Blood Band Brothers

[Dark_Lady]

Jynn sat still, with no sign of her inner turmoil showing, beyond the fact that her left hand fidgeted with her lightsaber at her side - fingers alternately stroking the smooth metal, flowing along the curves, tracing the simple ornamentation on the hilt, then grasping it firmly as though an enemy had somehow materialized on the ship.

 

Her eyes slowly defocused as she drifted into recollection. It had all been so perfect back then... never mind the occasional political struggle or brush with Xendek's allies. But before that, ah, that had been the ideal life. Back when she used to have speeder races with Kai Lin, never mind the fact that she never won, back when they used to spar with light staffs, back when she had beaten him for the first time, before she had ever understood the purpose of the duels, when she still wondered about his odd methods...

 

"No, no," said Kai Lin, with a genial laugh. "You hold it this way, always at the base of the staff, always."

 

"But why, exactly?"

 

"Because... because holding it in the middle is a bad habit to get into... trust me."

 

"I don't get it."

 

"You will," he had said. "You will someday."

 

She still wished she hadn't gotten it, wished she had never understood, wished there had never been a need to. But there had been.

 

"You could have told me you were a Jedi," she whispered inaudibly. "I wouldn't have cared. It wouldn't have made a difference. Just because you thought you failed before..."

 

She snapped back to reality as they approached the ship, releasing her lightsaber from the iron grip with which she had been holding it. She was doing it again... heading straight for what everyone seemed to think was certain trouble - voluntarily. Sighing, she looked around the room at the faces of the soldiers.

 

I have a bad feeling about this...

[Master_Archon]

Cyphon sat staring at the men, wall, basically anything, but when his gaze became fixed on Jynn he could sense something, something troubling her, or causing her a light sense of grief. He wasn't sure what though, so he forgot about it for the moment; turning he saw the ship approach the open hangar of the alien vessel.

 

With a light hiss the Lambda Shuttle touched down smoothly on the hangar floor. A short section over, in the same hangar, but different loading section, landed one of the Lander Crafts shortly there after. One hangar over the other Lander Craft set down, while the Trade Fed. Lander set down in a larger, more open spaced hangar.

 

Cyphon got up and pulled a latch overhead, a bulky, but light fit pressure suit came out of a compartment overhead. Cyphon pulled it down and quickly slipped it on over his clothes; looking over he motioned for Jynn to do the same, while the other troopers just put their helmets on, because they were wearing specialized pressure armor, bulkier than normal armor, but smaller than most pressure suits. Cyphon slipped his lightsabers in small compartments on his suit, and nodded for Jynn to do the same. Cyphon then put his helmet on, and grabbed an oversized blaster rifle from a rack on the wall; he waited for Jynn to get her helmet on and said through the comm, "lightsabers are of little use in the vacuum of space, even though they're usable, we wouldn't be capable of properly wielding them; so get a blaster off the wall, or if you have your own blaster, use it."

 

Soon the ramp opened and the air could be felt getting sucked out. The men trotted down the ramp, and Cyphon followed after; many of the men from the other ships had congregated within the area, nearly a hundred soldiers, not counting personnel, were there. The pilot from the Shuttle walked up to the edge of the ramp and set down a large turret, he got behind it and stood there, while the copilot wielded the controls to the Shuttles frontal ball turrets, they knew better than to be caught unprepared for conflict, just incase. An engineer ran up the ramp and mounted the turret, while the pilot went back up front to use the controls for the Lambdas rear turret, thus ensuring double the protection from the rear.

 

Cyphon signaled for the men to get quiet, then spoke, "you all know what to do, spread throughout the ship, locate key systems, and positions, and hold them, until personnel can start scanning and repairing. Main objective: Find life support, and power systems. Good luck everyone." Cyphon turned to Jynn, "you ready?" He asked.

[Dark_Lady]

Jynn checked her blaster and hefted it to test the weight.

 

"As ready as you are," she replied.

