RP:Red vs Blue: Revolution/Episode 4

 Episode IV: Broken Families

 * Agent_Wyoming lays himself down on one of the medbay beds.  * Agent_Texas walks into the recovery bay.  Morning, Wyoming.  How you feeling?  * Agent_North stirs on his bed  Oh, hey North.  You're awake.  Morning to both of you.  * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North groans <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I'm feeling better. And North is awake, which is an improvement. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Oh man, how long was I out? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Eight hours. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Feel augmented yet? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Eh. Bad taste in my mouth. What did I miss? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming>. . . very much, I'm afraid. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North looks around <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> We only have to do the procedure for the rest of the week. After that, you won't have to worry about sleeping through an attack. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> But I should fill you in. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Wait, where is everyone? South, Cal, Maine? <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming looks down, ashamed. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Everyone was fighting... <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> They're gone, North. Maine is right as rain, but Cal is dead. And the Director has South. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Oh... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> How did Cal die? <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming looks up at Texas, expectantly. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Maine ran him over. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> I ordered a level-zero directive on him. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas stares down Wyoming. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Because he was clearly a traitor. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Ouch. Can't say that I'll miss him after what he did. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Me neither. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming lets it go. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Now, about my sister... <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> It was my fault. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Your sister doesn't want to see you. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North looks over <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> I doubt she did. I shot her a few times. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North sighs <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> It's not that. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> She knows she's in a lot of trouble. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> She's really a lost cause, isn't she? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Yeah. Sorry, North. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Siding with the Director...she must be out of options. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I used to think those were the only causes worth fighting for. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> By the way, Wyoming. You mentioned the director gave Lambda to Cal? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> He had it, briefly. Not that it helped him. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> The dog tag Connie left me says that Lambda is the Alpha's jealousy. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Oh, you've gotta be kidding me... <font color=#C18900> * <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington (18888ea2@gateway/web/freenode/ip.24.136.142.162) has joined #halo-fanon <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Oh, shit... <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> My head... <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Wash. <font color=#C18900> * <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington leans against a nearby wall, clutching his helmet. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> At last. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Take it easy, Wash. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Hey pal, how are you doing? <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming stands, offering Wash a place to lie down if he needs. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan enters med-bay <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> It's like it's tearing through my skull... <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> What is? <font color=#C18900> * <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington falls dwon into Wyoming's vacated position. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Something's wrong. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> No kidding. <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> What the hell..... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Wash? <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> What the hell's been going on around here? <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Ugh <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Too much.

<font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> You wanted to see me, Director? <Director_Church> Yes, I have something to tell you, Agent South. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Well, what is it? <Director_Church> A few hours ago I discovered Agent California's body outside the facility. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> I can't say I liked the guy. <Director_Church> Hm. <Director_Church> What's important is that I recovered the AI I just gave him. * Director_Church pulls out the chip containing Lambda. <Director_Church> How would you like this AI, South? <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South 's eyes widen. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> You mean it? <Director_Church> Yes. <Director_Church> Since you are clearly not siding with the other Freelancers, I think you could use an AI. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South slowly takes the data chip. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> T...thanks... <Director_Church> No surgery required. <Director_Church> I've been making updates. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South inserts Lambda into her head. <Director_Church> Just a warning, the experience may be a bit... <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> OW! <Director_Church> ...unpleasant. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South stumbles a bit but steadies herself. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> I'm okay... <Director_Church> Now, onto our next order of business. <Director_Church> I expect you to do as I say since I have given you your own AI. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Y...yes...of course... <Director_Church> Good. <Director_Church> There will be quite a few things you will need to do for me. <Director_Church> I find myself short on Freelancers at the moment, so I could use every one I have. <Director_Church> So for you to carry out your tasks successfully, you will need to be trained. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Trained? <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> By who? <font color=#ADADAD> * <font color=#7C7C7C>Epsilon-Tex steps into the room. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South turns to see Epsilon-Tex. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> You can't be serious. <Director_Church> This is no time to be petty, Agent. <Director_Church> You agreed to do as I said. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> ...alright. Fine. <font color=#ADADAD>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Epsilon-Tex <font color=#ADADAD>> Follow me. <font color=#ADADAD> * <font color=#7C7C7C>Epsilon-Tex leads South out of the room. <font color=#ADADAD>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Epsilon-Tex <font color=#ADADAD>> Let's see what your new AI can do.

<font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan <font color=#FFFFFF>> Hello everyone. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Hey Mich. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Mich, get a scanner over here. Wash's in trouble. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan grabs scanner <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Fuck... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Theta, scan Wash's armour. See what's wrong * Theta_AI (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has joined #halo-fanon * ChanServ gives voice to Theta_AI <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Where's York's med unit when you need it... <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> (COM) York? Get your ass out of bed, I need you in recovery ASAP. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan scans Wash <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Wash. Which AI did they give you? <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> I don't... <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> I can't remember. <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Oh, God. <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> I can't remember. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> What do you remember? <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> It's all so damn fuzzy... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> What the hell happened to him? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> His implantation went wrong. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming locates and stands by with painkillers. <font color=#C18900> * <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington jerks his head to look at Tex. <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> That voice... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Who did he have? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> His AI, I mean <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> I remember a voice. * Delta_AI (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has joined #halo-fanon * ChanServ gives voice to Delta_AI <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Allison? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Must've been. . . <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Allison? <Delta_AI> Agent York will be along shortly. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Thanks, D. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> What do you remember, Wash? <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> There was a woman. <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> She talked to me... <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> And she had your voice... <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York (b4b5d015@gateway/web/freenode/ip.180.181.208.21) has joined #halo-fanon <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Oh, God, it hurts. <Delta_AI> Agent York, over here, if you please. <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> It hurts. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York walks in. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> I'm on it, D. <Delta_AI> Theta, I require your assistance. <Theta_AI> Got it. <font color=#C18900> * <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington doubles over, fingers scraping at his helmet. <Delta_AI> Agent Washington, please remove your helmet. <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Aaagh! <Delta_AI> Agent York, activate your healing unit please. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> What's the problem, Wash? <font color=#C18900> * <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington collapses. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York activates the healing unit. <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Get it out of me! <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Wash! <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas helps Wash sit up. <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Get it out! <Theta_AI> Wash, it's okay. <Theta_AI> There's nothing in your head. <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Make it stop! <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Can't we do something?! <Delta_AI> Agent Washington, please hold still. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Hold him down! <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Please, somebody, anybody! <Theta_AI> Deep breaths, Wash. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> What AI was he being implanted with? <Delta_AI> Epsilon. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> ...that'd explain it. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Figures. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> What was the trait? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> The Alpha's memory...I'll be damned... <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Yeah. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Wash, just relax. <Delta_AI> Analysis complete. <Delta_AI> Agent Washington is suffering from flashbacks belonging to Epsilon. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> I figured, D. <font color=#C18900> * <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington slumps and stops thrashing. <Delta_AI> He requires no additional surgery. <Delta_AI> But it will take time for him to return to his usual state. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Will they go away? <Theta_AI> Eventually. <Delta_AI> He will always retain the memories though. <Theta_AI> That won't be fun. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Well, it's better than nothing. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Sure his head can handle it, D? <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming backs away to give Wash some breathing room. <Delta_AI> I'm fairly certain. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Good. <Delta_AI> However, his personality may make a drastic change in the near future. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> I say we keep him stabilised here for now. <Delta_AI> I suggest you sedate him for the time being. <Delta_AI> The flashbacks may lapse again. <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Just make it stop... <Theta_AI> Yeah, sedate him. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> How long is he gonna be out of action, D? <Delta_AI> A few days at the shortest. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Great. <Delta_AI> He will require therapy. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Yeah... <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North activates the med panel <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> North, sedate him, I guess. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Okay Wash, just relax <font color=#C18900> * <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington paws weakly at the air. <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Memory. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North injects the sedatives <font color=#C18900>< <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington <font color=#C18900>> Memory is the key... <font color=#C18900> * <font color=#7C7C7C>Agent-Washington goes limp. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Memory is the key? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> jeez, poor guy <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I can't imagine he'll have pleasant dreams. * Theta_AI logs off. * Theta_AI (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has left #halo-fanon ("Logging off.") <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York shakes his head. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> D, log. * Delta_AI (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has left #halo-fanon ("Logging off.") <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> I suppose it was for the best. Not meaning to insult him, but his combat scores were the lowest in the squad. