fight for a future

Halo 3 ODST OST -Deference for Darkness Part I: Rain (0:00-3:08)

Mary saw the young girl hug her, she apparently knew her first name, but she does not know anything about her. But the best she could do was return the hug. Doctor Bazaine said, "Alright Mary, just call me when she is ready again." The doctor left almost immediately afterwords with Mary nodding back.

Afterwords, Mary sat down on the infrmary bed saying, "I still want to know who you are. I mean, you know me yet I don't know you and I find it a bit....freaky."
 
Riina had calmed down somewhat now and was sobbing only slightly now, occasinally rubbing her red eyes. She was just glad that Mary was alive. Despite not being shunned by the crew of the Hunters, none really attempted to make friends with her. She was rather pretty and friendly, and there was some that tried to get close to her, but everyone found her wierd with her D.I.D. It was only Mary that had understood her. That was why it hurted Riina a bit when she heard mary speak that she did not know her.

"I still want to know who you are. I mean, you know me yet I don't know you and I find it a bit....freaky."

*Sob* Well... we were...comrades... and friends... We were from the Hunters... before you died in combat from another hunter. It was sad really... having both the E.A and the ZAFT hiring us...
 
Mary heard what Riina said,*Sob* Well... we were...comrades... and friends... We were from the Hunters... before you died in combat from another hunter. It was sad really... having both the E.A and the ZAFT hiring us...

Though in her mind Mary was struggling to believe what the 16 year-old said, in her heart she felt the words were indeed true. "I...I don't what to believe, whether that is a lie or a part of the past that I want to know....but what I know is that you need to rest."

Mary stood up and said, "I hope that what you say is the truth that I wanted to know for so long...."
 
floating down the corridor clutching his shoulder that was in a sling. "bloody doctor tellin me what to do, i should kick his scrawny ass" Stephen muttered in a slightly angered manor, he hated all doctors. floating down the corridor, he kicked off a wall and headed for the hangar bay.

floating in, he noticed the Blitz was unattended, "perfect. . . odd but perfect" Stephen muttered to himself before floating past the Strike Freedom "Murdock, loock after him" he shouted over to the chief engeneer before kicking off the floor and heading towards the cockpit of the blitz.

Sitting down he looked around the cockpit, "there" Stephen muttered before reaching into his pocket and pulled out a small box, opening it, he revealed an engagement ring, with a moderately sized Ruby in it. "Crimson blitz by callsign, so i can't take that away from you by givin ya a diamond Z" stephen muttered before placing the ring box, with the ring still inside, against one of the comm screens, with a small bit of paper behind the ring saying "from Stephen"

leaving the Blitz, Stephen headed back to his room, where he would be easy to find.
 
Zeria had been in her room, and just finished brushing her hair. She felt something strange, telling her to go to the Blitz, so she rose to her feet.

"Alright...let's go..."

She headed into the hangar bay, kicking off and drifting towards the Blitz. She climbed into the cockpit, and was about to sit down...when she saw the ring. Her eyes widened and she gasped.

"From Stephen......that idiot..."

She picked it up, carrying it with a tenderness as she got out of the cockpit, and moved as fast as she could towards Stephen's room. She immediately entered without asking, stopping in front of him.

"What the hell is this?!"

Tears were welling in her eyes

"What does this mean?!"
 
Stephen looked at Zeria, and then looked down at his current attire, a towel around his waist and one in his hand drying his hair, he had a quick shower after he arrived back to his room. Stephen smirked as Zeria burst through the door with the ring in hand, "What the hell is this?! What does this mean?!" she burst out with, causing Stephen to smile.

"well" he muttered as he took the ring from her hand, removed it from the box and looked at her "Zeria Iiyasei, i have loved you for a long time, and you returning to the hunters was a sign for me, so i was hoping" Stephen spoke with confidence, but there was still a hint of nervousness in his voice, he got down on one knee and held the ring up to Zeria "that you would do the honour of becomming my wife?"
 
Zeria completely froze. Her brain was kind of stuck, before she kicked into a freaked out overdrive. Her face was turning redder by the second.

"You want....me to marry you...?!"

She put a hand to her heart.

"You're...proposing in a towel......"

Zeria's face was still reddening, and she was beginning to tremble.

"W-what am I supposed to say...? I can't...I can't think..."
 
