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The year is 2558, and Humanity has been fighting a long war against an alien race known as the covenant. they have had their..beliefs and for their cause they are willing to fight and die to the last alien for their belief. Humanity has had a tough time fighting them so they have developed super soldiers known as spartans, when first designed they weren't so common but as years went on, their popularity and notoriety grew. They won many conflicts but...at a great cost. Now, there are some covenant who have awoken, and saw through the prophets lies, their "great journey" is going to kill them, the halo rings they worshipped that were designed by the forerunners were not holy relics, they were super weapons meant to contain a parasitic horrrific terror known as the flood that consume and feed on anything and everything in their path. But now they are long since believed extinct, and only remnants of the covenant remain. Now "heretics" known as the swords of sanghelios lead by the arbiter fights against those loyal to the covenant, along with the UNSC that is as well. Meanwhile..the forrunners aren't extinct..not entirely anyway, forerunner soldiers and knights remain and have been taken over by cortana, an AI long past her rampancy due date who has gone rogue on her own path. Conflict rages in the galaxy..worlds burn and new allyships are being forged, but how long will this fight go on? Only time will tell, as we go now the UNSC cruiser that houses many squads of spartans, and is headed by captain Thomas Lasky. And the spartan fireteam Who drew the short end of the stick today is known as Fireteam Onyx. The fireteam leader is SpartanSamuelS-118, Who has served acrossed many battles in the human-covenant war, is theHeavy weapons guyof the squad and seen one to many planets glassed. Next we haveJace, S-067 a master infiltrator spartan that specializes in SMGS and close quarters combat. The communications officer of the squad isAryana, S-352 she may look gentle but is much tougher than she looks and lastly we heavy the explovies fanatic of the squad, her name?KamariS-250. Together they are onyx squad and they walk the halls of the metallic grey ship to the captain's helm of the infinity.
When they arrived, Lasky dressed in his Gray captains uniform turns around and smiles as the squad approached all in their armor except their helmets they carried underneath their arms. Onyx squad stopped and saluted and lasky nodded, "At ease spartans, I called you here for a reason onyx squad, you are being called to deploy to a forerunner shield world, designation is unknown however there..is no known presence there except a single Covenant cruiser." Sam and jace exchanged glances as Samuel stepped forward raising an eyebrow, "A..single covie cruiser sir? they don't normally travel alone..especially to a shield world without an escort, this doesn't sound right...sir." lasky looked to the team and nodded as his smile faded. "I know spartan, I feel the same way that is why your team is being deployed, to find out what exactly is going on. your to infiltrate the ship, gain intel, report back and DO NOT engage unless absolutely necessary, understood spartans?." Kamari scoffed as her hair fell and covered an eye with an emotionless face as she turned around putting her helmet on "Does anyone else smell trap here? or is it just me lovelies?" She said in a strong british/English accent. Sam looked at kamari and back to lasky, "understood sir, we'll get this job done." and with that the spartans saluted as they exited the captains helm and aryana cleared her throat walking next to Samuel "uh sam..are we really going to do this?" sam had a serious expression on his face and looked back at aryana, "We have our orders aryana, besides..this mission is necessary, if the covenant want whatevers there, then we do to." jace ran his hand through his blonde hair smirking, "Heh yeah well as long as I get to shoot something, I don't care." Sam playfully hit the side of jaces arm with a fist, "I got a feeling there will be plenty of shooting for all of us..lets just hope it doesn't come to that.."
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KestaeusStood on the bridge of her covenant Corvette as she growled. The days have been patrols, getting put to the side, and just staying out of their way. The pack she brought with her had always thought she would rise in the ranks of the covenant. Many believed she would be a glorious commander due to her intellect and tact during battle. But now besides the political bullshit that they were putting through Kestaeus found out more about their "belief". The things she had managed to figure out and read would put her in the treason list by one of her leaders. But it proved that the holy rings were nothing but false prophets! That the rings don't bring salvation nor does it grant anything but a merciful death to starve a very ancient and disturbing parasite. The thought of this parasite getting out made her shake a little in her heavy armor:Floodthose creatures were no joke and she has made sure her personal guard and command avoided any signs of flood containment while she studied the forerunners.
"Madam Kestaeus, there is a signature off of our bow..." One of the brutes in her personal attack group notified her as she glared at the view that showed the ship."The UNSC....I should have known they would be searching. After their crazy A.I. went on a quest to eliminate all they would be searching for her or anything. Roman, get the rest into hiding! It won't take long for the humans to pick up our ship! We must prepare for our guest. Though don't attack...I want to know what they are after."She said as the one called Roman stopped looking at her with a glare. "Command has stated any contact with Human/Spartan forces are meant to be dealt with force!" He said with frustration in his voice. Kestaeus stepped forward brandishing the huge gravity hammer that was just on her right shoulder blade. She held it out in front of her as she didn't glare, no shouting, but Roman could see that look. It was the look of a ruthless, angry brute that was tired of being jerked around."Roman...wish to duel me for control? No? Well then do as I say or I will settle this in the old ways! Go now!!"She yelled at the brute finally after Roman didn't move against her. Kestaeus would give the humans what they want, she even made sure to give some juicy Intel as bait for their attack squads. But she was ready for them as she saw the rest of her forces movement signatures slowly disappear. They would appear a ghost ship, they will make sure their visitors know who they are dealing with. As well as being an extinguished fighter Kestaeus dabbled in a little tech espionage as well though she doesn't do as well as an elite she still knew some. Enough to annoy her enemies while she whittled at them. She would put a dummy virus in the files desguisng it as troop movements for the covenant. Though while distracted the virus would at least recon what they were up to at the shield planet.
That was why Kestaeus was here, research not war.
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Meanwhile..the infinity came into slipspace just around the shield planet where the lone covenant cruiser just stayed in orbit around the shield planet. Fireteam onyx made its way to the vehicle bay where they went to a specially modified stealth pelican where the covenants stealth tech was incorporated into its system. The spartans grabbed their weapons, put their helmets on and kamari and jace stayed in the back of the pelican as aryana and Samuel got into the pilots seat. "Alright aryana as soon as we leave the dock, put us in stealth mode and keep an eye out for any covenant ships that might be in the area.' Aryana with nod said "Rodger that" and the pelican ignited its engines and took off out of the hangar bay and it entered its cloaked state as it blended in among the stars.
