Thread: The Darkness of Space (QueenChaos & JuniorWizard)

Tessa awoke slowly, clinging desperately to the last few moments of her dream. Slowly the feisty redhead from three weeks ago faded away an Tessa rolled over to the empty bed. She groaned in frustration and rolled onto her back, opening her eyes. The sensors in her spacious captains cabin recognised that she was awake and the lights turned on, dim to start with and growing stronger. Throwing the duvet off of her, Tessa swung her legs over the side of the bed, her feet touching down on the plush carpet. She wiggled her toes in it, thinking about how wonderful life was when you're a highly successful mercenary. Right, let's do this. She muttered, pushing herself to her feet. Padding barefoot and naked from the bed to the living room section of her quarters, she grabbed the glass of whiskey from last nightwell, technically earlier that morning and downed what little remained. She caught site of her naked, toned body in the mirror, with her perky breasts and mess of raven black hair. The redhead from three weeks ago didn't know what she was missing. Tessa closed her eyes for a few moments and the images came back, of her and the redheaded woman, of how they writhed in the bed together, their hands exploring each other in the heat of passion. Stop it! Tessa thought. She was just another fuck, that's all. And indeed she was, before her there was the guys on Mars, she sure showed them a good time. Then there was the purple haired girl covered in tattoos, the blonde who turned out to be a hooker. All just meaningless fucks between missions, except the redhead had lasted for a month. An entire month docked at Cerberus space station. An entire month of exploring each other, understanding one another. With a sigh, Tessa opened her eyes and went through into the shower. She stood under the hot water, letting it soak her body, drench her hair and wash away the memories. After the shower Tessa dried off, her black hair still damp as it cascaded down her shoulders. Heading back into the bedroom section of her quarters, should pulled a pair of tight trousers and a sleeveless crop top out of her wardrobe. She slipped on a set of simple yet sexy black underwear, before pulling the trousers and crop top on, leaving her flat stomach and toned arms bare. Following that was a pair black combat boots and her pistol belt, with a holster on each hip that contained her pistols, styled like old Earth revolves but capable of firing laser rounds. Dressed as she was she pulled her hair into a simple ponytail and left her quarters. She ran her ship with a fairly minimal crew, partly cause of her trust issues and partly cause the weaker members of the crew usually didn't survive. As such, she didn't encounter anyone on her way to the elevator. Nor was there anyone as she stepped out. Most of her crew would either be either be going about repairs, or relaxing. They'd just eliminated their latest target and until repairs were completed on the ship and they could travel, the crew would be relaxing yet on alert for if needed. Entering the cockpit of the Blood Raven , Tessa looked out the windows to see the destroyed wreckage of a space ship slowly drifting and tearing apart with the occasional flash of fire as pieces got caught up in the atmosphere of the planet below, the only evidence of their latest target. Inside the cockpit were Tessa's two pilots, Aliza, her long time friend and pilot for years and Ella , their latest recruit. She was currently being trained by Aliza to fly both the ship and their landing shuttles so that the two of them could fly the ship in shifts and, in a worst case scenario, if anything happened to one of them there would be another pilot. Ella noticed her enter first and turned to greet her. Captain Hawkin, sorry I mean Tessa. She blurted, blushing slightly. That's better. Tessa said with a friendly grin, her eyes roaming over the busty blonde in her tight jumpsuit. Hey Tess. Aliza said, glancing up at her and then back at the monitors. How're the repairs going? Tessa asked. All good up here, just waitin' on the engines I'm told we'll be ready to go tonight. Aliza paused for a moment, thinking, before speaking. there is... something else. Good or bad Tessa asked. Neither I suppose. It's a strange signal coming from the planet. one that we can't decipher. Oh, okay. Tessa said, thinking for a few moments before a smile slowly spread over her face. Well I guess we should go have a look, right? Aliza sighed. Remember the trouble we got into last time you wanted to explore? Aliza asked. It'll be fine, this is an abandoned planet. Tessa said and before Aliza could argue the captain pressed the button for the intercom. Primary ground team, assemble in the docking bay in fifteen minutes. She said before releasing the intercom button. You stay Al, I'll take Ella to pilot the shuttle, get her some hands on experience. O-okay. Ella said, smiling with growing excitement. Fifteen minutes later and Tessa entered the docking bay followed by Ella to find the ground team assembled. What's the mission boss? asked Jade , the field engineer. And more importantly what's the treasure? Asked Lara , one of the soldiers. I don't know yet. Tessa Admitted.But we've got a strange signal coming from the planet we're orbiting and I thought we could explore while we wait. Great. Lucy , a sniper. said with a sigh. Another one of your wild gossechases. I don't know what you're talking about! Said Tessa with a grin as everyone slowly started boarding the shuttle. Quit complaining, I need to stretch my legs and breathe some real air. Said Svetla , another soldier. Well if you guys don't want to come along I'm always happy for some alone time with the captain. Said Maya . The assassin flashed Tessa a cheeky grin before climbing aboard the shuttle. You know you're always welcome Maya. Said Tessa as she found her seat. Captain, we've passed through the planet's atmosphere and we're half an hour from the colony. Ella's voice came over the intercom speaker linked to the pilots cabin. That's great Ella, keep me informed, Tessa replied, while the rest of the women chatted among themselves. will do. Also, there's some strange- Ella's voice was cut off from the rest of the group as everything went black in the windowless cabin. Ella, what's happening?! The captain called out. ELLA! There was no reply over the intercom as the ship begin to freefall and spiral. Everyone hold on! There was a great roar as the ship smashed into something and light flooded into the shuttle as it was torn in half with the screeching of metal. The world spun and the woman scream as the shuttle seemed to collide with everything it could before finally thudding to the ground. Tessa stood before her injured group and did a quick assessment. Luckily no one was badly injured. Ella was the worst off, covered in scratches and bruises, with what could be a fractured arm. But what was truly injured was her pride and no matter how much Tessa explained that it was most likely an Electromagnetic field that caused the crash, the young girl still felt guilty. The two halves of the shuttle had landed fairly close together, however Jade and Lara were both missing, presumably pulled from the ship. Alright listen up. Tessa said, looking at the slowly setting sun. We're going to stay here tonight. We'll start a fire and hopefully Jade and Lara will see it and come the morning if they haven't we'll go looking for them. For now, everyone set up whatever defenses we have. And so the women went about securing their location with everything from landmines and caltrops, to mini auto-turrets that could bring down a lightly armored human to several landmines. Finally the girls gathered around the fire to rest, chatting and joking about the captains curiosity being a curse, all while eyeing the jungle around the suspiciously. Finally they all went to sleep apart from Lucy, who offered to take the first watch.