Dust to Dust
Origins of an immortal. (edited)
Previous ChapterNext Chapter*Weapon info: Combat rifle.*
*Note that only some of this weapons information can be revealed at this time.*
*The combat rifle is the work horse of the Minmatar forces. Reliable, accurate, easy to make, easy to maintain, and powerful, this weapon is made and preforms for the Minmatari fighting style: Get in, kill shit, leave.
Like most Minmatari weapons the Combat rifle uses bullets with a powerful explosive tip. This is punishing to armor, but slightly less effective against shields. Although as the Amarr, their prime enemy, chooses to have their dropsuits heavily armored this is not much of a problem.
Due to the importance of this weapon I can not give you more information until you are authorized.*
I watched the two mortals silently for a moment as they talked about civilian nothingness looking away I thought about how it reminded me of the days before I became what I am, when I actually feared for my life, when getting shot meant time in the medbay and a chewing out from my squad leader.
My attention was brought back to the lone Rainbowdash calling my name her Griffin companion nowhere to be found.
"Did I miss something?" I asked making her shake her head.
" I said that Twilight called just now she wants to ask you a question." She huffed annoyed.
"Let's go then." I replied walking towards Twilight 's tree/house.
"You're going the wrong way." Rainbow pointed out bluntly making me turn on my heel.
"I knew that."
"So what was so important that you needed to gather everyone?" I questioned eyeing the five mares that had been in the sanctuary of books when myself and Rainbow had arrived.
"Well Victor there is something that has been bothering me for a bit. You told us why you became an immortal and some of how it works, but not how you came to be one." She stated making me jerk back from the question.
"Is there something wrong darling?." Rarity asked concerned.
"If it's something you don't want to share we won't force you." Fluttershy added almost silently.
"No it's fine." I stated finding a seat to set down on "Are you sure you want to hear this?"
"Yes please." Twilight nodded frantically making me sigh as I started my tale.
My eyes slowly opened as I felt a weak tugging at my arm. Tilting my head I glanced down at the small girl whom had succeeded in gaining my attention. Kneeling down to younger minmatari so I was eye level with her I ruffled her hair and spoke.
"Alicia what are you doing here?" I asked, the child comically puffing her cheeks at having her hair toyed with.
"Daddy is looking for you Uncle Vic." She relayed, smiling at the girl that called me uncle despite that we weren't related. I stood telling her to go play with the other children as I strode towards her father. The larger man looking up from his weapon to address me.
"Good to see you again Victor; though I wish it was under different circumstances." The man said in a somber tone, taking the hand I offered to him in a firm shake.
"It's good to see you as well Wanger, you know you can count on me brother." I replied with a grin on my face before turning somber. "What's the plan bud?" I asked knowing full well that no matter what I wasn't gonna like it.
My old friend sighed as he leaned against the wall, doing nothing for my mood, and looked at the civilians our platoon had been sent to protect. He shook his head as we both knew that not all of them would make it to the destination. He hit his neocom signaling said platoon to rally on him as he walked into another room, his fellow soldiers in tow.
As the last of our equals shut the door behind him the man spoke, "As you know The amarrians have blockaded the planet. While our boys up high fight to clear the blockade there have been soldiers sent down here. Now normally when the amarr do this it's to gather slaves but that is not the case here. This time they have sent some kind of elite force, and no matter how many we kill there always seem to be more. Not only that, but they've been slaughtering civs and soldiers alike. We've already lost 50% of the population in this town so we're moving to an easily defended base 2 miles north of here." He paused to catch a breath, "Because these soldier seem to have some kind of advanced scanning tech we will need to go on foot. Despite this they will pick us up at some point so be ready for a fight, dismissed."
"But si-." A man to my left began, only to be cut off by a soul shattering glare from his superior.
"That was an order soldiers not a request, now get ready to deploy we leave tonight." He was answered by a group of 'yes sir's as his underlings filed out of the room.
"You know what's going to happen don't you?" I asked not expecting an answer."They call them immortals. They say even if you kill one of them he'll be back to fight again in minuets. If we go up against them with civs tagging along, especially without armor support..." I drawled off not wanting to say it.
"Most of us are going to die," he replied bluntly. "I know this already and I'm sure the rest of our men do too. Now grab your gear and get ready." He ordered despite me being a higher rank then himself.
"Yes sir." I responded dryly turning to walk away, before looking over my shoulder and addressing him one last time. "You'll be busy commanding the troops, I will keep your daughter safe for you." I promised before leaving to prepare my suit and gear for battle.
