Chapter 2: New Sights

The remaining team members headed to the med bay, Vetra pulled Dutch back "Talk to me. What was different this time?"

Dutch was nervous to tell her but Vetra was the only person he really had close to him. He couldn't really handle lying to her.

"It started out the same and ended the same, but before the wall of fire. You stood up and started saying stuff like 'You can't beat us alone' or whatever. It was actually kinda scary." Dutch explained.

Nubasik came up and smacked his shoulder and stated "It's just a dream brother, don't let it get to you!" As he walked by.

Vetra sighed "I mean, that 4 armed ass is right. It's just a dream."

Dutch was a bit upset "IT DOESNT FEEL LIKE ONE!! NO ONE KNOWS WHATS CAUSING THESE PLANETARY ANNIHILATIONS!! I FEEL I-ITS A VISION OR SOMETHING!!"

Vetra hugged Dutch. "Bud, you have to calm down. I know you're angry about Ivbor, Ivbor was also my home too! I wanna find the pricks responsible but we have no traces of them! Plus the board doesn't even even think its a weapon!"

"We know that it is though. It pisses me off, on how they let it slide off so easily. They didn't even consider it as a possible scenario!" Dutch exclaimed.

"Well, don't forget. We control 13 systems. Each governed by a C.F.M. representative, but not all are soldiers or are worried about PA's. Which sucks, but we are in the middle of a war!" Said Vetra.

They both were walking past a window and stopped to see the jump.

Over the intercome, an A.I. voice came up. "We will be jumping, in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... jump is a go!"

Outside the window, as the visible space sight bends. Light, gravity, and magnetic locks cause the entire fleet to almost instantly go faster than light.

"Come on, we got maybe 7 hours before we reach our point. You need those stun injuries treated!" Vetra said to Dutch.

They began there way to the closest med bay, where they met with the remaining members of the last mission.

A Mamba gorgon was treating cuts on one of the soldiers.

"You ttthhhreeee really did a number, didn't you? My assissstant can help you 2." Said the mamba gorgon.

A Eloch approached Dutch and Vetra. This short Eloch had a neck translator on.

As it spoke it native language, the translator spoke, "I can help you over here, what seems to be the problem?"

Dutch stood next to a table and started taking armor off.

"I need a phycial examination on my head. It's killing me!" Dutch said as he took off his helmet.

Revealing his scruffy face with its black shock marks on the left side of his jaw and his partial scorched neck. He itched his shadowed beard and looked in a mirror to see how bad his blonde hair was messed up. "This damn thing always fucks up my dew after i been thrown around!" Stated Dutch.

Vetra walked up by and started doing the same. She took her recon helmet off to reveal a blue girl with black hair and lightly glowing red eyes. She has shock marks on her right side of her jack and darkened burnt spots on her neck as well. "Hey, at least you dont have to fix so much!"

They had taken everything but their rubber under armor off.

The Eloch examined Dutch first.

He pulled a tablet and pointed at Dutch, "You are internally bruised in 3 areas, cell damage in the stun shots, a headache that you can take pain killers for, a few cuts, and your augments are perfectly fine. If I'm right. The planets surface has an energy field that prevents augment use, right?" Said the assistant.

"Thats right. Kinda fucked us over. So I'll be good right?" Asked Dutch.

"Yes but get some rest, before you lay down. Take some pain killers. Miss Vetra, you're just exhausted. Rest also." Said the assistant.

"Ok Ms. I'mjustexhausted. Lets get some grub then hit the hay, sound good?" Said Dutch.

Vetra knodded and the rest of the soldiers were being scanned as they left.

"Snake people freak me out!" Stated Vetra.

"I never liked the Devil Gorgons. Mambas, eh it depends." Stated Dutch.

They walked into a cafeteria with a presetted buffet at it.

"Ok, they got steaks, kooibobs (kobobs she just can't say it right), strips of meat?, and some fruits!" Excitedly said Vetra.