As the pelican approached aryana scanned the vastness of space.."This.. Doesnt feel right..it feels Tooo easy..theres no breaks in the air..just the one unstealthed carrier. Sam should we still go in?" Sam sighed knowing every instinct told him no..to abort mission but he knew the importance of it and the lives thar could potentially be lost and he looked over at aryana and nodded. "Yes stay on mission, approach slow..theres no banshee patrols out either..so this might be just a recon vessel..lets land in their docking bay and make it to the bridge. " and he tried putting her at ease but he was really trying to just put himself at ease. The pelican got closer and made its way into the docking bay and came down slow and quiet as it landed. Aryana and sam got out of their seats as kamari and jace stood up smgs in jaces hands and a shotgun in kamaris hand and railgun on her back. Aryana shouldered her DMR and sam pulled his SAW off his back. "listen up team, keep weapon discipline but if we are met with resistance, open fire." Kamari and jace both gave a sideways fist bump and said in unisom "don't have to tell us twice!" Then the Spartans filed out and to any outside eyes it would look like their materializing out of thin air. Kamari took the left side, aryana right and sam and jace went straight out and turned around to scan the decks aboved them but sam lowered his weapon aa did jace. "What the hell sam! It's completely empty!." Sam glanced at jace and the surrounding empty bay "the banshees..their in here. Wraith tanks to. Its armed for an assault.." Then kamari looked back "i told you love straight up ambush" sam then patted each member on the shoulder giving hand signals, "then we move quietly but quickly. Lets move spartans!"then with that the Spartans began their journey deeper into the ship going hallway to hallway, empty..devoid of covenant forces trying to find the command helm..
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Kestaeus looked at her HUD in her helmet noticing the motion monitors that she had hooked up with the rest of her crew dotted throughout the ship. She had trained them to be this efficient and her personal team could be a spartan's nightmare. As she stared at them she directed them while the Spartans ran or the motion was moving. They couldn't hear too well if they were attempting to reach the bridge where she was concealed.
As the dots moved in a pattern that suggested they were doing clearing tactics she smirked. They were operating like many other Spartans she had killed in her campaign against the UNSC. As they finally reached the bridge her crew had slowly sealed off their escape. Despite all of this Kestaeus's aim was not to kill or fight them but tofigurethem out! As her crew had acknowledged that they did what they had done she knew her chatter would be noticed. As she heard a stray bullet fire near her head she only smirked closing her eyes. As she finally stepped out of a dark corner in the bridge. Her armor glisening in the light from space as she moved toward them slowly. Every instance in her mind wasattack!,don't let them have ground!but she ignored her thoughts as she had learned a great deal. They weren't mighty demons, oh they were mighty but not demons but tiny fragile humans.
As she finally stopped in front of the group she was surprised to only have a few stray bullets hit and bounce off her powerful shield."You invade my home and fire on me? You may be the humans secret weapons but don't underestimate me...you will regret it. My intial thought is why are you here? If you want...to fight I can accomadate you...though it is tiresome...so many boring repetitive battles nothing of glory in them. Anyway answer me!"She yelled glaring at them as some of her personal guard appear out of thin almost seeming like. They don't fire but surround taking defensive positions. Kestaeus had kept her hands at her sides as she stared at them waiting to see what they do. However she had access to her gravity hammer and could do a lot of damage before reaching for her own arsenal that she carried for short, mid, and long range.
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When the team was lead, and doors opened on their own...it made it all the more suspicious. Hallways empty..doors opening on their own in a specific path that lead them right to the command bridge which to seeemed empty. But then out of the shadows the brute walked out. But its stature was different..slightly more..feminine. This caught the team by surprise and then her personal guard came out of what seemed like nowhere, like thin air. The team all raised their weapons but realized no matter how fast they fired, they would take a few down but not all of them. But sam stepped out in front meeting the brutes gaze as his helmet unfolded revealing his face. "You should know brute, we won't ever back down from a fight, but you lead us here..on purpose..you WANTED us to find you..your troops kept such great discipline they watched us the whole time while we walked your ship. Hell i bet a thousand to one you have an armada cloaked hiding in the shield world waiting to strike. So my question to YOU is why brute? Its rare to see a female jirlhanee as well especially one in command. Our mission here is to figure out what your doing here."
Sam stood his ground, brutes usually respected warriors who never turn and run, but they respect strength and power even more..but she..this brute was different so now sam waited to see how she to was going to respond just as jace holstered an smg putting a hand on his knife "Uh fearless leader.. The meters running and we're surronded here." Aryana glanced over at jace while keeping her rifle trained on the brutes jn the room "J-jace quiet, sam has a plan for her." Kamari scoffed and held out her shotgun while grabbing her railgun, "try it you bastards and ill send you to hell with me.." The tension was already high..the spartans antagonizing the ones who had them surrounded didn't make it any better but spartans hated losing, and in this case they almost as soon as it began but they would make a stand if need be..but secretly sam was hoping it wouldnt come to that..maybe even make a potential ally of this female brute IF everything goes right..
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Kestaeus stood there as she only kept her smirk,"Heh pretty ballsy spartan. As for your team there is no meter but...there is no armada, there is no invading army...you can check my console behind you."She laughed mockingly as she waited for one of the Spartans to access her console. Bingo! They did and so her virus would effect their equipment but only to a small degree so they couldn't hold anything against her. Information could save them here but if they tried to bargain they couldn't. Though the leader seemed to want something other than battle. He was intriguing as she laughed again at her thought: did she just consider a human an ally or something? The thought was preposterous but in some way she was tired of the current covenant.
When the team member finished she smirked,"you best not anger me little man...I will show you how females in my race fight. But you seem different why didn't you keep firing on me? I obviously am at an disadvantage...I might be big, even powerful, but you have a good chance or slight chance to kill me and a tiny chance to get off this ship alive. Why deviate from the little thing you demons do? No, you aren't demons, and there is no Devine path like the prophets...only politics. But that isn't something to worry about...I won't deal with what you have to say. We are on my ship and you will answer my questions regardless what you think your chances are. I have you effectively blocked off and chances are high in my favor. So whatever you are doing here keep at it, maybe this can be other than more dead humans."She continued to talk though her guards didn't drop their stances while others that haven't even shown themselves had spike grenades in their hands just in case. The grenades themselves weren't active but they at the ready as Kestaeus stood there calm, uncharacteristic of her race.