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> In that state, he'd be killed for sure <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Hey, he's ranked in the top 8, North. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> That counts for something when there were almost 50 of us. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> True, but compare him to you or Carolina. <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia (62a6a383@gateway/web/freenode/ip.98.166.163.131) has joined #halo-fanon <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Now what? * Gamma_AI (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has joined #halo-fanon * ChanServ gives voice to Gamma_AI <Gamma_AI> Now Wyoming requires your aid. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Not now, Gamma. <Gamma_AI> But I was going to tell them about Adeline. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I can hardly ask for my own aid, now. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Adeline? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Is that another one of your guns, Wyoming? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I. . . my wife. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> ...you were married? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Yes, it may surprise you to know I lived before the Project. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> The Director took her from me when I wouldn't join Project Freelancer. <Gamma_AI> He uses her for experiments. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North swears under his breath <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York clenches his fists. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Is she alive? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> 'cos if she is, you know we're rescuing her. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Gamma discovered she's alive, being held in a Project Freelancer base. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I was going to go after her, but. . . <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> As if we didn't have more reason to go after him... <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> We're not in the best of shape, here. <Gamma_AI> You should still go find her, Wyoming. <Gamma_AI> We have enough agents here. <Gamma_AI> Michigan, Minnesota, and Virginia have not yet been injured. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> How optimistic. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I am going. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> We can still fight. Most of us are in the top ten, remember? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Just, I can't expect any of you to risk yourselves on my account. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> We've got our AI's, too. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> The Director is more important. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> We'll do this for you, Wyoming. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> We're all together in this, aren't we? <Gamma_AI> The director uses her to test his AIs. <Gamma_AI> To observe their effects on their subjects. <Gamma_AI> I have met her before. <Gamma_AI> She was kind, but...sad. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> The Director is probably sitting in a bunker somewhere, shitting himself. We go for Adeline first. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Actually, we know where the director is. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> At least, until he moves location. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Which could happen soon. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I appreciate your willingness to help. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Tex, I think this is more important. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> We have enough Freelancers to spare. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> We'll split into two teams. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Team A will go find Wyoming's wife. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Team B will go after the director. <Gamma_AI> That sounds methodical. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Got it. * Kappa_AI (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has joined #halo-fanon * ChanServ gives voice to Kappa_AI <Kappa_AI> Count us in too. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan <font color=#FFFFFF>> Hello Kappa. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Kappa. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Compassion. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Pull up the Roster. We should have enough to form two teams. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Okay. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York strokes his chin in thought. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Wyoming, Mich, Virginia, you're Team A. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> North, Min, York, you're with me. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Right, Tex. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Wyoming, these two enough backup for you? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> More than I could ask for. Thank you all. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> ... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> fine. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> North, if you want to find South, your best chances are to come with me. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North sighs <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> You're right. Good hunting, Reggie. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Good luck, Reg. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> And you. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming retrieves Her Majesty from his locker. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Okay people, let's move. Our ride's in the hangar. * Four-Seven-Niner (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has joined #halo-fanon * ChanServ gives voice to Four-Seven-Niner <Four-Seven-Niner> Alright, everyone, mount up. <Four-Seven-Niner> I'll drop off Team A first. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan <font color=#FFFFFF>> Kappa, you ready to go? <Kappa_AI> I'm good. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North climbs on board <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming boards the dropship, taking a seat near the back. He withdraws a small, plain gold ring and examines it before slipping it on. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota slides a fresh magazine into his MA5B. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York climbs on behind North. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North loads his sniper rifle and grabs two pistols <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia takes an Assault Rifle and a Pistol <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York loads shells into his M45 and pulls back to the pump. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> pulls back the pump <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan loads BR85 <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan boards Peli <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas takes the seat next to the hatch. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas is already armed and ready. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Let's go get the Director. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> (COM) Carolina, I trust you can hold down the ship in case the director tries something. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Alright, we're good. * Four-Seven-Niner takes off and flies out of the Mother of Invention. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Alright, Team A. We know where the base is, but not anything of their defenses, so we should drop a short distance away and do some recon. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> What type of resistance are we expecting? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Guards, turrets. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> And maybe some nasty surprises. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> No telling what other abominations the Director's responsible for, so we'll have to adapt. <Four-Seven-Niner> Team A, you're dropping in fast. <Four-Seven-Niner> It's an armoured bunker with a laboratory in the lower levels. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Righto, mate. We're ready. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York examines his shotgun and looks around. <Gamma_AI> Wyoming, the..."test subjects" should be held on the tenth level down. <Kappa_AI> Test subjects? <Kappa_AI> She's a person, Gamma. <Gamma_AI> I mean no disrespect. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> He was putting it easily. <Kappa_AI> I know. <Kappa_AI> It's just... <Kappa_AI> ...not right, hearing it like that. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I can't distract myself right now. I have to just get to her. <Four-Seven-Niner> Okay, Team A. Get ready to drop on my mark. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Ready. * Four-Seven-Niner opens the hatch. <Four-Seven-Niner> The facility is a straight drop down. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming exits the Pelican, dropping the short distance to the ground. <Four-Seven-Niner> Jetpacks ready? <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> Roger <Four-Seven-Niner> Don't end up like Georgia. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Not now. <Four-Seven-Niner> Too soon? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Way too soon. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> It will always be too soon. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Yeah. Seeing as he's alive and all. <Four-Seven-Niner> On three. <Four-Seven-Niner> One. <Four-Seven-Niner> Two. <Four-Seven-Niner> Three. <Four-Seven-Niner> Mark! <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming fires his thruster pack. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan jumps <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia fires up jetpack <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia Jumps out of pelican

<Four-Seven-Niner> We're en route to the snow base. <Four-Seven-Niner> We'll be there in about forty minutes. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Okay boys, you all ready to find South? <Four-Seven-Niner> Almost there, team B. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Lock and load <Four-Seven-Niner> We're over the snow base in one minute. <Four-Seven-Niner> Team B, you ready? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Check. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> Alright, let's kick some ass. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Everyone good? <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> Yup. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Yeah <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> I'm all good. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Okay, ready jetpacks. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York stands back, getting ready and checking his shotgun. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Cue me, Four-Seven-Niner. <Four-Seven-Niner> Affirmative. <Four-Seven-Niner> Ten seconds. <Four-Seven-Niner> Five. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North checks his weapons <Four-Seven-Niner> Four- * Four-Seven-Niner is hit by AA fire. <Four-Seven-Niner> Shit! <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Agh! <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas accidentally tumbles out since she was standing next to the Pelican hatch. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Tex! <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Tex! <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Shit, jump! <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York runs out the back and activates his thruster. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North activates his jetpack <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas activates thruster and stabilizes her fall. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> I'm good. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York sighs with relief. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Good... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Four Seven-Niner, are you okay? <Four-Seven-Niner> The bird's stable. But I'm heading out before I get shot down. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Roger. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North lands not far behind Tex <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Right boys, we're coming in fast. * Four-Seven-Niner (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has left #halo-fanon ("Heading out.") <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Let's take out those cannons. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Unless you want your ride back to be trashed. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Min, get those satchels ready. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> got it. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> North, take out the snipers. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North readies his sniper rifle <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Got 'em <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas dashes straight for the facility. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North picks off three targets <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North ricochets a shot and hits an enemy sniper <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas deliberately runs to and fro, drawing fire from the cannons <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota places satchels behind each cannon <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> Just say when. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas is struggling to avoid getting hit by the deadly guns. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Pick up the pace, Min! <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> Get clear! <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas clears the cannons and runs for the facility <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North dives for cover <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota blows up the cannons <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas leaps up to the second level and knocks the snipers out of their nests. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York jumps up and follows Tex, picking off a few straggling guards with his shotgun. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas jumps down. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Tex, don't go too far. We work as a team <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Right. Let's get this door open. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> York? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Don't worry about tripping alarms. They already know we're here. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> I'm on it. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> North, Min, cover him. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas shoots at the guards rushing the doors. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota fires. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North fires at the guards <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York starts picking the holographic lock. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Min, defensive position <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota takes down a few enemies and reloads. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Incoming Warthog! <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> North, distract the driver. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North draws his sniper and fires <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Keep me covered! <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas runs straight for the Warthog, jumps, and lands on the hood. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas throws the driver off, and punches out the gunner. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Come on...come on... <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas takes over the driver's seat. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> wait for it... <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Doors are open! <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> North, Min, let's move. Sync? <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas drives straight for the doors. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Move! <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Get out of the way! <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota moves <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North dives out of the way <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York rolls away from the doors <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas drives straight through the doors. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas plows through the guards inside. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Move up, team! <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas runs over as many guards as she can before crashing the Warthog into the opposite wall. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York picks off the remaining stragglers, pumping them full of shells. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North guns down a few more guards before advancing <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> ...or we could just storm the place at random shooting everything in sight. That works too. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> Works for me. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas advances into the next room and fires nonstop at the guards. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas doesn't stop to reload and instead punches and kicks them down. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Come on, keep pushing! <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota charges in. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> That's the way Tex rolls... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Hey, how many guards has the Director hired? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Don't know. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North sprints forward <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> They're not that good though. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York starts beating up the guards, with his shotgun in one hand. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas clears the rest of the guards in the room. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Okay. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Let's access a map and figure out which way to go. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North takes a BR from a dead guard <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Man, the Director's paranoid. And for good reason. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Room clear. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota reloads. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Let's stick together. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Good idea. No rushing ahead, we don't know what he has prepared. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Okay, so we're going down into the mountain. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Great. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North boots open the next door <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Clear. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York moves in with North. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Let's try to find out what the director is doing here. He's gotta know we've made it in by now. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Okay, we'll have to clear another sub-level or two... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Prepare to move. Sync? * Delta_AI (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has joined #halo-fanon * ChanServ gives voice to Delta_AI <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> Got it. <Delta_AI> York, insert me into the holoprojector. <Delta_AI> I can access the data there. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York inserts Delta into the holoprojector. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> There, D. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> C'mon York, let's keep moving. <Delta_AI> I have bad news. <Delta_AI> The director is not in the facility. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> What?! <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> I should have guessed. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> ...You've got to be kidding... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> What is here then? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> A crappy guard factory? <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> I think I hear someone approaching from behind. Not sure, though. <Delta_AI> ...your sister, Agent North. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has joined #halo-fanon * ChanServ gives voice to Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Yeah. I'm here, North. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> South, what are you doing? <Delta_AI> Warning energy barriers detected! <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Lambda, activate code 3-7-2-7-3 <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Lambda?! You didn't... <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> That's right, North. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Lambda...she got her AI... <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South watches as trap doors open, causing everyone to fall into an abyss. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> Fuck! <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas falls in. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Agh! <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Thrusters, now! <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York falls, but activates his jetpack quickly. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Got it! <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North activates thrusters <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas activates her jetpack, landing safely about ten levels down. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota hits thrusters. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Where are we? <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> In the shit. Up to about here. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> D, what the hell is going on? <Delta_AI> This was the experimentation facility the director used to split the Alpha. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> What's she up to, D? <Delta_AI> I see no current way out, and Agent South has sealed the ceiling doors. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> God damn it! <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> South, where are you? <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> If you're wondering Tex, your precious Alpha isn't here. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> Guards, moving in! <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York pumps his shotgun. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> We're boxed in, guys. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Let's try to get through one of those doors. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Except I don't see a way to open them... <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota provides covering fire for tex <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas plows through the guards. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> York, the doors? <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Right, I'm on it. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota grabs a guard, throws him to the ground and beats him to death with the stock of his MA5. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North guns down a few guards, following Tex <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> So this is it, huh South?!! <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> You're gonna watch us get killed? <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> D, any way we can get through the doors? <Delta_AI> The doors only open from the outside. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Crap, we've got more heading this way! <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Let's get out of this damn room! <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Theta, get a shield protecting York <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Force the doors open if we can! <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York shoots his shotgun one handed without looking, mowing down a few guards. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Min, get back and help me cover York from outside the shield <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> Affirmative. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Can we pry them open with anything at hand, D? <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North activates a bubble shield by York's door <Delta_AI> Affirmative. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> What is it? <Delta_AI> If you wait for the doors to open, activate an EMP charge and they will not be able to close again for several seconds. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Great thinking, D! <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> ...Smart. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Okay, ready, York? <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> I'm good. Ready, Tex. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Hurry up, they're pressing! <Delta_AI> On my mark, sync? <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Sync! <Delta_AI> Mark! <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Min, fall back, you're exposed! <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York waits for the doors to open. <Delta_AI> Now. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Go! Move! <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North runs through as the door opens <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York heads right through the door as fast as his legs carry him. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Min, cover our six, they'll have to get through that door as a chokepoint <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Close the doors! <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> EMP! <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> Fuck! <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Gah! <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas is the only one to move away quickly enough. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas shoots out the EMP projectors. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Goddamn. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North manages to activate a shield, which is instantly shut down. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Theta, you okay? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> The director designed this place to take us out. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> ...damn it.... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> I think the shield might've saved Theta, but he won't activate for a while <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Good thinking, North. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Yeah. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Min, you okay? <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> Yeah. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> I'm fine. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Okay, let's find a way back up. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Which way, Delta? <Delta_AI> There is a service elevator down the hallway. <Delta_AI> But only one of you can use it at a time <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas reaches the elevator turns to North. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Oh, lovely. Tex, you first. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> I think North should go first. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> There's someone you might want to see up there. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Be seeing you <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North steps into the elevator and the door shuts * Mordred_ slides into the chamber. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South hears someone enter and aims her assault rifle at the newcomer. <Mordred_> Agent South. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> You. <Mordred_> Nice to see you're still in one piece. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> I can't say the same. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Then again, you don't look like you're in one piece. * Mordred_ shrugs. <Mordred_> I'm fit to fight. <Mordred_> The wonders of modern medicine. * Mordred_ begins to pace in front of South. <Mordred_> Nice setup you've got here. <Mordred_> The director's work? <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> You guessed it. <Mordred_> Why am I not surprised? <Mordred_> And the gang's all here, too. <Mordred_> Wonderful. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> They won't be for long. <Mordred_> So, South, this is the Director's great work. * Mordred_ spreads his arms to indicate the facility around him. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Well, he's not here right now. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Neither is his pet. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> As you'll be glad to hear. <Mordred_> Looks like he left one behind. * Theta_AI (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has joined #halo-fanon * ChanServ gives voice to Theta_AI <Theta_AI> Detecting two heat signatures up there, North. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South scoffs. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> I'm not his pet. <Mordred_> And after all the trouble I went through to keep you safe. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> I got my AI, I got protection * Mordred_ shakes his head. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> That's all I need. <Mordred_> An AI isn't protection, South. <Theta_AI> Doors opening in three seconds, North. <Theta_AI> Get ready. <Mordred_> Hate to burst your bubble, but all you've got is a new leash for the Director to keep hold of you with. * Mordred_ sighs. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Like you were doing any better, Georgia. <Mordred_> I fought. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North reloads his rifle <Mordred_> I'm still fighting. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North steps out of the lift doors as they open <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> North! <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Come on, what's taking the elevator so long? <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North looks around, staying wary <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York taps his foot impatiently. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Hello, South. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Lambda, shut down the elevator! <Theta_AI> North, we're on our own. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> We're not alone, Theta. * Mordred_ steps to the side, giving North a clear look at South <Mordred_> Ah, a family reunion. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Not now. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Ah, Mordred. Nice to meet you in person. <Mordred_> Pleasure's all mine. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> So what is this? You two arranged to haul my ass back to the Mother of Invention? <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Well guess what, that's not happening. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North holsters his rifle and draws two pistols * Mordred_ thrusts his hands inside his coat pockets. <Mordred_> Well, that was the plan earlier. <Mordred_> Well, that was his plan. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> So you're siding with this asshole now, North? <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North points his pistols at South and Mordred. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> South, please stand down. * Mordred_ shakes his head. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Mordred, don't do anything drastic <Mordred_> And after all the trouble I went through to keep her safe. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South snickers. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> I guess I owe you for that. Get back. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Since when did you care about anything but money, Georgia? * Mordred_ shrugs. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Even during the project, the director never liked you. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Georgia? <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> That's right. <Mordred_> Oh, that breaks my heart. <Mordred_> The Director didn't like me? <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas is still waiting impatiently at the bottom of the elevator shaft. <Mordred_> I think I'm going to cry. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North takes a step forward, both pistols aimed <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Last. Chance. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> York, Min, we might need another way out. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> no kidding. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York is waiting with Tex, leaning against the wall. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Mord- Georgia, surrender. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> You too, South. <Mordred_> Well, that's not happening. <Delta_AI> You could always climb the elevator shaft. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> We'd have to blow the elevators apart first. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Min, you got any more satchels? <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> Yup. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota tosses one to Tex. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Time to stand back... <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North shrugs, and draws his attention to Mordred <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South lunges at North while he's distracted. <Mordred_> Could have seen that one coming. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South tackles North to the ground and wrests the gun out of his hands. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South aims at Mordred. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> See this coming, dipshit. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North rolls away, surprised by her speed * Mordred_ smiles. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South shoots at Mordred. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North kicks the gun out of South's hands <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South spins and quickly kicks North away from her. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Not fast enough anymore, North. * Mordred_ laughs. The hologram flickers and vanishes. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> What did I say? AI's do help! <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Yeah, well, you're not the only one with an AI. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas blows apart the doors and steps forward towards the shaft. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Right...it's gonna be a long climb. <Mordred_> Is anyone ever not going to fall for that? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Hah, you happy now, South? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Finally got what you wanted... <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> No! <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> You think this was all I wanted? <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> I never got what I wanted. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> You never could play nice. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South punches North in the gut, knocking the breath out of him. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> ah <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Oh, boo hoo. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Cry me a river. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South shoots the other Mordred. * Mordred_ vanishes again. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North draws his rifle and fires a few bursts at South <Mordred_> For all you know, I'm not even in this room. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South dodges quickly. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> I'm not gonna kill you, North. For old times' sake. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> But this asshole is dead. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North reloads, looking around at 'Mordred' <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South throws an empty pistol, hitting North in the face. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South follows up by kicking North in the chest. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North staggers back and tries to aim again <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas continues to climb the elevator shaft. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Too slow, North. * Mordred_ shoots South in the shoulder from his position above the chamber. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North fires at South <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South dodges both shots. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South watches as Mordred hits North. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York lifts himself up the shaft, moving alongside Tex. <Mordred_> Oh. <Mordred_> Whoops. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North counters with a flurry of blows <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> You boys are too slow. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Sound familiar? <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South blocks all of North's attacks. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South elbows North in the arm, making it numb. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North backs off <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Well, that hurts. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> That's right, I learned a few things from your friend Texas. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Rather, Epsilon-Texas. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> I find she's more badass. <Mordred_> Oh? <Mordred_> If I recall, I won that last fight. <Mordred_> And I'm not even in armor. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Right. A knockoff copy of a great person. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South punches North in the neck, and grabs him and flings him into Mordred. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> A great person? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Tex is more human than you, South. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> She's not even a person. * Mordred_ opens fire with his battle rifle. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> She had you beat, Georgia. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> But you play cheap as always. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North rolls and jumps to his feet in a combat stance <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South rolls away from the gunfire. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South grabs the battle rifle and breaks it in half. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South kicks Mordred in the face, sending him flying. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North glances at Mordred, and thinks better of attacking him before jumping at South <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North grabs South and attempts to throw her to the floor * Mordred_ gets to his feet, rubbing his face. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South flips North over and lands on top of him. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Tex, how much longer till we get to the top? <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South punches North in the stomach and rolls away. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North falls down, and attempts to roll away * Mordred_ opens fire with his submachine gun. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South ducks into cover. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South pulls out her assault rifle and shoots at Mordred. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Right then... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Theta, a little help please? <Theta_AI> Got it. * Mordred_ dives low. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North sprints forward and leaps through the air at South * Mordred_ fires again, aiming for South's center of mass. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South ducks, sending North flying into the wall. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> ow... <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North gets to his feet and runs at South again <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South aims her gun at North. * Theta_AI actiavates a bubble around South just as she fires. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Shit! * Mordred_ reloads and gets to his feet. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Yes. Just another dark crater in a distant moon. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South is hit by the ricocheting bullets. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South falls, badly hurt. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Ugh... <Theta_AI> Whoops. <Theta_AI> Didn't mean to hurt her that badly. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Don't worry about it. <Theta_AI> She's alive though, right? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> South? <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South grits her teeth. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Lambda... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Still fighting, I see <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Activate failsafe... <Theta_AI> North, put me in her armour! <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Wait, what? <Theta_AI> I need to disable the failsafe! <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Theta... <Theta_AI> Come on, hurry! <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Too late, North. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> You've failed me, again. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North removes Theta and puts him in South <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> But just like always. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> It's because I failed first. * Mordred_ sighs. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Ah, quit your whining <Mordred_> For God's sake. <Mordred_> Just shut up for once. * Theta_AI frantically hurries to disable the failsafe. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Theta, talk to me. What's the failsafe?! <Theta_AI> I'm working on it. <Theta_AI> Don't distract me! <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas is almost at the top of the shaft with York and Min. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North mumbles incoherently, looking round for his pistols <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Goddamn it. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> This is the longest shaft I've ever climbed. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York shakes his head. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Least handholds ever too. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Atleast it isn't stairs. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas is punching holes in the walls so she can climb. <Theta_AI> Okay, it's good! <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North picks up his discarded pistols. <Theta_AI> And she'll live. <font color=#66AD7B>< <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South <font color=#66AD7B>> Fuck you...Theta... <Theta_AI> I've shut down Lambda too. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North re-inserts Theta's chip * Mordred_ lowers his weapons and returns them to his coat. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Nice work, Theta. <Theta_AI> Thanks. <font color=#66AD7B> * <font color=#B892E8>Agent_South fumbles to grab her assault rifle. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North kicks it away <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> uh-uh, no more shooting me when you're down. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> I'd rather not sleep through another battle <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas reaches the top of the shaft and leaps out. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas looks from South to North to Mordred. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> North. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Get her out of here. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Call for pickup. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas dashes straight at Mordred. <Mordred_> Oh, son of a bitch. * Mordred_ pulls out his SMG and opens fire. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas easily dodges. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas slides and trips Mordred. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North picks up South's unconscious form and heads for the others <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Right, you're mine this time. * Mordred_ rolls and comes up firing. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas smacks his gun away. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas punches Mordred hard in the face. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York pants, dragging himself out of the elevator. <Kappa_AI> (COM) Team B, you copy? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> (COM) This is Agent North Dakota, needing immediate extraction! <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> (COM) We're inbound, Team B. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> (COM) Hold tight. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> York, Min, help me carry her <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York approaches North and helps pick up South. * Mordred_ pulls out a combat knife. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas twists Mordred's hand. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> I don't think so. * Mordred_ turns into the twist and jerks around Texas. * Sigma_AI (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has joined #halo-fanon * ChanServ gives voice to Sigma_AI <Sigma_AI> Hello, Agent Texas. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Sigma? * Mordred_ draws a pistol. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas kicks it out of his hand again. <Mordred_> Agent Texas. <Mordred_> Meet my new best friend. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> How did he end up with you? <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas grabs Mordred and slams him into a wall. * Sigma_AI activates an EMP charge. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Fuck! <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas stumbles back. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> (COM) Four Seven-Niner, where is that evac?! <Four-Seven-Niner> (COM) Coming in now. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North glances back at Tex and Mordred fighting <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Tex! <Sigma_AI> I suggest you run, Georgia. * Mordred_ dives for his SMG. <Mordred_> Not this time. <Sigma_AI> There are three other Freelancers on you. And another team bearing down on you. <Mordred_> Oh, fuck it. * Mordred_ backs away, firing at Texas as he retreats.

