Learning How to Fly

[darius1]

Cardian awoke in a damp cell. His head felt like it contained an angry bull. He looked down at himself. he still had his Armour but no weapons or communications devices. Suddenly the dank cells door flew open and a plump man stepped inside, half of his face was covered in metal head claw mark's. ''seargent Cardian so nice to finally meet you i am Yuriel Zeck and i am going to make you pay for defecting to the KG dogs''. He smiled as he said this, his tone was a high wheedle and infuriated cardian. ''I could break you neck right now Yuriel and also you really shouldn't bring a gun withing a meter of me'' Cardian was up by the time he said the last word and had Yuriel's Desert Eagle in hid Fist before he could react then with deliberate slowness he raised the gun and shot Yuriel beneath the Chin. Then he sprinted out into the corridor. He was going to find his stuff then he was going to find that fugitive and even the precursors couldn't save anyone who got in his way.

[neferti]

Ku awoke staring at the ceiling of an unknown place. He tried sitting up and instantly layed back down, groaning loudly. His head felt like it was hit like a 2 ton boulder. He looked around and gathered his surroundings.

He was in someone's room, that was for sure. There was a lamp sitting on a nightstand and in front of him, a door leading into the bathroom, and a large window starting from the top of the wall and stopping near the middle. He shook his head lightly and sat on the edge of the bed. Ku heard a door open and saw a short man with a large beard standing there.
The man said,"Glad to see your awake comrade. How are ya feeling?"
Ku replied,"I feel like something big hit me..." The man laughed loudly and walked over to Ku. He handed Ku a drink and Ku quickly finished it.

Ku stretched lightly and got up, bowing towards the man.
He said,"Thank you for the hospitality. My name is Ku."
The man bowed back and said,"My name is Pyron. I found you collapsed on the ground and brought you back to my home. What happened?" Ku looked out of the window and sighed, shrugging his shoulders.
He said,"I'm not certain. I remember meeting a man in the library, he was in trouble with the KG. I tried to help him out and suddenly, there was this gas and this...creature." Pyron's eyes glowed with excitement. Finally, some adventure for him after all this time!

Pyron said,"A creature? Why didn't you say so in the first place?! Let's go after it!" Ku turned his head with his eyes full of confusion.
He asked,"Go after it? Why would we wanna do that? I just wanna make sure my friend is alright."
Pyron replied,"Yes,yes of course! We'll find your friend and get the creature." Ku paused for a moment, thinking about it.
He nodded his head lightly and said,"Alright. I know the creature headed off to the Slums." Pyron smiled and lead Ku outside to his Zoomer. He started up the engine and zoomed off towards the Slums.

[darius1]

Cardian walked down the Grey emotionless corridor, leaving a trail of blood and bodies. The Desert Eagle had run out a while ago. he had used it to club a few of his captors after that but that left him too exposed. He now held a heckler & koch hk416 assault rifle but he was on the last clip, he would need to find his own stuff soon. A group of the enemy came running round the corner. Cardian dived to the floor his gun already chattering out the staccato of quick death. When the group where all on the floor their blood leaking onto the gray paving. He had a single round left. A final trooper came running round the bend his Barreta 9mm pistol pointed at Cardian but with expert precision Cardian shot him in the left kneecap quite probably splintering the bone. Cardian disposed of his now useless weapon and knelt by the last surviving trooper. ''Where is my stuff you Underground dog'' Cardian whispered. Whimpering with pain the trooper pointed to a nondescript room ''in ther..e'' he moaned then passed out. Cardian walked in and laying on a stainless steel table sat hi beloved Equipment, he began to suit up. Soon he would be out of here and back in the beautiful fresh well you could call it fresh air of haven.

[Paladin89]

Everything was warm, everything was soft.  It felt peaceful and safe, like being wrapped up in a large blanket.  Slowly Martin came too opening his eyes.  Everything around him had a blue tint.  Above him was a blue canopy, with splotches of lighter blue where light fell upon it from outside.  To his left and right were dark blue walls, covered in soft fur. Reaching his ears came a long, rhythmic intake and outtake of air.  As the sound continued Martin noticed that the wall to his left was moving in and out, expanding and contracting.  As Martin slowly came around more and more he began to realize that the intake and outtake of air was actually breathing!  And all around him was Skye!  
Martin began to slowly sit up when a sharp pain ran through his head.  It was like he had been hit by a baseball bat to the back of the skull.  With a groan Martin fell back, rubbing his head.
A low grumble filled the air around him then the blue canopy that covered him began to shift and pull away.  Bright warm light shone through blinding Martin.  Covering his eyes Martin let his eyes slowly adjust.
Above him looking down with tire eyes was Skye's large head, Good morning little brother.
"Please no mental," Martin groaned as his head began to throb even more as Skye's voice came softly in his mind.  "Uh, this must be what it feels like to have a hang over."
Slowly Martin began to sit up, fighting through the pain in his head, as he leaned back against Skye's side.
"I know, I can feel it as well," Skye said softly, rubbing Martin's forehead with her snout.
Martin looked around slowly as the throbbing began to subside.  He apparently had slept under Skye, which was a common thing, rapped up among her tail, wings, and claws.  It was the most comfortable  and uncomfortable places he could be.  It was rough sometimes and he woke up sore sometimes but he had gotten accustomed to it.  The fact that they were so close to each other is what made it comfortable, a habit brought on by the mental dependency. The farther apart they became the more uncomfortable they became until it became painful.  It was the same with how long they were apart.
Morning rays shone through a large broken window into the warehouse they stayed in.  Martin looked up at it, eyes closed absorbing the warm rays in the dull cool building.  As he did he thought back to the day before.
He had stopped at the library yesterday evening.  Then he remembered the KG and how close he came to getting caught.  A shiver ran down his back as he also recalled the gas and that was it.
"Didn't get the books then I almost got caught by the KG," Martin said as he stood up slowly, "What a day."
"But you did not get caught and that is what matters," Skye said, watching Martin walk towards the freezer.
"Yea, that's definitely a plus!  Now how 'bout breakfast!"

