Earth's Lost Record, Part III [Closed]

[pierce]

Part III, Post I

After Miles' battle with Ryota. . .

"Now flying over the northern Yunzabit Heights, prepare for drop." a voice rang, Miles snapped awake, noticing he had somehow made his way into a helicopter. "What. . .Where?. . ." he asked, glancing around and noticing Squall and Eyes sitting on the other side of the Helicopter, Cedric seemed to be driving. "It's about time you're awake, we're flying over Yunzabit Heights now, heading towards what the organization believes to be another alien artifact." Squall said, trying to brief Miles on the current situation. Miles just stared at him, blinking a couple of times before the words finally registered in his mind "Hm? Oh, alright. Anything else you've got to tell me?"

"Yeah, its heavily guarded by some strange fellows and it'll be cold as hell so put this on." Squall tossed Miles an extremely thick coat, meant to store heat in high altitude mountainous areas. Miles shrugged, putting on the coat over himself and looking out of a window, the clouds and freezing mountains below them. "Alright, so. . .When do we get to this base, exactly?" he asked, lazily lying back and enjoying the ride, smirking. It was almost like flying, only it didn't need any effort for it to work.

"We're dropping down there now, get ready." Squall said, putting on his own jacket to protect himself from the cold; Eyes seemed to think he didn't need any, there was probably some sort of technology in his armor that allowed it to store heat just as good if not better than the jackets. "One last question, though, Cedric. Why was I knocked out?" he said, scratching the back of his head, he seemed to not a remember a thing about what happened.

"How were you knocked out? You tell me, I figured you would know when you woke up." Miles raised an eyebrow, almost as if he had no idea what Squall was talking about. Cedric decided o explain over the microphone while he drove the transport. "You see, Agent Belpegor, your contact couldn't find you in North City and when we went to look you were in the Mountains unconscious. You must of gotten into a fight and hit your damn head or something if you can't remember what happened, you looked pretty beat up." he said. Miles sighed, now he really wanted to know what the hell happened himself "Well, there's no point in worrying about it, anyways. Whatever I faught was nice enough to leave me alive, that or it was dumb enough to think I was already dead." he concluded, looking out of the window and noticing that Cedric was beginning to lower the helicopter he, Miles, Squall and Eyes were on towards a decent landing spot near the mountain base.

"Yeah-" Squall was immediately cut off by Cedric "Enough talking, let's move!" he said, turning off the helicopter, opening the door, closing it, and walking towards the base. Squall sighed "Danm party pooper. Agent Belphegor, you're with me. Eyes, watch Cedric's back from the shadows like you always do." Eyes nodded, shooting out of the helicopter and running past Cedric at superhuman speeds, wether it was due to his suit or his own abilities is unknown.

Miles and Cedric stepped out afterwards, as the duo faded into the snow. "Let's do this."

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Part III, Post II

Miles and his crew arrive at the base, and when they see there, it's eye-widening on what exactly is really was. "I don't think that's a base. . ." Squall noted, staring down on it from a ice cliff, eyes widened. "You're right. . .That's. . ." there were search lights going across the entire perimeter, gigantic high technology walls enclosed around on a single, multi-story complex. Cedric walks up behind them and look down, eyes widening as well "A. . .A Prison!?" Cedric said, his voice full of surprise. Eyes ran up behind Cedric, glancing down at the prison, whether he was surprised or not behind the visor that covered his face was unknown. Although, probably not, as after a few moment of analyzing the buildings structure, Eyes leaped off the ice cliff and directly into the two guards that were protecting the main entrance to the complex.

"Eyes, what the hell!?" Cedric screamed, skidding down after him. Eyes signals Squall and Miles to stay back for the moment, as it was already to late for Cedric to stop his way down. The alarms sounded, all of the lights became focused on Eyes, and a group of about a dozen heavily armed, well protected soldiers shot out of the main gate in an attempt to surround Eyes. Cedric stood there just outside of the circle meant to subdue eyes, the thick snow and his white coat and hair allowed him to camouflage decently with the snow.

"Hands up!" one of the officers screamed, Eyes calmly raising his hands just above his shoulders, the officers began to close in on him. As soon as they were a short distance away, two long sheathe-like canisters seemed to open up at the legs of Eyes armor, suddenly shooting out two swords that looked like ninjato. With his incredible speed and reflexes, Eyes grabbed the blades and stuck them into the chests of the two nearest officers. The hilt of the blade shot out of an electrical current through the metal, stunning them. He immediately shot into the air as the remaining ten officers emptied their cartridges into the snow. He crashed into the snow behind one of them as they all reloaded, his head shooting upwards and his visor glowing oddly for a moment.