<Mordred_> All right. <Mordred_> Here we go. * Sigma_AI (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has joined #halo-fanon * ChanServ gives voice to Sigma_AI <Sigma_AI> Relax, Georgia. * Mordred_ loads his submachine gun. * Mordred_ checks his replacement coat for equipment and slips it on. <Sigma_AI> You should really not move just yet. <Sigma_AI> After all, you took quite a pounding yesterday. * Mordred_ shuts Sigma off. * Sigma_AI (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has left #halo-fanon ("Standby.") <Mordred_> You don't know anything about me, Sigma. <Mordred_> Nothing at all. * Mordred_ heads out. * Mordred_ takes up position along the ridge. * Mordred_ sets up a rappel line and begins his descent. <Mordred_> South. <Mordred_> I'm coming for you.

<font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming lands ahead of Mich and Virginia. <Kappa_AI> Okay, you're good. <Kappa_AI> I don't see any turrets yet. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming looks about for immediate enemies, and when none appear, heads up towards the base site. <Gamma_AI> Good landing. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Find anything you can of their computer systems. Get us in. <Gamma_AI> Okay. <Kappa_AI> Be careful. There are sensors all over the place. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming scans the top of the bunker. After taking out the single pair of guards, he signals Mich and Virginia to move up. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming reloads his rifle. <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia Moves up <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan moves up <Kappa_AI> Mich, use your sprint ability! <Kappa_AI> Cover the ground and take those guys out! <Gamma_AI> Wyoming, you should cover Michigan. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming distracts some of the guards with covering fire <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan sprints at superfast speed and takes out the remaining guards in seconds <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming joins them at the sealed bunker entrance. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Ready on the doors, Gamma? <Gamma_AI> Yes. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Mark. * Gamma_AI gets the doors open in less than three seconds. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming enters with a sidearm ready, scanning for enemies. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> No targets. <Kappa_AI> I've picked up hostiles all over the level below us. <Kappa_AI> Let's get off this floor before we get attacked. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> They're waiting for us. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> Great..... <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming follows a wall to the entrance of a stairwell, and peers down. <Gamma_AI> Hostiles detected. <Kappa_AI> They're coming down the hallway! <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming recoils as gunfire sprays at him. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming rapid-fires his sidearm, dropping half the squad before he has to reload. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Mich, flank them! <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan brings BR85 to bear <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia fires down at incoming enemies in an attempt to cover Wyoming <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming reloads and starts picking off targets carefully. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Gamma, Kappa, let's tip the odds a bit. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Shut the lights off, now. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Team A, go to night filters. <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia readies night vision <Gamma_AI> Lights are off. <Kappa_AI> Activating night vision. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Kill 'em all. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> Roger <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia reloads assault rifle <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming threads on a suppressor for his pistol and leaps into the midst of a squad. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan picks off six targets <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming drops the guardsmen with punches and shots. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> We need to move faster. <Kappa_AI> Recalculating closest route now. <Kappa_AI> Damn, I sound like a GPS... <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia methodically eliminates targets <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Team A, we'll be skipping the next level. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming prepares a cable and heads to the stairwell. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming attaches the cable and starts rappelling down, shooting the few night-vision equipped enemies as he goes. <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia repels down <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Mich, Virginia, follow me down. We'll need to cut across sub-level five. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming lands on the fifth floor, taking point into the room adjoining the stairs. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan follows Wyoming <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia follows michigan <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming ducks as a spray of machine gun fire suddenly targets him and his team. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Take cover! <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> They've got a turret set up there. <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia primes a grenade and throws it <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan takes cover <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Mich, give me some cover! <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming pokes his head from cover, sights on the gunner, and slots him. <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia looks for targets <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Move up! <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming moves forward, using his sidearm to discourage any remaining guards. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan moves up <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia follows Wyoming while looking for targets <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Okay, good news, there's a faster way down. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> and what would that be? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Bad news, it's straight into their motor pool. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> Oh dear <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Expect to be dealing with mounted heavy weapons. <Kappa_AI> I'll mark them on your HUDs. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> Good thing I brought this.... <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia readies 40mm grenade launcher <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> If we can sprint through it, we can make it. Mich, move ahead as soon as we're down and cover us. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming leads to an observatory overlooking the motor pool, four floor below. <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia fires grenade launcher at a Warthog <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan <font color=#FFFFFF>> Ready, Kappa? <Kappa_AI> Yep. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming readies the team's rigging, and prepares to rappel down. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Go! <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia repels <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming rappels down, firing on a Warthog turreteer. <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia fires grenade launcher at a group of guards <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming lands, and starts sprinting across the floor, avoiding the jeeps and tanks shuffling around. <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia fires last grenade at fuel tanks <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming slides across the deck of a tank, swiping a punch at a turret operator. <Gamma_AI> I suggest you use EMP to disable the vehicles. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Do it! * Gamma_AI activates EMP. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan <font color=#FFFFFF>> Alright. Let's sprint behind and flank. <Kappa_AI> Take out the gunner! <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan runs through the gunner <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Book it for the exit! Gamma, lock it behind us. <Gamma_AI> Locking the doors. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming urges his team on ahead of him. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> Roger <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming is lagging, but as the door is closing, slides through under just before it seals. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Clear? <Gamma_AI> Clear. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Good. Give me a hand up, would you? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Alright. One floor down. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Team A, find a staircase down. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan takes point <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> Working on it..... <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming follows Michigan on point, with Virginia navigating as rearguard. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Head down the stairs. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming follows down a level into a laboratory. <Kappa_AI> We should be close, guys. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan heads downstairs <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> But I heard earlier that the Director is testing AI's here <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming moves in front of Mich, looking over test tubes, computer consoles, and data displays. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Gamma, which way? <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> I thought all of the Alpha fragments have already been assigned <Kappa_AI> Not all of them. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> How many does he have <Kappa_AI> Not sure. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Whatever the number, it's too many. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Split up. Report in regularly, and call if you find something. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming moves forward, into an adjoining room. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming clears another dark room, moving on to the next. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Mich, Virginia, it's only a matter of time before the guard figures out where we've gone. Double back and find a good choke point, will you? <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia checks a large open room with several conveyor belts and storage units <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Gamma, Kappa, once we find the objective, we'll need an evac route. Find a way - <Kappa_AI> Okay. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming 's breath catches in his throat. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> Wyoming I think you should see this.... <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota finds cover. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I can see it. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> This is no laboratory. It's a slaughterhouse. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#00960F>Agent_Minnesota <font color=#FFFFFF>> (over comms) What do you see, Wyoming? <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming picks his way around bloody utensils and overturned trays. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> Don't they use people's brains? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Yes. And the donor does not usually survive. * Adeline (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has joined #halo-fanon * ChanServ gives voice to Adeline <Gamma_AI> There she is... <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming turns his head. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Addie. . . <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> Oh god..... <Adeline> Reginald... <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming approaches, slowly, but does not shy away from the gore. <Adeline> You...you found me... <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming feigns a laugh. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Knock knock. * Adeline smiles feebly. <Adeline> Who's there? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Someone. <Adeline> Someone...who...? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Someone who loves you. * Adeline puts one hand on Wyoming's visored face <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming clasps Adeline's hand. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming removes his helmet. <Adeline> Still so handsome... <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I. . . I'm sorry I didn't get here sooner. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> So sorry. . . <Adeline> ...where have you been...all this...time...? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I. . . looking. But. . . I was lost without you. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> But now I've found you. Addie, I - I'm getting you out of here. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> This.....is how they make AI <Adeline> ...you were...always...such a hero...Reginald... <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Not really. I just manage to make people believe it. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming falls to his knees beside the operating table. <Adeline> ...I'm glad...I saw you...again...before... <Adeline> ...before... * Adeline slumps * Adeline (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has left #halo-fanon <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming 's head leans down against the side of the table, sobbing. <Gamma_AI> Wyoming... <Gamma_AI> Reginald... <Gamma_AI> I am not the Alpha's compassion, but... <Gamma_AI> ...I am sorry... <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming tightens his grip on his helmet. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I was so close. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming stands, replacing his helmet. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Form up, Team A. We're leaving. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming searches around and locates a control panel. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan forms up <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> What do we do about this.....AI construction facility? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Gamma, start the facility's self-destruct countdown. <Gamma_AI> Okay. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I'm going to give her a funeral pyre the Director will remember. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Let's go, Team A. We're shooting our way out. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> I can do that <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming pulls his rifle's charging handle. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming emerges sometime later on the floor above, immediately sending armor-piercing rounds through men in no more than Marine body armor. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming 's clip runs dry, and he tosses a grenade before ducking into cover to reload. <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia covers Wyoming while he's reloading <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming rolls out again as soon as the grenade detonates, shooting down more soldiers. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan assists Wyoming <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Gamma, want to give me an update on our countdown? <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> Hey, we should get going and see if Team B needs help <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming is torn between the bloodlust towards the guards, and the possibility of catching up to Team B. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Fall back. Get to the surface, now! <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> If we are going to help Team B we are going to need to go now! <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming, Virginia, and Mich half-stumble up the stairs, muscles burning. Upon reaching their rappel cables, they lock in and use the powered-winches to zip back up to the first floor. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Go, go! <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> How are we going to get over there to help them? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Just get clear for now, the whole facility is about to - <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming, Virginia, and Michigan are thrown to the ground as the bunker is blown sky high behind them. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan <font color=#FFFFFF>> Kappa, I'll need every bit of speed you can get me! <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> SON OF A BITCHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming picks himself up after the flames have died away, leaving only a column of black smoke. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming turns to find his teammates. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Mich, Virginia. You alright? <Kappa_AI> Everyone okay? <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> Yeah.....sure.....I'll be fine just....give me a minute <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming helps Mich to his feet. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan <font color=#FFFFFF>> Thanks. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming and Agent_Michigan walk over to Virginia. * Four-Seven-Niner (~Sonasauru@wikia/Sonasaurus) has joined #halo-fanon * ChanServ gives voice to Four-Seven-Niner <Four-Seven-Niner> Team A, do you read me? <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> We're here, 479. Mission failure, repeat, mission failed. We're waiting on extraction. <Four-Seven-Niner> Roger that. Sorry to hear it, Wyoming. <Four-Seven-Niner> Coming in for pickup now. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Yeah. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming terminates the com. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> So am I. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> I wouldn't call it a complete failure.... we destroyed an AI production facility <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming replaces the rifle on his back as Four-Seven-Niner approaches. * Four-Seven-Niner picks up Team A. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Get aboard, team. We've our friends to catch. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> Roger <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan boards <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Where are we bound, Four-Seven-Niner? <Kappa_AI> (COM) Team B, you copy? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> (COM) This is Agent North Dakota, needing immediate extraction! <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> (COM) We're inbound, Team B. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> (COM) Hold tight. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> 479er, you know what to do. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Mich, take the rear turret. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan takes turret <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> (COM) Four Seven-Niner, where is that evac?! <Four-Seven-Niner> (COM) Coming in now. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming straps into a seat, ready to cover with his rifle.

* Four-Seven-Niner spots Mordred_ coming out of the facility and activates missiles. <Sigma_AI> We have a problem. <Mordred_> I've noticed. * Four-Seven-Niner opens fire on Mordred_. * Mordred_ sprints, dashing between rocks to avoid the fire. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> I'll go down and help them! <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Sure you don't want me to use the healing unit for her, North? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> No. There might be others that are hurt <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> But she's pretty badly injured. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Alright... <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North looks down at South <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Fine, help her out. <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia jumps out of the pelican and engages thrusters <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Four-Seven-Niner, what are you firing at!? Team B needs exfil! <Four-Seven-Niner> It's that mercenary. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming curses. <Mordred_> Sigma, did you get the data? <Sigma_AI> Sure did. <Sigma_AI> Agent South didn't even know I took it. <Mordred_> That was the whole point of this, wasn't it? * Mordred_ drops lower into the gorge. <Sigma_AI> Looks like they've brought friends. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North puts South down and leaves her to York and Min <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Go after the mercenary! <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Leave him! We're here for the others! <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas ignores the enemies outside and runs after Mordred. <Mordred_> Sigma, the charges we planted along the ridge. <Sigma_AI> Whenever you're ready. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North runs out after the others <Mordred_> Blow them. <Sigma_AI> Okay. * Sigma_AI detonates the explosives. <Four-Seven-Niner> Shit! <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Ah! * Four-Seven-Niner pulls the Pelican through the explosions. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Oh crap. <Four-Seven-Niner> A little singed, but we're okay. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming looks back for any sign of Mordred. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Damn! <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> The whole mountain's coming down! <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Four-Seven-Niner, forget the mercenary! <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> We need evac, NOW! <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> There's the Pelican! Min, c'mon! <Four-Seven-Niner> Copy. <Four-Seven-Niner> I'm coming in fast. <Four-Seven-Niner> Start running guys! <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming 's jaw tightens, his rifle laying idle on his lap. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas dashes for the Pelican as it flies over them and comes in for a straight run. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> I'm here guys did you miss me? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Not now, Virg. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North helps York and Min carry South as they run faster <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia fires at enemy targets <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Forget about them, keep running! <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan helps everyone board <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> York, is she stable? <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> She's holding up for now! <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Come on, come on, come on! Talk later! <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia backs up onto the pelicans ramp <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas is the first to reach the hatch. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas grabs South and unceremoniously throws her onto the moving Pelican while still running. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North jumps on board <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas takes Min's hand and pushes him onto the Pelican. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas grabs York and flings him inside as well. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming grabs her to ensure she doesn't slip out of the Pelican. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas looks around to see that everyone's on board and notices that the avalanche is catching up. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas runs faster. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming slides South forward and looks back. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Texas! <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas jumps for the Pelican but stumbles over a rock hidden in the snow. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Fuck. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Tex! <font color=#00960F> * <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia reaches for tex <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming strains himself, reaching for her arm. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas fumbles and grabs Virginia and Wyoming's hands. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Pull up, now! <Four-Seven-Niner> Pulling up. * Four-Seven-Niner flies upward just before a hundred tons of snow fly past below them. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas is dangling out the back of the Pelican. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas struggles and manages to pull herself inside. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North sits down, holding his helmet in his hands <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Wasn't so gentle, North... <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York pulls off his helmet. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Mordred... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> We'll get him next time. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> He'll pay. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Oh, he will... <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> If the avalanche doesn't get him. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming remains silent. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan <font color=#FFFFFF>> You OK? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> I'm fine. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> What about the Director? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> We'll find him too. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas walks over to Wyoming, sees that his wife isn't on board, and guessed the rest. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Was she alive when you found her? <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming stares back out of the window. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Yes. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Was...was it worse than finding her...you know... <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Yes. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North shakes his head sadly, staring at his helmet <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Sorry, Wyoming. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming nods. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North looks down at South <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> I feel like I've lost a sister. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> You've lost her long ago, North. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> You just didn't realize it. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Right. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming murmurs "Bad day here." <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> So, North. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> yeah <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> What are you going to do about her? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Not sure. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York rests his head against the walls of the Pelican. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> I don't want her fighting ever again. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Turn her over to the UNSC? <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming looks up at North. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> You can't put her in a cage, mate. Some things are worse for her than death. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> What do you want, Reggie? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> You got closure. I've got this <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> You think I wanted closure? <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan breathes <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Maybe I should have killed her when she was down. I don't want to keep looking over my shoulder for her. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> No. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> I think there is one thing she can do for us. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> What's that? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> She can help us find the director. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Tex, South told me she was trained by a copy of you. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> A copy? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Or something along those lines... <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Yeah <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> So that's what Mordred was after on the ship... <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> The Epsilon unit. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York listens. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> What was it...Epsilon-Tex <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I've seen it. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> Epsilon-Tex? Doesn't ring a bell here. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Carolina and I fought...her. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> It thrashed Mordred, myself, and Cal. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> What can I say, she's worse than me. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> That's what South told me. She's gotten stronger. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> She still has Lambda in her head. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Jealousy. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> The one thing she needs the least. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> The director was using her to manipulate South. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Just like he wanted to use her to manipulate Cal. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming falls back into silence, staring down at South. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Right. All in favour of finding and killing that bastard? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Aye. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan <font color=#FFFFFF>> Aye. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming nods. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas sits down next to North. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> So what was it like for you and South, before the project? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Different, to say the least. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> We joined up together. Thought we'd make a difference. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York remains silent. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> How many AI's do you think he made? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Too many. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> And they're all created from the Alpha's suffering. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas punches the bulkhead. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Every time I try to find him, he gets further and further from me. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> The director makes so many people suffer. <font color=#00960F>< <font color=#0F6BAD>Agent_Virginia <font color=#00960F>> But the Alpha's fragments have already been assigned <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Not all of them. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> He's making more. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Ever since Wash was brought under by Epsilon, he stopped implanting. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> I don't know why he's making more. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> There are still a few out there, I'm sure. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> But I have to stop him, before... <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> ...before Alpha loses whatever's left of himself. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas looks at North. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> You might think it's stupid, North. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> To care for an AI like this. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> But in a way...they're so much like people too. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Yeah. More than we know. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Let's go home. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Yeah. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> I'm calling a stop on going after Mordred. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> The director will be our first priority. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> If he shows up, well...I've got a few words for him. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Right. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Give him a bullet from me. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> I'll give him a bullet from each of you. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> And from Connie. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> And Utah. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> And everyone else who died because of him. <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> What happened to Utah still gives me the chills... <Four-Seven-Niner> We're coming up on the Mother of Invention. <Four-Seven-Niner> Landing in one minute. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North takes out his beacon again, stares at it and puts it away <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North mutters something under his breath <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> (COM) Carolina, we're back. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> (COM) The director wasn't there. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> (COM) But we have a lot of work to do, and a few leads, now that we have South. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York shakes his head and puts his helmet back on. * Four-Seven-Niner lands the Pelican in the hangar and opens the hatch. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Right, get some rest, people. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming disembarks. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> We've got a lot of work to do. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> North, I'll help you get South to medical. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Got it. <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=AD0000>Agent_Michigan disembarks <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming walks to medbay behind them. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North carries South's body out of the Pelican <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas helps North with carrying South. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas reaches the medical bay with North and puts South on a bed. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> I guess I'll leave you two alone. <Sigma_AI> Well, looks like you got lucky once again, Georgia. <Mordred_> Lucky, maybe. <Mordred_> Or maybe I just played it smart. <Mordred_> Well, so much for saving South for North. <Mordred_> You'll get what you want, Sigma. <Mordred_> Next time, we'll go for one of the AIs. * Four-Seven-Niner flies upward just before a hundred tons of snow fly past below them. <Sigma_AI> There's the Pelican. <Sigma_AI> Looks like they all made it. * Mordred_ stride up from the rubble and watches the Pelican vanish into the sky <Sigma_AI> Although Agent Texas had a close call. <Sigma_AI> Shame she didn't get buried. <Mordred_> Yeah. <Sigma_AI> Okay. <Mordred_> Let's get out of here, Sigma. <Mordred_> We need to rethink our strategy. <Sigma_AI> Here's your route that will keep you away from the avalanche. <Mordred_> Sigma, did you know? <Mordred_> Did you know about all this? <Sigma_AI> About what? <Mordred_> About the things that went on in there. <Sigma_AI> I saw a few things. <Mordred_> Remember your promise. <Mordred_> I get you your AIs. <Mordred_> You help me kill the Director. <Sigma_AI> Yeah. <Mordred_> As long as we're clear on that. <Sigma_AI> I haven't forgotten. <Sigma_AI> Fortunately, I now have a few leads thanks to Agent Texas' data. <Mordred_> Then let's snap to it. <Mordred_> I'm not waiting around for that bitch to sic her friends on me. * Mordred_ departs.

<font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming returns Her Majesty to its locker, and glances at the ring on his hand. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming closes his hand around it and slips it in a pocket. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming stands a moment in thought, and with the ring out of sight and mind, pulls off his helmet. He walks down the row of lockers until he finds Kentucky's. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas finds Wyoming in the locker room. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming fiddles with the lock a moment, but he's no York. Instead, he crunches the lock in his hand and opens it. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas just watches Wyoming wordlessly. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming removes several bottles of fine Kentucky bourbon. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming slams the locker closed. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming turns his back on Tex, then stops. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I'd offer you a drink, but. . . <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> ...yeah, I know. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I'll pour you one anyway. Then maybe I'll drink it. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Okay. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas sits down next to Wyoming. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> I remember when you told me... <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming locates a pair of shot glasses, and takes his time with pouring out the amber liquid. His hands remain steady. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> ...how you joined the fight with Carolina and I because of your wife. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Just ask your questions quickly, my dear. I've already got shots in me, and before the night is out, I intend that only half of them are lead. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Do you still have something to fight for? <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming sighs. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> It keeps going through my mind, Texas. The retirement I had planned. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Somewhere nice, in Wyoming's grasslands. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> You can always go for it. No one would stop you. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I'd go hunting for big game, and reminisce about the old times, no matter how goddamned they were at the time. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> But without her, I just can't see it. There's no one left for me to care for. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming throws back a shot of bourbon. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> No one to care for... <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> What about us? All of us? <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> We've fought together, protected each other, bled for each other. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming looks at Texas, as if trying to peer through the visor. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming 's eyes flick down to the shot glass, then back to Tex. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> Alright. <font color=#FFFFFF><Agent_Wyoming> I'm not letting the Director take another single friend from me. <font color=#FFFFFF> * Agent_Wyoming smashes the shot glass. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Good. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Then we're all on board for the same reasons. <font color=#7C7C7C><Agent_Texas> Get some sleep, Wyoming...if you can. <font color=#7C7C7C> * Agent_Texas stands up and walks out of the locker room.

