1: This is definitely Fan Fiction. We draw from many sources that already exist, it is all in the name of fun. So please do not sue.
2: The writing is probably not going to be my best, since I'm trying to make sense of 8-9 people talking at the same time...
Enjoy!
A simple teleporter malfunction has separated me from my team. We were to gather readings on an uninhabited desert world in hopes of finding a new source of Dilithium Crystals. However I ended up on a flourishing world.
When I woke, my back was rested against a tree, and my uniform had somehow beamed down a good foot away from me. As embarrassing as the situation was I did not have much time to rectify it, as no sooner had I woken then the sound of archaic gunfire filled the air. Quietly I gathered my belongings, searching for my phaser. None too soon as I was just barely able to take cover behind a tree with a rain of bullets following close behind me.
Trying to catch sight of my assailant while also trying to clothe myself, I only caught a glimpse of a man in what looked like middle aged armor. As I finished clothing myself I made a quick check from my scanner. The planet was supposedly uninhabited, and no life readings were coming from the man on the other side of the tree.
The mass of bullets stopped, and I heard a low clunking sound. He was approaching. Sheathing my scanner and gripping my phaser I rounded the corner and called out to the man.
“I am Ensign Ricky...” I was stopped dead as another round of bullets flew past my ear. I decided to call out from behind the tree. “I am Ensign Ricky Archer Tucker of the USS Potemkin, United Federation of Planets. I do not wish you harm!” The bullets stopped again, and the sound of footsteps began again.
I rounded the tree to find the man very close, his weapon still pointed. I saw his finger tighten on the trigger and realized I was about to breathe my last when a separate gunshot landed heavily against the other man. Given the spray I assumed it was a shotgun class.
Turning towards my savior I saw a young man, thin, clutching his gun. I leveled my phaser at him for a moment, but was distracted when I spotted the hole in the armor beside me. There was no flesh inside. I quickly sheathed my phaser for my scanner. The armor to my side read has having no gaseous anomalies, nor did the metal read as anything other than common steel.
I looked up at the man who shot, he was watching the area carefully.
“I am...”
“I heard you the first time. Name is Riley. You have any idea where we are?”
“No, no I do not. Do you know what that thing was?”
“Not a clue. All I know is it looks exactly like this other one I shot when it tried to do me in.” There were sounds of others fighting nearby.
“Come, I think there are more of these things out here.” Riley nodded and followed me.
It didn't take us long to come to a small stream, where it looked like a child, maybe just before a preteen, was fighting off against three of those armored creatures. As I watched I heard someone call out behind me.
“Now Ceric! Zakeru!” Immediately the child pointed his hand towards the creatures, and electricity flew out, electrifying all three of them. As I watched another man entered the clearing, holding a bow. He fired two arrows behind him, taking out another approaching foe. It did not take long for more people to appear out of the woods. The sounds of combat dying down. In total there were nine of us. We all held onto our weapons closely, eying each other carefully.
After a tense moment I sheathed my phaser. “I am Ensign Ricky Archer Tucker of the USS Potemkin, United Federation of Planets. I had a teleporter malfunction and found myself here. I do not wish to cause any harm.”
“Riley, Riley Donovan. I dunno how the hell I got here, but it beats the heck outta where I was.” Then the child spoke up.
“I'm Ceric, this is Aiden; my partner.” Next was the bowman.
“Zeroe. How're any of you sure we can trust each other?”
“I don't think we have any choice in the matter. My name's Iona Grey” Said one of the two women. Next was a younger man, with short cut blond hair.
“Jase, and I agree with Iona. I don't think any of us know how we wound up here.” Next up an elfin lady who hadn't moved from her tree branch spoke up.
“Daera. Any of you have some mead?”
“M... My name is Marcus.” A mousier boy said from behind a larger rock.
“And none of you know what happened to bring us here right?” Iona said suddenly. Looking around, it seemed like it was a resounding no. “Well, whatever those things were, they definitely are trying to kill us.”
“We should probably stick together then.” Aiden said. “We all also seem to be from very different places. There's a nice open ground over there. Let's all sit and learn a bit about each other.”
“Agreed, if we're going to be stuck traveling together we're going to have to know what each of us can do.” Iona said.
We broke camp and sat around a campfire. Fortunately most of us had some form of supplies.
“I'll start.” Iona said. “I worked at a Renn Fair almost all my life, so I'm pretty good with swords and daggers, I also know a little bit of magic, but my strongest power is this.” As she finished speaking her body suddenly changed form, black fur sprouted up all over her and in seconds a large black panther was sitting at the fireside. A few moments later she changed back.
“So... magic is real in yer world?” Riley said suddenly.”
“Oh, I guess it was too much to expect all of you to come from a magical knowledge base.” Iona said. “Yeah, I kinda grew up with it. What about you?”
“Me, well... I can say one thing, I'm damn good with a shotgun. Ever since the goddamn zombie apocalypse, well I had to get good or die.” Aiden spoke up next.
“I'm just a college student, but Ceric comes from the Mamoto world, apparently its this sort of contest that happens every thousand years where a hundred of these mamotos come to our world, find human partners, and battle to see who will become king. It sounds a little weird, but I'm going to help Ceric become king, no matter what.” Zeroe was next.