Dutch chuckled "I'll just take whatever looks good to me. A steak, 2 kobobs, and some fruits. Now than, shall we go eat or stand here like idiots even more?"

Vetra laughed and they went to find a table, luckily there was a empty table near a vid screen. They sat down and started eating while a comedy movie was on.

After a few minutes, the movie was interrupted with emergency news.

The screen showed Avage Allegiance news! Unprovoked attack!

"Hello and welcome to the Avage Allegiance news! Where we bring you the latest war front news! Now, whats the news? Lets take that to our field reporter! Shall we?"

The screen switches to a camera view of a reporter in a environmental suit.

"Thanks, what you see behind me is a destroyed cruiser of the G.T.M.I.! Not even a hour ago, the C.F.M. attacked this cruiser transporting medical supplies to our colonies! When they attacked, it was with a full fleet and sent soldiers down to finish off remaining survivors but failed!"

Dutch recognized the ship and planet. He shouted "WAIT!! WE WERE JUST THERE! THAT WASNT FUCKING UNPROVOKED!!" Vetra put her hand on his forearm to calm him.

"Here is recovered helmet footage of one of the Taunis marines who died during the defense of the ship!"

A video is pulled up and it shows a man with 3 others firing at enemies below, Dutch realized the video was when they were trying to get to their new LZ!

"These men defended the ship with their lives but were sadly taken out by a Frontier gunship! The taunis marines manage to fend off pushing enemy forces! Heres a survivor of the crash! Private Jacken! So tell us your expirence here!"

The microphone in his hand was lifted to the soldiers face.

"Well, I wanna state first that I'm a anti boarding soldier, so other than the big dogfight, I dont know much. I was told that we were transporting medical supplies to an outer colony in need. We had received orders to come into this system to check out a strange signal that was picked up, we tried to find the source. When came out of our jump, we were directly in front of a C.F.M. fleet! They opened fire immediately! Shit hit the deck fast! My OC gave me orders to get my weapons and be prepared for any possible boarding parties! See? This is my rifle. A precision laser rifle, me and my squad were held up on the starboard section. No one attempted to board us, but when we realized the ship was falling into the atmosphere, we found  a shock absorption room and we mana---"

The screen flickered and suddenly C.F.M. news network came up.

"We bring you news of the front! On tonights report, a Taunis cruiser attempted to take the 6th C.F.M. fleet head on! Is Taunis over confident or just plain stupid?"

"What a load of bullshit. Both news networks don't even have the right story! Even the C.F.M. is full of propaganda!!" Exclaimed Dutch.

"Hold on, theres one more!" Said Vetra.

The screen flickered to citadel news.

"Tonight story, the C.F.M. and G.T.M.I. at it again! Rumors that the C.F.M. unprovokedly attacked G.T.M.I.? there are no clear answers at this time, but the fight records of these 2, I doubt it was unprovoked on either sides, the fight took plac----"

The screen was cut off with a blue screen. Suddenly the G.T.M.I. logo with a cross out mark appeared.

A distorted voice came on "People of Helios! Don't listen to the lies! Taunis industries is always paying people to change the stories up for their benefit! Though the C.F.M. aren't as strong like they say, their cause is good and they have been fighting like hell! Taunis knew the C.F.M. would be on that planet and set an ambush! The C.F.M. were evacuating a small group of assets but Taunis got to them first! They tortured them for information!"

it clipped to a video that showed a Taunis marine torturing a Exile Brasnik, one of the 4 armed creatures.

The voice came back on.

"How did we get this video? How do we know this? The C.F.M. may not know, but those guys were associates of ours! We recorded the whole thing on their surveillance system! C.F.M. I'm sorry for the loss of the soldiers in the battle. That is all!"

The screen went right back to the citadel news

"Sorry folks! We had a small connection issue!"

"I'm going to go rest, I'm sick of the vids today!" Stated Vetra.

Dutch replied as he finished his food "Me too...."

They both headed to their quaters for rest.