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Samuel tapped his wrist communicator just to really call the brutes bluff and to his readings..she was telling the truth. He then looked up at the female brute and cocked his head to the side. "Alright fine brute..it seems your telling the truth..your the only covenant cruiser out here. You obviously aren't like other brutes we've faced and we..would like to avoid more blood shed. " sam said glancing around at his team and her brutes and back to kestaeus. "so i didn't fire because you haven't fired on us..perhaps we can come to a cease fire and maybe..work together?" Jace then lunged forward but sam threw a hand out hitting jaces armor stopping him "You CAN NOT be serious sam! How many humans has she killed!?" Then sam turned and got close in jaces face narrowing his eyes "and how many have covenant lives have we taken??! This blood shed ends here. We need to start making allies, this war has gone on long enough, if she has intel she is WILLING to share, im gonna take it.so be quiet and let me talk." Jace stared back angrily and sam stared back as a silent conversation took place with their eyes and jace stood back understanding sam's silent message. Then kamari whispered "real smooth mate.. We're trying to stay alive here yeah?" Jace just grunted annoyed aa sam turned to face kestaeus and aryana sheepishly chuckled "er um..so how about a temporary truce? So that way we can figure out whats going on and perhaps help one another huh?" Aryana said as she was actually the first to lower her rifle.
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Kestaeus waved her huge alien hand as her group formed behind her, the workings of the Corvette spark alive as the rest of her commading force that could fit into the room did."I am Commander Kestaeus, who do I have the pleasure of talking to? 'Sam' I am not sure if that is your name..."She said smirking as she eyed the leader suddenly Roman appared furious the typical brute. "Kestaeus! What is the meaing of this?! The convenant...." He continued to fight with her his growling obviously making her temperary allies nervous as she looked at him glaring finally the spartans would get to see her hammer upclose. It had a booster which allowed more power to come out of it, she reached for it as the other brutes just backed off. She hoped the spartans would take the hint and back off too if not? Oh well not her problem,"You have betrayed me for the last time ROMAN! I AM COMMANDER ON THIS SHIP!"She roared like any other brute as Roman realized he had just made a huge mistake, suddenly her glowing red gravity hammer was in her two hands. The symbol of another brute she knew but wouldn't say his name or his origins as she held it Roman did wield his weapon which was a standard weapon given to recruits or soldiers of brutes."Heh, that little tiny....", she managed as he lunged at her suddenly her hammer was up and coming down by the time he reached her suddenly a blast that rocked that side of the ship hit as she pushed the hammer to the ground a huge shockwave that was even stronger than the traditional gravity hammer blasted out killing Roman almost on contact as he roared his armor and everything just disappearing as he flew hitting the side of the room hard that his spine shattered.
Luckily the blast is pretty focused forward instead pushed outward in all directions as Kestaeus watched the broken body fall to the ground."The rest of you! You will FOLLOW ME or you will DIE!! I don't care for what he thought of the covenant or what any of you do! If you follow me you will find battle, glory, and things better than this stupid Patrolling! COME!!"She yelled which turned into a roar as the rest roared around her as she looked at the leader of the spartan team."I suppose...I could be...enticed to leave my position of power...and maybe help with the fight with you...my personal pack and the rest of my troops want battle and all we get is patrolling. Though it isn't their fault that they want to fight so bad...it is cause they were placed under my command."She said with venom though when she noticed the spartan look at her she glared back saying the subject was touchy and even letting what she had said go was too much. Kestaeus stood there for a second as she put her hammer back nodding off to one of her other personal to dump Roman's body somewhere as he lumbered off without even a yell or complaint. She ran a tight ship and if this did turn out in the spartan's favor any human that she was to take under command would regret being any kind of lazy or back talking. She ...ENJOYEDwhen troops talked back...gave her an excuse to show them what a true battle or pain was.
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"Commander kesteaus..im spartan Samuel. You can call me Sam..for short." But at that same instance..another brute called roman had protested this new found alliance. The aggression between the brutes caught sams attention but now..the tension was taken off the spartans..however the same couldn't be said for the warring brutes. Sam then held out a hand backing up and the spartans followed suite with sams gesture. When the spine of the brute shattered, the spartan team looked as his body crumpled to the floor as kamari whistled "remind me not to piss you off love.." Jace blinked and looked up at kestaeus "holy hell thats one strong ass brute..she aint screwing around."
Then sam eyed kestaeus with a slight smirk when she spoke to him "well..like you'd need more convincing..id say it's a done deal commander kesteaus.. Where we're going there will be PLENTY of fighting..."
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Kestaeus looked to her pack as she turned to them giving them orders to prepare the Corvette rondeveou with their own frigate. She looked back at them smirking,"Well you better radio your superiors or it is going to look like a covenant corvette is coming in on an attack course. I mean my follows did want a fight and I guess they will get it...I mean I don't think we could stand up against was it...ah yes, the USNC Inifinity..."She commented as she walked past them regardless of any of them brandishing a weapon or not as she crossed her arms over her chest looking out ignoring them unless they wish to speak about anything pertaining to their 'perseuasion' for her to defect to the side of the humans. Though she was on board with it she frowned looking down, she didn't like betraying the world she had ever known but...she knew that there was more than to it than just religious doctrine or some crazy cult preist telling them about 'The Path' which was all bollocks at least to her. After a few minuets of letting the humans get sorted she turns around eyeing the one that was the leader as she walked up to him looking down there was no smirk entertaining her face at the moment as she just kept her eyes on him.
Finally she spoke, "I wish to speak with you in private Samuel...your squad can entertain my brutes...don't worry they ...don't bite hard..."She looked at the rest of his team smirking with sharp teeth as the rest of them looked uneasy. It was kind of hilarious to see humans fidget so hard in front of hulking angry beats such as her tamed, disaplined, troop. Though they would be fine in all honesty as her trooop were eve less concerned with setting a plot coarse right for the inifinity. She had quashed any dissent from the get go and Roman was the one that wanted to go back to the covenant and report what we found. Kestaeus didn't really care, she wanted to explore and to get away from being put places to just be out of the way so higher ups didn't have to explain her unique way of thinking and the way she worked effectively."So, Sam, are you going to come with me or not? As for you...", She leaned down so her chest was in front of his vision as well as her upper chest and neckline where the armor didn't competely cover,"...I don't bite either...well...not too hard anyway if you want it..."She coulen't help herself and winked at the little man. The way he handled this whole situation was admirable for a human that normally just shot first and asked questions later. "So what about it hm?", Even though she was toying with him right now she wished to speak on personal matters like tension on the infinity or orders given to them that weren't just to get them killed and so on...but who couldn't rest having a little fun with your old or maybe still enemy turned conditional ally?