[neferti]

The Zoomer began to rise higher amongst the small to midsize buildings of the Slums. Ku and Pyron looked around them as they passed every building, trying to locate what Ku described of the creature. After a few hours of searching, they landed and sat in the Zoomer, both having an expression of dissapointment.

Pyron said,"Well, now my day was wasted. There's no monster at all!"
Ku mumbled in reply,"I didn't get to see if the man was okay either..." Pyron scoffed loudly and looked at Ku. He was angry at the boy for making him waste time looking for an imaginary creature! Pyron instantly thought the boy was delusional from the gas now, as his excitement blocked out his better judgement.

Pyron said,"I'm gonna have to drop you off here lad. I don't have enough gas to take you home and then make it home myself."
Ku replied,"That's fine. I'll find my way back home from here." Ku made a small sigh of relief, now he didn't have to worry about Pyron knowing he had no home. Ku stepped out of the Zoomer and waved lightly as he watched Pyron leave, heading home.

[Paladin89]

Martin slowly made his way to an old freezer. It had been used for what ever items created here at the factory needed cold storage. Now, after it was cleared of old spoiled goods, was full of food and other items that Martin and Skye needed to keep cool. Unfortunately the freezer had no powered. This resulted in some pretty crafty work on Martin and Skye's part.
After much work and a whole lot of trial and error, the two managed to create a device to attach to Skye's tail, using the yellow eco that radiated from it to power small generators that kept the freezer running...as well as many other appliances. There were several generators, all connected to each other in the back of the factor to keep down the noise. They all ran things from the fans when it got too hot, lights, hot water heater, freezer, stove, oven, you name it.
Unfortunately it was extremely volatile and on most days had a very good chance of blowing up. This happened once to a very disastrous end when Skye sneezed, causing a massive surge of power. This caused a chain reaction and fired a generator out through a wall and into the street. Luckily they were able to cover there tracks very quickly!
Walking out of the freezer holding a small pack of bacon, some eggs, biscuits and a large chunk of ham Martin walked over to the stove on the far side of the factory's main area.
Placing everything on the stove and the biscuits in the oven Martin took some wires attached to an odd looking harness and went over too Skye. "Alright, lets see if this new harness will work since the other one kind off..." he looked over at a black, chard mass, "failed..."
Skye brought her tail around, letting Martin attach it. "Just heat mine up please," she said, eying the ham.
"Alright, anything-" Martin began to say as he turned the oven on.
As he did there was aloud crack then a bang! Smoke filled the room as a Martin was knocked back head over feet by the exploding oven. A smoke trail shot through the factory and out an already shattered window.
With a now sooty complexion Martin sat up, wide eyed, "What -cough- in the name of the precursors -cough- was that!"
He turned and looked as Skye followed the smoke trail to the window, looking out with a most saddened expression. With a lot of coughing and patting himself off, Martin walked over to Skye, "I really hope no one heard that."
Reaching up Martin climbed up Skye's back, up her neck, to the back of her head. Holding one of her horns he looked out the high window into the street below where a now smoldering ham was rolling around with several people staring at it in bewilderment.
Skye sniffed, saddened, "I was looking forward to that."
Martin looked back at the oven, "And it looks like the rest of breakfast is out of the question also..."
With a sigh, Martin slid down Skye's neck and back till he reached the floor. "You better get somewhere in case someone comes a lookin'."
Skye gave a small whimper as she watched some kids walk over and poke the smoking ham. Slowly lowering herself from the window, she make her way into a large upstairs office that over looked the central area of the office, dragging her tail, rather glum, the entire way.

[neferti]

Ku sat down on the side of a building and sighed.
He thought,"I have no idea where to even look...now how can I find him?" Suddenly, he heard a loud bang and a smoking thing flying in the air. It landed down and people began to surround it.

Ku made his way through the crowd of small children and saw that it was a large chunk of ham. He picked it up and looked back towards the direction of which it came.
He said,"I guess I'll check that way..." He slipped the ham into his bag and started walking off in the direction of wherever the ham had come from.
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Pyron grumbled to himself as he made his way slowly to the entrance of the slums.
"A complete waste! After all this time of sitting around the shop, I'd think something would appear, but it was nothing!",He thought. Then, he heard the loud boom come from behind!

