Thread: First Contact (Atroxa & YoungRoyalty)

Damone - Out Here All Night Artemis just lay sprawled on her back for a moment in the hard packed sand, staring up at the pale blue sky where she could see distant flashes and streaks through the atmosphere as the orbital battles raged on. She would much rather be up there, in the action, than stuck down here, grounded, her wings clipped, but what could she do? Certainly not just lay here. So she sighed and sat up, pulling off her helmet, her red hair mostly back in a pony tail but with the process of pulling off her helmet it was left a bit disheveled. She let down her hair and then put it back up, not particularly wanting her hair in her face right now, and got to her feet, putting her helmet on the hook on her belt. That out of the way she looked around a bit, seeing the black column of smoke to her west, turning to look the way she had come, from the base to her east, getting her bearings. To the north just a ways was a long ridge of jagged sandstone rocks sticking out of the ground like broken bones through skin, the closest thing to shelter around here. Artemis sighed, already beginning to sweat in the blasted sun, but still had one last thing to do before she could find some shade to settle in. The seat she had been ejected in lay not too far away, so she walked over and turned it over so it's back was facing up, unzipping the back to reveal that it was almost more of a compartment than an actual seat. Inside were provisions a flare gun, a fire arm, some MRE's and a canteen of water, as well as a few other items to complete her survival gear. Last but not least though was her locator, she pulled it out, the device was just big enough for her not to be able to close her hand around it, and doubled as a walkie talkie radio, broadcasting her signal but also able to pick up radio chatter on the right frequency, so she could hear if some one was close enough to be putting out for her. The red light was supposed to be blinking, indicating it was broadcasting her signal, but it wasn't. Every so often it flickered, but for the most part, it was dark. That made Artemis scowl, muttering insults and threats at the thing under her breath as she shook it and slapped it against her palm, about the extent of her electronic expertise. She sighed, and put it in her pocket to mess with later, hopefully her squad had marked the coordinates of where her fighter had gone down. Either way, she had to get out of the open, so she strapped her pistol to her thigh and pulled on the backpack that the back of the seat converted into with her rations and started walking towards the outcropping of sand stone rocks that were nearby. Artemis stopped short though when some one shouted at her and she looked up to see a turian, quickly followed by other turians, all of whom were armed, coming out of cover with their weapons trained on her. Her sharp green eyes blinked and while she had no idea exactly what that turian was saying, his speech sounding to her like just a bunch of growls and clicks, she got the idea. The signal for 'hands up' was apparently universal. So that's what Artemis did, raising her hands quickly, but she didn't go to her knees, not catching that part of his command. Alright now, no need to go acting hasty right? she asked, trying to sound cordial. Then a faint sound reached her ears, and she realized it was her helmet's comm. She wasn't sure who was talking to her or what they were saying but she knew it was some one from her squad, they'd probably tried to get her on her locator and when they couldn't, were trying her helmet instead. Artemis tried to think of some way to get it back on, but she suspected she'd probably get shot if she tried. She just stood there for a moment, thinking, but she didn't have to do anything it seemed as the dull roar of fighter engines reached her and she realized her squad was coming back. She glanced up just in time to see them flying in attack formation before she took advantage of the distraction and snatched her pistol off her thigh, firing a shot almost blindly at the turian who had spoken before rolling quickly to her left behind a boulder just big enough for her to take cover behind. She jammed her helmet back on and caught Hijack speaking, -providing cover fire, copy! I copy! Artemis told her squad quickly, I'm alright! Light 'em up! She barely had the words out of her mouth before the air was filled with the snarling whistle of her squads fighters shooting down on the turians.