Jinny Pearle's Story

"ugh......God......"
Jinny itched the spot under her rib cage......again. Her disguise, consisting of a large deep brown "monk robe" with a hood as well as a long braid down her back were both constraining on her. It'd be well worth the itchiness and pain after she would infiltrate the Serakin square.

Suddenly, she heard a crash. She could feel the ground shake beneath her, even from the top of a tall tree. a second later, the emergency alarm sounded on her elictro pistol. She understood that a Nexis ship had crashed. She changed the course of where she was going in her mind, until she saw something strange.....

What was a Nexian boy doing running out in the open? He was heading for the tree Jinny was perched in. Jinny switched her pistol to whip mode and set it to grapple. She shot the plasma grapple unto another tree, swooped down, picked the boy up from his shirt collar, and perched onto another tree branch.

Before the boy could shout and cause attention, Jinny covered his mouth.
"I'm assuming your a Nexian spy as well? The agency tried to get me to come back for MONTHS. i finally had to say yes after Commander Stevenson visited my apartment...."
"Anyway, what were you doing out in the open without a disguise???? First rule to being a spy: NEVER WANDER OUT IN THE OPEN WITHOUT A DISGUISE. A serakin will see you. And remember: there's more of them then there are of us. You can start a ruckus.

Jinny jumped out of the tree and landed catlike on the ground, leaving Novus behind. Before she left, she looked up to him in the tree and said, "The name's Jinny, by the way" and with that, she left in the direction where she thought she heard the crash.

Leaves fell in front of Jinny's eyes as she swung through the trees of the strange jungle. Thanks to the grapple beam, Jinny was perfectly safe from any dangerous creatures below. Jinny had never seen anything like this jungle. The fresh air was enough to put her to sleep, and the soft rain was refreshing. The air in Nexis was hot and muggy and the rain hit hard like needles falling from the sky.

Suddenly she saw it: the fire and debris of a Nexis helicoptor.

Jinny jumped down from the tree she was perched on, and landed on the ground. She stood on the edge of the waterfall and looked below at the remains of the battered black chopper. Were there any survivors? From the look of the destroyed metal, it didn't look like it.

Jinny used the grapple beam, as well as her own strength, to edge down the waterfall.

When she got down to the ground, she noticed three things: Blood all over the place, a sharp stick inside the debris that looked like a spear, and black feathers. MANY black feathers. Could this mean that there was a survivor, and a Serakin with wings killed them? or perhaps a Serakin threatened the survivor with a pointy spear like stick....would that make sense??? Jinny didn't know what to think of these remnants. She just kept them in her mind, and walked on through the jungle until she could find an answer that made sense.

A few hours ago, Damien Grimm had been relaxing at the Nexinian Forward Base after a four day recon of the Nexinian/Serakinian frontline, and now he was in a Nexinian Stealth Helo hurtling almost silently to a distress signal picked up within the Serakin jungle.
"Sir, in-coming video from the FOB, it's Colonel Cutter", the Co-pilot called back.
"Patch it through", Damien responded as he slid his helmet over his head.
A few moments later a screen appeared in the bottom left corner of Damien's helmet visor, and Colonel Cutter, Damien's regimental Commanding Officer, appeared.
"I apologize for the abruptness of your deployment, lieutenant, but we picked up a distress call from one of our Helicopters in Serakinian territory", The Colonel explained. "We're deploying you because your a lone wolf, which is exactly what we need to safely recover the team without bringing the entire Serakinian military down on their heads. Now, we considered sending in a standard four-man SAR(Search and Rescue) team, but your file and experience show us that you are capable of getting our people out of the jungle and being discreet enough not to get captured or killed, and I expect no less from you, understand?".
"Yes, Colonel", Damien responded.
"You'll be dropped a short distance from the crash sight, secure it, locate the crew. If they are dead, tag 'em and call in an evac, if they are alive, get them to a safe location, call in a Stealth Helo and get the hell out of there". The Colonel stopped talking for a moment as if pondering something.
"And Damien, any information on the terrain and indigenous species you encounter would be helpful, but the Search and Rescue is the top priority".
"Understood, sir". Damien said.
The Colonel nodded.
"Get our guys home safe, Colonel Cutter, out", after that the screen faded out, leaving Damien with a full view of the Stealth Helicopter's interior and his HUD.
"Thirty-seconds till we hit the LZ, lock and load lieutenant", the Co-pilot called out to Damien.
Damien flicked the safety off his of his XV88 Anti-material Rifle, and made sure his Spit-fire was secured to his right shoulder, as well as his Sidearm on his right leg.
"We're in position, go get 'em, Reaper!", the Pilot said.
Damien clipped his harness to a hook on the edge of the Helicopter, making sure it was secured before hopping out of the doorway.
The Sniper quickly zip-lined down to the jungle floor, and despite his speed, his boots made no noise as they struck the ground, thanks to the sound and shock absorption material integrated into his Recon armor. He quickly scanned the area through his scope before slinging the Rifle over across his back and whipping out the Spit-fire Sub-machinegun and screwing the Silencer into place.
"Thermal, online", Damien said as he scanned the trees and shrubbery again, the voice command turning his screen green, and suddenly lighting up with several red and yellow shapes moving through the jungle as the enhanced vision highlighted everything giving off heat.
About a hundred yards away, Damien spotted a white heat signature, and that much heat usually meant a flame, or in this case, a flame caused by the spilled fuel of a Helicopter crash.
With his SMG raised, the sniper made his way to the Signature with all the stealth and grace of a dangerous predator in the Jungle.

