Everflame 2 (FINISHED)

[Entaru]

Nero looked the man up and down before speaking.  "I'm looking for a ship...something fast but durable.  Preferably with advanced scanning equipment and...mining lasers.  I'm planning on a little prospecting in an asteriod field and I have plenty of money."

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chronin pushed off his seat, and swung himself back and onto his feet in a pseudo-backflip from the chair. He walked over to his squad, straightening them with rather strong pushes and pulls before they all formed a neat line by rank. He looked up and down the line, and didn't even grin as he looked at the now shuffling crow. "You are all to report to Sparring room #5 within the hour, I'll break the arms of anyone who doesn't arrive before the hour is up; dismissed, I guess." He walked out the door, but went straight to the Sparring room, setting up a clock to count down the remaining time before sounding off at the end of the hour...

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

"Well sir," said the human, as he swooped around Nero. "We don't specialise in such technology. We are mainly a passenger and/or cargo transport dealership, but we do have an all-environments package." He herded the hyena towards a display set in the corner, where a red and blocky model stood proud, with holographic asteroids circling around it. "It's for any rugged and harsh encounters you may have with the elements. It does have a basic mining laser, and impressive sensory equipment as well as a microwave emitter and what we like to call, the freeze ray." The swung behind the display, and appeared on the other side with a brochure, that he handed over. "It's not anything specialist, but it should work well for whatever endeavour you may want to persue, and is a lot more affordable."





Squad D grumbled in response, and as Chronin left, they let out a collective sigh and dropped themselves back to their seats.
"Aw what the hell is this," whined the ferret, as he leaned back, thudding against the locker.
"Well listen," Tabby replied, as a more overt accent rolled out of her. "It pro'lly won't last long, and you never know, man. You might enjoy it." She stood up and flicked her tail, while tapping the magazine against her hip. "Why'd you take this job if you don't wanna do it? Don't you want to catch dudes instead of just sniffing them out and letting others do the sick mission stuff?"
"Nope," said the human, as he pulled out his cards again. "This job is safe and secure. The less I do, the better I feel." Tabby smirked in reply, and then looked over to the crow.
"What about you?" He tapped his talons against the linoleum floor, and stared at the wall, wrapped in thought.
"I took it because it was something to do. Isn't that why you became a bounty hunter?"
"Nah," she replied. "I do it cus it's sick, innit. All this running around taking mans out. I dreamed of that since I was little, man." She walked over to the door and stepped just outside, with the exit still open. "I'm surprised. You guys worked hard to get this job and now you don't wanna do it? That's kinda messed," she said, flicking her tail and looking back over her shoulder. "I've always wanted my job, and I enjoy every minute I can." With that she left for the sparring room, finding Chronin standing alone on a set of mats in a wood panelled hall, surrounded by the echoes of her footsteps.

[KittKat chunky~]

Blaze and Annie jumped with them, out into the vast expanse of outer space.... The jump itself was less than ten metres, and over in seconds. But to Blaze it felt like an eternity, as he looked out into huge nothingness... Suddenly the nothingness was very much filled with spaceship, as they slammed home into the scavenger's freighter with several muffled clangs....

Blaze gave a whoop of excitement, looking across to the others as they clung onto anything they could grab hold of for dear life... "Who wants t' do that again!?" Annie shook her head in disbelieve, and the words "Just like his father" where definitely used somewhere...

 

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

The doors closed behind them, and air rushed in, blasting around them, as the room repressurised. Finally another set of doors led into the cargo bay, where Blaze was meant to move the boxes. Instead of them, the snake, in his loud shirt, stood with his arms folded, until he noticed the sickly face of the rabbit. He ran to them, and pressed the button that slid Jaack's helmet away.
"He's not looking good. I'll take him to the medbay, you keep an eye on them," he said, pointing to Annie and Blaze, and shoving the assault rifle into the fox's paws. He gathered the rabbit up, struggling under the weight, and jogged back through a door in the middle of the room, and into the rest of the ship. The fox removed his own helmet, and sat down resting against a bare wall, breathing hard, but keeping the rifle in both hands.

[KittKat chunky~]

Annie looked across to the fox and held one arm out straight in front of her.. From it she dropped her pistol onto the steel floor with a clank "Prisoners again i'm guessing?" She smirked, flipping up her own helmet as well...
 She looked across at the fox, who was still breathing heavily, and then looked back down the corridor where the snake had gone with the rabbit... "He's gonna be fine... I seen people pull through far worse, trust me..."  Blaze looked across at her, he knew she was talking about her time as a marine... He too flipped up his visor, leaning against the steel wall...
"So... You guys... I'm guessing you guys didnt expect that thing to be in there..." He gave a weak laugh, wiping the blood from his ear and cheek...

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

The fox gave an exhausted nod to Blaze, and looked over to the door.
"I don't think anyone would have expected that." His deep, growling voice then fell quiet, as thoughts and fears ran through him. "Sorry about this," he gestured to his gun. "You're prisoners in name only. We never wanted anyone hurt. It just that with EMC goods, you've got to be careful, and thought that letting other people put their paws on it would keep us out of any investigation, unless they caught us transporting the stuff." His laughter was exhausted, and he rubbed his face. He looked to the boy, examining the wound from where he sat. "You know, I could get my friend to check that out for you, after he's helped my other friend."