Stephen smiled as he stood up and took a gentle hold on her wrists, pulling them away from her face "yes, would be a start" Stephen joked, "hey, listen to me, i wanted to propose for a while now, but i didn't have the gutts to, i was always scared i might lose you in combat, thats why i haven't done it sooner, but my recent brush with damage, made me realise im not immortal, and you could loose me two" Stephen explained gently "and look on the bright side of the towel, had you walked in thirty seconds sooner, i would have been proposing completely nakid"
 
Zeria bit her lower lip nervously.
[That would have been very embarrassing...]
She swallowed, taking a deep breath. Her heart was racing and the fact that was he was touching her made it harder to think. Especially since he was in naught but a towel.

"I.......I...."

Tears began to roll down her cheeks and she smiled, closing her eyes.

"You know I can only say one thing to you, Stephen...after all we've been through together, good times and the bad...the tears, the laughs...all the memories we've made..."

She opened her eyes again, gazing straight into his.

"Of course I'll marry you......I love you, you big idiot..."
 
As if like magic or by some code word, Riina felt tired and drowsy, before dropping backwards onto the bed. Her arms felt like lead and her brain as if drugged (which it probably was). Her body screamed for sleep, even though she would love to continue talking to her lost friend. Like a zombie, Riina nodded at what Mary said, not registering what had happened until she had exited the room.

She doesn't remember me....She lost her memories...?

Took you a while to realise it.

Hey! Give her a brak. She just survived plummeting through the atmosphere in a destroyed suit! Anyway, how you feeling?

In a sudden, her mind felt crowded. The drugs made Riina weak and unable to shut her alter egos out completely. All she could do was lie there, listening to the two bicker while she slowly dozed off.

She could have done much smarter things than jump in front of the sword. We could have died!

As much as this body is ours, its mostly hers! I swear you have no sentimentality or emotions. After what she went through just back off for once. Plus she's asleep right now, so shush!

....Fine,...

Riina's head became silent onc more, just like the surgical room she slept in.
 
Mary headed back to her quarters, wrapping her head on what Riina said, "I...died in combat...but I'm still here....and we were Hunters, mercenaries fighting for money...no, I probably wouldn't, but why would I fight for them?" Dozens of questions were swirling around Mary's head, but as much as she would like to speak with her, she needed some rest herself. Lying down on her bed, she drifted off to sleep.
 
Stephen smiled from cheek to cheek as Zeria said yes, he hopped to his feet with immense speed and wrapped his arms around her, lifting her up and embracing her in a hug. "thank god" he muttered with a smirk "god, you scared me with the moment of silence girl" he announced as he put her down, gently sliding the engagement ring onto her finger. he kissed her and then remembered what he was wearing.

"I think i might get changed" he muttered before heading off into his walk in closet, he slung on some boxers and jeans and then exited the closit, looking at Zeria. "you alright beautiful?" he questioned smiling.
 
Zeria smiled and gave a slight laugh as Stephen picked her up, then blushed a bit more when he slid the ring onto finger. She waited patiently as he finally got dressed, and nodded when he asked if she was alright.

"Yeah. Just thinking about things..."

She kissed his cheek.

"And you stayed true to my being the Crimson Blitz...thank you..."

Zeria gave a sigh of contentment, then looked at the ring on her hand.
[You see that, Giulio? I'm engaged...I can smile again...]
 
Stephen grabbed his T-shirt and heard a beeping, he walked over to the inner ship com and hit the button to open the link, the captain's face appeared "Hownam, get Iiyasei and get your asses to your suits" stephen smiled "Captain, whats wrong" Stephen questioned "no time to brief you, we are needed on earth" Stephen nodded and Spun around "Come on Zeria, lets get to work" Stephen smiled, the captains face changed from serious to confussed "Cap, will fill you in after the mission" Stephen informed him as he began his trip to the hangar bay.
 
Zeria blushed slightly to see that the captain didn't understand why they were in the room together like this. He'd probably assumed something waaaaay wrong. She nodded to Stephen, following him to the hangar bay.

"The captain really needs to work on his timing..."

She wondered what they could be needed on earth again for. Would it be a simple mission? Or something complicated like before? Either way, she just wanted to have Stephen there with her. Zeria moved alongside him, sliding her hand into his with a smile...
 
Vivid flashes of memories flew pastg her eyes. It seemed to be going at lightning speed, but each image was crystal clear and painful. Floating in front, a hazy video thing played.