(Crow and Kara may have seen the Stealth Helicopter if it was daytime, or heard a faint, quiet buzzing if it passed near them..Jinny on the other hand would probably both see it, and hear the quiet buzzing since it dropped Damien off so close to the Crash site).

Pulling himself up Novus onto a comfortable resting position, Jinny huh he thinks silently to himself. His body took a little longer to fix then normal due to the extensive damage done to itself. Making up his mind he decides to avoid Jinny for a bit and figure out what is happening with Chaos. Slowly walking back to the town he slips into the shadows of a nearby building scanning the square where he first had his odd encounter.

Kara took some towels slowly, and dried herself off. She was still soaked, but it helped a little. Her radio started to buzz slightly. She looked at it, but it was silent. Slowly, Kara looked up at the sky and through the branches and leaves, she spotted the Stealth Helicopter. "About time." She grunted, and lifted her radio from her belt, she clicked the button for a broadcast that would probably get all of the Nexis Spies in the area.

"Kara Mai Crawford, Leviathan Four reporting in. I see a chopper, and for gods sake, Damien. Turn off the bloody buzzing. Third button on your right." She laughed, turning it off. Her expression changed to one of determination. "I have to get to the crash site soon... Or I'll be presumed dead." Kara whispered to herself. She hooked her Radio onto her belt and turned to Crow. "Thanks, Crow. I won't forget you." She smiled sadly at him, and kissed his forehead. Kara turned and ran off, through the branches and out into the air. She ran as hard and as fast as she could run, past strange creatures and towards the ever growing flame that was the Crash Site.

When she arrived, she tripped and landed on her side, next to one of the large flames. "Well.. Atleast I'm alive.." She muttered, and rolled onto her back. She tapped a button on her radio to indicate a distress signal.

(( Thought I would try and bring more people to the site. Also, Zombie, is it okay if Kara and Damien know eachother? ))

"Well, guess i'm not the only one."

Jinny clearly saw the huge Nexinian helicopter in the sky. She covered her ears to block the loud noise as it came past. It looked as if it was midair in the area that Jinny had already past 20 minutes ago. Jinny was relieved that she wouldn't be alone, but confused as well. What were all these Nexinian spies doing In Serakin territory? The commander had made it seem like Jinny would only be one of few Nexinian spies, not one of many. Then again, Jinny always new that big shots in Nexis occasionaly told lies...

Jinny shut off the siren on her elictro pistol that told her a Nexinian helicopter was nearby. Not knowing that Kara was and everyone else were either dead or safe, Jinny continued on her quest through the jungle. Knowing that she had backup, Although she wasn't quite fond of the idea, Jinny thought that the Nexinians aboard the helicopter would eventually catch up to her.

But they didn't. Jinny felt like she was walking around in circles. The compass on her elictro pistol went berserk due to interference from the storm. Jinny hated to admit it, but she was lost. Terribly lost. Jinny kept seeing the same things: leaves, mud, rain, bugs, more leaves....Jinny was so frustrated. She sat under a tree while she tried to regain her composure.

Crack.

lightning. Jinny knew this wasn't a good sign. any minute now and she'd be electricuted. Great. Just what she needed. For the first time in her life, Jinny laid on the dirty ground now, hopeless. Why couldn't there just be a sign? some sign? anything. just a sign. No, there wouldn't be a sign. Jinny thought about the 500 possible ways she could die in the jungle when suddenly.....

