<img alt="[​IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s168/NightArcher1/RP%20Character%20images/Jill_Valentine_is_hot_by_Attlantic2_FP.jpg" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s168/NightArcher1/RP%20Character%20images/Jill_Valentine_is_hot_by_Attlantic2_FP.jpg" style=""/><br/><br/><b>Proxima Centauri <br/>
Beta Centauri<br/>
Star-System Communication Control Center<br/>
July 12, 2928<br/>
2239 hours System Local Time</b><br/><br/><br/><span style="color: SeaGreen">“God damn it reeks in here.”</span>Alicia said out loud to the dozen marines around her in the corridor of the comm center satellite.  And she was right, the place smelled of a sick, decaying smell.  And to top it all off, the only light in the room was from the flashlights mounted on the rifles of the marines, and the hedlamps on their helmets.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“And the lights being out doesn't help... and where are all the people?”</span><br/><br/>The average height blond woman was moving with the group of alliance marines moving through the corridors.   She didn't have the armor or headlamps that the marines around her, no she was wearing the civilian science uniform.  Hanging from her shoulder was a larger personal terminal.  Her duty on this mission was to access the computer system and obtain any codes and intel she could about what was happening.  A second team was moving through the lower levels to attempt to get the main power back online.<br/><br/><span style="color: Olive">“Ma'am, I wouldn't think you woul...”</span>a redheaded Marine, Jason if she could remember right, began before on of the lead marines held up his hand for them to stop, and directed his light to the ground.<span style="color: Olive">“We got blood here.”</span>he said, and the marines immediately tensed up and began looking around.  Their lights began lighting up some of the bullet holes around them.<span style="color: Olive">“Weapons fire occurred here.”</span><br/><br/>a few of the marines moved over to where the holes were and inspected them.<span style="color: Olive">“Small arms, and more blood splatter... no bodies.”</span>they said, spreading out to check one of the side rooms.  Alicia was with the pair and shown her light into the small office, the blood covered room that looked like there and been a rampage in there, the spray looked like someone had slit a throat while alive.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Nasty... so much blood, where are the body's?  there should have been at least a couple dozen in staff, and noone could survive this much blood loss.”</span>Alicia said a little, her light running over the room.<br/><br/><span style="color: YellowGreen">“I got a bad feeling about this...  Marines, keep moving, we got a gob to do... the sooner the better.”</span>the squad leader said before moving his hand to his ear as the marines fell back into a protective formation around Alicia.<span style="color: YellowGreen">“Beta Squad.  Report mission progress.”</span><br/><br/>After a moment, there was an answer over the radio.<span style="color: Olive">“Beta here.  We have located the power core... it is a mess down here...  the Imperials are looking over it now... Sir...  it looks like a warzone in this station... and it was all one sided.”</span>came the report from a marine on the other line.  A slightly scared tone coming into his voice.<span style="color: Olive">“Sir, we have been hearing what sounded like something or someone moving around around here.  Sir, keep your eyes open.”</span><br/><br/>They then clicked off and began moving again.  As the team moved toward the center of the complex the blood became more apparent, and the signs of fighting were more pronounced.  It was getting kinda creepy.  But when they reached the computer core, the door was sealed.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Shit, without power, I can't bypass the lock.”</span>Alicia cursed as she tried the touch pad.  No response at all.  The marine leader spoke into the comms on his ear.<br/><br/>A pair of the other marines began pulling a panel off the wall at the directions of Alicia, trying to get access to the manual release.  All the other marines spread out into a perimeter in the hallways, looking for any threats.  It was then that they all heard a loud bang from down the hallway.<span style="color: YellowGreen">“What the hell was that.” </span>one of them spoke out after hearing it.  Jason and another Marine were sent to investigate.<br/><br/>It took them a few minutes to get the door open, the release was stuck. But as soon as it did, another loud crash and the sound of something running sounded, this sounded from the other side of the door.  The pair of marines immediately raised their pulse rifles at the door, Alicia had her pistol aimed at it as well.  After a moment though there was no continuation of the noise.<br/><br/><span style="color: SeaGreen">“Hello? Anyone in there?  This is the Planetary Alliance marines.”