[Rexraptor2000]

It was dark inside the cargo ship, with the exception of Shadow's flashlight providing some illumination. There were signs of battle, scorch marks on the walls and sharpel embedded in the walls. All of the doors were either blown open or already open without conflict. There were no bodies, although there were burnt piles of ash, but plenty of wreckage from machines that Shadow remembered all to well. On the way to the bridge, he stopped in the dorms. He stood in the middle of the hallway for a moment, remembering his times here as a child.

 

Keep on moving Shadow, he thought to himself. He was about to continue on when he remembered that the room to his left was his room. That was an interesting coincidence. There are rarely coincidences in the force, Shadow had once been told. But what about a place devoid of the force?

 

He had to pry the door open to get into his room, and found that it was exactly the way he had left it. There were a few toys, holodisks lying about, a dejarek set lying turned over. Shadow was messy when he was young, as most kids are. He went over to his desk, where there was still some unfinished homework, and opened a secret slot which contained a single holodisk.

 

He activated it and saw a holoimage appear of himself as a child talking. There was no sound in space, so he could not hear the holodisk, but he knew what it was most likely about. It was most likely about how homework was boring, and how he wanted to feel solid ground beneath his feet again. Shadow smiled to himself. It was as if he was looking at a different person, considering that was before he had been at Halo and had his memory wiped afterwards. After about ten minutes of listening to it, he turned it off so he could listen to the rest later.

 

He left the dorms and finally arrived at the bridge. He went the control console and beneath it, opened a hatch with a bunch of switches and wires in it. These types of ships had an emergency generator in the bow of the ship incase the main core was taken offline, so that life support could still function.

 

He began to activate the generator with his new knowledge that his father had taught him.

[Master_Archon]

"As ready as you are," she replied.

 

Cyphon nodded, which was difficult in the tight round helmeted suit. He lifted the blaster, and took about two minutes to tinker with the rifle, to set it to his liking. He motioned with his hand for them to move out.

 

Around eight clone marines, four Imperial marines, Brutas, and the Shadow Trooper twins; Jaken, and Vok, followed after Cyphon into a small corridor. The other soldiers went off in their own groups.

 

The corridor was simple, small, and desolate; many panels had been blown off the wall, wires, and cables could be seen from the cealing, like an enormous beast had been dissembouled, and it's organs hung from it. Cyphon bounded forward, the lack of gravity making him come close to hitting his head on the roof. After some time of navigating the corridors, they came out in a brig-like area, though no doors could be seen, they could tell this was the detention area.

 

Cyphon walked forward, looking around, he signaled that it was safe. "Sir, power system found, personel are already here, power will be on soon, what should we do?" Came the voice through the comm to Cyphon. "Hold position, get power online" said Cyphon in response.

 

As Cyphon finished talking, he saw something in one of the detention rooms. Trotting over he stared down at a strange sight. "Jynn, get over here," he said through his comm to Jynn.

[Dark_Lady]

Jynn walked swiftly over and stood next to Cyphon.

 

"Well?"

[Master_Archon]

"Look," said Cyphon pointing; on the floor lay a corpse, a strange alien figure, huddled in the corner, tall, multy jawed creature. It's armor still well intact, showing the beautiful blue sheened armor, though it had slight hints of age, such as underlying rust.

 

"What do you make of that?" Asked Cyphon.

[Dark_Lady]

Jynn knelt slowly beside the body and ran her gloved hand over the armor, examining it thoroughly, then turned the body slightly to get a better look at the creature.

 

"I don't know," she said. "It's like nothing I've ever seen before."

[Master_Archon]

Cyphon knelt down beside her and did likewise. "It's not any known species, that's for sure" he said, while thrusting two of his figures into a hole in it's side. Retracting his fingures, and wiping them off, he put his hand on it's head, and concentrated. "It's only 12 years old, this battle...this graveyard, happened rescently," he said taking his hand off the corpses head.