"HOLY....." Jinny quickly got up off of the ground and ducked behind a tree. Thank goodness the bird passed her, because Jinny knew there was no way she couldve defended herself against it. What was that bird anyway?? Jinny kept her eyes on the bird, and recognized it as a Roc. Jinny only knew this from seeing its picture in a monster book she had as a kid. Jinny wasn't sure, but she thought the Roc was heading in the same direction where the helicopter from before had passed. Jinny decided to follow the bird. But as soon as she could make her first step, she saw another winged creature. Of course, with black feathers. It was a planned attack on the Nexinians as they were on the ground from the same bird creature thing that interwined with the other Nexinians. It all made sense now.

Jinny ran as fast as she could, following the direction of the black winged creature. Jinny wouldn't let the fate of the Nexinians ahead be the same as her parents.

Crow flew desperately through the woods, but he knew he wouldn't make in time. But Kara was smart, she could surely figure something out. He gulped, a flashback of a past fight with humans and Mother. Another black shooting star was flying through the sky at a very low altitude when suddenly, a huge bird crashes into it. Her claws dig into the crevices of the shooting star before biting at the cockpit. Because of her size, the shooting star was sent spiraling through the skies which Crow thought was pretty neat before flying off through the horizon. At that moment, Crow was to busy to notice a mushroom looking cloud of dust and fire. Mother incredibly, made it out alive.

Mother wasn't looking for any human at the moment, but the helicopter. God forbid if there was a human though. Because of the lush, dense jungle, she had missed Jinny unaware that both her and Crow were following her. Her eyes scanned the surroundings of a cliff and eventually met with a couple of humans. She screamed out at them as gracefulness became deadliness. Mother landed on the cliff, sliding a bit because of shear weight. Her claws making a huge scratch in the ground. Her wings were out in a defensive way and her chipped beak was open up wide. Her eyes laid on the sniper Damien. She screeched at him once the girl has left and walks toward him.

It was a slow movement, but powerful as she swiped at the sniper with her claws only to find him going into the crash site. She screeched once more and flew up, now targeting the girl instead.

Crow, unaware of someone following him had made it to the cliff only to see his friend gone and a bunch of other things. One looked like a human but was in some sort of metal suit thing. That the one that caught his attention most. He held a huge metal thing that sent a bad vibe down Crows spine. Mother was leaving for some odd reason. Why? Crow thought over and over again before his eyes laid on a tomb not to far from where he was flying. "Kara?" He whispered to himself. If she stayed in the tomb, she would be fine but Mother waits for prey to come out. That's the time Crow would negotiate with her. To leave Kara alone.

Crow had to be very good at explaining because Mother is a little antsy at things like this. Practically being a giant eagle, you would think she's just a bird with a puny brain and a blood to kill. But she was smart. Really smart.

The human like thing in a suit scared Crow a bit but he reluctantly flew down and toward him. "H-hay!" He calls down. "Do yo know were Kara i'?" He shouts out the best he could to the gun soldier. "She mah bes' frien'!" He adds so there isn't any confusion or to what he thinks there is no confusion will probably end up in a whole lot of confusion.

*clap clap clap*

Jinny was behind Damien, clapping at his impressive performance.



When the Roc battled with Damien and crashed the Nexinian helicopter, Jinny ran for her life. She had to avoid fire, debris, falling trees, and other unimaginable things to make it to where Damien was. When she made it to the waterfall, she ripped off her disguise to sport a black, lightweight suit that would help her in athletic and acrobatic ability (http://cosplayers.acparadise.com/54179/54179-28108-1.jpg)

When Damien and Crow were talking, Jinny heard the whole conversation. Jinny was carefully hidden on a tree branch behind the two. She realized that the winged black creature was an angel, and he was a friend, not a foe. Still, Jinny had doubts and questions in her mind.....

When the spider attacked, Jinny held back for a while and planned a strategic way to kill the spider. Jinny was just about to shoot the spider, when Damien killed it. Jinny was impressed.

When Damien headed back to the crash sight, Jinny hid again and tried to recognize the person who killed the spider. Realizing it was Damien Grimm, a well known sniper, Jinny followed him back to the crash sight.

As Jinny clapped, she said with a half smile," I always heard Damien Grimm was a great soldier, but i never knew he was THAT great...."

Damien looked down at the wound again, realizing he should probably staunch the bleeding, seeing as how it was beginning to stain his sleeveless olive-drab colored under shirt, but he just sighed as he moved his arm into his lap to relieve some of the discomfort from the stab-wound in his shoulder.
The sniper heard clapping and lifted up his P28 with his Cybernetic arm to where the barrel was aimed at a young blond woman, dressed in Nexinian Agent clothing, but despite her appearance, Damien kept the gun aimed at her face. He hated it when people managed to sneak up on him.
"I always heard Damien Grimm was a great soldier, but i never knew he was THAT great....", she said with a bit of a half smile.
Damien supposed it wasn't strange that she knew his name, he was one of the most decorated marksman and Recon experts in the Nexinian military, and so far, he had collected the most confirmed kills in the war.There was a reason why his fellows in the 101st named him "Reaper".
"Come to join my fan club?", Damien joked with a pained smile. "Take a seat, I should probably ask your name, but I'm more concerned about the possibility of you having a medkit...", Damien said to her, nodding his head down at his injured shoulder.

