29-12-2006, 11:33 PM
[COLOR="black"]Chapter Five
Overrun
She woke up with a massive headache across the left side of her temple. She could feel the warm ooze of blood dripping down her face. Her shoulder was cut, she could feel the blood down her arm and there was a definate graze on her knee. Damn her for wearing a skirt.
Tiffany Firebrand raised her head and instantly felt the crunching agony run through her head. Fighting through the pain she continued to rise until she reached her feet again. Her head protested violently and her right knee also made it's objections felt.
She made to gather her bearings, unable to piece together where she might be. She had left the party early, Lucieus had blanked her completely after all.
She was at the spaceport. Why had she wanted to go to Parum? She couldn't go now anyway, the shutters were down. Which meant that the Colony was under attack. Who would want to do that though? Feeling strangely faint she put a hand to the nearest pillar to steady herself.
As she did the shutters on the Moatoob gate burst open in a shower of rock and dust. The sound sent Tiffany down to her knees.
From the wreckage came several figures, all of them Beasts. Tiffany's eyes however, were drawn to the lone female standing at the front.
Her skin was dark, her eyes emerald green and lizardlike. Her face was long, this and stern. Her hair was blood red and gathered up in a bunch on the back of her head. She wore a sleeveless white button up shirt, together with plain black trousers and boots. On her forehead was a purple band, Tiffany knew from her training that it denoted rank. What really caught Tiffany's attention was that this Beast was armed to the teeth.
"Halt where you are!" she commanded when she spotted Tiffany. As the woman drew a handgun and a dagger Tiffany dived behind the pillar, only for the woman to throw her dagger with such force that it smashed into the pillar, slicing across Tiffany's face. She fell to the ground, slipping straight back out of consciousness.
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"Tiffany. Tiffy wake up."
Whispers in the night. A familiar voice. Tiffy? Had he come back for her? Don't open your eyes.
"Tiffany Firebrand get your arse up now!"
Firebrand? That's not my name. No, that is my name. Not his, mine.
"Lucy," she muttered through the fog of her own mind.
"Praise the Holy Light, you're alive," she recognised Lucy's voice now and recognised also the feeling washing over her body. She forced her eyes open and smiled as she felt her blood returning to her body.
"Hello little girl, you just made a fairly big mistake."
Lucy reacted with the speed of a bullet. She leapt into an attack stance and threw a fireball bigger than herself at her enemies. The Beasts scattered in search of cover, with the woman shouting commands of; "three here, two go round to pincer her. You, come with me!" and she ran down the stairs towards the Guardian Barracks.
Lucy made another attack, this time sending a wave of ice that ripped a bench apart to freeze a Beast in it's tracks.[/COLOR]
Overrun
She woke up with a massive headache across the left side of her temple. She could feel the warm ooze of blood dripping down her face. Her shoulder was cut, she could feel the blood down her arm and there was a definate graze on her knee. Damn her for wearing a skirt.
Tiffany Firebrand raised her head and instantly felt the crunching agony run through her head. Fighting through the pain she continued to rise until she reached her feet again. Her head protested violently and her right knee also made it's objections felt.
She made to gather her bearings, unable to piece together where she might be. She had left the party early, Lucieus had blanked her completely after all.
She was at the spaceport. Why had she wanted to go to Parum? She couldn't go now anyway, the shutters were down. Which meant that the Colony was under attack. Who would want to do that though? Feeling strangely faint she put a hand to the nearest pillar to steady herself.
As she did the shutters on the Moatoob gate burst open in a shower of rock and dust. The sound sent Tiffany down to her knees.
From the wreckage came several figures, all of them Beasts. Tiffany's eyes however, were drawn to the lone female standing at the front.
Her skin was dark, her eyes emerald green and lizardlike. Her face was long, this and stern. Her hair was blood red and gathered up in a bunch on the back of her head. She wore a sleeveless white button up shirt, together with plain black trousers and boots. On her forehead was a purple band, Tiffany knew from her training that it denoted rank. What really caught Tiffany's attention was that this Beast was armed to the teeth.
"Halt where you are!" she commanded when she spotted Tiffany. As the woman drew a handgun and a dagger Tiffany dived behind the pillar, only for the woman to throw her dagger with such force that it smashed into the pillar, slicing across Tiffany's face. She fell to the ground, slipping straight back out of consciousness.
-
"Tiffany. Tiffy wake up."
Whispers in the night. A familiar voice. Tiffy? Had he come back for her? Don't open your eyes.
"Tiffany Firebrand get your arse up now!"
Firebrand? That's not my name. No, that is my name. Not his, mine.
"Lucy," she muttered through the fog of her own mind.
"Praise the Holy Light, you're alive," she recognised Lucy's voice now and recognised also the feeling washing over her body. She forced her eyes open and smiled as she felt her blood returning to her body.
"Hello little girl, you just made a fairly big mistake."
Lucy reacted with the speed of a bullet. She leapt into an attack stance and threw a fireball bigger than herself at her enemies. The Beasts scattered in search of cover, with the woman shouting commands of; "three here, two go round to pincer her. You, come with me!" and she ran down the stairs towards the Guardian Barracks.
Lucy made another attack, this time sending a wave of ice that ripped a bench apart to freeze a Beast in it's tracks.[/COLOR]
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Lucy newman force
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