Facilities, outside Laria Raven's Quarters
The door closed behind Tiger as he stepped into the hallway. He leaned against it and gave a long and heavy sigh, a weight seeming to be settled on his shoulders and crushing him underneath it.
He shook off whatever feeling had overcome him and stood to his full height, walking over to the guard commander of Laria's protection detail. "No one goes into that apartment, except me or her, and if she wants to go somewhere, make sure she has at least one of the squads with her. Is that understood."
The guard saluted, "Yes sir, understood perfectly sir." The guard turned and walked back over to his unit and passed the order on to them.
Tiger nodded to himself, and then proceeded towards a lift that would take him to the hangars where his ship was currently stored, his own protection detail breaking off from Laria's and forming a perimeter around him as he walked the halls of the station.
When his pod was jacked into his ship and he had undocked, he warped to his home station and docked there. Stepping into his hangar, he proceeded to his Typhoon class Battleship, The Raven's Shadow, and stepped onto the lift that would take him on board.
He looked up at the side of his ship, towards the doors to his cargo bays, and watched as a small container was placed in the ship. He looked on that container with malice and hatred, for it bore Laria's attacker, and he wanted answers as to why the woman he loved was attacked.
The lift stopped and he cycled himself through the airlock, and proceeded to the place on his ship where the attacker had been moved to.
When he made to the door that lead into the room with Laria's attacker, he turned to the guard, "Open it, and make sure all recording devices are sending information to our holdings on Nakugard, Shana will need the info to start tracking down the bastards who did this."
The guard nodded and hastened to open the door, not wanting the anger and hate he heard in Tiger's voice transferring to him.
Stepping into the room, Tiger looked at the lone man sitting at the table, his wrists in shield bindings attached directly to the table. "Hello, mister unknown, your going to give me answers, because you don't want to know what happens to you when I don't get what I want."
The mans reply was cut off by the door closing, leaving the guard with no idea what was going on in there.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
The dark places
113-06-20 Somewhere in The Bleak Lands region.
A single light on the lone desk was the only illumination in the room. There was a window facing out into space, but it was polarized at the moment, and not allowing any of the starlight that was slamming into the side of the station into the room.
That was the way the rooms one occupant preferred things though. When he was looking over reports he didn't want any distractions, and he often found himself starring into the blackness of space, sometimes losing hours to it.
As he was reading another report, the chime on the door activated, telling him someone wanted access to his office. As one hand reached for the pad that would release the doors lock, the other reached under his desk and rested on the grip of a laser pistol.
The door opened to admit an average height man, looking to be in his mid thirties. He looked to be of Caldari decent, but he also looked like he had some other races features in his facial structure. The rest of him was unremarkable, he looked as if he would blend into a crowd. Anyone looking at him, their eyes would just slide past without a second glance. The only feature that stood out about him, were his eyes. They were dark blue, and held no emotion of any kind.
The man sitting behind the desk smiled, taking his hand off the laser pistol's grip, he stood and offered the hand to the other man. "Glad you could make it Graz, I hope your journey was uneventful."
Graz smiled, but the smile did not reach his emotionless eyes. "Thank you Misk, it was." He sat in the only chair that was in front of the desk, and looked up at Misk as he sat down. "So, whats the job you need me to do?"
Misk reached his hands down to the desk and picked up a data pad and handed it to Graz, "We need you to grab a capsuleer, and bring her back here, alive."
Graz took the pad and opened the files on it. The first thing to pop up was a picture of a young Gallente woman, with a small nose, full lips, black hair, and a smile on her face. A name was up at the top right of the picture, "Laria Raven huh?" He scrolled through the information on her, "Says here she works for Re-Awakened, that the reason you want her nabbed?" He looked up at Misk.
Misk shook his head, "No, that's not the reason. If you read further on, you'll see she's involved with someone, Tiger Phoenix, co-leader of a Brutor clan." he rested his elbows on the desk, "He has caused us some trouble in the past, and we want to repay him for that."
Graz nodded, then went back to reading the information. When he finished, he put the pad into a pocket of his jacket, then stood. "I should have her back here within two weeks, most likely less. I'll contact you when I have her and I'm heading back here." He left through the door.