</span>Alicia called into the room.  Her aim with the pistol and the flashlight didn't waver at all.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Ok, Who else is seriously creepd out...”</span><br/><br/><span style="color: Olive">“Get that door open, everyone else, hold the perimeter.”</span>The captain ordered before moving over and standing with Alicia and watched the door with her.  As soon as the door itself  began to open, the intense smell of death blasted out of the room.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Oh god...“</span><br/><br/>On the floor of the computer control room were two corpses, the first two even after all the blood from the exploring.  The blood from the corpses had already mostly dried, but the spray had covered the room.  Both looked like they had worn some basic clothing, now it was in tatters.  But what froze the marines and Alicia while they had their lights trained on them was the fact that their insides were no longer on the inside, and everything looks like it had been gnawed upon.<br/><br/><span style="color: Olive">“Shit, Brovo!  Keep your eyes open.  We just found some bodies...  I doubt you would believe their condition unless you saw it for yourself... keep your weapons ready.”</span>he ordered as he kneeld down next to the bodies to study them more.  Alicia on the other hand turned away and began to move toward the second door to the servers themselves where she could plug her terminal into to begin downloading to the ship directly.  There was blood on the handle of this door, and the door itself with her weapon, and the flashlight.  There was a third body here as well, gnawed upon like the others.<br/><br/><span style="color: Olive">“Miss Miranda, they said they should have the power back online in a minute."</span>Came the captains call from the front room before he began moving back to where Alicia was.  The blonde woman was the only person in the room not covering her mouth or nose.  Her face was illuminated by the light from her terminal and it was already plugged into the servers.  She was prepping it for when the power would come on.<br/><br/><span style="color: YellowGreen">“Bravo to alpha.  We are reactivating station power now.”</span>came the other squad's leader over the radio before there was a slight shudder.  All the lights flickered for a moment before turning on, and illuminating the gore that had been spread across the rooms.  Alicia shivered a bit, but refused to do much more than check her terminal and connect the station to Shakti  in the mothership.  But she couldn't focus long before there was shouting over the radio.<br/><br/><span style="color: YellowGreen">“All looks green he.... who the hell are you!?  Wait, Sir, put the weapon down!  Sir!”</span>gunshots could be heard over the radio followed by a scream and then the rapid bursts of pulse rifle.<span style="color: YellowGreen"> “What the fuck was that?“</span>was the last thing they heard before the radio went silent.<br/><br/><span style="color: Olive">“What the...”</span>said the captain, but it was interrupted by similar rifle fire outside the computer room, mixed with something that sounded like screams of pure rage..<span style="color: Olive">“... Shit.”</span>He said, obviously wanting to run out of the room as fast as possible, but his orders were to guard Alicia for this mission.<br/><br/>The blonde woman was just putting the terminal off to the side of the terminal, keeping it connected to the main ship.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“We are good.  We can begin leaving no...”</span>Alicia began, but froze when there was another sound from within the room.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Hello?  Who is there?”</span>she began when the girl came around the corner of the servers.  She had to be at least 16 by the looks of her, cloths tatters, and bloody, but long black hair obscuring her face.<br/><br/>Alicia immediately began lowering her rifle on seeing that it was just a young girl.  Probably a survivor who had hidden here during the massacre.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Your okay darling.  We can get you out of here.”</span>she said to the girl and lowered her pistol, offering her hand out.<br/><br/><span style="color: YellowGreen">“Sir, after looking at the corpses, the bite marks look like they were made from a person... and the others are being attacked by people.”</span>came from one of the marines in the outer room who had been looking at the corpses under full light.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“What?”</span>The voice made both Alicia and the captain look away from the dark haired girl.  They missed her hair falling away to show the blood that covered the girl's face, and ran down the front of her torn cloths.  Her scream of rage drew their attention as the black haired girl leaped at Alicia.<br/><br/>At that instant of the tackle everything went black for Alicia for a moment as she screamed in fear and aimed her weapon.  But everything stayed black even while she blinked here eyes multiple times.  And after a moment she realized it wasn't completely dark, only a slight bit of light, it was the moonlight from outside her home's window, and light from the clock on her bedside table that read 0524.  she put her weapon down and let out a sigh in exhaustion.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Fuck, I hate that dream...”</span><br/><br/><img alt="[​IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s168/NightArcher1/RP%20Character%20images/shiva_post.jpg" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s168/NightArcher1/RP%20Character%20images/shiva_post.jpg" style=""/><br/><br/><b>Sol System <br/>
