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Ray tapped her hand on the holographic table in the command room, things were....slow like really REALLY slow, She huffed, "Ugh this Is SO boring!" Imagined walked in, "Hey Ray, I heard you yell, something up?" She asked, Ray shook her head, "Husk activity is like REALLY low and since I've asked everyone to go out and- hang on weren't you sent out?" She asked.
Imagined laughed and shook her head, "Hell no, I snuck out of the meeting with Major, just one of my many abilities as a Seven member" She fell onto a chair with a huff.
Ray sighed turning back to the command table, something started beeping, "Hang on what is that?" Sje murmured, Imagined looked up, "What is it?" She got up quickly and walked over, "Theres a spike in Zero Point energy all of a sudden, I think-" The Homebase shuddered, "What the hell!" Imagined yelled grabbing onto a pillar as a boom sounded outside followed by a crash.
"What the heck has the Zero Point done now! Stay put Ray, if you need to recall everyone I'll tell you" Imagined said grabbing a rifle and running out the room.
She stepped outside weapon aimed, "Lison anything?" She whispered, "Nothing yet, keep going" He whispered back, Imagined nodded and continued walking, "theres distant Zero Point energy just round the corner, you've then found you guy or thing" He chirped up.
Imagined rounded the corner and lowered her rifle when she saw a green four legged thing sitting there looking around, "What is that?!" Lison yelled, "I have no idea" She replied kneeling down, The Creature growled and sprung up, "Woah woah! Calm down I'm not going to hurt you little guy" Imagined said holding her hands up, The Creature blinked and tilted its head.
"What are you little guy?" She asked, the dog like creature barked, "He says his name is Reindog" Lison translated, "You have a translator Lison?" Imagined said in surprise, "Always have, we just haven't been able to use it before" He replied, Imagined hummed and picked Reindog up, "Come on let's get you something to eat!"
The door opened and Imagined stumbled in with a wheeze, "We got- a Visitor Ray" She panted as Reindog scrambled in and barked, "Woah! Hey! Down boy! Down!" She yelled and sighed, "You know it's not been quiet since you guys got here a month ago"
Imagined puffed, "We're known for causing chaos" She replied, "Come here little guy! Where'd you come from anyways?" Reindog jumped over and barked, "He says his home got destroyed" Lison explained, Imagined blinked, "Destroyed? His reality is gone?" She looked up, "It seems that way" Lison beeped.
Reindog whined and dipped his head, "You poor thing" Imagined hummed, "We'll look after you how about that?" Reindog barked and jumped up and down, "Ray...what does he even eat?" Imagined asked ducking as Reindog jumped over her head, "Uhhhh I have no idea, but he's wrecking my workspace!" Ray yelled.
"Hey! Reindog! This way buddy!" She called, Reindog scrambled out the door and Imagined sighed, "I'll deal with him don't worry" She said before walking out.
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a Husk screamed as it died from a sniper shot to the head, Paradigm blew the smoke from her sniper and lowered it before holding up her wrist communicatior, "Perimeters clear" She said walking along the roof, "Copy that Paradigm, we'll mop up" Ramirez responded.
Paradigm grunted as she landed from the rooftop onto the ground, "Nice shot Para" Scientist said walking over dusting his hands off, "I've been practicing, Husks are good target practice" She replied chucking her weapon over her shoulder.
He hummed and looked at the small data pad on his wrist, "Whats up?" Paradigm asked looking over, "Theres electrical inference with my gear, we'll have to go and clear it up before we can get going" He explainer flicking the screen down, Paradigm shrugged, "Come on let's go then" She walked off and he followed.
Scientist grunted and ripped some boards of wood off the floor revealing a small hole, "Theres where our interference is" He huffed, "Ladies first?" He said stepping back, She rolled her eyes, "How formal" Paradigm laughed jumping down and Scientist followed afterwards.
"Woah! Look at all this tech!" Scientist yelled as they walked into a room filled with modern aged tech, "It looks like what Neo Tilted was, huh" He mumbled, Paradigm looked around inspecting the tech, it....did didn't it...and it was very similar to....she sighed and walked out.
"Para?" Scientist called seeing her walk out and followed, "Hey...are you alright?" He asked running alongside her, "Not now Sci...I need a few minutes" She said jumping out of the hole.
He pulled himself up and followed her out of the house, but lost sight of her, "Para? Where'd you go?" Scientist called, He heard a deep roar in the background, "Scientist! There's a massive Husk horde on route here, I'm reading several smashers" Ramirez called over the comms.
