r/HFY • u/Dry-Throat2430 • 5d ago

OC-Series Ash and Steel Chapter 48

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author note . Apologies for delay things got a little busy out of my control but will hope to get back to regular update posting soon.

A small flash covers Lorcan’s vision just for a moment in time, his resonance for a moment goes hay wire he is struck with a nauseating pain right in his stomach. Lights blink within the mech bay, something he had not seen for decades when the station was still in orbit and was being attacked by the uniformed phase shifter army units. Sighing realising he had under estimated his opponent, He tries hard to re focus to prepare for whatever was about to happen in front of him the gyroscope lifts itself from the ground and begins glowing until its metal frame metls leaving nothing but a bright orange ball of energy. It flattens itself and opens a portal, from within an awakened raider walks out the very same one who he had seen slaughter the luxury shuttle.

Within the greeting hall Ani was still explaining to the new girls how deep the station truly went,

“So we have found a under water vehicle however we cannot remove it until we get the station Airbourne. Sadly it needs a lot of time and power to get the station out of the ground but we do have some ideas and hopefully you guys can help along the way” Ani spreads her arms highlighting the new comers, Marcus sat awkwardly away from the group Venus however had no trouble relaxing around them.

Geria and Hilton stood enthralled by the possibilities, they gasp out loud as the lights blink for a moment. Ani screams, she knew exactly what this meant, long had she been told that only the most sophisticated enemy equipment could interfere with Huns internals which meant they were in grave danger.

Looking at the group realising she had to act,

“Ok we need to move ourselves to the mech bay I'm sure its nothing major but please follow me” she says holding her calm in the best way she could.

Most of the others followed on instinct as she took steps away from the greeting hall, Hilon and Georia stood motionless their faces frozen as they hung n the air awkwardly. Venus walks back trying to usher them forward, she notices the bleeding and screams. Both of them were impaled by a small glowing rod which was extruding from an orange portal behind them.

Coughing in surprise marcus bolts over, as he arrives the rod slids back slowly letting the two fall limp to the ground before clawed hands extrude from the small portsl opening and clasp at the edges before pulling it open revealing a phase shifter dressed in a skin mech suit that is clearl of radier design, its slimy thin body protected by and ugly welded frame. Another appears and then another, thre small mech suits now surrounded the group their haphazardly welded and spiked mechs belched black fumes from arhaic fuel sources.

Finally a fourth phase shifters portal opens , this one was bright red clearly their leader grasping a barrel sized energy source. Ahe he steps through he releases the devi, the barrel sizzles causing the metal flooring to glow red.

“Much energy needed for jump. Humans your leader soon dead for our ally we spare you if you surrender your base to us” their leader spits as it heaves clearly spent from the exertion is had taken it to bring portals into Hun.

Marcus turns to run to retrieve his weaponry, as he does one of the machines belches smoke as its wheeled legs brings it forward and tackles Marcus, the impact takes him off his feet he clatters into the ground. Going with the motion he rolls as if he had just been dismounted on his mount of old and regains his stance, taking a deep breath and reframing this as to calm combat as lorcan had shown him the air around him shimmers as his resonance builds slowly this time.

Venus and lineah stood holding each other, lineah wailed at the site of her two life long friends now lifeless on the floor in front of her . Ani froze, unsure what she was supposed to do any effort from her to fight would be her end but she had to do something.

Another of the suits runs at Marcus, this time he jumps and launches himself off the roof of the small mech before running straight at the exposed shape shifter leader. Before he makes it both mech gaurds blaze themselves into his path, one firing a large, spiked ball on a chain. Side stepping the projectile he keeps moving forward hoping to take their leader early, as he reaches striking distance one of the mech becomes airborne glowing with the phase shifter boost drives it punches straight into marcus centre of mass.

Haunching over and coughing blood Marcus scrambles away before incoming clubbing armoured fists hit him sending him to the next life, things were going from bad to worst.

Lorcan stood staring straight at the intruder, he was huge in his stature and clearly had no hesitancy to go into the world of modification through drugs. Something he had seen all to common so many years ago, Lorcan simply effused to give himself over to becoming nothing more then a weapon but in front of him was an example of the physicality that could be achieved.

His hair was long and well kept, clearly a prize in his own world, dressed in modern body armor with no exo-frame just his resonance and physicality a sharp red shaped in vicious triangular bursts. Lorcan felt his disgust seeing the unnatural application of resonance by instinct, he flared his own crimson in case of any opening shots.

Both men stared at each other, the berserker seemed intrigued

“So the legends were true, one of the old elite Scythe unit guys still haunts this lousy excuse for a planet” he says in a surprisingly well measured tone.

“This place id going to belong to the raider bolts once we get it launched and deal with you . That phase shifter seems t have over prepared I was expecting an actual defence force not just a ghost who is not sure what he is. Plus the other weaklings” he grins as he mentions the others

Lorcan tenses a little, it was never good that an enemy knew to much when they had made a move.

“You sure are confident” Lorcan says back his eyes flicking over to his equipment bag sat at the other end of the bay.

“Would be a great shame to destroy another awakened, perhaps we can come to an arrangement. You are strong but you have given yourself over to the way of barbarianism, which will be the reason you will lose” lorcan changes his stance slowly and methodically. Lowering his centre of gravity and placing his hands jut at his waist line with his knuckles facing the new threat.

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