[Entaru]

Nero looked through the brochure for a moment and then back at the ship.  It wasn't much, but it'd have to do.  He could always customize it later.  "Alright, how much?"

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chronin looked at Tabby as she walked in, and smirked when he saw that about half an hour had passed. "How am I going to explain to my commander that all of my squad except for my second, will be put in the infirmary for at least a week for not showing up on time?" He asked rhetorically as he stretched and got to the center of the sparring mat. "I know I'm being hard on them, but this is so I can see how much I need to push them before they're physically ready for any real combat..." He took off his upper-clothing, since only his pants were designed for freedom of movement while his upper-half was made for more defense than speed. "...or would you rather just get warmed up here and hunt down the squad memebers that showed up late?"

[KittKat chunky~]

Blaze looked up, blood now covering the two fingers he had used to inspect the wound... He shook his head, grimacing "Nah... That crazy rabbit needs help, not me... This'l heal over..." he sighed, wiping the blood off on one sleeve... He flipped open the small touchpad on his wrist, and slipped on a pair of slim overhead earphones, already bobbing his head in time with loud music....

Annie looked over at him, rolling her eyes... "Sheesh... Kids these days, always plugged into their music...." She looked across at the fox, attempting a smile. He was calm-headed in a crisis... good looking too. She shook her head at the last thought, looking away from the fox and down at the floor. A definite flush spread across her white-furred cheeks as she pretended to check over her suit diagnostics...

[Kitt_R_Beesley]

"I don't mind asking. I just wanted to see what news articles were out there. Just to know how hush hush this was. I was kinda curious about the ink. It was just an idea." Kitt trailed off from the previous statement. It was never a good idea to tick off your doctors. Even more so when they held you life as they did his.
"Seema, how long has Dragonfly been operating and what do we do?"

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

The salesman pulled a thin strip of metal from his front jacket pocket, and a screen materialised, spilling light into the form of a contract.
"For the basic package, it comes to just under thirty billion. If you want, we can add the expanded set up, which has a more durable structure and added inertial shielding. It's a bit more expensive but most damage you get can be buffed right off with the right tools." He presented the contract to Nero, and tapped it, displaying a hand scanner in the centre. "Just put your paw right there and you can fly out tomorrow."





Tabby stretched as she walked to the centre of the room.
"Give the boys time," she said. "The hour's not up for a while yet." She unbuttoned her top, and pulled it off, dropping it behind her, leaving a small tank top and her heavy jeans. "I wouldn't mind occupying your time though." She smiled at him, and reached down to her mid thigh, pulling a hidden zip around her legs, turning the jeans into loose shorts. She kicked the legs off the mat and away to the side, and planted her hands on her hips, scanning her eyes up and down the dragon.





The fox huffed a laugh.
"I wasn't any different when I was his age." He smiled and scratched his chin. "I'm hardly that different nowadays." His head cocked to the side as Annie blushed, and the curl of his lips lingered, but it was lost in his eyes. "So," he said. "You seem pretty calm about all this, like it's nothing."





Seema raised an eyebrow. "What do we do? Well... you. You're what these people here have been working towards for the past ten years. I only joined in the last year or so, but basically, we're special operations." She grinned wide. "It's as hush hush as you can get." Her tail flicked, and she looked to her datapad. "As for what you're going to be doing. We'll first run some trials to see what you're suitable for, and then you will most likely be on the most secret and top level missions there are. We've had some whispers going around and they're certainly interesting." The datapad was put back behind her, and she turned to leave, swinging her luxurious tail behind her. "But you'll learn about that when it comes. As for right now, say hello to your dreams for me." As she was speaking, Kitt's eyes drooped, and he fell into unconsciousness.

When he awoke, he was standing, and saw a cold, white wall. He wasn't supported to stand, and he could feel his fingers and toes.
"Wake up, Kitt. Wake up and walk."

[KittKat chunky~]

It was Annie's turn to laugh this time, as she re-checked over her suit oxygen levels "This kinda thing seems to follow me around everywhere... Personally its these kinda thrills that keep the job exciting." She looked up, her blushing finally under control "And in a hot situation you need to keep calm. Get flustered and panic, you will make mistakes...." She smiled, finally satisfied that her suit was fine, and that she wouldn't embarrass herself again...

On the other side of the room, Blaze was acing his way through a level of 3d Tetris on his wrist-screen.

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

The fox looked over to the door where the rabbit had been taken. "I know all about that," he said, as he tapped his fingers against the gun. "About five, ten years ago, we were attack by... Dalorian scavengers i think. Remember, they were widespread, far reaching back then." He looked down at his feet, then to Annie. "They attacked us only just escaped, but not until I had freaked out and shot Jaack in the gut." He sighed and smiled to himself. "He was in bed for six months."

[KittKat chunky~]

"Jaack?" Annie rolled the name over her tongue, smiling "Interesting name... You two have some history then?" She leant back against the wall, stretching with several audible cracks from her back. She started to pull off her carapace suit, dropping the chest plate to the floor with a muffled clang to reveal dark red combat-fatigues underneath. She stretched again, this time rolling her shoulders back and forth as well...

Blaze looked up, as the words GAME OVER flashed across his wrist screen... he looked from Annie, to the fox, and then back to the screen... Already pulling off his headphones...