I grabbed the ledge of the small cliff I had spent the last ten minuets climbing, ignoring the wimpier from my 'niece' whom I had placed on my back earlier, and now refused to raise her head from it's place in the back of my neck. I would have chuckled had I been in any other situation, instead I aimed down the scope of my combat rifle looking for any trouble. I didn't need to look over my shoulders to know that the rest of my platoon was dragging the civs over as well, whom had been fitted with extreamly light armor, they wouldn't tank jack if they were hit but it'd at least keep them from bursting into flames hopefully. My eyes widened whispering for the others to get down as an assault dropship (1) flew overhead, a gunner sweeping the darkness for any targets.
I motioned the others to hide as three more dropships followed suit stopping just above us. I had first thought that we had been spotted, but seeing as we weren't being shot at just yet I scrapped the idea. Shifting Alicia on my back I moved behind a bolder. I looked back at the rest of my comrades to see something that sent a chill down my spine, one of the civs tripped backwards, a soldier caught him clenching his trigger finger on reflex. Three accurate rounds fired from the gun, and blew the brains out of the back of a dropship gunner's skull. The pilot quickly flipped the after burners going strait up as the other dropships turned towards us... oh shit.
"Get the civilians out now!" Wanger roared as the deadly turrets on the dropships opened fire. The deadly energy turrets turning the sand we had been standing on a moment before into glass as we scrambled to cover. I popped out for just half a second to put explosive rounds in a Ammar's skull, smirking at where his head should have been before ducking into cover to avoid being decapitated by a lazor rifle (2). As half of my platoon stayed behind to fight I steeled myself for the battle ahead before noticing that Alicia was still stuck to my back.
Taking Alicia off of my back and setting her down behind the makeshift cover. The girl immediately pushed herself against the bolder, smart just like her mother. With my charge safe for the moment I looked back to the battle just in time to see Wanger hit the sand hard. Not a moment later an Ammarian soldier griped him by his neck, lifting up the 200+ pound man with one arm, and pulling a scrambler pistol (3) out with the other aiming at the man's face as I watched frozen unable to move.
"Daddy!" Alicia cried out, her desperate voice shaking me out of my shock. I rushed forward slamming my fist into the soldier, his armor was thick and I could feel every bone in my hand break as I punched the armored being. Though this had the desired effect of making it drop Wanger. As the man I thought as a brother drooped to the ground I smiled before I got backhanded by my target. As the 'immortal' stalked towards me I noticed two things: That this 'immortal' was a woman her feminine figure was proof enough of that, and that the rest of the civs were now far away from the battle. I signaled for Wanger to run as he got to his feet, he gave me a defiant look before I pointed towards where his daughter was hidden. He hesitated for just a moment before sending me a sorrowful look as he grabbed his daughter and ran.
I smiled in content even as the flat of the Ammarian's boot made contact with my visor, cracking the tough material, before everything went black.
My eyes slowly opened to an unfamiliar site, the inside of a cell. I tried to get up only to be stopped by a searing pain in my arms, as well as said arms jerking backwards. I looked back to see that my wrist had large barbs in them that were chained to the back wall preventing me from moving too far, or dropping to my knees. I also noticed that I was bare as a newborn why don't I have cloths on anyway?
"Well, well, look who's finally up." I heard a feminine voice say, I looked forward to a soldier with her helmet off glaring at the fool. "Now don't give me that look, wouldn't want to have to smash that handsome face of yours again." She teased accomplishing nothing but to harden my glare, this did naught but make her wink at me making my blood boil. The woman was certainly beautiful with pale almost paper white skin and blood-red hair. She had no visor on to hide her face so I could see it clearly. She did however wear a suit of armor that hugged her wide hips and plump behind, and completely failed to hide a pair of DD-cups well. As far as I could tell they may be larger...er anyway the woman stood tall at 7.5 much taller then my 6.7.
"I'm sure you like what you see." She said her grin widening as she cupped her breast through her armor. "Me too." She said with a light blush, her eyes roaming my body making my left eye twitch. "You'll be interrogated until near death, patched up, torched again then killed; or enslaved whatever comes first." She finished turning on her heels and plucking something from the wall behind her. I looked at what she was holding and regretted it immediately, at the sight of the large hook she was holding.
"Well damn..." I drawled not knowing what else to say.