"Yeah, i have a medkit. I have a whole bunch of supplies. The problem is, All my stuff is on my ship, which is parked far away from this hellhole of a jungle." Jinny stepped closer to Damien.

"I'd like to ask you a couple of questions. First of all, who sent you, because i wasn't prepared to be apart of a team in this war. Second, who was that girl.....ummmmmm...."
Jinny snapped her fingers continuously like she was trying to remember something,
"Kara.....??? And third, you seem like you trust that angel-crow-thing whole-heartedly. Why?"

The raindrops started to become less harsh and a blue hole in the thick, black clouds above started to appear.

"Yeah, i have a medkit. I have a whole bunch of supplies. The problem is, All my stuff is on my ship, which is parked far away from this hellhole of a jungle." Jinny said as she stepped closer.
Damien sighed and looked down at the bleeding injury. It seemed he would have to find an unconventional way to take care of it.
"I'd like to ask you a couple of questions. First of all, who sent you, because i wasn't prepared to be apart of a team in this war. Second, who was that girl.....ummmmmm....", The spy trailed off, snapping her fingers."Kara.....??? And third, you seem like you trust that angel-crow-thing whole-heartedly. Why?".
"Colonel Cutter, my Regimental Commander from the Forward Operating Base deployed me to search for a Nexinian distress signal from a downed Helicopter, and as far as I can tell, Kara is the only survivor of the crash. She's a sniper, like me..I helped her in Sniper School basic before I graduated and went to advanced Recon and Marksman school.", Damien explained
"As for the Angel, from what I gathered, he's obviously not hostile and he helped Kara survive after the wreck, and when she went over the cliff he went down to help her". He said to Jinny, his eyes moved over and locked onto the Cliff, hoping Kara survived and the Angel had her.

Kara's words were painful to get out, and she deliberately left her radio on so he would hear. "D-Damien is more than a friend.. He's helped me through thick and thin... I.." She closed her eyes, and leaned back with the pain for a second. "I.. Love him..." She whispered, clenching her teeth, and pulling some sharp object out of her leg.

She stared at Crow. and smiled softly at him. "T-Thank you.." She whispered, leaning her head back, and leaving the world of the concious.

The rain pelted harder on the young angels back and wings, making him shiver uncontrollably. Love...It was a word unknown but yet so familiar...The obsidian winged angel had heard it before but it was a very vague memory that couldn't be reached. Crow looked around and decided now was not the time for talking. now was the time for getting the heck out of there. He adjusted the young Roc skull upon his head and carefully slid his hands under the snipers body. He then gently and slowly pushed up and she too lifted off the ground. She was surprisingly light weight...sorta. I mean, Crow still strained.

his feet sank in the mud after about a minute of standing there, trying to make sure she was comfortable and the sorts also making sure she wouldn't slip out during the flight. When everything was okay, he bolted forward, spreading his wings and took off into the sky. They past the canopy and emergent layers of the jungle and soon the whole forest was in view which would have looked a lot more beautiful if small pieces of hail weren't pelting you right now.

His wings couldn't get wet because of the oils but nothing could protect them from hail. He scanned the jungle until his eyes focused on the crash site. With a huff, he flew towards it with all his strength. When two humans came into view he called to get their attention before lazily landing on the ground. Once the weight of his wings and Kara were existent now he dropped to his knees in front of Damien and Jinny panting.

"I-I go' yo-yo...." He paused a minute in confusion. Kara said her and Damien were more than friends, and he didn't know how to use the term 'love' yet so he would give it his all. "Y-yo bes' frien'..." He says after a somewhat long pause. There. Now they were more than just friends.

Even after Damien's explanation, Jinny STILL had doubts about the winged Serakin. Even though he had helped Kara multiple times, the angel might be trying to get the Nexinian's trust, then betray them, just as one Serakin did to Jinny's parents.....

But as Crow came down with Kara in his arms, Jinny's doubts were gone. His genuine expression was enough to convince Jinny that he wasn't a traitor. Jinny was then focused on what he said...

"I-I go' yo-yo....Y-yo bes' frien'..."

