Eden.
Rain thundered down as Lazerun Seraph sat on the edge of one of the few intact buildings in Eden, making the last few adjustments to her power armour, listening to the combination of rain on her helm and the dull hum as her suit power relays.
As the last status message scrolled over her H.U.D, she smirked and ran to the edge, leaping across to the next building as her suits camo kicked in, reducing her form to nothing more than a flickering after image as she impacting on the other building, her fingers digging into the brickwork she crawled along the wall. Casting her gaze around, she listened to her radio, chuckling as she heard some chatter from Crey mooks.
Not really much of a threat, but it always felt good cracking their skulls and it be a good test of her suits upgrades.
Following the signal, she eventually reached what looked like some sort of camp sight, Crey juggernauts patrolling the perimeter while at the centre, bathed in the light from several flood lamps was some sort of metal coffin. She watched as scientists scuttling around it like ants before dropping down and sprinting into the shade for some heavy equipment. Looking over the edge, she moved to the next piece of shade, keeping the coffin in her line of sight as she moved closer.
Ducking behind a console, she heard one of the chatting to a bored looking guard. “See, by creating a symbiosis with the lobotomised crystal, we have created what could be the first generation of anti devouring earth troopers! With such things, we could take out the Hamidon! Think of how much we could charge for that!”
She had no idea what the hell the guy was going on about beyond the fact that Crey had got their hands on some innocent and was twisting them into some sort of weapon that they could sell to the highest bidder.
So of course, as a Sabre of Paragon, Laz knew what she had to do.
Moving closer, she hear some noise from the edge of the camp and watched as several Juggernauts entered, dragging a heavily restrained Greater Devourer, the beast thrashing in it's chains as they dragged it towards the coffin.
Watching from the shadows, she saw the top of the coffin open. A young woman dressed in a simple black body suit stumbled out, her face obscured by her white hair, while some sort of metal and crystal device seemed to be bolted onto her back.
The chatty guy in a lab coat stepped forward holding some sort of remote, pressing a button the girl screamed, her body twitching as the ground beneath her pulsed. With another press of the remote, she buckled and screamed again, the mud beneath the devourer exploded upwards as spears of magma lanced it's flesh.
Feeling her stomach turn, she watched as the button was pressed again and again, each time the girl screamed as more magma lashed up to tear into the bound beast.
This was inhuman.
Stepping out of the shadows, she felt the vazilock device in her chest start to power up as a wave of darkness rolled out from her, draining the vitality of the guards as she felt her body almost hum with stolen power.
It was a dangerous trick, it was all to easy to become lost in the high, but she had something to focus on, to ground her as she punched the nearest Juggernaut, his chest plate cratering as he fell.
She had to save that girl.
The scientist screamed and pointed the remote at her, hammering the button as if his life depended on it, the poor girl twitching like a puppet on broken strings as she held out a hand, her eyes glowing crimson under her fringe as she slapped the mud in front of her. A wall of magma rolling out to trip Lazruen up, sending her tumbling face first into the mud.
Quickly leaping to her feet, she saw the shock wave wasn't discriminatory, the Crey Juggernauts laying prone, either trapped in place or impaled in the magma. The nutso in the lab coat screaming as he fidgeted with the remote. “You worthless hunk of Junk! What happened to the Friend or Foe system? It must need recalibrating.”
Rolling to her feet, she stood in front of the scientist, looming over him as she snarled. “Yeah, how about no.” She brought her armoured fist down on his head, knocking him cold and grabbing the remote crushing it in her hand
The poor girl staggered as the remote was destroyed, dropping to her hands and knees before rolling over onto her back.
Splashing though the mud, she dropped to the girls side and checked her vitals, letting out a sigh of relief as she felt a strong pulse. Reaching to her belt she pulled her mediport off and attached it to the girls jump suit before activating it, sending her to the Atlas hospital before trigging a spare teleporter To follow her.