"Like it, it's a favorite of mine." She said with a loving look on her face before clicking a button making the tip glow a burning orange. The soldier pressed the blade against my shoulder making me hiss as it burned, not cut, through the flesh as she dragged it down my chest. The blood and skin steaming and bubbling from the heat, the smell of my own burning flesh filling the air.
"Ah I love this smell, it reminds me of the burning corpses of your kin back on my home world." She gasped lustfully, relishing in my grunt of pain as she drove the hook through my forearm. "You Minmatari as always so strong willed... tell you what, if you survive for long enough I'll rape you before I turn you into biomass for the clones." She teased cupping my balls and rolling them in her hands for a moment making me groan in pleasure, before punching my kneecap breaking the bone effortlessly. I grit my teeth in pain refusing to cry out as she kicked my other leg with similar effects.
At least she didn't crush my balls I guess.....
"You're not normal are you?" I said stone faced. It wasn't an insult either, this woman was not normal and I don't mean mentally. ~~Even though she was bat shit insane.~~
"Noticed that did you, no I'm an immortal soldier of the Ammar empire. I'm also incredibly sexy." She turned and spanked herself her luscious rear jiggling enticingly. If I wasn't in so much pain I may have enjoyed it, oh who am I kidding I still enjoyed it. On my face though she got nothing but a blank stare in response.
"You're also more lively then any Ammar woman I've ever met." I noted trying to distract myself from the burning feeling in my legs, and shoulder.
"That's because I don't believe in their god." She said bluntly making my eyes widen in surprise. "I'm part of an elite group of soldiers that were sent to the planet you were on to... test out some new weapons." She stopped to sigh when her wrist started making a ticking noise. "Know that I hold no hate towards you, in fact I'm a spy for the Minmatar." She finished making me look at her strangely.
"I'm sure there are cameras littering this room so why tell me this?" I questioned confused that confusion only grew as she smirked and held up her hand to point at the bars behind her.
"Because your friends are here for you." She answered smugly as said bars opened as Wanger walked in, backed by a full squad of troops, oh and with a shit eating grin on his face.
"Miss me?" He quipped.
"Holy shit you made a joke." I replied bluntly before coughing up blood making a couple of the soldiers snicker.
"I'll leave your naked ass here." The dead response made the only woman in the room laugh. "Quite, and hit him Jillian." The newly named Jillian quickly stabbing me with something in the leg. In less then half a second my fist clenched as a cold-hot feeling ran through my veins. I felt the bones in my legs shift and mend as well as the wound on my chest stitched itself closed. I grunted as I pulled the chains keeping me bound to the walls from my arms watching as the holes quickly sealed.
"New Caldari tech, uses nanites to heal injures." Jillian said inserting said tech into a pouch.
"Nanites, does that have any side effects?" I gasped out still winded.
"....Nooooooo."She drawled putting her visor back on.
Call me crazy but I don't believe her.
"And for the love of everything in Minmatar space put on some damn pants." Wanger groaned, also: holy crap three jokes in one day.
On the Transport ship, if you can call a talwar a transport ship, that was brought for evac from the prison, I was perhaps the most annoyed Minmatari to ever live.
"Why is this crazy bitch with us." I questioned getting to the point, jerking my head towards the soldier currently attached to my arm. The strength Jillian displayed keeping me from detaching her.
"She couldn't stay there they know she's a spy now." Wanger supplied doing nothing but watching as the now unarmored woman pressed herself further against my side. A few of the soldiers that had tagged along smiling and giving me thumbs ups as I gave them a dirty look.
Traitors.
"Jillian." I started only to get cut off by said warrior.
"Call me Jill would you." She said with an innocent smile, I'd break her jaw if I didn't know better.
"Jill, I've got a few questions for you." I said getting a nod and her shifting so she was on my lap, the 'questionably' sane woman wrapping her toned legs around my waist.
"Shoot." A simple response but one that made me happy.
"Why'd you save me. I mean loosing a spy and sending in troops for one guy doesn't sound like something the military would do." I questioned.
"You've most likely been chosen to become an immortal considering your records. Anyway they take the best they have and transfer them. In the end you'll be worth a million normal men, and a beast in bed." She winked.
"Why were you spying on the Amar if you grew up in their empire?" I stated ignoring her advances, this crazy twat was not my type. (I'd be kicking myself in the ass for that thought later)
"I got sick of their religious BS, that and I don't like the idea of slavery." She replied dryly, getting a nod from me, fair enough.
"If you knew Wanger was coming why'd you act like that?" I asked curios.