Misk sat at his desk in silence for a few moments, then he pressed a button on his desk. A small holo screen popped up above the desk, showing a older man dressed in golden robes. Misk bowed his head low before speaking, "My lord, the bounty hunter is on his way to retrieve the package, he will inform me when he has it and is on his way back here. I'll relay that to when he does my lord."
The man on the screen just nodded, then broke the connection.
A single light on the lone desk was the only illumination in the room. There was a window facing out into space, but it was polarized at the moment, and not allowing any of the starlight that was slamming into the side of the station into the room.
That was the way the rooms one occupant preferred things though. When he was looking over reports he didn't want any distractions, and he often found himself starring into the blackness of space, sometimes losing hours to it.
As he was reading another report, the chime on the door activated, telling him someone wanted access to his office. As one hand reached for the pad that would release the doors lock, the other reached under his desk and rested on the grip of a laser pistol.
The door opened to admit an average height man, looking to be in his mid thirties. He looked to be of Caldari decent, but he also looked like he had some other races features in his facial structure. The rest of him was unremarkable, he looked as if he would blend into a crowd. Anyone looking at him, their eyes would just slide past without a second glance. The only feature that stood out about him, were his eyes. They were dark blue, and held no emotion of any kind.
The man sitting behind the desk smiled, taking his hand off the laser pistol's grip, he stood and offered the hand to the other man. "Glad you could make it Graz, I hope your journey was uneventful."
Graz smiled, but the smile did not reach his emotionless eyes. "Thank you Misk, it was." He sat in the only chair that was in front of the desk, and looked up at Misk as he sat down. "So, whats the job you need me to do?"
Misk reached his hands down to the desk and picked up a data pad and handed it to Graz, "We need you to grab a capsuleer, and bring her back here, alive."
Graz took the pad and opened the files on it. The first thing to pop up was a picture of a young Gallente woman, with a small nose, full lips, black hair, and a smile on her face. A name was up at the top right of the picture, "Laria Raven huh?" He scrolled through the information on her, "Says here she works for Re-Awakened, that the reason you want her nabbed?" He looked up at Misk.
Misk shook his head, "No, that's not the reason. If you read further on, you'll see she's involved with someone, Tiger Phoenix, co-leader of a Brutor clan." he rested his elbows on the desk, "He has caused us some trouble in the past, and we want to repay him for that."
Graz nodded, then went back to reading the information. When he finished, he put the pad into a pocket of his jacket, then stood. "I should have her back here within two weeks, most likely less. I'll contact you when I have her and I'm heading back here." He left through the door.
Misk sat at his desk in silence for a few moments, then he pressed a button on his desk. A small holo screen popped up above the desk, showing a older man dressed in golden robes. Misk bowed his head low before speaking, "My lord, the bounty hunter is on his way to retrieve the package, he will inform me when he has it and is on his way back here. I'll relay that to when he does my lord."
The man on the screen just nodded, then broke the connection.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
New Beginings, Old Friends
113-06-14, Nakugard VI, Phell Clan holdings, Clan Council Chambers
Light streamed into a large room from skylights in the high ceiling. Seated around the large circular room in high-back chairs, was the council of Clan Phell. The chairs surrounded an open flat space in the floor that allowed someone to speak to the entire room and be seen by all. A large set of metal doors on the only flat wall in the room allow access. Across from the doors sat Tiger Phoenix, with Shekear Mervess siting on his left.
Leaning against the arm of his high-backed chair, Tiger was in deep thought.
Two nights in a row, he thought to himself, two nights in a row and I've woken up beside her.
Each time I wake up in the morning, I'm afraid that it will be a dream. His thoughts strayed even further from the talk going on around him.
Shekear leaned over to Tiger and sayed quietly "You might want to pay attention Tiger, this topic could be important to the Clan."
Tiger jerked at the sound of her voice. Turning his head to look at her, he nodded distractedly.
Shekear stared at him worriedly "Are you ok there?" she looked around to make sure no one had noticed her speaking.