* * *
Altas Park Hospital
Examination room
The clockwork turned to Laz, giving her a slightly irate look as she straighten her dress. “You know, this unit did have a date planed for tonight?” she muttered, Laz noting the usual vocal quirk as Medical Unit Theta walked over and start putting some X-rays up on the light board. “If it wasn't for how much trouble your family gets into, this unit would of probably ignored the call.”
Laz sheepishly smiled. “Sorry Mut, but you are the best medic I know. I mean, how many times have you patched up my old man or Neph?”
The clockwork woman sighed at the use of her nickname and pointed to the X-rays. “Fine, but this unit has 3 bits of news. Good, Bad and what the hell, which would you hear first?”
“Um... the good news first?”
Mut turned and crossed her arms. “She is in surprisingly good shape despite what those idiots at Crey have done. She looks to be early twenties, possibly of Latino decent or Hispanic.”
“Okay, the bad news?”
Mut taped a X-ray of the woman’s head. “She has been given an implant that is disturbingly similar to what the Preatorian seer's have installed, but Crey have done a sloppy job.” She taped portions around the implant. “It has caused damage to her language centrers, this unit also found traces of what ever drug they use to erase their memories in her system.” Mut shook her head.
Laz shifted slightly, she had seen many Sabers wake with no memory of their past. She wasn't sure what Crey did, but it made her skin crawl. “What’s the last bit of news then?”
“This is.... well.” Mut put up an X-ray and pointed.
As Laz lent in, her jaw dropped slightly. The x-ray was of the girls back, showing that the crystal on her back was just grafted on, it had grown into her, the girls ribs, spine and a portion of her pelvic bone covered in a strange crystalline growth. “What the hell is that crap?”
“As far as this unit can tell, it is a symbiotic crystal. She could not take a sample though, that stuff is as hard as diamonds.”
The Scared woman looked down at the Clockwork. “What the hell was Crey trying to do?”
Mut shrugged. “This unit does not know, but there is the question of what will we do when she wakes up? She can stay here for a bit, but after that? ”
Chewing her lip slightly, Laz got her phone out. “Well, we got some spare rooms at home. I'm just hope dad doesn’t mind...”
Rain thundered down as Lazerun Seraph sat on the edge of one of the few intact buildings in Eden, making the last few adjustments to her power armour, listening to the combination of rain on her helm and the dull hum as her suit power relays.
As the last status message scrolled over her H.U.D, she smirked and ran to the edge, leaping across to the next building as her suits camo kicked in, reducing her form to nothing more than a flickering after image as she impacting on the other building, her fingers digging into the brickwork she crawled along the wall. Casting her gaze around, she listened to her radio, chuckling as she heard some chatter from Crey mooks.
Not really much of a threat, but it always felt good cracking their skulls and it be a good test of her suits upgrades.
Following the signal, she eventually reached what looked like some sort of camp sight, Crey juggernauts patrolling the perimeter while at the centre, bathed in the light from several flood lamps was some sort of metal coffin. She watched as scientists scuttling around it like ants before dropping down and sprinting into the shade for some heavy equipment. Looking over the edge, she moved to the next piece of shade, keeping the coffin in her line of sight as she moved closer.
Ducking behind a console, she heard one of the chatting to a bored looking guard. “See, by creating a symbiosis with the lobotomised crystal, we have created what could be the first generation of anti devouring earth troopers! With such things, we could take out the Hamidon! Think of how much we could charge for that!”
She had no idea what the hell the guy was going on about beyond the fact that Crey had got their hands on some innocent and was twisting them into some sort of weapon that they could sell to the highest bidder.
So of course, as a Sabre of Paragon, Laz knew what she had to do.
Moving closer, she hear some noise from the edge of the camp and watched as several Juggernauts entered, dragging a heavily restrained Greater Devourer, the beast thrashing in it's chains as they dragged it towards the coffin.
Watching from the shadows, she saw the top of the coffin open. A young woman dressed in a simple black body suit stumbled out, her face obscured by her white hair, while some sort of metal and crystal device seemed to be bolted onto her back.