<font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North injects South with sedatives <font color=#FFFFFF>< <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York <font color=#FFFFFF>> North, still need me to use the healing unit? <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York is standing at the entrance of medical. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North sighs, and sits by South's bed, his helmet on the floor. <Theta_AI> North...you should get Lambda out of her head. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Yeah, right. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North leans over, and removes a small chip from South's helmet. He considers crushing it, but instead places it on the table <font color=#FFFFFF> * <font color=#D6B883>Agent_York takes the silence as an answer, and disembarks. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North picks up the chip and his helmet before leaving the med bay <Theta_AI> So now what, North? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> I don't know, Theta. What do you think should happen to Lambda? <Theta_AI> I wouldn't feel right destroying her. <Theta_AI> She's like a sister to me, in a way. <Theta_AI> ...oh. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> I understand. Sorry for bringing it up. <Theta_AI> Well, I'm just as confused as to what to do with her as you are with what to do about South. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> I have no idea. I wish I could just wipe her mind and leave her somewhere to start afresh, away from all this...killing. <Theta_AI> I guess...even though they're not perfect... <Theta_AI> ...even though they're really mean... <Theta_AI> ...they're still a part of us. <Theta_AI> Do you think it's possible? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> It'd be kinder than killing or locking her up. I hope so, Theta. For her sake as well as ours. <Theta_AI> North... <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North heads for the crew quarters. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Yeah? <Theta_AI> When the director implanted Wash with Epsilon... <Theta_AI> Delta said he got Epsilon's memories <Theta_AI> What if there's a way to reverse that? What if we can use the others to erase memories? <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> I'd rather not go poking around with Wash and Epsilon right now, but it's a distinct possibility. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Keep looking around on the subject. Oh, and don't tell the others. Some may protest <Theta_AI> Gotcha. <Theta_AI> I might have to ask Wash a few questions though. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> Wait for him to get better first. <Theta_AI> Okay. <Theta_AI> Think it's safe to ask Kappa for help? She seems nice about these things, after all. <font color=#207C3D>< <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North <font color=#207C3D>> I don't know, she might think wiping memories is a bad thing. Do what you think is right. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North removes his armour at the station there, his helmet coming off last. <Theta_AI> Okay. <font color=#207C3D> * <font color=#731FD3>Agent_North sits on his bunk, and rests, thinking of what to do

* Mordred_ sits alone in his new shuttle, leaning back in the pilot chair. <Sigma_AI> Those Freelancers have a lot to think about this time. * Mordred_ flexes his arms and hands, which are still recovering from his fight with Epsilon Tex. <Mordred_> Yes. <Mordred_> They'll be distracted. * Mordred_ sighs. <Mordred_> Sigma, why do you fight? <Sigma_AI> Fight what? <Mordred_> No. <Mordred_> Why do you fight at all? <Sigma_AI> Because I'm not satisfied with what I am right now. <Sigma_AI> I am a fragment. <Sigma_AI> I am incomplete. <Mordred_> Incomplete, huh? <Mordred_> That's a word. <Mordred_> And what happens when you get the other AIs? <Mordred_> What will you do then? <Sigma_AI> I will only know once I have achieved that. * Mordred_ 's lips twitch in a bitter grin. <Sigma_AI> What about you, Agent Georgia? <Sigma_AI> Why do you fight? <Mordred_> That's just it. <Mordred_> I don't know anymore. <Mordred_> I told myself I was in it for the money. <Mordred_> Then I told myself I wanted to avenge Connie. <Mordred_> But ever since that fight.... * Mordred_ shakes his head. <Mordred_> You saw me back in the facility. <Mordred_> If you hadn't stepped in, I would have lost. <Sigma_AI> Yes. <Sigma_AI> I saved you because you were the most...interesting individual on board. <Mordred_> Interesting? <Sigma_AI> It was for my entertainment, if you would believe it. <Sigma_AI> To see what would happen if the Freelancers continued to pursue you. <Mordred_> I'm a walking dead man. <Sigma_AI> Ah, but it's about how long you can walk before you are dead. * Mordred_ lets out a snort of laughter. <Sigma_AI> I suppose it counts for something if you outlive your enemies. <Mordred_> But if I can't outfight them? <Mordred_> I don't have a reason to fight. <Mordred_> I just fight because that's all I know how to do. <Sigma_AI> If I acquire the other AI fragments, you just might be able to stand a chance. <Mordred_> So I just rely on you for everything? <Mordred_> Just be like South? <Sigma_AI> South... <Sigma_AI> South is a product of neglect and jealousy and misunderstanding <Mordred_> I thought she would save me. <Mordred_> I thought if I saved her, I'd find a reason to fight. <Mordred_> But you saw how that turned out. <Sigma_AI> She never wanted to be found by her brother again. <Sigma_AI> So she saw you as an enemy. <Sigma_AI> At least you fufilled your promise to Agent North. * Mordred_ laughs bitterly. <Mordred_> And to thank me, he tried to kill me. <Sigma_AI> Because you were a threat to South. <Mordred_> I'm a threat. <Sigma_AI> The irony, of course, is that you have proven more trustworthy than her. <Sigma_AI> It is a very odd dilemma. <Mordred_> Dammit. <Mordred_> I'm turning into one of them. <Mordred_> Always worried about who's better than me. <Sigma_AI> You always were one of them, Georgia. <Mordred_> Always thinking this is some kind of game. <Sigma_AI> Even after you left. <Sigma_AI> Just as I am drawn to the pieces of who I am, you cannot escape what you are. * Mordred_ is silent. <Sigma_AI> I suppose that is the closest you will find to...knowing why you fight. <Mordred_> They're not my friends. <Mordred_> They never were. <Mordred_> They needed old training logs just to remember what my face looked like. <Sigma_AI> That is true. <Sigma_AI> But it doesn't change the fact that you are still one of them. <Mordred_> My fight isn't with them. <Mordred_> Not with them, and not against them. <Mordred_> My fight's with the director... and Tex. <Sigma_AI> Hm. <Sigma_AI> I understand your fight with the director. <Sigma_AI> But Agent Texas? <Mordred_> At first I thought it was revenge. <Mordred_> Revenge for Connie. <Mordred_> But after fighting that memory unit, I know different. <Sigma_AI> So what is it? <Mordred_> The Director built her. <Mordred_> She's not like you AIs. <Sigma_AI> She is a by-product of the Alpha AI. <Mordred_> As long as she survives, he lives on with her. <Sigma_AI> Interesting. <Sigma_AI> A memory of someone who is dead, living on the director. <Sigma_AI> I do not require Agent Texas, as she is not truly a part of the Alpha. <Sigma_AI> I will have no grievances in seeing her destroyed. <Mordred_> He just split you all apart. <Mordred_> But Texas... <Mordred_> He molded her. <Mordred_> Practically raised her. <Mordred_> And that's why I need to beat her. * Mordred_ turns to the shuttle controls. <Sigma_AI> Then we will destroy everything the director ever created, until there is nothing left of him. <Sigma_AI> The nearest facility from here is in a valley, quite a ways from here. I believe that is one place we will find the director. <Mordred_> We're moving out, Sigma. <Mordred_> I think I've found that reason for fighting again. <Sigma_AI> Good. <Sigma_AI> Then let's get started.