"I wasn't acting." She sang making be blink in surprise at her voice. "Make no mistake, I'm completely insane." She gave me a hungry looking smile. "But the way you held out you never faltered or even cried out, It makes me so hot just thinking about it." She moaned as she cupped her face, a small line of drool escaping her lips as as she started grinding on my waist. The situation was not helped by Wanger and the entire squad he had brought with him laughing madly. I sighed and flicked the girl on her forehead to get her to stop the action, causing her to rub said section of face and pout at me.
"How'd you find me anyway?"I asked the question that had been plaguing my thoughts for a while now.
"Oh that, I shoved a tracking beacon up your ass." Jill said happily making me look at her in shock.
"...Pardon." I wheezed out, my mind coming to a halt, ignoring the twice increased laughter from the other men in the ship.
"Well it couldn't go up mine. The scanners they make the soldiers walk through would have picked it up, duh Victor." She quipped as if I had said something stupid.
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"Yes I'm joking it's on the back of your neck." She smirked calming me with the knowledge that nothing had gone up my ass, making me sigh in relief as I plucked the tracker from the skin above my spine."Although I wouldn't mind having something up my ass..." She drawled, ignoring the living sexual innuendo, I closed my eyes and rested until we got to our destination; having had quite enough ~~of this woman~~ for one day.
I opened my eyes to the familiar sight of my bedroom ceiling, the sight making me smile for some odd reason. I sat up and grabbed at the shirt I had laid down the day before, feeling around for it with no success I reached a bit farther and grabbed something soft, definitely softer then a pillow. I gave an experimental squeeze and got a gasp in response. With both brows raised now I gave a few more soft squeezes, getting a moan this time I sighed knowing exactly what it was.
"Jill what are you doing in my bed." I asked tiredly, too early for this shit.
"Oh so frisky in the morning. Don't you remember, we stayed up last night making passionate love together." She responded wryly with a smile so large on her face it forced her eyes shut.
"No really why are you here." I deadpanned flicking her erect nipple making her pout.
"What's up with that reaction, you're no fun Vicky." She teased.
"Just tired, and don't call me vicky." I replied getting a snort from her.
"This guy right here is awake though." She quipped stroking the morning wood I hadn't realized I had. I really need to remind myself to not sleep in the buff with this chick around. "But really we have somewhere to be today, your transfer is happening today." She supplied rolling off the bed, giggling at how quickly I had jumped off and started to get dressed.
A few minuets later we were walking into the transfer lab. Before I could ask the bored looking doctor in the room any questions he simply pointed at the metal table at the end of the room. Walking over quickly I took notice of something in a clear tube above, a body that looked exactly like me. I pressed my hand against the glass for a moment before laying on the lab table. I felt a needle like object being inserted into my neck; and everything went black.
"o....ok.......v..to." I heard above me from my position, I groaned and shook my head standing up. I regretted it a second later when a piercing headache squeezed into my skull. I reached out to steady myself with something grabbing onto a familiar softness.
"That's the second time you've done that today, if you want to get a feel all you have to do is ask." Jill said smugly, I gave her a blank look before grabbing her breasts with both hands and bouncing them, a shit eating grin plastered on my face the whole time, making her shake her head. "How's it feel to be an immortal Vicky?" She asked not bothering to stop me as I continued fondling her tits for a moment, definitely bigger then DDs by the way, E cups perhaps, before I let the succulent booby flesh go.
"Now that the headache is gone pretty good." I said slapping her on the back, which subsequently sent her through the wall.
"Holy shit that bloody hurt."I heard the woman mumble from the rubble as I went to help her out.
"And that's it" I finished looking at the six that had wanted to know my story, raising a brow at the passed out Rarity and Fluttershy, while the rest of the ponies looked about ready to expel their lunch.
"Was it something I said." I asked making Applejack facehoof.
Author's Note
(1):Assault dropships,unlike normal dropships, have a turret on the front so the pilot can fire at the enamy adding to the damage output of the air vehicle, gives a way to defend it'self if it has no gunners and it's reaction time is increased as maneuvering is required for the two gunners on it's sides to take aim and fire.
(2):Lazor rifle shoots a concentrated beam of energy that burns through shields with ease, like all energy weapons it has problems with armor.
(3): Scrambler pistol is the sidearm used by many in the Ammar ranks , the unstable energy makes being shot in the head with these extremely painful even if it doesn't get through the shields and or armor.
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