He turned his zoomer around and from the distance, saw a man standing on top of some weird creature. The same creature Ku had described to him!
Pyron smiled and said,"Well, I'll be damned! Guess the kid was right!" He pushed forward on the gas and began to speed towards the direction of the creature.

[dbkillerex]

The shining green armor, reflected the suns ray perfectly. The tough bulletproof fabrick under it caused a soft rattling sound with each step. Benjamins posture was rock hard, he was asked to patroll today after a full week of late night missions hunting a serial kiler. Those blood stains are incredibly difficult to clean Benjamin reminiced, recalling the efforts he put into shining his armor. I did tell him "Drop your weapon"......whene will they ever listen?..-" Benjamin's thoughts were kept from wandering too far to by a strange loud noise, something between a crash and an explosion.

"Clover 1 reporting in, suspicious activity at 73, 94 sector 3... Im heading for a sweep" He strapped his rifle and hastley ran toward the scene

[Paladin89]

Martin sighed as he turned back to the ruined stove.  Pieces lay everywhere, a dial over here, a hot plate over there.  About the only thing that didn't blow off was the door, except now it hung off at an odd angle.
Rubbing his forehead Martin began to pick up a few near by pieces.  Now they needed food to replace all that was just lost, and he would have to find a new stove.  A new stove!  He was lucky enough to get that!  Where in the world would he get a new one!
Hands full of stove pieces he tossed all in a pile near the destroyed kitchen ware.  He would have to try and fix it later.  But for now it would have to wait.  Food was far more important then machinery, and after this they needed food.  A whole pack of bacon gone, all the eggs they had left, a whole loaf of bread, then there was that big piece of ham.  All of that was at least a months worth of work gone!
Mumbling to himself about the lost food Martin walked over to a table, grabbed his cap and jacket.  It was warm in the sun but it was still in the early part of the year, and in the shade it was cool enough to want some extra layers.  Jacket on and cap atop his head Martin began to look around for his guitar.  He did see it any where.  It wasn't under any of the factory machinery, the table he had set up, in closets or anywhere.  Please don't tell me it got blown up as well, he thought with a grumble.
Looking up to the old factory office he yelled out, "Skye, is my guitar up there?"
"It is not, unless you let me come with you!"
Martin sighed, it seemed like it was going to be one of those mornings.  There was no point in really arguing about this.  Skye knew that Martin didn't like her going out during the day time, to many chances of being seen.  At the same time Martin knew this would be like arguing with a wall.  Skye would come whether he wanted her to or not.  Only good thing really was it sometimes brought in extra money.  Surprisingly for such a large creature she had a really good voice.
"You know I -"
"Do not approve of me going out-"
"Because it is very dangerous-"
"And increases our chances of getting caught-"
"And tossed back in prison." Martin frowned as they went back and forth saying the same sentence.  It wasn't that they say this often, more of they knew what the other was going to say.  Really they wouldn't need to talk.  They knew what the other was thinking or what the other was going to do.  They just had to talk to keep some form of normal in there lives.  Completing the others sentence was just something they did to annoy the other.
"I will stay out of sight-"
"Like you usually do.  I know, I know, that's what you always do.  One of these days though it's going to bite us in the butt.
"Maybe, but not today!"
Rolling his eyes Martin finally gave in, "Fine you can come along."
Skye's large furry head popped out of a large broken window holding a guitar lightly in her jaws.  Reaching as low as she could she dropped it to Martin, "Thank you little brother."
"Yea, yea, just don't get caught," Martin said, wiping saliva from the instruments exterior.
"Let's getting going while the days still young," Martin said grabbing his messenger bag.
Throwing the bag over his shoulder and slinging the guitar around his neck he began for the back door while Skye made her way to the roof tops.
Now all that had to be done was they had to figure out where to play.

[neferti]

Pyron reached the factory and set down his now fuel depleted Zoomer. He slowly walked in, gripping Kairo tightly in his hand. He slightly opened the door and peeked inside. It seemed like no one was home...or they left already.

He opened the door fully and looked around. Nothing seemed to have been in this factory for quite some time. Pyron continued searching around, looking for some kind of clue. He found a large blueprint of the factory hangin up on the wall.
Pyron thought,"This is going to take a while..."
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Ku had made his way up to an entrance on the north side of the factory. He pushed the door slightly open and creeped inside. Ku walked slowly and lightly, trying to catch any for of sound or words fro anywhere. He heard a door open and quickly ducked behind a large machine. He tilted his head out lightly and saw Pyron standing in front of a large blueprint.
Ku said while approaching Pyron,"Hey there! I thought you went home."

Pyron turned his head and said,"I thought you were to. Lemme guess; giant explosion caused you to come this way? Ku stood next to him and nodded his head. They both looked back at the blueprint and sighed.
Ku said,"How about we split up? I look on the west and east side, both floors. You can do the same for the north and south." Pyron put his hand up to his chin and rubbed it lightly. He put Karion into its holster and threw Ku a communicator.
Pyron said,"Just let me know if you find anything." Ku nodded and set off towards the west section of the factory, down to the first floor.