There was a long pause between "yo-yo.....Y-yo bes' frien'...". Jinny was curious by what he meant by that. However, Jinny put her curiousity aside and checked Kara's heart rate. Kara looked like she had been beaten to a bloody pulp. Jinny was surprised when she could hear a tiny heartbeat coming from Kara's chest. She said to Crow and Damien, "I'm surprised she's still alive. She's currently unconcious." Jinny stood up from her knealing position and looked Crow in the eyes as she said, "The Nexinians would like to thank you for all that you've done today. I'm sure we would've all been killed without your help".

(Ignore XD )

"Right."

Jinny turned to Crow, "Angel, I know it may be asking too much, but do you think you can fly me to my ship? Once we get out of this jungle area, it won't be that far. My pistol's radar system seems to be working again. When we get to the ship, i can pick up the medkits. Then we'll fly back and deliver them to Kara and Damien".

Jinny looked back at Damien with a harsh glare, "That means YOU need to keep an eye out. DON'T wander around, DON'T fight with anything, and DON'T keep your eyes off of Kara. She's hurt just as badly as you are."

Crow nods to Jinny and slowly gets up on his feet. Walking over to Damien and gently handing him Kara. "She say she...love yo. I don know wha' dat mean, bu' i' more dan bes' frien'..." He says slowly before turning over to Jinny. "We betttah hurry if we eva wan' to make i' ba' on time..." He says before swiftly scooping up the girl. She was a bit heavier than Kara but Crow still managed. "Yo con poin' when I fly..." He says before bolting forward and taking off. The hail had almost doubled in size and the young Angel was worried whether or not if they would make it back themselves. Crow did not let this bother him and he pushed forward until the trees began to diminish in numbers and soon, only wide plains could be seen. "We ou' of jungle. Where now?" He speaks over a boom of thunder. The Angel has never flown this high before. He could see the entire jungle it seemed...Another crack of thunder brought him back to reality and he whined a bit turning to Jinny once again.

"uuuuhhh, let's see..."
Jinny looked at the tiny screen of her pistol. It was pointing straight.
"It's actually straight ahead. Don't worry about the thunder or hail, we're almost there..."
After about two minutes, Jinny finally spotted her shiny orange ship.
(http://http://www.subeimagenes.com/img/rvlmetroidprime3char043zu-138290.png)
"There, i see it", Jinny pointed at her gunship down below. "Try to drop down below. Hopefully the ships not TOO beat up from the hail...."

Damien went back outside into the rain after Jinny and Crow left, retrieving his Spit-fire from where he had dropped it during his fight with he Spider and then retreated back into the wrecked helicopter.
The sniper ejected the empty clip from the submachine gun and put in a fresh one, and then did the same for the XV88 and the P28 pistol, then moved over to check on Kara, who was still unconscious. Damien noticed her skin was cold and her clothes soaked from the rain, realizing she could get sick from the combination of both. He pulled his TacLight from his belt and shined it around the fairly large Helicopter storage area, his light shining on two lockers hooked into the back of the pilot and co-pilots seats, as well as small square on the wall with a red cross on it, and two hooks that had been broken off, indicating that the Helicopter's survival kit had been lost sometime during the crash. Damien sighed and opened one of the lockers, which was holding the pilot's foul weather clothes, which included a jacket, cargo pants and gloves.
He took the Jacket and pants over to Kara and sat down beside her.
"You'll thank me later", he grunted, then stripped the wet clothes off of her and redressed her in the much oversized jacket and the pants, which he had to roll up since the legs were too long, then laid her undershirt and pants on the floor of the helicopter to dry since he doubted Kara would want to run around in a huge jacket and cargo pants.
Just as Damien laid her clothes out, he heard a sharp chittering and scraping noise coming from outside the helicopter. He whipped around with his Spit-Fire in hand and grabbed Kara with the other to drag her against the far wall, away from the helicopter door. The soldier kept his weapon aimed at the doorway a few moments longer, but all he heard was the roar of the rain and thunder outside, and to make things worse, it was starting to get dark.
Damien pushed his back against the wall and let his knees bend until he was sitting on the floor.
It was going to be a very long night.

Crow nodded once he spotted her ship and immediately took off in that direction. Crow sloppily landed on the ground, staggering a bit to the right but quickly gaining his bearings. He put Jinny back on the ground. "I tire'..." He says before sitting down and leaning his back up against a tree. Crow had never flew that long before. Mostly because flying burns a lot more energy making him hungry more often.
Crow probably had just enough energy left to make it back and that was all.

Crow pushed himself up on his feet and walked over to Jinny. "Hay, do yo know wha' Love i'?" He asks curiously. None of his parrot friends ever said the word love. Only like. That word sounded like love a bit and Crow figured it had just about the same meaning. Still, the Angel was only curious.