“I'm just a hunter. I'm good with my bow, but I really just spent most of my time in the woods.” Daera spoke next.
“I'm an elf, I'm good with my swords and I've got a strong stomach for mead.” Jase talked next.
“I'm just a soldier, I'm pretty handy with this rifle, but I was training to become a state alchemist. So I can preform a few transmutations.” I chose to speak next.
“The Federation is not a big fan of war, but I do have the standard issue phaser just in case. I also have this Klingon dagger I got on the black market. It's a good build, so it should hold up well in close combat.” Marcus went last.
“I'm not really much of a fighter, but I do know a good spell. It allows me to change the form of metals.”
“Alright, well we're not too badly off. Me, Jase, and Zeroe will take first watch tonight, the rest of you get some sleep.” Iona said. No one really knew when she became the leader, but we all seemed to be fine with it.
The next few days were rather peaceful, we found this planet was well populated with basic earth lifeforms. Mostly deer. As we traveled we encountered the armored creatures multiple times, there were several who took bad bullets. Thankfully several of us had medical supplies.
One day, my scanner suddenly began reading severe energy levels pulsating from nearby. When we investigated we located a green crystal, that glowed with an unearthly light. Deciding to hold onto it, Zeroe stored it in his pack, and we moved on, following the river.
Eventually we reached a mountain, and located another high source of power. A golden ball, roughly the size of my hand, with four red stars suspended in the middle. The instant we put it in the pack with the crystal, there was a bright light. The two had come together, now it was a much larger green crystal with four stars in its center. Cautiously I lifted it back out of the pack. Immediately my body felt like it was overflowing with power. Almost as if I could leap several feet into the air if I wanted. I passed the stone around, each of the others basked in it's power for a moment, but once it left a person's hands they seemed to wear out. In some cases old wounds even reopened after the crystal left their possession. So we determined to save it in case of a last minute need.
Once again we traveled onwards, improving ourselves as we went. While we had been high up, Zeroe had spotted what looked like an installation in the distance. We had decided to head for it. However that night, myself and Zeroe were on first watch, when I heard a noise coming from where he had gone to practice something. I decided to check it out, and saw him feeding what looked like a small lizard with wings. It was white as pure snow.
“Ahh! What are you doing! Put that thing away!” He yelled, the second he spotted me. I had pulled my scanner out instinctual. I had, like most of us, forgotten Zeroe's discomfort with technology. Then again he had been very reserved around all of us.
“What kind of creature is that? Is it native to your world?”
“You see nothing. I swear if you tell the others it will be the last thing you do!” He was nearly screaming now, so the others were almost bound to wake up.
“I won't tell, just calm down.”
“Don't use that box thing either. I don't trust it.” I sighed and put the scanner away.
“So why is it so important to keep this little guy a secret?” I asked.
“Well, where I come from there is a group looking to exterminate dragons and those that keep them. They succeeded in destroying the order of Dragon Riders, and now it is simply a hunt for them. I happened to find her egg before appearing here. Her name is Menolly. She's probably the last of her kind by now.”
“I sincerely doubt anyone in our group would wish to do you, or Menolly harm.” I said, sitting down next to him.
“I... I know. I just can't risk it. Please don't tell anyone.” Sighing again I nodded.
This was however, a fruitless endeavor, as not two days later Menolly had already grown too large to hide in the pack. Thus Zeroe was forced to introduce her. I was proven correct as nobody seemed to mind the new acquisition to the party.
We took to taming animals that we found, at least those that were tamable. Eventually we had managed to get three mules to follow us, and carry some of our supplies.
Soon enough we reached the encampment Zeroe had spotted. Outside was a strong number of the Armors as we had taken to calling them, however whatever force allowed them motion was quick to remove, they would go down with fair speed.
With a couple of quick shots we took out the guards, and entered the complex. Inside was a large circular room, there were stairs leading down in both directions and below was a mass of Armors. We quickly used the ground as cover, Riley tossed a bottle down, which erupted into flames below. This scattered the Armors, allowing Ceric to hop down.
“Rashirudo!” A large wall appeared on the ground in front of Ceric. All of the bullets that hit it bounced right back, wiping out several more Armors. Myself and Zeroe provided back up, taking shots from above with our weapons. Jase, however, had gotten shot in the kidney, and was steadily bleeding out. Iona cleaned up the remaining Armors as we went over to help patch up Jase. As we did, the back wall lit up. One of the Armors seemed to be standing at a control panel. At the center of the wall a hole appeared, only darkness existed on the other side, but the Armor quickly fled through.
Once Jase was able to stand again, we examined the hole.
“Send a donkey through.” Daera said quickly. We generally agreed and pushed one of the mules through. Nothing seemed to happen.
“Send another one through.” Marcus said. The first one grunted in discomfort. Curious we all slipped through to find ourselves a little cramped. It was very dark, and we barely all fit. Suddenly the hole closed behind us, and we were moving downwards. Suddenly a mechanical voice sounded into the small chamber.
“Welcome, intruders. Black Mesa personnel are not welcome in the facility. Please be patient, an assistant will be by shortly to escort you.”