He locked the officers arm and took his gun and new cartridge for himself, causing him to scream and the now reloaded nine officers to shoot him down. Eyes skidded back, dropping the gun and body as the bullets just slammed into the armor, which seemed to be strong enough to be completely immune to gunfire. Eyes reached toward his ribs where throwing knives seemed to stored, holding one between each of his knuckles, eight in all, he dispatched all but one. Eyes promptly shot the final one retreating with the gun he dropped earlier, kicking it up to where he could grab it with a simple foot stomp. "Well...That was..." Miles was pretty much speechless.

"That's Eyes for you, Agent Belphegor. You get used to it after you work with him for about two years." Squall said, skidding down the hill as the final officer was dispatched, alarms will sounding. "Eyes you idiot, this was supposed to be stealth!" Eyes just stared at Cedric quizzically, as if he had no idea what he was talking about. As Squall hit the floor, Miles just hovered down calmly "Regardless, we found a way in, let's just go ahead, get what we need, and get out." Miles said, punching the gate which caused it to fly forward off its hinges, slamming into the about two dozen guards that were just exiting the facility to confront them. Eyes signals all three of them to follow him, dashing into the facility, he performed a series of acrobatic leaps to kick his way into one of the middle floors of the building. ". . .I am so not doing that." Cedric declared, Miles just replied with a sigh "Fine, I'll carry you, ya' wuss." he replied, picking up Cedric as a scarlet aura engulfed him, Miles shooting into the broken window.

Squall climbed up the building and took the same route as Eyes, taking note that Eyes and Miles had already taken out the guards; Cedric seemed to be quickly trying to hack into the database to figure out where the artifact is "The location isn't in here, but I did find this. It's another of those records." he said, opening up the file as the recording began to play.

"Day One:
A man arrives, sedated, dropped off by armored men.
He is labeled as being extremely dangerous by those who turned him in.
We have sealed him within the single cell that exists upon this lifeless area.
There is no information on him, no reason given why he is here.

Day Two:
The prisoner has awakened, he just stares where the window is...It's like he can see me.
I've left the intercom off, but now I think I'll turn it on. I must see just how much he knows.
Why is he here?

Day Three:
The prisoner wishes to be allowed to walk outside, I have refused him.
He is angry, I question him again as to why he is here and he refuses to answer.
He wants to walk, he wants out.

Day Fourteen:
My supplies are dwindling, the others were supposed to be back by now.
The prisoner just sits in his cell, no food nor water. He's still alive and full of energy.
He doesn't even sleep...

Day Twenty:
The last of my supplies went yesterday. The batteries on this device are almost depleted.
I am transferring the files to the main database.
The prisoner just keeps asking to be free. It feels wrong...I'd rather die.
He said he could save me.
But I ask myself..at what cost?
I may never know that answer..."

"That prison is on this floor." Cedric said, managing to pinpoint the location of the data implantation. "This guy could have an idea where the alien tech is to continue our mission." Squall wondered, tapping his chin a couple times as he considered it. Eyes stayed silent, crossing his arms, he didn't seem to care either way. "Are you sure about this? You heard the recording, this guy is extremely dangerous." Miles said, trying to put some sense into his team. "Extremely dangerous to them, it doesn't matter for us." Cedric replied, Squall nodding to agree with him. Eyes and Miles looked at each other for a moment, to which Miles just sighed ". . .I suppose you're right, let's go." the group set out to find this prison that the recording spoke of.

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Part III, Post III

Eyes cracked open the door by an inch or so, the alarms still sounding as several soldiers dashed past them. It seems that their intrusion was somehow left undetected for the moment. Eyes signals the three with hand movements that it is clear, and for Cedric to lead the way to this prison he supposedly wanted to get to. "I still think this is a bad idea-." Miles was cut off by Cedric, who signalled him to remain quiet and follow. Cedric dashed out of the door and retained some distance away from walls and windows, the halls weren't that narrow so this wasn't a problem. Eyes, Squall, and Miles followed after him and copied his movements as to not attract attention to themselves.