Earth<br/>
New York Metropolis<br/>
September 10, 2950<br/>
0524 hours Local Time </b><br/><br/><span style="color: SeaGreen">“Fucking hell... I really hate that dream...”</span>she said, pressing the metal of her pistol against her head and was sitting in her bed, trying to force her breathing and heart-rate down after that dream.  She always had it because of killing that little girl.  It had turned out her guess at that time had been partially right, she was a survivor of the Afflicted attack have become infected herself.  She and only a quarter of the marines survived the afflicted on that station.<br/><br/>One of the marines that had died early on in the fighting had been Sienna's own father.  By that time she hadn't taken anything to avert the mistake she made, and after that when she learned that she was pregnant, she decided to keep the child.  And it gave her the little fire demon that was her daughter Sienna.  After the birth, she hadn't regretted her decision one bit, even when the little girl was giving her hell.<br/><br/><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">“Mother, is everything alright?”</span>came a voice over the speakers before the image of her AI, Shakti , spoke up, having been listening to the sleeping older woman.  Alicia herself was not as young as she was in her dreams, in her late 40s now.  Thankfully, time has been kind to her, she has worked to at least still stay in shape, plus medical technology keeping the old woman looking like she was in her 30s.  Though in her hair, some silver was starting to show in her blonde hair.<br/><br/><span style="color: SeaGreen">“Yeah, just fine... it was a nightmare again.”</span>she grumbled as she looked at the clock to read the time.  That caused another loud groan before she threw the blankets off herself.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Shakti , start the morning cycle.  I need a shower, and not going to get any sleep after that nightmare.  Might as well get working on Sienna's birthday gift.”</span>she said with a yawn and climbed out of her bed to get to the shower.<span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">“Yes mother.”</span><br/><br/>Half an hour later she was sitting at her workbench in the basement, still dressed in underwear while she was bent over the device she was working on.  Most of the actual physical work on the little project was done.  Just insuring that it was operational was her current objective, especially since the thick device was going to be Shakti's home for a long time.  It was the AI core for a personal computer, and one of Alicia's own inventions after the return of the ship from the war.  She had taken information she took from Imperial files to develop the personal AI computer terminals.  That had been 5 years after she returned when the first one became available, when the corporation Cry-TeK had been founded.  Alicia was the current CEO.<br/><br/>This one would be the most advanced one ever created, designed to house a Class III AI, a true AI.  There would only ever be one like this because AIs like Shakti were illegal within alliance space.  And noone would know about Shakti ever.  All other personal terminals housed Class II Ais.  Far less advanced, and only acted as they were programed.  The Computer that would house her would also be the most advanced, she was putting all the top of the line equipment into it, as well as some of best programs to go along with the small headset that housed a camera and some scanning equipment.  It would all be heavier than any other personal computer on the market, and much better than military issue equipment.<br/><br/>It was all to help her daughter survive where she was going.  That nightmare only proved that if Sienna was going to be in any military actions against the afflicted, she would need it.  And the best AI was needed with it.<span style="color: SeaGreen">”Ok Shakti, everything looks good, I've plugged in the data storage device and terminal.  Start downloading any data you think you will need.  Then download your own programming into the mobile core.  I got to get ready for Sienna to come home.”</span>she said, plugging the six by three by two core block into her large home workstation, and the primary AI core that worked as Shakti's home.