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"Yeah i guess i should shouldn't i?" Sam said with a smirk and he turned his head as slightly as hepressed a button on his ear piece that connected to the infinity, " infinity, this is onyx team, corvette secured er..friendlies aboard infinity." The radio officer acknowledged back as the spartan team had lowered their weapons but kept their eyes all trained on her and their fingers on triggers. Jace looked to the surrounding brood of brutes "Yeah sure..we'll stsy here..not like we got anywhere else to go anyway "
When kesteaus got real close to sam he looked up at her tracking her movements and she was closer than he expected her to get. He kept a serious military discilpined composure but a slight pink blush washed over his cheeks "Yeah we um..we have much to discuss in private about this er..new Alliance and how are going to..proceed" aryana fidgeted as she felt a little uncomfortable as she as looked out for sam and she whisperes when she got behind him, "s-sam are you sure" sam gulped and looked over his shoulder but kept an eye on on kesteaus "its fine aryana, nothing's going to happen to me.."
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Kesteaus eyed the female curiously as she only smirked broader, her sharp teeth on display."Don't worry human, I will return your boyfriend without no harm done to him..."She laughed as she noticed the anger rise in the female that had gotten behind Sam though by the time she could retaliate she had already begun her trek back to a section of the room where there was a set of doors opening to a room, her captain's room in a sense for the covenant where there was commuincations when needed from the higher ups. Well those might be the UNSC now which intrigued Kesteaus though she hoped they would know that she wnated one thing beyond this new alliance, fighting etc. She wanted to explore! She wants to seem ore of her world or universe than any other brute or even elite! Though she wouldn't let the spartans know that hell she might not even let the command know just incase they may use it as a way to get her to do an assignment that doesn't throw their spartans in the fire.
That was one thing that Kesteaus was going to lay it out for Samuel, that her brood and troops weren't fodder just cause they made an allience. If any hint of that was in the air she would either rebell against her new allies or go up to one of the leaders and kill them for their arrogence. She wouldn't be taken for a fool again since she had already by her own kind and government or holy government! This wasn't going to play out like that AGAIN as she growled hard not sure if Samuel had followed her to where she clenched her fists and slammed htem so hard into the metal desk that it buckled and now had a nice, deep dent in it as she panted gently in low growls. Just then she heard a cough from the Spartan that had entered as the door closed she moved around the desk allowing him one of the covenant seats as she sat down behind hers despite the huge dent she acted like nothing happened or wrong."Now Spartan Samuel, we are going to talk about terms...I know you don't have much power outside of shooting but if you were sent in a single team aboard my ship which is one of the best in the fleet of the covenant you must have some qualifications that give you power. You are going to march up to those stuffy commanders of yours and speak on my terms. If you leaders plan to meet me as well I still prefer you...YOU talk to them...it might sound unorthadox or even cowardly but if I do the talking one of them might die...if you get my drift."She explained as she put her fingers together tapping them as she stared at him.
"Now, another business question...am I going to have an issue with your team? They seemed edgy and I know that my brutes aren't used to this true or even allience...but you need to make sure your spartans don't go half cocked...or I will kill you all. Those men area my responsibility and I won't have some humans think that they can use them for live practice now that they are docile am I understood?"She growled low with her question like he was a subordinate and she was the high ranking commander like she was in her army. As they kept talking her eyes scanned his body, it was a fine specimen of the human race...sure she didn't know what was under that armor...but most brutes didn't really interest her. She was fine being celebate from her own kind considering most called her stupid or cowardly for taking a more scholarly course through life. Despite being a warring commander she used most of her time exploring and figuring out the universe and its mysteries. Her troops were upset cause one they were being forced on these patrols and she was busy digging up the forrunners and their technology.
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aryana blushed under her helmet when kesteaus called sam her "boyfriend" As she had feelings for him but refused to ever admit. You don't date your coworkees you know? And so she followed that policy..dont let your feelings get in the way of the mission. So she stood down backing away watching sam leave into the private quarters of kesteaus.
When inside sam had made note of already how angry kesteaus was..brutes were always angry, ready to fight and kill. She was a small exception.. She was a brute with brains and that made her deadly. However sam was still loyal to his men and would die protecting him..so brings us full circle to the current moment. He allowed kesteaus to speak her demands so that they may forge an alliance but he also wanted to display to her he wasn't afraid of her either so he narrowed his eyes to rebutt. "Look ill make sure to keep my men in line as long as you keep YOUR men in line as well. We have a history of kind of trading bullets and plasma rounds back and forth..id like it to end..you dont know how many damned worlds ive seen glassed! We've both lost something in this war kesteaus..The covenant wage this holy war..and i dont think all of them understand exactly why..but we do.. So ill go to my "stuffy" commanders, ill tell them not to shoot you so you can aim your hammer twoards anyone other than us.." But then sam took a chance and get even closer to the brutes face with fists at his side "make no mistake though, im no stranger to war..if you want to fight me just say the word. We're ready ALWAYS ready..so if you want to kill us..then your welcome to try but we will NOT back down..am i understood?.."
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Kesteaus stood up in front of him till she towered over him again,"Heh..."she simply grunted the reply as she put a huge hand under his helmet and made his head tilt up as she bore down into his visor."Little man, you have balls, so much that I would love to tear them out due to how ballsy you are being...but..."She leans in closer to him where her helmet and his were almost touching."appreciate back bone, and you are showing a lot of it right now. Now I am flattered that you would fight me so hard on this...but even if they ar stuffed or mounted on a wall ...it would be best you talk to them handsome....oh I haven't seen you but by how you are talking to me...."There was a husky tone to her voice as she pushed him back effotlessly,"I think swinging for the other team could have other advantages....but..."She stopped as her face hardened again as suddnely her harmmer was in her hands."...don't boss me around on my ship little man...otherwise I might break something other than your palvic bone...If you wish to talk like that on the infinity, then so be it, but talk to me on MY ship like that again...well I think your girlfriend out there will be fishing you out from space...even if you all manage to kill me. I will not tolerate that here, while you are here you are below me in rank therefore have some manners!!"She could see Samuel bracing but instead of using her insanely powerful hammer she just stomped her heavy armored boot which made the area around her shake hard almost knocking the spartan off his feet. Kesteaus stared into the helmet of the surprised man as she only smirked,"I think we can agree to those terms right? Heh..."She held her hammer for a moment longer before finally putting it back on her shoulder keeping her eyes trained on him.