Cedric slipped into a nearby door, which lead to an amazing sight. As Eyes, Squall, and Miles came in after him they all stared forward to see some kind of cage of crystals, almost like a house of mirrors "They call this a prison? It looks like a danm fortune." Squall said, knocking on the crystal. "That's not crystal." Cedric said, walking over and taking a sample, putting it into a device he had been storing in his pocket. On the screen of the device, Unknown Compound appeared "It's not in the database, just like Eyes' armor. This is incredibly strange. . .Let's head in further." Cedric said, now extremely curious.

"Cedric, are you sure about this? I mean, this is supposed to be a prison, what if this compound is made to keep someone in?" Miles asked. Cedric seemed to disregard it, walking into the maze of the crystalline material. Eyes looked down, shaking his head as if he knew that something was most certainly going to go wrong. "I've got it too, Eyes. Something is off about Cedric, he's never been this determined about anything." Squall said, following after him. Eyes and Miles followed suit, the group slowly beginning to navigate through the maze, which had a sign saying CAUTION: DO NOT ENTER taped to the entrance.

Eventually, they made it to the center, the crystal material that made up the rectangular prison was clear, inside there was a simple bed, ice was building up all over the room as if to keep something frozen and stored. "Hm. . No one seems to be in there-" a hand slammed into the side of the crystal wall, lazily stretching down as if incredibly weak. As the fog on the inside of the cage was scratched off, there seemed to be an old man, badly nourished, as if he was about to die. "What the hell!? We've got to get that guy out of there!" Cedric screamed, going across the wall and trying to look for some sort of door.

"Cedric, don't be so reckless!" Squall said, trying to stop him, Eyes just stood there staring. Miles mind began to run through the records they have found so far, it's almost as if he was on the edge of realizing something huge.

From the first record:
"We found a man floating in space, frozen.
He was alive.
We brought him on board.

That would turn out to be a mistake.

went to check on the man we found..
He was gone.
I left to inform the captain.

He knew.
The man was there.
Controlling him..my mind raced, I ran."

From the second record:
""Who are they?
These madmen who besiege us?
They seem to be from within our own town..
Why hadn't I seen them? Where had they been.?
What do they seek to do?

I should run.
But he sees me.
I don't know how.
He couldn't get me from this distance.
He's finally raising his hand, perhaps someone has drawn his attention."

Finally, from the third and most recent record:
"A man arrives, sedated, dropped off by armored men.
He is labeled as being extremely dangerous by those who turned him in.
We have sealed him within the single cell that exists upon this lifeless area.
There is no information on him, no reason given why he is here.

The prisoner has awakened, he just stares where the window is...It's like he can see me.
Why is he here?

My supplies are dwindling, the others were supposed to be back by now.
The prisoner just sits in his cell, no food nor water. He's still alive and full of energy.
He doesn't even sleep...

He said he could save me.
But I ask myself..at what cost?"

"Found it, a door!" Cedric said, grabbing an appearing handle and pulling outwards. "DON'T OPEN IT!" Miles screamed, it was too late, however. The moment there was a crack in the prison, the prison shattered, an incredible amount of disturbing, black energy pouring outwards. Cedric's eyes widened, and he just fell to his knees, grasping his temples with both hands as if he had some sort of immense headache. Squall fell as well, and eventually so did Miles, the energy washing over him and sinking in. He found himself unable to move, with only the capacity to stay concious.

Squall and Cedric seemed to become more animalistic, eventualy shifting into savage beasts just from the presence of the power. Eyes didn't seem affected, his armor somehow filtering out whatever was damaging the rest of the group. He dashed forward, a man with piercing red eyes and curly white hair clearly visible; he was younger than the man they saw in the cell, his late twenties at most. Eyes went to strike, but the man summon a rapier out of the black energy, thrusting forward straight through Eyes' armor. This was unbelievable, Eyes armor was supposed to be unbreakable. "Fools." a voice reverberating from the being.

A sheathe materialized, which he put the rapier into. The man started to walk down to Miles, kneeling down so that they could see eye-to-eye. "Eyes. . .Eyes!" no voice emerged, and Eyes seemed to just lay there, unconcious or worse. Miles expression was fierce, the mans was a mix of happiness and surprise "Well, isn't this a little surprising? Never seen someone like you before, it's taking a while. . .The names Harbinger, come and find me. I'll be waiting until then." he said, Miles suddenly blacking out. As soon as he lost conciousness, his appearance began to shift to something different, although it seemed to just be a feature change, he wasn't changing to the same extremes as the others. "Danm it. . ."[/i][/color]

Part III COMPLETED

[Maxxie]

1,750 award to the fighter. Pl or Zeni?

[pierce]

PL.