(Til Death Do Us Part) 12: Into the Blackest Night
20 Mar 2023Silvia Sharpe
There is a flash of blinding light followed by a loud thunderous boom. The steady sound of wind and rain as a ship sits hidden in the clouds. Another blinding flash of light and the ships systems flicker and malfunction as a massive bolt of energized plasma strikes the ship. Venus sits and plans her revenge.She sends out a message. *69 G. Carinae C 5 A Gardner Point. Meet me there. There is hell to pay. Silvia comes home tonight!*
The sound of thunder erupts as another flash of light illuminates the sky. The ship shifts in the wind. Venus heads to the armory and pulls out her weapons to prepare them for the fight ahead. Her anger a raging inferno at this stage.
Venus heads to her quarters and dons her Peacekeeper dominator armor. She places her plasma rifle in the rack in her cockpit and sheaths her Kabar. Venus readies her ships systems and checks over her modules. She refit the Challenger from its AX role to a full on ambush assault. Once satisfied she leaves the storm cloud on Earth above the beach she and Silvia had been married on and departs for 69 G. Carinae.
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69 G. Carinae C 5 A Gardner Point
The air is still. The silence is deafening. In her "prison cell" Silvia sits holding her knees to her chest. A welling sense of despair building deep within her. There is a light tap on the door and Jules calls out in a pained voice.
'Silvia! I'm sorry! Don't worry about me. You have to get the hell out of here.'
The door opens. A gunshot is heard. Jules cries out as the round tears through her right shoulder. The pain in addition to her already severe injuries is enough to cause her to collapse to the floor. Diaz is seen standing at the bottom of the stairs, a devilish grin on his face. The door to Silvia's room closes as she begins to cry. Jules cries out in pain as another gunshot is heard and Diaz laughs.
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Two ships drop into the airspace above Gardner Point. Missiles go flying into the ships on the surface. Violet and green rounds pelt the surface from the ships multicannons. Large explosions erupt from landing pads as Diaz and Grenshaw's ships are obliterated.
Venus and Ava land their ships. Grenshaw waits on the ground weapon drawn and ready to kill. Ava exits her Imperial Clipper and rushes the man narrowly avoid plasma rounds. Venus departs her Alliance Challenger weapon drawn.
Ava delivers a full force hit to Grenshaw's face. She turns and slides to a stop as Venus rushes past towards the building. Grenshaw raises his rifle to fire at her. Ava rushes Grenshaw once again, grabbing his rifle as he fires rounds striking her armor and shields. She tears the rifle out of Grenshaw's hands and tosses it to the side. Grenshaw grapples with Ava, each delivering brutal blows to the other. Ava was experienced with hand to hand combat and her height and cybernetics gave her an advantage over Grenshaw. She draws out her knife from her thigh holster and slashes at Grenshaw's side. The blade catches his armor and the freshly sharpened steel tears through the fabric and down into the flesh beneath. Grenshaw growls out in pain and kicks Ava back away from him as hard as he can.
Time seems to slow as Venus makes her way past Grenshaw and Ava. 3 men come running out of the building firing their weapons at Venus. Several rounds strike her. Her suits shield begins to falter. She raises her own plasma rifle and fires back ducking behind a large boulder for cover. She takes a deep breath and pops out from behind the rock and fires her rifle with deliberate and precise aim. One of the men falls the ground as Venus' rifle round tears through his shield and strikes him in the head. She ducks behind the boulder again as the other two fire off more rounds, breaking her shields a few of their rounds impacting her armor. One round misses her chest plate and catches her in the ribs.
She pulls out a grenade and asks the ancient gods for their grace. She pops up and tosses it. The grenade lands perfectly between the two and explodes just before they have a chance to run.
The lights for the building go dark as an EMP goes off near the powerplant. A garbled voice comes over the comms.
'Ven........ t..... s...ation is d.....k. Y..... e clea..... for ent.... God s.....d. I'm ou.... ..f .....re.'
Venus runs towards the building once more pain emanating from the wound on her ribs. She grabs a pain inhibitor and jams it into her thigh. The medication takes a few seconds to kick in. As soon as it does Venus makes the final dash towards the building shooting anyone who exits.
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The lights go out and the building goes dark briefly before the emergency lighting kicks in. Everything is bathed in a slowly pulsating warm red glow. The air ceases moving as the stations air recirculation system spins down.
The Silvia opens the door to her room. Jules is laying on the floor gasping for air. Blood spreading from her wounds. Silvia props her up against the wall and places a kiss on her lips.
She enters Jules' room and grabs 2 pistols as well as a medical kit. Silvia places a pistol and the medkit in Jules' lap. She turns towards the stairs and proceeds to the upper floor. The door opens and the main room is visible. Diaz is leaning on a table in the middle of the room. He turns around throwing an object at Silvia striking her in the chest.
Silvia rushes to cover and fires off a few rounds from the pistol before it jams. Not knowing what to do she stands up and notices Venus running towards the airlock. She throws the pistol at Diaz as hard as she can striking him in the face. The impact stuns him and cuts open his face slightly.
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Venus makes her way to the airlock and Silvia rushes past Diaz. The two meet at the doorway and exchange a loving embrace. Diaz growls and looks Venus in the eyes.
'So the time has come at long last Duval!'
Venus grabs Silvia by the shoulders. Her eyes have a fierce determination in them. She turns her gaze to meet Diaz, an angry look forming on her face.
'You are going to die here Diaz!'