Meanwhile in the main room as the two got down to business the brood of brutes slowly approached the group of spartans which had their eyes trained on them. The brutes didn't really seem fazed by their actions as some even smirked. Then the group saw even more brutes appear and from places they least expect as they began to combine into an even larger crowd as one lone walked up to the group of spartans. Unlike Roman this one was controlled like Kesteaus, though unlike him this brute didn't care about rising to kiss the ass of his commander. "So we are working with humans....I guess it isn't the worst thing on the planet...." He said as the others nodded slowly as he glared back at the one called Aryana, "but...you better find us something good to fight or I may think that betraying our commander is a good thing...Even if it is my own brothers on the battlefield I want to fight! You hear me?!" He yelled out at her as the spartans tensed though at that moment they felt a shockwave though weak in the main room came from the main captain's office as the others looked at the door. They look back to see the spartans looking like they were going to barge in, "Don't....your leader is fine...Commander Kesteaus is messing with him..." The large male brute said smirking.
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Sam was a little surprised in the back of his mind how close she was, she could have picked him up by one hand and chunked him across the room like he was weightless. However she did not... But instead she drew her hammer in anger to send a message to make they..understood each other and when she stomped on the ground sam reached for his magnum handgun on his thigh keeping his hand on it till she finished her display of power. Then his helmet polarized revealing his eyes and then it folded back revealing his brown hair and young but rugged face. He narrowed his eyes at her as it was a standoff between the two.."fine, i agree to your terms...commander..now thats settled shall we..get a move on from this "discussion" kesteaus?" In the back of his mind he did have a question he didnt want to bring out loud..break his pelvic bone? Did she want to smash her hammer into there first? No..did..did she want to mate? No..surely not, sam pushed the thought to the back of his mind..surely she couldn't mean that..
Meanwhile.. Kamari, jace and aryana got into a small circle back to back until one approached eyeing aryana. She looked at him and nodded, "there's alot more going on than you realize brute..we are tracking an AI known as cortana..she has awakened forerunners and seeks tp wipe out all life..in the meantime we got a distress call from an old long thought to be inactive ship known as the spirit of fire..and the captain long thought dead is srull alive..so yeah you'll get your fight bru.." Then they felt the shockwave from kesteaus's headquarters and the spartans turned their attention to that and kamari whistled "you better not be lying brute yeah? It sounds like their rough housing, and not the kind boys and girls like to do with their clothes off either" and then jace grunted in anger "im getting tired real fast, sam better hurry it the hell up, he better not be flirting with her in there"
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Commander Kesteaus smirked as she walked up to him slowly, her heavy boots clicking on the metal."by the way Sam..."she leaned in again though this time her body didn't seem tense ready to fight in so many ways. However she did look right where she had spotted his eyes giving him a smile,"I haven't been flirted with so effectively by a human...usally they run in terror...spartans included...well sometimes they just fire their weapon...but you...are special...also you have beautiful eyes...hehe."Kesteaus said as he could hear a faint 'giggle' in her throat as she stood back up tall turning to her door walking out into the main room. The spartans now looked tenser then ever while her brute soldiers looked at her smirking realizing that it was just a play session and that their cammander might be infatuation with her newest focus: the spartan team leader."My command....you are all pretty docile...I thought by now one of you would have gotten these spartans to fire on you...causing me to come out here and have to figure out who fouht who...but it seems you both managed to keep yoruself composed...heh"She smirked slapping Sam on the back as he walked out with her pushing him forword as he looked back she gave him a wink.
The larger brute whistled as he clapped his hands, "way to go commander...I guess some of the brutes whispereing while you were in there are right..." He said smirking but it wasn't mocking or anyhthing more of a curious nature. As Kesteaus smirked,"I mean...he did flirt with me a lot..."She said as if she had just a common conversation not sound like it was going to turn into a life or death situation. As she reached the center of the room after shooing off the team she looked over at her brood of Brutes."My fellow warriors! We are going to go under the commander of the UNSC infinity! I know some of you are going to hate this...maybe even die over ...."She glared at them with such an intensity if it was a hammer she would have killed a lot of them by now."But ...the humans need help, and I for one...don't really care where I fight or who I fight with! The covenant wants to have their holy war and fight over a relic that is dangerous to their health? Then so be it, I rather fight with the practical cause most times they send you to meaningful fights! Then my troops you can have your lust for battle sated! You can be thrust in with the spartans and their lowly infantry and we will drive back the covenant and stop them from kiling themselves!"She rorared as the rest of them roraed with her as the spartans stood there watching her talk to her soldiers.
Finally Kesteaus turned to the group of spartans as she slowly walked up to them, they slowly reacting to backing up as she stopped about a foot between her and Aryana as she looked down at her."I see a fierce fire in you litttle one...good to see the women in the human race don't cower or bend over for males...heh"She said and as she said this another one almost came up to her face with a weapon as she backed up one stepp looking down at them. Though she didn't pay attention to who they were she couldn't tell which one tried to wave a gun in her face which made her troops uncomfortable to the ponit of growling. She raised her hand slowly to calm them as she kept staring at the group not the one with the gun in her face."I give your race...a compliment and then I am showed hostiality...?"She stopped shy for a second as she stared at them all for a second before smirking and even laughing despite the gun not left her face's proximity."Wow the UNSC has taught better fighters since I have fought you! You know...I may have helped with glassing planets but frankly I haven't fought a human in years you know that right? Heh to see you all really ready to kill me makes my beastual blood flow! heh~ I may have to spar with one of you...maybe you..."She nudges Aryana with her finger despite them all have perfet aim on her head,"Don't think you haven't drawn my notice spartan...specially as your eyes follow sam...oh wait...are you...heh nah couldn't be I am a brute!"She didn't give Aryana any time to respond as she just smirked walking back to Sam and then nodding at her troop as they all dispersed heading to their stations ready to bring the Corvette closer and into the inifinity.
