The Second Dark Age

[Monk]

part vii
Loss of "containment"

The Scrams rose up again, this time more shrill and terrifying than before. The sounds filled the station which was already throwing the sound of battle about; the two sides stopped fighting for a moment, looking all around them for signs of what was going on. Then the ORDER began to pull back, the station security teams doing the same, distancing themselves from their enemy, and from the unseen threat. Even the battle hardened strike force from the ORDER battleships could not deny that the screams were horrid, filled with pain and some sick emotion that was impossible to identify.

ORDER lead battleship
Command bridge

The captain stared out the main viewer, looking directly at the station. His dark black uniform seemed to blend in with the vast dark of space before him, his long cape came down to his knees and moved as he shifted his weight. He wore a shinning black breastplate that seemed to look part of his uniform, except that the edge of his armour was lined with red. His old wrinkled face showed the passage of time he had seen, yet his silver eyes stared with cold resolve, they appeared much younger than he, as if his eyes, and indeed maybe even his spirit, were untouched by the years.

Slowly Frantic radio messages were filtering onto the Bridge, As the words of panic stricken warriors sounded over the communication system, the captain could do nothing but sigh heavily. "Containment lost!" one nearly screamed, the loud noises of gun fire followed his voice as did pain filled howls that seemed inhuman. "Specimens released! We...we have to get out of here!!" again the sound of gun fire was heard, followed by the shouts and screams as before. Yet this time one or two human screams found their way into the transmission, angry shouts were heard and then a loud crash.

A second transmission came through, "Command, contact with Second squad lost." his voice was far more composed and showed no hint of fear, clearly he had not heard the other communication.

The captain leaned his head forward and began to speak, as he did the communications officer pressed a button to respond. his voice was smooth, and strangely held no emotion what-so-ever. "Containment breach has been detected... Diverting to Secondary tactics." There was silence after he said that. Hs troops knew what that meant and gave no response, slowly more and more transmitters were recording the sounds of gunfire and agony stricken screams from things that could never be human. Suddenly the channel closed with a hard sound and the captain looked to the weapons officer. "Target the station..." he was planning to open fire with his men still on the station.

The weapons officer looked at his shocked, "sir" he said puzzled. "We would be killing our own men..."

“I’m aware of that" the captain said as he closed his eyes and put his head up a bit. "Carry out my order." The entire bridge was silent save the humming of the different stations. No one offered a word of objection to the captain; they sat doing their jobs not saying a word. Blips from the weapon station broke the harsh silence as the weapons officer did as he was instructed. he looked up, the guilt of what he was about to do was upon his face, he knew as soon as he said the next words he would have to kill his own countrymen.

"Locked on Target." he said slowly.

"Prometheus" outpost
deck 9, starboard section

A line of ORDER troops advanced through the hallway, their heavy boots pounding loudly, their sergeant was in the lead moving them quickly past the view ports. then suddenly he stopped and looked out, as his men filed past, however soon the men who were following him stopped and looked out into space, searching for what he was staring at. Soon enough they saw it, blue energy particles were surrounding the main guns of the lead Battleship, they were being sucked into the large barrels and forming into a light inside the great gun. The weapon was charging, and it was aimed directly at the space station.

"What are they doing!?" one soldier said, he couldn't believe they were about to fire with soldiers still onboard. Their sergeant sighed heavily.

"Containment must have been lost" he said sadly, his hand reached out and touched the wall of the station just by the "window" if you would call it that.

"But... sir? What of us?" another soldier asked, looking back and forth from the sergeant and the ship which was on the verge of firing. the bright blue light from the energy weapon seemed to illuminate the space around it.

"We...knew the risks..." the sergeant said as he lifted his head. and looked at them all, one by one. Then he looked back at the ship and said "The creatures must be contained... For the Emperor."

Suddenly the ship fired, and a thick stream of blue energy shot out heading straight for the station. it traveled quickly and slammed into the station, slicing through the metal hull panels and bulkheads. The decks were ripped apart as the energy beam went all the way through the station. As it disappeared fire came in its wake and huge explosions erupted in the decks it had hit, as the beam traveled it finally hit the generator room, the very thing it had been locked onto, a great fireball consumed the station. The once mighty space station was turned into a ball of fire that broke up and lost it's orbit, it broke into several pieces and began to fall toward earth. The creatures had been contained, but as the broken station plummeted toward earth the Captain of the ORDER battleship let out a heavy sigh. “Blockade the Planet…nothing gets through” without waiting for his men to give an acknowledgement he turned around and walked off the bridge, not even bothering to look at the exploding station



the last parts were a bit short (just noticed this), but no matter. i'll make the next longer