Riina had no idea where or when this was, but all she could see was murky images through a green glass. Another object zoomed by, another video screen, this time of a darkened dome arena. In the middle stood a lone small girl, barely five with a military instructer by her side. Sweat poured from her flank and head as 5 bright searchlight kept their light on her, lighting up less than two meters in front of her as she ran. Obstacles, appeared and came out of the darkness, forcing the girl to jump and duck.... and fall. The instructor walked to the side of the collapsed, heaving girl and sent a shock through her back with a baton. Another screen swam by, this time of a scared man, clawing at the walls of a box room. Blood dripped from the walls from where his skin from his fingers bled. The same tiny girl stood in the center of the small room, the lone light dangling from the top. Her own blood dripped from her head and her arm. Swaying from side to side, she approached the man, ever like a zombie, before leaping high into the air, enveloped by the darkness above the man, before landing heavily on his body. His screams echoed and reverberated throughout Riina's mind before being cruelly cut short by a vicious slice of a knife across his throat, his own heart pumping the blood through the deep cut, drenching the small girl....

~~~~
Very slowly, Riina's eyes cracked open. Again, she was not sure of her location before she regained her bearings. She was on Earth. Where exactly, she couldn't tell, but she was alive. Then, the fact that Mary was also still alive came back in. Groggily, Riina swung her legs off the gurney, the pins and needles sticking it hard into her legs as they swept the floor. A barely audible gasp exacped the parched lips before a small step was taken. A slightly large step followed before long, Riina was somewhat more mobile. Still in her patient robe, though thankfully, now tied up at the back.

It was definitely a base of some sort. Riina could tell, as she shuffled through the corridors. It was deserted where she went. Not that she had a destination anyway. For some odd reason, she had a feeling she should go out and walk.
 
OOC: May as well try to continue the story.

IC: Mary awoke to a female voice over the intercomm, "Mary Shelley, briefing will commence at 1200 hours, you have free time to do what you wish until then." Mary slowly swinging her legs off the bed, went ahead to say, "Yes, ma'am." She looked at the clock, and showed that it was around 10 am. Putting on an Earth Alliance's officer uniform, she promptly left the room and headed to the hanger to check on her new Gundam, Airmaster Burst.

Airmaster Burst was designed as an original design. It was one of the few Gundams not designed by Earth's General Resource Conglomerate, nor ZAFT's Neucom Conglomerate, nor even the Orb Union's state run corporation, Mogenroete, rather it was an indpendent venture built by the Bernard & Felix Foundation or BFF, a minor, independent corporation headquartered in Farnborough, England. With it's testing facility in Shanghai, China, the BFF was able to design weapons for use by both sides of the war, although Airmaster Burst was one of two BFF Gundam models built, both were handcrafted and original to their specifications, unlike many a corporation who mass produced their suits.

Airmaster Burst had a wide variety of hand held weaponry, BFF said to the EA technicians in Heaven's Base that it could be equipped with any mobile suit weapon that can be carried by hand, ranging from compact machine guns, handguns, and beam sabers, to Buster Rifles, Solid and Energy Sniper Rifles and Bazookas. For Mary however, her weapons suite was clear, Beam Sniper Rifles for long range, Buster Rifles for close range and a Solid Shell Shotgun for Close Quarters. The fact that it' could be transformed into a jet, meant that Airmaster Burst could also carry Missile weapons. To Mary, that was all she needed.
 
Stephen clenched the controls in his cockpit "Captain?" he announced into the com "Not yet" the captain replied "the Freedom is faster and can cut through the atmosphere faster, i can get there before you" stephen explained "I'm not sending you in without backup hownam, not so soon after your injury" the captain replied "CAP, it was a dislocated shoulder, I'm fine" Stephen announced "the G forces could knock it back out" the captain complained "I'm not letting you go until were in the atmosphere" the captain finished before closing the channel "what an ass" Stephen announced angrily.
 
Zeria waited in the Blitz, somewhat impatient herself. She still hadn't been told what was all going on. That bothered her. She opened a channel to the Freedom.

"Just relax, Stephen. When we get there, all will be well again. I'll be with you the whole time. Besides. You only have to deal with this once. Everytime we come to earth I have to wait til we break the atmosphere and use a drop pod..."

She smiled, laughing slightly.

"And you should be happy. We're engaged. So smile and quit being grumpy, or I'm gonna come over there"
 
a laugh burst from Stephen's mouth, "I suppose your right on that one Huni" Stephen replied to what Zeria was Saying. "Strike Freedom, Blitz your autherized to Launch. Your orders are to shoot down any Z.A.F.T Mobile suits in the area" the captain's voice boomed through the voice only com.

Stephen looked up to the screen showing his new Fience's face "sounds easy enough. "Atmosphere broken, suits Launch" the mechanic's voice came through, Stephen and the Strike Freedom were were already on the catapault by this point. "Stephen Hownam, Strike Freedom Launching" Stephen announced before the SF Blasted down the Catapaultand released at the end, heading towards the battlefield at a pace that the Blitz could easily catch up with, Stephen was being catious, he didn't want to risk dying now he had Zeria.
 
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