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Sam eyed Commander kesteaus as she walked up to him keeping his cold glare but then it changed as his expression went to wide eyes and blinking as he cleared his throat looking to the side and away from kesteaus "I er..that..i didn't know that was flirting..commander..and I suppose..thank you..?" Her comments and response confused sam but he chose to ignore it although..she was a strong willed warrior and she was starting to grow on sam little by little. He sooon then followed her out out the personal quarters of kesteaus to rejoin the rest of the troops. and When she slapped him on the back, he looked back at her and grunted when she winked at him turned around rejoining his onyx team. Aryana then got close to sam as her helmet to polarized and unfolded revealing her long black raven hair, "Sam are you..alright? she didn't hurt you did sh.." Then sam put his hand on her shoulder and smiled nodding, "No Spartan..im fine you can stand down we came to..an..understanding." then the brutes roared and cheered in response to kesteaus's speech and the spartans then quickly turned their attention to that as usually when brutes roared? it was a call for a battle charge to come in packs to slaughter their enemy so..you know old habits die hard and all that but this war was fastly changing so it was safe to expect the unexpected.
then Kesteaus walked into the middle of the group of spartan soldiers and jace still kept his smg trained on her narrowing his eyes through his visor, "Our commander may trust you but that doesn't mean we have to just yet." and then Kamari joined in and nodding pointing her railgun at kesteau's as well, "look love we want to make sure you aren't going to betray us yeah? we want to make sure this is an actual alliance and you don't bollocks us over.' but then kesteaus turned her attention to aryana who wasn't particulary fond of her to begin with as slight jealously welled up within her, she knew she couldn't have sam, it just wouldn't be good for business but this brute! who does she think she is! she can't have sam either! she and him wouldn't be a pair of any kind! it just didn't set right with her aryana thought, she was real good at keeping these types of feelings at bay but it was hard at the same time. "No we don't "bend over" or cower for no one.." aryana said keeping her eyes on kesteaus and then she nudged aryana with a finger and aryana had a disgruntled look on her face and said to herself.."yeah that sparring match may come real soon" but the last comment was about ready to send her over the edge as aryana blushed blood red when kesteaus acknolwdged aryana having feelings for sam teasing that kesteaus and sam may even have a relationship and she opened her mouth to respond but kesteaus had already turned walking away and aryana's helmet folded back up and kamari then grabbed aryanas arm stopping her, "hey darling you alright?" Aryana sighed and nodded "ill..be fine kamari don't worry about me lets just get this over with."
Meanwhile sam looked up at kesteaus raising an eyebrow "I know one thing's for sure..dont be surprised if on the infinity your met with a little..resistance. this is going to be new for all of us.." Then sam tapped his wrist communicatior that was a direct line to captain lasky, "Captain this is spartan Samuel, we're coming aboard the infinity with some..unexpected guests, you'll want to meet them." then the radio cackled as lasky was going to respond as the corvetter was boarding the infinity, "Acklnowldged spartan, i cant wait to see what your making such a big deal about. its probably more elites like the arbiter right?" Then sam eyed kesteaus and cleared his throat "oh no sir..it's something well..bigger.."
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Kesteaus walked up to him staring him dead in the eye,"As long as you respect my troops...to the point where your army doesn't turn them into targets or I will detonate this entire ship within the inifinty. I am not to be trifled with, I am doing something unseen or heard of in my people...don't make me look stupid by taking the 'human' way."She blatently threatened Sam and was awarded with glares and even a few spits as she shook her head growling at them all."You talk about glassing planets, and being victims...well I don't konw what or who those planets were...but I know one thing...I took this command and I am leading these brutes and I bet you are the same way spartans...I will be damned sure if I am leading them to their deaths that we go down in a glorious fire or battle! Now...Sam....I will expect resistence we just defected...it isn't something my brutes aren't used to. Just be the first one to protect us from irrational humans or we may have to be irrational brutes."She explained as the others just glared at her as she growled moving away from the group of spartans as she stood with her troop that were the bridge crew.
"Commander...are we really doing this?", The bigger brute that had talked to the spartans asked Kesteaus as she looked at him looking for defiance but saw none as she nodded."We are Caesar....sorry to say that ...but I am tired of this bullshit we have had to deal with as covenant. We are destined to be a more technical race that doesn't rely on outdated teachings that get us killed."She said simply as she crossed her arms over her chest as Caesar nodded standing by her his hands held in front of him as he was one of her highest tranined of her presonal guard. He was always around to protect her and in turn she had shared most of her knowledge with him which he had accepted. What they just talked about she didn't care if the spartans heard or anybody heard, this moment she was a trator and she knew that once they got onto the inifinty that she would have to look out for this pocket of brutes as they won't have a home to return to. Though most did sign up with her command cause they all loved her leadership.
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Sam narrowed his eyes and nodded at kesteaus "Don't worry...commander we'll have it handled and if it breaks out into fighting then it'll be like old times right?" Sam smirked just as his helmet folded back over his head. Then sam held up a finger and wove it in a circle signaling his team to form up on him and follow him. The covenant corvette vessel boarded the UNSC infinity ship. The energy shields aboard the brutes cruiser phased out to allow the spartan team escort the brute and her personal guard onto the infinity. Marine and ODST squads filed in on both sides of the spartans and brutes while lasky was walking fast and confindently until he locked eyes with the brute chieftan that was female in shock "Uh spartan? what the hell did you bring aboard my ship?" then Sam stepped forward clearing his throat scanning the marine squads that had them surrounded and sam nodded to captain lasky, "With all due respect sir...she is our new ally..meet commander kesteaus..she leads this brood of brutes. She wishes to side with us for "glory and battle"....sir.." lasky blinked staring at her almost not paying attention to sam and lasky examined her, "A she..as in a female brute? you don't ever see those..especially one in a position of power. Im captain lasky and welcome to the infinity commander kesteaus. I dont mind working with ex-members of the covenant however if you turn out to be a spy or betray us..." Sam then stepped inbetween the two and leaned in to laskys ear whispering to him, "We uh..discussed that sir, in her private quarters." Lasky stopped raising an eyebrow questioning what the spartan meant but he shook his head and folded his lip in feeling awkward nodding "er right spartan..anyway commander kesteaus come we have much to discu.." But before lasky could infinish emergency sirens flared as roland, the ships AI dressed as an aviator pilot of WW2 winked to life in front of the squads, "Sir! its her! cortana found usss...."then roland flickered and winked out as cortana took his place with an errie smile looking at the spartans as now the attention was drawn to her..