"I haven't seen you this distracted before, has something happened?"
Shaking his head "No, nothing happened, just got somethings on my mind." Bringing up a connection to one of the camera drones recording the council session through his internal neo-com, he viewed the last few moments to get himself caught up with the discussion.
Shekear nodded and went back to listening to the councilman who had the floor outline future trade agreements with other Clan's in and around the system.
As he was viewing the recording, his mind wandered again. She said it, a phrase I haven't heard from a women that wasn't family for over 3 years.
He brought himself back to the present with a shake of his head as the recording ended. He tried not to think of anything accept what was going on with the council until the proceedings were over a few hour later.
When the meeting was over, Tiger remained seated in his chair and went back to thinking about her.
Shekear was talking to one of the Council members as she left the room. Before reaching the doors, she looked back to were Tiger was sitting and paused, a frown on her face.
"Ma'sa, go on ahead, I'll catch up with you later today to discuss the trade details." The man nodded and continued walking out through the doors as Shekear turned around and walked over to Tiger.
"Tiger, whats up, why are you so distracted?" She sat down in the chair next to him, "Whats wrong?" she asked with concern tinting her voice.
He moved his eyes to look at her, and a slight smile touched his lips.
"Nothing is wrong Shekear," he chuckled softly "In fact a lot of things are right in the universe right now."
She tilted her head to the side, a confused look on her face "Then why have you been acting so down today?"
"I've not been acting down" he shifted in his chair and sat up straight, towering over Shekear with his full height, "just thinking real hard about stuff."
"Well?" she asks impatiently.
"I think, no, I know I've found someone. She is fun, and we make each-other laugh, and last night she..." he paused and looked up at the camera drones that were still floating around the council chambers.
With a quick thought he sent them all to their storage alcoves, erasing the last few minutes.
"Last night she said that she was falling in love with me," he shifted his eyes to look at Shekear, "and then she left the channel we were talking in."
Shekear sat back in her chair, a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Do you feel the same about her?"
He looked at nothing for a few moments before replying, "I talked to one of my friends in the corp almost directly afterwards and asked his advice."
"And?" she asked impatiently.
He turned his head back to look at her, "During our talk, I realized, yes, I do feel the same, have been feeling the same for a time now."
He sighed and pushed himself out his chair, "And when I see her next I'll tell her so." He turned and looked down at Shekear.
"Also, I'm assigning a platoon of the marines to guard her, if you see Shanaa before I do, tell her." He started walking towards the door, expecting her to follow.
She sat in her seat for a moment longer, then got up and followed Tiger to the door.
"So, who is she then?" She smiled at Tiger,"I want to meet this women who seems to have taken my co-leaders heart. I'm quite sure your cousins will as well."
"Oh, you all will meet her eventually, but for now," they had reached the doors and Tiger let Shekear walk through before he started closing it, "I think she wouldn't be comfortable meeting my family so soon after we just started going out."
The rest of their conversation was cut off as the doors closed. Towards the back of the room, in one of the small camera drone storage alcoves, a drone that should have been inactive rose up from the alcove. It flew its way up to the skylights in the high ceiling.
When it reached the skylights it hovered itself close to the edge to avoid detection if someone came into the room, and extended a small appendage from its tiny frame.
The appendaged tracked across the sky, looking for any passing craft that would contain a link to the planetary network. When it found such a craft, a small laser activated at the end of the appendage and sent a data burst to the it, containing the recording of the council meeting and the conversation afterward.
The data burst would find its way through the network the passing transport was linked to and then transmit itself along the inter-system channels and find its way into Amarr space, into the waiting hands of the Phell Clan's enemies.
Light streamed into a large room from skylights in the high ceiling. Seated around the large circular room in high-back chairs, was the council of Clan Phell. The chairs surrounded an open flat space in the floor that allowed someone to speak to the entire room and be seen by all. A large set of metal doors on the only flat wall in the room allow access. Across from the doors sat Tiger Phoenix, with Shekear Mervess siting on his left.
Leaning against the arm of his high-backed chair, Tiger was in deep thought.
Two nights in a row, he thought to himself, two nights in a row and I've woken up beside her.
