Remembrence 4
06 Sep 2016Niatra
Again the red light above the door flashed but immediately the two guards ran in, grabbing Niatra on both arms and dragging him outside. Moving him through corridors, he caught glimpses of locked and opened doors, behind individuals screaming and blood on the floor, sometimes even a few limbs lying around. Beside each door, a pair of guards was standing, ready for action. After what felt like a hundret gangways, a landing pad came into sight, showing a cobra mark 3. But before the little convoy reached it, two sniper shots hit Niatra's companions, killing one instantly and hitting the other in the leg. With his training kicking in, Niatra rolled behind a crate, longing for the sidearm of the fallen one when the third shot struck down the injured guard. Weighing off options, Niatra decided to stay put for now. After a gigantic explosion behind him and a heat wave making his eyes blink several times, Niatra glanced over the crate to see the cobra in ashes, the body of a woman a few metres in front and a yellow python hovering above the pad. The background showed dozens of firefights, dropships setting down troops, other fighters picking off turret positions. Marshall waved Niatra to move to the tower and steered the python to the very little landing spot.In a split second, Niatra moved to the woman and softly carried the former prison-ward to the python. Arriving on the bridge, he put the body down at his side and lost consciousness.
Waking up on the med bay, Niatra set upright with a sudden headache setting in. He jumped out and stumbled across the room, eventually finding his way into M.Grey's arms.
"Whoa, buddy. Where are you going?"
The fellow paladin quickly got the things sorted with the hospital staff and a few minutes later they walked towards the Council Room.
"Grey, where is the woman that I brought with me....is she...?"
"We patched her up but had to put her in the brig. She nearly escaped but the wound on her leg made her slow."
"I need to see her, Grey!"
"Oh, hello sweetie. Happy to be in control now?" she asked with a smile on her lips.
The stunning green eyes nearly paralised Niatra but he pulled himself together:" Who are you? Who are you with? What did you want from me?"
Her blond hair twichted when she started laughing:" Look, Niatra, this will end like following: You will buy me a new Cobra III. I will go out of this cell unharmed and without having you told anything and then I will take my leave!"
Niatra looked at grey, who just shrugged, saluted and left the room. Moving his puzzled eyes to the woman again, he caught a glimpse of her true being. Confused, afraid, uneasy and very uncomfortable she sat there, staring at the wall.
Immediately she put up her mask again, smiling softly, leaning the head slightly to her right shoulder.
"Alright, you will have your leave." Niatra said, but before she could reply he added:" But I want to know your name!"
"I got by the name of 'Asja'."
"Mhm, will I ever see you again?" Niatra questioned her will easing the shackles on her arms and guiding her to the door.
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The message board bepped, reminding Niatra that the event starts in five minutes.
Making himself comfortable in the chair, he turned off the notification and requested lift-off by the tower.