 

Then a noice could be heard, and lights started flickering on. But something a little unexpected happened, the cell's 'door' reactivated, and it wasn't a door. It was a wall of plasma energy, that switched on, trapping Cyphon and Jynn inside, the really sad thing was, the door interfeared with comm systems, the worst thing was...the men that had been following Cyphon had left to explore a neighboring detention block very far down the hall. "Oh...this isn't good," said Cyphon, realizing the full perspective of what just happened.

[Rexraptor2000]

((If you're talking about when my character was here, that was 19 years ago. If not, then I'm not sure what you're talking about.))

 

Shadow grunted in approval as the emergancy generator activated and screens began to flicker on in the bridge. He felt gravity settle in and air blow through the vents with the lights flickering on. He waited for a moment for the life support screen to confirm that it was safe to breath the air and then took off his helmet.

 

The air tasted odd, but the air filters on this vessel were much older than any of the new vessels today. He looked out of the view port at the vessel that Cyphon and Jynn had went to and saw that lights were flickering on all over its surface.

 

Not good, Shadow thought. Shadow remembered being on one of these vessels once, and he was running for his life during that time.

 

Have to make sure the vessel is clean so the Flood doesn't escape, Shadow thought and put his helmet back on. He could come back later, but right now that vessel couldn't jump into slipspace until it was clean of the Flood. He went back to the hanger and flew out of the ship. He then went to the Covenant ship and landed in the hanger, to be greeted by a clone.

 

"Sir! We were not expecting you, Sir." the clone said looking a bit confused as Shadow exited the gunship.

 

"Where are Cyphon and Jynn?" Shadow asked.

 

"They headed down that corridor." The clone said pointing towards the entrance of a hallway across the hanger. "If you'd like, I can send some clones with you to find them as they have n-"

 

"I'll be fine trooper." Shadow said cutting him off. Shadow definatly knew the corridors of this ship. He headed down the hallways and corridors in search of Jynn and Cyphon.

[Master_Archon]

((As I have previously posted, dont get ahead of yourself Rex, the Flood, have little way of gaining access to ships this far out from the center of the graveyard, and most of the bodies the flood use as host would have already bloated, and blown up, thus making it impossible for them to pilot any ships that far out; I'm pretty sure that the Flood cant survive in the vacuum of space either, no parasite could, unless I'm wrong. Second, the 'war' happened six years AFTER your ship was attacked by the Flood, so how would you know what the interior of a covenant ship is like? Third, how do you know what the Flood's name is, you haven't heard their name mentioned before, have you? See, this is what I was saying, history of Star Wars and Halo are mixed, making the history of Halo, quite a bit different, so dont get too far ahead in your asumptions; plus I had a purpose behind being trapped in the detention cell. So please, I ask you with kindness, to slow down, and try to change your above post, please! See nineteen years is too long, I wanted there to be...no, I cant tell, that would be ruining the surprise for you Rex, and everyone else! So just wait will you!!!))

 

Cyphon had been sitting down, just letting his mind wonder, hoping they would be aided soon. ((and not by Rex!!)) "So, what do you think of our situation, Jynn? You think we'll die of some cause or another in this cell?" He said this to tease Jynn a bit, so as to lighten the mood, or at least cause her to get in a mood of her own and either: chew him out, or have her get frustrated, or have her get scared, mad, or just have her talk, because he felt anxious, and wished to have something to sate his growing apprehension, and lack of contact, because it had been three hours, and Jynn hadn't said anything, which made Cyphon nervous, because he didn't know if she had a fear of enclosed spaces, or being trapped with the opposite gender, which is one of his small fears now come true; and he didn't want her going insane and killing him, or have her go into a breakdown, because he didn't know how much torment she's gone through, and he didn't want that torment being unleashed on him.

 

All this passed through Cyphon's mind, which made him realize; the combonation of his fear come true, and the lack of talk, and the enclosed space with a dead body were getting to him, and he needed some interaction, or just plain action, or HE would be the one going insane! Cyphon sighed, and glanced at the meter for air on his suit: 45%, that's what the meter read, and that also proved one of the reasons for his twisting mind.

[Dark_Lady]

"Well," Jynn said, "at least someone found the power switch." She clicked several buttons on her comm again, but only static came through.