"I told you id find you infinity..No more games!! soon all of the galaxy will know peace..there is no use in fighting this..surrender now and join me!" Jace then raised up his smg to her narrowing his eyes at her, "Like hell we will!" Then Ai then turned to jace and frowned angrily, "I had feeling you would say that spartan..you leave me no choice jace..kamari..aryana..Samuel..lasky..oh yes I know all of you..kesteaus interesting..a jiralhanae turning away from her pack? that's not typical..no matter you resist..you will all fall the same!" then cortana winked out of life as the ship began to shift sending the soldiers and gear crates and pelicans shifting sideways as the spartan teams engaged their mag boots Samuel grabbing kesteaus and lasky started going sidways when kamari grabbed him "We cant lose you just yet capt'ain" lasky nodded as the lights dimmed in the ship and it started falling to the the shield world and aryana looked around as she took a scan with her still working HUD display and blinked "sir we just lost the engines! we're being pulled into the gravity well of the shield world!" lasky then looked around struggling to think in even this situation, "without our engines we're dead weight..and I figure at the rate we're falling, we'll plummet to the shield world..kesteaus..covenant ships use stacked tidal gravity generators right? meaning with the right piloting we can manage atleast a controlled crash..with your permission..we would like to come aboard your ship..if you really want to be our ally then this would be the time to show it.." as the rest of the spartans turned to her looking for her answer..
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Kesteaus smirked at him holding her fist,"Yes Spartan, old times..."Her sharp teeth glinted as she turned back heading down corridors with a bit of her own and his team. When they arrived at the human called Lasky she stood there listening to him also narrowing her eyes when he said something about 'betray'. She scofffed as she kept her arms crosssed as she stared down at him."Lasky....sorry human I am adjusting to being under a human or any persons outside of the covenant...but..I will say this one thing. I did this of my own accord...I am not a idiot elite that fights for that holy shit out there...nor am I some scared grunt that runs around having his gas tanks adjusted to just blow up...so please don't group me up with any of them...or even suggest betrayal....I have no where to go...once you leave the covenant...only way back is through shame and I don't know what brutes recieve....I have only seen the arbiter have his...but...my old side never mentions it anymore...nor do they mention a brute recieveing the same shame and staying in their army."She commented as she looked right into the eyes of Lasky."Of course Lasky..."She began to follow him wherever they were heading probably some interrigation room for the humans which she would smirk and just let them be 'brutes' themselves and amuse herself with it. Though as she walked an alarm blared as she looked back at her brutes again ready to break for her ship to check on it if something happened that THEY did something could be very bad for this whole little thing she decdied to do since she basically stranded her brutes outside of their home with no hope of going back.
Kesteaus looked at the AI,"Who is it talking about Lasky...."she couldn't finish her sentence when another blinked up she knew this one...the one that followed the terrible demon during the wars with the humans long ago. Of course they still fought to day but it was skirmishes and just some battles spotting not like a unified force driving back the human menace. As she pointed out Kesteaus she growled,"Shut it A.I.! You know the fury of the brutes for making me so insignificant! You will know the strength you know of your precious Spartan Demon! 117!"She lashed out at the bits of data as she blinked out her rage growing as she raised her fist to smash the A.I. connector when she noticed everybody she tensed putting her hand down. As Lasky whent on about using her special custom corvette she eyed the human wryly, Lasky!" She growled as she turned heading back down the corridors seeing people run to and fro looking like their heads were cut off and they were just finding a place to die. It made Kesteaus laugh as she kept walking clam except for Cortana which made her want to punch....argghh!!! She oculdn't help it as she punched a nearyby wall making the metal cave in a little as she panted some looking back at them frowning."You stupid A.I...made me angry I ...."She tsk as she turned her head away, "...am sorry for the damge..." She commetned as the larger brute Caesar which had followed them on whistled. "....Commander...apologizing? Heh...hell has forzen over and the covenant teaching are all abunch of trash!" He laughed as he always thought of himself as the funny brute that was part ofher perosnal guard.
Commander Kesteaus ignored her subordinate's commente as she couldn't 'educate' him on this ship, not with all these humans running about and their ship about to plummet into one of these vast shield worlds. As they finally make it to her corvette she looked back at Lasky,"I assume some of your crew is familiar with covvenant ships? I mean you boared about the same I boared human...and I will allow a detachment of whoever you choose...but...", She looked over at Sam and his team as she smirked,"I request this detachment personally...I have seen spartans fight and if that bitch of an A.I does send out some of those forrunner machines I would like them helping me out while we help you...Lasky."She rumbled a little at him as she looked into his eyes, despite his human appearance the man was pretty determined and confident even when being stared down by a brute like herself. She appreciated that the UNSC since their time apart from the guns has grown a backbone and actually decided to fight off the enemy they thought was scary or something it seemed like when the foot troops would run from her when she charged into battle.
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When the crew of the infinity made it to the corvette, the marines and odsts adjusted not used to being beside brutes that close that weren't attacking and lasky looked to kesteaus and nodded to her, "Yes my crew is more than well acquainted with covenant ships." Sam also agreed by nodding to kesteaus and just to reinforce the point, "We've had to..commander a covenant vehicle a team or two.." Then jace scoffed, "yeah a time to many...". Then kesteaus had requested the spartans as her personal detachment and lasky eyed the spartans and then back to kesteaus, "fine..if we make it down to that shield world alive, spartan team onyx will assist you until we get through this damned war with cortana and her forerunners." then spartans all exchanged glances and sam took a fist and gently patted kesteau's shoulder with it, as If a brotherhood/sisterhood was just formed, "well..looks like new alliances are forged in battle everyday, alright spartans. " then sam turned to address his squad, "we're gonna let the flyboys and girls take over till we're boots on the ground. Aryana, come with me! maybe you can help them up on the command bridge." Aryana blushed as she was addressed by sam, she did NOT want to let him down so she nodded showing every inch of backbone she had, "Yes sir!" then with that the spartans and lasky turned away to run up to the command bridge.
