[b][u]Maggie's Farm [/u][/b]
[b]Cyprus Cruiser-Hangar[/b]
Dean sat there, staring down at the floor, a beer in hand. He took a sip, bored. He couldn't sleep. Who could? The shit that went down a week earlier lingered in his head. He lost lots of friends. Close friends. All to that.....monster. That beast. That....machine he once called a hero. Another sip. She wasn't dead. What was he thinking? The Feds have brought people back from Death. Hell, he had done it to both himself and Sam, multiple times. He takes a swig, getting no more of the carbonated liquid. He threw the beer towards the garbage can. It bounded off the wall and into the can. He was calm, a feeling he hadn't thought possible for himself anymore. He thought right....
A warp opens, dark red and forever moving. Python steps out and falls to his knee. Breathing heavily, he had just finished fighting. Dean looked up and took his shotgun from behind him, aiming. Python looked at him, not moving.
"You really think that'll hurt me, buddy?"
"I'm not your buddy."
Dean started walking towards him, shotgun aimed at him. Python didn't move, besides coughing. Some anti-matter came up, burning through the floor.
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"What do you plan to do?"
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"I....I don't know. I guess help Phantom come back."
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"Alright, where do you plan on going?"
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"I don't know that either...." He seems shellshocked, planless.
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[i]Jack sighed and rubbed the back of his head[/i] "If you stay here you think you can contort yourself?"
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"Yeah....I'll get out of your hair within a month or so."
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[i]He nods[/i] "If you loose it, I'll do everything my power to stop you. And I will stop you, Python." [i]Jack spoke truly, he had a new job and he was keeping to keep to it.[/i]
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"No, you won't. I will." He spoke with clarity. Calmness on the subject, almost as if he was prepared for it.
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"Hmm, really?"
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"Yes. I'm prepared to do....end it. All of it."
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"You don't mean what I think you mean."
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He sighes. "If it gets that bad, I'll put myself down. Just, quick and painless."
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"Let's hope it doesn't go south."
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"Yeah....anyways, I gotta go help out this Nova lady. Good to see you again." He walks off with scientists and Jupiter/Nova.
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[b]Nova simply stands there, watching as he received the punishment he lond deserved[/b]
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After a while, the crowd either felt like he had gotten what he had coming or they ran out of stuff to throw, stop throwing things. He looks around at them. "I'm sorry about all the people I took. I'm sorry about all the things I took. I'm sorry, for everything." Dean starts to stir behind Nova.
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[b]She notices, and rolls her eyes as he stands up[/b]
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Dean steps up, grabbing the axe and lighting it. The weapon alone made him look small, tiny, worthless. It glowed red and prominent. Python watched him. Dean spoke up, in front of the group. "You killed an officer. A champion. A friend. Of everyone here. Her death won't go unanswered." "What's her name?" "Jupiter Tanner." "Wait....I've seen that name before. One sec...." Python starts digging into Nova's files, even the ones that are hidden from her. One reveals who's consciousness controls Nova. "Your....friend. She's not dead. In fact, she's right behind you." Dean turns, a suprised but confused look on his face. "That's her....now at least. Pretty much the same thing happened to me." Python turns his attention to Nova. "What's your name, AI? What do they call you now?"
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[i]"Nova, Warframe and Tactical Coordinator AI I also tend to the needs of the ship and its people"[/i] [b]She looks confused[/b]
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"Yeah, well you're Private Jupiter Tanner. The subject of operation Jupiter Rising." Dean looks back and forth between to two, confused.
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[i]"No, how is that possible if she died a week before my creation?"[/i]
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"Stasis. My operation took a month...."
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[i]"But...? How..."[/i] [b]She searches into the subject herself, as she denied it further[/b] [i]"This is impossible"[/i]
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"Think about it, she's the only death in the records you're denied access to." He watches as soldiers around make the comnection. Dean stares at her, confused. "Jupiter...?"
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[b]Python sensed it, her "mind" was in turmoil They each stared at her, the soldiers gave her a blank stare as well And then a failsafe kicked in, as she abruptly fell to her knees, and then to the floor as she went into an emergency shutdown sequence[/b]