Scientist noticed footprints leading into the woods and knelt down, "Copy Rami, where are they coming from?" He responded, "The horde is approaching the Northwest" She replied, "DAMMIT!" He yelled, "Scientist what is it!" Ramirez called, "Para ran in that direction!"
"Crap, we need to retreat now then we'll have t-" Scientist scowled, "I'm not leaving her here, I'm going after her" He started to run in the direction of the footprints, "Scientist! Retreat now! This is a direct ord-" He cut off his comms with the other team members, "PARA! Where are you!" He yelled into the private communication.
Scientist looked up when he emerged into a forest and heard crackling from a hole, He ran over and looked inside only seeing darkness, He scowled and flicked his armors light on and shone it down there.
There He saw Paradigm getting up and groaning, "Para!" He called and she looked up, "Are you okay?" She huffed brushing her suit, "I think so...you might want to come down here" She called up, Scientist looked up when he saw yellow eyes emerging thousands of them, "Agreed!" He yelled jumping down with a thud.
"What is this place?" He mumbled, Paradigm shrugged, "Not sure it looks like the same crystals the Husks use" She replied kneeling down, Scientist did the same and placed a hand on her shoulder, "About earlier...are you sure your okay?" He asked.
Paradigm tensed and sighed sitting down, "All that tech, its pretty much the same of my home, going in there triggered my old memories of....the reality I came from" She mumbled, "From what I do remember....we all just lived under our own rules, we built whatever we wanted without any restraint" She leaned into his chest and felt him wrap his arm around her.
"My parents would always make these little things to go around our house, little drones and robots, soon enough I picked up on it" She stopped when screeching was heard from the Husks above, "It wasn't until I was a teenager when IO came to our Reality, they took over everything, ordered everyone to build tech specifically for them, we had to....lay low for a while, but they found us eventually" She trailed off.
Scientist squeezed her shoulder gently, "All I know is, that they took my parents away to work for them and left me behind, I knew how to lay low, away from the IO for at least a few months..." She stopped again and took a deep breath, "Turns out Slone was running the whole operation.....she eventually found me and....she was going to get me....when I was a young adult to work for them...forever" Paradigm blinked and stared at the wall.
"That was the day Found saved me from her, he obviously found out what IO was doing to my reality, I don't think he expected to....find someone who wasn't a slave for IO, so he took me in, I didn't have anywhere else to go, I didn't know where my parents were" Paradigm rubbed her eyes when tears ran down her cheeks, "Still don't now"
Scientist wrapped her into a hug, "Para....its okay, I'm sure they are still around, IO makes people who work for them Immortal remember? They might still be somewhere out there" He whispered, Paradigm nodded and sniffed, "Y-Yeah" She mumbled, Scientist rubbed her arm, "Look, I'll even help you find them, and I'm sure the others will too" He added on.
Paradigm smiled and pulled back, "Thanks Sci" She looked up and blinked, "Whats that?" She said getting up and walking out of the small room, Scientist got up and followed, "Oh....woah" He muttered when they saw a blue shard pulsing in light, "What is that?" Paradigm asked walking over to it, "Esmeray? Any idea?" She called up to her AI, "Its overflowing with Zero Point energy, like a rift does" She explained.
"Sci, do you think" Paradigm started, He walked over and nodded, "We've found our way home"
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Imagined groaned as Reindog ate another box of sausages, "He's eating our entire supply!" Ray yelled, looking up as the door clicked, "Guys!" Paradigm and Scientist ran in and stopped, "What is that?" He asked, Reindog looked up and barked, "Dont ask" Ray huffed.
Paradigm and Scientist looked at each other, "Right, anyways look what we found in a Husk cave!" She held up the shard, Imagined blinked and scrambled up, "Is that a Zero Point shard?!" She yelled, "It is! Which means we have a way home!" Scientist added on, Ray flew over and grabbed it, "I'll get it to Clip right away!" She zoomed off down the hall, "Call the others back" Scientist said to Imagined. "We've found our way back"
"Alright and.....fire away!" Clip slammed the shard into the device and it shuddered on slamming open a rift, "WOOO! IT WORKED!" She yelled, "Told you we'd get you a way home didn't I?" Ray beeped to Origin who sighed, "I suppose you did"
Imagined picked up Reindog causing Bloom who chirped, "And thank you all for the help, if you ever need us again you know where to find us" Ray beeped, Foundation nodded, "And you know where to find us as well, thank you for taking us in Ray" He replied back looking at the other Seven.
"Come on everyone, let's go home"