until suddenly promethean knights andSoldiersseemed to materilaze out of nowhere stopping the spartans to take cover while under fire. "Son of a bitch this bitch aint taking the hint is she?!" Kamari yelled yet as her railgun charged up and fired through the knights face as it splattered orange dissipating. Sams booming SAW machine gun could be heard as he was trading shots back and forth as aryana was next to him in the corridor and she peeked from a corner with her DMR making precise shots as jace got up close and personal grabbing the shatter/shotgun one promethean soldier had and dumped a smg clip into him and twisted him around throwing his dissipating body into another and stabbed the soldier trying to come up behind him in its "neck" and up into its head. "We need to get to that command bridge people!" Even lasky said picking up the fallen soldiers scattergun and fired it once down the hallway blowing away another soldiers and he smirked as typically officers didn't join the fight buuut lasky was different..he's had field training and sam nodded to lasky as the other spartans were caught off guard by it, "What spartans? I used to be a grunt on the ground before I got fat and lazy in a captains chair." sam smirked and then kept firing "you heard the man people we need that command bridge, and kesteaus..time to do what brutes do best..help us clear a path?" the spartans gave kesteaus and her pack a wide birth as brutes were known to be vicious in combat..and kesteaus was about to be let off her "chain" like she had one to begin with right? well whether it be spartan or brute, they always liked the green light or go ahead to fight as that is what they did best..
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Kesteaus stepped up from the cover they were in as she smirked at him, then she roared"You heard him brutes! Lets show humans how we fight!"Just as this left her lips that brute launchers and all kinds of brute weaponry rang out from behind the spartans and even other ground infantry as they roared in unison as their battle tactics were beyond that of simple attacking like before. Thoug who ran with them was Kesteaus wielding her huge hammer charging and smashing the machines left and right as pieces flew out ringing aginst the cold metal of the Corvette her other brutes tore the machines apart. Spike granades and the like were exploding around Kesteaus as she roared in enjoyment grabbing a promethain soldier by the 'neck' and then taking her hammer and smashing it in then kicking it outward. Though she weilded a brute launcher with one hand launching several rounds into a group while other brutes tore them apart. After that she drew the blade of the weapon into one while she spun with her hammer doing a massive blood swath of destruction with her hammer. This was nothing! These soldiers were like human to her! She wouldn't jsut be beaten by some simple ground troops she wanted some of those famed 'wardens' that apparently Cortana, the human A.I, has wondering around with her."Come on humans! Before more warp in and overwhelm us! Better follow along!"She rorared in amazement as the other brutes laughed along with her. Sure there were casualties but she knew as a commander that there was going to be loses and that it was best to temper that after the battle which she had planned to do.
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The Spartans were almost mesmerized by the slaughter kesteaus and her pack caused. Sam then shook his head snapping out of it when she roared telling the humans to hurry up. "She did her job now lets do ours spartans!" Aryana nodded and kamari patted jace on the shoulder running by him "she's almost as angry as you are jace!" Jace smirked and grunted "hmph yeah yeah we got a job to do woman". The spartan team, lasky and his personal guard of ODSTS and officers and kesteaus's pack had arrived in the command bridge with the spartan team walking with their backs into the bridge to guard the door as sam pressed the button on the door contol to shut it. Then aryana took a seat as the other spartans just watched out of the view port as they were being pulled into the gravity well of the shield world. Lasky then stepped forward watching "Aryana, there's no chance of us landing..just make sure its a crash we can walk away from." Aryana gave a thumbs up "Don't worry commander you can count on me!"
Then aryana wildly pushing buttons on the console to most people would look foreign but to her it was as natural as eating her breakfast. The shields were diverted to the forward nose of the corvette as it gained speeed as it got closer to the surface of the world until it began lifting up just a little as it scrapped along the landscape breaking pieces of the corvette off and everyone grabbed whatever they could hold onto and when it came to a hard stop the soldiers were thrown to the ground as sam landed into kesteaus. Kamari grabbed her helmet shaking her head "i think we're alive huh?" Sam blushed coughing blushing and got up quickly getting his bearings "Yeah..i feel alive" i guess the pain lets us know that huh?"
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Kesteaus stared on as she only hardened her face as the human female worked her controls well as she chuckled at the efficiency due to the plummiting ships. She stood near or behind Sam while she let the spartan work her brutes lookings lightly worried but mostly at the excitment as she continued to scan the situation as it unrolled. She gripped her hammer even tighter as she tensed, she knew this was not going to end well. Those spartans better pay for her repairs or at least repair her ship! She wasn't just going to let herself and command be hurt by these humans that didn't want their precious toys to be saved at the cost at her hard earned ship and people! Suddnely she slammed her gunlet into the the command console next to her creating a foot hold behind sam. As things began to play out her body rocks and shakes some along with the ship as they begin a crash landing.
When the momentum finally hits a sudden stop her body lurches forward as her fellow brutes are tossed around unaware that they should have grounded themselves. Sighing Kesteaus was still standing through it all with some debris hitting her helmet and some of her open face as she looked down seeing Sam pressed into her as she smirked, "Ah...I got you Sam...don't worry I am pretty much like a rock...a vicsious, brutal, rock"She pet his helmet gently as she saw the reaction to it as something of embarassment or anger as she could recognize the stance smirking,"relax...I am teasing. Considering my....ship...", Looks out at the damage to her Corvette and even to the inifinty as she frowned hard, "...is really damaged from that fight and crash landing...your ship is a lot bigger than mine...so...dealing with that with a normal corvette would have destroyed it. Mine is custom built..."She grolwed slaming the pumel on the ground hard making it a loud noise ring through the damaged command bridge and everybody winced when she did it even her brutes. Kesteaus was pissed off and she didn't mind showing it by putting a dent in the floor.
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Sam felt something large stroke or pet his helmet and he looked up to see it was kesteaus and he blushed behind his helmet as he peeled himself away from her. He cleared his throat nodding.."yes well..i think we're just happy to be alive. Thank..you. We should probably get a move on." Lasky dusted himself pff as aryana sighed a sigh of relief. "that..went well i think." Then lasky walked over unholstering his pistol "sam is right lets get a move on people and..jirhalanae " lasky said strained eyeing kesteaus and kamari and jaces attention was caught when she slammed her hammer on the ground.
"Think she's in a bad mood cause her ships wrecked yeah?" Jace just grunted pulling off his SMG from his thigh "yeah well ours is wrecked to." Then the team exited the corvette to look out to theJungle worldas it was vast and full of shrubbery and thick with bush. Sam sighed and hoisted his SAW. "This..is going to be fun. Having to avoid her in the jungle, we're going to have to find a way off this rock if we want to live"