Snippet #993341

The door to Jarvis's room slid open with a slight swish. Jarvis stepped over the threshold and dropped on to his bed. As he stared into the pillow a slight leak in his emotional dam appeared. Hints of loneliness began to pool around his normally cold demeanor. But Jarvis was stronger than that. He didn't need others, all he needed was the chance to fight. The chance to hurt the federation.

He turned over and gazed at the ceiling. A small blinking light tugged at the corner of his vision. He turned his head towards a small shelf on his right. On it lay a tripod shaped device. A blinking red light on the device's top informed Jarvis of a waiting message.

"Play new messages," spoke Jarvis.

"You have 1 new message," replied the machine. "First new message."

Ironic that most conversations Jarvis had seemed to be with computers.

"Psycho Frame Pilot Jarvis Lagan," spoke a gruff militaristic voice.

Jarvis recognized the voice immediately, General Yu Konami, head of the Jupitris forces. Even to a person like Jarvis, who disliked most everyone, the general came off as a pompous blow-hard of a man. He always liked to order the Psycho Frames about like his own personal honor guard, when he'd had almost nothing to do with their creation or regulation.

"You have been assigned to the front on Mars. You will report to the Gunsleeper in hanger A-23 at 21:00 hours. Psycho Frame Pilot Evangeline Arkanion will also be reporting to the Gunsleeper. I expect nothing but the best results from you two. Good luck and god speed."

Jarvis smirked to himself and let out a small chuckle. This was it, he was going to be able to show the federation who he was. He was going to make sure they knew his name, even if he had to burn it into every corpse he left. He turned to the holographic clock hovering above the door. It read 20:15 hours. He needed to get a move on. Jarvis quickly changed into his uniform and ran a comb through his hair. He holstered the small revolver on his belt and threw a few essentials into his rucksack. As he grabbed at the various items he came across a small silver cross on a chain. He held it up to the light and contemplated it.

A lot of good it did you dad...

Jarvis packed the cross into his bag and headed out the door.