<br/><br/><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">“Yes mother, I should have everything done and have Alpha in my place before she departs for the destroyer...  are you sure about this?  Alpha is nothing compared to me...  and you know someone has been getting curious about where I had disappeared to.”</span>Came from the computer's speakers and Shakti's image appeared.  She was talking about when C-3 AI's had become illegal after a failed experiment that led to the deaths of a science station personnel.  They had headed to the ship to wipe Shakti, but found her core to be missing, and signs that the Imperials had cleared the equipment.  Alicia had taken the core though.  Apparently, recently someone hadn't believed that story, and was searching for signs of the AI.<br/><br/><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">“Yes, I am, I can take care of myself.  But Sienna really will need your help.  I want you to take care of her, make sure she survives both the imperials and the afflicted if she comes across them.”</span>Alicia replied, stretching herself before standing up.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“now continue the procedure while I go get dressed and ready to meet my daughter.  Her shuttle should arrive in a few hours.”</span>With that, Alicia moved out of the main computer room of her home, a penthouse suite.<br/><br/><img alt="[​IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s168/NightArcher1/RP%20Character%20images/Cloud_Rider_Page.jpg" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s168/NightArcher1/RP%20Character%20images/Cloud_Rider_Page.jpg" style=""/><br/><br/><b>Sol System <br/>
Earth<br/>
New York Metropolis<br/>
September 10, 2950<br/>
1032 hours Local Time </b><br/><br/>She watched the tall towers speed by out the view port.  It was her home, the New York Metropolis, and one of the major space ports on the planet Earth.  It was where Sienna had grown up, and where her mother lived now, especially since it was the headquarters of her mother's business that she did not want anything to do with.  One reason she had joined the military other than her dream to be a fighter pilot, so she wasn't associated with her mother for creating the personal terminals and the AIs that went with them.<br/><br/>But Sienna was coming back to visit with her mother for a few days before reporting to the destroyer which arrived tomorrow.   She missed her mother a bit, and knew her mother definitely missed her.   Also, it was guaranteed that her mother would love the new look.<br/><br/>Sienna had developed a bit of a more toned build to her body since the last time she had seen the older woman, and also she had earned the rank of lieutenant junior grade before even being on duty on a ship.  The bars on her shoulders and wrists of her service dress uniform.  The deep navy blue fitting her form well, and the deep bloody red hair tied up in a bun behind her head with the few strands of her bangs framing her face.  She looked good in the uniform even though it hid her assets a little, not that she had much to show off.  She wanted to see how proud her mother would be seeing the uniform.<br/><br/>After the shuttle landed, Sienna joined the other dozen naval personnel on the vehicle on the exit ramp, and smiled with them before they were getting ready to go meet their families.<span style="color: Purple">“So Red, meet at Eclipse tomorrow night?”</span>asked a darker skinned, looking like milk chocolate, woman with ebony hair and brown eyes that walked with her.  She was talking about one last party before being stationed on a ship and unable to have any more fun for multiple months.  Sienna just grinned at the nickname her friend had given her before answering.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Wouldn't miss it for the world hun! See ya there!”</span><br/><br/>The next cab that pulled up at the pad, Sienna hailed it down and used this one to take her to the building where her mother lived.  A hotel in downtown New York that often had some people actually living there.  She hated it, but knew her mother loved it for some reason.  But it was indeed a really nice view of the city at night.<br/><br/>At the door, Sienna waited for a few minutes before her own mother opened the suite's entrance.  The emotions just lite up the older woman's face brightly at the sight of her fire haired girl.  It honestly looked like she was about to cry, she was so happy to see her daughter after so long.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Hello mom.”</span>Sienna said before being engulfed in a hug from the woman.  And they both let some tears loose for a moment, standing there in the hallway.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Come in Sienna, I got some lunch ready.”</span>she said before Sienna laughed.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Oh god, gonna be poisoned before I even get to a ship”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>