The chatty guy in a lab coat stepped forward holding some sort of remote, pressing a button the girl screamed, her body twitching as the ground beneath her pulsed. With another press of the remote, she buckled and screamed again, the mud beneath the devourer exploded upwards as spears of magma lanced it's flesh.
Feeling her stomach turn, she watched as the button was pressed again and again, each time the girl screamed as more magma lashed up to tear into the bound beast.
This was inhuman.
Stepping out of the shadows, she felt the vazilock device in her chest start to power up as a wave of darkness rolled out from her, draining the vitality of the guards as she felt her body almost hum with stolen power.
It was a dangerous trick, it was all to easy to become lost in the high, but she had something to focus on, to ground her as she punched the nearest Juggernaut, his chest plate cratering as he fell.
She had to save that girl.
The scientist screamed and pointed the remote at her, hammering the button as if his life depended on it, the poor girl twitching like a puppet on broken strings as she held out a hand, her eyes glowing crimson under her fringe as she slapped the mud in front of her. A wall of magma rolling out to trip Lazruen up, sending her tumbling face first into the mud.
Quickly leaping to her feet, she saw the shock wave wasn't discriminatory, the Crey Juggernauts laying prone, either trapped in place or impaled in the magma. The nutso in the lab coat screaming as he fidgeted with the remote. “You worthless hunk of Junk! What happened to the Friend or Foe system? It must need recalibrating.”
Rolling to her feet, she stood in front of the scientist, looming over him as she snarled. “Yeah, how about no.” She brought her armoured fist down on his head, knocking him cold and grabbing the remote crushing it in her hand
The poor girl staggered as the remote was destroyed, dropping to her hands and knees before rolling over onto her back.
Splashing though the mud, she dropped to the girls side and checked her vitals, letting out a sigh of relief as she felt a strong pulse. Reaching to her belt she pulled her mediport off and attached it to the girls jump suit before activating it, sending her to the Atlas hospital before trigging a spare teleporter To follow her.
* * *
Altas Park Hospital
Examination room
The clockwork turned to Laz, giving her a slightly irate look as she straighten her dress. “You know, this unit did have a date planed for tonight?” she muttered, Laz noting the usual vocal quirk as Medical Unit Theta walked over and start putting some X-rays up on the light board. “If it wasn't for how much trouble your family gets into, this unit would of probably ignored the call.”
Laz sheepishly smiled. “Sorry Mut, but you are the best medic I know. I mean, how many times have you patched up my old man or Neph?”
The clockwork woman sighed at the use of her nickname and pointed to the X-rays. “Fine, but this unit has 3 bits of news. Good, Bad and what the hell, which would you hear first?”
“Um... the good news first?”
Mut turned and crossed her arms. “She is in surprisingly good shape despite what those idiots at Crey have done. She looks to be early twenties, possibly of Latino decent or Hispanic.”
“Okay, the bad news?”
Mut taped a X-ray of the woman’s head. “She has been given an implant that is disturbingly similar to what the Preatorian seer's have installed, but Crey have done a sloppy job.” She taped portions around the implant. “It has caused damage to her language centrers, this unit also found traces of what ever drug they use to erase their memories in her system.” Mut shook her head.
Laz shifted slightly, she had seen many Sabers wake with no memory of their past. She wasn't sure what Crey did, but it made her skin crawl. “What’s the last bit of news then?”
“This is.... well.” Mut put up an X-ray and pointed.
As Laz lent in, her jaw dropped slightly. The x-ray was of the girls back, showing that the crystal on her back was just grafted on, it had grown into her, the girls ribs, spine and a portion of her pelvic bone covered in a strange crystalline growth. “What the hell is that crap?”
“As far as this unit can tell, it is a symbiotic crystal. She could not take a sample though, that stuff is as hard as diamonds.”
The Scared woman looked down at the Clockwork. “What the hell was Crey trying to do?”
Mut shrugged. “This unit does not know, but there is the question of what will we do when she wakes up? She can stay here for a bit, but after that? ”
Chewing her lip slightly, Laz got her phone out. “Well, we got some spare rooms at home. I'm just hope dad doesn’t mind...”
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