 

"Sithspawn," she muttered between her teeth. "Well," looking around, "I'm sure we can find a way out of here somehow. Whatever this cell was built to hold, I doubt it was tested on Jedi." She laughed mirthlessly. "Who am I kidding?"

 

She started pacing up and down the room.

[Rexraptor2000]

((I suppose this is what happens when not enough infromation is exchanged so that the other doesn't mess each other up. I had thought that the war had happened a few hundred thousand years before since Cyphon is so old. I had a little side story involving 2401 Peninant Tanget, but I suppose that most likely won't happen. I won't get ahead of myself again.))

[Master_Archon]

((It's okay dude, you can still have your 'side story', just a little later, actually, a bit later, but not too much later, you understand? But it's okay, I can understand getting a bit too caried away with a subject you like so much !!))

 

Cyphon watched Jynn pace until he couldn't take it anymore, getting up he grabbed her shoulders and shook her a bit, "STOP, AH! I already have problems with being in situations like this..." Cyphon calmed down a bit, "see...I...have...a...fear...of...um...never mind," he sighed at last. "Grrr! AAHH!!" Cyphon lifted his blaster rifle and started opening fire on the plasma shielding. Most of the shots just got absorbed, but some bounced off, and started ricocheting off the walls. Cyphon turned and pulled Jynn down, and covered her, shielding her, one shot hit the plasma shielding again, and dissapated, while one shot hit Cyphon in the side, and the last hitting him in the back. Cyphon got up groggily, and staggered, and said, "sorry...for..." and at that Cyphon passed out, the air in his pressure suit could be heard hissing out of the holes made by the blaster shots.

[Dark_Lady]

((Hundreds of years old and still throwing tantrums, eh?))

 

Cyphon dragged Jynn to the ground as blaster bolts ricocheted off the walls.

"No!" she gasped as he tried to shield her with his body. "Bad idea..." She felt Cyphon's body jerk twice as he was hit. He got up, mumbled a vague apology, then fell to the ground.

 

Oh no oh no, she thought, pressing her hands over the holes in his uniform in an attempt to stop the bleeding and loss of air, which was vitally important considering their position. Kriffing hell, couldn't they have gotten the life support to work while they were locking us in? Glancing at Cyphon's suit readouts, she noticed that the air meter had dropped to a dangerously low level.

 

She closed her eyes and breathed steadily, trying to stabilize Cyphon's condition with the Force, but the art of healing had never been something she was proficient at. Must be why they always die, she thought despairingly. Everybody always dies.

 

Focusing, but with rapidly waning concentration, she sent a desperate message through the Force to anyone who happened to be listening.

 

Somebody get the hell over here!

[Master_Archon]

Cyphon floated in the empty uncociousness of his mind, then he realized something odd, from the outside world, one last waning memory, in space...air doesn't hiss when it comes out...because you cant hear in space! Jynn...dont worry about the....air....' he sent this message with the last of his concious being.

 

((No one save us, this is an important moment! Got that! I'll post that moment later though, I'm being rushed right now.))

 

Edit: - ((You guys realize I cant post that moment without one of you posting first, I can't double post you know! I said dont save us, I didn't say don't post at all. Sheesh. ))

[Dark_Lady]

((Sorry. I thought you were going to edit your post or something. I know you don't hear noise in a vaccuum, Jynn is just panicking. [Although, this is Star Wars. I seem to remember the Death Star making a great deal of noise when it exploded... lol.]))

 

Jynn...dont worry about the....air.... Jynn heard Cyphon's message and relaxed slightly, her panicked mind slowly calming down. She checked the readout on her suit.

 

"Oh good, we can breathe in here." She checked Cyphon again. Still, if his air ran out, the suit itself would end up suffocating him. She checked the atmosphere one last time, and removed his helmet.

 

((You told me not to worry about the air, so it's your fault if something awful happens now. Actually, I'll just edit it if you want me to.))

[Master_Archon]

((Hundreds of years old and still throwing tantrums, eh?))