Each time I wake up in the morning, I'm afraid that it will be a dream. His thoughts strayed even further from the talk going on around him.
Shekear leaned over to Tiger and sayed quietly "You might want to pay attention Tiger, this topic could be important to the Clan."
Tiger jerked at the sound of her voice. Turning his head to look at her, he nodded distractedly.
Shekear stared at him worriedly "Are you ok there?" she looked around to make sure no one had noticed her speaking.
"I haven't seen you this distracted before, has something happened?"
Shaking his head "No, nothing happened, just got somethings on my mind." Bringing up a connection to one of the camera drones recording the council session through his internal neo-com, he viewed the last few moments to get himself caught up with the discussion.
Shekear nodded and went back to listening to the councilman who had the floor outline future trade agreements with other Clan's in and around the system.
As he was viewing the recording, his mind wandered again. She said it, a phrase I haven't heard from a women that wasn't family for over 3 years.
He brought himself back to the present with a shake of his head as the recording ended. He tried not to think of anything accept what was going on with the council until the proceedings were over a few hour later.
When the meeting was over, Tiger remained seated in his chair and went back to thinking about her.
Shekear was talking to one of the Council members as she left the room. Before reaching the doors, she looked back to were Tiger was sitting and paused, a frown on her face.
"Ma'sa, go on ahead, I'll catch up with you later today to discuss the trade details." The man nodded and continued walking out through the doors as Shekear turned around and walked over to Tiger.
"Tiger, whats up, why are you so distracted?" She sat down in the chair next to him, "Whats wrong?" she asked with concern tinting her voice.
He moved his eyes to look at her, and a slight smile touched his lips.
"Nothing is wrong Shekear," he chuckled softly "In fact a lot of things are right in the universe right now."
She tilted her head to the side, a confused look on her face "Then why have you been acting so down today?"
"I've not been acting down" he shifted in his chair and sat up straight, towering over Shekear with his full height, "just thinking real hard about stuff."
"Well?" she asks impatiently.
"I think, no, I know I've found someone. She is fun, and we make each-other laugh, and last night she..." he paused and looked up at the camera drones that were still floating around the council chambers.
With a quick thought he sent them all to their storage alcoves, erasing the last few minutes.
"Last night she said that she was falling in love with me," he shifted his eyes to look at Shekear, "and then she left the channel we were talking in."
Shekear sat back in her chair, a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Do you feel the same about her?"
He looked at nothing for a few moments before replying, "I talked to one of my friends in the corp almost directly afterwards and asked his advice."
"And?" she asked impatiently.
He turned his head back to look at her, "During our talk, I realized, yes, I do feel the same, have been feeling the same for a time now."
He sighed and pushed himself out his chair, "And when I see her next I'll tell her so." He turned and looked down at Shekear.
"Also, I'm assigning a platoon of the marines to guard her, if you see Shanaa before I do, tell her." He started walking towards the door, expecting her to follow.
She sat in her seat for a moment longer, then got up and followed Tiger to the door.
"So, who is she then?" She smiled at Tiger,"I want to meet this women who seems to have taken my co-leaders heart. I'm quite sure your cousins will as well."
"Oh, you all will meet her eventually, but for now," they had reached the doors and Tiger let Shekear walk through before he started closing it, "I think she wouldn't be comfortable meeting my family so soon after we just started going out."
The rest of their conversation was cut off as the doors closed. Towards the back of the room, in one of the small camera drone storage alcoves, a drone that should have been inactive rose up from the alcove. It flew its way up to the skylights in the high ceiling.
When it reached the skylights it hovered itself close to the edge to avoid detection if someone came into the room, and extended a small appendage from its tiny frame.
The appendaged tracked across the sky, looking for any passing craft that would contain a link to the planetary network. When it found such a craft, a small laser activated at the end of the appendage and sent a data burst to the it, containing the recording of the council meeting and the conversation afterward.
The data burst would find its way through the network the passing transport was linked to and then transmit itself along the inter-system channels and find its way into Amarr space, into the waiting hands of the Phell Clan's enemies.
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