 

((You wanna explain your meaning!?))

 

Cyphon felt no more from the outside world, and he hoped in his unconcious being, that if Jynn was uncapable of saving him, that he hoped he'd join those who had gone before in the Force.

 

In the outside world something odd happened, a dark figure could be seen standing outside the plasma shielding, staring at Jynn and Cyphon. Then it scampered off, towards the front of the detention block, and up onto a platform with a flickering holopanel, and pressed a holo switch on the screen. Soon the shielding dissapated, and the room was open to the outside once again. The room seemed to be empty, as if no one had been there, then from around the corner popped a small creature, short in stature, and wearing a strange tank on it's back. It stood there, studying Jynn, it seemed unsure, but not afraid, and held a strange, purple colored device in it's hand.

[Dark_Lady]

((OK, Cyphon just grabbed Jynn by the shoulders, shook her, and then started firing his blaster into the plasma wall, even though he knew it would be futile. Tantrum. I wasn't referring to you personally.))

 

Jynn turned her head and glanced at the creature, then looked back at Cyphon. She wasn't sure how extensive the damage was, but his bleeding had stopped at least. She stood slowly, picking up her blaster from the floor beside Cyphon, just in case, and turned to face the strange alien.

 

"Who are you?" she asked in a non-threatening tone. Although she wasn't certain if the alien understood Basic, she was willing to at least make a stab at communication. She reached out with the Force towards the creature and tried to make it understand.

 

I don't want to harm you...

[Jason Skywalker]

A orange-hued Jedi Starfighter known as "The Avenger" was being flewn by a lone Jedi, Alex Skyrider, and his droid, R3-T5. He had previously survived Order 66, and know was more mature, and knew he couldn't take on the Empire alone. Suddenly, he noticed a ship on his radar, and by the readings, it looked like it was in trouble.

 

"R3, plot a course to that ship, i want to see what's up."

[Master_Archon]

"Yipe," went the creature when Jynn spoke, looking as if he had been shocked for a moment. The creature was unsure of Jynn, and though he showed no signs of it, he was rather scared of her due to her wearing a big bulky suit of armor, and the sound of her voice going through the helmet was different from her normal voice. After awhile the creature held the device up at Jynn, and collecting it's bravery, approached slowly, making a noice that sounded like growling; trying to intimidate her, though it sounded more funny than threatening. He stopped at around two feet from her, he stood even shorter than Jynn; around 4 ft. in heighth, and seemed to be sniffing her, "you enemy?" It finally said.

[Dark_Lady]

"No," Jynn replied. "I'm not an enemy. But my friend has been... badly injured," she continued, bending over Cyphon and examining him for any signs of change in his condition. "Is there any way you could help me bring him back to our ship so he can get medical attention?"

 

She wasn't sure if she could trust this creature, but it hadn't made any hostile moves, other than aiming what she was supposed was some kind of weapon towards her, and she could hardly blame any living being for practicing basic caution. Besides, with the way things had turned out, she really had no other choice.

[Master_Archon]

The small alien looked over at Cyphon when she mentioned him, and walked over to him, looking him over. "He hurt?" It asked, as if unsure of what she said. "You take scary helmet off, me help," it said, glaring up at Jynn, unsure about who was under the large suit. "Throw down weapons too," it said after studying the large 'stick' in her hands, finally figuring out what it was.

[Dark_Lady]

Jynn sighed. She had a feeling she might regret this, but there was nothing else she could do in the situation. She put the blaster carefully down and took off her helmet, pushing a strand of hair that had escaped its fastening back from her face.

 

"There," she said, slightly annoyed but not letting it show in her voice. "Are you happy now?"

[Master_Archon]

The small alien put his weapon at his side and grabbed the blaster rifle, then fumbling with it for a moment he figured out how to hold it. At this he scuried off and outside the room without a word.

 

Cyphon groaned, then turning in his unconcious state, he let out a horrible screem of pain, and lay still. His face contorted with pain, and his mind filled with horrid dreams.